Fish Fingers and Custard - A Doctor Who Fanzine - FFAC2

We've still got a number of Issue 2 's left here at Fish Custard Towers, so please help us to shift them (and make more room for upcoming Issues!) by picking up a copy.  We've knocked off 50p off the price, so if you're in the UK it'll cost just £1.50 , anywhere else in the world it is £2.50 .  Both prices include postage and packing. Please paypal the payment that applies to you, as a gift , to fishcustardfanzine@googlemail.com Remember, without people buying the paper copies, we wouldn't be able to make further Issues, so thanks to those who already have purchased copies. Cheers

The trick to producing fanzines, on time and brimming with content, is making sure you plan ahead. I had made sure that almost half of Issue 2 was written, before I had even finished Issue 1! It’s easy just to bung in random stuff in an issue, but it’s more difficult to find the right balance, in terms of the styles and subjects of the articles. One of the things I want the fanzine to do, is to introduce the people who have become fans during the series post-2005, to look back at the vast history of Doctor Who and learn. It’s the most fascinating thing I find about the program, even more so than the actual episodes themselves! Hopefully, during the run of the fanzine, we’ll be able to delve more into this rich, illustrious history which makes Doctor Who more than just a television program. On a similar vein, I also enjoy reading accounts of fans from outside of the UK. The article in Issue 2 from Tom Spychalski, about his childhood spent watching Doctor Who via PBS, are very educationa...

Issue 2 is now out in print and available to purchase! The free download will be available next week. So in the meantime..here is a little something from Issue 2 to wet your appetite! ALL THE TABLOID NEWSPAPER RUMOURS – ALL THE TIME Matt Smith Is Rubbish And Is Getting Sacked D octor Who fans have seemingly got their way. A bloke I spoke to down the pub reckons that Matt Smith will be sacked as Doctor Who, because ‘he isn’t as good as David Tennant and the geeks don’t like him’. Message Boards have been awash with calls for the actor, 16, to be booted out. I must say that I agree with them, as the internet is never wrong. Not that I steal anything off there and publish it here, mind. Despite smashing all records for most views on the BBC IPlayer and viewing figures on BBC America, SPACE and some Australian channel (not to mention the upturn in profits of DVD’s, books and other merchandise) the interest in Doctor Who is at an all-time low and I know this because my ‘insider’ said so (w...

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The deadline has passed and I'm busy getting Issue 2 ready, so you can treat your lovely eyes to it in the next week or two! In the meantime, Fish Custard Towers are MASSIVE Bernice Summerfield fans and are delighted with the latest addition to the series. For those who don't know, Benny is a spin-off character from the Virgin New Adventures novels from the 90's. She's a sexy, tough and hard-drinking archaeologist from the 26th Century. So you can see why we like her. Benny went on to appear in her own book series and eventually, on audio (played by Lisa 'Cheetah Person' Bowerman). The audios have been running for well over a decade now and to celebrate the launch of Series 11, Big Finish have knocked up a 10-minute CGI short, entitled ' Dead and Buried ', for you to enjoy. The first audio in the series ' Resurrecting the Past ' is available from Big Finish later this month. You can order any of the Benny back-catalogue from www.bigfinish.c...

If you've not got your copy of Fish Fingers and Custard yet, then why not? You can download a FREE PDF copy here Alternatively, you can order a paper copy, with full colour, glossy covers (the paper was on special offer in a local stationers, ahem) here I've only got 20 or so left, so this is your chance to own a piece of history. And to also help me get some of my money back! For £2 (UK) £3 (Rest of the World) you can't really knock it. Doctor Who Magazine costs about a fiver after all, and they don't even swear or have a washed-up ex-actor as a columnist! (erm, well....) In the meantime, my army of Toclafane and I, have been working on Issue 2 (out in September) so if you've got anything you would like to contribute (and I mean ANYTHING) feel free to contact me at fishcustardfanzine@googlemail.com the deadline is 3RD SEPTEMBER. In other news, I would like to thank The Doctor Who Newspage , The TARDIS Newsroom , The Gallifreyan Embassy , Jamie of The Terrible Zodin...