brider (00211672@roehampton.ac.uk)
Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:49:33 +0000
Hi - I'm a bit new to all this, so please bear with me...
I was just browsing through some of the archive stuff and came upon
the Doctor Who material...I just thought I'd throw in a few thoughts.
1.) The book was mentioned that started the whole discussion going
was the Doctor Who New Adventure, "Conundrum" by Steve Lyons
(published by Virgin Publishing, but probably no longer available -
you might be able to pick up a copy if you're lucky) - Steve Lyons
being, as far as I'm aware, involved with the Liverpool Society of
Cult Television, who, guess what, organised the "Both Side of the
Paper" conventions. Also, he contributed some material to the "Press
Gang" programme guide.
2.) Until I read the PG references in "Conundrum" I'd been a bit of
a closet PG fan, but actually it turns out there are quite a few
"Doctor Who" fans who are also into PG - Anthony Brown (who's
currently the reviews editor for SFX magazine) being one.
3.) "Doctor Who"/"Wavelength" writer Paul Cornell is also a PG fan -
check out the glowing write-up he gave PG in the Guiness Book of
Classic British Television. One of his New Adventures was renamed
Love and War in honour of the PG episode of the same name.
4.) Just to even the balance, Steven Moffatt is a "Doctor Who" fan -
he had a review of the show's 19th season published in "In-Vision"
magazine, the season 19 special [I've absolutely no idea if back
issues are available, but if they are, could someone let me know 'cos
I'm missing a few...], as well as the short story already mentioned.
5.) I can sort of get the "Doctor Who" connection with "Colonel X,"
but I too thought it [ie Colonel X] had far more in common with the
'60s/'70s ITC series...but there's a problem with the timing there -
isn't Frazz writing about the show's tenth anniversary, or something?
Which would make it long after shows of that nature stopped being
made! Or am I just being incredibly picky..?
On a completely unrelated note, is it just me or is "Chalk" utter
tripe? I couldn't believe it was by the same man who wrote PG -
about the only bits I found funny were the PG in-jokes, and if it
weren't for them (and, I suppose, the school setting) I'd have sworn
there must be two writers both called Steven Moffatt, but one an
utter genius...and the other not.
Oh well.
Signing off - and sorry this one's so long.
David Brider.
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