Fan Scene #4 Tardis Issue 6 1976

Does Doctor Who frighten you? asks the strap line for issue 6’s cover. I don’t know about that but the drawings above the question certainly do frighten me! It’s April 1976 and the Westfield College Doctor Who Appreciation Society is a heartbeat away from going national (check out last year’s posts about the Society’s early years). Before it does though there’s one more issue of `Tardis`. News items this issue include Tom Baker being mobbed in Southampton, the new season featuring “more space and historical flavoured adventures” and first news of a forthcoming record that would turn out to be `The Pescatons`. Somehow though there’s room for speculation about why there was no Tardis sound during one of the take offs in `Pyramids of Mars`. 

That question of how scary Doctor Who is brings together four separate articles on the topic from recent publications. There’s also a review of `Brain of Morbius` (it was “wonderful” to paraphrase four pages- see below) plus a book review and lots of letters. Its not as packed as issue 5 but the key lines sit in the editorial which is curiously located on the third to last page. “We’ve got lots of plans for the future of `Tardis` and Doctor Who fandom so watch this space.” Wasn’t that true!!