The Wall of Lies Number 136 Newsletter established 1991, club formed June first 1980 The newsletter of the South Australian Doctor Who Fan Club Inc., also known as SFSA STATEFinal STATE Adelaide, May--June 2012 WEATHER: Not Summer Free Go West, tongue ban! by staff writers Red baiting smear some sixty years out of time. At a Palm City, Florida, public meeting on 10 April, Rep. Allen West was asked how many “card-carrying Marxists” were in the legislature. He said that he “believed” there was “about 78 to 81 ... that are members of the Communist Party,” adding it was “called the Congressional Progressive Caucus.” The Caucus was founded in 1991, with objectives such as “ economic and social justice” through “affordable health care”. To a McCarthyist such as West this may sound like exactly the same thing as communism. Meanwhile, the Communist Party USA denied they O had membership for a single member of Congress ut t N No or the Senate. “We wouldn’t have any of them,” a ow Has Allen West travelled in time, spokesperson said. “None of the come up to our ! or is he just a bit slow?. high standards.” Old and new Who for AU by staff writers Dr Who repeats ratings slump, new episodes later this year. Average ratings increased for the repeats of series five and six on ABC2 to 196,000 SFSA magazine # 29 but decreased again with the series one repeats to below the top 20 digital channel reporting threshold. The repeats of Torchwood series one and two are also less than O Ou this, averaging somewhere below 160,000. ut So oo n! It is rumoured that the first episode of the new series of Doctor Who will be titled ! Asylum of the Daleks. The Guardian has reported this episode will premiere at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in August, with speculation that it will screen on the BBC immediately following this. What the BBC has confirmed is the first five episodes of series seven will be broad- cast in 2012, followed by the Christmas special. This will introduce a new companion, to be played by Jenna-Louise Coleman. The remaining eight episodes will be seen in 2013, the 50th anniversary year of the show. Despite suggesting they would play no new episodes this year, the ABC now say Doctor Who series seven will premiere in Australia in September 2012. SFSA magazine # 30 . q Continued Page 2 Who was Darrell Archive, page 3. Miley, page 2. Old and new Who for AU q from Page 1 BBC Worldwide have revealed some more details of the new output deal with the ABC. Genres covered include documentaries, drama, comedy, factual, entertainment, religion, arts and lifestyle, and not included are natural history, children's, news and current affairs. If ABC were to refuse Doctor Who, UKTV has the second option or window on the show. Both the BBC and ABC declined to comment any further, citing commercial confidentiality. Ten will play K-9 series from 1 September, following repeats of series one and two from 08:00, Saturday 7 July. Eleven holds the rights for Torchwood: Miracle Day but are yet to schedule it. The Sci Fi cable channel continues its classic Doctor Who repeats. Following the Tom Baker and Peter Davison runs they will begin programming Colin Baker double episodes on weekdays at 17.30 and 22.20 from 9 July. Diagram of interstellar probes, with The Nickelodeon cable channel began The Sarah-Jane Adventures series discredited Bow Shock. Image: NASA. five on Saturday 17 March. with Sky. This will be repeated on 26 May, with the last two stories following weekly. The final story, The Man Who Never Was, features a montage from the series which also serves as a memorial for Sky Watch Elizabeth Sladen, who died on 19 April 2011. Bow Shock shocker Preservation Issues TEXT BOOKS WILL be rewritten following the revelation The Who memo that changed history that the Heliosphere Bow Shock does not exist. The sun produces charged particles which creates a by staff writers surrounding bubble as it travels through interstellar Contacts A CLEAN OUT OF a cupboard at the space. As the particles radiate out, they slow to sub ABC in Hobart revealed a hoard of sonic speeds (termination shock) creating a Jamie Stidiford Doctor Who clippings, photographs heliosheath, then a point of balance (heliopause). It (President) and a memo. Dated 9 March 1964 was believed that the sun orbited the galaxy at [email protected] and written by Darrell Miley, then- 95,000 kph (59,000 mph) causing a violent impact Federal Entertainment Director for at the leading edge, as visible with other stars. the Australian Broadcasting NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) was Martin Dunne Commission, this briefed the launched into a heliocentric orbit on 19 September regional stations on the intended 2008 with the mission to detect energetic neutral (The Wall of Lies editor) premiere dates (17 May in Sydney, atoms (ENA). This demonstrated that the sun orbits [email protected] for instance). The prints would be at only 84,000 kph (52,000 mph), producing no flown around the country for stag- shock. IBEX has also discovered an unexplained gered transmission. Tammy Vogel Following this the Commonwealth intense ribbon of ENA. (Magazine editor) Film Censorship Board rated all [email protected] thirteen episodes as “A”, meaning Pioneer anomaly explained? they could not be played at 18.30 New postal address: Sundays as scheduled, and had to THE PIONEER ANOMALY has apparently been solved. be held over until slots after 19.30 PO Box 870 Launched in 1972/3, Pioneers 10 and 11 flew past opened up in 1965. New Zealand Jupiter as pathfinders for the Voyager probes. It was North Adelaide SA beat Australia into broadcast, with noted they appeared to be slowing faster than could 5006 the show screening in Christchurch be accounted for, leading to exotic explanations on 18 September 1964. suggesting new physics. In 2008 a Jet Propulsion Despite over 20 years of Doctor Laboratory team led by Slava Turyshev claimed that Who scholarship there remains sur- a small heat thrust from the probe’s radioisotope Mailing list prisingly little hard data on sales. subscription: The Miley document pushes the thermoelectric generator (RTG) could account for a third of the force. In April 2012 the same team say [email protected] Australian sale back to March 1964, but still doesn’t give a date. their model can now account for the full thrust. 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 19/5, 16/6, 21/7 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 May-June 2012 Printed by the Federal Printing House Archive Chamelleon Factor 2, June 1982 Transmission schedule [Chameleon Factor 1 is May to June 2012 missing. Can you help?] [Editor: none attributed] Doctor Who 19.30 Monday to Friday and Torchwood ~23.10 Tuesday ABC2 Tom Baker back Chameleon Factor 2, June 1982 ~ The Parting of the Ways 21/5 For all avid Tom Baker fans “The ~ The Christmas Invasion 22/5 Discounts Book Tower” is a segment of the ~ Fragments 22/5 “Channel Niners” seen every Pulp Fiction ~ New Earth 23/5 Tuesday at 4.00 p.m. It is host- 10% off comics and graphic novels ~ Tooth and Claw 24/5 ed and narrated by Tom Baker ~ School Reunion 25/5 who reviews several books ~ The Girl in the Fireplace 28/5 each time ... Tom Baker and ~ Rise of the Cybermen 29/5 Events Lalla Ward have separated after ~ Exit Wounds 29/5 only 16 months marriage ... ~ The Age Of Steel 30/5 They never got engaged they ~ The Idiot's Lantern 31/5 In March we played Apples to Apples. In just got married. ~ The Impossible Planet 1/6 April we enjoyed Doctor Who Magazines ~ The Satan Pit 4/6 444 and 445. [Graeme Read left the club in ~ Love & Monsters 5/6 early 1982 and insisted he ~ Children of Earth: Day One 5/6 owned the newsletter title ~ Fear Her 6/6 May 20 General meeting 15.00 Chameleon, leading to the new ~ Army of Ghosts 7/6 Venue: Adelaide High School title Chameleon Factor.] ~ Doomsday 8/6 ~ The Runaway Bride 11/6 June 2 Pub meeting 17.00 ~ Smith and Jones 12/6 Venue: Buckingham Arms Hotel ~ Children of Earth: Day Two 12/6 ~ The Shakespeare Code 13/6 June 16 General meeting 15.00 ~ Gridlock 14/6 Venue: Adelaide High School ~ Daleks in Manhattan 15/6 ~ Evolution of the Daleks 18/6 July 7 Pub meeting 17.00 ~ The Lazarus Experiment 19/6 Venue: Tower Hotel, Magill ~ Children of Earth: Day Three 19/6 ~ 42 20/6 July 21 General meeting 15.00 ~ Human Nature 21/6 Venue: Adelaide High School ~ The Family of Blood 22/6 ~ Blink 25/6 August 4 Pub meeting 17.00 ~ Utopia 26/6 Venue: Elephant and Castle Hotel ~ Children of Earth: Day Four 26/6 SFSA 6, Autumn 2002 ~ The Sound of Drums 27/6 ~ Last of the Time Lords 28/6 Fandom ~ Voyage of the Damned 29/6 Con 9 Nickelodeon plays The Sarah Jane Adventures at 18.30 from 26 May.