Theyeardefinitelygot
off to an auspicious start
forus, withacompletely
unexpected appearance
byForteanTimesin the
first episode of the new
series ofDoctor Who!
While we were extremely
chuffed, it turned out that
it wasn’tthe good Doctor
but none other than
(SPOILER ALERT!) the
Master–evilTime Lord
and nemesis of the Doctor
fordecades–who not
onlyreadsFTbutowns
acomplete set of back
issues “in mint condition”.
Ascreengrab providedby
anotherFTreader shows that the
issue on displayinthe episode is
FT68, fromwaybackinApril 1993.
Openingacopynow (yes, like
the Master,wehaveacomplete
collection, though not necessarily
in mint condition) transports us
to anotherfortean country, where
some thingswere certainlydone
differently. Theeditorial page
includesyouthful-looking photographs of
Bob Rickardand Paul Sieveking.Thecover
storywas ‘Cattle Mutilations in America’.
Other topics includedahorseripping
epidemic in the home counties,fortean
phenomena in the Philippines, the orgasm-
inducing Russianfaith healer Boris Zolotov,
airborne manhole covers,Siamese twins,
the CroglinVampire, the Angels of Mons,
and the latest conspiracytheories (the
Illuminati, the NewWorld Order, Dulce,
Nazi cloningexperiments!).John Michell
surveyed1992’sharvest of cropcircles,
Robert AntonWilson hadapop at the
dogmatic ‘religious’ fervour of‘skeptics’ and
Brian Inglis considered the tangibility of
apparitions; sadly, noneofthese esteemed
contributorsiswithus27years later.One
mightsay the sameabout crop circles as a
fortea ntopic ,although militant ‘skeptics’
have demonstratedgreater longevity.
As well as providingawindowonto a
vanishedfortea nworld, the appearance of a
vintage copyofFTinDoctor Whoprovoked
an interesting and paradoxical discussion
onTwitter.@paradbase asked: “I assume
therehas been atleast one articleabout
Doctor WhoinFT,sodoes that mean there
is aDoctor WhoTV series in theDoctor Who
universe?!”Of course, in FT318 (Sept 2014),
Paul Cornell looked backatthe
long historyofforte an themes in
the series. So,the answerisyes...
@SMClabbyadded:“Ihad a
couple of letterspublished inFT,
so does that meanIexistinthe
DoctorWhoUniverse?”We can only
suppose thatwe mustallnowexist
in theDoctor Whouniverse... and
have doneforsometime...
Meanwhile, ifyouwereexpecting to
findPaul Sieveking’sreminiscence of his
decades asFT’s newsman in this issue, don’t
worry–itwill be appearing next time.ERRATA
FT384:28:RachelHazardnotic ed a
geographical error in the caption below
the photo of the Little AleInn–Rachel is in
Nevada, not NewMexico.FT386:21:This issue’sMythConception
should have beencalled ‘CanYouSmell
Burning?”, but instead borethe title ‘Blue
Blood’.This wasanunintentionalrepeat
from MythCon 326 in FT379.FT386:26:PaulMathewson corrected us on
apoint of RAF history: “InJennyRandles’s
excellent UFO casebook storyrelating to
the RAFJavelin encounter in 1956 she
referstothe 46th Squadron.Theformer
RoyalFlying Corps Squadron withaproud
historyisinfact46Squadron; asmall
mistakebut onewhich Icouldn’tlet go.”EDITOR
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