Note:`Tardis` started out as an
independent Doctor Who fanzine but in 1976 was absorbed into the fledgling
Doctor Who Appreciation Society (aka DWAS). This series of posts looks at the
zine’s 1977 issues which went out under the appropriately correct title `Tardis
‘77`.
If you saw the
posts last year about the first volume of Tardis you’ll recall the rather tatty
covers but 1977 gets under way with a much improved front design featuring the
second Doctor and a Kroton. The latter are one of those monsters which always
look better as artwork than if you see the real thing. Its there to illustrate a
series called The Doctor Who Compendium written by Richard Landen which
summarises the Krotons, Gonds and HADS. It worth remembering that back in the
day such information was not as widely known and there would be many readers
who were too young to have seen the story.
