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Myth Makers: Retrospective
Follow the Doctor through time and space as he visits Tibet, Camelot and Kir-ithnan the Court Changeless. Meet gumshoe Robert Ford, world hero Fitz Kreiner and Stan Steel the Pilot of Tomorrow. Encounter the living machines of the Dreamspeakers, and sit in on an intergalactic poker match played for dangerous stakes.
Myth Makers: Retrospective features 12 highlight stories published in Myth Makers between 1991 and 2001. The lavishly illustrated anthology is available for free in .pdf format.
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ZYGON issue 3
Edited by Doug Smith A5 format
With it's superb, stricking logo issue 3 was released during that turbulant period in Doctor Who history the 18 month hiatus. The editor Doug Smith comments on the hiatus encouraging the fanzine readers to "...write to the BBC in order to try and get the delay in season 23 lifted... if I thought it was going to get us anywhere. Unfortunately I think the BBC are too intransient to even consider a 'Dallas' style back down."
CLOTHES MAKETH THE MAN by Guy Clapperton looked at the costumes worn by the sixth Doctor and his companion Peri the latter coming in for a good dressing down by its author: "...Peri first donned the gear we all know and drool over because it is our Peri Postcard which the beeb has sent us. And a right old mess it looks...a companion showing plenty of leg and boob in a pink outfit evidently designed to woo the dads away from making the tea and getting the ratings up. Certainly it wasn't designed for interstellar fighting activities."
PRODUCTION VALUES examined certain aspects of production and assessed their importance on the series as a whole. "I say 'production' rather than 'story' because I think that the actual story need not be particularly good for a successful production" stated it's author Richard J Smith,"...and by 'production' I mean all the elements which go into making the set of episodes in question a success or a failure." Praise for Chris H. Bidmead's dialogue indicating FRONTIOS but not his plots and the opposite is said of Eric Saward's serial in this case RESURRECTION OF THE DALEKS.
Martin Richards examined THE WEEKDAY DOCTOR with a look at Peter Davison's tenear as the fifth Doctor, and the highs and lows of the weekday serial. The remainder of the fanzine looked at the 22nd Season of Doctor Who with reviews from a number of contributors including John Connors, Martin Day and Robert Franks amongst others. Each review was scattered throughout with an interview about the season with it's producer John Nathan-Turner, something of which I don't think I've seen anywhere else in a fanzine. Artwork by Robert Franks, Colin-John and Doug Smith. |
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AGGADOR issue 1 
Editedby Alec Charles A5 format
NOVEMBER 1963 by John Lamb was a review that looked at the series' very beginnings and what made the series such a success. TO BE OR NOT TO BE ( A CYBERMEN ) by David J. Howe asked the question: "When is a Cyberman, not a Cyberman?" and answered with, "When it's INVASION"
CELEBRATING IN STYLE by Peter Anghelides looked at the 10th anniversary series which featured the reunion of the first three Doctors. This was followed by the INTERVIEW SECTION which featured the writer Johnny Bryne, script editor and writer Eric Saward and actor Anthony Ainley who was asked, "Have you ever seen Roger Delgado as The Master, and do you model your performance on his?" to which Anthony replied: "Yes, I remember watching and being impressed by Roger. But it's important not to base your performance too strongly upon another actor's performance. If it comes from the actor's own gut, then it will be more believable."
Sandwiched between the interviews was an article by John Connors, THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS which was a retrospective look at season nineteen. John Nathan-Turner was delighted to offer a "few words for (this) fanzine." concerning the length of time it takes to put a series of Doctor Who together and news of season 20 informing the 'zine that Valentine Dyall will be back reprising his role as The Black Guardian. Was this a scoop for the 'zine I wonder. A final interview was billed as possibly the shortest interview ever from Janet Fielding. Six questions with six short answers ( mainly one word answers! ) including: "Were you pleased to see Adric go?" answered with "Unfair question." and another asked her for any news of the next series in which suggested "Best to ask JNT."
KINDA was reviewed by Ronald Binnie while J.J.Bentham aired the concerns of some fans with regards the planned celebratory convention being held at Longleat and how it would affect the Doctor Who Appreciation Society's very own convention PanoptiCon.
The final article CLIFF HANGERS by Alec Charles looked at the said endings to recent episodes and how they have changed over the years. "The new type of cliff hanger...is the 'devastating dialogue' one. There aren't sudden action stuff that shock you, but a few well placed words." Examples given included "No, Kassia. It has only just begun." from KEEPER OF TRAKEN and "I have the power of life and death over all of you!" from KINDA. The issue then closed with a superb piece of fiction from Jackie Marshall THE WITCHING TIME featuring the fourth Doctor and Romana. Superb pieces of artwork by Ronald Binnie, Tony Clark, Colin John and Alec Charles helped to illustrate the articles. Despite the hand written headings and poor printing ( copying ) which affected a lot of the artwork, AGGEDOR proved to be a well written and impressive read.
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MOONBASE ISSUE 1 
Edited by Philip Chant A4 format
One of the first fanzines I ever bought was MOONBASE. An A4 duplicated fanzine running to 16 pages and stapled down the left hand side was fully typed out using a good old fashion typewriter, something which a lot of fanzines were back then.
Following a lengthy editorial, the first issue contained an episode by episode review of THE STONES OF BLOOD followed by THE GALLIFREY FACTOR, a script extract from THE WAR GAMES as the Doctor tries to evade capture from the Time Lords. The BOOK REVIEW PAGE listed all the, then available Doctor Who books from TARGET BOOKS and given star ratings out of four by the editor, who wasn't sure if THE WEB OF FEAR should be awarded four stars or just the one! Readers could test their knowledge with the DOCTOR WHO QUIZ and Doug Macleod looked at the impact of Doctor Who on the other side of the world in THE AUSTRALIAN VIEW OF DOCTOR WHO. The DOCTOR WHO NEWS page featured news of Lalla Ward's appointment as the new Romana, Patrick Troughton's suspected heart attack and news of Elizabeth Sladen's nomination as the fourth most popular horror actress! In INVESTIGATION INTO 'THE ROBOTS OF DEATH', Chris Boucher revealed many untold points about the Sandminer, its crew, and where he obtained the overall plan for the story.
It's hard to say if ever there was a second issue. We have to remember that back then, things were pretty expensive and the production of a fanzine was extremely so. You were lucky to break even in those days and somehow it probably is today in the 21st Century, which is probably why there are so few around today. If you know of any further issues then contact us at infernofiction@ntlworld.com
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THE INFERNO MAGAZINE issue 1
Editor: Colin-John Rodgers A5 format
The first issue and my first real attempt at a fanzine. Somewhat crudely
put together . Thanks to advertising through the pages of The Doctor
Who Appreciation Society's newsletter, Celestial Toyroom, I received
many contributions that filled the fanzine's pages.
This issue featured RESPECTABLE REPTILES - THE SILURIANS by John
Connors. A retrospective look at the first appearance of The Silurians
in the story of the same name and how different these "monsters" were
from the aliens that the Doctor had faced over the years: "It was a
story with amply demonstrated the narrow minded opinion of large
sections of mankind and allowed us the rare chance to see a sympathetic
monster for a change."
At the time of the publication, information of the nineteenth season was
beginning to come out of the production office from CASTROVALVA to THE
VISITATION and so were included here in this publication, listing the
story titles, writers, directors and guest stars.
DOCTOR WHO - THE XETON PROCESS a six part story by Christopher G.
Cornwell featured the third Doctor and the Brigadier who were pitted
against, not only The Master but the Autons too. ( The story may feature
in a future issue of INFERNO FICTION ).
THE CONDON PLAN was a superb picture- strip by Ian Palmer and Mark Smith
and featured the Draconians and the Ogrons. Unfortunately, by the
second issue the artists were, sadly unable to complete it. However, I
have managed to utilise some of the artwork for ORDERS ARE ORDERS by
Nathan Mullins.
ENSLAVE AND BE ENSLAVED in which Robert Franks looks at WARRIORS' GATE's
time sensitive creatures the Tharils. PANOPTICON IV REPORT, my first
convention and so was ( at the time ) the best convention I'd ever been
to! The issue also included a newspaper cutting from the DAILY EXPRESS
in 1977 in which Tom Baker stated "I've had enough," he said, " I think I've done my bit." in reference to him quitting the role and of course history tells us otherwise ( thankfully ).
Paul D. Solman looked at the "squat, powerful creatures with but one purpose, to conquer- the Sontarans! " The issue concluded with a word search ( I was heavyily into puzzles at the time! ) with artwork by James Watt and myself.
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AUTON issue 3
Edited by Robert Hammond A5 format
A good humoured fanzine from Robert and friends. This issue featured
Honorary Autoness, Sophie Aldred: A signing at Cafe Munchen by Sophie is
featured with commentry by the Editor himself as he meets the young
star in person. A quick chat and a signed photo and it's over before it
began. Various photos of Sophie by J.J. 'Mad dog' Carlise are included
with the article with typical good humoured captions to accompany them.
THE GAME a picture-strip written by Robert Hammond and drawn by J.J.
Carlise reaches part three, featuring Tom Baker as the Doctor.DREAMSCAPE
in which readers are invited to send in their 'Doctor Who' dreams!
ANSWERS featured Sophie Aldred.
Robert: Do you like the way Ace has developed since her first appearance in DRAGONFIRE?
Sophie: Yes I do - I've had really good reactions as well which means
the character must have developed the way people wanted. I feel it's
really stretched me as an actress.
The final question from Robert: How much longer would you like to play the part?
Sophie: As long as the character continues
By the time this issue was released, news of the series' end had been sadly, confirmed.
THE MESS featured the muses of Daniel Vickery and Robert Hammond who noted that "GHOSTLIGHT
was very good - atmospheric but bewildering. The acting of Ian Hogg was
much appreciated, unlike Richard Briers in PARADISE TOWERS who must
have thought he was doing JACKANORY."
HERES THE '90s! by J.J.Carlise was a half-hearted look at the forth-coming 27th series with starts "...with the regeneration of the Doctor into David Bowie, complete with obligatory songs ( minimum two per episode )."
"However, the BBC realise that paying Mr. bowie to perform two songs
on episode will push the T.V. license up to £650 a household, so the
Doctor regenergates into Frankie Howerd..."
The issue concludes with a short piece of fiction by Robert Hammond,
THIS ANIMAL HEART with an illustration by Deaky Wanderer. Artwork is
featured throughout the issue with the likes of DIRTY HARRY, ASTERIX THE
GAUL, 'ALLO 'ALLO and GHOSTBUSTERS all getting a Doctor Who make-over
by Richard Johnston. SEASON 26 A PICTORIAL REVIEW featured artwork from
Robert Hammond, Daniel Vickery, Richard Johnson and myself, Colin-John
Rodgers.
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ARK IN SPACE issue 5
Editor: John C Harding A5 format
ARK IN SPACE was produced by the Dundee local group. Local groups were
formed by the Doctor Who Appreciation Society giving local fans a chance
to get together to discuss the show and its rich history, many of which
produced their own fanzines.
The Editor commented on season 18: "In keeping with everyone else, I
loved LOGOPOLIS. It was jammed pack with brilliant, continuity-concious
dialogue. However, I found it to be internally split into two sections,
and 'externally' it jarred with the Season as a whole. As a swansong
for Tom it was superb, but it does not affect me as the superb KEEPER OF
TRAKEN does - which I, just to spite 'Our Master', am already exalting
as a classic."
The second part of TARGET EARTH by Martin Wiggins looked at the
evolution of The Cybermen. FIRST IMPRESSIONS: a series of articles by
Alan Early, "looking at some of the initial responses from his local press to the this new programme - Doctor Who." The first extract dated December 7th, 1963 from a local Yorkshire newspaper stated that the series had
"lost its way. The first inslament promised much, but in the second,
the debate between the fur-clad ancients about how to make fire was so
tedius that it encouraged our minds to wonder - and think; and thinking
is the one thing that audiences should not be allowed to do when they
are watching Sci-Fi...
...I suspect that 'Dr. Who' is now lost and gone forever." However
with the following serial THE DALEKS, the same journalist soon found
himself eating his words in an article dated January 11th 1964. "As
for spine chillery...well, I take it back...about 'Dr. Who' having got
off to a bad start it would never recover. It has recovered...it also
produces some first-class sensations...after the Dalek 'Intelligence'
had been seen lifted unseen from its robot and placed in a blanket on
the floor, the episode closed with something very horrible...beginning
to crawl from under the blanket...Lovely stuff!"
The first three stories of Season 18 was reviewed in TVIEW by Chris
Dunk, Paul Trainer and Martin Wiggins. THOSE CHANGING TIMES featured a
Radio Times cutting of the Cybermen from THE TENTH PLANET and a letter,
from a viewer also featured in a later edition about the same serial.
(Mrs) Ruth Hoult, Newcastle upon Tyne said: "I must offer
congratualtions on the very authentic sets and characters - you can
really believe in them. In fact I think I enjoy watching the Cybermen
more than the Daleks."
A short article about the Cybermen, THE AUTOMATED ANTHROPOMORPHS by
Jeremy Bentham also featured. Fiction included A MATTER FOR CORRECTION
by Tim Westmacott, which featured not only the fouth Doctor, K9 and
Romana but also the third Doctor. An article by Martin Wiggins looked at
THE BLACK ARTS in Doctor Who. THE COMPANION FILES features a profile of
Steven Taylor, companion to the first Doctor by Brian King. Letters and
artwork from readers of ARK IN SPACE were included with this issue
closing with a tongue-in-cheek article from a certain Jean-Marc
L'Evenin-Officier - 'MEDECIN QUI?'
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THE SPACE MUSEUM issue five
Editor: Andrew Byford A4 format
This the fifth issue begins with
editorial stating the lowering of the cover price to 40p and an increase
in page count to 52 pages! A rare case in those early days of fanzines,
which was, at the time a costly exercise to produce.
This issue mainly reviewed the 18th season of Doctor Who, THE LEISURE HIVE, STATE OF DECAY, WARRIORS' GATE, THE
KEEPER OF TRAKEN and LOGOPOLIS. All reviewed by Tim Westmacott, with
dialogue extracts to accompany them. Several television snaps, which was
the only way to illustrate the series at the time, were also included.
Not very well produced but easy to make out from which scenes they
illustrated but nevertheless, far better than some of the illustrations
contained within.
The NEWS & INFORMATION section
included an obituary to Ron Grainer who had died on the 22nd February
of that year; news of DJ John Peel, mentioning the 'B' side of The Human
League's 'Boys and Girls' entitled 'Tom Baker' which included a
reproduction of the cover and described as "...it bears more than a
passing resemblance to the Doctor Who theme though it is far removed (
in the style of 'Ultravox' ) from Peter Howell's arrangement as his is
from the original." and came recommended! Also in the musical theme, the article included news of
" 'The Mothmen' from an album of the same name and is called 'Tardis'.
As one would expect, it includes passages which try to mimic the
dematerialisation sound of the TARDIS, although the result is rather
vague and impressionistic and is completely divorced from everything
which ever came out of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop."
Other features included, BLACKPOOL
'80 with a selection of photos from the said exhibition; REMEMBER
WHEN... which featured Radio Times cuttings from 'Terror of the Autons'
and 'The Mind of Evil' and a short piece of fiction by Tim Westmacott
entitled RACE OF THE DALEKS.
Although the fanzine focused
mainly on Doctor Who, this issue did include SPACE ODITIES...by Andrew
Byford. A look at the television production of THE HITCH HIKERS GUIDE TO
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TARDIS volume 7 issue 2
Editor: Richard Walter A5 format
The TARDIS fanzine was available through the DOCTOR WHO APPRECIATION SOCIETY and was available on a regular basis.
Richard Walter began his editorial
a little miffed that no-one had picked up on the previous issue's April
Fool with an interview with David Agnew, a person that simply didn't
exist!
This issue focused on the 19th
Season of Doctor Who, Peter Davison's first season with reviews of THE
VISITATION, BLACK ORCHID, EARTHSHOCK and TIME-FLIGHT. Rather than have
the stories reviewed by one reviewer, members were asked to send in
their reviews so that a wider view of the stories could be given.
THE VISITATION was accompanied by a
superb illustration by Tony Clark featuring the scene in which the
Doctor gives away the fact that he is not from Earth and that he knows
of the Terileptil and their prison planet Raaga.
The issue also included an interview by Ian McLachlan with Julia Smith, director of THE SMUGGLERS and THEUNDERWATER MENACE. Ian asked her about William Hartnell and if it was obvious if he was finding the going rather tough?
"Mr. Hartnell was a terrific professional and totally dedicated to the
part he was playing. At times I think he honestly believed he was
DOCTOR WHO. Any actor supporting a series over a number of years gets
very weary, and his age must have added to this. He was finding it
difficult remembering his lines which was one of the reasons he was
given two companions instead of one. He was also given very athletic
things to do by the writers and as a Director one had to save him as
much as possible." Three years later, Julia Jones would bring about one of the BBC's flagship dramas EASTENDERS.
PHOTO SPECIAL: BLACK ORCHID A
selection of photos from behind the scenes of the two part story. TARDIS
INFORMATION SYSTEM: included letters and views from members and FiF - a
new regular column by Gary Russell looked at fandom and fanzines. This
issues column looked at merchandising: Gary asked "...what do you
think of the stuff we've had recently? This includes the Marvel stuff,
the Easter Egg, the wallpaper, non-fiction books, the EMI videos, the
new records ( i.e. Theme Tune- which isn't new, but the cover is - and
the K9 Theme ) the big World Publishers Five Faces thing etc. On the
whole it all seems very standard. What a pity there hasn't yet been
anything like the Weetabix sets, or any new badges of even a Viewmaster
reel of CASTROVALVA! Do you wish there was more stuff, or are you
satisfied with what we've got (?)" How things have changed eh?
Check out THE DOCTOR WHO APPRECIATION SOCIETY
website which now includes their Archive of the society. At the moment
the site features at look at some of the interviews conducted within the
pages of their publications over the years in 'Voices From The Past' and documentation based around a number of DWAS events, including items of correspondence never before made public in the 'Conventions' section. |
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DYNATROPE issue one
Editor: Robert Franks A5 format
Panopticon 5 reviewed by Thomas Doran
Thomas describes the event which
took place in Birmingham, the first outside of London and very
successful event it was too. Episodes to see at the event were 'Prisoners Of Conciergerie', episode six of THE REIGN OF TERROR and THE DALEKS being shown over the weekend between interviews with:
Terrance Dicks - who discussed the changes he had made to 'Meglos' for its novalisation
John Nathan Turner; Fiona Cumming and Peter Grimwade, explaining why The Master was disguised as Kaled ( yep, we still don't know! ); Peter Davison also graced the stage as did Douglas Camfield.
"after lunch while chatting
with other attendees later on, I heard strong rumours that Jon Pertwee
was going to come, I looked forward to the rest of the day with even
more enthusiasm..." noted the reviewer.
Other interviews were conducted with Nicholas Courtney and John Levene followed by the showing of the video ' Jon Pertwee Extraordinare' ;
"my earlier hopes were confirmed. Pertwee made his way up the isle
admist the most authusiastic applause of the weekend. he strolled up to
the interview desk and exclaimed in a booming voice 'I AM THE DOCTOR!' "
Thomas ends his review with the
idea that the event should be held every other year in London thus
giving others outside of the City a chance to attend at various
locations around the country.
An interview with Anthony Ainley: He ( Anthony Ainley ) worked with Geoffrey Beavers on THE KEEPER OF TRAKEN: Has he ever met or worked with the Master's other tv incarnations - Roger Delgado or Peter Pratt?
"No, but I once sat next to Roger Delgado in a pub. We didn't know each other - I remember he was explaining VAT to a friend!"
THE GOLDEN YEARS - a retrospective look at the sixties
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER - Following
the showing of THE THREE DOCTORS and CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS as part of THE
FIVE FACES OF DOCTOR WHO, Robert Cook jogs the memory about the stories
that had originally followed them in 1973.
PHOTO SPECIAL- EARTHSHOCK A series of screen pictures from the story.
DOCTOR WHO- CRYSTALS IN THE SNOW
A picture strip adventure written and superbly drawn by Thomas Doran
featuring the original Tardis crew.
TARGET REAISSANCE -
retrospective look at the Target Book range of Doctor Who novels which
were hugely critisised for being very poor in quality and here discusses
the use of the original tv authors putting pen to paper and novelising
their own material for publication.
With a selection of newspaper cuttings reproduced from the 60's and 70's and a superb cover by Thomas Doran, DYNATROPE looked very promising indeed!
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FENDAHL issue 17
Edited by Simon and Frank Danes 1981 A5 format
This issue kicked off with a letters page and amongst those writing in
were one Gary Russell who in responce to a letter in a previous issue
says:
"...though carrying a valid
point, was in essence absolute rubblish...The fanzines that nowadays try
to be 'pretentious to the nth degree' are ones like 'Gallifrey', who
are usually backing up their articles with some justification; and the
now hideous 'Oracle' which seemed to give up being interesting when it
realised the 'ready to be influenced audience' would pay their 36p for
any old junk."
DR WHO ON: Patriotism by Martin Wiggins
BAKER IN RETROSPECT by Peter C Jones starts his article with two simple rules:
"Rule 1: One can no longer
just call oneself a 'Doctor Who' fan, one must declare oneself a
Hartnellite, a Troughtonite, a Pertweeite or Bakerite. ( Is there such a
thing as a Davisonite yet? ). Rule 2: If one is a so clled 'serious'
fan of the series, one must be sure of preferring any Doctor except the
current one." before going on to discuss the role of the fourth Doctor and his adventures, proving that he fell into the Rule 1 catagorie.
The main feature is the KATY MANNING INTERVIEW, which basically takes up
most of the fanzine. ExcelLently conducted by Martin Wiggins in April
1981:
"Talking to Katy Manning is
not like interviewing a star," begins the article, "...it is like
chatting with a fan. Ten years after her debut in 'Dr. Who', she still
exudes a friendly enthusisam for the programme and its fans that she
thanked me for taking the trouble to come and speak to her."
Picture strip: Doctor Who- Smell Of Death written by Martin Wiggins featuring the fourth Doctor and Romana illustrated by JART
CHEER OUT THE OLD - GRUNGE IN THE NEW by Simon Danes looks at the fan
reaction to Baker's departure, the announcement of his replacement and
the eventual arrival of Davison.
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SPEARHEAD FROM SPACE issue 2
Edited by Jonathan Waters and Alastair Burrows A4 format
The Editorial apologies for the lateness of the 'zine and quality of the
printed material, something which alot of fanzines at the time used to
do and resulting in a change of format to A5 in order to keep the costs
down.
FLASHBACK - MARY TAMM A newspaper cutting featuring the announcement of Mary Tamm in the role of Romana
PANOPTICON '79 REVIEW The event was held at 'The City University' in
London and is remembered mainly for the announcement made by Dez Skinn
from Marvel Comics of 'Doctor Who Weekly' that was launched on October 10th of that year. Tom Baker, Graham Williams and Douglas Adams were amongst guests. The first four episodes from AN UNEARTHLY
CHILD were shown over the course of the weekend. the article is
acompanied by a selection of photos of the displays on show at the event
including a selection of props made by fans of the series.
LETTER FROM LALLA WARD A personel letter to one of the editors, Alastair
soon after her appointment as Romana II in which she states: "
You'll just have to wait and see what the how the present series ends
and the next one begins - I can't give anything away!!" ...somethings never change !
SOUND EFFECTS WORKSHOP- A review of the BBC Record of sound effects from
'Doctor Who' as well as a look at other effects records from the
Radiophonic Workshop
MARY TAMM INTERVIEW FROM 'PEBBLE MILL' - A transcript of an interview
conducted on the lunch time television show with Donny Mcleod who asked
"What was your thinking when you got the part first of all?"
"Well I think originally I only intended to do one series and we
always said to the BBC we were only doing one series, that's my agent
and myself, and I thnk the temptation is there to stay because it's
regular work and it's safe but at the same time I personally like the
insecurity of not knowing what's going to happen next, and I think if I
did stay another year I'd be bored by the end of it. So I decided to get
out while the going was good as it were."
PHOTO FEATURE: 'TALONS OF WENG-CHIANG'
'TERROR OF THE LEXONS' The second part of "...our exciting, fast moving adventure story." The next issue promised an "...excellant short story by Steve Bowkett entitled 'Surprised Party' "
TARGET BOOKS - Reviewed two of the latest Target novels of the time, both by Terrance Dicks: INVISIBLE ENEMYand ROBOTS OF DEATH as well as the usual letters and a competiton to win the next four issues of 'Spearhead From Space'
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COSMIC MASQUE XVII
Cosmic Masque was the fiction fanzine available to members from The Doctor Who Appreciation Society.
This issue contained a number of pieces by the likes of Ian Mason,
Michael Crouch, David Murphy, Daniel Lee Salter, Justin Miles, Andrew
Kitson, Luke McCullough, John Delve and a couple of short pieces by
Steven Wickham including 'Otherwise Engaged'. in which we discover why Napoleon uttered those immortal words "Not tonight, Josephine."
A highlight of this issue was the fifth instalement of Douglas Adams' SHADA. The author had given the Society permission to novelize his work as it never saw print as a Target Novel.
Fully illustrated thoughout by Andrew D. Bennett, Mark Freshney and Colin Howard.
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EYE OF HORUS issue 3
The third issue of EYE OF HORUS proclaimed an interview with the late Gerald Flood, who had appeard as King John, an imposter in 'The King's Demons'
a guise of the android Kamelion, who would become an unusual and
inevitably underused companion to the Fifth Doctor. The interview took
place at the York Theatre Royal in June 1983 while Gerald Flood was appearing in 'Underground'.
He talked of his past career as well as his appearence in Doctor Who
and the possiblity of continuing in the role as the voice of Kamelion:
"I knew at the time that I was to do two parts, what I didn't know was
that they were going to change the serial and keep me on board" He
also spoke of the problems that the Kamelion prop gave during recording
and clearly why he never got the call that he had hoped for with the
characters continuation.
Also issue three contained reviews of the final two stories of the 20th Anniversary season and in 'The Sun Shone But The People Queued'
looked at the Longleat celebrations that took place during the summer
of that year celebrating the success of the series with a multitude of
actors, actresses, producers directors and behind the scene staff.
'Drinks, Doctors, Daleks And Decadence' reviewed The Doctor Who Appreciation Society Social IV the reviewer, Guy Clapperton stated,
"I thought I was well catered for in the way of cash but evidently this
was not the case. this became obvious during the fanzine sale before
kicking off. There were stands representing 'SHADA', 'SKARO', 'VORTEX', 'EYE OF HORUS' and 'AGGADOR'...I was tempted to buy much and did so..."
The Editorial offered an apology to the fanzine readers expecting "...specific
details about WARRIORS OF THE DEEP. Unfortunately there seems to have
been a breakdown in communications between the DOCTOR WHO Production
Office and the BBC's design department which has led to us obtaining
information that the producer would rather have kept secret." The Editor, Douglas Smith continued:
"...I was approached perosnally by JNT during a recent set visit ...and
effectively asked not to print any details of what we had learnt."
EYE OF HORUS ran for 10 issues and is now a very popular website. Further details of the site can be found here. Or follow the link on the home page.
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