Volume XVI Number 2 November/December 2004 Inside: Fast Forward, Part 3 Blake’s 7 Spinoffs All I Want for Dalekmas MTL’s 15th Anniversary Celebration And More WEB VERSION PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE RELATIVE TIMES FOR THE FULL VERSION Milwaukee Time The Relative Times Lords Officers Logo Design Published 8 times a year by — Jay Badenhoop, Marti (2004-2005 term) The Milwaukee Time Lords Madsen, Linda Kelly c/o Lloyd Brown President th Contributors (Who to Blame): 2446 N. 69 Street Howard Weintrob . Wauwatosa, WI 53213-1314 Barbara Brown, John Brown, Andy DeGaetano, Debbie Frey, Dean Gustin, Jay Editor: ............. Barbara Brown Harber, Ed Hochman, and Marti Madsen. Vice President Art Editor ............ Marti Madsen Andy DeGaetano . News Editor .......... Mark Hansen And thanks to anyone whose name I may Newsletter Staff: have neglected to include. Treasurer Ellen Brown, Lloyd Brown Julie Fry.................... Secretary Ross Cannizzo............... Sergeant-at-Arms Contents Items in RED not included in web version Dean Gustin................. Meeting Schedule 3 Dalekmas Wishes 14 Chancellory 5 Fast Forward, pt. 3 17 Videos SF Databank 6 Blake’s 7 Spinoffs 24 Dean Gustin................. MTL 15th Anniversary 11 The Gallifrey Ragsheet 26 Fundraising From Beyond the Vortex Position open Newsletter Back to 28 pages again! I can breathe. Our cover is part of a much larger Barbara Brown............... drawing by Jay Harber. He did several versions of the same drawing – this one is of just the background. There are several versions with a rather nude Romana I, which are very good drawings, but which I can’t print in the Events newsletter. (Sorry, guys.) He did come up with a censored version, which Position Open I may include in a future issue. Lots of drawings by Debbie Frey. Debbie is very generous with her drawings. I included a few humor items: All I Want for Dalekmas, Blake’s 7 Spinoffs, and of course the infamous Gallifrey Fanzine Ragsheet. The Ragsheet is a two pager. Yup, two whole pages of garbage, Dan Giese .................. and we’re proud of it. If you would like to contribute more garbage for future issues, send your submissions to me. Large bribes are also useful. (Just kidding.) Upcoming Deadlines: January Issue: December 4, Publicity February/March Issue: January 15. – Barbara Brown Position Open Website Julie Frey................... 2 Meetings, Videos & Events The Milwaukee Time Lords meet the first and third Saturdays of the month. We meet at Mayfair Mall the 1st meeting of the month. The 2nd meeting of the month is at one of the following two locations: the Plymouth Church & the Urban Ecology Center. Mayfair Mall: Meetings start at 5PM and end Plymouth Church: Meetings at 9PM. Arrive early if you would like to eat at start at 6:30PM and end 11ish. the foodcourt. North Avenue and Mayfair Rd. Arrive early to place your pizza Enter from the East side of the building by the order. 2717 E. Hampshire. 2 sheltered parking. Go through the clear glass Blocks east of UWM from Downer doors on your right near the candy store to the (or a couple blocks west from Lake lower level. We are in the smaller of the two Drive). We use the basement level and the first meeting rooms. Handicapped Accessible. floor. Sign-ups for activities are always located at the "welcome" table at meetings. Field trips outside Milwaukee are subject to cancellation if there is a lack of response. Check out our website: http://www.milwaukeetimelords.org. E-mail us at: [email protected]. Sat. MTL Videos: Doctor Who Colony in 11/06 Meeting Space 2 ½ hr ,VHS, Special – Mayfair Mall Hardware Wars ½ hr VHS 5PM Sat. MTL Videos: Doctor Who Warriors Gate 1½ hr VHS, Movie – Soylent 11/20 Meeting Green 1½ hr DVD or VHS, Simpsons Bart vs. Thanksgiving ½ hr Lytheria DVD House 2705 N. Shepard Ave 6PM 3 11/26 Chicago Radisson O’Hare. Guests include: Paul McGann, Peter to TARDIS Purves, Yee Jee Tso. 11/28 Convention Sat. MTL Videos: Doctor Who Time Meddler 1½ hr 12/04 Meeting VHS, Star Trek (TOS) City on the Edge of Mayfair Mall Forever 1 hr VHS, Futurama Roswell That 5PM Ends Well ½ hr VHS or DVD Sat. 10/36 Help out Public Television and get your 15 minutes of 12/11 Pledge fame at the same time. Plus they usually feed us as Drive well. Our shift is from roughly 5PM to 10PM (we’ll get exact times from the TV station at a later date). Talk to Christopher Cebula if you would like to volunteer. Sat. MTL Dalekmas Party: Fun, Games, Food, and more! Gift 12/18 Meeting exchange: Pick out a gift from $5 to $10 and Plymouth exchange it with a Time Lord -- Bring a gift, get a gift. Church Potluck Dinner (so we’re counting on you bringing 6PM lots of goodies.) Video Potluck tonight: You bring the videos (VHS or DVD), we vote on them, and what wins gets played --it’s that simple ! Fri. Lytheria Sci-Fi fans, welcome in the New Year at the Lytheria 12/31 House New House. Lots of games, videos, and food. Join in the Year Party fun. Sat. MTL Videos TBA. 1/15 Meeting Nomination Meeting. Location TBA 6PM 4 Sat. MTL Videos TBA. 2/5 Meeting Election Meeting Mayfair Mall 5PM Videos: Dean Gustin Newsletter: Barbara Brown From the Chancellory A Message from MTL’s Vice President: Dear Time Lords and Time Ladies, club due to President Weintrob's health. As of the middle of September I've assumed Presidential duties of the The state of the club at present is STRONG! Please keep Howard in your prayers while he recovers. Howard is at Columbia St. Mary's Hospital on the east side of admitting. Visiting hours are from 11AM to 8PM. We have a meeting coming up on November 20th that will be at Lytheria House and not the Plymouth Howard Weintrob at the MTL Meeting at Mayfair on Church. Please make sure September 4, 2004. We miss you, Howard. Get well soon. Photo by Barbara Brown 5 you mark this on your calendar. season as of October 8 for anyone who's interested. Also we have Chicago TARDIS Convention coming up the weekend "Live Long and Prosper," of November26-28. Another thing Andy DeGaetano we might want to keep in the back MTL Vice President of our minds is Concinnity Con. in www.milwaukeetimelords.com April. [email protected] Star Trek: Enterprise has started its SF DataLink News from the World of Media Science Fiction Edited by Dan Giese Doctor Who News and The Claws of Axos. <> “Doctor Who In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks”, a BBC MP3 audio CD scheduled for release in March 2005, is an UK distributor Park Entertainment with Bob Baker unabridged reading of The Daleks by William has teamed to pitch the combo live-action and CGI Russell (Ian). Anneke Wills (Polly) narrates the series The Adventures of K9. The story follows “a previously announced The Underwater Menace, and junk space ship led by a cynical old captain and a will include an interview with the companion. virtual reality female computer...” and follows the Doctor Who and the Pescatons, a rare Tom Baker & exploits of an orphaned boy who finds K9, who is Elizabeth Sladen short audio drama, will be re- “now able to morph into new shapes via a special released (Jan. 2005) with a new Sladen interview. <> dog collar”. <> Doctor Who magazine (DWM) has New reports of Big Finish’’s audio UNIT series released that Mark Benton (Booze Cruise, Eureka report the series stars Nicholas Courtney as the Street) has joined the Doctor Who cast, playing retired Lethbridge-Stewart. Parts 1-4 are titled “Time “Clive”. Heals”, “Snake Head”, “The Longest Night”, and DWM confirms that The Mind Robber is scheduled “The Wasting”. Her Final Flight, previously for DVD release in 2005, with speculation that The scheduled as a Sylvester McCoy release in Claws of Axos will also be released in 2005. UK December, has been re-classified as a Colin Baker & 2005 DVD releases include Horror of Fang Rock Nicola Bryant free to subscribers ‘‘special’’ disc. 6 BBC books has included in its 2005 catalogue 5 new Original captain William Shatner told TV Guide Who novels: Chris Boucher's Match of the Day online that an Enterprise cameo appearance was “on (January), Stephen Cole's To The Slaughter hold” in a money dispute. Enterprise will, however, (February), Lance Parkin's The Gallifrey Chronicles feature the guest appearance of Brent Spiner, who (June), Island of Death by Barry Letts (July) and will appear in a story arc involving the Eugenic Future Nostalgia by Gary Russell (August). North Wars. Spiner will play an ancestor of Noonien American distributor Diamond Publishing reports Soong, the scientist creator of Data. <> Manny Coto, that BBC books has limited its numbers in the US. Enterprise executive producer, has stated that the Keith Bradbury of WhoNA tells “according to BBC current season will consist of several smaller, self- America, these books are a special print run only for contained stories (of 2, 3, or 4 episodes) rather than the USA …… What does all of this mean? …… a season-long arc. Coto has mentioned future increased prices on the titles”. <> On the Big Finish storylines including the Eugenics Wars, the front, Short Trips 12: Seven Deadly Sins was Andorians and Tellurites, and a story set on Vulcan. announced, with seven stories. Details are also <> The TVShowsonDVD site has announced the available for Short Trips: A Christmas Treasury, a DVD release of Enterprise in 2005, and likely more Christmas anthology.