Tides 12

The Tides of Time, issue 12, was published in January 1994. It was cover dated Hilary Term 1994. The editor was Paul Fisher and the deputy editor was Gary Meehan. Its cover price was £1.

Contents

• Editorial by Paul Fisher
• Deputy editorial by Gary Meehan
• Pertwee’s European Adventure. The Common Market and Peladon, by M.J. Ritson
• The Sylvester McCoy Years. A Reassessment by Ian Fellows
• Quiz #5. Crossword
• The Axeman Cometh, part one. Satire by Ryan Hemage
• The Doctor’s Greatest Fan. Fiction by Gareth Cornell
• Unhand Me Madam! Era review of Jon Pertwee by Mark Hanlon
• Sylvester (with apologies to Abba and Fernando). Song by Ian Fellows
• Sentence of Death. The search for the lost episodes of Doctor Who, part one. by Paul Lee
• Missing episodes listing
• Sadness of the Sontarans. Satire by Paul Groves
• Sex, Drugs, Violence & Swearing (and a bit of rock n’ roll). Survey of the New Adventures by Anthony Wilson
• Answers to quizzes #3 and #4 by Stephen Drape

Format: A3 folded to A4, photocopied, 28pp (with two blank pages)

Tides 13

The Tides of Time, issue 13, was cover dated Hilary Term 1994. It was edited by Gary Meehan and David Steele. Its cover price was £1.

Contents

• Editorial by Gary Meehan and David Steele
• Doctor Who – A New Approach. Satire – or cultural studies essay? by D. J. Steele
• Costumes I: Tying up the loose ends. Fifth Doctor fiction by Anthony Wilson
• Sentence of Death, part two. Missing episodes article by Paul Lee
• The Axeman Cometh, part two. Satire by Ryan Hemage
• The Dimension Riders. Oxford-set New Adventure reviewed by Matthew Kilburn
• Quiz #6. Anagrams by Paul Dumont with James Brough
• The Planet of Death, part one. Satire by Gary Meehan
• Could It All Be True? Science, Doctor Who and UFOlogy by Paul Groves
• Grief Encounters: The Perfect Kiss. Tegan fiction by John Wilson
• Death & Goodbye. Sonic screwdriver fiction by Ian Fellows
• Sex! Drugs! Violence! Magic Mushrooms! The Shocking Truth! The New Adventures Revealed! by Anthony Wilson
• Quotes from Michaelmas Term 1993
• Are YOU a Doctor Who Fan? Questionnaire by Paul Groves

Format: A3 folded to A4, photocopied, 28pp (two blank pages)

Tides 14

The Tides of Time, issue 14, was cover dated Trinity Term 1994. It was edited by Gary Meehan. Its cover price was 80p.

Contents

• Editorial by Gary Meehan
• The Trial of a Time Lord Fan’s Mum, by David (Steele)’s Mum
• The Planet of Death, part two. Satire by Gary Meehan
• That Was the Term That Was. Hilary Term 1994 recalled, with poll results
• TV Zine. Pullout spoof of TV Zone magazine by Paul Groves and Gary Meehan
• Kinda: Dichotomy in Paradise? by Anthony Wilson
• Envoi. Dalek fiction by John Wilson
• Second Public Examination. Honour School of Television Sci-Fi and Fantasy. Doctor Who. Exam paper by Anthony Wilson and James Brough
• Grief Encounters: Your Silent Face. Sixth Doctor and Peri fiction by John Wilson
• Quiz #7. Crossword by Steve Drape
• DocSoc The Early Years. Society history by Adam Stephens
• Grief Encounters: Prey. Jo and Cliff Jones fiction by John Wilson
• Quotes: Hilary Term 1994

Format: A3 folded to A4, photocopied, 24pp

Tides 15

Tides of Time, issue 15, was cover-dated Michaelmas Term 1994. It was edited by Gary Meehan, with assistance from James Brough and Mary Brady. Its cover price was £1.

Contents

• The Presidential Address. Thoughts on DWM‘s ruling on Hartnell story titles, by Anthony Wilson
• The Man that Time Forgot: Children’s Stories and Other People’s Misconceptions. Thoughts on the first and second Doctors, by Sonia Thynn-Owl and James Brough
• Costumes II: Critical Mass. Seventh Doctor fiction by Anthony Wilson
• Grief Encounters: Sunrise. Fifth Doctor fiction by John Wilson
• Thieves Like Us. Barbara Chesterton [nee Wright] fiction by John Wilson
• Chesterton’s Return. Ian Chesterton fiction by Brenda Foulkes
• The Man in the Blue Police Box. UNIT fiction by Anthony Wilson
• You Never Dream in Colour. Thoughts on The Happiness Patrol by Corinne Berg
• The Scum. Satirical pullout with OUDWS sex scandal, Monsters v Companions pullout, Doctor Who health rish, and Aunty Ainley, agony aunt
• 9 Years. Blake’s 7 fiction by Sonia Thynn-Owl
• From Skonnos to Perivale Revisited. A look back on 1980s Doctor Who from 1989 and 1994. Revised reprint of article from issue 1, by Matthew Kilburn
• Untitled. Satire by Paul Groves and James Brough

Cover illustration by Mary Brady

Format: A3 folded to A4, photocopied, 28pp

Tides 16

Tides of Time, issue 16, was cover dated Hilary Term 1995. The editor-in-chief was Gary Meehan, and the editor was Corinne Berg. Its cover price was £1.

Contents

• Aunty Ainley. Problem page
• High Tides. Magazine history by Matthew Kilburn
• Identity Parade. Metafiction by Anthony Wilson
• A Sontaran in a Barber’s Shop. Quiz by Leo V. Gaspur
• Coach Party, part one. Satire by Ryan Hemage
• This Time of Night. Fiction by John Wilson
• The Man that Time Forgot. The later second Doctor, third Doctor and early fourth Doctor periods, by James Brough and Anthony Wilson
• The God in the Machine. Fiction by Mary Brady
• Grief Encounters: Faux Pas, or One Man and his Root Vegetable, or But Mr Dicks, potatoes weren’t invented then. Satire by Ryan Hemage
• A Bizarre Love Triangle. Helen A fiction by John Wilson
• A Pescatorial Conundrum or, A Fishy Problem. First Doctor and Bede fiction by Corinne Berg
• Trade-Off. Sontaran fiction by John Wilson
• The Presidential Address: Canon Fodder. The limits of the Doctor Who canon, by Anthony Wilson

Format: A3 folded to A4, photocopied, 32pp

Tides 17

Tides of Time, issue 17, was published in April 1995. It was cover dated Trinity Term 1995. It was edited by Corinne Berg. The cover price was £1.25.

Contents

• Editorial (a temporal causality paradox) by Corinne Berg
• The Man that Time Forgot part three. The later Tom Baker and Peter Davison eras, by James Brough and Anthony Wilson
• Vanishing Point. Seventh Doctor fiction by John W.G. Wilson
• Faux Pas. Androzani fiction by Ryan Hemage
• The Real Shocking Truth. The New and Missing Adventures explained in a paragraph.
• Crossword by Gary Meehan
• Sapphire and Steel: An Overview by John W.G. Wilson
• Baggs of Fun. BBV plans, by Gavin Llewellyn
• Could It All Be True by Paul Groves (Tides issue 13) – a Response by Pierre Lefevre
• Denial of a Crime Fraud – or – Killing Me Softly with a Word Processor. Second Doctor and Jamie metafiction by Anthony Wilson
• Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On. Ace fiction by Mary Brady
• Coach Party, part two. Satire by Gary Meehan
• Touched by the Hand of God. Scaroth fiction by John W.G. Wilson
• A Theory of Time and Paradox in Doctor Who. A response to the above by Corinne R. Berg
• Half a Pint of Whipped Cream. Thoughts on the fan consensus by Anthony Wilson
• Five Years of Tides of Time: A Statistical Analysis and Poll by Paul Groves
• Costumes III: Pathways. Regeneration fiction by Anthony Wilson
• A Sontaran in a Barber’s Shop – the Revenge. Quiz answers by Leo V. Gaspur and Tim Rickman
• Doctor Who and the Problem of Evil. Morality in the series, by Mary Brady and James Brough
• Military Intelligence. Dalek short fiction by Leo V. Gaspur
• The Presidential Address: Special Effects by John Wilson
• Envoi by Corinne Berg

Format: A3 folded to A4, photocopied, 40pp

Tides 18

Tides of Time, issue 18, was published in June 1995. It was cover dated Trinity Term 1995. It was edited by Corinne Berg. The cover price was £1.25.

Contents

• Editorial on Doctor Who and archaeology, by Corinne Berg
• The Seven Faces of OUDWS. Society history by Paul Groves
• That Old Common Arbitrator. Fifth Doctor and Shakespeare fiction by David Bickley
• The Man that All Forgot. The sixth Doctor’s era, by James Brough and Anthony Wilson
• The Tapes of Fandrozani. Satire by Gary Meehan and John Wilson
• Polishing the Glass. Fiction by John W.G. Wilson
• The Feminine Characterisation of the Fifth Doctor by Mary Brady and James Brough
• The King. Part One. Seventh Doctor fiction by Louise Dennis. (Reprinted from issue 1)
• Existence. Third Doctor fiction by Pierre Lefevre
• The Other Half-Pint of Whipped Cream. Ian Chesterton and the concept of war, by Anthony Wilson
• The Man Who Walks in Eternity. The seventh Doctor considered by James Brough and Anthony Wilson
• Elegia. Third Doctor fiction by John W.G. Wilson
• The Presidential Address: Virgin on the Ridiculous. Quantity, quality and the New and Missing Adventures, by John W.G. Wilson
• Why in the Universe are We Still Doing This? The state of the Society, by Matthew Kilburn
• Crossword by Gary Meehan

Format: A3 folded to A4, photocopied, 36pp

Tides 20

Tides of Time, Trinity 1997 edition, was edited by Sandy Starr with assistance from Domi Starr. The cover price was £1.50.

Contents

• Editorial by Sandy Starr
• Winners and Losers of Cult Television. An American Perspective. by David W. Battle
• May the Force Be With You. The impact of the remarketing of the original Star Wars trilogy on Doctor Who by Sandy Starr
• Doctor Who and the Crime Traveller. Crossover fiction by Al Harrison
• Star Trek in Japan. Episode titles in translation compiled by Domi Starr
• In Praise of Parkin. Lance Parkin’s A History of the Universe reviewed by Sandy Starr
• Bellum Umbrosum. The History of the Shadow(y) War. An account of the Shadow War, to the end of season three of Babylon 5, by Matthew Peacock
• To Laugh or Not to Laugh. Issues raised by Doctor Who: The Completely Useless Encyclopedia considered by Sandy Starr
• The Doctor’s Darker Side. The Valeyard explored, by Al Harrison
• X-Rant. An impartial investigation into Fox Video’s release schedules by FBI Agent Starr

Format: A3 folded to A4, photocopied, 44pp

Tides 21

Tides of Time, issue 21, was published in February 1998. It was cover dated Hilary Term 1998. It was edited by Matthew Peacock, with assistance from David Bickley, Alastair Harrison and Matthew Stanton. Its cover price was £1.25.

Contents

• Editorial by Matthew Peacock
• The Fabric of Time. Seventh Doctor fiction by David Bickley and Alastair Harrison
• In Defence of The Claws of Axos by Alastair Harrison
• Beyond our Vision. A tribute to Sydney Newman by Matthew Kilburn
• Doctor Who – Season Twenty-Three. (A Little Exercise in Wishful Thinking). What if David McIntee’s First Frontier novel was the story which launched the Trial season? by the editors
• “Some of us could still read. It’s forbidden, but the knowledge was passed on in secret.” The Bodleian Library as a Doctor Who Resource by Matthew Kilburn
• An Analysis of the 1965 Doctor Who Annual – part I by Sandy Starr
• Flippant Pictures Page by Matthew Peacock
• The Trial of Giarn Rayden. AudioVisuals Doctor fiction by Alan Whitten
• Presidents I Have Known by Matthew Peacock
• The Millenium Nightmare. AudioVisuals Doctor fiction by Alan Whitten
• Too Much Too Soon? Babylon 5 Season Four by Alastair Harrison
• Bursting the Bubble. The exhaustion of the Star Trek franchise and the laziness of genre commissioning, by Alastair Harrison

Format: A4, single sheets, photocopied, 36pp. Stapled in the top left corner rather than a centre fold.

Tides 26

Tides of Time, issue 26, was published in June 2000. Its cover date was Trinity Term 2000. It was edited by Matthew Peacock. Its cover price was £2.

Contents

• Editorial by Matthew Peacock
• DocSoc – The Interview Guide. How to use your fanhood at interview, or not, by David Bickley
• This Blessed Plot. Alien invasions of England in the UNIT era, by Matthew Peacock
• The Siege of Wallingford. Eighth Doctor fiction by Alan Whitten
• Doctor Davros. Nuclear war and Genesis of the Daleks by Fiona Moore
• Grief Encounters: A Bit of Poignancy. Buffy the Vampire Slayer fiction by John Wilson
• The Man in the White Suit. Two versions of Randall and Hopkirk: Deceased compared by Sian Davies
• A Tale of Monsters. Sixth Doctor fiction by David Bickley
• The Spectre of Galaxy Four. BBC Radio Collection and Big Finish releases reviewed by Alastair Harrison
• Here Comes the Future. The third Doctor encounters the bureaucracy of regeneration, by Emma Keevil
• Continuity: A Modest Proposal. Self-referentiality in Doctor Who novels, by Fiona Moore
• The Legend of the Doctor. Celebrating the seventh Doctor, by Darren King
• Dwellers All in Time and Space. Christianity and Doctor Who, by Sian Davies
• Apocalypse Soon. Joseph Conrad and J.G. Ballard, by Alastair Harrison
• Model Citizen. Sixth Doctor and Peri fiction, by W.J. Ramsden
• Barry. Comparisons between steam engines and Doctor Who, by Matthew Peacock

Format: A3 folded to A4, outer covers on white card, photocopied, 28pp