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Hunt for creators of Doctor Who Pinball

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Jamie Lenman

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Having taken delivery of my fantastic Doctor Who machine a couple of weeks ago (with thanks to gopinball for setting it up for me) I've become intrigued by the thing and am toying with the idea of writing an article about it for Doctor Who Magazine. I don't suppose anyone knows where/how I might go about contacting some of the people who worked on it, such as artist Linda Deal, for instance? I did a little research and discovered that one of the designers has sadly died. Any info that anyone may have would be gratefully received.
 
We have prototype 2 and also the test cabinet artwork. Obviously the main designer Barry passed recently.
Gary is the man to put you in touch with anyone else. Imagine Roger Sharp would know all about the licensing. Maybe confirm the rumours of the red drawf license that was allegedly turned down.
 
Sly McCoy is appearing at Texas Pinball Festival but sadly no Dr Who seminar. I heard Linda moved on from pinball after CV on some podcast about magic girl.

the best person to contact is likely Greg Freres at Stern Pinball (email is likely to be Greg.Freres@sternpinball.com) he was art director for WMS and Linda would have worked for him. He is now art director for Stern Pinball.

Neil.
 
Also Bill Pfutzenreuter who wrote the code you can contact via Linked In.

Neil.
 
Oh and look on ipdb.org for more names of folks who worked on the game.
 
There is a museum is in Allendale, very close to where I live. Whilst it is a Museum of classic Sci Fi, the most predominant part of it is Dr Who. Neil Cole who owns the place is well connected to a lot of the people who worked on Dr Who (the series, not the pinball) including those that did the props. Interesting to talk to him and he always welcomes a good chat about SciFi - his email is on his website. Maybe he knows who worked on the pinball - I never asked him but will do so next time I see him.

If you are a Dr Who / Sci Fi fan and ever in Hadrian's Wall country its well worth a visit. The museum is quite small, but absolutely packed with props. There are also lots of other events on in the Village - New Year celebrations are legendary (Allendale Tar Barrels); we love setting fire to stuff up here, And there is an annual folk festival in October if you are into that.

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Paul
 
oh - TPF have just announced today that there will be a Dr Who seminar!
 
Hello,

Something that may suit your article;

The u.k. distributor Deith Leisure raffled a new Dr. Who pinball at a trade show, at £5 a ticket as I recall. I attended this show, and was playing a Whitewater on Deith's stand. Looking at the Dr. Who to my right, I realised that Jon Pertwee, who was present (in costume) to make the draw, was playing it, accompanied by Deith Leisure execs.

And thanks to @Doggard linking those pages, I've learned that Pfutz programmed Seawitch, one of my favourite games.
 
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There is a museum is in Allendale, very close to where I live. Whilst it is a Museum of classic Sci Fi, the most predominant part of it is Dr Who. Neil Cole who owns the place is well connected to a lot of the people who worked on Dr Who (the series, not the pinball) including those that did the props. Interesting to talk to him and he always welcomes a good chat about SciFi - his email is on his website. Maybe he knows who worked on the pinball - I never asked him but will do so next time I see him.

If you are a Dr Who / Sci Fi fan and ever in Hadrian's Wall country its well worth a visit. The museum is quite small, but absolutely packed with props. There are also lots of other events on in the Village - New Year celebrations are legendary (Allendale Tar Barrels); we love setting fire to stuff up here, And there is an annual folk festival in October if you are into that.

HOME | Museumofclassicsf

www.museumofclassicsci-fi.com www.museumofclassicsci-fi.com
www.allenvalleysfolkfestival.co.uk

HOME | Avff

www.allenvalleysfolkfestival.co.uk www.allenvalleysfolkfestival.co.uk

Allendale Tar Bar'l | Visit Hexham

www.visithexham.net www.visithexham.net

Paul
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that is nearer me than I thought, for some reason I thought it was on the other side of Hexham. Ages since I've been on the Alston road which looks the better option than M6/A69 that I'd use if it was Hexham.
 
So last night in the TPF bar I had a long chat with Sylvestor McCoy - he was fantastic to talk to and me and another guy were telling him much about Dr Who the game of which he really knew very little but was amazed to know the game was well regarded. he was quite excited about being at the event. we talked about what made Dr Who (the TV show) great. He is quite an age now and walks with a cane but he was very Engaged in the conversation. He was amazed Brits traveled over for the event (Martin Ayub was with us at the bar also!) - a very nice and kind man and I’ll get a photo with him later.
 
Hello again everyone - I'm pleased to report that thanks to your support and encouragement, I have been able to contact many of the original makers of this game and am well on my way to a cracking article. At this stage, I would really like to speak to anyone who owns a cabinet which has been modified to include a colour display and moving dalek head - I think the fans' perspective should be a part of the story.

Also - could anyone tell me what TPF is? I did see some photographs of McCoy next to a machine recently - is that was this was? I'm slightly dismayed to discover that he doesn't remember it - he was next in line for my article!

Please let me know - ta!
 
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