Time Log
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Title: | Time Log |
Publisher: | "published by The Companions of Doctor Who -- New Orleans, LA, U.S.A." |
Editor(s): | Carol Walker |
Date(s): | 1981-? |
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Fandom: | Doctor Who |
Language: | English |
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Time Log is a gen Doctor Who anthology. There are at least 13 issues and it was published quarterly.
Issue 1
Time Log 1 was published in Fall 1981.
Issue 2
Time Log 2 was published in Winter 1982.
Issue 3
Time Log 3 was published in Spring 1982 and contains 104 pages.
Issue 4
Time Log 4 was published in Summer 1982 and contains 105 pages. It was edited by Mary R. Wismer.
The art is by Debbie Burkhart, Pat Deegan, Cheryl Duval, Robert Neagle, Debbie Saunders, C. Barnes, D. Judge, M. Willems, Nancy VanDenAkker, Mike Bevis, and Mary Wismer.
From the editorial by Wismer:
Welcome to the fourth issue of TIME LOG. With this issue, TIME LOG is really breaking some national ground at last. Me have submission from as far as New York City, Florida, and Houston. Plus, this is our largest issue yet.
[...]
I'd like to apologize for the lack of "Who's Happening", our convention calendar. We, as usual, are running down to the wire in trying to get this issue out, and because of the frantic pace of activities during the past few weeks were simply unable to get the information together to run the calendar.
Any mistakes or bad corrections, smudges, etc., that are present within this fanzine are entirely the result of simply not having enough time or people to do a very thorough job of running the zine. We recently got involved with some new printing equipment and have had so much trouble with it that several of us will be checking into the local hospital after Panopticon for psychiatric treatment.
Many of the Companions of Dr. Who have spent days without sleep trying to get this zine into your hands for Panoptican. And it's still up in the air whether or not we will be successful. So if you get it there in Chicago, remember that it's not just a fanzine you're reading — it's blood, sweat and lots of hair-tearing.
The next issue of TIME LOG will be edited by the Gulf Coast chapter of the Companions of Dr. Who. We've already got material for it and the Gulf Coast bunch are hot at work. But there is always room for more.
One column that you haven't seen within TIME LOG is a Letters of Criticism (LoC) column where fans can express their delight (or lack thereof) of what we print. The reason is that we don't get too mail letters. So this is a plea for those of you out there to put your two cents in. If you like us, tell us; if not, let us know.
To close: I'd like to dedicate this issue to us — the people that put the time and effort into printing TIME LOG. Believe me, we deserve it.
From the editorial by Duval:
You have to be a little crazy to want to write or illustrate for a fanzine'. Certainly the more sensible fans out there will agree that throwing oneself into such maddening work is a silly waste of time. "Why bother?" they might say. "Why try to expand on something that is perfectly fine the way it is, in the context of its own universe?"
There are many artists and writers here on Sol III (Heaven help me, I'm one!) of varied degrees of talent, various strong viewpoints, an infinite variety of artistic expressions--and each of us has taken on the nearly impossible task of trying to capture a special world with all its fun, its magic, its frequent horrors, and its occasional moments of beauty. And even more insane, we have attempted to put the Doctor down on two-dimensional paper! It is no easy Job to capture a creature that perfectly, and miraculously, takes the elements of a laser beam and a rainbow and combines them together in a form somewhat resembling a human being.
It is perfectly true that most of us are not quite content to leave things as they are. We seem to have an overpowering urge to expand on this universe: analyze it, develop it, patch up holes, polish off corners, sew up threads left long untied. In this way, we project our selves into this fantasy world and make it ours in a special, personal way.
Artists and writers who devote any sizeable portion of their work to a single fantasy universe are in love -- in love with an ideal and a dream that has somehow touched the chords of our hearts and the frontiers of our imaginations.
- Editorial by Mary Wismer (1)
- Table of Contents (2)
- Central Column, an editorial by Cheryl Duval (3)
- Omnicon Questions and Answers: Interviews with John Nathan-Turner, Terance Dicks and Nicholas Courtney (took place at at Omnicon in early 1982) (5)
- Unicorn, story by Gail Bennett (11)
- Who's In the News (19)
- Picnic, story by C. Duval (20)
- Jelly Baby Journal (22)
- Who's Companions, crossword puzzles and mazes (23)
- Who-Toons, cartoons (25)
- Doctor of Letters, quiz (27)
- Trivia (28)
- Answer Page (29)
- Become One of the Companions of Doctor Who, fan club info (30)
- Timeless Tunes (31)
- Scenes We'd Like to See (35)
- His Master's Voice, story by Cheryl Duval (37)
- Who Notes, essay by Dr. What (38)
- Dragon Who, story by Cheryl Duval (40)
- short ads for other Doctor Who zines (45)
- Visions of Destiny, a self-insert story by Laurel Steward and Maggie L. Johnston (""Visions of Destiny" is a story written by Laurel Stewart and Maggie L. Johnston of Mobile, Alabama. It's a story that is only a small part of a large and ambitious series of tales involving the Doctor in his fourth incarnation and two girl companions from the United States, circa 1980s. What Stewart and Johnston have attempted in this series is a unique experiment--that is, put themselves into their own universe with the Doctor. It could be argued that that is what every writer does. When you write, like it or not, elements of your own personality end up in your characters. But Stewart and Johnston have done it literally, and that makes for interesting reading.") (46)
- The Brain of Svontovik, story by Joseph Collin Edkins (crossover with Star Trek: TOS) (72)
- Matrix Scan -- Cybermen, article by Pat Deegan (90)
- The Know-It-All, story by Cheryl Duval (93)
- Tardis Travel Guide (an account by some fans traveling to England, meeting other fans and some people involved in the show) (104)
Issue 5
Time Log 5 was published in Fall 1982 and contains 110 pages. It was edited by Cheryl Whitfield Duval and Debbie Burkhart. The front cover design is by Michelle Sandusky.
- Central Column, editorial by Michele Sandusky (2)
- Panopticon West Q & A, Chicago 1982 (5)
- The Dark by Gail Bennett (10
- Worzel Gummidge and the Fishin' Trip by Carlotta Barnes (26)
- Jelly Baby Journal (33)
- Trivia (39)
- Answer Page (40)
- Timeless Tunes (41)
- Nightmare by Cheryl Whitfield Duval (43)
- Who's in the News (44)
- Master... of Noting by Gail Bennett (47)
- Nightlord by Eric Hoffman (48)
- Transition by Nancy Hancock (59)
- Tegan's Song by Cheryl Whitfield Duval (60)
- Graveyard Shift by Asher Daniel (61)
- Matrix Scan by Patrick Degan (81)
- Tardis Travel Guide by Holly Somiano (84)
- You don't really want to know do you? [written upside down in the toc] by Time Slog
Issue 6
Time Log 6 was published in Winter 1982 and contains 104 pages. The front cover is by Gail Bennett.
- Central Column, editorial by Gail Bennett (2)
- Terrance Dicks Talks About Doctor Who (4)
- Terrance Dicks Q & A (7)
- Sauce for the Goose by Kelly Hill (17)
- The Gift by Debbie Burkhart (27)
- The Ghosts of Christmas by Gail Bennett (30)
- Jelly Baby Journal (43)
- Knitting Pattern for the Doctor's Scarf (49)
- Trivia (50)
- Answer Page (51)
- The Man Who is Who by Albert Tritico (52)
- Timeless Tunes (54)
- A Timely Christmas Gift by Gail Bennett (56)
- A Well Timed Christmas by Cheryl Duval (59)
- Who's in the News (62)
- The Eye of Medusa by M.L. Johnson and L. Stewart (65)
- Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind by Cheryl Duval (74)
- Beginnings by Carol Walker (79)
- All's Right with the World by Valerie Bristor (85)
- Gretcha by Cheryl Whitfield Duval (88)
- Beyond the Winds by Mary R. Wismer (93)
- Matrix Scan by Patrick Degan (97)
- Tardis Travel Guide by Hollie Domiano (100
- Frolitch Weihnachten by Mary R. Wismer (102)
Issue 7
Time Log 7 was published in 1983 and contains 110 pages. It has a 3rd Doctor color cover and its contents are a salute to the Third Doctor. The front cover is by Paulie.
- Central Column - An Editorial by Carlotta Barnes (2)
- Jon Pertwee Q&A (4)
- Jon Pertwee - The Face of Joy by Gail Bennett (10)
- A Method In His Madness by Eric Hoffman (12)
- Thief Indeed! by Nancy Van Den Akker (18)
- The Green-Eyed Monster by Nancy Van Den Akker (21)
- The Artist by Gail Bennett (24)
- Timeless Tunes (40)
- Jelly Baby Journal (43)
- Trivia (47)
- Answer Page (48)
- The Destruction of Time by Patrick Degan (50)
- Who's In The News (68)
- Invasion From Khanh by Nancy Van Den Akker (71)
- Sweet Haven by Marguerite Krause (73)
- The Chair by Carlotta Barnes (75)
- A Very Special Rescue by Eric Hoffman (78)
- Elderberry Wine by Phoenix Morgan (89)
- Sometimes Even Time Lords Can Be Wrong by Jenna Bruce (91)
- Matrix Scan: The Sontarans by Patrick Degan (92)
- Letters To Time-Log (95)
- Did You Ever Have One Of Those Days? by Eric Hoffman (97)
- Tardis Travel Guide by Hollie Domiano (104)
- Pressing Problems by Carol Walker (106)
- The Hotfoot of Terror by Nancy Van Den Akker (back cover)
Issue 8
Time Log 8 was published in Summer 1983 and contains 108 pages. It is a salute to the Fifth Doctor. The front cover is by Karl Marx. The back cover is by Gail Bennett.
- Central Column - an editorial by Maggie Johnston (2)
- Omnicon Q&A [Peter Davison, Sandra Dickenson, and John Nathan-Turner] (4)
- Word Herd of Budgie Strine by Christine Toups (7)
- The Emperor of Pallones by Jean Airey (8)
- Doctor Who and the Orphan by Pamala P. Ritchie (16)
- The Nick of Time by Carol Walker (29)
- Ever and Always by Rolaine Smoot (30)
- Castorvelva by Maggie Letha Johnston and Jim Gilbert (31)
- Who's in the News (40)
- Bystander - a prequel by Carlotta Barnes (42)
- Mawdryn Replayed by Carlotta Barnes (51)
- Timeless Tunes (52)
- Rings of Fire by Gail Bennett (54)
- Jelly Baby Journal (67)
- Trivia (70)
- What's Wrong With This Picture? by Judy Martin (71)
- Answer Page (73)
- Illusions by Linda Gerhart (74)
- No Hard Feelings by Linda Mallory (83)
- The Quisling Hatchery by Dean Kaufman (84)
- Letters to Time-Log (89)
- Who's a Man for Emily? by M. L. Johnston (91)
- The TARDIS Operations Manual by James Pierce (93)
- Matrix Scan: The Tereleptil by Patrick Degan (94)
- Everybody and His Dog by Linda Terrell (97)
- TARDIS Travel Guide (100)
- The Imitation of Time by Carol Walker (102)
Contributors: Jean Airey, Carlotta Barnes, Gail Bennett, Valerie J. Bristor, Debbie Burkhart, Bernhard Burose, Elby Buttery, Andrew Cintron, Patrick Degan, Cheryl Whitfield Duval, Linda Gerhart, Jim Gilbert, Nancy Hancock, Randy John, Maggie Johnston, Dean Kaufman, Linda Mallory, Judy Martin, Carol McPherson, Lisa Suzette Minke, James Pierce, Pamala Ritchie, Steve Scott, Janet Sherman, Adrian Smith, Sharon Jane Smith, Rolaine Smoot, Linda Terrell, Christine Toups, Henry Van Den Akker, Nancy Van Den Akker, Carmen Walker, Carol Walker
Issue 9
Time Log 9 was published in 1984 and contains 156 pages and is a Special 20th/Five Doctors Anniversary Issue. The front cover is by Patrick Degan. It is sort of two zines in one: "Time Log" (131 pages) and "Time Slog" (25 pages). There are twenty-one stories in total.
- Central Column - an editorial by Nancy Van Den Akker (2)
- The Choice by Laurel Stewart (4)
- Who's in the News (8)
- ...And So Are Legends Born by J. Gilbert and M. L. Johnston (10)
- The TARDIS in the Willows by N. Van Den Akker (18)
- Timeless Tunes (22)
- Walk Through Walls by Carlotta Barnes (26)
- Exile by Phoenix Morgan (32)
- Side Trip by Linda Terrell (39)
- Blaze of Glory by Carlotta Barnes (45)
- Changing Minds by Carlotta Barnes (50)
- Doctor Who Meets the Sunday Funnies by Debbie Burkhart (52)
- The Interview by N. Van Den Akker (54)
- Lizards and Warriors, Dudgeon in Dragons by N. Van Den Akker (57)
- Quiet Hero by Sue Ann Sarick (58)
- Jelly Baby Journal (59)
- A Field Guide to Whoies by Nancy Hancock (67)
- In the Hooves of Horses... by Linda Terrell (70)
- ...Meanwhile, Back on Gallifrey - by N. Van Den Akker (74)
- Just Another Tourist by Kathy Swan (77)
- Time Trip by Autumn Lee (79)
- Recipe for a Sci-Fi Hero by Barbara Chauvin (86)
- Epic Interlude by Debbie Burkhart (87)
- Secret Messenger by Jim Gilbert (88)
- Re-Memories by Linda Terrell (98)
- The Missing Films...A True Who Story by Jerry Wolf (101)
- Technical Difficulties by Suzanne E. Barnes (103)
- Final Journey by N. Van Den Akker (105)
- Matrix Scan...The Doctor by Patrick Degan (106)
- Regeneration Blues by Sue Ann Sarick (113)
- Scenes We'd Love to See by Cheryl Whitfield Duval (114)
- Doctor Who Q & A [Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, and Peter Davison--with Nicholas Courtney, Carole Ann Ford, director Peter Moffatt, and Elisabeth Sladen] (116)
- Doctor Who and the Terror of Chicago! by Eric Hoffman and Terrance Dicks (129)
- [printed upside-down in TOC] Time-Slog ... to read turn issue upside-down or stand on your head
Other contributors: Bonnie Andrews, Ronald Bicksler, Valerie Bristor, C. H. Burnett, Judith Ann Dalton, Mary Lou Eichhorn, Debbie Franklin, Donna Franklin, Stefanie Hawks, Lisa J. Hughes, Elizabeth Huval, Monica Lynn Long, Mary Ludwig, Linda Mallory, Joe Matta, Barbara O'Quinn, James Pierce, Steve Scott, Adrian Smith, Carmen Walker, Carol Walker, Richard Westmoreland
Time-Slog
Time-Slog is a 25-page self-parody printed upside down at the back of Issue 9. The cover is by M.L. Johnston.
- Matrix Scan: Things About Time Lords That Matrix Scan Won't Tell You! by Pop Walden (1)
- You Know It's Not Your Day When... by Barbara O'Quinn (2)
- 12 Mean Things You Can Do to a K-9 by Ronald Bicksler (2)
- Doctor Huh and the Plaid Death (3)
- Fight Songs for Troublemakers by N. Van Den Akker (5)
- Proboschilarophobia by N. Van Den Akker (7)
- Tasteless Tunes: Sarah Jane Smith's Lament by Nancy Hancock (9)
- Tasteless Tunes: I'll Never Go With Who Again by D. Burkhart (9)
- Doctor Who Nursery Rhymes by D. Burkhart (10)
- Sarah Jane by D. Burkhart (11)
- Trapped to Death (12)
- The 4 (1/2) Doctors by Carlotta Barnes (17)
- Who's the Dummy!? (22)
- 101 Uses for a Wax Time Lord (24)
- In Due Time by Elizabeth Huval (25)
Issue 10
Time Log 10 was published in 1984 and contains 122 pages. It is a salute to the Fourth Doctor. The cover is by Kathy Woodrum, the back cover is by Debbie Burkhart, and the inside cover is by Gail Bennett.
- Central Column - an editorial by Mac Popham (2)
- Time and Punishment by Mac Popham, N. Van Den Akker and Carol Walker (4)
- Carousel by Elizabeth Huval (7)
- Time by Nancy Strattan (16)
- Field Test by N. Van Den Akker (17)
- Man, Boy and Fish by N. Van Den Akker (21)
- Calm, Quiet, Innocent Recreation by Valerie J. Bristor (23)
- Trivia (25)
- The Scarpian Trap by Kathryn Rojas (26)
- Timeless Tunes (38)
- The Paladin Connection (a crossover with Knight Rider) by Linda Terrell (42)
- The Beast of All Possible Worlds by N. Van Den Akker (51)
- The Gallifreyan Gourmet in Outer Space by N. Van Den Akker (56)
- All That Glisters by Valerie J. Bristor (58)
- City of Screams by Catherine Rathbun (66)
- Jelly Baby Journal (67)
- While Walking Through the Park One Day by Linda Terrell (72)
- In the Mirror by Suzanne Barnes (74)
- Doctor Tom by Linda Mallory (77)
- The Magic Meeting by M. L. Johnston and L. Stewart (78)
- Answer Page (93)
- The Eighth Path to the Moon by Kathleen R. Sobansky (94)
- The Eyes of the Beholder by Linda Terrell (98)
- More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Hedda Gabbler [sic] by N. Van Den Akker (101)
- Doctor Who and the Determination of the Dalek by Stacie Rowland (103)
- The Soul of a Time Lord by Laurel Stewart (105)
- Matrix Scan: Morbius by Patrick Degan (106)
- Dream Come True by N. Van Den Akker (109)
- ... Introducing Tom Baker as The Doctor by Cathrine [sic] Rathbun (111)
- Merry Answers and Happy Contradictions by Laura Lee Rochester (112)
- TARDIS Travel Guide (inside back cover)
Additional Contributors: Debbie Burkhart, C. H. Burnett, Christopher Cook, Anne Davenport, Jane Fancher, Debbie Franklin, Linda Levitan, Mary Ludwig, Dena Porter, Michele Sandusky
Reactions and Reviews: Issue 10
Overall, this is a superior zine, its flaws mostly minor and of the type which indicate talented people are in charge... If you've never bought a 'Time Log' before, start with this one. Its flaws are of the type which indicate talented people are in charge, thus leaning there is always a chance anything done by them will only get better and better. I never pick on writers/artists with no promise, so before anyone gets offended, take refuge in that fact. This zine even looks good, from the four color cover on through. The editor, Carol Walker, has the best stable of artists ever to work from, the Companions of Doctor Who's 1000 plus membership. The vello binding i still intact, however, it looks classy. The biggest problem in the technical side is the silly printed offset, compounded by occasional over-reducton in some stories (and I personally like the type to be of all one size throughout the zine)... oh, niggle, niggle. Just break out the specs - it's worth it. The first effort is based on a spurious premise, that Tom Baker is less than pleased to meet his fans or perhaps he has simply reached a surfeit of them, and is ready to climb the wall, or hop a TARDIS to get away from the little monsters. Whatever, all Tom fans know this isn't so. Given that, judging the piece on its own merit finds it a predictable entry. The idea of Tom meeting HIS Doctor has been done--even in TIME LOG- and better. 'Carousel' the next story, begins awkwardly and the author should take the characters she's introduced and surgically remove them from the DW universe--they cause the yarn to lose the ambiance of the show--and give them the story of their own that they deserve. But even though this is a DW story, and charged therefore with holding the flavor of the show, "Carousel" is still a whacking good yarn. NOW. Put on your sunglasses and read a brilliant (if brief) bit called "All that Blisters"- best in the zine. The Doctor (with Sarah) go on a jaunt which is BBC worthy, complete with cliffhangers. Fun stuff! The rest of the ish is spiced with puzzles, funny, well drawn cartoons, poems, an article or two, filksongs and some unclassifiable bits and ends. The best of the poems is "Eye Made This Scarf" a concrete poem by Nancy Strattan, though I also liked Linda Mallory's "Doctor Tom" which muses on Doctor 4's regeneration to his fifth body. If you've never bought a TIME L0G before, start with this one. You'll kick yourself for missing back issues. [1]
Issue 11
Time Log 11 was published in 1985 and contains 120 pages.
- Central Column, editorial by Carol Walker (2)
- Doctor Who and the Aikidokan by Kathleen R. Sobansky, art by C.H. Burnett (Second Doctor) (4)
- Q & A: 2nd Doctor and Jamie, transcription by Carol Walker 11)
- Blockfloter by Elizabeth Huval, art by Anne Davenport (Second Doctor) (14)
- poem by Elisabeth Fensin, art by Gennie Summers (17)
- Who's Who (A Thimblized Cast) by Vonnie Carts (18)
- The Interview by Donna Franklin (20
- Caverns and Castles by Elizabeth Huval, art by Karen Taylor (Fourth Doctor) (22)
- poem by Nancy Strattan, art by Davenport (29)
- A Kindred Soul by Barbara O'Quinn (30)
- Alzarius Express by Richard Westmoreland (Second Doctor) (31)
- Timeless Tunes by J. Martin, M. Popham, R. Westmoreland and J. Wolf (34)
- Christmas Ought to Be All Year Long by Barbara O'Quinn, art by Gennie Summers (37)
- New from the BBC -- The John Nathan-Turner Doll by Donna Franklin (39)
- Change for a Time by M.L. Johnston (40)
- The Dividers by Michael Hopcroft, art by Anne Davenport (Second Doctor)(42)
- Home by M.L. Johnston (54)
- Murphy's Law by Dorothy Gerhart (55)
- Jelly Baby Journal by David Damico, Bristor, Van Den Akker and Wolf (57)
- Intelligentia by Jerry Wolf (Second Doctor) (60)
- Answer Page by (62)
- The Leveling by Michael Hopcroft, art by Seth Spaulding (Fifth Doctor) (63)
- More Than a Friend by Teresa Sarick, art by M.L. Johnston (75)
- If It Ain't Broke by N. Van Den Akker (76)
- Harmony by Pam Geiger, art by Gennie Summers (Second Doctor) (79)
- Backstage with Dr. Who! by Judy Martin (85)
- Matrix Scan: The Ice Warriors by Patrick Degan (89)
- Matrix Scan: The Intelligence by Patrick Deagan (93)
- Duet for Two Brigadiers by Eric Hoffman (95)
- The Reluctant Barbarian by Eric Hoffman, art by Christopher Cook (Second Doctor)(96)
- Granddaughter by Teresa Sarick, art by David Douglas (114)
- Time-Skip : Paris 1979 by Barbara O'Quinn (115)
- Don't Let the Stars See You Crying by Christopher Cook (115)
- A New Song by Valerie J. Bristor, art by Debbie Franklin (Second Doctor) (116)
- poem by Barbara O'Quinn, art by Anne Davenport (120)
- C.H. Burnett (front cover), Anne Davenport (back cover), Debbie Franklin (inside covers)
Issue 12
Time Log 12 was published in 1986 and contains 100 pages. 6th Doctor color cover--stories by O'Quinn, Murillo, Den Akker, Morris, and more--art by Johnston, Burnett, Davenport and more.
Issue 13
Time Log 13 was published in 1989 and contains 110 pages.
- Who Ya Gonna Call? by Barbara O'Quinn (Dr Who/The Real Ghostbusters graphic crossover story-17 pg, illustrated by Christopher Cook)
- other unknown content
Best Of Issue
The Best of Time Log 1-4 has a cover by Cheryl Whitfield Duval. It was published in 1983.
- Central Column, editoral by Carol Walker (2)
- Doctor Who and the Voodoo Curse by Debbie Burkhart and Hugh DeForest (4)
- Picnic by Cheryl Whitfield Duval (35)
- Bummer by Cheryl Whitfield Duval (38)
- Scenes We'd Love to See by Cheryl Whitfield Duval (40)
- The Know-It-All by Cheryl Whitfield Duval (43)
- How to Write a Doctor Who Story by M. Wismer (60
- Venusian Lullaby by Nancy Van Den Akker (55)
- A Yuletide Yard by Debbie Burkhart (56)
- Timeless Tunes (60)
- The Intergalactic Time Traveler by R. Strother (69)
- The Brain of Svontovik by Joseph Collins Edkin (70)
- Fall Out by Patrick Degan (79)
- Degeneration of the Dimlaks by Cheryl Whitfield Duval (94)
- Do Time Lords Multiply? Cheryl Whitfield Duval (98)
- Unicorn by Gail Bennett
- art by Martin Allen, Carlotta Barnes, Gail Bennett, Debbie Burkhart, Patrick Degan, Cheryl Whitfield Duval, Maggie Johnston, Matt Leger, Milton Lewis, R. Strother