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[[Image:PigPaper9.jpg|200px|thumb|right |PigPaper]]
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[[Image:11764_600_copy.jpg|thumb|right|TARDIS #8]]
  
'''''The Pig Paper''''' was Canada’s very first self-published music [[fanzine]], one of the pioneering, and longest-lasting examples of that country’s vibrant small press pedigree.
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'''TARDIS''' was a fanzine published in London, UK, devoted to the television series ''Dr. Who''.
  
Beginning life in the early Seventies as record-hunting correspondence between founder/publisher Gary Pig Gold and his oldest friend, Doug “Rock Serling” Pelton, the first ''Pig Paper'' to be made available to the public was a mock-concert program sold during a 1975 appearance by The Who in Toronto.  
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First published in Spring 1975 by Andrew Johnson, the first issue of TARDIS  featured a tribute to William Hartnell, an interview with Terry Nation and an article on ''The Six Million Dollar Man''. ... Contributors of art work included Stuart Glazebrook, among others. Contributors of photographs included Stephen Payne, and Jan Vincent-Rudzki, among others. Contributors of writing included Jeremy Betham, Gordon Blowes, Geraint Jones, Jeanette Napier, Jan Vincent-Rudzki, and Martin Wiggins, among others.  
  
Two years later, ''The Pig Paper'' was covering Canada’s nascent [[punk]] rock scene, publishing some of the first-ever in-depth articles on such bands as Teenage Head, The Viletones, and Simply Saucer as well as early reviews and interviews with The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Talking Heads and many others. Each issue also contained material on vintage acts such as The Beach Boys and Elvis Presley, as well as offering performers such as Half Japanese and Jandek many of their initial appearances in print. '''[[Pig_Paper|Read More...]]'''
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With issue 7 from May 1976, TARDIS became the fanzine for the Dr. Who Appreciation Society. [[TARDIS|Read More...]]'''
  
 
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TARDIS #8

TARDIS was a fanzine published in London, UK, devoted to the television series Dr. Who.

First published in Spring 1975 by Andrew Johnson, the first issue of TARDIS featured a tribute to William Hartnell, an interview with Terry Nation and an article on The Six Million Dollar Man. ... Contributors of art work included Stuart Glazebrook, among others. Contributors of photographs included Stephen Payne, and Jan Vincent-Rudzki, among others. Contributors of writing included Jeremy Betham, Gordon Blowes, Geraint Jones, Jeanette Napier, Jan Vincent-Rudzki, and Martin Wiggins, among others.

With issue 7 from May 1976, TARDIS became the fanzine for the Dr. Who Appreciation Society. Read More...

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