Metamorph

Zine
Title:	Metamoprh
Publisher:
Editor(s):	Zach Farquharson-Waugh, Jackie Gibbs
Type:	UK publication, b/ glossy, not-for-profit, general telefantasy zine
Date(s):	1990 to at least 1997
Medium:	print
Size:	A4
Fandom:	multimedia
Language:	English
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Metamorph is a gen non-fiction science fiction zine. Each issue averaged 28 pages.

It ran for at least twelve issues under the name "Metamorph," then (perhaps for a little while as "Shadowsphere"), and then as "Metamorph 2."

Issue v.1 n.1

Metamorph v.1 n.1 was published in 1990.

Issue v.1 n.5

cover of issue #5

Issue v.1 n.6

cover of issue #6

Issue v.1 n.7

Metamorph v.1 n.7 contains an interview with Anthony Ailey, and an interview with Wendy Padbury.

Issue v.1 n.8

Metamorph v.1 n.8 contains an interview with Wendy Padbury.

Issue v.1 n.10

Metamorph 10 was published in Summer 1992.

cover of issue #10

Issue v.1 n.12

Metamorph v.1 n.12 was published in 1993.

cover of issue #12

Issue v.2 n.1

Metamorph v.2 n.1 was published in 1995 and contains two 8-page Doctor Who supplements.

Issue v.2 n.1

Metamorph 2 n.1

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Issue v.2 n.3

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Issue v.2 n.4

Metamorph v.2 n.4

Issue v.2 n.5

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Issue v.2 n.6

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Issue v.2 n.7

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Issue v.2 8

Metamorph v.2 n.8

cover of issue v.2 n.8

The Sixties - The first of a two part article in which Mark Turner examined the strengths and weaknesses of Doctor Who's first decade. In his article, which covers the first 13 episodes, Mark declared that "Anthony Coburn could not have introduced the series better; he built up suspense throughout An Unearthly Child; he increases the audience awareness of the 'alienness' of Susan via the skillful use of Ian and Barbara's memories." but he also felt, "...that whilst the subsidiary characters were well serviced, the Doctor and co were poorly written for..."

In a very 'Sun' newspaper like way, a snippet of news ran alongside the article headed: 'Sixties Star' Eileen Way Stuns Panopticon. This referred to the way in which a panel at PanoptiCon IX that featured the actress was something of a damp squid in which she was unable to offer much about her various roles she had undertaken for Doctor Who and given the fact that she was"...made to sit facing the audience with the interviewer sitting behind her." Laying the blame firmly with the organisers.

Following Tony Amis' piece of fiction 'The War Within A War', Jackie Gibbs continued with her third installment of 'Companion-Piece' this issue featured Zoe Herriot which followed with the third part of an interview with Zoe herself, Wendy Padbury. One of the questions that Kerry Gayle put to Wendy was "If you had stayed how would you have developed Zoe? I thought it might be interesting to have someone who comes from the future and knows so much and yet who is also rather immature and naive, to have her on Earth today and working with soldiers of all people. but I don't think she would have fitted in very well with the way Jon Pertwee played Doctor Who. She was too irreverent for it..."

Part Four of 'Remembrance of the Daleks' as visualised by Joe Nagle very much in a style similar to Lee Sullivan, ( who has drawn many a strip for Doctor Who Magazine ), and written by Ben Arronovitch. Following this excellently well drawn single page strip, Andrej Karczewski reviewed the story's sixties authenticity, thinking it would be an easy job in 'Remembrance of the Daleks: A pseudo sixties trip?' but found that that "...the one scene that actually felt as though it was really set in the 1960s was the one inside the war room."

'Missing?': The Greatest Loss - Cavan Scott reviews the most 'missing' story as well as looking towards the possible implications should it ever appear. In this issue 'Tomb of the Cybermen' was discussed: "It is a great pity that Tomb no longer exists...we have lost the great characters ever created...and also the magnificent sets, including the tomb itself...However, it may be a blessing in disguise. Before episode four of The Celestial Toymaker was found the story was hailed as a classic...many found that that their memory has cheated them and it didn't live up to their expectations." The second 'Missing?' article, 'A Bargain of Necessity?' by Ronald McDevitt asked whether any of them existed elsewhere and if so, how can they be located and returned? 'Missing?':...but not forgotten by Jackie Gibbs redresses the balance when it comes to missing stories and here reviews and remembers 'The Highlanders' 'Missing?': A classic no more? looked at whether the newly discovered episodes of 'The Ice Warriors' deserves the classic status it had been awarded while they were still lost "It is hard to fully appreciate this story due to the incoherence and visually erratic remnants of its episodes" so started Alan Morrison's article and ending with: "The Ice Warriors also contains a distinguished cast. But at the end of the day, whilst being far the most atmospheric of the Ice Warrior stories, I feel it is just an enthralling story, nothing more." with a foot note 'Best Forgotten?' "One aspect of the recovery of 'missing' episodes is that it could well turn out that we wish they stayed lost!" citing the best example of this being The Faceless Ones.

'Mediawatch-Troughton/Harryhousen' by Andrej Karczewski was a series looking at the stage and screen work of Doctor Who's leading players. In this issue: Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger which stared Patrick Troughton. Fiction: Inhumanity by Tony Amis. The Fifth Column was open to anybody who had a view to air on any Doctor Who-related subject. First up Alan Morrison looked at how fandom and politics don't mix! Andrej Karczewski takes a trip back to the halcyon days of the 1960s and unearths memories of psychedelia, Dixon of Dock Green and Dalek Suits in Child of the Sixties.

Aspects of Fandom by Joe Nagle looked at DIY Daleks and the not to be trusted Radio Times plans that appeared in the 10th anniversary special. Sensory Overload featured letters and comments from readers (and contributors!). Finally, Crossed Wires: Of Doctors and Diamonds was a piece of fiction by Andy Waugh, a crossover with 'Lost In Space'.