Vol 9 Issue 44 2016
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Pandora was shown to us through the eyes of an Avatar and – a long me ago n a gala y far far away – good was tr umph ng over ev l. A young w zard has taken us on a mag cal journey and we are s ll boldly go ng where no one has gone before defy ng zomb es werewolves and smoulder ng vamps… rom legends of myth c gods and monsters to the worlds of H ells and ules erne sc ence c on and fantasy have e sted or as long as humank nd has been tell ng stor es today ‘genre lm & T ’ dom nate the enterta nment ndustry and the r anc llary sp noffs and merchand se are valuable proper es n the ma nstream bus ness env ronment. Th s world s however under represented when t comes to the recogn on t deserves. There are awards for the genre but none offer you the chance to nominate and vote for your favourite from today and years gone by. hat makes these awards un que amongst all other lm & Telev s on and on l ne med a honours s that the cho ce s truly n the hands of the Austral an aud ence.
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Dean Haglund s best known for the role of R chard "R ngo" Langly one of The Lone unmen on The X - les. Haglund s also a stand-up comed an spec al z ng n mprov sa onal comedy (formerly w th ancouver Theatre Sports League. In add on to The X- les he played the vo ce of S d n Tom Sawyer Haglund also portrayed Langly n the sp n-off The Lone unmen wh ch a red th rteen ep sodes n 2001. Haglund appears br efly n a documentary-style produc on called " rom Here to Andromeda" released n 200 . The produc on has U Os and e tra-terrestr als as a central theme. On October 30 2009 he hosted host Adventures L ve on the Travel Channel In a throwback to X- les of yore Dean appeared n ep sode 95 of Bones as restaurant owner Bla ne M ller n Roswell NM where Booth and Bones are sent to nves gate a poss ble e traterrestr al s gh ng . Haglund currently hosts the Ch llpak Hollywood Hour podcast where he d scusses all th ngs Hollywood w th ndependent lmmaker Ph l Le rness. As well as per od cally hos ng ep sodes of the X- les on the YOUTOO telev s on channel
Haglund s on the adv sory board of Sc - est the annual Los Angeles Sc ence c on One-Act Play es val.
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On the 19 anuary 2000 Hedw g Eva Mar a K esler d ed at the age of 85 she was born n enna Austr a-Hungary n 1914 (aka Austro-Hungar an Emp re un l ts d ssolu on n 191 . Born to a rela vely well-off background she was d scovered n the late 1930s star ng work n the ndustry as a scr pt g rl” and went on to become an actress. Don’t recogn se the name? She became known to lm fans as Hedy Lamarr. Hedy had an very nteres ng l fe rstly marry ng at 18 to the th rd r chest man n Austr a w th H tler and Mussol n be ng acqua ntances of h s. Her husband r edr ch Mandl was an arms merchant and was a controll ng and con n ng partner. He would take Hedy even to bus ness mee ngs w th h m wh ch ncluded sc en sts nvolved n m l tary technology. Th s was Hedy’s rst contact w th sc ence and t would prove to be where her other talents lay. She escaped th s marr age by d sgu s ng herself as a ma d and fled to Par s and found herself aga n d scovered” by Lou s B. Mayer who brought her to the US to appear n lms. She appeared w th many legendry con c stars of US s lver screen” status but found that the lack of ac ng challenge bored her and to compensate for th s she turned to sc ence!
Lamarr was nterested n many areas of sc ence nclud ng electron cs eng neer ng and chem stry. However t s n the area of rad o-frequency” that much s owed to Lamaar and her nventor partner eorge Anthe l who n hop ng to contr bute to the war effort n II patented the r Secret Commun ca on System” n 1942 wh lst shown to the US m l tary they d d not use t as t had not be developed by them! hat s t?
They developed a jam-proof rad o gu dance system for torpedoes. Us ng knowledge ga ned n those mee ngs she had to a end w th her rst husband and n a s m lar fash on to p ano rolls” work ng and des gned a system that would con nually change the s gnals sent to the torpedo! So how s th s s ll relevant to today? ell the des gn s one of the bas cs beh nd the spread spectrum commun ca on technology such as mob le phones - Bluetooth and PS.
It s amaz ng how today’s soc ety owes much to these nventors and what would she have ach eved f she had tra ned n any of the sc ences?
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or those of you that have made th s ‘p lgr mage’ before I w ll keep my ntroduc on br ef as you may very well have ‘been here done th s’ before.
But who doesn’t love to get up at 4am or so to make a Trek (see – I was be ng funny to Melbourne?
And on the plus s de f t’s about 20 degrees n Adela de at that me of the morn ng that’s about what you can e pect to get for the day n Melbourne so t’s not really even necessary to change any clothes! Now that I have made fun of Melbourne’s weather (I am an Adela de g rl so t was bound to happen I can con nue.
Unl ke other mes th s fl ght was completely uneven ul wh ch I am thoroughly pleased to report. e got a fabulous s lver ta from the a rport to The Mantra on Russell Street and when I arr ved I was almost nstantly greeted by fam l ar faces and a bo of chocolate mud Kr spy Kremes! (B g thanks to Leo Brunelle . hat more can a g rl want?
I need to take a moment to nterrupt myself here and tell you fabulous readers a l le b t more about me. I am a Trek fan (and to a lesser e tent Stargate . I have been a member of Aus Sc and antasy n Adela de for appro mately 10 years and a member of Starfleet Interna onal (for much of that me as the CO of The USS enes s based n Adela de for almost as long. I go to many conven ons nclud ng OzTrek Com c Con Armageddon Supa Nova and now AMC. If you move n these c rcles you know that lots of us know each other – and t s nev table that you are go ng to run nto lots of ‘someones you know’ or at the least recogn se!
I LO E mee ng the actors and hear ng the r stor es. But one of the th ngs that make t worth fly ng to another state (w th your fr ends f you are lucky and hang ng out w th people who love the same th ng you do s the camarader e. I love spend ng me w th fr ends and hav ng ded cated me to just talk about our nterests n the rare ed a r of fandom. I l ke catch ng up w th people n other states I don’t normally get any other chances to see and I enjoy watch ng other people enjoy the r fandom the same way that I do.
o ng to OzTrek was great enterta nment. I have met Connor Tr nneer before and to say I am just a l le b t ‘ n crush’ w th h m would be an understatement.
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I had never seen Robert P cardo before but as a huge fan of two of h s franch ses I was thr lled to meet h m.
Robert was lovely funny enterta n ng and clever. I th nk he must be well prac sed w th events l ke th s! He had h s char ty ready to spru k for h s new web show ready to promote funny stor es to tell and a song to s ng. I would have to say what more could we ask for? rac ous and fr endly w th a l le by-play from ates Mc adden what a profess onal!
The th rd guest was the beau ful ates Mc adden. I found t hard to bel eve she was 66. She d dn’t look a day over STN Beverly Crusher (well maybe enera ons! .
I have wa ted s nce Star Trek Ne t enera on to see her and I wasn’t d sappo nted. In her rst few sentences she d d drop the ‘ ’ bomb wh ch I thought was great t set the scene for th s no nonsense woman.
She was grac ous and funny w th a very nteres ng back story that I d dn’t know. She d scussed work ng w th Dav d Bow e on Labyrinth and Kerm t on he u ets ta e anha an and how her son bas cally grew up on the br dge of the Enterpr se.
Hard to bel eve but l ke Mar na she wore a w g. It took the make-up people less me to get her ready every morn ng and when you hear about the me t took some of the actors (who generally played al ens or andro ds to get the r make up or prosthe cs appl ed she was probably pre y happy not to have her ha r styled every day. She sa d she had seen some photos where her w g was crooked and she was embarrassed but couldn’t do anyth ng about t.
It was a lovely day and t moved at a pre y good pace. My photo op went seamlessly. The space for the ‘stage’ wasn’t that great but as usual we made do.
At the end four of us stepped out the front door and got a ta stra ght to the new etstar T4 term nal and I was home and n bed by 9.30pm. It was a day well spent and I (and many others have some great memor es and stor es to tell.
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Star ars Downunder s a 30 m nute Star ars fan lm wh ch nally answers the age-old ques on that has confounded many a lm buff before: hat would happen f you crossed Star ars w th an Austral an beer commerc al. Answer? Star ars Downunder: an ep c tale of the good the bad and the th rsty. D rected by M chael Co and wr en by Bryan Meak n and M chael Co Star ars Downunder s half an hour of ac on spec al effects and lovable Auss e larak ns. Check them out here: is swd an m om
Star Trek: Aurora follows the e plo ts of Capta n Kara Carpenter and her new (and only ulcan rst mate T L ng on the r ny merchant cargo sh p Aurora. Th s fully C -an mated mov e s set just a er the or g nal Star Trek ser es n a lawless sector of space where Kara and T L ng engage n the r marg nal venture wh le try ng to both turn a pro t and stay out of trouble but even n the vastness of space trouble s never far away...and some mes the past s never far enough beh nd.
Part 4 of "Mudd n Your I" s nally onl ne! Look out for the vo ce work of N ck Cook M ke Hennessy Carl Marchese and both the vo ce work and the Kl ngon transla on work of el Malmenbeck! Stay tuned!
Check them out here: http:// a roratrek om index tm
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er ty Lambert was a telev s on and lm producer and n the 1960s was respons ble for the development of a new ch ldren’s sc ence c on ser es called Doctor ho.
hen er ty le school she stud ed at the Sorbonne n Par s for a year and then secretar al college n London. In 1956 she started as a secretary at ranada Telev s on’s press office and was sacked s months later. She then took a job as a shorthand typ st at Assoc ated Br sh Corpora on (ABC telev s on and worked as the secretary to the Head of Drama mov ng from adm n stra on to produc on and work ng on ABC’s popular anthology ser es Armcha r Theatre wh ch was overseen by Head of Drama Canad an producer Sydney Newman.
In 1962 Sydney Newman le the ABC to take up the pos on of Head of Drama at BBC Telev s on and the follow ng year er ty jo ned h m Newman recru ted her to produce Doctor ho a program he personally n ated and saw as an educa onal sc ence c on program.
hen appo nted to Doctor ho n 1963 she was BBC Telev s on’s youngest and sole female drama producer. Dur ng her l fe me she was seen as one of Br ta n’s lead ng med a and bus ness women and served as a symbol for the advances won by women n the med a.
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er ty Lambert was respons ble for ntroduc ng the ‘pepper pot’ al ens known as the Daleks” ns s ng the scr pt was used desp te oppos on from those around her. The success of Doctor ho and n par cular the Daleks brought a en on to her and the Da ly Ma l publ sh ng a feature on her n 1964 probably because she was one of the rst women n telev s on at the me.
er ty oversaw the rst two seasons of the Doctor ho leav ng n 1965. or the ne t 10 years er ty worked on shows such as Adam Adamant L ves The Newcomers and Budg e f you know UK and Auss e T . In 19 4 she became the Head of Drama at Thames Telev s on oversee ng shows nclud ng Rock foll es Rumpole of the Ba ley Edward and Mrs S mpson. In 19 9 she moved to Euston lms Thames who produced other T shows such as Quatermass M nder and dows (have a google you m ght want to check them out! .
Telev s on h stor an Lez Cooke descr bes Lambert s me n control of the drama department at Thames as an adventurous per od for the company demonstra ng that t was not only the BBC that was capable of produc ng progress ve telev s on drama dur ng the 0s”. She was keen to get shows r ght and to encourage people n the r work er ty was hugely talented h ghly op n onated and a lot of fun.
In 1985 she establ shed her own ndependent produc on company C nema er ty. The company’s rst produc on was the feature lm ‘Ev l Angels’ starr ng Sam Ne ll and Meryl Streep based on the L ndy Chamberla n ‘a d ngo took my baby’ case (wh ch s now n Austral an folklore !
In the early 1990s Lambert a empted to w n the r ghts to produce Doctor ho ndependently for the BBC however nego a ons w th producer Ph l p Segal n the Un ted States were already n progress and so she was unsuccessful.
In the 2002 New Year s Honours l st er ty was appo nted an Officer of the Order of the Br sh Emp re (OBE for her serv ces to lm and telev s on produc on and the same year she rece ved the BA TA s Alan Clarke Award for Outstand ng Contr bu on to Telev s on.
In the 200 Doctor ho ep sode "Human Nature" the Doctor (as ohn Sm th refers to h s parents as Sydney and er ty a tr bute to both Newman and Lambert.
er ty Lambert d ed on 22 November 200 one day short of Doctor ho’s 44th Ann versary and for Doctor ho s 50th ann versary n 2013 the BBC comm ss oned a drama based around the crea on of the programme en tled An Adventure n Space and T me”.
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21. You wait and wait. You will re- watch the last series or go find some fanfiction to tie you over until it’s out again.
22. And then you have to wait a week between episodes. This is torture!
23. If you are not lucky, the show doesn’t exist anymore.
24. That’s how it ends? THAT’S HOW IT ENDS?! NO!!
25 . It’s just….Over.
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26. No More OTP kisses.
27. No more anything!
28. Life has no more meaning any more.
29. It’s just a TV show, they say. You know it is much more than that.
30. But it’s okay, there will be a new show tomorrow and the whole vicious cycle starts again .
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He shuts the door to the bo Key de ly put away In h s wa stcoat pocket A soul alone n a new s tua on Out on the roadway nconsp cuous n th s se ng Not g v ng away secrets Of d fferent d mens ons
Passers-by are cur ous Str k ng up a conversa on Befr end ng the fore gner To the r bespoke v llage Inev tably bemoan ng the conte t of a quandary bese ng them Perhaps the reason he s here I grew up w th a d et of ABC rad o and ho are you?” T . The humour of the oons and the l ght-hearted H tchh ker’s u de to the ust call me the Doctor…” ala y were rad o staples. The me for telev s on (usually n the even ngs were taken n w th watch ng on Pertwee and Tom Baker do ng e traord nary th ngs w th w t and the A Man in a Box offs ders help ng other c v l za ons do A man n a bo th ngs that they could not do Beg nn ng n all frey themselves. Peter Dav dson came A me travell ng hero along w th a rela ed and genteel th constant compan ons manner a role very d fferent from All ever chang ng Creatures reat and Small. h lst my Incarna ons of the same soul nterest was s ll there l fe got n the Memor es sca ered way of v ew ng Col n Baker and l ke b t parts Sylvester McCoy. hen the ser es was Across the un verse rebooted n 2005 I was enthus as cally on board w th Chr stopher Eccleston watch ng most Regenerated n many gu ses ep sodes and enjoy ng the output from Clever and qu ck w ed the new wr ters n th s very pol shed or h s hordes of enem es produc on that borrowed from the Un que n stature or g nal story arc. h lst some people Help ng save a world der de the work of the m cro and Ba l ng aga nst macro storyl ne I bel eve t has been Daleks and Cybermen cleverly put together through the rom the Tard s nd v dual plots and the overall a veh cle of sorts development of each ser es. It s a regular staple to s t down to once a Idr s dwells ns de week and forget about l fe for a wh le And g ves a me and place be ng absorbed nto the characters or the double hearted se ng and plot made (mostly n the person n a jacket BBC stud os . rom far away
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Have you ever wanted to attend a Wizarding School? Learn Spells, Potions and encounter Magical creatures?
ell now you can at the College of zardry. Th s s a four day larp ( L ve Ac on Role Play event where you can act out your dreams of be ng a Student tch or zard. The Larp s located n the p cturesque Czocha Castle n Poland. If you are 18 years or older for €3 5 (5 5.30 AUD wh ch ncludes food and lodg ng at the castle you can e per ence Harry Po er. You can make your own way to the college but you can catch the w tch bus for €50 ( 6 AUD from Berl n. You can enter as a student as a jun or sophomore or sen or other op ons nclude becom ng a prefect teachers or even the headmaster and you can e pect to: • A end classes as a w tch or w zard and learn the mag cal arts • Be selected to represent one of the ve anc ent Houses of Czocha Castle • E plore the castle and meet the mag cal creatures that roam the grounds • Make new fr ends and form long las ng bonds w th l ke-m nded people • et nto d scuss ons s r up shenan gans and play games • o n secret clubs • Perhaps even a l le ( n-character romance? College of Wizardry f L v f (PL) d R p f kk (DK), w h h c f h g g p f p p . I d cc d g f d C R d w h d c 4 , h h g d , h w ch p wh c c h d d h w z g w d f P L p. h w h f p h h w d d w dw d d d f c f c d L p k . I h g g h g d L p P , wh ch w g cc . h w d h d h d d c p g f d . Wh d ch c h d h L p d d f z . S dd h w w g h c d g g . I h d h d gh h d w L p . h d h w v f c d g c p gh d h g f g h P f ch . h w g p d h f d d c w ch g f “ P w d h w W z d g C g . h L p d h k c g h c h d k f h w w z d g w d. S h g h k p g w g d w d p g f d h d k, c g k w dg h w d, c d g c . I c h ck h h c c d w w k d h B g h d c v v .
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h v v L p d f . Wh fi v h c - d h v p w k h p h p w h h g p , w c v d w d c f w h g . ch c h v g d f d wh ch d w h h p . h h p p p w h g g h k ch c d wh . D h d w 2- p p d c -g ff-g . I g , k , k c f w f 11p – 2 , v c g g p, ff g c f w 2 -7 . THE WORLD I g w d, j d , xc p h g c . h w d f g c x h h d w f w d w d - d c v d , k w h d. I w d f d d d d , f c d . I w d f w c , p w f w ch , d d k-h d c j . M f , w d h w ch g g h p p c c f g c c h c h d d k f d v h c p d g d g c w d f d , h w ch g w d p c h d f d c . , g-fl w g d D g h w d j d h j ck . M g c h gh d c d h Ph , d wh w z d g f p d c h g ck f g c ch M g h O c f D ph , h p w f c p pp g p Ch c g d d w w Sh gh .
h w d f g c h w p c , h d , d v v d d d v h M d w d. B h h p h f w d , h f ch d k-h d c c , k w h d . The Tradion of Word: You do not speak of magic to Mundanes. The Tradion of Acon: You do not p ac ce magic a ound Mundanes. e adi on of ea eak t ese u es and ou s a e cast out.
This is the world of magic.
Website www.genews-ezine.com GE News 9th year in publication e e a e man Sc oo s to stud magic. e Czoc a Co ege of Wiza d is one suc p ace. e Czoc a Co ege is steeped in ic isto , and eac student is so ted into one of t e five ouses, eac defined a set of co ou s, va ues, itua s and codes, some of t ose sec et. e five ouses a e
House Faust:
ri utes: Know edge & Powe Sym ol: D agon (t e s m o of Mep istop e es) Colours: ue & Go d Founder: Jo ann Geo g von aust ( amous Ge man wiza d. He ived is ife acco ding to t e sa ing “Wisdom is mig t”)
House Molin: ri utes: Lo a t & Cunning Sym ol: Go em (s m o of t e Jewis ka a ists) Colours: G een & onze Founder: Jako A a am Mo in (Legenda Jewis wiza d and ka a ist).
House Sendivogius: ri utes: Cou age, Honou & Dip omac Sym ol: W ite P oeni ( e t adi ona s m o of immo ta it , and simi a to t e e a dic s m o of Po and - t e w ite eag e) Colours: Red & Si ve Founder: Mic ał Sędziwoj (Sendivogius Po onus. amous Po is a c emist)
House uren us: ri utes: Di igence & Va ou Sym ol: Rooste (o en ot e ouses make fun of Du en us students ecause of t at, w i e t e a e p oud of t ei s m o . It’s a ooste ecause of t e egend, t at Du en us went to t e moon and ack on t e ack of a ooste ) Colours: O ange & own Founder: Lau en us D u (Maste of da k a ts f om t e Jage onian nive sit , o igina f om weste n Si esia. Known in Po is egends as Pan wa dowski)
House Li ussa: ri utes: o esig t, Da ing & C ea vit Sym ol: Si ve Lion ( e e a dic s m o of o emia) Colorus: Pu p e & W ite Founder: Li uše (One of t e t ee founding mot e s of o emia and a famous see )
At Czoc a Co ege of Wiza d ouse p ide is eve t ing and t e fig t fo t e ouse cup can e uta .
Website www.genews-ezine.com GE News 9th year in publication At Czoc a Co ege of Wiza d ou wi fu t e ou magica educa on. At t e Co ege ou must c oose a pat to stud t at wi dete mine t e t pe of essons ou wi a end. e e a e five di e ent stud pat s t at ou can take wit ou c assmates. ese a e
Curse Breaker: Students of t e Cu se eake Pat ea n ow to dea wit enc antments, o d cu ses, jin es, and e es. e ea n ow to disa e o counte cu ses in ancient tom s o ot e isto ica sites, and o en wo k in e o c p aces ( g p an p amids, Ma an temp es etc.). ei studies p ovide t em wit vast know edge of ancient unes, nume o og , ast o og , and ot e suc discip ines, w i e s e ui ing t em to e a e to t ink on t ei feet. Cu se eake s must e a e to wo k unde t e constant t eat of dange and ave g eat a i it to adapt uick to t e most di cu t of condi ons .
Healer: Students of t e Hea e Pat ea n ow to detect magica diseases and inju ies and ow to inte p et t ei s mptoms. e must e a e to emove ve comp e , da k magic cu ses and know a out t e an dotes to an possi e poison and t ansfigu a ona c anges in iving o ganisms unde t e in uence of spe s. Students a so ea n a out Mundane wa s, and o en e pe iment wit com ining magic wit tec no og . e wa of t e Hea e demands an open and ana ca mind, g eat know edge of spe s, e o og and t ansfigu a on, and t e a i it to find new pat s and to unde stand t e impact of magic and spe s on t e uman od .
r cier: Students of t e A ficie Pat ea n ow to c a powe fu items, cont o e ics and tap into t e powe of t e inanimate. e wa of t e A ficie eads to know edge of go ems, a tefacts and c ea ons of witc c a . Students need to keep c ea eads, conduct p ecise and demanding itua s and invest muc of t ei menta ene g into unde standing t ings t at a e not a ive. e ive in a wo d of num e s, movements and s m o s, and know t at w i e umans ma some mes fo give e o s, t ei su ject magic does not. As a esu t of t is, t e o en ecome unfo giving and a d, and some mes egin to t eat inte igent c eatu es as me e t inking mac ines .
Cryptozoologist Students of t e C ptozoo ogist Pat ea n ow to esea c magica c eatu es, ow to ecognize od pa ts of magica anima s and dete mine t ei suita i it fo po ons and magic itua s. e ea n ow to u ize t e magica e ects of natu e and its c eatu es, w ic is essen a w en cont o ing t e wi de ness. C ptozoo ogist students num e ot t ose w o want to p ese ve natu e and t ose w o want to suck t e ife out of it, and w i e t e Pat gives know edge of magica c eatu es and po ons, it e ui es g eat pa ence and e i i it and t e wi ingness to wo k a d in demanding ci cumstances wit t e st angest of eings.
Guardian: Students of t e Gua dian Pat ea n ow to enfo ce e adi ons, and t ei ives a e dedicated to keeping t e wo d of magic safe f om Mundane e es. e a e taug t t e wa s of i usion, divina on and powe fu c a ms, and deve op s a p and c i ca minds, a wa s on t e ookout fo t ose w o dis espect t e adi ons. e a e g anted man powe s and a e e d to ig standa ds, and a ove a t e a e judged t ei a i it to ot keep and sni out sec ets. Wa king t e Gua dian Pat means gua ding and knowing t e isto of t e magica wo d, and neve inc ing f om a d c oices o te if ing t ut s.
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No ot e e evision s ow as infused itse f into t e fa ic of m ife as D W o as. It is mo e t an just a ecu ing sto t at ente tains; it is a passion t at inds us as a fami , an inte est t at connects us wit f iends ot in pe son and on ine.
W en I was a c i d I was fami ia wit t e o d, “Knock Knock” joke, “W o a e ou? I am t e Docto . Docto W o.” I ad no idea to w om it efe ed. We did not ave te evision, not un I was e even. M g andmot e w o ived ne t doo ad an o d ack and w ite set t at m nc e ad oug t in t e fi ies w en te evisions we e u u items, fo t e wo king c ass at east. M ot e and I wou d o en go ove to g andma’s to watc V a e sc oo . e e was one t ing we once watc ed t at e an inde i e ma k on me. It te ified me and fo some me a e w en t e ed oom ig t was tu ned out at nig t I wou d pu t e ankets up ove m ead fo fea of “t e w ite man.” oug I ave neve posi ve iden fied t e pa cu a episode I am ce tain it is f om one of t e missing oug ton sto ies. W am I so su e it was D W o? e music, t at ot e -wo d Radiop onic wo ks op music t at t igge ed t at same fea of t e uncann w en I egan to watc D W o man ea s ate .
I was fi een w en Docto W o e-ente ed m ife. M ot e was watc ing it w i e ome on a uni eak. He c aims to ave watc ed it fo ea s on m G andmot e s V. I watc ed a coup e of episodes of e And oid Invasion and was ooked. Need ess to sa I was t i ed w en Step en Mo at c ose to featu e m fi st Docto W o monste in t e fi iet annive sa specia . M est f iend at sc oo was a so a Docto W o fan. At t at me W o was s own fou nig ts a week in Oz and w en t e an out of new episodes t e wou d epeat o d ones, going ack to ea Pe twee. I didn’t miss an episode, no ma e ow man mes I ad a ead seen it, un I e ome fo tunate at a out t e me of Co in ake , w om I dis iked due to a p evious o e e ad p a ed. Not ea fai on t e acto I know.
M pa tne , “ e w o s a not e named”, is a so a Docto W o fan. One of t e fi st i t da cakes I eve made fo im ad a ma zipan a dis on top. W i e we we e at ni we oug t indu gent e pensive, pewte Da ek sa t and peppe s ake s as a joint i t da p essie. (We just cou dn’t esist.) ve C istmas t e a e deco ated wit Santa ats.
W en ou sons we e oung we natu a int oduced t em to ou favou ite e evision se ies. W en ou e dest was at Da Ca e e wou d p a at eing a Da ek. None of t e ot e c i d en “got” w at e doing. He was t i ed w en W o etu ned to t e sma sc een and at east is f iends unde stood. A out fou ea s ago I joined a fo um w ic deve oped out of t e Gua dian Docto W o og. A num e of us w o we e egu a poste s on t at og fe t t e we we e ecoming a mic o communit and wis ed to con nue t e discussion and t at we ave done, fo we a e neve s o t of su jects. W en t e e isn’t a new episode to discuss t e e a e p ent of o d ones to eview.
Docto W o con nues to p a a pa t in m ife un ike t at of an ot e e evision s ow. I wi e ent anced a se ies ut a too soon it is past. Docto W o is as me ess as t e epon mous e o.
Website www.genews-ezine.com GE News 9th year in publication e Docto is mo e t an a c a acte , e is a f iend. It is a d su p ising t at fans ecome so possessive a out Docto W o. It is t at deep emo ona connec on t at t e se ies inspi es t at ead to ong me fans eviving it ea t is mi ennium.
I neve ea ad to dea wit t e s ock of a favou ite Docto egene a ng t anks to t e me wime natu e of A C’s Docto W o sc eening ack in t e ate 70s. W en t e new se ies finis ed t e wou d e un o d sto ies so fo t e fi st few ea s t at I was watc ing a fou t Docto se ies wou d e fo owed a t i d Docto se ies and t en t e egene a on f om t ee to fou was an cipated and not unwe come, t oug I enjo ed t e t i d Docto too. t e me t at t e fi Docto came a ong I was moving out of ome and eading o in sea c of m own adventu es.
I ave found t e AG W o egene a ons a de to adjust to. I was ve disappointed w en cc eston uit a e one se ies, and emem e t e e eing some at e nega ve esponses to ennant w en e fi st appea ed in t is ouse o d, t oug e won me ove wit t e “new teet ”. t e end of C istmas Invasion e was fu esta is ed as e Docto . It was t e same wit Ma . It took t e e e pa t of event Hou to convince us a . ven t oug I was ooking fo wa d to Capa di’s insta a on in t e a dis it s took some me efo e I was fu convinced t at e is t e Docto . at is no e ec on on t e a i it of an of t e acto s.
We ave een ema ka essed since t e egene a on of t e se ies wit some of t e est cas ng fo t e o e ut accep ng t at some one w o ooks tota di e ent to someone e se and even acts di e ent is t e same pe son is not actua a natu a t ing to do. ust D W o to do t e impossi e… e 50t i t da cake wi e W o t emed too. (1963 is a good vintage.)
Docto W o was one of t e fi st common inte ests t at m pa tne and I s a ed. It is s one of t e few V se ies t at we ot ike. In fact is one of t e few t ings t at we as a fami watc toget e , ence t e pa es to ce e ate new se ies sta ng.
A out five ea s ago now I was in Ca di wit m sons. We we e spending a week visi ng We s Cast es ut w en we saw t e Docto W o i i on poste s on t e YHA wa uined medieva cast es sudden ost a t ei appea .
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e Ade aide inge o e s a wide va iet of acts du ing its mont ong p og am, f om t e funn to t e se ious, and t e amateu to t e p ofessiona . W en ou do go to a s ow and ou know not ing a out t e pe fo me t en ou go wit t e e pecta on t at it cou d e ea ad, oka o somet ing specia !!
is p a is pa a ased on ot t e w ite and pe fo me ’s e pe iences of g owing up as uge ekkie fans.
W at wou d Spock do?’ w i en and di ected Jon i ain, pe fo med Sam Donne tu ned out to e t e somet ing specia . o an ou Sam Donne ene ge ca p a s t e c a acte , Ga ompson, w o takes us t oug a me t ave ing sto of is jo discove ing Sta ek e O igina se ies, as a oung o , eing u ied due to is fandom and missing t e oppo tunit to date a gi w o not on oved Sta ek, ut s e wou d d ess as M Spock a ecause e denied is inne geek!
W at wou d Spock do? puts ou on a o e coaste ide of emo ons f om aug e , nods as ou unde stand eve Sta ek efe ence t own at ou, and occasiona t e odd tea o two.
The moral of the story, accept who you are – no ma er how much of a loser it makes you.
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