A Doddering Report
A Doddering Report is a 10-page one-shot fanzine (for some values of the term) produced by Alan Dodd in the UK. It consists of two undated day-by-day accounts of holidays in Europe, the first in 1963 and the second possibly 1964.
The first, running to seven pages plus last blank verso, covers 14 days in early summer 1963 given references to 'posters advertis[ing] "La vie scandaleuse de Christine Keeler"'[1] and the King of Morocco's visit to Paris.[2] Dodd was on a coach tour taking in Belgium, France, Switzerland and Monaco. There is little overt fannish content beyond a mention of Pierre Versins in Lausanne – Dodd did not contact him as 'we are only stopping a scant half hour so there is no time' – and reading a couple of Robert Bloch books.
The second has only two unnumbered, slightly denser pages and likely dates from 1964 or later, given it comes after the 1963 segment; the only traceable fact is the German broadcast of the TV show Danger Man. (Originally shown in the UK 1960–2, 1964–6 and two last episodes 1968; however, details on the German version are not readily available.) This covers '8 days in 8 countries' (Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Luxembourg and France), again with no overt fannish content.
It is debatable whether this is a fanzine as it lacks some of the obvious trappings such as a contact address and a date. The second report doesn't even have Dodd's name on it. The two may have been distributed separately and stapled together only later. They may also not have been intended for wide fannish circulation.
- A Doddering Report at fanac.org (origin/scanner not given)
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- ↑ Danish-produced film, banned in Britain: see wikipedia:The Keeler Affair
- ↑ Around July 1st, see for example https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/official-visit-of-the-king-hassan-ii-of-morocco-to-paris-news-photo/166493721
| Publication | 1963—1964 |
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