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Subject: Re: NOT starting rumors
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Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 07:52:46 EST
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>     ... I'm just trying to get some answers.
>
>A few weeks ago we had some discussion about the length of the
>23rd season. I didn't hear any questions about this at TARDIS 22.
>However I just got my latest issue of the Whovian Times (very late -
>as usual),

(Does such a thing still exist?)

>           and Jeremy Bentham from England again quotes the 14
>episodes number. What's the real story here.

The season is now 14 episodes, but on a budget of 26 episodes.
Mr. Nathan-Turner is using the extra money to commission scripts
(20!), so that he and Mr. Saward can chose the three strongest.
They have narrowed it down to four.

>Also, Jeremy states that Lionheart now has 17 Hartnell episodes,
>including "The Time Meddler" and "The War Machines" both recently
>recovered from Nigeria. At Tardis 22 JN-T stated that no new episodes
>have been found for quite a while. Any-one know the true story on
>this one. These episodes aren't in the tentaive schedule for NJN
>posted by James.

Apparently, "The Time Meddler" should have been on the list I posted
earlier, I do not know which one shouldn't.  (Maybe my list was short,
it seemed so at the time.)

The episodes receovered from Nigeria were recovered over a year ago.

>Is this Bentham guy all wet, or what? He's supposed to be fairly
>knowledgable having written for DWM and been with DWAS.

There are conflicts within British DW fans.  Rumour has it that there
is a collector who has ALL THE MISSING EPISODES.  I am attempting
myself to get to the heart of this rumour, if I can acquire any
of these missing episodes, the epithet "missing" will no longer
be appropriate (translated:  I will give them to the BBC).

Among the people who is alleged to know of the location of these
episodes is Mr. Bentham.  Whether or not he does know is another
matter, but there are people who believe that he does.  (These people
also believe that Ron Katz knows, as well.)

The split is roughly between DWB (Doctor Who Bulletin) and the DWAS.

DWB is the "National Enquirer" of fandom.  DWAS is trying to present
the British fans as rational people (Remember the television
incedent?).  DWAS has also had a purge of those people who were in
fandom solely to get themselves close to the stars. (Something needed
in some organisations here, I reckon!)

As some of you know, I am the leader of a local club in New Jersey,
"The Jersey Jagaroth".  There came a time when I had to explain
some of the politics of other clubs in the area to a fellow high
councillor (A person in another club who was in it solely for
personal gain), he was not surprised, but just saddened.

I, too, am saddened that there are those people who are out solely
for themselves and not the good of the show and the fans.
-- 
James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa

"Three of them!  I didn't know when I was luck!"
Who said it, what story?