The Wall of Lies Number 128 Newsletter established 1991, club formed June first 1980 The newsletter of the South Australian Doctor Who Fan Club Inc., also known as SFSA STATE Adelaide, January--February 2011 WEATHER: Warmer Free Queensland flooded, fake reporter sad by staff writers “Barcelona Tonight” reporter’s loss saddens nation TRAGEDY HAS struck in Queensland, with floods covering the state, killing many, destroying infrastructure and homes, and laying waste to abut half of the nation’s food crops. Almost overlooked in the midst of this was a very personal loss for Seven’s David Richardson. The veteran news reporter forgot to remove his Italian loafers before wading knee deep in the flood waters for the all important “reporter knee deep in flood waters” live cross. While Anna Bligh hasn’t directly addressed O Richardson’s loss, he was hopeful to draw com- ut t N No Ruined loafers were similar to pensation from the State’s emergency fund. We ow ! these, but not actually these. can only wish him the best of luck, because he wouldn’t lie about something like that. ABC’s Doctor Quick by staff writers Will series six screen on the same day in the UK and Australia? ABC1’s Boxing Day broadcast of A Christmas Carol demonstrated the Chameleon Factor # 80 Corporation can get Doctor Who episodes within a day of BBC premiere (due to the time difference it was only fifteen and a half hours after the BBC O u N t premiere). No ow ! This quick turnaround has been attributed by commentators as an attempt to prevent illegal downloading, however ABC maintain it was simply con- venient to show a Christmas themed episode close to the holiday. ABC are running out their repeat rights for series five, and can repeat the associated Confidentials, the 2009/10 specials and Torchwood: Children of Earth. They are eager to view the new episodes of Torchwood, which will be co-produced by BBC Wales, BBC Worldwide and US cable channel Starz. “We’re just waiting for them to send us [discs],” confirmed a spokesperson. SFSA magazine # 27 Continued Page 2 Empire Strikes LoC, page 2. Our first issue, page 3. ABC’s Doctor Quick from Page 1 A Christmas Carol performed well for ABC1, winning its time slot and ranked eighth most watched show of the day. It drew 12.1 million in the UK, where it was BBC1’s Christmas Day flagship, and received 727,000 when it was broad- cast on BBC America on the same day, a first. The poor showing for the repeat of The End of Time part one (and subsequent improvement for part two) may be attributable to the absence of publicity. Date Title National Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth 26/12 A Christmas Carol 880,000 257,000 221,000 150,000 123,000 129,000 2/1 The End Of Time (Part 1) 96,000 27,000 25,000 15,000 16,000 13,000 Ripples in the cosmic background microwave radiation. 9/1 The End Of Time (Part 2) 206,000 48,000 73,000 24,000 26,000 35,000 Sky Watch Overnight figures only. Source: TV Tonight. Multiverse or millpool? Preservation Issues EVIDENCE THAT EARLIER universes preceeded the Big Bang has been published in a paper by mathemati- Library of Congress goes to the movies cal physicist Roger Penrose at the University of by staff writers Oxford in England and physicist Vahe Gurzadyan at Contacts THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS James Yerevan State University in Armenia, online on 16 H Billington has announced his list November 2010. Jamie Stidiford of 25 “culturally significant” films Their paper reports the discovery of circles in the (President) added to the National Film Registry. cosmic background microwave radiation, likening [email protected] The choices for this selection show them to ripples. They report three ”families” of these a more modern bent, with All the circles, and postulate these are remnants of “black President’s Men (1976), The hole encounters” preceding the Big Bang. Martin Dunne Exorcist (1973), McCabe and Mrs. Penrose’s cyclical model postulates a force makes (The Wall of Lies editor) Miller (1971), and The Empire the entropic universe produce another Big Bang. [email protected] Strikes Back (1980) on the list. "It looks to us as if they made quite a simple error George Lucas is represented in the end," said cosmologist James Zibin. The twice, with his 15 minute student model he and others propose accounts for these Tammy Vogel film Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 rings with inflation, the theory that the embryonic (Magazine editor) 4EB (1967) also being selected. universe expanded at a tremendous rate for the first Star Wars (1977) was added to the milliseconds after the Bang. [email protected] Registry in 1989. Edison’s Newark The Planck space telescope has started to return Athlete (1891) was also selected, data from its microwave survey, and by 2012 it the oldest film yet added to the list. should have provided definitive answers on many of Postal address: Billington said "About half of the these issues. It was launched 14 May 2009 and is PO Box 3227 films produced before 1950 and as currently near the Earth’s L2 position, leading the Rundle Mall SA 5000 much as 90 percent of those made before 1920 have been lost to planet at 60 degrees in the same orbit. future generations.” The library The cosmic microwave background radiation was received 2,112 nominations in 2010 first detected in 1964 by Arno Penzias and Robert Mailing list with this selection bringing the num- Wilson, Bell Telephone employees who regarded it ber of films in the Registry to 550. as nuisance static interfering in their satellite exper- subscription: The complete list is available at iments. They both received the 1978 Nobel Prize for [email protected] loc.gov/today/pr/2010/10-273.html. physics for this discovery. 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 15/1/2011, 19/2. 19/3 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 January-February 2011 Printed by the Federal Printing House Archive Wall of Lies Issue 67 Dec 00/Jan 01 NEWSHEET Transmission schedule No.1 [Undated, January 1991?] January to February 2011 [No editor attributed] Doctor Who Film Update Doctor Who on ABC1 Sundays 17.30 Welcome to the first of the NEW South Over the November 25-26 Australian Doctor Who Fan Club NEWS- weekend, the Sunday Times in SHEETS, which have been planned to the UK broke a new film-related ~ The End of Time part one 2/1/2011 replace Chameleon Factor at certain times story. Entitled “Dyke calls ~ The End of Time part two 9/1 in the year. C.F. will now be double the Daleks to take on Hollywood,” ~ The Eleventh Hour 16/1 page count, but will only be released 3 the article by media editor ~ The Beast Below 23/1 times a year, with the NEWSHEETS keep- Nicholas Hellen suggested that ~ Victory of the Daleks 30/1 ing you up to date on what you need to a new Doctor Who film is immi- ~ The Time of Angels 6/2 know between issues. As a result your sub- nent. ~ Flesh and Stone 13/2 scription is not affected - in fact you are ~ The Vampires of Venice 20/2 getting more for your money. [The story is erroneous] as net ~ Amy's Choice 27/2 site Outpost Gallifrey have been able to confirm. Check local and daily program listings Club In November we enjoyed Peter’s Dalek and a positive review of Stephen J Lord’s book The Killing Words. In December we had our annual picnic. Membership Annual membership rates are $15. This entitles you to one year’s subscrip- tion to the club’s publications: bimonthly The Wall of Lies and SFSA magazine, and the Doctor Who themed yearbook Fandom Chameleon Factor. Also included are discounted entry fees to SFSA meet- ings, and discounts at various stores Armageddon Expo 2011 around Adelaide. Peter Davison repeats may be screened Adelaide 5/6 March 2011 this year. The ABC has been less than helpful with our enquires, but it seems likely Adelaide Showgrounds Publications that Seasons 18 and 19 will return to their 6.30pm timeslot, if the rumours concerning armageddonexpo.com/au/ SFSA #27 the Afternoon Show moving to 6pm are [email protected] Post-thirtieth anniversary! true. Discounts The big news is that DR. WHO will definite- ly continue into it’s 27th Season. Cinema Pulp Fiction Verité, the company run by the shows origi- Look Who's Talking 10% off comics and graphic novels nal producer Verity Lambert has signed the contract to obtain the rights to produce Colin Baker and John Leeson Events Season 27. At this stage it seems unlikely that Sylvester will return for the full Season, 26 March 2011 January 15 General meeting 15.00 if at all. Venue: Adelaide High School The Police Club [Doctor Who was off ABC until the 27-29 Carrington St, Adelaide February 5 Pub meeting 17.30 November 1991 season 17 repeats. The Venue: Buckingham Arms Hotel Afternoon Show remained at 5pm.