Vipod Mor

Zine
Title:	Vipod Mor
Publisher:	Graeme Galloway
Editor(s):	Graeme Galloway
Date(s):	1988
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Medium:	print
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Fandom:	Doctor Who
Language:	English
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Vipod Mor is a gen Doctor Who fiction anthology.

Issue 2

Vipod Mor 2 was published in 1988.

cover of issue #2

The second issue of the Doctor Who fiction fanzine consisted of a mix bag of ideas. ‘The Tharil, the Rani and the SIDRAT’ by David Tulley had a certain ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’ feel to it, long before Steven Moffet came up with his idea for Christmas. ‘Haunting’ by Graeme Galloway captures the third Doctor’s era very well, featuring his assistant and a future Doctor (the 7th) making an appearance. Horus, last of the Osirians makes an appearance in ‘The Secret of Horus’ by David Mudle, alongside the sixth Doctor and Mel. Horus wants his mind to exist forever and the secret lies within his tomb on Phaester Osiris.

‘The Ship’ by Emma Stevens features the first Doctor and his grand-daughter, Susan. The TARDIS arrives aboard what appears to be an empty ship, but the ship itself turns out to be a living, intelligent, entity that wants the TARDIS for itself. ‘Tegan’s Tale’ by Jamie Woolley follows Tegan after her departure from the Doctor and Turlough, her meeting with Sarah Jane Smith and memories of The Mara.

Dokter Ooh returns in ‘The U.N.I.C.E Factor: The Insipid Tim Lad’ devised by POD. A light hearted piece of fiction, based on our beloved series. Fiction and reality begin to blur in ‘Dream a little Dream’ by Lesley Halliday which features Sarah Jane Smith or is it Elisabeth Sladen? The second part of ‘Network of Blood’ by Graeme Galloway continues to tell the adventure of the Doctor and Mel and a revelation that the killer is none other than the Doctor? ‘Escape from Xeriphas’ by Roddy McDougall ties some loose ends up with the Master’s encounter with Kamelion on Xeriphas.

Other features included a ‘Letters’ section where readers were able to forward some feedback on the first issue; ‘Time and the Rani’ was reviewed in ‘Book Review’ and illustrations by Paul Mudle and Nigel Thomas were scattered throughout the issue – superb!

The fiction contained within the pages of ‘Vipod Mor’still stand up today some 20 odd years later – timeless in fact. It needs to be available on line for all to see.