The Terrible Zodin

You may be looking for the Doctor Who zine from the 1980s called Zodin.

Zine
Title:	The Terrible Zodin
Publisher:
Editor(s):	Leslie McMurtry
Date(s):	Winter 2008-present
Series?:
Medium:	online, download
Genre:	gen
Fandom:	Doctor Who
Language:	English
External Links:	The Terrible Zodin
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The Terrible Zodin is a gen Doctor Who e-zine.

Summaries

A free 'zine for fans of Doctor Who new and old, welcoming all view points but particularly those of female fans. Its pages are packed with art, fiction, poetry, reviews, analysis, parodies, filk and general silliness with an aim to entertain, share and elucidate.

What I like best about the Doctor Who community is its diversity. I know there’s a stereotype of inflexible, obsessive anoraks, middle-aged men with social problems and body odor issues, but it’s just that: a stereotype. I’m a 20-something-year-old female—and as you’ll see, the authors and artists involved in this, our inaugural issue, run the gamut. We are a cross-ocean network, covering several US and UK cities as well as Finland. Some of us are “new” Who fans, while others have been watching the show since the ‘70s and ‘80s. Importantly, many of the contributors, you will find, are female. While Doctor Who Magazine’s latest poll still showed the men outnumbering the women 2 to 1, we are an undeniable presence and growing. I was tempted to make TTZ a fan magazine for women, by women, but that’s obviously missing the point. I wanted to show diversity, so why close off half the population? Certainly we can all co-exist in this crazy Who world! But that’s another area of diversity—I’ve tried to include pieces on the new series, the “classic” series, and everything in between. There’s poetry, paper dolls, personal essays, scholarly essays, reviews, art, comics, and sheer silliness. So who am I and why am I doing this? As far as Whozine experience, I haven’t much, though Paul Castle has been letting me contribute to Shooty Dog Thing for the past three issues, and I did work three years on Scribendi Magazine as well as copyedit and fiction edit Swansea Review. So let’s say I had a vision. I don’t have Scribendi’s budget, so as much as I’d like this effort to be a glossy 8” x 9” printed wonder, you have to content yourself with an attractively-packaged PDF which you’re welcome to print out or readon-screen, free of charge.

Issue 1

front cover of issue #1

The Terrible Zodin 1 was published in Winter 2008.

• Editor's Note and Mission Statement (2)
• The Tea's Getting Cold by Jamie Beckworth (3)
• Cartoon by Liz Wride (5)
• The Crusade by Ariann (6)
• Adaptations by Jamie Beckwith (10)
• Art by Lori S. Jansen (13)
• Jack Harkness and Melmoth the Wanderer by Leslie McMurtry (14)
• The Doctor and the Finn by Johanna Ahonen (16)
• Fiction by Simon Guerrier (19)
• Leslie McMurtry Interviews Ben Aaronovitch (22)
• Questions form the Rift by Lori S. Jansen (24)
• Costumes, the Gothic and Doctor Who by Leslie McCurtry (25)
• Leela Paper Doll (28)
• Who's n School by Evan Keraminas (31)

Issue 2

cover of issue #2

The Terrible Zodin 2 was published in Spring 2009.

• Editor's Note (2)
• Thoughts on Regeneration by Lori Jansen (3)
• A Doctor in the House by Jamie Beckworth (6)
• Dalek Obsession with Earth by Steve Sautter (8)
• What If? by Will Forbes (10)
• I Coulda Been a Companion by Leslie McMurtry (12)
• The TARDIS and the Tree Huggers by Evan Keraminas (15)
• Questions from the Rift by Lori Jansen and Paul Castle (18)
• Leslie McMurtry Interviews Aimee Steinberger (20)
• Tenth Doctor Paper Doll by Liz Wride (25)
• James Moran's Naughty Place (26)
• Gallifrey One: 20 to Life by Lori Jansen (29)
• Old Friend by Jamie Beckwith (32)
• Filk Song/Parody by Jansen and McMurtry (35)
• Captain Jack Paper Doll by Leslie McMurtry (39)
• Private Lives by Tony Gallichan (41)
• Back2theWhoture (43)

Issue 3

The Terrible Zodin 3 was published in Summer 2009.

cover of issue #3

• Editor's Note (2)
• Splendid Fellows by Jamie Beckwith (3)
• Companions by Jansen and McMurtry (5)
• Sherlock Holmes by Steve Sautter (9)
• Waiting for Evil by Karen Dunn (15)
• The Phantom vs The Doctor by Leslie McMurtry (17)
• Leslie McMurtry Interviews Barnaby Edwards (20)
• Here, Kitty... by Robert Beckwith (23)
• Private Lives by Tony Gallichan (27)
• Back2theWhoture (31)
• Victoria Paper Doll by McMurtry (33)
• Leslie McMurtry Interviews Alistair Lock (35)
• End Material (41)

Issue 4

cover of issue #4, Adi Covino

The Terrible Zodin 4 was published in Autumn 2009.

• Editor's Notes (2)
• Comic Con 2009 by Steven Sautter (3)
• Parody/Filk by McMurtry and Jansen (6)
• Crossword/Wordsearch by Elizabeth Wilches (8)
• Doing Someting Hush-Hush by Steven Sautter (10)
• Love for the Doctor by Adi Covino (12)
• New2Who by Evan Keraminas (13)
• 200 (15)
• RTD/Eccleston by McMurtry and Jansen (19)
• Reboot.Recyle.Reuse by Will Forbes (23)
• C/U Colin Baker by Jamie Beckwith (24)
• Whothulu by B. Miller (25)
• Private Lives by Gallichan (27)
• Donna Paper Doll by McMurtry (28)
• TTZ Interviews Rich Morris (31)
• End Matreial (35)

Issue 5

cover of issue #5

The Terrible Zodin 5 was published in Winter 2009.

• Editor's Note (2)
• One Fan by Leslie McMurtry (3)
• A-Z of Doctor Who (6)
• Tale of Two Wholigans by Evan Keraminas (7)
• The Tweet Vortex by William Forbes (10)
• Two Hearts by Steven Sautter (11)
• Ba2theWhoture (13)
• A Short History of Tea by Leslie McMurtry (23)
• First Contact by Lori Jansen (28)
• TTZ Interviews Dan McCaid (30)
• When Geeks Collide! by Karen Dunn (35)
• YKYPLADWF (36)
• Waters of Marzipan (38)
• Sarah Jane Smith Paper Dolly by McCurtry (39)
• Lonely Then, Lonelier Now? by Jamie Backwith (44)
• End Material (48)

Issue 6

cover of issue #6

The Terrible Zodin 6 was published in Spring 2010.

• Editor's note (2)
• The Galligreyan Flutterwing by Lori Jansen (3)
• The Time War by Jamie Backwith (9)
• Unavailable! by M. Kresal (12)
• Personality Crisis by Adrian Loder (15)
• The Companions of the Eighth Doctor (20)
• TTZ Interviews Lloyd Rose (37)
• The Width of a Circle by Steven Sautter (30)
• 200 Word Recommendations (33)
• Oh and You Won't Believe the Comic Strip by J. Beckwith (33)
• Still Life by McMurtry (39)
• TTZ Interviews Rob Shearman (42)
• Back2theWhoture (47)
• At Midnight Tonight! by Paul Castle (51)
• Jamie McCrimmon Paper Doll by McMurtry (52)
• End Material (55)

Issue 7

cover of issue #7

The Terrible Zodin 7 was published in Summer 2010.

• Editor's Note (2)
• To the Victor the Spoilers by Will Forbes (3)
• The Mythological Dimensions of Doctor Who UK Launch (5)
• TTZ Interviews Rob Shearman, part 3 (9)
• Delia Derbyshire by Leslie McMurtry (11)
• Cross the Void Beyond the Mind by Steven Sautter (13)
• Interview with a Slitheen (14)
• Panel of 13 (15)
• TTZ Interviews Paul Cornell, part 1 (33)
• Blog High for Happiness by Steven Sautter (36)
• Review of the Quantum Archangel by Stephen Gray (37)
• Rewiew of Vworp Vworp by Stephen Candy (38)
• Chicks Dig Time Lords by Leslie McMurtry (40)
• Raggedy Doctor and Amy Paper Dolls by Liz Wride (42)
• Tresspassers Will Be Exterminiated by NV Gillespies (44)
• Private Lives by Tony Gallichan (49)

Issue 8

art for issue #8, Draculasaurus, India ink on water color paper

cover of issue #8

The Terrible Zodin 8 was published in Autumn 2010.

• this issue was edited by Jamie Backwith
• The Wilderness Years (3)
• Curse of the Shalka (4)
• The Cyberman Walk (6)
• Paul Cornell Interview (10)
• Private Lives (14)
• Death Comes to Time (16)
• I'll Never Know (19)
• Blue Box Boy (20)
• Long Ago (24)
• Give Us Your Children (47)
• The Doctor and Klein (50)
• Peter Cushing (54)
• Lance Parkin Interview (56)
• Finding Fitz (60)
• Personality Shift (62)
• Timelash (65)
• MYTH (70)
• Back2theWhoture (71)
• Blog Hihg (78)
• Human Nature (79)
• Move Over Mario! (82)
• The FanzineTrap (85)
• Ace Paper Dolls (90)
• Capital, Gold! (93)
• DOGS of Norton (95)
• Return to Derbyshire (96)
• Unwanted Return (101)
• End Notes (102)
• Ballad of Ianto Jones (103)

Issue 9

cover of issue #9

The Terrible Zodin 9 was published in Winter 2010.

• Editor’s Note (2)
• Unavailable No Longer! by Matthew Kresal (3)
• Death of the Doctor Review by Astrid Lopez (3)
• How I Stopped Worrying & Learned to Love the First Doctor by Tony Cross (4)
• Back to the ‘80s by Barnaby Edwards (6)
• Some Beach, Somewhere by Matthew Kresal (8)
• TTZ interviews Archie the Space Badger (10)
• Theta Stigma by Hannah Rothman (11)
• Season 7 by Matthew Kresal (13)
• The Tweet Vortex 2 by Will Forbes (16)
• Blog High for Happiness by Steven Sautter (18)
• Accustomed to Her Face by Leslie McMurtry (19)
• Captain Jack and Sexuality by Aya Vandebussche (24)
• Raston Warrior Robot vs Weeping Angels by Jamie Beckwith (26)
• Captain Jack Comic by Akabeko (27)
• Review of TARDIS Game by Will Forbes (29)
• Doctor Who Live by Adam J. Purcell (30)
• Time, Causality & the Doctor by Will Forbes (32)
• Poem by Alies Bruinsma (33)
• Doctor Who and the Archers by McMurtry (36)
• TTZ interviews by Una McCormack (40)
• Once Is Never Enough by McMurtry (42)
• The Magic of November 1981 by Barnaby Edwards (44)
• Peter Cushing Is the Doctor by Susie Who? (46)
• Back2theWhoture by Jamie Beckwith (48) Including Roman Cutaway by Steven Sautter, The World Shapers by Jon Arnold, Fires of Vulcan by McMurtry
• No! Not the Mind Probe (56)
• The Fanzine Trap 59)
• Journey’s Start by Melissa Levesque (62)
• Christmas Gnomes by Steven Alexander (64)
• Doctor Who Christmas Memories (65)
• End Material (68)

Issue 10

art for issue #10 by SheldonSands (white, black colour pencils, Prismacolor, Faber-Castell, A4 black paper, eraser stick)

cover of issue #10

The Terrible Zodin 10 was published in Spring 2011.

• Editor’s Note (2)
• A Christmas Carol Review by Jamie Beckwith (3)
• SFX Weekender by Will Forbes & A. Vandenbussche (4)
• Out of Time by Nick Mellish (7)
• A Scribbled Note by Jamie Beckwith (9)
• Donna Noble vs Amy Pond by Aya Vandenbussche (10)
• The Real Pancho Villa by Leslie McMurtry (13)
• Tea with Nyder: TTZ Interviews Peter Miles (14)
• The War Games’ Civil War by Leslie McMurtry & Evan L. Keraminas (21)
• Season 6(b) by Matthew Kresal (25)
• No! Not The Mind Probe - The Web Planet by Tony Cross & Steve Sautter (28)
• The Blue Peter Guide to The Web Planet by Robert Beckwith (30)
• Carstairs & Lady Jennifer by Leslie McMurtry (32)
• War Games by Paul Castle (32)
• Cult Heroes by Will Forbes (33)
• Is The War Chief Really the Master? by David MacGowan
• TTZ Interviews by Grant Bull(37)
• The Fanzine Trap by Jamie Beckwith (38)
• Adventure Games Reviews by Will Forbes, Hannah Rothman and Stacey Frost (40)
• Back2theWhoture (43)
• Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Man? by J. Dyer (48)
• My Adventure with the Doctor pt2 by A. Bruinsma (49)
• Madocfest by Tony Cross (52)
• Beginners’ Guide to Faction Paradox by L. Burton (53)
• Running Through Corridors Review by B. Edwards (55)
• Hope for the Future by Jamie Beckwith (56)
• TTZ Interviews Terrance Dicks Pt 1 (61)
• Peter Cushing IS The Doctor by Susie Who? (64)
• Theta Stigma Part 2 Hby annah Rothman (65)
• Who That Makes You Think by B. Edwards (69)
• Eighth Doctor & Tamsin Adventures Review by Deb Stanish (72)
• Reclaming The War Games by Matthew Kilburn (75)
• The Pandorica’s Stolen by Aya Vandenbussche (77)
• Have You Never Wondered? by Jamie Beckwith (77)
• Blog High for Happiness by Steven Sautter (79)
• Zoe Paper Dolls by Leslie McMurtry (80)
• Tribute to Nicholas Courtney (82)
• End Material (83)

Issue 20

Fall 2017