The Wall of Lies

Number 132 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, September--October 2011 WEATHER: Arab spring Free Doctor Who producer its ultimate foe

by staff writers Hairy and scary. And a little bit airy. On a recent foray into his Paisley boyhood, show runner Steven Moffat con- templated some more potential horrors to include in Doctor Who.

As (former) Doctor Who author Lawrence Miles commented after seeing The Eleventh Hour: “And this week's real-world-thing-that's-a-bit-scary, following on from gasmasks, statues, and shadows, is a crack in some Polyfilla. Other things that might work as “real-world" enemies: Hoodies, mirrors, babies, abandoned golliwogs, cheese strings, and the letter "N".

O Moffat considered Target novelizations, folding ut t N No beach chairs and unnaturally sunny days in ow Moffat: scary child, Scotland, before settling on woolly afros. ! scary adult. BBC count$ value of Who by staff writers

Doctor Who tops programme sales, revenue for BBC. As reported last issue (‘Doctor Who vs the BBC!’, The Wall of Lies # 131), the July Chameleon Factor # 80 2011 annual report of the corporation’s commercial arm BBC Worldwide cites Doctor Who as primarily responsible for increasing its revenue 10.3 % over the financial year O u 2010/2011. N t No ow ! While no innate value is suggested, a comparison can be made. In 2007, the BBC bought 75% of travel franchise Lonely Planet, followed by the February 2011 pur- chase of the remaining 25%. This second sale cost £42.1m, indicating the value of the entire brand could be $257.4m AUD. BBC Worldwide calls this a “global brand”, along with Doctor Who, Top Gear, Dancing with the Stars and BBC Earth.

BBC Worldwide said that the top five selling programme titles in the year to the end of March 2011 were the fifth series of Doctor Who, the debut series of Sherlock, the 15th and 16th series of Top Gear, and Human Planet.

With Sci Fi Channel showing Tom Baker Doctor Who, Nickelodeon having the rights to The Sarah Jane Adventures and Ten buying Torchwood and co-producing K-9, SFSA magazine # 28 commercial television in Australia is understandably eager to share in Doctor Who.

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Network Ten said “We haven't confirmed when and where this program will air,” / A

but anticipated it to be scheduled by the end of September. S

ABC say they are “are investigating the possibility” of obtaining the Red Nose A N

Day specials Space and Time, describing them as being “on their radar”. : t i

Conversely they say there is no possibility of them getting the memorial spe- d e cial My Sarah Jane: A Tribute to Elisabeth Sladen. At time of printing they had r C only received the episodes Let's Kill Hitler and Night Terrors and associated Confidential Cut Downs. They were unwilling to comment on the possiblility of an extra length series final, but on recent tradition The Wedding of River Song will both run over and ABC will play the whole episode. Sci Fi Channel launched Doctor Who on 17 August with “Doctor Who Faxed Lunar Orbiter image of the Earth and Tweetups” in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. The Adelaide Moon (top) and below, digitally restored. launch had 30 attendees at the Stag Hotel. They have expressed their gratitude to everyone who helped make the launch a success: Sky Watch Special thanks to all the Whovians who joined us and took part in the Tweetup on 17.8.11. Lunar Orbiter still swings

Preservation Issues IN 1948 FRED HOYLE predicted that the first images Doctor Who film print found, again of Earth from space would change forever our view of our own planet. On 23 August 2011 it was the by staff writers 45th anniversary of the first such image, taken by Contacts A SUPERFLUOUS episode of Doctor Lunar Orbiter 1 in 1966 as part of a program to pho- Who: The Romans episode three tograph potential Apollo landing site, which also Jamie Stidiford has been found by BBC producer mapped 99% of the moon. (President) Paul Vanezis. The Romans: As the images were scanned from film onboard [email protected] Conspiracy was audited in the BBC the probes, large scan lines marred the final result. Film Library in 1978 when it was Nevertheless, large mat like images were used to incorporated into the Film and study Apollo sites, a Lunar Orbiter image of Earth Martin Dunne Videotape Library, and the entire was printed in the first Whole Earth Catalog and (The Wall of Lies editor) serial was also found at BBC several mosaic atlases were produced from the Enterprises. [email protected] results. The BBC was contacted through In 2000 the US Geologic Survey restored some its Treasure Hunt site by a family Lunar Orbiter images by scanning the resulting strip who bought a country house in Tammy Vogel films and in 2007 SkyCorp investigated the possibil- Essex, complete with a makeshift ity of returning to the data tapes to produce new (Magazine editor) cinema. Vanezis attended the [email protected] estate on 25 August 2011, and was images. Vintage Ampex FR-900 tape drives were rewarded with a good copy print, located, and a test was chosen: the 1966 first Earth complete with original leader image. This was duly presented at a 13 November Postal address: cemented to the film. 2008 press conference with "four times the dynam- PO Box 3227 Vanezis believes it may be a dif- ic range of the ... [original] film image and up to twice the ultimate resolution." Rundle Mall SA 5000 ferent recording to the existing prints, “... I want to see if this print Since then the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery has more active picture information, Project has been jointly funded by NASA, SkyCorp although the overall quality will be and private individuals. They are working through Mailing list inferior.” The War Machines the 1,500 tapes, with successful recoveries sent to returned from Australia was telere- the Planetary Data System, a print and digital subscription: corded in a different session to the archive for planetary datasets. This is then made [email protected] Nigeria print, which was more available to researchers. closely zoomed in. 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 17/9, 15/10, 19/11 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 September-October 2011 Printed by the Federal Printing House Transmission schedule September to October 2011 SFSA 4, Spring 2001 Archive Doctor Who series six Saturday 19.30 CHAMELEON Followed by Confidential Cut Down 1 September 1981 Doctor Who repeats of series four [Editors: Paul Snarksis/Grant Whittingham] on ABC1 Saturday late Grant and I have now replaced Brian Alford ~ Turn Left 27/8 as editors of the club’s magazine and ~ Let's Kill Hitler 3/9 newsletter, which has acquired the name ~ The Stolen Earth 3/9 “Chameleon” which comes from the ~ Night Terrors 10/9 TARDIS’ Chameleon mechanism (see ~ Journey's End 10/9 Unearthly Child article) and was thought of ~ The Girl Who Waited 17/9 in a flash of inspiration by Graeme Read ... ~ The God Complex 24/9 The magazine “Time Lord” has been SFSA ~ Closing Time 1/10 plagued with delays since the club started No. 4, Spring 2001 ~ The Wedding of River Song 8/10 over a year ago. You should receive the [Editor: Steven Cooke] first issue of the magazine by the end of the Double episodes daily on Sci Fi Channel year. after which we intend to publish it quarterly. Admittedly the first magazine will If you hadn’t noticed, my Page Check local and daily program listings not as previously stated have 60 pages or a is beginning to look more like a colour cover, but it will contain an array of postage stamp. I would like to photographs and at least 20 pages. thank Matthew Fazakerley and The next meeting will be held on Saturday Club Dominic Porcelli for their valu- September 26th at the Theosopical Hall, able contributions to the pro- Membership 338 King William Street. A Doctor Who duction of this magazine. I videotape of “The Stones of Blood” will be Annual membership rates are $15. would also like to thank our shown and we hope to have some mer- This entitles you to one year’s subscrip- contributors who through their chandise for sale including full colour tion to the club’s publications: bimonthly tireless efforts make this maga- posters ... The Wall of Lies and SFSA magazine, zine possible ... Be on the look and the Doctor Who themed yearbook out for our website. We hope to Doctor Kit Pedler died of a heart attack on Chameleon Factor. Also included are have something on there soon! the 27th of May this year. He was well discounted entry fees to SFSA meet- known for having created the Cybermen ings, and discounts at various stores [The website went online on 26 with Gerry Davis ... around Adelaide. October 2001 and remains sfsa.org.au.] [Graeme Read resigned as printer after four Discounts issues and took the name Chameleon with Pulp Fiction him; the fanzine was renamed Chameleon 10% off comics and graphic novels Factor. No publication named Time Lord has ever been put out by this club, this may Fandom Events have been an early title for Jethryk.] The Melbourne Symphony September 3 Pub meeting 18.00 Orchestra Venue: Rex Hotel presents September 17 General meeting 15.00 Venue: Adelaide High School The Doctor Who Symphonic Spectacular October 1 Pub meeting 17.00 14:00 and 19:00 Venue: Buckingham Arms Hotel 4 February 2012

October 15 General meeting 15.00 Hamer Hall Venue: Adelaide High School Melbourne Arts Centre

November 5 Pub meeting 17.00 Conducted by Ben Foster Venue: Buckingham Arms Hotel www.mso.com.au November 19 General meeting 15.00 Venue: Adelaide High School Tickets via www.ticketmaster.com.au

www.sfsa.org.au September-October 2011 3 Subscription due if Noodle Warriors, SFSA 4, 2001 a red dot appears [Fazakerley/Cooke] in this box

Art by Steven Cooke, Script by Cooke and Matthew Fazakerley

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