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UNIT NEWS ARCHIVE
UNIT LIBRARY
Lars Pearson of Mad Norwegian Press has donated 2 volumes of About Time – covering the 1975-1979 (vol 4) and 1980-1984 (vol 5), a Faction Paradox book Warlords of Utopia by Lance Parkin and a re-issue of Dead Romance by Lawrence Miles. Also available from the UNIT library is Vol 3 (1970-1974) of About Time. The About Time series takes one doctor-s-worth of episodes and weighs in on the social, political, and economic background against which the television series is played. Very good for pointing out “current” references that most of non-Brits haven’t a prayer of catching, the books also tackle various vexing questions that have provided discussion-fodder for years – e.g. “What caused the Sontaran-Rutan War?”, “Where (and When) is Gallifrey?”, and the ever-popular “Why are there so many Doubles in the Universe?”
Lawrence Miles and Tat Wood have created three wonderful books, which the library is grateful to be given. More volumes in the series will be issued one at a time until all the Doctors are covered. They are not being issued in sequential order.
Highly recommended (as will the other 2 once your humble librarian has had a chance to do more than skim them. A huge thanks to Lars and Mad Norwegian Press!
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Now available on-site:
"Doctor Who - Shadows of the Past"
New to our "Writing" page, we are proud to bring home two books written by our members.
Firstly, the very first anthology written by UNIT folk (edited by Scott Haworth). "Doctor Who - American Style" chronicles a visit by each of the Doctor's incarnations to the shores of the United States (and not just Iowa!), as well as a short story by Jim Surowiecki who lets us earwig on a day in the life of the UNIT switchboard...
Secondly, an unofficial Doctor Who novel written by "Brigadier" Bill Albert, "Shadows of the Past". An Eighth Doctor adventure set in Chicago, "Shadows" tells the story of the Doctors encounter with a mysterious girl by the name of "Gallifrey"...
COMING SOON
EXILED IN IOWA 13:
FACTS, FICTION AND THREATS OF TIME TRAVEL
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH 2005
CEDAR RAPIDS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Plans include showings of:
BBC Horizon documentary "The Time Lords"
Studio footage of Claws of Axos
The Day of the Daleks (1972)
Father's Day (2005)
To get to the Cedar Rapids Public Library just enter Cedar Rapids on I-380 from either direction and follow the signs to the Science Station and the IMAX theater. The library is directly across the street. Behind the library is a parkade that is free on Saturdays.
Exiled 12 is on Saturday May 28th 2005 at the Urbandale Public Library from 9am-5pm
The address for the Urbandale Public Library is 3520 86th St in Urbandale Iowa.
According to Yahoo maps the best way to get there from I-80 is as follows:
Continue on I-35 SOUTH/I-80 WEST
Take the NW 86TH ST exit towards CAMP DODGE, exit #129
Turn Left on NW 86TH ST
Continue on 86TH ST
EXILED IN IOWA 11 - September 11th, 2004
Exiled in Iowa 11: The Doctor Is Dead! Long Live The Doctor took place at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. Here is a brief report from the Yahoo UNIT-1 list::
"Another one done! A small but dedicated crowd.
Lea won the "Being Lars Pearson" contest and is Bill now the
proud holder
of the Golden Dalek. Also had three new people who plan to join us at
our
regular meetings."
There was also a jacket left at the Library at the end of the day -
if it belongs to you, please contact Bill
EXILED IN IOWA 11 - September 11th, 2004
Exiled in Iowa 11: The Doctor Is Dead! Long Live The Doctor will be held at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Contact Brigadier Bill for more details.
EXILED IN IOWA 9 - October 4th, 2003, 2002
Exiled in Iowa 9: Monsters, Robots and Time Lords, oh my! will be held on Saturday, October 4th at the Cedar Rapids Public Library from 9:00am to 7:00pm. We will be celebrating the legend and the mythology of 40 years of Doctor Who with sneak previews of the upcoming DVD releases of Dalek Invasion of Earth and Talons of Weng-Chiang We will take a look at some of the spinoff's of Doctor Who and some appearances of the actors in roles outside the series. We will also view some of the never broadcast in the US episodes of some of the stories that don't exist in their complete episodes anymore. We will also have door prizes, trivia games, trade & sale table, Ultimate Shiny Thing table and much more. For more information or driving directions contact Brigadier Bill for more details.
SEPTEMBER CELEBRATION - September 27th, 2003
This year IPTV is holding a very special pledge drive for Doctor Who. Lars Pearson, author of the I, WHO guides to the Doctor Who novels and audios will be in the studio to encourage pledges and answer phone in questions. IPTV will also be showing the first ever in Iowa broadcasts of Airzone Solution starring Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, and Sylvester McCoy in an ecologocal thriller from BBV and AUTON which is a post Doctor UNIT adventure. UNIT members Jeremy Bement and Mark Lambert have had a hand in helping set up this years pledge drive with very special premiums including a once-in-a-lifetime chance that you won't want to miss. Tune in starting at 8:30p.m. on the 27th for the first peak at the future of Doctor Who in Iowa.
EXILED IN IOWA 8 - May 24th, 2003
IT IS THE END BUT THE MOMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR
Our 8th multistate gathering will be held from 9am to 6pm at the
Urbandale Public Library in Urbandale Iowa and some of the events planned
include some new ideas and some old favorites:
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9am - Exiled 8 Kicks off!
9:30 - Video: The Edge of Destruction 1-2
10:30 - The Moment Has Been Prepared For - Trust us!
11:30 - Video: The Daleks' Master Plan 5, 10
12:30 - Lunch Break
1:30 - Video: The Moonbase 2,4
2:30 - Game: Who, Lose or Draw
3:30 - Video: Black Orchid 1-2
4:30 - We'll Explain Later!
5:30 - Video: Dimensions in Time 1-2
*All times are approximate*
SPECIAL SFSN PLEDGE DRIVE - November 12th, 2002
There will be a special pledge drive for SFSN on Iowa Public Television. This has been scheduled for Saturday, December 7th starting at approximately 10:00 pm. There will also be the opportunity to choose some programs for future SFSN shows and which Doctor's shows should be aired next. Go to IPTV for more details on programming. Several of us will be there to answer calls and hope that many of you will take the opportunity to keep the Doctor and SFSN going.
WEBSITE UPDATE - September 28th, 2002
Updated the IPTV schedule and added links to the survey and pledge page
for IPTV.
KEEP DOCTOR WHO ON IPTV - September 28th, 2002
There is a survey on the IPTV website and thought I'd put in a vote for the good Doctor. I figure it never hurts to remind them that we are here and just how many of us there are. If you're trying to think of a good website to tell them about on the survey I happen to know of one at: http://www.angelfire.com/ia/UNIT/. While you're there feel free to take a click on the EPLEDGE link there and drop them a few bucks marked for the Doctor. Doesn't have to be much but in these times every dollar helps. Give them a nudge by going to IPTV SURVEY
THE UNIT LENDING LIBRARY - September 1st, 2002
There are 16 new TARGET novelisations added to the UNIT Library. For
more info on how to check them out just click on the link on the upper
left hand side of this page.
EXILED IN IOWA 7: EVIL - September 1st, 2002
Exiled in Iowa 7: Evil will be held on Saturday, September 21st at the Cedar Rapids Public Library from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. We will be looking at the famous villians of Dr. Who with MythMaker documentaries on Roger Delgado, the first Master, and Michael Wisher, Davros in Genesis of the Daleks. We will also view some of the never broadcast in the US episodes of some of the stories that don't exist in their complete episodes anymore. We will also have door prizes, trivia games, trade & sale table, Ultimate Shiny Thing table and much more. Click on EXILED 7 for a look at our poster or contact Brigadier Bill for more details.