Category Archives: ZEUS PLUG

Zeus Plug flashback: issue one

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Peter A

To mark November being Tennant month, here’s a return to Zeus Plug‘s debut, and a Tenth Doctor focus straight outta The Christmas Invasion. Oh, we were all so optimistic back then, weren’t we? Feel that youthful hope… X the Unknown … Continue reading →

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Zeus Plug retrospective: The Disappearing Doctor

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Peter A

In anticipation of the next ‘Eras’ feature, we present a reprint of the feature article of ‘Zeus Plug’ issue 7, ‘The Disappearing Doctor’, first published mid-2006…    In November this year the Eighth Doctor will embark on a new series … Continue reading →

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Something for the Dads

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Peter A

There was a time in Doctor Who when companions came in two general ages: young to middle-aged adults and adolescents. The young adults were homogenous, defined by their jobs (teacher, scientist, astronaut), while the adolescents were variations on the motif … Continue reading →

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A History of Violence

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Peter A

To mark the triumphant return of the Season 22 classic Venegance on Varos as a special edition DVD (due some time in 2012), we present the feature article from Zeus Plug issue 3. The earliest association between the Doctor and … Continue reading →

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Our Raisins D’etre

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Peter A

  We’re through the looking glass now, people, and into the first issue of Zeus Plug number one! First up, here’s Jono’s welcome to new readers with a bit of a restatement of our agenda, and the editorial, which I was … Continue reading →

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Zeus Plug 1

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Peter A

Al Has It Covered And so to the front cover of Zeus Plug one. Here’s Al: It seemed Peter had been suggesting the idea of a zine composed of a single sheet of paper, folded in on itself with complexity … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for the Limelight

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Peter A

A Design for Living We put a fair amount of time into considering a roll-out of the new zine. Having come up with the name (I’d wanted to call a zine Zeus Plug for years and it was pretty much … Continue reading →

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Getting Ready for the Limelight

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Peter A

Part Three: We Folded Before We Even Began The problem with inviting a swag of people on board for a new fanzine is that unless you have some hard rules, at early stages things can sometimes stray into the ‘design by … Continue reading →

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The Oranges of Zeus Plug

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Peter A

Part Two: The Pitch In our continuing look back on the life of our yearling predecessor, here’s Jono’s emailed pitch (dated 20 February 2006) to fan creators outlining what form Zeus Plug would likely take. For the most part the … Continue reading →

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The Oranges of Zeus Plug

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Peter A

Being a retrospective of Zeus Blog’s precursor, the 2006 pubzine Zeus Plug. Part One: An Immaculate Conception Zeus Plug was born the hotel bar at the City Life hotel, with the first proper ideas being thrown around at the Vulcan cafe on … Continue reading →

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