Who are you?
T
he Royal National
Institute of Blind
People (RNIB) is the
IN OUR
latest addition to the
Rotary Library of Approved
Charities, their position having
OCTOBER
been agreed at the last General
Council meeting of the year
2008–09 at Alcester.
ISSUE
One of the projects in the
Past RI Director Gordon
pipeline is of special interest to
Dr Who fans world–wide, and
McInally visits Rwanda. What's
to those concerned with the fight
the big Rotary event coming
against Polio. Using their latest
up at Old Trafford? Is our
technology, RNIB will be the only
source for an audio copy of the ‘Lost
marketing campaign working?
Dr Who’ episode ‘The Ultimate Evil’ by
We hear about international
IPDG Wally K Daly.
climate change. Plus the latest
Wally will, as well as recording the 144 page
novel for the charity, be contributing any royalty
news from Alcester.
payments that are due to him from the sale or hire
of the recording, to the Polio Plus Campaign via
DIARYDATES
Foundation, until such a time that it is confirmed that
(All meetings are at the Secretariat in
Polio has finally been eradicated world wide.
Alcester, unless otherwise stated, RIBI
The famous Lost Doctor Whos are the three
committee meetings are in blue, events
episodes, out of the 753 made and broadcast, that
are in red, all others are in black)
were commissioned, written, paid for, and about to
go into production for BBC television in 1985, when
August
Michael Grade then Controller of BBC Television
11th Executive
decided that he had had enough of the Doctor, and
23rd/24th General Council
announced he was ending the series forthwith.
25th Strategic Planning
Fans of the series and of the then current Doctor
Who Colin Baker were incensed. They mounted a
September
vociferous campaign to get Michael Grade’s decision
5th/6th DTC Seminar
rescinded and reversed. They failed. Dr Who was to
7th Finance
be no more. 11th-13th DGE
In 1989 the publishers W H Allen decided to Seminar 2010-11
approach the writers and to see if they would be (Stratford Manor)
happy to adapt their individual TV episodes as books. 25th-27th Link Weekend
All agreed, the books were written, published, and D1070
are now collector's items. The other two books will be October
made available soon on commercial audio cassette to
1st Executive
the general public.
7th Vocational Seminar
The final unrecorded Lost Doctor Who, ‘The
15th Audit
Ultimate Evil’ by IPDG Wally K Daly, will only be
20th Membership
available from RNIB, and the author's royalty portion
21st Projects
of the hire fee will, as already stated, be going to
27th The Rotary Foundation
Rotary's Polio Campaign via the Rotary Foundation.
28th Marketing, PR &
Communications
31st Peace Scholars (Bradford)
58 ROTARY TODAY AUGUST 2009
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