Moonbase
You may be looking for Moonbase Memoirs or Moonbase Alpha News Service, two Space: 1999 zines.
| Zine | |
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| Title: | Moonbase |
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| Editor(s): | Philip Chant |
| Date(s): | 1979 |
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| Size: | A4 |
| Fandom: | Doctor Who |
| Language: | English |
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Moonbase is a Doctor Who zine published and edited by Philip Chant.
One of the first fanzines I ever bought was MOONBASE. An A4 duplicated fanzine running to 16 pages and stapled down the left hand side was fully typed out using a good old fashion typewriter, something which a lot of fanzines were back then.Following a lengthy editorial, the first issue contained an episode by episode review of THE STONES OF BLOOD followed by THE GALLIFREY FACTOR, a script extract from THE WAR GAMES as the Doctor tries to evade capture from the Time Lords. The BOOK REVIEW PAGE listed all the, then available Doctor Who books from TARGET BOOKS and given star ratings out of four by the editor, who wasn't sure if THE WEB OF FEAR should be awarded four stars or just the one! Readers could test their knowledge with the DOCTOR WHO QUIZ and Doug Macleod looked at the impact of Doctor Who on the other side of the world in THE AUSTRALIAN VIEW OF DOCTOR WHO. The DOCTOR WHO NEWS page featured news of Lalla Ward's appointment as the new Romana, Patrick Troughton's suspected heart attack and news of Elizabeth Sladen's nomination as the fourth most popular horror actress! In INVESTIGATION INTO 'THE ROBOTS OF DEATH', Chris Boucher revealed many untold points about the Sandminer, its crew, and where he obtained the overall plan for the story.
It's hard to say if ever there was a second issue. We have to remember that back then, things were pretty expensive and the production of a fanzine was extremely so. You were lucky to break even in those days and somehow it probably is today in the 21st Century, which is probably why there are so few around today. [1]