Space Rat

Zine
Title:	Space Rat
Publisher:
Editor(s):	Jackie Marshall and Val Douglas
Date(s):	1983-?
Series?:
Medium:	print
Size:
Genre:
Fandom:	Blake's 7, Doctor Who & Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Language:	English
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Space Rat is a gen multifandom anthology with eight issues. It then became Queen Bat.

Issue 1

Space Rat 1 was published in 1983.

• "Time Blight" (part 1) by Jackie Marshall and Val Douglas (Blake's 7/Doctor Who/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• other unknown content

Issue 2

Space Rat 2 was published in 1983.

• "Time Blight" (part 2) by Jackie Marshall and Val Douglas (Blake's 7/Doctor Who/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• other unknown content

Issue 3

Space Rat 3 was published in 1983.

• "Time Blight" (part 3) by Jackie Marshall and Val Douglas (Blake's 7/Doctor Who/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• other unknown content

Issue 4

cover of issue #4

Space Rat 4 was published in 1983 and contains 59 pages.

• "Time Blight" (part 4) by Jackie Marshall and Val Douglas (Doctor Who) (4 pages)
• Encounter At Midnight (Doctor Who) (2 pages)
• Parallels (Doctor Who) (2 pages)
• No Escape (Doctor Who) (2 pages)
• Mawdryn Undead (Book Review) (Doctor Who) (2 pages)
• Terminus (Doctor Who) (Book Review) (2 pages)
• The Pirate Planet: The Bridge and The City (Essay) (Doctor Who) (4 pages)
• Dear Auntie Nicer (Lovelorn column) (Doctor Who) (2 pages)
• Time Lines: Episode 1 (Doctor Who) (4 pages)
• Interview With Anthony Ainley (Dr Who author) (Doctor Who) (4 pages)
• The Adventures Of Dodge Blake’s Mates (Blake's 7) (3 pages)
• True Believers (Blake's 7) (2 pages)
• The Uncertainty Principle (Blake's 7) (4 pages)
• Orbit (Blake’s 7 Book Review) (Blake's 7) (2 pages)
• Colonies In Space (Essay on colonialism) (Blake's 7) (4 pages)
• The Sum Of Arthur (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (2 pages)
• Roc(k)s (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (5 pages)
• Being’s Own Extracts: Cooking With Krynoids and Fashion Scene (Science fiction recipe) (1 page)

Issue 5

Space Rat 5 was published in 1984 and contains 60 pages.

cover of issue #5

• "Tribe of Scum" (sequel to Time Blight) (part 1) by Jackie Marshall and Val Douglas (Blake's 7/Doctor Who/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• Burial Of The Dead (Blake's 7) (2 pages)
• A Fine Romance (essay) (Blake's 7) (3 pages)
• Boom (Blake's 7) (4 pages)
• Soolin’s Diary (Blake's 7) (1 page)
• Enlightenment (book review) (Doctor Who) (3 pages)
• The King’s Demons (book review) (Doctor Who) (2 pages)
• The Seekers, The Truth and The Meaning Part 2 of the Pirate Planet (Analysis) (Doctor Who) (4 pages)
• Excuse Me (essay) (Doctor Who) (2 pages)
• How To Have Fun (essay) (Doctor Who) (2 pages)
• Legacy Of Weng Chiang (Doctor Who) (3 pages)
• Tribe Of Scum (Doctor Who) (5 pages)
• Turlough’s Diary ( (Doctor Who) 1 page)
• Wealth Of Nations: A Space Odyssey—Part 1 of a 4 part look at the work of Terry Nation) (Doctor Who) (4 pages)
• Oh No, Not Again (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (4 pages)
• On Stage (review) (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (2 pages)
• Extracts From The Guide (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (1 page)

Issue 6

Space Rat 6 was published in 1984.

• "Tribe of Scum" (sequel to Time Blight) (part 2) by Jackie Marshall and Val Douglas (Blake's 7/Doctor Who/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• other unknown content

Issue 7

Space Rat 7 was published in 1984 and contains 60 pages.

The art is by Robert Franks, Doug Smith, Glen Hattersley, Dan Bowden, Val Douglas, Amanda Kear, Matthew Merrick, David Tulley, Toni, and Kathy Hanson.

• One Day in the Classroom, fiction by Val Douglas and Jackie Marshall (3)
• RAT BAG, letters (5)
• A Different Story by Jackie Marshall ("Looks at the character of Doctor #5.) (9)
• Tegan's Diary, fiction by Glen Hattersley (13)
• The Passing of Something, fiction by David Tulley (Doctor Who) (14)
• Tribe of Scum, fiction (sequel to Time Blight) (part 3) by Jackie Marshall and Val Douglas (Blake's 7/Doctor Who/Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) (15)
• Gibby the Globule by Dan Bowden (19)
• Vogun Sunlight Tours by Jean and Matthew Merrick (20)
• Barefoot in Norwich: An Interview with Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson (21)
• Tides, fiction by David Tulley (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• The Manzome Foe, fiction by Steve Bowkett (Blake's 7) (29)
• Computers, poem by David Tulley (Blake's 7) (32)
• Mission, poem by Steve Bowkett (Blake's 7) (32)
• The Awakening, review by Robert Franks (33)
• The Caves of Androzani, first part of a two part revoew by Peter Anghelides (34)
• Oh No, Not Again, part three by Russell Merryman (39)
• Mission or No Mission, fiction by Deborah Gryc (Blake's 7) (44)
• Time Lines, the final part, fiction by Tim Westmacott (Doctor Who) (45)
• The Necklace, fiction by Sue Bursztynski (Blake's 7) (49)
• Gallery of Horrors (50)
• Fortune of Seven, article by Jean Merrick (Blake's 7) (51)
• The Doctor's Diary by Fred (Doctor Who) (55)
• Wealth of Nation (part three): The Will to Survive by Martin J. Wiggins (56)
• Springpeace by Jean and Matthew Merrick (60)

• 

  cover of issue #7, Kathy Hanson

• 

  from issue #7, Doug Smith

Issue 8

Space Rat 8 was published in 1985.

• Blake's 7
• other unknown content