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The Basics |
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Place of Origin:
Pinner / Northwood, Middlesex, UK
Editors:
Ian Garrard and Geoffrey Connal
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Production:
1984-85 |
Distribution Media:
Audio Cassette
Tape Lengths:
#1-2: C-90
Issues Produced:
2 |
Hailing from the Pinner and
Northwood area of Middlesex, CVE Tapezine was a short-lived
production that left listeners wanting more. Under the auspices of Ian
Garrard and Geoffrey Connal, the tapezine ran to two issues, the first
launching in October 1984, with the second unleashed in May 1985.
The first tape leaned
heavily towards the Jon Pertwee years, with features on Robert Holmes’
Pertwee era stories, a look at The Time Warrior and an
examination of the roles of the Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith in
The Five Doctors. There was also time to look at Season 21 and to
discuss how the American influence was affecting Doctor Who.
Issue 2 of CVE Tapezine
took a nostalgic look at the Patrick Troughton years, featuring items
about The Macra Terror, the ‘classic lost adventure’ The Tomb
of the Cybermen (well, it was lost then!) and a look at
Troughton’s other Cybermen tales. The Tomb piece was written and
recorded by John Marsh of UNIT
Tapezine – another example of the cross fertilisation in
Doctor Who tapezine production (and Geoffrey Connal had himself
previously contributed to WOTAN).
Also discussed were the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (understandably a
favourite subject for tapezines!) and the ramifications of the BBC’s
suspension of Doctor Who, which was a very hot topic at the time
and a favourite of tapezine producers.
Commenting in The Tapezine Zone section of
Zero Room Audiozine Issue 7 (April
1985), David Balston was a little tentative on the subject of CVE
Tapezine: “It was interesting enough but was much the same mixture
as other audiozines. However, they’ve produced an interesting style of
presentation, with continual heckling into each other’s articles.”
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CVE
TAPEZINE – ISSUE 1
October 1984, C-90
Side A:
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Introduction by Ian Garrard
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Season 21 Review (Part 1): Warriors of the Deep,
The Awakening, Frontios, Resurrection
of the Daleks by Geoffrey Connal
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Review: Jon Pertwee and Elizabeth Sladen in The Five
Doctors by Ian Garrard
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Sign of Four: Robert Holmes by Geoffrey Connal
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TV Interview: Jon Pertwee
talks to Derek Batey (Look
Who’s Talking, 18.5.1984)
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Record Spot: I Am the Doctor by Jon Pertwee
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And Now... The End of Side 1 with the Black Guardian
Side B:
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Side 2 Introduction
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Season 21 Review (Part 2): Planet of Fire by Geoffrey Connal
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Season 21 Review (Part 3): The Caves of Androzani
by Ian Garrard
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Humour: Nicola Bryant Talks about The Twin Dilemma
(answers taken from Season 21 clips)
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Data Retrieval: The Time Warrior by Ian Garrard
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JN-T’s Americanisation of Doctor Who by Geoffrey Connal
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CVE Tapezine 1 Sign Off by Geoffrey Connal and Ian Garrard
CVE
TAPEZINE – ISSUE 2
June 1985, C-90
Side A:
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Introduction
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Excerpts Compilation:
BBC News: Doctor Who
Cancellation, Not the Nine O’Clock News, Points of View
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Comment: The Cancellation Crisis including
Record Spot: Doctor in Distress by Who Cares?, BBC
Trailer: The Mind of Evil, BBC
‘Next Story’ Announcement: The Mark of the Rani
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Sign of Four: The Troughton Era Cybermen
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Record Spot: Who is Doctor Who by Frazer Hines
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Review: The Macra Terror by John Marsh
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Announcement: Valentine Dyall (1908-1985)
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And Now... The End of Side 1
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What Did You Think of Side 1? by Ian Garrard talks to Benjy
Mouse (from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy)
Side B:
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Side 2 Introduction
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Data Retrieval: The Tomb of the Cybermen
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Anti-Matters: The Missing Episodes Dilemma by Geoffrey Connal
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