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Views - The planned one-off video adventure from BBC Enterprises for
the 30th anniversary has been officially cancelled. The new radio
production however is due to be recorded this month, with a working title
of The Paradise of Death, and is due to be transmitted on Radio 5 during
August and September. Timelines is dominated by a lengthy letter from
Peter Darvill-Evans defending The New Adventures from various criticisms. Notables - The Indicia takes a break from this
issue. With regular features Matrix Data Bank, Off The Shelf and Prelude
absent this issue, all the features relate to David Whitaker. Boxpops - Top of the pop charts in June 93 were the
continuing Ace of Bass, (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You by UB40
and Dreams by Gabrielle. Skaro Says - Si Hunt recognises that this was a
very special issue at an exciting time and the poster adorned his walls
for many years afterwards. However, he can recall finding the historical
articles on David Whitaker very tedious and uninteresting. He never liked
Hearn's articles digging up dusty documents and paperwork, finding it very
remote from the series itself. According to Si Hart, the cover/poster was
magnificent and highlights his all time favourite picture of Tom Baker in
the middle, grinning his largest, happiest most toothy grin ever! He too
had that on his wall for a long time afterwards. He finds the issue itself
however mostly dull, with the Whitaker stuff being worthy but a bit dreary
and the story they found wasn't really very inspiring at all, sadly. The
"interview" with Whitaker also says very little about anything! He likes
the controversial letter from Peter Darvill-Evans. Andrew Curnow has lost
his copy and can't remember anything about it! Critique - I'm finding it much more difficult to
comment on this special issue than I'd expected and that's because looking
through it again it all looks like a brand new issue! At this time, I was
commuting to work into London from Essex and just didn't have so much
spare time to read the magazine. As a result, I'm not sure I've ever read
the majority of this issue! The first thing to note is how striking the
gatefold cover is, and there's a nice selection of comments from each of
the Editors (two of whom hope for another two hundred issues, so they
weren't to be disappointed!). Looking at this issue, and glancing ahead over the next
handful, there's a clear change of direction now. Gallifrey Guardian is
greatly reduced in length and basically serves as a guide to what
merchandise is being released. It looks like the official cancellation of
The Dark Dimension made them think that the show would never come back,
and they had to concentrate on the past - in greater detail than ever.
Personally, I've always been interested in reading about the making of the
show and "historical documents" so for my money that makes this a very
valuable issue - oh, and even the comic strip is in full colour, which was
a first and several years ahead of being a regular occurrence. All I have
to do now is sit down and read the issue properly! Paying the Bills |
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