Who's Listening - Remembrance

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Basic Information

Place of Origin:
Heanor, Derbyshire, UK

Editor:
Robert Bradley

In Production:
1989-94

Distribution Media:
Audio Cassette / Print

Tape Lengths:
#1-3, 5: C-90; #4: C-60; #6: C-60 x 2

Issues Produced:
6 (+ 6 in print)

Remembrance, edited by Robert Bradley of Heanor, Derbyshire, was advertised in Dreamwatch Bulletin (also known as DWB) and TV Zone magazine.

Remembrance had a somewhat confusing run, at least in terms of its numbering and titling. It debuted in March 1989 as a tapezine and ran for four issues, the last of these being published in August 1991 – these were numbered 1 to 4. A year later in August 1992, Robert transformed Remembrance into a A5-sized printed fanzine promising “Doctor Who mainly”, plus Star Trek and Sherlock Holmes, and the issue numbering was reset, meaning that the first printed installment was also designated Issue 1.

A second printed issue followed in November 1992. Robert's subsequent publication, in January 1993, was back to audio, but the Remembrance title was not mentioned in any advertising, just that it was an “audio tape special” of Season 7. The audio tape special designation appears to have been an attempt to differentiate it from the printed fanzine which was, by then, well established. However, purchasers who ordered and received their cassette will have noticed that the cover bore the title Remembrance 5, with ‘Dr. Who – Season Seven’ as a subtitle. Oddly, the words ‘audio tape special’ do not appear on the cover. The contents included a character analysis of the Third Doctor, behind-the-scenes information and reviews of Doctor Who and the Silurians and Inferno. It was advertised in the January 1993 TV Zone and later the April 1993 edition of Celestial Toyroom, and was followed by two further print issues in March and September 1993, numbered 3 and 4.

It was then back to audio cassette for one last time, and again the advertising in Dreamwatch Bulletin (November 1993), Celestial Toyroom (January 1994) and TV Zone (March 1994) carried no mention of Remembrance, declaring this an “audio tape special” once more. The actual product was titled A Celebration of 30 Years of Time Travel – A Remembrance Special and carried no issue number, though it was technically the sixth audio cassette that Robert had produced. Its contents included a feature looking at press coverage of William Hartnell, reviews of The Power of the Daleks, Genesis of the Daleks and The Caves of Androzani, and interviews with Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Lynda Bellingham, Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. This would prove to be the final foray into audio for Remembrance, though it did continue for two further issues in print (Issue 5: The 30th Anniversary Special and a Doctor Who Fanzine Special). Twelve issues were produced in all, six on audio cassette and six in print, with the last printed fanzine being issued in May 1994.