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The actor Scott Fredericks has died. Scott was best known to Doctor Who fans as 'Boaz' in 'Day of the Daleks' and 'Max Stael' in 'Image of the Fendahl'. He also played the strategist 'Carnell' in the Blakes 7 episode 'Weapon' written by Chris Boucher, a role he later reprised in the audio series 'Kaldor City' - a DW/B7 cross over.

With the return of the The Tenth Planet, at Christmas getting ever closer, we have been through our archive and found something from 2001, the year of DWAS's 25th Anniversary. The magazine in May of that year was a cyberman-themed special and we have chosen a number of articles along with a piece of fiction to go into this free download.

They're a comin'

Our 2017 Christmas Cards, sold to support MS Research, are now available at our eBay Shop: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/dwas_auction

A limited run of 50 copies of CM IV have been produce din print format. They are sold at our eBay site in support of the NSPCC
http://r.ebay.com/1iswD9

To get this week off a good start, we are pleased to make available as a free download, a DWAS publication from 1979. 'Amazing Journeys' was the third special publication from the DWAS Reference Department run then by Jeremy Bentham. It followed the 'Dalek Cyberman Autumn Extra' and 'The Companion Volume'.

Following recent events, we have taken the decision to withdraw some parts of Celestial Toyroom issue 475. This means that some of the magazine has had to be reprinted with new content. Hopefully it will still arrive with members before the end of the month.

With effect from 18th October 2017 we regret that John Davies is no longer connected with the Society. Recent news reports concerning John's conviction for a serious offence came as a complete shock to us all and doubtless to many other people who have worked with him on CT and other publications.

BBC Worldwide are to release Shada as a complete story for the first time ever. Tom Baker returns as the Fourth Doctor in a previously unbroadcast story, combining original live-action footage with hand-drawn animation. To be released on DVD, Bluray and digital download.