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Doctor Who Fan Club Inc., Also Known As SFSA The Wall of Lies Number 101 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, July--August 2006 WEATHER: Coolish Free Doctor Who returns too late! by staff writers Fans try to replace Who with life. THE LATE 2006 debut of Doctor Who has seen its fans attempt all manner of activities to stave off withdrawal. Some have downloaded episodes from the Internet, or even legitimately purchased them. Fans have tried to watch the series on other household appliances; toasters, tumble dryers or bidets. Some have even turned to watching other television programs, such has been their desperation. One Doctor Who fan was even tempted to watch Big O ut Brother. “I thought it was the further adventures of the t N No ow Big Brother: not the one on jolly Totalitarian leader from 1984!,” he cried. “Instead I ! Channel Ten! saw a bunch of idiots living in a share house!” “Like in reality!” WHO’S BACK! by staff writers Chameleon Factor # 80 O Doctor Who’s debut leaked by Channel Two. ut t N No ow ! Fans rejoiced on the 9th of June with the official word from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that the second series of Doctor Who would debut on July 8th. However the date had been leaked by the ever unreliable Audience and Consumer Affairs a week prior to this. An ABC Publicist said this would be grounds for dismissal. SFSA magazine # 20 q Continued Page 2 Animate mate, page 2. Professor Who, page 4. WHO’S BACK! q from Page 1 An earlier leak suggested August. During May Edwin Patterson was asked to film a segment to precede the debut of Doctor Who series two. The producer told him this was to air on the 4th of August, the day before Who would return to ABC. It is now apparent that this will precede The Girl in the Fireplace, not the series premiere. ABC will start with The Christmas Invasion in the same slot and comment that they’re treating it “as a first episode”. They are transmitting the second series of Doctor Who and The Christmas Invasion as one fourteen part season, num- bering Christmas Invasion as the first episode and New Earth as episode two. This last has been titled “The New Earth” in ABC publicity and appears in both forms in BBC documentation. The sometimes glimpsed subtitle from last year “Adventures in the Human Race” has not returned. A representation of the Big Bang. Sky Watch The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation have committed to showing the series after the hockey season in October, and New Zealand station Prime Big Bang recreationists wag chins gives July 6th as their debut date. Preservation Issues SCIENTISTS HAVE ANNOUNCED a plan to recre- The Great Australian Animation Project! ate the conditions of the early solar system. The experiment was announced by Carlos Montufar of by staff writers Ecuador's San Francisco University at a world Contacts A SCHEME TO preserve Australian physics conference in the Galapagos Islands on the animation has been announced at 22nd of June. Jamie Stidiford the 2006 Melbourne International "The idea is to generate a clash between particles (President) Animation Festival. The Great similar to what happened a thousandth of a second Australian Animation Project’s scope after the Big Bang and see what it could tell us [email protected] covers production and advertising about the standard model of matter," Montufar told material, information about produc- AFP. tions and producers as well as all Martin Dunne types of animation including unfin- (Wall of Lies editor) ished projects. Plutonian satellites names approved. [email protected] The Project is using 2003 Academy Award winner Adam Elliot as its pub- THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION lic face, and is the idea of MIAF announced on June 22nd that it has approved the Matthew Fazakerley Director Malcolm Turner. He intends names Nix and Hydra for the two small satellites of (SFSA & CF editor) to display the results at next year’s Pluto discovered in May 2005. The innermost moon Festival and then tour it. "I have is now called Nix. Nyx was the mother of Charon in [email protected] been putting together the festival for Greek mythology, however as this has already been six years and every man and his dog used for asteroid 3908 the Egyptian version of Nix Postal address: has a story to tell.” says Mr. Turner. was chosen. This is appropriate as it is believed the "It's like hearing a good joke: you two newly found moons and Charon have a com- PO Box 3227 always mean to write it down but you mon origin. Rundle Mall SA 5000 don't. I have had hints and glimmers of Australia's animation history and I The outermost moon is called Hydra after the nine am now going to, metaphorically, headed snake, appropriate for the ninth planet. Mailing list write it down." They are now mission objectives of the New Horizons flyby, anticipated in 2015. subscription: Animation drawn in Australia for overseas productions such as the [email protected] 1960s The Beatles cartoon is also included. 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 15/7, 19/8, 16/9 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 2006 Printed by the Federal Printing House Archive July 15 General meeting 1 to 10 PM Chameleon Factor 34, Venue: Adelaide High School August 1986 Cost: $3 members/$4 others There have been many changes August 5 Pub meeting 5 PM recently in DOCTOR WHO, and Venue: Buckingham Arms our club is no exception...After JJuunnee----OOcctt.. 22000066 our A.G.M., Grant Whittingham Doctor Who on ABC-TV! August 19 General meeting 1 to 10 PM has vacated his position, and I Series two Venue: Adelaide High School Rosie Peck have filled it...Tom Cost: $3 members/$4 others Baker fans will be pleased to ~ The Christmas Invasion 8/7/06 know that the elusive 4th Doctor will be returning to Australia September 2 Pub meeting 5 PM around October 8th, 1986. Venue: Buckingham Arms ~ New Earth 15/7/06 Commencing these Tom Baker re-runs, will be the much loved September 16 General meeting 1 to 10 PM story of ROBOT. ~ Tooth and Claw 22/7/06 Venue: Adelaide High School Cost: $3 members/$4 others ~ School Reunion 29/7/06 The new committee for 2006--2007 are; President: Jamie ~ The Girl in the Fireplace 5/8/06 Treasurer: Tammy Secretary: Martin ~ Rise of the Cybermen 12/8/06 General: Anthony D., Brenton, Jade, James and Tim. The Wall of Lies 40, ~ The Age of Steel 19/8/06 Free Quiz nights at the Midway Tavern, July 1996 Elizabeth Downs, Wednesdays at 7.30 PM. ~ The Idiot's Lantern 26/8/06 Anyone interested in attending please con- The future of Doctor Who was tact Nathan! thrown into uncertainty during the ~ The Impossible Planet 2/9/06 May 14th broadcast of the new Publications telemovie in the US. The 5.5 rat- ing (5,274,500 viewers) and 9 ~ The Satan Pit 9/9/06 SFSA # 19 share ... was considerably lower than the 15 share previously indi- Jaffas and Justice! Celluloid Superheros cated as the absolute minimum ~ Love & Monsters 16/9/06 rating needed to secure further Chameleon Factor # 80: production....the ABC broadcast, Theme: The many faces of Doctor Who unlike the British broadcast and ~ Fear Her 23/9/06 video release was completely SFSA # 20 uncut! ~ Army of Ghosts 30/9/06 [The telemovie debuted in the UK on 27/5/96 and 15/7/96 in Au.] Membership ~ Doomsday 7/10/06 Annual membership rates are $15. Fandom Check local or daily listings This entitles you to one year’s subscription to the club’s publications: bimonthly The Club Wall of Lies and SFSA magazine, and the Doctor Who themed yearbook Chameleon In May we watched Ready Steady Cook Factor. Also included are discounted entry WHO! with David Tennant, a news obituary for fees to SFSA meetings, and discounts at Jon Pertwee and his last scenes in various stores around Adelaide. Planet of the Spiders, and the Doctor 17/7/06 to 28/7/06 Who episodes New Earth, Tooth and Discounts Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS BY Fireplace and Rise of the Cybermen. Pulp Fiction 10% off comics and graphic novels NEAL POWELL In June we enjoyed Timeslip: Missing-- Known Space Books TEA TREE GULLY LIBRARY Presumed Wiped and The Girl in the 10% off Who merchandise Fireplace again, because it was so good! Note new location INFORMATION CONTACT Basement, 28 James Place off Rundle Mall [email protected] Events www.sfsa.org.au July-August 2006 3 Subscription due if a red dot appears PROFESSOR WHO in this box Anthony Daly CyberDaleks part one The TARDIS followed Da Timei Code the Cybership to a very Pulp Thirty years later the TARDIS familiar planet ‘GAL- flew past a large Cybership filled LIFREY!!’ yelled the with guns and bombs ‘Finally, the Doctor ‘The Daleks are Fiction Cybermen are taking a holiday!’ going to Gallifrey to, to said the Doctor.
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