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walde...@my-deja.com

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Hi --- Lance Parkin said the following:


"I *don't* think the Who audience is turning over in the way people
(apparently, so I've been told) grow out of comics. I'm amazed,
surprised and gratified that so many people are coming fresh to
Doctor Who from the books, and I'm constantly amazed that there are
*any* fans younger than I am (28). but they are there. At the
same time, I think there are a *lot* of people who are still here,
doggedly still being Who fans ten years after the show ended."

This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

For my part, I have vague memories of watching Sara Kingdom get her's in
"Masterplan". Which makes me a wee bit older than 28, unfortunately...

Cheers----John


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Nigel

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First (real) recollection was during Destiny of The Daleks in 1979, I would
have been 7 at the time .. And I vividly remember Tom having climbed up the
rope saying to a lone Dalek at the bottom 'if you're supposed to be the supreme
beings in the universe, why dont you climb up here after me' or something like
that .

Also remember the Movellans and thought they must all be related to Floella
Benjamin at the time.

Grjz

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I think I just about win the award for youngest fan on RADW. I'm 13 and my
first encounter is Sarah Jane climbing through the ventilation shaft on part 4
of "The Ark in Space" 13! Can you believe it!

Jack

Douglas B. Killings

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Old enough to have seen "Ambassadors of Death", "The Silurians", and "Mind
of Evil" in color (colour?) on American PBS TV.

Damn, how time has flown.

walde...@my-deja.com wrote:

> This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
>
> For my part, I have vague memories of watching Sara Kingdom get her's in
> "Masterplan". Which makes me a wee bit older than 28, unfortunately...

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Actually, if you REALLY want to push things... when WTTW first ran "Day of the
Daleks" (around 1975), I did a doubletake when the Daleks appeared. I realized I'd
seen them before in some late night movie several years previously. So somewhere
around 1970-1972 I saw one or probably both of the Cushing films.

Holy ape-crap, Batman... We're talking almost THIRTY FREAK'IN YEARS AGO. Pardon
me while I go looking for where all the time went.

Nigel wrote:

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Gordon

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All my life! (mind you, I'm only 32, & in my first regeneration).

My earliest 'Who' memory is the original BBC showing of the SeaDevils ( & in
particular the scene where they come walking out of the sea & onto the
beach).

I also have vivid memories of the maggots in 'the Green Death'.....I
couldn't eat rice for years after that one!

Gordon


Mark Aldridge

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Well, season 25 hooked me, here in the UK. I had seen a bit before that, but
this was the season that made me a regular viewer.

Mark

<walde...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Hi --- Lance Parkin said the following:
>
>
> "I *don't* think the Who audience is turning over in the way people
> (apparently, so I've been told) grow out of comics. I'm amazed,
> surprised and gratified that so many people are coming fresh to
> Doctor Who from the books, and I'm constantly amazed that there are
> *any* fans younger than I am (28). but they are there. At the
> same time, I think there are a *lot* of people who are still here,
> doggedly still being Who fans ten years after the show ended."
>

> This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
>
> For my part, I have vague memories of watching Sara Kingdom get her's in
> "Masterplan". Which makes me a wee bit older than 28, unfortunately...
>

Elflore

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I'm 18 now, but have been a Doctor Who fan literally from the day I was born.
Sort of. When my mom was in the hospital, her roommate was a Whovian. They
shared a TV, and my mom was allowed to watch anything she wanted, as long as
the roommate could see Doctor Who each night. So I was there, watching Doctor
Who, probably on my first day of existance. My first real memories of Who come
a bit later. When I was...I don't remember...maybe 4 or 5? Or something? I
was watching TV with my mom late one night, and Doctor Who was on. She'd never
really been a fan, but she remembered it as being interesting, so we watched it
(I know it was a Pertwee-and I think there's a good chance it was Planet of the
Spiders) and that was when I found out how I'd first seen it. I guess I was
destined to be a Whovian!
John Clifford

Dr5who

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Way back in 1982 when my local PBS station showed
the Sontarran Experiment. I'm 28 now and still look
forward to reading the books when they come out. In the
USA that could be a long time. I still can remember staying up late
to watch the first broadcast of the 5 Doctors.

Jeff Zyra

Jason B.

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Since November 1984 -- my local PBS station showed one episode a day Mon-Thurs.
One week they ran "Earthshock" and I just happened to tune in 'cause I liked
sci-fi -- I had tried Doctor Who a couple of times before but it had never
stuck. By the end of part 4 Thursday evening I was hooked!

Then I was a diehard Whovian through my teen years, but have become a much more
casual "fan" since around college. (Maybe I'll pop in one video every month or
two...) For one thing, how many times can you watch the same stories when you
know what's going to happen? But I think the creativity involved in the whole
concept is something to be proud of. Doctor Who gets a bad rap sometimes, but
it's quality entertainment and I still feel that way.

Jason

Michael Lee

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walde...@my-deja.com writes:

>This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

>For my part, I have vague memories of watching Sara Kingdom get her's in
>"Masterplan". Which makes me a wee bit older than 28, unfortunately...

I'm 28, and my first contact with Who *might* have been when they showed
"Pyramids of Mars" on one of our local stations in syndication in the late
1970s, but I consider my first real contact with the series to be in
January 1982 with the second episode of Robot.

One of things that I noticed is that in this country that saying what
your first episodes were isn't quite the same thing -- it's possible that
some of Lance's first encounters with the series were in roughly the same
era as mine -- but he was a whole lot younger when he saw it than when
I saw it. The first story you saw doesn't mean quite the same thing as
it does here.

Though that's really only true with fans before 1990 or so -- fans afterwards
in both countries (and in Canada, Australia, and NZ) are all a lot more in
the same boat, and are introduced to it in random patterns more like how
US fans were...

--
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Pope Maddogg

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I've been a fan since I first saw "Castrovolva" on PBS when I was seven.
I'm nineteen now, so I guess that means I've been a fan for twelve years.
Oh fuck.

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Douglas B. Killings

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About two or three years. They tried a summer rerun season for about five weeks then,
but the ratings didn't make it all that attractive for them.

And I'm STILL annoyed at them for never picking up Red Dwarf.

More sigh.

> Yeah, but how long has it been since WTTW showed any Doctor Who?
> <sigh>

Vitor Quent

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I remember (but only just) Pat Troughton fighting to get the TARDIS door
open at the end of "War Games".

I sometimes wish I could remember where my life went; but then I remember
why I don't want to remember......

Vitor


walde...@my-deja.com wrote in message <7tqupi$je2$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...


>Hi --- Lance Parkin said the following:
>
>

< snip>

>This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
>
>For my part, I have vague memories of watching Sara Kingdom get her's in
>"Masterplan". Which makes me a wee bit older than 28, unfortunately...
>

Shearrob

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I was far too terrified by the theme music and the time tunnel credits to watch
Doctor Who much when I was very young. (Though I distinctly remember being
terrified by The Collector becoming a blob in The Sun Makers, and some hapless
extra being squashed by The Creature from the Pit. Only because it was Doctor
Who, so I *knew* it had to be frightening!)

But I became fascinated by the Five Faces of Doctor Who repeat season here in
the UK, back in 1981, when I suddenly realised the show had a long history. And
by the time Castrovalva was broadcast a couple of months later I'd devoured a
couple of dozen Target books, studied Jean-Marc Lofficier's recently published
Programme Guide, and thought of myself as a bona fide expert!

Never looked back since... :-)

Rob

Benjamin F. Elliott

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My first memory was of the 4th Doctor and someone in a wide shot
walking through a damp cave. It may have been an episode of The Pirate
Planet, possibly a Tom Baker episode with a similar cave set. It was
late at night (after 11PM), and I had wandered down to my parents since
I wasn't feeling well. WHMM 32, the then new Black-owned PBS station,
was airing the show nightly at 11PM. I didn't see anything more of the
Doctor on that run, but I was at least mentally aware of it. Father
liked the show, and pledged for his first and last time when the
station wanted support to keep the show on the air. He and others
pledged - the show disappeared within weeks - Dad felt rather foolish.

Then, in July 1985, WETA 26 began airing the Tom Baker stories in movie
format late Sunday afternoons. I watched the first hour of several
stories, and was a fan about the time that The Android Invasion showed
up in September. The rest is history.

Benjamin F. Elliott
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with their almost 100% foreign import schedule.
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Chris Summerfield

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My first memory is of Professor Kettlewell's giant robot menacing Jo
Grant, although the scene with Sarah Jane Smith running away from giant
maggots may have been in there too.

I was either very young or on drugs, and it was a long time ago.

I asked the other the same question.

I said "sweetheart, what's your first memory of Who?"

Stupid question - for I got a lengthy rambling reply that turned out to
be - after some consideration - Time Flight.

I feel increasingly that this relationship is doomed, and I should go
back to Mother.

Love,
Cs
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goog

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>Holy ape-crap, Batman... We're talking almost THIRTY FREAK'IN YEARS AGO. Pardon
>me while I go looking for where all the time went.

Yeah, but how long has it been since WTTW showed any Doctor Who?
<sigh>


Alden Bates

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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 21:00:39 GMT, walde...@my-deja.com wrote:

>This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

Since around 81/82, by watching the series on TV.

>For my part, I have vague memories of watching Sara Kingdom get her's in
>"Masterplan". Which makes me a wee bit older than 28, unfortunately...

Oh, that's showing yer age!

Alden.
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goog

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>About two or three years. They tried a summer rerun season for about five weeks then,
>but the ratings didn't make it all that attractive for them.

Yeah, I'd have still never seen "Survival" if not for that.


>And I'm STILL annoyed at them for never picking up Red Dwarf.

Never seen it, for precisely that reason.

Demigod for Hire

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I've been a fan since I was 5. The first story that I saw was the Seeds of
Doom, and I've been a fan ever since.

"When in doubt, the answer is always three."-Proverb

Nyctolops

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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 21:00:39 GMT, walde...@my-deja.com wrote:
>
>This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

I have been a fan since 1965 when stories about Doctor Who began
showing up in US SF film magazines. I then found a few Targets and
the Pyramid versions of the novelizations. I didn't actually see an
episode until the early 80s.

Nyctolops
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Paul Ebbs

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<walde...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Hi --- Lance Parkin said the following:
>
>
> "I *don't* think the Who audience is turning over in the way people
> (apparently, so I've been told) grow out of comics. I'm amazed,
> surprised and gratified that so many people are coming fresh to
> Doctor Who from the books, and I'm constantly amazed that there are
> *any* fans younger than I am (28). but they are there. At the
> same time, I think there are a *lot* of people who are still here,
> doggedly still being Who fans ten years after the show ended."
>
> This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
>

As a four year old in 1970 - Spearhead to the present day - so - 29 years -
one year more than Lance has been alive! :-)

pauly
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Finn Clark

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Chris Summerfield wrote:

> I said "sweetheart, what's your first memory of Who?"
>
> Stupid question - for I got a lengthy rambling reply that
> turned out to be - after some consideration - Time Flight.
>
> I feel increasingly that this relationship is doomed, and
> I should go back to Mother.

But didn't your Mother say that she wasn't interested in
that kind of thing any more because it was very naughty,
and she was going back to your Father?

Finn Clark.

Thomas Scott Moyles

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> <walde...@my-deja.com> wrote in message
> news:7tqupi$je2$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
> >
> > This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> > and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

Just over a year and a half, when I was introduced to Dr.Who by a friend of
mine who had been into it just a couple years himself and who invaded my
home every Sunday because my TV could pick up the PBS station from over the
hill that showed Who. The first episode I saw was a McCoy, I'm not
really sure which one, but the loop had moved on to Davison by the time
I really got into it.

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Adam Richards

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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 21:00:39 GMT, walde...@my-deja.com wrote:

>This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

How long have I been a fan? Since around 1979 when I was 13 years old
and I'd been watching Dr Who for just under a year. Our PBS station
(WHYY Channel 12, Philadell-phia) had started running it with "Robot"
in September 1978.

My first contact with Who wasn't really with what I'd call "canonical"
Who. I wandered into the room when my older brother was watching one
of the Dalek movies on TV and thought, "Cool!" I know, sad isn't it? I
guess I was about 5 years old at the time.

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David Brunt

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Paul Ebbs wrote in message <7ts5d3$alk$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>...

>> Hi --- Lance Parkin said the following:
>>
>> "I *don't* think the Who audience is turning over in the way people
>> (apparently, so I've been told) grow out of comics. I'm amazed,
>> surprised and gratified that so many people are coming fresh to
>> Doctor Who from the books, and I'm constantly amazed that there are
>> *any* fans younger than I am (28). but they are there. At the
>> same time, I think there are a *lot* of people who are still here,
>> doggedly still being Who fans ten years after the show ended."
>>
>> This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>> and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

First remembered viewing (I was apparently watching with the family before
then) was ep 4 of 'Web of Fear' as a not-yet 2 year-old. Then a few random
Troughton memories. I started young.....

I wouldn't class myself as a *fan* until part-way through the Pertwee era,
the point where I ensured that I didn't miss any episode. In 1974, I was
certainly watching the episodes twice in the same week on BBC1 and BBC
Wales. Happy days.....

>pauly
>Feeling suddenly like the grand old man of radw.......

*You* are???

David


Chris Summerfield

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In article <19991011041959...@ngol02.aol.com>,
kafe...@aol.com (Finn Clark) wrote:

> But didn't your Mother say that she wasn't interested in
> that kind of thing any more because it was very naughty,
> and she was going back to your Father?

She did, but then Father is Fiona Shaw, which makes life very
confusing. Back to the thing with goats for me, I think.

Love,
CS

adamm...@my-deja.com

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"Silver Nemesis", would anyone believe? Let me see, 1988 right? That
would make me (ohmygod) 10. I was 21 on Friday. (We'd better stop
this before mass anaclitic depression breaks out...) Anyway, I
remember it being viciously slagged off at the time, which upset me
greatly because I thought it was magic. I vividly remember waiting all
week to find out about the Cybermen... Ah, memories.

Adam Mulvey

Simon Morton

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walde...@my-deja.com wrote:
> This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

I have a few memories of watching the final episode of "The War Games"
in its original 1969 BBC broadcast, including the final scene where
Troughton's Doctor is sent off into exile on earth.

However it was the Pertwee years which hooked me; he will always be my
favourite Doctor. The Silurians were definitely the scariest thing I
had seen in my eight year old life and sent me running behind the couch
every time they appeared on screen. That makes me 37 years old, BTW.

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Demigod for Hire

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William Hartnell wrote:

>William Hartnell (watching another soon to be worn out tape)

That tape wouldn't happen to contain episode 4 of the Tenth Planet now would
it?

Demigod for Hire

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Simon Morton wrote:

> The Silurians were definitely the scariest thing I
>had seen in my eight year old life and sent me running behind the couch
>every time they appeared on screen. That makes me 37 years old, BTW.
>

You know, ths phenomenon is really interesting to me. I have heard from others
that various Who monsters prompted them to hide behind the couch when they were
young. It wasn't a monster that did this to me. It was the Master in Deadly
Assasin which always made me run behind the couch. Definately the scariest
looking thing that Who ever produced. Anyone else have a Who terror that they
want to share?

Charles Daniels

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Finn Clark <kafe...@aol.com> wrote:

> Chris Summerfield wrote:
>> I feel increasingly that this relationship is doomed, and
>> I should go back to Mother.

> But didn't your Mother say that she wasn't interested in


> that kind of thing any more because it was very naughty,
> and she was going back to your Father?

Finn, once again, you've almost completely ruined my breakfast!

orinoco

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>


>This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
>

As a 'fan' since 1986 - during the hiatus ironically enough. My family had
always watched Dr Who though - can vaguely remember the Rutan from Fang Rock
even though I'd only have been 4 at the time...

Orinoco, wombling free

Why do I always come here
I guess I'll never know
it's like some kind of torture...

Andrew

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>
> This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
>
Although I remember little, I must have been watching Who from a fairly
early age. My first strong memories are of Trial of a Time Lord (I loved
Vervoids).
I didn't become a 'fan' however, until the time of Season 26. My mate,
Darren, was a fan - as was my form teacher at the time, Mr Wheeler. Darren
was buying DWM and showed me a copy. Pretty soon I had cancelled my
subscription to 'Discovery' (or rather, told my Dad to stop buying it for
me) and started getting DWM.
From that moment on, I was lost. I scoured jumble sales and charity shops
for books (I remember one particularly happy afternoon sheltering in a tiny
wooden cafe on the cliff in Boscombe, perusing the numerous Targets I had
just bought from their charity book sale - including The Invisible Enemy -
chomping on a toasted teacake - mmmmmm). I started buying the new releases
and found the wonder of HMV and Our Price who actually had videos! The
first one I bought was The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
So first strong memories aged about 11; became a fan at about 13. Still sad
and anal, and now 24. Oh well, hope has not totally disappeared...

Andrew
******************
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Pope Maddogg

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Charles Daniels wrote:

Always a good sign in Finn's work.

Charles Daniels

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Pope Maddogg <madd...@calweb.com> wrote:

> Charles Daniels wrote:
>>> But didn't your Mother say that she wasn't interested in
>>> that kind of thing any more because it was very naughty,
>>> and she was going back to your Father?
>>
>> Finn, once again, you've almost completely ruined my breakfast!
>
> Always a good sign in Finn's work.

Yes, thats quality! When Finn makes you lose your lunch, thats just the
typical quality we've come to expect and heartlessly take for granted.

Stuart Tague

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My first real memeory would be of watching the 5 Doctors, then bits of
Awakening and Frontios, then Revelation of the Daleks and the everything
from Teror of the Vervoids onwards.

Of course I've been reading the Target novelisations for as long as I can
remember.

Stu

The Future Is History

Chris Orton

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> walde...@my-deja.com wrote in message <7tqupi$je2$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>
> >

> >This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> >and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

I've been a fan for about 18 years now, and my first memory of the series was
seeing
Tom Baker fall from the Pharos Project radiotelescope - what a point to join
such a great series! Jusr missed out on the Fourth Doctor era first time around
sadly.


Chris


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walde...@my-deja.com wrote in message <7tqupi$je2$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Hi --- Lance Parkin said the following:
>
>
>"I *don't* think the Who audience is turning over in the way people
>(apparently, so I've been told) grow out of comics. I'm amazed,
>surprised and gratified that so many people are coming fresh to
>Doctor Who from the books, and I'm constantly amazed that there are
>*any* fans younger than I am (28). but they are there. At the
>same time, I think there are a *lot* of people who are still here,
>doggedly still being Who fans ten years after the show ended."
>
>This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
>
>For my part, I have vague memories of watching Sara Kingdom get her's in
>"Masterplan". Which makes me a wee bit older than 28, unfortunately...

My earliest clear memory is the last episode of Ark in Space, although I've
a vague feeling that I might have seen a Pertwee Dalek story (Planet?).
That latter, however, might be influenced by a pic in the Argus Doctor Who &
The Daleks Omnibus.

David.

--
This week I have been mostly re-reading: "Christmas on a Rational Planet"
by Lawrence Miles.

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Charles Daniels wrote:

A lot like your "My Little Pony" collection.

Chris Rednour

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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 walde...@my-deja.com wrote:

[snip]

> This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

[snip]

My first contact with Who was the Cushing movies sometime in the late 70's
early 80's. My first contact with TV WHO was the Five Doctors in 1983,
where I became an insti-fan. So 16 years or so, unless we count out the
time period I wasn't a fan, which makes it about 9 years.

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Charles Daniels

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Pope Maddogg <madd...@calweb.com> wrote:
> Charles Daniels wrote:
>>
>> Yes, thats quality! When Finn makes you lose your lunch, thats just the
>> typical quality we've come to expect and heartlessly take for granted.

> A lot like your "My Little Pony" collection.

Now you know I burn those in a bon fire to summon our great higher old one
Cthulhu!


Pope Maddogg

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Charles Daniels wrote:

Oh yeah. I keep forgeting.

Chris Rednour

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On 12 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Pope Maddogg <madd...@calweb.com> wrote:
> > Charles Daniels wrote:
> >>
> >> Yes, thats quality! When Finn makes you lose your lunch, thats just the
> >> typical quality we've come to expect and heartlessly take for granted.
>
> > A lot like your "My Little Pony" collection.
>
> Now you know I burn those in a bon fire to summon our great higher old one
> Cthulhu!

I thought there were still extant pictures of you combing the pony's long
hair in a brief ungarded moment?

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 12 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>> Now you know I burn those in a bon fire to summon our great higher old one
>> Cthulhu!

> I thought there were still extant pictures of you combing the pony's long
> hair in a brief ungarded moment?

Cthulhu is very discerning, he likes 'em pretty.
I mean he's not going to show up to every my little pony sacrifice in his
name!
You have to do it right and do it often.

Pope Maddogg

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Charles Daniels wrote:

Aye, Cthulhu be a picky bastard!

Stuart Tague

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Stuart Tague <time...@tague3000.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:7tvpp6$lgp$5...@news4.svr.pol.co.uk...
What the hell was I on when I typed that? By my standards that spelling is
atrocious, obviously I'll have to kick the spellchecker to see if it's doing
its job.

Stuart Tague

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Why isn't spellchecker in the spellchecker? Perhaps that means if I had
another spellchecker I could check the spelling in the first spellchecker.
IF IF IF!

Stuart Tague

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Andrew <and...@joeychandler.com> wrote in message
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>
> >
> > This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> > and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
> >
> Although I remember little, I must have been watching Who from a fairly
> early age. My first strong memories are of Trial of a Time Lord (I loved
> Vervoids).
> I didn't become a 'fan' however, until the time of Season 26. My mate,
> Darren, was a fan - as was my form teacher at the time, Mr Wheeler.
Darren
> was buying DWM and showed me a copy. Pretty soon I had cancelled my
> subscription to 'Discovery' (or rather, told my Dad to stop buying it for
> me) and started getting DWM.
> From that moment on, I was lost. I scoured jumble sales and charity shops
> for books (I remember one particularly happy afternoon sheltering in a
tiny
> wooden cafe on the cliff in Boscombe, perusing the numerous Targets I had
> just bought from their charity book sale - including The Invisible Enemy -
> chomping on a toasted teacake - mmmmmm). I started buying the new
releases
> and found the wonder of HMV and Our Price who actually had videos! The
> first one I bought was The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

I remember having second hand Targets bought for me at a stall on the
market, one birthday my dad said he'd buy me some - there must have been at
least a dozen I didn't have (but soon did).

I think my first video was Spearhead From Space, might have been 5 Doctors.

Charles Daniels

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Pope Maddogg <madd...@calweb.com> wrote:
> Charles Daniels wrote:
>>> I thought there were still extant pictures of you combing the pony's
>>> long hair in a brief ungarded moment?
>>
>> Cthulhu is very discerning, he likes 'em pretty.
>> I mean he's not going to show up to every my little pony sacrifice in his
>> name!
>> You have to do it right and do it often.

> Aye, Cthulhu be a picky bastard!

Well he's just summoned by accident so many times everyday

Chris Rednour

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Bob looked at the unimaginable creature that stood towering before him.
His mind realed and he forced himself to look down lest he lose what
little grip on sanity he had left. He looked at his naked body and noted
the water driping down over his trembling form.

Mildly surprised he hadn't been killed instantly, his mind raced to how to
explain the summoning of the great old one. He licked his lips, knowing
he was only going to have one chance to save his life.

"No, honest I was just singing in the bathtub, see...," he stammered out
of his dry throat.

-H P Rednour
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Charles Daniels

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Hey, accidental Cthulhu summoning by bad shower singing is a more frequent
pathway to damnation and insanity than one would think.

(Hey Chris...this just gave me an idea for the issue im writing!!!)


Dave

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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Mark Aldridge wrote:
> >
> > "I *don't* think the Who audience is turning over in the way people
> > (apparently, so I've been told) grow out of comics. I'm amazed,
> > surprised and gratified that so many people are coming fresh to
> > Doctor Who from the books, and I'm constantly amazed that there are
> > *any* fans younger than I am (28). but they are there. At the
> > same time, I think there are a *lot* of people who are still here,
> > doggedly still being Who fans ten years after the show ended."
> >
> > This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> > and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
> >
> > For my part, I have vague memories of watching Sara Kingdom get her's in
> > "Masterplan". Which makes me a wee bit older than 28, unfortunately...

First Who episode I ever saw was Paradise Towers ep 2.

Amazing I'm still a fan, really.


Dave Brookshaw.

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_____


Dangermouse

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Haven't missed an episode since Robots Of Death, though i'd seen a couple
before that.

--
"This path has been placed before you; the choice to take it is yours
alone"

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Big Al

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>> > This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>> > and what was your first contact with Dr Who?


Vague memories of Robot, the first Who I ever saw was Pertwee turning into
Tom!

Michael Ellis

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In article <7tqupi$je2$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, walde...@my-deja.com wrote:
> Hi --- Lance Parkin said the following:
><SNIP>

> This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a
> fan, and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

Well, the first episode I saw was a video of "Arc of Infinity" that I
rented from a local video store (I live in San Diego, California), that
was back in May of this year.

Now I've got two shelves' worth of episodes I ordered, as well as a
rather large scarf.

Michael "Not My Real Name" Ellis

"My theories appall you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer
letters and you don't like my tie."
-Sylvester McCoy
"Ghostlight"


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Chris Rednour

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On 13 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> > On 13 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
> >> Well he's just summoned by accident so many times everyday
>
> > Bob looked at the unimaginable creature that stood towering before him.
> > His mind realed and he forced himself to look down lest he lose what
> > little grip on sanity he had left. He looked at his naked body and noted
> > the water driping down over his trembling form.
>
> > Mildly surprised he hadn't been killed instantly, his mind raced to how to
> > explain the summoning of the great old one. He licked his lips, knowing
> > he was only going to have one chance to save his life.
>
> > "No, honest I was just singing in the bathtub, see...," he stammered out
> > of his dry throat.
>
> Hey, accidental Cthulhu summoning by bad shower singing is a more frequent
> pathway to damnation and insanity than one would think.

Yes, I understand it is a growing problem as well. I remember a news
program that detailed the songs most likely to summon Great Old Ones when
sung badly in the shower, but I'm blanking on the titles now.

> (Hey Chris...this just gave me an idea for the issue im writing!!!)

Great! I'll get to it as soon as I finish this drawing of the city of the
future!*

-Chris "The Future" Rednour
_________________________________________________________________
*This is actually a much funnier in-joke than the one I deleated in the
Ramen City thread, trust me.


Mustafa Hirji

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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999 04:41:27 GMT, ke...@netnitco.com (goog) wrote:

>>About two or three years. They tried a summer rerun season for about five weeks then,
>>but the ratings didn't make it all that attractive for them.
>
>Yeah, I'd have still never seen "Survival" if not for that.
>
>
>>And I'm STILL annoyed at them for never picking up Red Dwarf.
>
>Never seen it, for precisely that reason.
BOO! Red Dwarf is great. On Saturday, it comes before a whole DW story on KSPS. Never miss them.

Mustafa Hirji

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I live in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

My first image of DW is of the "Arc in Space" with the leader taking charge of the situation and
then pulling out his hand from his pocket and seeing he is mutating. I estimate I saw this in July
or August of 1990. At this time I was 9 years old, and I percieved Doctor Who to be a scarry show
that came before a cartoon and I had just seen the end of the DW episode while waiting for the
cartoon to start. Over the months I saw the last minute or two mins of DW just before the cartoon
often: I remember seeing the end of pt 4 of Sontaran Expirament, and the end of pt. 2 or 3 of
Pyramids of Mars. I didn't know anything about the show, but I came to know (from those short
clippings that) the metal dog was called K-9 and that the guy in the red coat and scarf was the
Doctor. I once actually watched about 15 min of Creature from the pit, and 20 min of pt 3 of Horns
of the Nimon (which were my first experiences of DW) but didn't watch the next episodes, because I
was scared to death (theme music and wierd tunnel for the credits just added to it.). I estimate
that this was October 1990 and March of 1991. I remember seeing the master taking over the body of
Tremas (in the last couple mins I saw while waiting for the cartoon to start). In May 91, I saw
the last min of pt. 4 of The Visitation, and was confused why they called the guy in he yellowish
jacket the Doc. (I had no idea about regeneration). A few weeks later, I watched the last couple
of eps of Earthshock, and never stopped. In Jan 92, (when they were showing the Web Planet) I went
to the UK for a week and picked up a copy of the 1991 yearbook (to this day my only item of DW
merchandise.) When I returned, they had stopped showing DW on my channel, but I found another and
still watch to this day. Since I'm still young, I find I appreciate the show on a different level
each time I watch them over again. I'm now 18 and a big DW fan but have never met another fan in
flesh and blood.

Erica

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In article <380641bc...@news.srv.ualberta.ca>,
mustaf...@canada.com (Mustafa Hirji) wrote:

Yeah! Let's here it for British Sci Fi! Never seen anyone do so much on a
shoe string budget, and that means Who or Red Dwarf! Love that Rimmer!

Erica

--
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-Harpo Marx

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Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 13 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>> Hey, accidental Cthulhu summoning by bad shower singing is a more frequent
>> pathway to damnation and insanity than one would think.
>
> Yes, I understand it is a growing problem as well. I remember a news
> program that detailed the songs most likely to summon Great Old Ones when
> sung badly in the shower, but I'm blanking on the titles now.

"I Ain't Got NoBody" is often seen by Cthulhu as if you are offering him
use of your own body in sympathy

Also quite frequently The Animaniacs theme song, though no one knows why.

>> (Hey Chris...this just gave me an idea for the issue im writing!!!)

> Great! I'll get to it as soon as I finish this drawing of the city of the
> future!*
> -Chris "The Future" Rednour
> _________________________________________________________________
> *This is actually a much funnier in-joke than the one I deleated in the
> Ramen City thread, trust me.

Gotcha!


Chris Rednour

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On 15 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> > On 13 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
> >> Hey, accidental Cthulhu summoning by bad shower singing is a more frequent
> >> pathway to damnation and insanity than one would think.
> >
> > Yes, I understand it is a growing problem as well. I remember a news
> > program that detailed the songs most likely to summon Great Old Ones when
> > sung badly in the shower, but I'm blanking on the titles now.
>
> "I Ain't Got NoBody" is often seen by Cthulhu as if you are offering him
> use of your own body in sympathy

Ah yes, and I suppose there's loads of embarressment when you find
yourself time-sharing your body with Cthulu.

> Also quite frequently The Animaniacs theme song, though no one knows why.

I have my suspicions...

> >> (Hey Chris...this just gave me an idea for the issue im writing!!!)
>
> > Great! I'll get to it as soon as I finish this drawing of the city of the
> > future!*
> > -Chris "The Future" Rednour
> > _________________________________________________________________
> > *This is actually a much funnier in-joke than the one I deleated in the
> > Ramen City thread, trust me.
>
> Gotcha!

No! And I'd almost escaped!

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 15 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>> "I Ain't Got NoBody" is often seen by Cthulhu as if you are offering him
>> use of your own body in sympathy
>
> Ah yes, and I suppose there's loads of embarressment when you find
> yourself time-sharing your body with Cthulu.

Yeah, its worse than having a Shedim Of Fate in your body!

>> Also quite frequently The Animaniacs theme song, though no one knows why.
>
> I have my suspicions...

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?


Click Lancaster

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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 21:00:39 GMT, walde...@my-deja.com wrote:

>This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
>and what was your first contact with Dr Who?

Since I was about five - cliffhanger to Delta 1. After that, vague
memories of explosions, circuses, helicopters and cats led me to try
out some novelisations. I've never looked back ('cept for a brief
period around '96/'97)

Click

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http://www.netcolony.com/arts/thandiwe

D84

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Summer, 1989.

My brother and I thought the TV guide said "Dr No" (the James Bond
movie) was showing on WOSU-TV 34 PBS (Columbus, Ohio). Instead, we tuned
in to catch the middle and end of "Warriors of the Deep." We were very
confused by the police box. And lots of other things.

I remember I loved the ending.

We tuned in every week thereafter, and were shocked when, less than a
month later, Colin Baker became the Doctor!

Ten years later I'm 21 and I'm still a big fan.

The end.


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Snarky

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Autumn, 1980(I think...) CKVU(Channel 13,Van., BC), Saturday mornings,
either 8 or 8.30, the latter I think, saw it in the TV Guide one week
thought I'd give it a try, two or three weeks later finally woke up
early enough(before our first VCR--you *do* remember those days, don't
you?--), caught Part 1 of "The Green Death", watched a few minutes,
couldn't make heads or tails of it, too tired anyway, went back to bed,
caught a few more episodes later on, barely got a glimmer of what was
going on, kept up with it a few more weeks, lost interest when I
couldn't figure it out, then surprise, surprise, CKVU cancelled it due
to low ratings, no apology for the crappy time slot (the kind of
attitude that makes one want to use sharp objects on the person holding
it "just for a little while...say three days?"). Two or three years
later, my mother watches a number of TomDocs on KVOS(Ch12) before I'm
ever aware they're on--I only find this out lo-o-o-ong after the
fact--and then, the first time I ever see one, love at first sight, I've
adored him ever since--not his looks, his smile, with that curly hair
and those eyes--I guess that was when I subconsciously knew MY
sexuality...
Forever a Tom fan,
Snarky
(queer as fuck and twice as strange)
--
MZ

Mike Williams

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>

I have been a fan for about 2.5 years or so.
Early Spring '97 some guys at work were talking about Doctor Who and I said
"What's that?". One of the fellows lent me his tape of "The Talons of
Weng-Chiang"
and my life hasn't been the same since.

I'm the odd American Doctor Who fan who has not seen all of the Tom Baker
stories. In fact I've seen very few (my local PBS station is running through
the Pertwee stories in order).

Mike Williams
--
"I eat the celery."

Chris Rednour

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On 15 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> > On 15 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
> >> "I Ain't Got NoBody" is often seen by Cthulhu as if you are offering him
> >> use of your own body in sympathy
> >
> > Ah yes, and I suppose there's loads of embarressment when you find
> > yourself time-sharing your body with Cthulu.
>
> Yeah, its worse than having a Shedim Of Fate in your body!

Well you know Cthulu is so demanding over things, always want you to leave
the body a certain way for it, don't mess with its stuff, don't eat the
stuff it put in the fridge...

> >> Also quite frequently The Animaniacs theme song, though no one knows why.
> >
> > I have my suspicions...
>
> Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

"I think so Brain, but the Rockettes, it's mostly girls, isn't it?"

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


james ambuehl

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OK, give . . . what is this 'issue' Charles is writing regarding
Cthulhu? Inquiring (eldritch, squamous and cyclopean) hive-minds want
to know!

-- Jim

PS -- Chris, "The Source of Power" was great!!! Likewise, Charles' "The
Possibility War"!!!

Q. What's 600' tall, British, tentacled and green, and dwells in a
non-Euclidian police box sunken beneath the Pacific?

A. Doctor Cthul-Who!!!


Meddling Mick

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On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 02:41:38 -0500 (CDT), jamesa...@webtv.net
(james ambuehl) wrote:

>OK, give . . . what is this 'issue' Charles is writing regarding
>Cthulhu? Inquiring (eldritch, squamous and cyclopean) hive-minds want
>to know!
>

>PS -- Chris, "The Source of Power" was great!!! Likewise, Charles' "The
>Possibility War"!!!

Wow - can we steal 'The Possibility War' for the current EDA arc?
Nice title.
--------------------
(Meddling) Mick

"I'm half-Loom, man. On my Other's side."
(What the Doctor *really* said)

Chris Rednour

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On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, james ambuehl wrote:

> OK, give . . . what is this 'issue' Charles is writing regarding
> Cthulhu? Inquiring (eldritch, squamous and cyclopean) hive-minds want
> to know!

Wow! The hive-minds want to know! Paging Mr. Daniels, paging Mr.
Daniels...

[I don't know what it is, becuase I never get told anything in
advance...*sniffle* :) ]

> PS -- Chris, "The Source of Power" was great!!! Likewise, Charles' "The
> Possibility War"!!!

Thanks for the compliment! Thanks for reading it!

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Chris Rednour

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On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Meddling Mick wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 02:41:38 -0500 (CDT), jamesa...@webtv.net

> (james ambuehl) wrote:
>
> >OK, give . . . what is this 'issue' Charles is writing regarding
> >Cthulhu? Inquiring (eldritch, squamous and cyclopean) hive-minds want
> >to know!
> >

> >PS -- Chris, "The Source of Power" was great!!! Likewise, Charles' "The
> >Possibility War"!!!
>

> Wow - can we steal 'The Possibility War' for the current EDA arc?
> Nice title.

Yes really clever and makes mine look super-crap in comparison!

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Meddling Mick wrote:
>> Wow - can we steal 'The Possibility War' for the current EDA arc?
>> Nice title.
>
> Yes really clever and makes mine look super-crap in comparison!

Im not really very good with titles usually I dont think.
The only thing in Doctor Who Ive written whcih I later say a very similiar
title published, was some time ago I wrote a fanfic called "Dark Paths".
Thats about the closest Ive independantly used a later title of someone
elses.

Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, james ambuehl wrote:
>> OK, give . . . what is this 'issue' Charles is writing regarding
>> Cthulhu? Inquiring (eldritch, squamous and cyclopean) hive-minds want
>> to know!
>
> Wow! The hive-minds want to know! Paging Mr. Daniels, paging Mr.
> Daniels...

Oh yeah Im going to do a Cthulhu scene...not a big shocker looking at the
other cameos in earlier issues.
However I would say issues with cameos are the rare exception.
I dont want to parody science fiction as much as create my own SF
universe. However I have made my universe a quantum friendly one
so all sorts of people and things fictional and real might exist there.


Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 15 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>>> Ah yes, and I suppose there's loads of embarressment when you find
>>> yourself time-sharing your body with Cthulu.
>>
>> Yeah, its worse than having a Shedim Of Fate in your body!
>
> Well you know Cthulu is so demanding over things, always want you to leave
> the body a certain way for it, don't mess with its stuff, don't eat the
> stuff it put in the fridge...

Yeah I know and he's got some great stuff!

>>>> Also quite frequently The Animaniacs theme song, though no one knows why.
>>>
>>> I have my suspicions...
>>
>> Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
>
> "I think so Brain, but the Rockettes, it's mostly girls, isn't it?"

Yes..and Im strictly butter side up!
- Ace

Charles Daniels

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james ambuehl <jamesa...@webtv.net> wrote:
> OK, give . . . what is this 'issue' Charles is writing regarding
> Cthulhu? Inquiring (eldritch, squamous and cyclopean) hive-minds want
> to know!

Im currently writing, porposing, pimping around a comic book series.
Its comiedy science fiction....I know a surprising move for me! :)

> PS -- Chris, "The Source of Power" was great!!! Likewise, Charles' "The
> Possibility War"!!!

Oh wow! people still reading that?

Charles Daniels

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Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 02:41:38 -0500 (CDT), jamesa...@webtv.net
> (james ambuehl) wrote:
>>PS -- Chris, "The Source of Power" was great!!! Likewise, Charles' "The
>>Possibility War"!!!
>
> Wow - can we steal 'The Possibility War' for the current EDA arc?
> Nice title.

Thanks! Well Id rather be bought off and sell out my artistic integrity
than just have it stolen. :)


Chris Rednour

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On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> > On 15 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
> >>> Ah yes, and I suppose there's loads of embarressment when you find
> >>> yourself time-sharing your body with Cthulu.
> >>
> >> Yeah, its worse than having a Shedim Of Fate in your body!
> >
> > Well you know Cthulu is so demanding over things, always want you to leave
> > the body a certain way for it, don't mess with its stuff, don't eat the
> > stuff it put in the fridge...
>
> Yeah I know and he's got some great stuff!

Loads of rare items, first editions. I mean you'd be surprised what
people give him!

> >>>> Also quite frequently The Animaniacs theme song, though no one knows why.
> >>>
> >>> I have my suspicions...
> >>
> >> Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
> >
> > "I think so Brain, but the Rockettes, it's mostly girls, isn't it?"
>
> Yes..and Im strictly butter side up!
> - Ace

Well I admit that quite frankly I'm not sure what we've just agreed to
here.

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Chris Rednour

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On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Meddling Mick wrote:

> >> Wow - can we steal 'The Possibility War' for the current EDA arc?
> >> Nice title.
> >

> > Yes really clever and makes mine look super-crap in comparison!
>
> Im not really very good with titles usually I dont think.
> The only thing in Doctor Who Ive written whcih I later say a very similiar
> title published, was some time ago I wrote a fanfic called "Dark Paths".
> Thats about the closest Ive independantly used a later title of someone
> elses.

Still doesn't change the fact that I have quite possibly one of the most
generic Doctor Who titles ever generated!

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>> Im not really very good with titles usually I dont think.
>> The only thing in Doctor Who Ive written which I later saw a very similiar

>> title published, was some time ago I wrote a fanfic called "Dark Paths".
>> Thats about the closest Ive independantly used a later title of someone
>> elses.
>
> Still doesn't change the fact that I have quite possibly one of the most
> generic Doctor Who titles ever generated!

The Planet In Space?

Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>> Yeah I know and he's got some great stuff!
>
> Loads of rare items, first editions. I mean you'd be surprised what
> people give him!

Well he is a dark god.

>>> "I think so Brain, but the Rockettes, it's mostly girls, isn't it?"
>>
>> Yes..and Im strictly butter side up!
>> - Ace
>
> Well I admit that quite frankly I'm not sure what we've just agreed to
> here.

Just told you I'm a straight arrow. I'm as boring as duck without a drug
habit.

Chris Rednour

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On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> > On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> >> Im not really very good with titles usually I dont think.
> >> The only thing in Doctor Who Ive written which I later saw a very similiar
> >> title published, was some time ago I wrote a fanfic called "Dark Paths".
> >> Thats about the closest Ive independantly used a later title of someone
> >> elses.
> >
> > Still doesn't change the fact that I have quite possibly one of the most
> > generic Doctor Who titles ever generated!
>
> The Planet In Space?

The Source of Power. Notable only because the generic words hadn't
already been used...

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Chris Rednour

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On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> > On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> >> Yeah I know and he's got some great stuff!
> >
> > Loads of rare items, first editions. I mean you'd be surprised what
> > people give him!
>
> Well he is a dark god.

And this always appeals to people.

> >>> "I think so Brain, but the Rockettes, it's mostly girls, isn't it?"
> >>
> >> Yes..and Im strictly butter side up!
> >> - Ace
> >
> > Well I admit that quite frankly I'm not sure what we've just agreed to
> > here.
>
> Just told you I'm a straight arrow. I'm as boring as duck without a drug
> habit.

You're the 6th Doctor in TRIAL OF A TIMELORD?

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>>> Still doesn't change the fact that I have quite possibly one of the most
>>> generic Doctor Who titles ever generated!
>>
>> The Planet In Space?
>
> The Source of Power. Notable only because the generic words hadn't
> already been used...

Power of the Daleks?


Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>>> Loads of rare items, first editions. I mean you'd be surprised what
>>> people give him!
>>
>> Well he is a dark god.
>
> And this always appeals to people.

Most the time!!

>>> Well I admit that quite frankly I'm not sure what we've just agreed to
>>> here.
>>
>> Just told you I'm a straight arrow. I'm as boring as duck without a drug
>> habit.
>
> You're the 6th Doctor in TRIAL OF A TIMELORD?

Pretty much!


Meddling Mick

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On 21 Oct 1999 08:28:40 -0700, Charles Daniels
<cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:

>Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 02:41:38 -0500 (CDT), jamesa...@webtv.net
>> (james ambuehl) wrote:
>>>PS -- Chris, "The Source of Power" was great!!! Likewise, Charles' "The
>>>Possibility War"!!!
>>

>> Wow - can we steal 'The Possibility War' for the current EDA arc?
>> Nice title.
>

>Thanks! Well Id rather be bought off and sell out my artistic integrity
>than just have it stolen. :)

What? You mean you want... money? How downright... mercenary. You'd
think you had to earn a living or something... :)

Charles Daniels

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Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> On 21 Oct 1999 08:28:40 -0700, Charles Daniels
> <cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>> Wow - can we steal 'The Possibility War' for the current EDA arc?
>>> Nice title.
>>
>>Thanks! Well Id rather be bought off and sell out my artistic integrity
>>than just have it stolen. :)
>
> What? You mean you want... money? How downright... mercenary. You'd
> think you had to earn a living or something... :)

Well money, favors, material goods...can't be bad!


Meddling Mick

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On 22 Oct 1999 16:23:20 -0700, Charles Daniels
<cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:

>Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 21 Oct 1999 08:28:40 -0700, Charles Daniels
>> <cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>>> Wow - can we steal 'The Possibility War' for the current EDA arc?
>>>> Nice title.
>>>
>>>Thanks! Well Id rather be bought off and sell out my artistic integrity
>>>than just have it stolen. :)
>>
>> What? You mean you want... money? How downright... mercenary. You'd
>> think you had to earn a living or something... :)
>
>Well money, favors, material goods...can't be bad!

Hmm. Material goods, eh? The Time Monster on video do you?

Charles Daniels

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Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> On 22 Oct 1999 16:23:20 -0700, Charles Daniels
> <cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>> What? You mean you want... money? How downright... mercenary. You'd
>>> think you had to earn a living or something... :)
>>
>>Well money, favors, material goods...can't be bad!
>
> Hmm. Material goods, eh? The Time Monster on video do you?

Eh, no? I dont think that's legal barter on any of the nine planets!


Meddling Mick

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On 23 Oct 1999 13:17:01 -0700, Charles Daniels
<cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:

>Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 22 Oct 1999 16:23:20 -0700, Charles Daniels
>> <cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>>> What? You mean you want... money? How downright... mercenary. You'd
>>>> think you had to earn a living or something... :)
>>>
>>>Well money, favors, material goods...can't be bad!
>>
>> Hmm. Material goods, eh? The Time Monster on video do you?
>
>Eh, no? I dont think that's legal barter on any of the nine planets!

Yes! You must take it off my hands immediately! Have pity!

Charles Daniels

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Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> On 23 Oct 1999 13:17:01 -0700, Charles Daniels
> <cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>> Hmm. Material goods, eh? The Time Monster on video do you?
>>
>>Eh, no? I dont think that's legal barter on any of the nine planets!
>
> Yes! You must take it off my hands immediately! Have pity!

Pity? We do not know this word. You will be EXTERMINATED!

Chris Rednour

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On 22 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> > On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> >>> Still doesn't change the fact that I have quite possibly one of the most
> >>> generic Doctor Who titles ever generated!
> >>
> >> The Planet In Space?
> >
> > The Source of Power. Notable only because the generic words hadn't
> > already been used...
>
> Power of the Daleks?

Nope, words not in the third position!

No "Source of the Daleks" or "Daleks of Power" or anything.

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________
Okay, so I forgot...


Chris Rednour

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On 22 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> > On 21 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:

> >>> Loads of rare items, first editions. I mean you'd be surprised what
> >>> people give him!
> >>
> >> Well he is a dark god.
> >
> > And this always appeals to people.
>
> Most the time!!

Everyone loves a cuddley Dark God!

> >>> Well I admit that quite frankly I'm not sure what we've just agreed to
> >>> here.
> >>
> >> Just told you I'm a straight arrow. I'm as boring as duck without a drug
> >> habit.
> >
> > You're the 6th Doctor in TRIAL OF A TIMELORD?
>
> Pretty much!

Scary!

-Chris Rednour
_________________________________________________________________


Charles Daniels

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Oct 26, 1999, 3:00:00 AM10/26/99
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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 22 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>>> The Source of Power. Notable only because the generic words hadn't
>>> already been used...
>>
>> Power of the Daleks?
>
> Nope, words not in the third position!
> No "Source of the Daleks" or "Daleks of Power" or anything.

Source Of Technicalities or The Technicalities of Power? :)

Charles Daniels

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Chris Rednour <gs0...@panther.Gsu.EDU> wrote:
> On 22 Oct 1999, Charles Daniels wrote:
>> Most the time!!
>
> Everyone loves a cuddley Dark God!

Well its better than a vengeful Dark God!

k

Meddling Mick

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On 24 Oct 1999 10:49:09 -0700, Charles Daniels
<cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:

>Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 23 Oct 1999 13:17:01 -0700, Charles Daniels
>> <cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>>> Hmm. Material goods, eh? The Time Monster on video do you?
>>>
>>>Eh, no? I dont think that's legal barter on any of the nine planets!
>>
>> Yes! You must take it off my hands immediately! Have pity!
>
>Pity? We do not know this word. You will be EXTERMINATED!

AAAAIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!

Hmm. Hold on, I'm not quite dead. You only seem to have paralysed my
legs.

Charles Daniels

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Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> On 24 Oct 1999 10:49:09 -0700, Charles Daniels
> <cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>> Yes! You must take it off my hands immediately! Have pity!
>>
>>Pity? We do not know this word. You will be EXTERMINATED!
>
> AAAAIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!
>
> Hmm. Hold on, I'm not quite dead. You only seem to have paralysed my
> legs.

Oh damn! You must be a companion of the Doctor! We can only paralyse
their legs or twist their ankles!


Meddling Mick

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On 27 Oct 1999 01:50:38 -0700, Charles Daniels
<cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:

>Meddling Mick <Sutur...@SutureSelf.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 24 Oct 1999 10:49:09 -0700, Charles Daniels
>> <cdan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote:
>>>> Yes! You must take it off my hands immediately! Have pity!
>>>
>>>Pity? We do not know this word. You will be EXTERMINATED!
>>
>> AAAAIIIIEEEEEEEE!!!!
>>
>> Hmm. Hold on, I'm not quite dead. You only seem to have paralysed my
>> legs.
>
>Oh damn! You must be a companion of the Doctor! We can only paralyse
>their legs or twist their ankles!

Yes, you're right. I think... if I try hard enough... I can crawl
over... to that... doorway... before... you shoot me.... again...

... almost there...

backr...@my-deja.com

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>
> This, I think, is an interesting point. How long have you been a fan,
> and what was your first contact with Dr Who?
>
Well, I'm 21... born in 77... I've been a fan since I was three and my
mother bought me 'Doctor Who and the Crusaders' as I was bored reading
'kiddie books'. Her fault really then... my first TV memories are hazy
recollections of the fourth to fifth regeneration, some Davison stuff...

Believe it or not my favourite Doctor is Hartnell

Dave
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