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The Wall of Lies Number 155 Newsletter established 1991, club formed June first 1980 The newsletter of the South Australian Fan Club Inc., also known as SFSA

Final STATE Adelaide, July--August 2015 WEAThEr: Northern spring on Pluto Free Turnbull: I’ve never watched Doctor Who by staff writers

Which is worse, a non-fan or a non-response?

Former Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was a known Doctor Who fan, so we him about The Show directly only to have a less than illuminating response (‘Politician IQ shocker!’ in The Wall of Lies 134, January 2012).

We wrote to current Minister Malcolm Turnbull, only to receive a rapid, elo- quent and confronting response; “I’ve never watched Doctor Who.”

The choice between a communications minister who doesn’t watch the show and one who O u N t doesn’t respond may seem trivial to the non- No ow Doctor Who fan, but that’s just it -- if you don’t ! Turnbull: not cool enough for Doctor Who. get it, you just don’t get it.

Australian Doctor Who Festival by staff writers

50th Programme

O u N t No ow !

The BBC and Single Market Events present the first Australian Doctor Who Festival. SFSA magazine # 32 Full press release on our web site, more on the event as the BBC releases it.

Vale Sharp Thirty Five years of Goodie-ologist, page 2. archives, page 3. Thirty five years of the South Australian Doctor Who Fan Club, Inc.

The club was formed by Brian Alford and his wife Elaine at the Black Hole Book Store on the first of June 1980. They based it on SASTrEK (the South Australian Star Trek Club), using its constitution as a tem- plate, much as Parsec (“the Aussie Star Wars Appreciation Society, Inc.”) was in turn based upon us in 1997. Two artefacts date back to those days; the constitution (incorporated on the 7th of September 1982) and the first Newsletter (front page pic- tured bottom right, page three opposite). The constitution gives the aims of the club as follow: To enable all persons interested in Doctor Who to meet as a united group and to provide persons interested in such with accurate information. The first The Pluto system, 26 June 2015. (NASA/Johns newsletter gives details for the next meeting (“13 Hopkins University/Southwest Research Institute). September 1980 in the Theosophical Society Hall”), and offers sale of calico bags for $4 each (right). By and Sky Watch large the club has continued this vision; uplifting, noble Pluto flyby nears and at times puzzling.

Preservation Issues NASA'S NEW HorIzoNS spacecraft is nearing the objective of its nine year mission; the dwarf planet Matthew K Sharp, goodie guy Pluto and its associated satellites. When the probe by staff writers was launched on 19 January 2006, Pluto was Contacts MATTHEW K SHArP (21 September regarded as a planet and had three known compan- 1972 to 11 June 2015) was one of ions. The designation “dwarf planet” was classified Martin Dunne (Editor): the internet pioneers of television by the International Astronomical Union on 24 August [email protected] research. He acquired copies of the 2006; moons Kerberos and Styx were discovered by ABC broadcasts of The Goodies the Hubble Space Telescope in 2011 and 2012, Postal address: and compared them to the uncut respectively. prints played on Foxtel, document- on final area of concern is the possibility of a colli- Po Box 870 ing the omissions on one of the ear- sion. Because New Horizons is travelling at 49,600 North Adelaide liest surviving Australian websties, kph, a large piece of dust could badly damage it. SA 5006 Australia home.mira.net/kirseval/gdyscut.htm. After Kerberos’ discovery a hazard analysis team His later work for C31 Melbourne was formed and the current course was assessed as Email list subscription: including making cuts for classifica- acceptable. “We’re breathing a collective sigh of tion. Doing this job he recovered a [email protected] relief knowing that the way appears to be clear,” said lost Terry Gilliam animation from an Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA. uncensored Monty Python episode. “The science payoff will be richer as we gather data Twitter: He also authored a book, The from the optimal flight path, as opposed to having to Goodies -- Fact File. SA Dr Who Fan Club conduct observations from one of the back-up trajec- Matthew joked in a 2010 Goodies @SADWFCinc tories.” Podcast about receiving a “letter As the Pluto system is revealed to be more dynam- The Wall of Lies from the National Trust” for his ic, scientists have been looking for debris such as a @WallofLies aging website. We contacted the ring system, which has not been detected. “Not find- National Library about preserving it, The Hourly Telepress to receive a response from Cherie ing new moons or rings present is a bit of a scientific @HourlyTelepress Carter: “Thank you for bringing The surprise to most of us,” said principal investigator Goodies -- Censored! to our atten- Alan Stern of the Southwest research Institute in Facebook groups: tion. We will consider it for selection Boulder, Colorado. “But as a result, no engine burn is needed to steer clear of potential hazards. South Australian Doctor Who in PANDorA.” The flyby is expected on 14 July 2015, with the Fan Club Inc. and SFSA. He is survived by his parents and two siblings. potential to then fly by one or two Kuiper belt objects.

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 18/7, 15/8, 19/9, 17/10 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.

2 www.sfsa.org.au July-August 2015 Printed by the Federal Printing House Discounts Pulp Fiction 10% off comics and graphic novels Transmission schedule Events July-August 2015 Doctor Who weekdays 19.30 ABC2 In May we played Machi Koro. School holiday repeats 15.41 ABC1 In June we held our AGM.

~ 1/7 New committee The rings of Akhaten ~ 2/7 President: Jo Secretary: Martin ~ Vincent and 3/7 Treasurer: Tammy General: Brenton, David r, Jamie, Kat, Melanie ~ 6/7 returning officer: Susan Journey to the Centre of the TArDIS ~ 7/7 July 18 General meeting 15.00 Venue: Adelaide High School ~ The Big Bang 8/7 Chameleon Factor 55, August 1990. August 1 Pub Meeting TBA ~ A Christmas Carol 9/7 August 15 General meeting 15.00 ~ 10/7 Venue: Adelaide High School

~ 13/7 Archive ~ The Curse of the Black Spot 14/7 ~ The Doctor's Wife 15/7 Thirty five years of The South Australian ~ The rebel Flesh 16/7 Doctor Who Fan Club, Inc! ~ The Almost People 17/7

~ 20/7 The Wall of Lies 95, ~ Let's Kill Hitler 21/7 July-August 2005 ~ Night Terrors 22/7 ~ 23/7 The June 18 AGM elected the new committee: ~ 24/7 President: Jamie Treasurer: Tammy ~ Closing Time 27/7 Secretary: Martin ~ The Wedding of 28/7 General: Blake, Brenton, James and Tim. ~ The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe 29/7 Chameleon Factor 27, July 1985.

Issue 95The Wall of Lies ~ 30/7 South AustralianEstablished Doctor W ho1991 Fan Club Inc. The newsletter of SFSA incorporating the FINAL Adelaide, July-August 2005 WEATHER: Cool, damp Free

UKTV plays three episodes Sundays, Ecclestone out, Tennant in by staff writers repeating from Dalek from 5 July. Pet Shop Boy cast as Tenth Doctor. FOLLOWING the shock resignation of F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone as the , the BBC has revealed Neil Tennant as his replacement. We inter- viewed him via a “best of” collection in a large chain record store-- Check local and daily program listings Your reaction to being cast? “Absolutely Fabulous!” What do you think of Billie Piper as Rose? “West End girls, West End girls...”

Any hints as to where you’ll be travelling? “(Go West) O ut Life is peaceful there t N No ow Tenth Doctor: to be seen in the (Go West) In the open air ! company of a knobby thing. (Go West) Where the skies are blue (Go West, this is what we're gonna do)”

Club DOCTOR WHO TRIUMPHANT! Membership by staff writers Ratings success sees a further two years commissioned. Chameleon Factor # 79 Annual membership rates are $20. As the club celebrated its 25th anniversary on the first of June, the success of the is never better. O ut t N No ow This entitles you to one year’s subscrip- A mere thirteen weeks after it started, the new series of Doctor Who has already ! finished in the UK. The departure of star Christopher Eccleston has led to the new tion to the club’s publications: bimonthly episodes (variously known as “series one” or “season 27”, after the 1989 season 26) being derisively named “the Eccleston three months”, and the star as “EccleQuit”. At thirteen episodes this latest series is the shortest yet, with seasons The Wall of Lies and SFSA magazine, 23 to 26 running to fourteen episodes albeit of 25 minutes duration.

ABC have confirmed they will not play the remaining Dalek stories, and will edit The and the Doctor Who themed yearbook Five Doctors for transmission. This is to comply with the terms of the 2003 agree- ment, made when the BBC and the Nation Estate were disputing their use. The contract the ABC signed then is still valid and thus prevents them from broadcasting Chameleon Factor. Also included are Dalek stories post 1967. To drive the irony further, Hancock’s have stated that they SFSA magazine # 18 discounted entry fees to SFSA meet- are not concerned with this use. Newsletter 1 [Undated, June 1980?].  Continued Page 2 Hey, Who’s ings, and discounts at various stores Evil, page 4. tape?, page 2 around Adelaide. The Wall of Lies 95, July 2005.

www.sfsa.org.au July-August 2015 3 Subscription due if Sometimes Unfamiliar: a red dot appears The Future Looks rosie in this box By rosie Peck

Chameleon Factor 69, July 1995. Television in Adelaide at the moment certainly has the Science Fiction fan watching more scheduled pro- grammes during this ratings period that usually.

With programmes like “X-Files”, Seaquest DSV”, “Time Trax”, “Star Trek: The Next Generation”, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”, classic “Star Trek”, and of course “Earth 2”.

Incidentally the day that “Earth 2” screened here in Adelaide, production was cancelled in The States.

Apparently all the above shows are in the high ratings and the station networks are going to be doing their usual irritating strategy of taking it all off at the end to the ratings period.

I like most “Doctor Who” fans, get right into all forms of Science Fiction and like to give all programmes a look see.

Although “Time Trax” is a soapy type show it does have some interesting story-lines.

“Star Trek” and all it’s other incarnations are all watch- able and although I have seen them before, I quite often tune it just to watch the better episodes. It saves “X-Files” is definitely bearable, and I’m not talking turning on the video recorder, and finding the tape. about the male lead either. The story lines are excel- lent, and sometimes even scary. I find the programme “Seaquest DSV” is of course not everyone’s cup of very easy to follow and considering the basis for the java, but it is really the only thing on Sunday programme is one that I am most interested in. I find evenings, so I find myself watching it. Four in ten “The Truth is out There”. episodes are worth watching, others are just bear- able. “Earth 2” is well with watching. The fact that it’s so nice to see Clancy Brown (Kurgan from ”Highlander” in a television series gives it that added plus. If you haven’t given it a gander, then do so. The setting isn’t much to look at, but the characters are well devel- Currently on tV oped and the aliens ae interesting to say the least/

X- Files Yes, TV here in Adelaide isn’t too bad that the star trek moment, it’s just a pity it doesn’t stay like it all the year st;tnG round. st:Ds9 time traX Some shows to watch out for are “Highlander: The seaquest DsV Series”, “Precinct 2” (although I’ve heard it’s nothing to rave about), of course “Star Trek: Voyager” (the earth 2 episodes that I have seen show it to be excellent), of course once again “Babylon 5” if you’re not already watching it. From Chameleon Factor 69, July 1995. 4 www.sfsa.org.au July-August 2015