The Console Room

Zine
Title:	The Console Room
Publisher:	Bentley Press, then Young Rhinoskins, out of Ann Arbor, MI
Editor(s):	Keith Pickering, Betsy Vera, then Christine Bichler
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Medium:	print zine
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Fandom:	Doctor Who
Language:	English
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cover of issue #8

The Console Room is a gen Doctor Who anthology. It has the subtitle: "The Fanzine of Time and Relative Dimensions in Ann Arbor."

A Change in Editors

""The Console Room," a British media fanzine, has changed editors. I've been the editor of "Console Room" for six years, and I've decided the zine needs new blood. The new editor is Christine Bichler, editor of "Face Forward," a genzine, and "Love and Justice," a ST-TNG (Kira/Odo) fanzine."

How Many Issues?

There are eight issues.

In an ad in I.Z.I., a ninth issue was proposed but with a subject change: "Console Room is changing from "mostly Doctor Who" to British multimedia. Looking for Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Starcops, Avengers, Dangermouse, Prisoner, Red Dwarf, Robin of Sherwood, Sandbaggers, Yes, Minister, Fawlty Towers, Good Neighbors, Yes, Prime Minister, Professionals, Space: 1999, Lovejoy, Sherlock Holmes, etc., etc., etc. Crossovers are welcome, but at least one of the worlds must be from a British show."

Issue 7 (v.2 n.1)

'The Console Room 7 was published in November 1990 and contains 92 pages.

"Contains: "Storm Warning", premonitions of Fenric, by Sarah Zettel; "The Ultimate Weapon", the Fourth Doctor and Leela meet Tom and Barbara Good (Kevin W. Parker); fiIk "Don't Set the Doctor's Hat on Fire"; "A Friend in Need", a Prisoner story; chapter 7 of the Great Doctor Who Challenge; art by Martin Proctor, Christopher Cook, Anne Davenport, Elby Buttery, Wendy Yap, Nan Nelson; more stories, more artists, a couple of puzzles."

• Storm Warning by Sarah Zettel
• Don't Set the Doctor's Hat on Fire by Kevin Parker
• A Friend in Need by Kevin Parker
• a Prisoner story
• art by Martin Proctor, Christopher Cook, Anne Davenport, Elby Buttery, Wendy Yap, Nan Nelson
• other unknown content

Issue 8 (v.2 n.2)

The Console Room 8 was published in May 1993 and contains 144 pages.

""Giuliano's Legacy", by Kevin W. Parker; "The Honor of the Piper's Clan", (Susan M. Garrett); novelization of two plays by Kevin Grazier:"KBYT: The Radio Station of Death", where two Doctors try to stop runaway entropy, and "The Sword of Koozbane", a ST-TNG crossover; "The Blackest Day", the worst day of the Doctor's childhood (Angela Phillips); chapter 8 of The Great Doctor Who Challenge (Sarah Zettel); art by Martin Proctor, Christopher Cook, Gennie Summers, Lisa Conner, Sharon Ann Campbell, Cheryl Duval, Elby Butter, Anne Davenport and Pam Whitelark; poems by Melissa Mastoris, Julie Skelly, Rob Butler, others."

• Guiliano's Legacy by Kevin W. Parker
• The Honor of the Piper's Clan by Susan M. Garrett
• KBYT: The Radio Station of Death, a novelization of a play by Kevin Grazier, where two Doctors try to stop runaway entropy from destroying Gallifrey
• The Sword of Koozbane, a ST: TNG crossover, a novelization of a play by Kevin Grazier
• The Blackest Day by Angela Phillips (the worst day of the Doctor's childhood)
• When in Rome (where Ace befriends a young woman in ancient Rome)
• chapter 8 of the Doctor Who Challenge by Sarah Zettel
• art by Martin Proctor, Christopher Cook, Gennie Summers, Lisa Conner, Sharon Ann Campbell, Cheryl Duval, Elby Buttery, Anne Davenport, and Pam Whitelark
• other puzzles, filks and fiction by Melissa Mastoris, Julie Skelly, Bob Butler and others