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Title: Reverse the Polarity!
Publisher:
Editor(s): see below
Date(s): October 1997-present
Series?:
Medium: print
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Fandom: Doctor Who
Language: English
External Links: editor's blog
original website (via Wayback)
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Reverse the Polarity! is a gen anthology of articles, interviews, editorials and fiction based on the television series Doctor Who. Beginning publication in 1997, it is the successor to Telos which folded earlier in that same year.

Editors

  • Matt Kamstra (Co-creator and Editor for issue #1 - 11)
  • Wade Campbell (Co-creator and Editor for issues #1 - 4)
  • Alexander Ballingall (Assistant Editor on issue #4 and Editor from issue #5 onwards)

Issues

cover of issue #1 by Graham Muir

Reverse the Polarity! 1 was published in October 1997 and contains 32 pages. It had an original print run of 45. Front Cover: Graham Muir Back Cover: Garry Jackson. Internal Artwork: Wade Campbell, Garry Jackson, Matt Kamstra, Graham Muir.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] 76 Totter's Lane
  • [05] WHO?! on the Internet
  • [06] /full page advert/
  • [07] ARTICLE: Kaled Nazism
  • [10] OPINION: Wade's Womble Talk
  • [11] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: Hartnell Speaks Out
  • [13] REVIEW [Review of Genesis Of The Daleks]
  • [14] OPINION: Genesis Spawned a Monster
  • [15] Magic Eye Dr Who!
  • [16] REVIEWS: The Scope [Reviews of Telos, TSV and NAs]
  • [19] REVIEWS: Cracked Through the Covers [Reviews of NA and MA cover artwork]
  • [20] Doctor Who on The Lenny Henry Show [Transcript]
  • [22] Watch Out!
  • [23] FICTION: Fetch
  • [24] REVIEW: An Anniversary Remastered [Review of The Five Doctors Special Edition]
  • [26] The Beginning of an Addiction
  • [27] FICTION: At Dusk
  • [28] /full page advert/
  • [29] Fan Who - Past and Present: Wade Campbell
  • [30] OPINION: Julian Vance Says ...
  • [31] REVIEW: Muzza's Chocolate Fish Report [Review of The Sontaran Experiment]
  • [32] COVER
cover of issue #2
cover of issue #3

Reverse the Polarity! 3 Published: March 1998, contains 44 pages. link to a blog and a photo of one of the editors hard at work on Issue #3] The Fanzine of the Christchurch Chapter of the NZDWFC. Editor: Wade Campbell, Matt Kamstra. RTP! Logo Design: Jamie Campbell. Front Cover: Garry Jackson Back Cover: Garry Jackson. Internal Artwork: Alexander Ballingall, Garry Jackson. Letters: Garry Jackson, Jeff Stone, Julian Vance [AKA Wade Campbell]. Print Run: 30.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] WHO?! on the Internet
  • [06] /full page advert/
  • [07] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [08] OPINION: Random Rantings
  • [09] FICTION: Chandrasekhar
  • [10] CARTOON: Birdy - In 'Birdy's Inferno!'
  • [12] REVIEW [Review of The Leisure Hive]
  • [14] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: New Telemovie Confirmed!
  • [15] OPINION: Yes, We Agree Wade
  • [16] OPINION: The Eighth Doctor's New Home
  • [18] Feverish
  • [20] REVIEWS: The Scope/Books from Yonks Ago ... [Reviews of EDAs, PDAs, and Virgin New Adventures]
  • [23] COMIC: Pulp Who - The Doris Situation [part 2 of 4]
  • [34] FICTION: Personal Demon
  • [36] Cross-over Chaos
  • [37] /full page cartoon/
  • [38] COMIC: Lest We Forget
  • [41] Fan Who - Past and Present: Garry Jackson
  • [42] OPINION: Julian Vance Says ...
  • [43] CARTOON: Cyber Guy
  • [44] COVER
cover of issue #4

Reverse the Polarity! 4 Published: June 1998, contains 44 pages. Editor: Wade Campbell, Matt Kamstra. Assistant Editor: Alexander Ballingall. RTP! Logo Design: Jamie Campbell/Alexander Ballingall. Front Cover: Alexander Ballingall. Back Cover: Garry Jackson. Internal Artwork: Wade Campbell, Garry Jackson, Matt Kamstra, Graham Muir. Letters: Brendon Bennetts, Catherine Bertrand, David Ronayne, John Williams [AKA Matt Kamstra]. Print Run: 30.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] WHO?! on the Internet
  • [06] /full page advert/
  • [07] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [08] FICTION: "Interview with an Umpire"
  • [10] CARTOON: Birdy - In 'A Touch of Enlightenment!'
  • [12] REVIEW [Review of The Green Death]
  • [14] OPINION: Regeneration
  • [15] OPINION: Wade's World
  • [16] REVIEW [Review of the E-Space trilogy]
  • [20] REVIEWS: The Scope/Books from Yonks Ago ... [Reviews of EDAs, PDAs, Telos, and Virgin New Adventures]
  • [23] COMIC: Pulp Who - The Doris Situation [part 3 of 4]
  • [33] ARTICLE: If - The Herdsmen Of Venus
  • [34] FICTION: Iron Heart
  • [36] REVIEWS: James' Corner [Reviews of Dalek story novelisations]
  • [37] /full page art/
  • [38] CARTOON
  • [39] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: 35th Anniversary Bash!
  • [40] Who Farted?
  • [41] REVIEWS: TSV Retrospective [Reviews of TSV]
  • [42] OPINION: Julian Vance Says ...
  • [43] CARTOON: Cyber Guy
  • [44] COVER
cover of issue #5

Reverse the Polarity! 5 Published: September 1998, 48 pages. Editors: Alexander Ballingall, Matt Kamstra. Front Cover: Peter Adamson. Back Cover: Brendon Bennetts [part of Cyber Guy comic]. Internal Artwork: Peter Adamson, Alistair Hughes, Garry Jackson, Matt Kamstra, Graham Muir. Letters: Peter Adamson, Alden Bates, Garry Jackson, David Ronayne. Print Run: 30.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] WHO?! on the Internet
  • [06] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [08] REVIEW [Review of The Happiness Patrol]
  • [09] FICTION: Short and Sweet
  • [10] INTERVIEW: A Brush with the Doctor ... [Alistair Hughes]
  • [15] Who Farted?
  • [16] REVIEW [Review of The Space Museum]
  • [18] ARTICLE: If - The Laird Of McCrimmon
  • [19] REVIEWS: James' Corner [The Web Planet and Twilight Of The Gods]
  • [20] REVIEWS: The Scope [Reviews of EDAs, PDAs]
  • [22] /full page artwork/
  • [23] OPINION: Wade's World
  • [24] COMIC: Pulp Who - The Doris Situation [part 4 of 4]
  • [44] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: BBC Books
  • [45] CARTOON: Doctor Who meets ... South Park
  • [46] OPINION: Julian Vance Says ...
  • [47] CARTOON: Cyber Guy
cover of issue #6

Reverse the Polarity 6! Published: January 1999, contains 48 pages. Editors: Alexander Ballingall, Matt Kamstra. Front Cover: Graham Muir. Back Cover: Garry Jackson. Internal Artwork: Peter Adamson, Garry Jackson, Matt Kamstra, Graham Muir. Letters: Peter Adamson, Alden Bates, Alistair Hughes, Garry Jackson, Jeff Stone. Print Run: 30.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [07] REVIEW [Review of Battlefield]
  • [08] REVIEW [Review of The Feast of Steven]
  • [09] REVIEWS: James' Corner [The Plotters, The Invasion, and Invasion of the Cat People]
  • [10] CARTOON: Ergon - The Antimatterest Bird in the Universe!
  • [12] INTERVIEW: Fanboy Mastermind [Jon Preddle]
  • [17] ARTICLE: Rule Brittania?
  • [20] REVIEWS: The Scope [Reviews of EDAs, PDAs, TSV]
  • [23] CARTOON: Cyber Guy
  • [27] Candid Caption
  • [28] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: DWB Axed!
  • [29] CARTOON: 8 Doctirios
  • [30] FICTION: The Scorpion's Tale
  • [32] COMIC: Myrrh
  • [42] REVIEW [Review of 'Visions '98' convention]
  • [44] FICTION: The Red Menace [part 1 of 8]
  • [46] CARTOON: South Who
  • [47] ARTICLE: If - The Brain Dead
  • [48] COVER
cover of issue #7

Reverse the Polarity 7! Published: March 1999, contains 52 pages. Editors: Alexander Ballingall, Matt Kamstra. Front Cover: Matt Kamstra. Back Cover: Garry Jackson. Internal Artwork: Martin Geraghty, Garry Jackson. Letters: Peter Adamson, Alden Bates, Garry Jackson, Jeff Stone, John Williams [AKA Matt Kamstra].

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [07] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: DWB Returns!
  • [09] ARTICLE: Dimensionally Transcendental
  • [10] CARTOON: Birdy - In 'A Slightly Greem Death'
  • [12] REVIEW [Review of Timelash]
  • [14] REVIEW [Review of Horror of Fang Rock]
  • [16] REVIEW [Review of Planet of Fire]
  • [18] A Month in the Life of RTP!
  • [21] ARTICLE: Time Travel (And All that Jazz)
  • [23] FICTION: A Sense of Irony
  • [24] REVIEW [Review of The Ice Warriors Box Set]
  • [27] REVIEWS: The Scope [Reviews of EDAs, PDAs]
  • [30] FICTION: The Red Menace [part 2 of 8]
  • [33] INTERVIEW: Shades of Gray [part 1 of 2: Warwick 'Scott' Gray]
  • [41] ARTICLE: Paul McGann is the Doctor
  • [43] ARTICLE: The Sexual Misadventures of Doctor Who: Planet of Fire
  • [44] CARTOON: Teletubbies in the Death Zone
  • [46] ARTICLE: A Touch of Class
  • [48] 1998 Survey Results
  • [50] ARTICLE: If - The Killer Cats of Gen-Singh
  • [51] FICTION: A Tale of a Second City
  • [52] COVER
cover of issue #8

Reverse the Polarity! 8 Published: June 1999, contains 52 pages. Editors: Alexander Ballingall, Matt Kamstra. Front Cover: Garry Jackson. Back Cover: Alexander Ballingall. Internal Artwork: Peter Adamson, Martin Geraghty, Garry Jackson, Matt Kamstra. Letters: Peter Adamson, Alden Bates, Jon Preddle, Jeff Stone.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [07] FICTION: The Wheel Turns
  • [08] REVIEW [Review of The Ark]
  • [10] REVIEW [Review of The Keys of Marinus]
  • [12] REVIEW [Review of Nightmare of Eden]
  • [14] REVIEW: Comic Relief?! [The Curse of Fatal Death]
  • [16] REVIEW: TV Movie Memories ... [Doctor Who]
  • [21] CARTOON: Cyber Guy
  • [24] INTERVIEW: Shades of Gray [part 2 of 2: Warwick 'Scott' Gray]
  • [27] REVIEWS: Stoatworld [Reviews of EDAs, PDAs]
  • [33] COMIC: Pulp Who—The Gold Star [part 1 of 4]
  • [41] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: DW Movie Confirmed ... Honest!!!!
  • [42] ARTICLE: The Sexual Misadventures of Doctor Who: Doctor Who
  • [44] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: Missing Episode Conspiracy
  • [46] /full page advert/
  • [47] FICTION: The Red Menace [part 3 of 8]
  • [50] ARTICLE: If - The Enemy Within
  • [51] FICTION: A Tale of Comings and Goings
  • [52] COVER
cover of issue #9

Reverse the Polarity! 9 Published: January 2000, contains 52 pages. Editors: Alexander Ballingall, Matt Kamstra. Front Cover: Peter Adamson. Back Cover: Peter Adamson. Internal Artwork: Alexander Ballingall, Garry Jackson, Matt Kamstra, Jon Preddle, David Ronayne. Letters: James Gould, David Ronayne, Jeff Stone, Tom Box [AKA Wade Campbell]. Print run: 30.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [07] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: New Movie Confirmed!
  • [09] REVIEW [Review of The Curse of Fatal Death]
  • [10] REVIEW [Review of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy]
  • [12] REVIEW [Review of Revenge of the Cybermen]
  • [14] REVIEW [BBC 2 Doctor Who Night 1999]
  • [14] REVIEW: James' Corner [Pilots of the Deep]
  • [15] INTERVIEW: The Tomorrow People [Graham Muir]
  • [19] COMIC: Pulp Who—The Gold Star [part 2 of 4]
  • [26] OPINION: Soap Box
  • [27] REVIEWS: The Scope [Reviews of EDAs]
  • [30] ARTICLE: The Sexual Misadventures of Doctor Who: Nyssa
  • [31] FICTION: A Doctor's Tale
  • [32] ARTICLE: Meaningless Statistics
  • [35] OPINION: Grand Speculations and Musings
  • [37] /full page advert/
  • [38] CARTOON: Spliff and Nutmeg's Short Trips
  • [40] ARTICLE: Kaled Nazism
  • [43] Professor Spleg's Fun and Sillines!
  • [44] FICTION: The Red Menace [part 4 of 8]
  • [47] CARTOON: Cyber Guy
  • [48] OPINION: I BBC Book
  • [50] ARTICLE: If - Space Sargasso
  • [52] COVER
cover of issue #10

Reverse the Polarity! 10 ( Volume 4 - Number 2) Published: March 2000 and 52 pages. Editor: Matt Kamstra, Alexander Ballingall. RTP! Logo Design: Peter & Bridget Adamson Front Cover: Alexander Ballingall. Back Cover: Garry Jackson. Internal Artwork: Peter Adamson, Alexander Ballingall, Brendon Bennetts, Garry Jackson, Matt Kamstra Letters: Peter Adamson, Alden Bates, Jeff Stone.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [07] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: Story Shock Horror!
  • [09] REVIEWS: Unsung Classics of Doctor Who
  • [12] RTP! Retrospective
  • [15] CARTOON: Aquaman—In 'The Blue Peter Pilot Episode'
  • [18] Professor Splegg Strikes Back
  • [19] COMIC: Pulp Who—The Gold Star [part 3 of 4]
  • [27] REVIEWS: The Scope/James' Corner [Reviews of EDAs, PDAs, videos, and TSV]
  • [30] REVIEWS [Revelation of the Daleks and Planet of the Daleks]
  • [34] FICTION: The Red Menace [part 5 of 8]
  • [38] INTERVIEW: The Mars Bar [Peter Adamson]
  • [41] The Sexual Misadventures of Doctor Who - The early TARDIS crew
  • [42] OPINION: The Good, the Bad, and the Just Bloody Stupid Looking
  • [45] FICTION: Invitation
  • [46] FICTION: Wednesday
  • [47] /full page advert/
  • [48] CARTOON: Cyber Person
  • [50] ARTICLE: If - The Clockwise Cuckoos
  • [52] COVER
cover of issue #11

Reverse the Polarity! 11 Published: April 2002, 52 pages. Editor: Matt Kamstra, Alexander Ballingall. Front Cover: Peter Adamson. Back Cover: Garry Jackson. Internal Artwork: Peter Adamson, Garry Jackson, Matt Kamstra. Letters: Peter Adamson, Jeff Stone

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [06] K'umface' / The Twelve Pages of Karkus
  • [07] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: Prime Re-Run Surprise Shocker!
  • [09] REVIEWS: The Scope [Reviews of PDAs]
  • [10] REVIEWS [Attack of the Cybermen]
  • [12] OPINION: Doctor Who Goes Digital
  • [13] An Alt. Future for RTP!
  • [16] CARTOON: Saucer + Birdy—Meet the DJ from Hell!
  • [18] INTERVIEW: Confessions of a Melophile [Alden Bates]
  • [22] The Cabbage Criterion
  • [25] OPINION: Your Two Cents Worth ...
  • [26] The Sexual Misadventures of Doctor Who - The middle Davison TARDIS crew
  • [27] COMIC: Pulp Who—The Gold Star [part 4 of 4]
  • [37] REVIEWS: Armageddon '02 conventions in Auckland & Wellington
  • [38] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: JFK Plot Update ... Again!
  • [40] REVIEW [Terror of the Zygons]
  • [42] FICTION: Alternate Realities [part 1 of ?]
  • [44] FICTION: The Red Menace [part 6 of 8]
  • [48] ARTICLE: The NZ Connection
  • [49] CARTOON
  • [50] OPINION: Thoughts from the Kitchen
  • [52] COVER
cover of issue #12

Reverse the Polarity 12 Published: September 2002, contains 52 pages. Editor: Alexander Ballingall. Front Cover: Graham Muir. Back Cover: Peter Adamson. Internal Artwork: Peter Adamson, Alexander Ballingall. Letters: Peter Adamson, Alden Bates, Jamas Enright, David Ronayne, Jeff Stone. Print Run: 30.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] EDITORIAL
  • [04] UPDATE
  • [05] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [08] Newspaper clippings
  • [09] REVIEWS: The Scope [Reviews of PDAs & EDAs]
  • [15] COMIC: The Construct that the Doctor Built
  • [29] A Very Cabbage Retrospective
  • [31] CARTOON: I was a Doctor Who Vegetable!
  • [32] INTERVIEW: Modern Art [Jeff Stone]
  • [38] A Minute in the Life of rec.arts.drwho
  • [39] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: Series Revival Rumour Generator
  • [42] CARTOON: Saucer + Birdy—In 'The Power of a Dalek or Two'
  • [44] FICTION: The Red Menace [part 7 of 8]
  • [52] COVER
cover of issue #13

Reverse the Polarity 13 Published: November 2002 and contains 52 pages. Editor: Alexander Ballingall. Front Cover: Peter Adamson. Back Cover: David Ronayne. Internal Artwork: Peter Adamson, Alexander Ballingall, David Ronayne. Letters: Peter Adamson, Alden Bates, Jamas Enright, Jon Preddle, Paul Scoones. Print Run: 30.

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] The FIRST LAW of TIME
  • [04] The TARDIS MANUAL
  • [05] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [09] COMIC: Pulp Who - The Master and Saucer Smith's Wife [part 1 of 3]
  • [18] FICTION: The Red Menace [part 8 of 8]
  • [36] INTERVIEW: The Importance of Being Phillip [Phillip J Gray]
  • [42] REVIEWS: The Virgin Publications [Reviews of NAs & MAs]
  • [46] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: The New & Improved Doctor Who Drinking Game
  • [48] REVIEW: The Scope [DVD review]
  • [49] Final Exam
  • [50] 30 Second Theory
  • [51] Poetry
  • [52] COVER
cover of issue #14

Reverse the Polarity! 14 Published: June 2003, contains 52 pages. A Doctor Who Fanzine launched by Matt Kamstra & Wade Campbell in October 1997. Editor: Alexander Ballingall. RTP! Logo Design: Peter & Bridget Adamson. Front Cover: David Ronayne. Back Cover: David Ronayne. Internal Artwork: Peter Adamson, Alexander Ballingall, David Ronayne. Letters: Peter Adamson, Alden Bates, E. Cartman [aka David Ronayne], Jamas Enright, David Ronayne, Jeff Stone, Sal Yardley [aka David Ronayne]. Print Run: 30

  • [01] COVER
  • [02] CONTENTS
  • [03] The FIRST LAW of TIME
  • [04] The TARDIS Manual
  • [05] The BOOTCUPBOARD [Letters]
  • [09] Doctor Who Bullsh*t: Report from the Front!!!!
  • [12] COMIC: Pulp Who - The Master and Saucer Smith's Wife [part 2 of 3]
  • [18] ARTICLE: The Fractious Paradox
  • [30] ARTICLE: Genre Benders
  • [33] FICTION: A Taste for Killing
  • [34] INTERVIEW: All Kneel and Praise Her [Jamas Enright]
  • [41] REVIEWS: The First Fifty [EDAs and PDAs]
  • [45] REVIEW: The Scope [DVD Review]
  • [46] CARTOON: Aquaman - In 'Crackerjack - A tragedy in Two Pages'
  • [48] The New RTP! Logo
  • [50] Are You a Fanboy or a Mad Scientist?
  • [52] COVER
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