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Crossed Computers
| Zine | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Crossed Computers |
| Publisher: | Ed-Ventures, Ink. |
| Editor(s): | E. Michael Whitmore |
| Date(s): | 1989-1991 |
| Series?: | |
| Medium: | |
| Genre: | gen |
| Fandom: | Doctor Who |
| Language: | English |
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| Click here for related articles on Fanlore. | |
Crossed Computers is a gen Doctor Who anthology of fiction, poetry, puzzles, and art.
It has the subtitle "On Line..."
Issue 1
Crossed Computers 1 was published in May 1989 (reprinted in October 1989) and contains 70 pages.
The art is by Cindy Budinski, Chris Eilenstine, E. Michael Whitmore, Kathlene DeVito, and Sandy Oswald.
- Editor's Introduction (3)
- An Unnerving Child by E. Michael Whitmore ("A parody of the very first episode of Doctor Who, showing how it all really began.") (5)
- ...Saves Nine by Yvonne-Lorraine Hein ("The Sixth Doctor and Peri face the possibility of being stranded in Depression era America unless they can discover what is causing the TARDIS systems to break down.") (10)
- Farewell Dearest Jo, poem (21)
- Forget Me Not by Kathlene L. DeVito ("Sarah Jane had just been left behind on Earth and the Doctor must face a future of loneliness as he travels back to Gallifrey without his dearest friend.") (22)
- The Doctor's Room, poem by Kathlene L. DeVito (22)
- Who is the Doctor by Jon Pertwee (23)
- Who Was That by E. Michael Whitmore ("A comic romp based on the famous Abbott and Costello routine "Who's on First."") (23)
- Paths Parallel by Yvonne-Lorrain Hein (29)
- And Alien Encounter by Kathlene DeVito and Barbara Mater (30)
- Equal Rights for Female Whovians (33)
- I Have Dipped into the Future by Kathlene DeVito ("The Doctor meets a Watcher while on his way to Logopolis. Two missing scenes in which both the Doctor and Adric have mysterious conversations with the Watcher.") (35)
- I Know You, Adric by E. Michael Whitmore (36)
- A Friend by Kathlene DeVito (37)
- Who Am I by E. Michael Whitmore (38)
- May Day's Eve by Yvonne-Lorraine Hein ("The Brigadier has a misadventure with a mysterious woman on The Night of the Daemon. It is the night of spirits and daemons, but it is far from uneventful for the Brigadier as he meets a remarkably mysterious lady at his Regimental Reunion.") (40)
- Talkin' 'Bout My Regeneration by Marlene Skipworth (69)
Issue 2
Crossed Computers 2 was published in 1991 and contains 50 pages.
The art is by Bobbi Jo Simons (cover, interior) and E. Michael Whitmore (interior).
From a July 1993 ad in GAZ:
Further adventures of the Doctor in his many incarnations. A young Doctor escapes the confines of a Gallifreyan compound to experience life on the outside. The Seventh Doctor and Ace battle a Golem in Prague. The Fourth Doctor meets his match as he tries to prevent a planet from going to war. Plus a bonus Star Trek story in which Troi senses the guest Ambassador is hiding something, but can she discover it before the Enterprise arrives at a peace conference?
From the editorial:
Thank you to [my printers] Ozone Brothers who have helped make me more aware about our world and how to takes steps to save it. CROSSED COMPUTERS 2 is printed on recycled paper, an effort that you don't always see in fandom because of the cost. Recycled paper is more expensive than "virgin" paper, but this is an issue I feel is very important. I know of a fellow zine editor [1] who has encountered a problem with an individual who is taking one of her zines, copying it, and selling it for a much higher price, making money on it! (Editor's price is about $5.00, bootlegger's price is about $20.00) This is a terrible injustice to fans when someone like that tries to rip them off. It costs a lot for zine editors to take measures to prevent bootlegging. Please be careful of the zine you're buying. In CROSSED COMPUTERS 2, each page is printed on recycled paper. If you look on each page, you should see a watermark of the "recycled" symbol. If you don't see it, you probably have a bootleg and are paying more for it than it cost me to make it. Help us stop these people.
- Editor's Introduction by E. Michael Whitmore (3)
- The Morning After by Barbara Mater ("a postscript to the Fendahl as told to Adam Colby") (4)
- The Gallifreyan Guardian Classified by Barbara Mater (parody ads) (5)
- Hunt Mates by MaryAnn Johanson (6)
- Deja Vu, poem by Joan Enright (12)
- The Third Doctor: Puzzle by Sharon Ann Campbell (13)
- A Meeting of the Minds by Bobbi Jo Simons (crossover with Star Trek: TNG) (23)
- Doctor Who: The Movie (Cinema Verite) by Dennis Hein ("script revision (the final frontier)") (24)
- The Seven Deadly Sins by Nancy Hutchins (24)
- The Fourth Doctor Puzzle by Sharon Ann Campbell (35)
- Another Universe by Michael Ciantossi (36)
- Portrait, poem by Yvonne-Lorrain Hein (41)
- The Phoenix Effect by Michael Sauers (43)
- The Sixth Doctor Puzzle by Sharon Ann Campbell (47)
- The Final Chapter by John Jay (48)
- Song of Alpha, poem by Joan Enright (50)
- Answers to the Doctor Puzzles by Sharon Ann Campbell (51)
from issue #2, Bobbi Jo Simons
from issue #2, Bobbi Jo Simons
from issue #2, E. Michael Whitmore
from issue #2, E. Michael Whitmore
References
- ^ This was almost certainly Bonnie Vitti.