The Wall of Lies Issue 89 Established 1991 The newsletter of SFSA incorporating the South Australian Doctor Who Fan Club Inc. LATE Adelaide, July-August 2004 WEATHER Cool, some rain Free CROCODILE ROCK SHOCK by staff writers PIANO BOTHERER Elton John has been ordered to pay 30 years worth of back royalties from the song Crocodile Rock to fictional character Roley the Steamroller. John’s lawyers argued with some success that the song was cowritten by him and Bernie Taupin in 1972. However, millions of children saw Roley write the song during the October 2001 broad- cast of Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember. Elton (real name Elton John and the Elton O ut t N John Band) is understood to have been upset No ow A droning monotone by this decision, and to have actually become ! machine, and right, Roley. even more of a bald nerd as a consequence. COLOUR DAEMONS! by staff writers BBC POLICY has dictated the ABC’s run of Doctor Who. Attentive fans were surprised on July the 15th to find The Chameleon Factor # 78 Daemons episode one broadcast in colour. This was the first of the restored colour Pertwee stories, the ABC broadcasting both O ut Terror of the Autons and Doctor Who and The Silurians in B&W. t N No ow A source has revealed that the ABC was following BBC policy in these instances. ! The BBC regards only The Daemons as broadcast quality out of these restored stories. This comes after last issue’s exclusive that the BBC are also responsible for the “Dalek embargo” because they are negotiating to establish rights in time for their new series, not the Australian repeats. This means Australian viewers are receiving B&W prints and missing episodes on BBC advice. In the BBC’s defence, they advise that the ABC episodes are sourced in turn from UKTV. Their copies of the War Games and Frontier in Space are edited to remove the Dalek material. The ABC regards these as incomplete and thus did not purchase the rights to screen them. The ABC has purchased the rights as far as season eleven, and for the first time will screen the B&W first episode of Invasion of the Dinosaurs. SFSA magazine # 15 The restored Pertwee stories were recorded off-air in America around 1978, with the BBC Restoration Team later adding these colour signals to B&W prints. I am the Master, and My Delegate’s Bigger Than You Will Obey Me, Page 2 Your Delegate, Page 4 TRANSADELAIDE PASSENGERS g n i c a TRAVEL WITH TARDIS r T y by staff writers a R t e n TRANSADELAIDE, South Australia’s Rail and Infrastructure travel r e t authority has unveiled its new recordkeeping system. Following an n I internal contest to choose the system’s name, the winner has been : e r u announced as TARDIS -- TransAdelaide’s Recordkeeping, t c Documents & Information System. i P “Dr Who’s method of travel -- Time and Relative Dimension[s] in Space -- the TARDIS is indestructible. It is also something that looks small on the outside, but is very large and more intricate on the inside.” says a spokesperson. This name is apt as it will be applied to all past and future records, as well as generating current ones. The system allows the value of Artist’s impression of Huygens these records to be changed, much as fandom reassess the value of entering Titan’s atmosphere past stories. And finally, it manages information assets, much as the TARDIS’ navigation control manages the setting of the adventures. Sky watch Thanks to Brenton for this item. Preservation Issues Cassini Encounter of Saturn Lost Ainley Production Found FOLLOWING CASSINI-HUYGENS’ entry into by staff writers Saturn’s gravitational influence on March 10th, and Contacts orbital insertion on July 1st, it is expected to begin THE WHO COMMUNITY was a four year and 70 orbit investigation of the Jamie Stidiford shocked by the recent news of the Saturnian system. A highlight will come January death of Anthony Ainley. A private 2005. On December 25th, the Huygens probe will (President) man, he was not publicly known to [email protected] be released from Cassini. It will continue towards have been sick. Details of his pass- the satellite Titan for 22 days, then enter its atmos- ing are still scarce (according to the phere on January 16th. It is planned to make a two London Times on June 15th the and a half hour decent through the only known Martin Dunne cause was cancer), his obituary in (Wall of Lies editor) the May 11th Independent lists his thick atmosphere surrounding a moon, and return [email protected] date of death as the 3rd of May data from the surface. Scientists are hopeful that 2004. His date of birth has been var- Titan resembles Earth at an early stage. iously reported as the 20th of August After launch it was determined that the Doppler Matthew Fazakerley 1932, or 1937. shift (or red shift) on Huygens’ transmissions, (SFSA & CF editor) Ainley was pleased to be given a caused by Cassini’s acceleration towards Titan, [email protected] copy of the recovered 1971 televi- would be too great for the probe’s receivers to han- sion production of James Elroy dle. As a car’s noise is higher, then lower as it Flecker’s Hassan by the BBC passes an observer, the tone of the radio signal Postal address: Restoration Team’s Paul Vanezis. would get higher. This would effectively deafen the This was a televised version of probe to the lander through its transmissions fre- PO Box 3227 Hassan with John Gielgud and Rundle Mall SA 5000 quency occurring too high. The only possible fix Ralph Richardson, and this recov- involves running Cassini past Titan instead of ered production featured himself and towards the moon, and thus lowering the differ- Edward de Souza, and was directed ence. Mailing list by Rex Tucker. subscription: Anthony Ainley was cast as The Cassini was launched on the 15th of October [email protected] Master in 1980, and became one of 1997, and had to swing past Venus (twice), Earth the more enduring actors to have and Jupiter to gain enough velocity to arrive at worked on the show. Saturn. 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 trade mark or copyrighted images, text, or infor- mation. Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that the contents of the newsletter is accu- rate at the time of printing, SFSA cannot accept any liability for inaccuracies that 17/7, 21/8, 18/9 may appear. Meeting details are subject to change at short notice. 2 www.sfsa.org.au July-August 2004 The new committee are: Archive President: Jamie Treasurer: Tammy Secretary: Martin General: Blake, Brenton, Melanie and Tim Discounts Doctor Who on ABC-2 6:05 PM Monday to Thursday Pulp Fiction 10% off comics and graphic novels July- August 2004 Known Space Books 10% off Who merchandise The reign of black and white tyranny is Clearance sale! at an end! Apart from the historic first free to air Australian screening for Galactic Video CF # 19, July 1984 episode one of Invasion of the 50% discount off video rental (minimum Dinosaurs, it will be colour from here. spend $10) ITS TIME FOR DOCTOR WHO by David Schneider Season Nine Events It’s Time for Dr Who It’s Time to see Daleks rushing July 3 Pub meeting 5pm Day of the Daleks will not screen through. Venue: Buckingham Arms Hotel It’s Time to see Autons fight, Cost: none And Time to see Alien Crafts in flight. ~The Curse of Peladon 28, 29, Cybermen, UNIT, the Master too, Are all here on Dr Who. 30/06, 1/07/04 July 17 General meeting 3pm to 10pm Venue: Adelaide High School ~The Sea Devils 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, One moment we see the Doctor, Cost: $3 members/$4 others Flying an helicopter. 13/07/04 The next he’s racing past us, ~The Mutants 14, 15, 19, 20, August 7 Pub meeting 5pm In the good old TARDIS. Venue: TBA, Cost: none At the end of the Show, 21, 22/07/04 The Doctor has defeated another foe. ~The Time Monster 26, 27, 28, August 21 General meeting 3pm to 10pm So Hip Hooray for Dr Who, 29/07, 2, 3/08/04 Venue: Adelaide High School For without him I don’t know what Cost: $3 members/$4 others we’d do Season Ten Publications Fandom ~The Three Doctors 4, 5, 9, Chameleon Factor #78: "Celebrating 40 10/08/04 Years of diversity in Doctor Who" ~Carnival of Monsters 11, 12, 16, 17/08/04 SFSA magazine # 15 Theme: “Australian Science Fiction” The United Federation of Frontier in Space and Planet of the SFSA magazine # 16 Planets Fan Club and the Daleks will not screen. Theme: Down The Dark Path. Villains We South Australian Museum invite Love. A Focus on villains and anti-heroes in you to ~The Green Death 18, 19, 23, SF literature, film, and print media. Submissions deadline: 3rd July 04 Release 24, 25, 26/08/04 date: 17th July 04 SAM’s Space Submissions to [email protected] or via 2004 National Science Check local or daily listings. Post Office box address (opposite). Week 14-22 August S. A. Museum, North Terrace Club Membership * Star Trek display In May the club held its semi-annual Annual membership rates are $15.