Stargate (Star Trek: TOS zine)
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| Title: | Stargate |
| Publisher: | William Shatner Fan Fellowship London Group, and then Raynesford Press |
| Editor(s): | Steve Tidey and Shirley Buck |
| Date(s): | 1984-1988 |
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| Fandom: | Star Trek: TOS |
| Language: | English |
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Stargate is a gen Star Trek: TOS anthology. It is a British publication. It was published in connection with the UK 'Stargate' Star Trek convention.
"Don't let this plain brown cover fool you. These zines are an unexpected pleasure. They are reminiscent of the old-fashioned zines of ten years ago. Although put out by the William Shatner Group, the emphasis is on the close friendship/relationship of Kirk and Spock." -- from Datazine #43 (1986)
Issue 1
Stargate 1 was published in 1984 (reprinted 1988) and contains 132 pages. Edited by Shirley Buck and Steve Tidey. Typed by Fiona Graves, Kay Stagg and Steve Tidey. Printed by Wendy Downes and Carol Davies, "who nobly held up the printing of their 'Leonard Nimoy Special' to help us out."
From IDIC #1: "Spock is cloned and out to destroy Kirk and the Enterprise. Loyalty and friendship are tested to the limits; a lady doctor arrives on the Enterprise and falls in love with Kirk, and discovers there are difficult decisions to be made; Kirk has problems with two uninvited guests on the Enterprise., one well known and the other with a surprising relative; Kirk has one of those days when everything goes wrong."
- Second Chance by Kay Stagg (1) (Involves a plot by the Orion to substitute a cloned Spock for the real one in an effort to discredit Kirk and disrupt the Federation. Later reprinted in Second Chance and A Cold By Any Other Name.)
- No More, poem by Helena Christoforou (62)
- Some Kind of Magic by Shirley Buck (63) (A mature view of the relationship between Kirk and female physician. What's special about this story is it never approaches what may term a Mary Sue story.)
- It Wasn't Supposed to Happen This Way, by Helena Christoforou (108)
- Yesterday is Today by Steve Tidey (109)
- It Shouldn't Happen to a Starship Captain by Shirley Buck (129)
- Tribble Trouble, poem by Helena Christoforou (132)
- art by Fiona Graves and Sandra Finch
interior art by Sandra Finch
interior art by Fiona Graves
Issue 2
Stargate 2 was published in March 1985 (reprinted 1988) and contains 165 pages. Edited by: Kay Stagg, Shirley Buck, Steve Tidey. Typed by: Kay Stagg, Jessica Devoy, Shirley Buck. Art Editor: Fiona Graves.
From IDIC #1: "Kirk and Spock are sent on a spy mission and through torture, their friendship deepens; a short story about the Mirror Kirk's return to his enterprise (A/U); when Kirk gets a cold, everyone on the Enterprise knows about it; Spock returns to Vulcan and has to make a life/death decision; Kirk's thoughts after Spock's death; a sequel to 'Some Kind of Magic' in the first issue -- years later, Kirk and Alix meet again and discover life is not what they expected."
- The Wind Beneath My Wings by Shirley Buck (1) (Concerns a secret mission for Kirk and Spock in the Carahdrian star system and an old nemesis, Kor.)
- To Change the Future by Sandra Finch (36)
- A Cold by Any Other Name by Kay Stagg (Later reprinted in Second Chance and A Cold By Any Other Name.) (40)
- Greater Love Hath No Man by Steve Tidey (55)
- Greater Love Hath No Man by Jessica Devoy (97)
- Twinned Souls by Jessica Devoy (97)
- New Beginnings by Shirley Buck (98) (A sequel to "Some Kind of Magic" in issue #1, picking up thirteen years later, weaving in the movies.)
- Soliloquy by Shirley Buck (165)
- art by Cheryl Brown, Sandra Finch and Sharon White
interior art possibly by Sharon White
interior art by Sandra Finch
interior art by Cheryl Brown
Issue 3
Stargate 3 was either printed for the first time or reprinted in 1988. It has 135 pages.
From IDIC: "Brutal revenge is wreaked on an unsuspecting and innocent Kirk; Kirk/Spock/McCoy & Uhura beam down to an alien planet at the request of the Federation in order to help a quiet-living people from savage attacks of their neighbours over the rift; Kirk does not seem to have left his problems behind once he returns to the Enterprise from K7; the reason for Kirk's deep unhapiness is revealed in this story set prior to the 'Wrath of Khan."
From an ad in IDIC #3: "Stories by S. Buck and K. Stagg, 135 pages. Due to copyright reasons, this version is shorter than the original. The price has been adjusted accordingly."
- Troubles Revisited by Kay Stagg (also in Troubles Revisited, The Rift, Justice Should Be Seen)
- other unknown content