The Wall of Lies Number 130 Newsletter established 1991, club formed June first 1980 The newsletter of the South Australian Fan Club Inc., also known as SFSA

STATE Adelaide, May--June 2011 WEATHER: Midgard Free James Morrison a butt, no surprises by staff writers Beloved Australian jazz musician and celebrity receives dues. A live audience was treated to a spectacle during taping of the ABC music quiz program Spicks and Specks. After stopping the show to fiddle with his instrument and performing on his trumpet, James Morrison rounded on the other guests, accusing them of “... not looking very impressed!” Fellow guest Colin Lane interjected ”Try playing it with your backside. Play it with your backside and it’ll impress us.”

This sequence was edited out for broadcast.

O After taping Lane was unrepentant for his sugges- ut t N No (Pictured): James Morrison, and tion. “Anyway, if James did play the trumpet with his ow ! (inset) a butt hole which can bum ... how could you tell the difference?” play the trumpet. Doctor Who’s split in two! by staff writers

Split series draws no response, rates well. Showing remarkable confidence in their product, the producers of Doctor Chameleon Factor # 80 Who have separated the 2011 series into two lots separated by six months. This has been received without significant negative comment by fandom, O u S t much as the 2009 gap year. In 1985-6 the show was out of production for 18 So on months, leading to worldwide condemnation, a Live Aid style charity single n! (Doctor In Distress) and a clandestine war on the BBC by its then producer.

“I am not sure that this years transmission pattern is the blueprint for future years. They may well return to 13 consecutive weeks in 2012,” said Brendan Dahill, Channel Controller for ABC1. “I can tell you that the first Sunday encore screening attracted 226,000 viewers -- so you can safety say the new series is reaching over a million viewers each week.”

The BBC is also pleased at the show’s performance: “The show is rating well in its new Saturday night home and has so far consistently won its slot.” SFSA magazine # 28 . Continued Page 2

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Ratings Date Title 5 City Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth a g i

30/04 h c 864,678 250,505 247,315 162,341 96,031 108,486 i M /

7/05 Day of the Moon L P J

894,335 279,451 268,146 161,559 82,644 102,534 / 4/05 The Curse of the Black Spot A S

837,493 238,263 227,509 152,323 79,698 139,699 A N N

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785,000 244,000 175,000 142,000 99,000 125,000 d e 28/5 The Rebel Flesh r C 823,000 273,000 163,000 194,000 90,000 104,000 Artist depiction of Io’s magma sea (outer- 4/6 The Almost People most ring), mantle, crust (centre) and 718,000 241,000 169,000 147,000 74,000 87,000 Jupiter’s magnetic field (wavy lines). 11/6 815,000 234,000 212,000 175,000 83,000 110,000 Sky Watch 2011 Average 825,376 252,036 213,703 161,620 86,312 111,703 Overnight figures only. Io’s sea of magma Sources: ABC, TV Tonight. Preservation Issues ON 13 MAY 2011 NASA announced a new analysis Unknown Orange thrills archivists of Galileo probe data indicated Jupiter’s satellite Io has a sea of magma below the visible surface. This by staff writers is now apparent through records of the magnetic Contacts THE INTERNATIONAL ANTHONY field flux, as magma is more conductive than solid BURGESS FOUNDATION has revealed rock, and explains the source of Io’s highly active Jamie Stidiford 20 unpublished short stories as well volcanoes. A similar mechanism was used in 2000 (President) as unproduced film and theatre to suggest Europa may have a salt water ocean scripts in the estate of the writer. [email protected] beneath its icy surface. Anthony Burgess (1917 - 1993) is Galileo orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003. most famous for the Stanley Martin Dunne Kubrick 1971 adaptation of his novel A Clockwork Orange, and the Orphan Planets Commoner Than Stars? (The Wall of Lies editor) horde contains a draft of the film [email protected] script by Burgess. NASA issued a press release on 18 May 2011 sum- This is described as “more violent” marising a Japan/New Zealand survey which con- than the one ultimately written by cluded planets free floating through space following Tammy Vogel Kubrick himself, with Alex’s cup- ejection from their original solar systems could be (Magazine editor) board including “drugs, hypodermic more common than stars. [email protected] needles and a child's skull”. Also The survey used microlensing from sites in Chile discovered was a script intended and New Zealand, sensitive enough to detect stellar for a Kubrick film on Napoleon, dimming from objects as small as Jupiter passing in Postal address: which was abandoned in favour of front of stars in the centre of the galaxy. The survey PO Box 3227 A Clockwork Orange. Several concludes that Earth sized orphans may be even unknown short stories have been Rundle Mall SA 5000 more common than gas giants. found read by Burgess on audio Once regarded as freakishly unlikely, the slew of tape. extrasolar planets in bizarre orbits discovered in the The International Anthony past two decades has demonstrated planetary ejec- Burgess Foundation was founded tion must be common. The modeling which Mailing list by his widow Liana Burgess in accounts for eccentric orbits posits disruption lead- subscription: 2003. Upon her death in 2007 she ing to planets falling into their stars or being thrown [email protected] left the contents of three houses to the Foundation. clear of their systems. 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 21/5, 18/6, 16/7 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 May-June 2011 Printed by the Federal Printing House Archive The constitutional changes results are as follows :-

85% agreed that the committee Transmission schedule size should be reduced from 9 May to June 2011 to 7.

Doctor Who on ABC1 Saturday 19.30 97% agreed that to be eligible Followed by Doctor Who Confidential to run for President you must Repeats ABC1 Sundays 17.30 be at least 18 years old. Doctor Who's Greatest Moments Cutdowns on ABC2 Tuesday 20.15 79% agreed that to be eligible K-9 on TEN Saturdays 9.30 to run for President, you must have been voted onto the com- ~ The Cybermen 3/5 mittee at at least two previous ~ Fear Itself 7/5 AGMs. ~ Day of the Moon 7/5 ~ Fall of The House of Gryffen 14/5 [Following Doctor ~ The Curse of the Black Spot 14/5 Who was off until March 1993 ~ Jaws of Orthrus 21/5 at the 4.30 am slot. The ~The Doctor's Wife 21/5 changes were passed, but have - Donna 24/5 NB Not the original image from NS 5. not been always applied.] ~ Dream-Eaters 28/5 ~ The Rebel Flesh 28/5 ~ The Curse of Anubis 4/6 Wall of Lies ~ The Almost People 4/6 No. 70 June/July 2001 ~ Oroborus 11/6 [Editor: Matthew Fazakerley] ~ A Good Man Goes to War 11/6 ~ Alien Avatar 18/6 Author Douglas Adams Dies ~ Aeolian 25/6 As most of you will no doubt know, Douglas Check local and daily program listings Adams, former screenwriter and script edi- tor of Doctor Who and most prominently the Club author of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (radio, books and television serial) Membership died on Friday, May 11 of a heart attack Annual membership rates are $15. after collapsing at a gym near his home in This entitles you to one year’s subscrip- Santa Barbara, California. His work has tion to the club’s publications: bimonthly been enjoyed and celebrated by many. An The Wall of Lies and SFSA magazine, obituary and retrospective will be presented and the Doctor Who themed yearbook in the next issue of the Club’s magazine. Chameleon Factor. Also included are NB Not the image from WOL 70.: discounted entry fees to SFSA meet- SF-SA’s magazine will be available at the ings, and discounts at various stores June Meeting! Archive hunt! around Adelaide. Bold items have been recovered! [SFSA 3 was available at the June 2001 Underlined items reported. Discounts meeting, with a small Adams obituary. Italics photo master found. Pulp Fiction Jethryk 5 volume 2 also had an obituary.] News-sheet 10 may not exist. 10% off comics and graphic novels NEWS-SHEET Chameleon Factor Events NO: 5 JUNE 91 [Editor: Corey McMahon] 1, 3, 30, 38, 48, 50, 51, 54, 56, 57, 68, 70, 75, 77 May 7 Pub meeting 17.00 The big news is that Doctor Who will return Venue: Buckingham Arms Hotel to our screens on June 24th! Weekdays at News-sheet 5.30pm as a part of The Afternoon Show May 21 General meeting 15.00 (again!) The end of Season 17 plus all of 4, 10 Venue: Adelaide High School season 18 (through to LOGOPOLIS, Tom Baker’s final story). At this stage though, no The Wall of Lies June 4 Pub meeting 18.00 other plans have been announced as to Venue: West Thebarton Hotel 29 (not 29/30), 36, 38, 53, 54, 56, what will happen once Season 18 is fin- 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 76 ished. Thanks to Dallas Jones for that good June 18 General meeting 15.00 news! Venue: Adelaide High School Thanks to all the people who have helped.

www.sfsa.org.au May-June 2011 3 Subscription due if Evolution of Map a red dot appears in this box from News Sheet/The Wall of Lies Art by Steven Cooke, Script by Cooke and Matthew Fazakerley

With our 30th anniversary, we cele- brate not just the history of the club, but also the tireless efforts of The Wall of Lies map, helping wayward souls find the club rooms at Adelaide High for twenty years. This first one dates from News Sheet 2, March 1991 and includes bus route information.

Author and editor are unknown.

News Sheet published until issue 14, May 1992, and became The Wall of Lies from issue 22 in June 1993.

This fetching map dates from News Sheet 4, May 1991. Renovations had put the rear car park out of operation and the map shows the efforts the club organisers took to direct attendees to the front car park.

Author and editor are unknown.

News-Sheet 5, June 1991 [note spelling]. The L shape the main building has reversed, possibly leading to con- fusion for fans and students alike.

Author unknown, edited by Corey McMahon.

And today. This little number dates from The Wall of Lies 52, June 1998.

Its longevity stands testament to its aesthetic functionality. There are no plans to change it.

Author Matthew Fazakerley.

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