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The Wall of Lies

Number 137 Newsletter established 1991, club formed June first 1980 The newsletter of the South Australian Fan Club Inc., also known as SFSA

Final STATE Adelaide, July--August 2012 WEATHER: Mid-Winter Free Atom smasher! by staff writers Truck and bridge event gives discovery of the century. An experiment at a European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) facility has succesfully detected the Higgs bosun. The experiment involved smashing an excavator being transported on the back of a large tuck into a rail bridge. The errant particle was then visible to scientsts and Port Adelaide- Enfield Mayor Gary Johanson, who had a temper tantrum.

The Higgs bosun was first theorised by Peter Higgs in 1964, and gives mass to atoms and thus matter. Consequences are believed to include charges of O breaching height restrictions, contraflow traffic ut t N CERN facility at Commercial No bypass under the Western side of the bridge, rail ow Road, Port Adelaide. traffic disruptions until next week and a Nobel Prize. !

Doctor Who ratings slide by staff writers

Doctor Who, repeats ratings vanish from official reporting. Ratings for weekday Doctor Who repeats on ABC2 have plunged below the top 20 Chameleon Factor # 80 digital only threshold, reporting above this on average once a fortnight. Torchwood repeats have not been reported during the current run. ABC has given Doctor Who O Ou average rating for 2011 as 856,000, the variable threshold indicates it is less than ut So 200,000 this year. However this does reflect series one to six episodes which have oo n! been repeated as many as seven times since 2005. !

The series seven premiere, Asylum of the will screen at the British Film Institute on 14 August, then at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival a week later, and then presumably on the BBC following this. A BBC spokesperson said “Neither date is confirmed, so I've got no further information or comment there I'm afraid. It's not unusual for the UK to run a press screening in advance of the UK transmission but that has no bearing on transmission date. BBC will announce the UK date once it is confirmed, as will the ABC.”

The ABC’s iView site gives the premiere date for Asylum of as “September”, and a spokesperson commented “The new series was pencilled for SFSA magazine # 30 September sometime, but that would be an ABC1 premiere. There is no other news.” . q Continued Page 2 Stolen history, page 2. Archive, page 3. Doctor Who ratings slide q from Page 1

Doctor Who repeats are scheduled on ABC2 at 19.30 weekdays, continuing to early September. This seems to coincide with the projected date for the new episodes on ABC, and matches the premiere of the second set of episodes (five episodes from Let’s Kill Hitler and on) in 2011. This time the balance is reversed with five episodes forming the first set, then a Christmas episode, with seven more episodes held over for 2013, the 50th anniversary. Celebrations are already building for the anniversary, with conventions and events planned and promoted. It is not known what plans has for the show, but at the same time production has relocated into the new studios in Cardiff. ’ Wizards vs Aliens is also produced there, effectively replacing The Sarah Jane Adventures. The Sci Fi cable channel have committed to the following runs of Doctor Who: Titan crater measuring 180 km scanned by Colin Baker episodes from 9 July to 7 August, Sylvester McCoy 8 August to 5 Cassini on 13 January 2007. Image: NASA. September and Jon Pertwee 6 September to 30 November. These are cur- rently scheduled in double episodes weekdays at 17.30 and 22.20. Ten will play K-9 series from 1 September, following repeats of series one and Sky Watch two from 08:00, Saturday 7 July. Eleven continues to say they have no plans for Torchwood: Miracle Day and are yet to schedule it. The Titanic sea

Preservation Issues A NEW ANALYSIS of Cassini’s six fly-bys of Titan, led The archivist who wasn’t archival by Luciano Iess, claims the moon harbours an ocean larger than all the seas of Earth combined. by staff writers Saturn’s tidal forces distort the satellite such that a Contacts IF RECOVERING LOST recordings was liquid layer beneath the icy surface must contribute too easy, another avenue for loss to its plasticity. Modelling of different substances Jamie Stidiford has been demonstrated in the US. shows water is the most likely candidate. (President) J. David Goldin is an ex-CBS The discovery of water is inevitably followed by [email protected] employee who estimates he has speculation about the possibility of life. Titan is rich donated over 10,000 recordings to in hydrocarbons and possibly organic molecules, the National Archives and Records however one of the authors of the study is sceptical. Martin Dunne Administration. In September 2010 Jonathan Lunine, who contributed to the piece in (The Wall of Lies editor) Goldin found a familiar master copy Nature, suggests life needs an interface between of a Babe Ruth interview for sale on [email protected] water and rock to become established, where the eBay, eventually netting US$34.74 ocean on Titan likely rests on an icy core. for “hi-fi_gal”. He reported the sale On a related note, a article in the May Icarus sug- to the National Archives inspector Tammy Vogel gests a complicated model for a sub-surface ocean general, who traced it to Leslie on Triton, including heat factors such as radioactive (Magazine editor) Waffen, the archivist Goldin had decay, tidal forces and extreme orbital forces due to [email protected] handed the recording to in 1976. Some 6,153 recordings were the satellite's highly eccentric orbit around Neptune. seized from Waffen’s home with Postal address: half believed to be NARA property, Big hole in Greenland PO Box 870 an additional 1,051 items had been North Adelaidel SA 5006 sold and shipped. Items stolen THE OLDEST AND largest terrestrial impact crater has included Herbert Morrison’s report been found in Greenland. Created by a 30 metre of the Hindenburg disaster. asteroid three billion years ago, the once 25 km On 3 May Waffen was sentenced deep and 600 km wide hole has been reduced to Mailing list to 18 months in prison followed by 100 km through erosion. This dwarfs the previous two years of supervised release. record holder, the two billion year old Vredefort subscription: An amount to repaid in restitution crater in South Africa, a mere 300 kilometres in [email protected] was yet to be determined at the diameter. Remnants of larger craters may exist. time of printing. This is a publication of SFSA: the South Australian Doctor Who Fan Club Inc., a non profit organisation. No attempt has been made to supersede the copyright of any holders of trademark or copyrighted 21/7, 18/8, 15/9 images, text, or information. Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that the contents of the newsletter is accurate at the time of printing, SFSA cannot accept any liability for inaccura- cies that may appear. Meeting details are subject to change at short notice.

2 www.sfsa.org.au July-August 2012 Printed by the Federal Printing House Archive JETHRIIK 1, [Undated 1982?] July to August 2012 [No editor attributed] A HISTORY OF DOCTOR WHO FANDOM WITHIN AUSTRALIA Dr Who 19.30 Monday to Friday ABC2.

~ 's Daughter 9/7 When I was a small child I ~ The Unicorn and the Wasp 10/7 began to watch the adventures of Doctor Who ... It was in 1976 ~ in the Library 11/7 Jethryik 1, 1982? ~ 12/7 that the ABC (...) decided to ~ 13/7 Membership stop televising the series ... ~ 16/7 Annual membership rates are $15. Zerinza came out under the ~ The Stolen Earth 17/7 This entitles you to one year’s subscription banner of the recently formed ~ Journey's End 18/7 to the club’s publications: bimonthly The Australasian Doctor Who Fan ~ 19/7 Wall of Lies and SFSA magazine, and the Club ... in 1979 (...) the Doctor ~ Planet of the Dead 20/7 Doctor Who themed yearbook Chameleon Who Fan Club of Victoria (and) ~ The Waters of Mars 23/7 Factor. Also included are discounted entry The Queensland Doctor Who ~ The End of Time part 1 24/7 fees to SFSA meetings, and discounts at Fan Club ... (in 1980) the South ~ The End of Time part 2 25/7 various stores around Adelaide. Australian Doctor Who Fan ~ The Eleventh Hour 26/7 Club ... As for the future, I can ~ 27/7 only see the growth of Doctor ~ 30/7 Discounts Who fandom in Australia. ~ 31/7 Pulp Fiction ~ 1/8 10% off comics and graphic novels [Paul Kennedy gives the origin ~ The Vampires of Venice 2/8 story of Doctor Who fandom. ~ Amy's Choice 3/8 Always include date and editor ~ 6/8 Events in your fan publications!] ~ 7/8 ~ 8/8 In May we played Stone Age. In June we ~ 9/8 enjoyed Umbra. ~ 10/8 ~ The Big Bang 13/8 July 7 Pub meeting 18.00 ~ A Christmas Carol 14/8 Venue: Tower Hotel, Magill ~ 15/8 ~ 16/8 July 21 General meeting 15.00 ~ The Curse of the Black Spot 17/8 Venue: Adelaide High School ~ The Doctor's Wife 20/8 ~ The Rebel Flesh 21/8 August 4 Pub meeting 17.00 ~ The Almost People 22/8 Venue: Elephant & Castle Hotel ~ 23/8 ~ Let's Kill Hitler 24/8 August 18 General meeting 15.00 Jethryik 1, 1982? ~ Night Terrors 27/8 Venue: Adelaide High School ~ 28/8 ~ 29/8 Fandom ~ Closing Time 30/8 ~ The Wedding of 31/8 Natcon for 2013 Ten has K-9 from 7 July. Sci Fi has Colin Baker Dr Who from 9 July. Conflux 8

Check local and daily program listings. Novotel Hotel, Canberra Club AGM results June 16, 2012 Saturday 29–Sunday 30 September 2012 Pre-Con workshops Friday 28 President: Jamie Secretary: Martin Treasurer: Tammy Guests Keri Arthur and Keith Stevenson Committee: Ashlee, Brenton, David I, David R, Mark, Tim http://www.conflux.org.au/ Returning officer: Kat [email protected] SFSA 7, Winter 2002 www.sfsa.org.au July-August 2012 3 Subscription due if Noodle Warriors, SFSA 7, 2002 a red dot appears [Fazakerley/Cooke] in this box

Art by Steven Cooke, Script by Cooke and Matthew Fazakerley

4 www.sfsa.org.au July-August 2012 To be concluded ...