=-=-=-=-= Society of the Rusting TARDIS Newsletter (#52, 12/09/96) -=-=-=-=-= >>> Items of interest to British media fans and Seattle-area residents, <<< >>> and whatever else I feel like spewing about. You have been warned. <<< =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -= Okay, time is short. Let's see how long it takes to put a bare-bones newsletter together. The clock starts...now! On tap this time: Quick news items December meeting o' the Androgums Upcoming SotRT events =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -= Subject: Quick news items Sound bites: The Fox "Doctor Who" TV movie will be rebroadcast on New Year's Eve. Airdates of new "Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast episodes: 12/11, 12/14 "cookout" 12/18, 12/21 "stop" 12/25, 12/28 "our school play" or "we're sorry" Local news: KBTC's December pledge drive ends this weekend. Have you pledged? Randy Rogel, Guest of Honor at Anglicon 8, has been receiving unanimously great reviews in the 5th Avenue Musical Theatre Company's production of "Singin' in the Rain" (running through 12/22). For info, call 206-625-1900, or check out "http://www.speakeasy.org/5thavenue". Miscellany: December 19th is the 11th anniversary of a momentous event - the first broadcast of the "Queen's City Medical" commercial in which Edith Fore informs a dispatcher, "I've fallen, AND I CAN'T GET UP!" When told that we were watching (and enjoying) "Neverwhere" way out here in Seattle, Neil Gaiman said "That's so cool" and "Thanks". (He also wanted to know where I got the tapes.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -= Subject: December meeting o' the Androgums From: Eric GjovaagThis coming Saturday, December 14, is the next meeting of the Emerald City Androgums, and the last one of 1996. In celebration of the 30th anniversary this year of they Cybermen, and the tenth anniversary of the planet Mondas returning to the solar system, we're going to show "The Tenth Planet," the very first Cyber-story. And THIS version contains part 4! Sort of. Oh, you're just going to have to come and see it to understand. In addition, we'll have some other videos, mostly fun stuff, both in the main room and in Video Room 2. We haven't made any firm commitments yet, so if there's something you'd like to see, or you have you'd like to share, drop me a note or bring it along. Oh, yeah, and also bring some food for the potluck. Questions? Directions? Etc? drop me an e-note. --Eric Gjovaag, Head Chef, the Emerald City Androgums =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -= Subject: Upcoming SotRT events Dec 11: Video night Round Table Pizza, 5111 25th Ave. NE, Seattle Dec 17: Social Azteca, 543 NE Northgate Way, Seattle Dec 25: *NO VIDEO NIGHT - HAVE SOME PUDDING* Dec 31: *NO SOCIAL - GO OUT, KISS A COMPLETE STRANGER* Jan 08: Video night Round Table Pizza, 5111 25th Ave. NE, Seattle Jan 14: Social Location TBD All events start at 7pm unless noted. Currently planned for the next video night (Dec 11): Neverwhere: Episode 3 (fantasy by Neil Gaiman) Father Ted: Episode 2 (comedy about three misfit priests exiled to a remote island) Goodnight Sweetheart: Series 3, episode 5 (time-travelling romantic comedy) Bottom: "Holy" (a sort-of "Young Ones" ten years on, starring Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson - I had to have one Christmas special on the agenda) Dressing for Breakfast: Season 1, episode ? The Long Johns (dizzying political satire) Coming soon: "French and Saunders", "Paul Merton in...", and "Fist of Fun". See you on Wednesday. "The city slept. Men slept. Women slept. Children slept. Dogs and Cats slept." --"Space March of the Robots", Leo Brett (a.k.a. Robert Lionel Fanthorpe) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -= The standard disclaimers apply to everything here except this statement. Contents Copyright 1996, Hand of Onan Enterprises, unless otherwise noted. To subscribe/unsubscribe to this list, send mail to "onan@eskimo.com". The Society of the Rusting TARDIS web page - http://www.halcyon.com/sotrt/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -=
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