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The Wall of Lies Number 160 Newsletter established 1991, club formed June first 1980 The newsletter of the South Australian Fan Club Inc., also known as SFSA

Final STATE Adelaide, May - June 2016 WEAThEr: Fall of Moondust Free Private Eye scoops television show dog by staff writers

Satirically predicts a robot novelty , humour. Following The Wall of Lies 159’s story on satirical magazine Private Eye’s interest in Doctor Who production gossip we were contacted by Macqueen, a writer on the journal. He said “If you check issue 401, from 29 April 1977, you'll note that the Eye was the first place to reveal that was getting ‘a mechanical robot dog, called ’ as a companion.”

“This was a full, two months before he was O u unveiled to the press --- so it's a long-running S t So thing!” on n! K9 the robot dog meets Robert the Spillers dog food spokes animal, October 1977. ABC in dark, hiatus shock! by staff writers

Production starts, transmission delayed. The production of Doctor Who series ten began in May 2016 with filming of unknown episodes. However, as in The Wall of Lies 159 (March - April 2016) this SFSA magazine # 33 will be held over for a year before broadcast. ABC retains the life of series deal which guarantees they will have the first option on the series, however they were O u unable to commit when contacted by The Wall of Lies. They also revealed that N t No ow they were taken by surprise by the hiatus and found out when it was publicised by ! the BBC on 23 January 2016.

Incoming producer will begin work in 2018. A similar hiatus in 2009 was because producer and star wanted to move on but incoming producer was not ready to take over until 2010. A compromise was reached with three specials rather than thirteen episodes pro- duced. The hiatus in 1985 was caused by the BBC cancelling a season, with no production for eighteen months.

On 23 April the BBC announced Pearl Mackie had been cast as new companion Bill, possibly as this would not have remained a secret for over a year until the SFSA magazine # 32 series launch.

Beatles home movie Chameleon recovered, page 2. Factor, page 4. K9:TimeQuake questions answered

On 24 April Bob Baker attended an event called An Afternoon with Bob Baker, held at the FAB Cafe in Manchester. He took some questions about the upcoming film K9: TimeQuake. Will there ever be a second TV series in the works? After the film maybe? Bob: “Not that we know of at the moment. It’s a possibility but nothing definite, no.” Bob Baker. Is TimeQuake a direct sequel to the TV series? Bob: “No, it’s something completely new. We’ve left the Tv series behind and its a new adventure for K9.” Is there any chance of K9 Mark I joining forces with K9 Mark III in this The Magellanic Clouds in infrared; Small in lower left and Large at right. The filament across the middle is film? native to the Milky Way. (ESA/Planck). Bob put his finger to the side of his nose and said “Watch this space!” K9: TimeQuake is to feature K9 facing in deep space. It is due Sky Watch for release in 2017. Alien Clouds from space

Preservation Issues NeW evIDeNCe casts doubt on the Magellanic Clouds being true satellites of the Milky Way galaxy. The Beatles backstage at Granada scandal Clouds are two dwarf galaxies, the large one being by staff writers 14,000 light years across and the small one 7,000; Contacts by comparison the Milky Way is approximately ON 26 APRIL 2016 the National Film 100,000 light years in diameter. Martin Dunne (editor): and Sound Archive announced the In 2007 Nitya Kallivayalil and Charles Alcock pub- [email protected] donation of a collection of 8mm lished Hubble Space Telescope derived research in films and videos, including one fea- The Astrophysical Journal which indicated the proper turing The Beatles. These had been Postal address: motion of the Clouds was twice that previously recorded by Dawn Swane between thought. The Large Cloud velocity was estimated to PO Box 870 1957 and the early 1990s. be at 378 km/sec and the Small at 302 km/sec. North Adelaide Originally a ballet dancer, Ms Galactic escape velocity in their region is uncertain SA 5006 Australia Swane was employed as a make as the mass of the Milky Way is debated, but may be up artist by Granada Television in close or below these figures. 1965, when she recorded 49 sec- Email list subscription: The April 2016 Astronomy & Astrophysics journal onds of The Beatles joking around contained a paper by Bruno Dias et al, suggesting [email protected] in the dressing room. The occasion we are witnessing the first pass of these galaxies, was the 1 November taping of The which may have arrived in the last three billion years. Twitter: Music of Lennon and McCartney, a In 1974 the Magellanic Stream was identified; a fila- 50 minute special devoted to other SA Dr Who Fan Club ment of gas and dust connecting both clouds and the artists performing Beatle songs. @SADWFCinc south pole of the Milky Way. If they are not satellites, Other highlights of Dawn’s collec- The Wall of Lies tion include The Beatles auto- the phenomenon is less explainable. Using stellar @WallofLies graphed call sheets for the special, clusters as an indicator, Dias’ team found a dispro- and a young of Michael Caine in the portionate number of older stars in the Small Cloud The Hourly Telepress make-up chair at Granada Tv for are further from its centre, evidence the Large Cloud @HourlyTelepress Man (1964). rather than the Milky Way is stripping its mass. This The footage is available on the strengthens the case that they are two related trav- Facebook groups: National Film and Sound Archive’s ellers rather than common to our galaxy. In 1986 D. S. Mathewson et al proposed the Small South Australian Doctor Who site and YouTube channel. Cloud is bisected with a yet smaller Magellanic Cloud Fan Club Inc. and SFSA. http://nfsa.gov.au/ hidden from our perspective by its greater part.

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Membership Transmission schedule Annual membership rates are $20. May - June 2016 This entitles you to one year’s subscription to the club’s publications: bimonthly The ABC2 plays Doctor Who at 1930, Wall of Lies and SfSA magazine, and the followed by Doctor Who Confidential Doctor Who themed yearbook Chameleon with repeats around 0030. factor. Also included are discounted entry fees to SFSA meetings, and discounts at various stores around Adelaide. ~ 9/5 ~ 10/5 Discounts ~ The vampires of venice 11/5 Pulp Fiction ~ Amy's Choice 12/5 10% off comics and graphic novels ~ 13/5

~ 16/5 Events The Wall of Lies 39, May 1996. ~ vincent and 17/5 ~ 18/5 In March we played Cards Against The Wall of lies 39 ~ 19/5 Humanity ~ The Big Bang 20/5 May 1996 In April we enjoyed the recovered Doctor “He’S BACK AND IT’S ABOUT TIMe!” ~ A Christmas Carol 23/5 Who: The Underwater Menace. See FOR YOURSeLF AT THe ~ 24/5 ~ 25/5 May 7 Pub meeting 17.00 AUSTRALIAN BIG SCReeN PRe- ~ The Curse of the Black Spot 26/5 venue: Buckingham Arms Hotel MIeRe OF THe NeW DOCTOR ~ The Doctor's Wife 27/5 WhO TeLeMOvIe, EnEMy May 21 General meeting 15.00 WIThIn, COMPLeTe WITH MIND- ~ The Rebel Flesh 30/5 venue: Adelaide High School BLOWING INTeLLIGeNT LIGHT SHOW, ~ The Almost People 31/5 ~ 1/6 June 4 Pub meeting 17.00 SMOKe MACHINe AND COMPUTeR DISPLAY TO Be HeLD AT ADELAIDE ~ Let's Kill Hitler 2/6 venue: The Astor Hotel hIgh SChOOL ON THe 18Th Of ~ Night Terrors 3/6 June 18 Annual General meeting 15.00 MAy, 1996. ~ 6/6 venue: Adelaide High School [The film was late, and screened ~ 7/6 at an extra meeting on 25 May.] ~ Closing Time 8/6 ~ The Wedding of 9/6 Archive ~ The Doctor, the Widow and the Archive Hunt Wardrobe 10/6 Chameleon factor 33, June 1986 listed the following episodes as ~ Asylum of the 13/6 orphaned (underlined). We add ~ 14/6 episodes recovered in the inter- ~ A Town Called Mercy 15/6 vening thirty years in bold: ~ The Power of Three 16/6 ~ The Angels Take Manhattan 17/6 Reign of Terror 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 ~ 20/6 Galaxy 4 1 2 3 4 ~ The Bells of Saint John 21/6 Masterplan 1 2 3 4 5 ~ The Rings of Akhaten 22/6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ~ 23/6 The 1 2 3 4 ~ 24/6 1 2 3 4 The Underwater Menace 1 2 3 4 ~ Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS 1 2 3 4 27/6 The Faceless Ones 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tomb of the Cybermen 1234 ~ 28/6 The Abominable Snowmen 1 2 3 ~ 29/6 4 5 6 ~ 30/6 enemy of the World 123 456 Check local and daily program listings The Web of Fear 1 2 3 456 The Wheel in Space 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Invasion 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The Wall of Lies 100, May 2006. 1 2 3 4 5 6

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“ The Krotons: a review Zoe and Jamie from The Mind Robber, Chameleon Factor 33, June 1986 (edited). When one considers just how popular a writer Robert Holmes is and how good his stories are, it makes one cringe and wonder when one watches this terrible story recently repeated on the ABC. Put simply “The Krotons” is tragic. The special effects are terrible and the acting is very wooden. To be fair though, it should be remembered that this script did not originally include the Doctor and co. Perhaps this made the script somewhat cluttered and forced changes that did not really work. Who knows? ’s Doctor is as humorous and intelligent as ever but this could be a combination of Dicks (script edi- tor) writing the Doctor’s part and Troughton’s will. The same, however cannot be said of Jamie and Zoe who both Robert Holmes: an obituary appeared very bored with the whole thing and who can blame them? Robert Holmes died on Saturday May 24th, 1986. The supporting cast were very unmemorable and uninspir- ing with perhaps the exception of Philip Madoc (Solon in His death is a tragic blow. From interviews I have read, “”) who was suitably ruthless and men- Robert Holmes appeared to be a warm thoughtful man. His acing and a bit of a jerk but still the best of a very bad input to Doctor Who has been vital and instrumental to it’s bunch. success. Who can deny breathing a sigh of relief when it was announced that Robert Holmes was writing Peter The Krotons themselves were pretty awful, just boring crys- Davison’s last story, the classic “Caves of Androzani”. talline monsters. One question that springs to mind is how Robert Holmes, moreso than any other writer, cold be could the Krotons design such intricate machines and a counted upon to write an excellent story with excellent char- spacecraft when they have no hands but just claws? The acters. same question could be asked of Daleks, , Ice Warriors and especially a formless lump of jelly called a The Holmes/Hinchcliffe team, who handled Tom Baker’s . first season, are possibly the best remembered with the possible exception of Letts/Dicks. The suspense and horror I further wonder why Robert Holmes was persevered with levels were brought to a sophisticated level whilst Robert as his next story “The Space Pirates” was also very ordi- Holmes was script editor and his input made lesser stories nary. After that, however, he and we fans have never looked into classics. back. His third script being the classic intro- ductory story “”. If Holmes had not It is hoped that his set of episodes from the forthcoming ben persevered with, some of the finest moments in Doctor season is as good as one expects since “” Who history would never have happened. was not as good as it could have been due mainly to JNT demanding various inclusions and rewrites. Robert Holmes “The Krotons” is a bad story. Not even bad enough to be deserves to be better remembered than for this story. considered good (like sto- His novelisation of “The Two Doctors” showed an interest- ries such as “The ing style of writing and it is a pity that his planned “” and Space Pirates:” will not see the light of day. “Underwater Menace”). The only real worth of this It is hard to put into words how I felt when I heard this tragic story was the nostalgia news. Robert Holmes is my favourite Doctor Who writer and value and the chance to his four scripts for Blakes 7 were amongst the who’s best. see Patrick Troughton as the Doctor again. His loss is great and this club extends it’s deepest sympa- thy to Robert Holmes’ family and friends. Reviewed by Marcus J Quigley Paul Townshend

[ABC played The Krotons and The Mind Robber from January to March 1986.]

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