--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 270 DR WHO/BRIT SCIF Ref: EDW00000Date: 09/26/97 From: COLLEEN HILLERUP Time: 07:51pm \/To: PETER STEFANOVIC (Read 1 times) Subj: Who fans PS> but would love for it to start up again on the old idiot box.. PS> PS> Does anyone know if this is a possibility..I know there is a Who Web PS> page PS> out there some where but I don't know it address.. . If you live in Canada, it will be starting October 17 on the new Space channel, and running 3 times a day. I can give you one Who website, for the Doctor Who Information Network www.interlog.com/~schrist/dwin/ --- Xenolink 1.984 * Origin: Mater Susperiorum, Mater Lachrymarum, Mater Tenebrarum (1:2424/1313) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 270 DR WHO/BRIT SCIF Ref: EDX00000Date: 09/26/97 From: LANCE BARRETT Time: 09:24pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: A WHO Poem Greetings to all Dr. WHO fans in this echo. I have recently discovered that my local library has a cache of some of the DR. Who video's that have been released. I have begun borrowing them and hope that they will allow me to contribute something to this echo. My first borrowing was "More than 30 Years in the TARDIS" and I was wondering if anybody who has watched this video knows anything about the poem which is narrated behind a variation of the DR. WHO theme music at the end. It begins " I cross the void beyond the mind". I have tried to write down the rest but some words are a little indistinct on the copy I borrowed. I wonder too if the person narrating it is Jon Pertwee. Well, I hope that's enough to start a message thread. Bye for now, Lance. --- Maximus 2.02 * Origin: Montezuma's Revenge -= 61-7-33984288 =- (3:640/306) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 270 DR WHO/BRIT SCIF Ref: EDX00001Date: 09/27/97 From: BOB GLOVER Time: 04:40pm \/To: PETER FRIEDLOS (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Are You Being Served On 29 Aug 97 02:39pm, Peter Friedlos wrote to Laurence Taylor: LT>> RH> I like "Served" and don't know about As Time goes by, but I actually >> RH> HATE Keeping Up Apperances. I have Hyactnth, her husband is a wimp PF> and >> RH> the rest of the family >> RH> are a bunch of morons who I pity for having to put up with her. I PF> keep >> RH> wishing >> RH> for the day when someone, ANYONE finally tels her off good and PF> proper. LT>>I agree totally! I could never have anything to do with a woman like >>her, I'd tell her to sod off in a very short time. PF> I third that. I can't stand the programme -- she is just too damned PF> annoying and I for one would love to clout the character around the PF> chops. Pardon me for butting in , but just to inject a short note that I thought you could appreciate. Recently, I was unable to sleep one night and was watching a late night program on my local PBS station when I they aired outtakes of British programs. One of the items was of Hyacynth hassleing the postman. As she turned to go back in the house she slipped and sat down hard on her fat butt. I loved it. It was purely wonderful to see. BOB GLOVER ... Silver Xpress!...... Your Link to the Information Super Highway! * Evaluation copy of Silver Xpress. Day # 4 * Silver Xpress V4.01 --- FMail 1.22 * Origin: * House of Keys * Dallas,Tx * (214) 309-1243 * (1:124/9052) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 270 DR WHO/BRIT SCIF Ref: EDX00002Date: 09/27/97 From: JAMES DIXON Time: 05:27pm \/To: STEVE CLAPPISON (Read 1 times) Subj: I'm BACK! SC>* In a message originally to Earl Green, Joe Siegler said: SC> JS> > I suppose you have all heard the news by now that the Doctor Who SC> JS> > animated series rumor was completely false. Somehow I never really took SC> JS>More to the point, it's being called a hoax by some people. ame report I SC>So, is it definately a hoax? Someone (can't remember who) posted details SC>about this in here, including an interview with the proposed makers of it. It SC>was pretty long and detailed and seemed a lot of trouble to go to for a hoax. SC>Ho hum. When it comes to on-line pranks, there are No limits... A certain well-known individual on the Trek conference next door, for instance, had the frigging gall to type up messages about Star Trek stretching back to the 1930s as a Radio Series, then as a Serial in the 40s and 50s, then Roddenberry took over in the 60s when it became a tv series... This jokster posted up contrived episode lists, made-up cast members, and so on... It won him the reputation as being an "insider" to the ignorant masses there... When caught he just smiled and called it an "Echo Barnum" but by then it was too late... Instead he turned his imagination into personal flaming--me... Like did you know that Rasmussen in the TNG episode "A Matter of Time" was said to come from New Jersey because he was meant to be a parody of Me? Because Paramount Pictures hates me so much? Pretty good considering that they don't know I even exist... Some jerks are compelled to jerk others around online because they need to--unable to do so in real life... Anyway, enough rambling from me... The point I'm making is that there are no bounds to hoaxes especially those carried out on networks... If there was ever any plans for a Doctor Who cartoon it probably never made it past the What If stage... --- OLXWin 1.00a The Fans keep Trek alive and CARE more for it than P'mount --- FE v1.46 i486 * Origin: - Mystical Aura -/- [201.894.8546] -/- Tenafly, NJ - (1:2604/302) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 270 DR WHO/BRIT SCIF Ref: EDY00000Date: 09/28/97 From: JAY P. HAILEY Time: 10:11am \/To: EARL GREEN (Read 1 times) Subj: uuhhhhh =========================================================================== BBS: Tesla's Tower 5 BBS Date: 09-26-97 (10:59) Number: 48 From: JAY P. HAILEY Refer#: 2351 To: EARL GREEN Recvd: NO Subj: Soylent, my evil twin Conf: (48) Who ___------------------------------------------------------------------------ EG>JPH>EG> e <-- Earl Green is made from people! EG>JPH> Arrrgghhh! I think I ruptured something when I read that one. EG>Well, if you think about it, it's not at all inaccurate... That's part of what made it a hilarious pun. Jay * OLX 2.1 TD * "Ain't it a shame when you got nuthin'." - Frank Zappa --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Tesla's Tower 5 BBS (1:346/49) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 270 DR WHO/BRIT SCIF Ref: EDY00001Date: 09/27/97 From: MIKE RANDALL Time: 09:31pm \/To: STEVE QUARRELLA (Read 1 times) Subj: Who fans Hi there Steve! Thursday September 25 1997 22:45, Steve Quarrella wrote to Mike Randall: BJ>>> Since when have you been on intimate terms with the program I BJ>>> hope that we all respect ? And how do you get on intimate terms BJ>>> with a TV program anyway .... unless you stare at it all the BJ>>> time of course ? MR>> What the hell are you on about? SQ> Steady on. I'll take care of him, Mike. =). Sorry, it was just a bit stupid, and he completely misenterpreted what I was saying, which annoyed me =). (__) s Mike Randall s (__) (@@) s -=[ SysOp BurP's BBS! ]=- s (@@) /-------\=== -=FidoNet - 2:254/292=- ===/-------\ / | || -=Trinknet - 300:1/4=- || | \ * ||----|| E-Mail - Mike.Randall@burp.craybbs.co.uk || || * ... "A duplicate me!" * Rimmer --- FMail 1.02 * Origin: Burp's BBS +44 (0)181 405 4164 <- CALL IT! (2:254/292) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 270 DR WHO/BRIT SCIF Ref: EDY00002Date: 09/28/97 From: JAMES DIXON Time: 11:10am \/To: LANCE BARRETT (Read 1 times) Subj: A WHO Poem LB>My first borrowing was "More than 30 Years in the TARDIS" and I was wondering LB>if anybody who has watched this video knows anything about the poem which is LB>narrated behind a variation of the DR. WHO theme music at the end. I've heard of this video but haven't seen it... LB>It begins " I cross the void beyond the mind". LB>I have tried to write down the rest but some words are a little indistinct on LB>the copy I borrowed. I wonder too if the person narrating it is Jon Pertwee. OK, back in the 70s if I'm not mistaken, Jon Pertwee came up with his own lyrics for the Doctor Who theme... I think he called it "I am the Doctor!" and that sounds like a line from it... --- OLXWin 1.00a }Paramount Pictures = The Ferengi Alliance{ --- FE v1.46 i486 * Origin: - Mystical Aura -/- [201.894.8546] -/- Tenafly, NJ - (1:2604/302) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 270 DR WHO/BRIT SCIF Ref: EDY00003Date: 09/28/97 From: ARTIMUS BROWN Time: 10:20pm \/To: ROB TAYLOR (Read 1 times) Subj: A Thought.... * Quoting: Rob Taylor * To: Artimus Brown * About: A Thought.... * On: 09-18-97 19:21 AB> what was involved in starting a FIDO echo. Can anyone help? RT> My e-mail is rob@pleasure.softnet.co.uk Thanks. AB> Artimus.Brown@cs.wfbbs.com RT> I have yours, now... :). You may note another address has been added. We'll use this new one if the messages don't get through, okay? RT> We should discuss it any more here as it will be off-topic. Agreed. Talk to you in E-Mail, |\ |-\ | \rtimus Artimus.Brown@cs.wfbbs.com Artimus.Brown@f1082.n261.z1.fidonet.org ... "People want to believe" - Scully (3x22) ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 -*- SF-Quick/BW 1.00r [#48] --- Alexi/Mail 2.02b (#10000) * Origin: COLUMBIA SPITFIRE * Dallas, Texas * (214-275-5040) (1:124/3271) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 270 DR WHO/BRIT SCIF Ref: EDY00004Date: 09/28/97 From: ARTIMUS BROWN Time: 10:20pm \/To: ALL (Read 1 times) Subj: Animated Who * Quoting: Steve Clappison * To: Joe Siegler * About: I'm BACK! * On: 09-22-97 23:50 SC> In a message originally to Earl Green, Joe Siegler said: JS> I suppose you have all heard the news by now that the Doctor Who JS> animated series rumor was completely false. JS> More to the point, it's being called a hoax by some people. SC> So, is it definately a hoax? Someone (can't remember who) posted SC> details about this in here, including an interview with the proposed SC> makers of it. It was pretty long and detailed and seemed a lot of SC> trouble to go to for a hoax. That would be me that posted all that.... Here's what I have since found on both pages: _________________________________________________________________ Shannon Patrick Sullivan shannon@morgan.ucs.mun.ca http://www.physics.mun.ca/~sps/whonews.html In mid-August, several Doctor Who web sites were contacted by Karen McCoy, executive producer of Default Films, a company which since 1987 has been attempting to interest the BBC in an animated Who series. McCoy -- who suggested an animated or live-action series were possibilities, depending on the desires of the BBC -- claimed to have sixty-six prepared scripts and to have spoken to Paul McGann's representatives, who told her McGann was not interested in reprising his role as the Eighth Doctor (see "If Doctor Who returns, will Segal, McGann, Roberts and Ashbrook all be back?", above). McCoy said she would seek new talent to voice the Eighth Doctor in Paul's stead. While the News Page can confirm that Default Films has indeed approached BBC Worldwide, a fan investigation has unveiled new information which casts doubt on some of McCoy's assertions. Jack Mayfield, operations manager of Area 9, the company of which McCoy claimed Default Films was a part, refuted his company had anything to do with Default, having merely employed McCoy on a freelance basis in the past. Jason Bell, whom McCoy had cited as a co-executive producer on the Doctor Who project, and who is an Area 9 employee, has disavowed any participation. (John Lotshaw, the third executive producer named by McCoy, is no longer participating in the project according to McCoy.) Whether any of the other information provided by McCoy is similarly erroneous is unknown at this time. Furthermore, Nelvana -- the Canadian animation house with whom McCoy claimed to have collaborated on an animated Who proposal in the late Eighties -- has also denied ever having anything to do with her, although McCoy claims that this is simply because the fan did not reach an employee who was with Nelvana back then. Another fan who had been in contact with Jason Bell in a professional capacity was able to clarify matters further, suggesting that McCoy had used Area 9's name -- because her associates were employed by them -- in order to give her project more credibility with fans. Bell's role essentially constituted letting McCoy use the Area 9 facilities as a favor. Bell also said that, while McCoy may well have prepared sixty-six scripts, only three were included in the proposal to BBC Worldwide; certainly, absolutely no pre-production design or the like has been completed. Finally, Gary Gillatt, editor of Doctor Who Magazine, has confirmed that BBC Worldwide is not interested in making an animated version of Doctor Who. If and when the programme returns, it will be as a live action show or nothing at all. _________________________________________________________________ http://www.pipex.net/~chuck/sf/drwho/90s/ It has since been verified by Area 9 that they are not involved in this project at all, and any reference to them within this message is a mis-representation. Messages that I have subsequently sent to Karen for comment have not been replied to ... From: Joe Sawin Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 13:09:52 -0400 Subject: Ms. McCoy Press Release Please remove the "press release" regarding Area 9's involvement in a Dr. Who project. This press release is not correct and misrepresents our company. Karen McCoy is not associated with our company and is not an employee. Sincerely, Joe Sawin CEO and General Counsel Area 9, Inc. _________________________________________________________________ There you have it. Sorry everyone. It may be noted that Universals contract runs out at the end of the year so, anything can and still may happen. |\ |-\ | \rtimus Artimus.Brown@cs.wfbbs.com Artimus.Brown@f1082.n261.z1.fidonet.org ... Top secret! Burn before reading! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 -*- SF-Quick/BW 1.00r [#48] --- Alexi/Mail 2.02b (#10000) * Origin: COLUMBIA SPITFIRE * Dallas, Texas * (214-275-5040) (1:124/3271)