Bill Albert, founder and Fearless Leader of UNIT, issues a statement each month describing his feelings on the state of Doctor Who fandom in Iowa. He calls these messages his "Ramblings".

Here is his message for August 1999

From The 9th Doctor:

EXILED IN IOWA
Just over a month away!!!!  Is anyone as excited about this as I am?  We
have been working on getting the word around.  Heather has contacted:

1 Des Moines SF Society
2 SF League of Iowa Students (U of I)
3 ISU/Ames SF/Fantasy Association
4 DAGOBAH (Davenport Area)
5 Omaha SF Foundation (Their add says they service western Iowa as well
as Nebraska.)

I have contacted the local stations and papers in Cedar Rapids and Iowa
City and IPTV.  The DSM Register won't cover it because we are to far out.
Anybody have any Cedar Falls connections?

There is a very tentative video list on the web site but it looks like the
viewing will be more of a voting thing.  Anybody who has anything feel free
to bring it a long.  There are a lot of requests for Curse of the Fatal
Death.  Anybody have it?  People like the idea of starting with episode 1
of Unearthly Child.  Watching the new releases of Ice Warriors and the
recently recovered Crusade episode are also favorites.  Those are episodes
that FEW of us have seen so we can alle xperience them for the first time.

Some people are bringing snacks or drinks to share.  there will also be a
few other surprises.  *wink*

DOCTOR WHO ON IPTV

It's been a long time since I've seen Three Doctors and I'm enjoying just
how good it is.  I am also enjoying seeing William Hartnell in his last
appearance.  I've always felt the 1st and 2nd Doctors were terribly
underrated.  I keep being impressed that almost all the characters are
getting a good scene at one point or another.  

I was surprised at just how many 6 part stories the 3rd Doctor has.  I did
a check of the Programme Guide and found that, surprisingly, the 3rd Doctor
had the biggest number of 6 part stories.  I thought the 4th Doctor with
all his seven series would rule but he was only given 1 per season for the
first 5 seasons, Shada was cancelled in the 6th and there were none planned
in the 7th.
3rd: 11
2nd: 9
1st: 6
4th: 5
5th-7th: 0

This is an updated list of Doctor Who broadcasts on IPTV for the rest of
the Pertwee stories.  This is on a two episode a week schedule and doesn't
count any possible preemptions during the holidays.

SEPT 3:  THREE DOCTORS 4/CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS 1
SEPT 10:  CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS 2 & 3
SEPT 17:  CARNIVAL OF MONSTERS 4/FRONTIER IN SPACE 1
SEPT 24:  FRONTIER IN SPACE 2&3
OCT 1:  FRONTIER IN SPACE 4&5
OCT 8:  FRONTIER IN SPACE 6/PLANET OF THE DALEKS 1
        FIS 6 is the last appearance of Roger Delgado as the Master 
OCT 15:  PLANET OF THE DALEKS 2&3
OCT 22:  PLANET OF THE DALEKS 4&5
OCT 29:  PLANET OF THE DALEKS 6/GREEN DEATH 1
NOV 5:  GREEN DEATH 2&3
NOV 12:  GREEN DEATH 4&5
NOV 19:  GREEN DEATH 6/TIME WARRIOR 1
        This will see the exit of Jo Grant and Sarah Jane's 1st appearance
NOV 26:  TIME WARRIOR 2&3
DEC 3:  TIME WARRIOR 4/INVASION OF THE DINOSAURS 1
        DINOSAURS episode 1 only exists in black and white
DEC 10:  INVASION OF THE DINOSAUR 2&3
DEC 17:  INVASION OF THE DINOSAUR 4&5
DEC 24:  INVASION OF THE DINOSAUR 6/DEATH TO THE DALEKS 1
DEC 31:  DEATH TO THE DALEKS 2&3
JAN 7:  DEATH TO THE DALEKS 4/MONSTER OF PELADON 1
JAN 14:MONSTER OF PELADON 2&3
JAN 21:MONSTER OF PELADON 4&5
JAN 28:MONSTER OF PELADON 6/PLANET OF SPIDERS 1
FEB 4:PLANET OF SPIDERS 2&3
FEB 11:PLANET OF SPIDERS 4&5
FEB 18:PLANET OF SPIDERS 6/TEETH AND CURLS

Hope to hear from all of you soon.

Brigade Leader Bill

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