The Wall of Lies Number 174 Newsletter established 1991, club formed June first 1980 The newsletter of the South Australian Fan Club Inc., also known as SFSA

Final STATE Adelaide, September–October 2018 WEATHEr: Autumn Brought Him Free Leadership Vote Delays Who! by staff writers Selfish children spoil party games. The Liberal Party leadership spill of 24 August 2018 had an unfortunate consequence; preempting Doctor Who. Due to start at 4:10pm on Friday the 24th, The Magician's Apprentice was cancelled for rolling coverage of the three way party vote. The episode did repeat at 4.25am that day.

Departing Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull frankly told us (The Wall of Lies 155, July 2015) that he had never watched Doctor Who. Incoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison thoughts on the show are not recorded.

O The Wall of Lies lobbies successive u S t Communications Ministers to increase So on Regeneration: the 29th and 30th Prime resources and access for preserving the n! Ministers reunite for an absolutely dreadful nation’s television heritage. anniversary show. Free Tickets for Doctor Who Club! by staff writers BBC Worldwide and Sharmill Films come through again!

On 20 August 2018 Sharmill Films said they had a deal with the BBC to present the as SFSA magazine # 33 yet unnamed series 11 premiere of Doctor Who in Australian cinemas. O u N t No ow Sharmill has presented the screenings of ! The Day of (24 November 2013), (24 August 2014), The Power of the Daleks and The Return of Doctor Mysterio (12 November and 26 December 2016, respectively), The Pilot, Shada, and Twice Upon a Time (16 April, 24 November and 26 December 2017).

Dates were unavailable at time of printing, as usual South Australian Doctor Who Fan Club members may recieve complimentary Deadly Earnest Annual tickets .

q Continued Page 2 Doctor Who cinema poster. Have you seen Ten Years of my Kitten? page 2. Terror, page 4. Free Tickets for Doctor Who Club!

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A blu ray box set of season 12 was released in the US/region one on 19 June 2018, in the UK/region two on 2 July, and in Australia/region four on 1 August. Comprising 20 episodes with a stated running time of 600 minutes, it includes: a new hour long interview, the 1991 VHS The Tom Baker Years, new special effects for Revenge of the Cybermen, the omnibus version of , new mak- ing of documentaries for The Experiment and Revenge of the Cybermen, 5.1 surround sound mixes for in Space and Genesis of the Daleks Season 12 blu ray. and production materials in PDF format. Hypothetical collision of M31 and M32p across Early purchasers gave some uncomplimentary feedback; manufacturing two billion years. (Credit: AAS-IOP, edited.) errors. Disc three (The Sontaran Experiment) and five (Revenge of the Cybermen) contain audio and video glitches. Australian consumers have been Sky Watch asked to contact [email protected] directly. Some report receiving a faulty replacement disc five. Series nineteen is the next for a box M32p: gone but not forgotten! set; pre-orders are available for a 19 November release. Preservation Issues is an elliptical galactic satellite of M31 (Andromeda). Richard D’Souza and Eric F. Bell’s The Hunt for Kitten Kong paper ‘The Andromeda 's most important by staff writers merger about 2 billion years ago as M32's likely pro- Contacts The best remembered episode of genitor’ was published in Nature Astronomy on 23 The Goodies concerned a fluffy July 2018 and suggests that M32 is the core of a Martin Dunne (Editor): white kitten named Twinkle, which larger (M32p) which impacted [email protected] grew to a huge size and attacked Andromeda, losing its stellar halo, spurning some London. The episode, called Kitten creation and contributing to the larger galaxy. Postal address: Kong, was remade as Kitten Kong: We asked Richard D’Souza some questions. Montreux '72 Edition for a comedy The Wall of Lies: Why had the Andromeda stellar PO Box 870 festival with the unfortunate conse- North Adelaide quence that Montreux '72 survives halo not been considered for M32 stripping? SA 5006 Australia and Kitten Kong does not. Richard: We approached the problem of solving On 16 July 2018 Vince Steele Andromeda's halo and merger history, as we are Email list subscription: wrote about his memories of seeing generally interested in the merger history of . [email protected] the original Kitten Kong on the The connection with M32 became our focus, as it Goodies Rule - OK? site, leading to became obvious that it was the remnant. the WoLs editor checking published Twitter: Why does this modelling give a large M32p, instead listings. It was played in New South of multiple smaller galaxies? SA Dr Who Fan Club Wales on Australia Day 1974 and This large galaxy was extremely metal rich. We @SADWFCinc possibly repeated on 26 April 1979. Vince revealed he recorded it on his looked for the metal-rich accreted component in The Wall of Lies brother’s Betacord video machine, Andromeda. The large metallicity of M32 matches @WallofLies along the colour Montreux '72, the metallicity of this large progenitor. The Hourly Telepress unfortunately keeping neither. Will this be the fate of the Magellanic Clouds and @HourlyTelepress The Goodies -- The BBC Years Triangulum? DVD Boxset is to be released on 24 The progenitor of M32 was larger than the other September, limited edition A Binge Facebook groups: satellite galaxies. The Clouds collision with the Milky of Goodies includes a certificate Way will increase the halo considerably. The merger South Australian Doctor Who signed by all three Goodies. Any of Triangulum with Andromeda will not change the surviving artefacts of Kitten Kong Fan Club Inc. and SFSA. halo of Andromeda a lot, since it is already larger. would be welcomed. 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 15/09, 20/10, 17/11 images, text, or information. $5.00 $4.00 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.

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Repeats at ~16.15 then ~05.15 on ABC (formerly ABC1). Series Nine (The Magician's Apprentice, 2015 or the one with hand mines) repeated from Friday 24 August.

~ The Zygon Invasion 3/9 ~ 4/9 ~ Sleep No More 5/9 ~ Face the Raven 6/9 ~ 7/9 SFSA 23, October 2008. ~ 8/9

Check local and daily program listings. SFSA 23 October 2008 Club Conpanion con booklet, edited by Shellie Whiid. Membership Editor’s Babble – Tammy Annual membership rates are $20. Archive Vogel – Editor in Chief This entitles you to one year’s subscrip- Conpanion, 8, 9, 10 October 1983. tion to the club’s publications: bimonthly Hello, my name is Tammy and I’m The Wall of Lies and SFSA magazine, The first Australian Doctor Who convention, the lucky sucker who has taken and the Doctor Who themed yearbook held by the South Australian Doctor Who Club over from Matt Fazakerly as the Chameleon Factor. Also included are featuring interviews with Peter Davison, Jon editor in chief of this magazine. discounted entry fees to SFSA meet- Pertwee, Janet Fielding and guest of honour Now I know that I am not going to ings, and discounts at various stores Katy Manning. There was a costume parade, be able to make a mag anywhere around Adelaide. disco, a play called Holocaust 2000, displays near as good as Matt but noone of a TARDIS, console, K9 and Dalek. else seemed willing to take on the job – let alone contribute to its Discounts contents. Therefore, if you are Pulp Fiction [There were over 450 attendees but not the editor, whose parents took home instead.] upset that there wasn’t more stuff 10% off comics and graphic novels in it, hell, contribute. If you don’t like the mag – do it yourself.

Events [Tammy Vogel’s first magazine, she remained SFSA editor until In July we enjoyed Boganology. SFSA 32 in June 2015.]

In August we watched Hound of the Baskervilles (1982).

September 1 Pub meeting 18.00 Fandom Venue: The Albion Hotel ConCentric 2018 September 15 General meeting 15.00 Venue: Adelaide High School Door price is $30/$25 concession Pre-purchase $25/$18 October 6 Pub meeting 18.00 17 and under free Venue: The Settlers Hotel Burnside Community Centre. October 20 General meeting 15.00 Venue: Adelaide High School September 2018 Saturday 15th 9.30am to 11.30pm November 3 Pub meeting 18.00 Sunday 16th 9.00 am to 10.30pm Venue: The Albion Hotel http://con-centric.com.au/ P.O. Box 3305 November 17 General meeting 15.00 Norwood SA 5067 Venue: Adelaide High School The Wall of Lies 114, September 2008. www.sfsa.org.au September–October 2018 3 Subscription due if a red dot appears The Master’s Dalek Plan in this box

by Tim Howe

4 www.sfsa.org.au September–October 2018 From Chameleon Factor 41, April/May 1988. (4 of 7)