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 in (probably) 1964.
The first, running to seven pages and one blank, covers 14 days and almost certainly dates from summer 1963 given references to 'posters advertis[ing] "La vie scandaleuse de Christine Keeler"'[1] and the King of Morroco's visit to Paris. Dodd was seemingly on a coach tour taking in Belgium, France, Switzerland and Monaco. There is little overt fannish content beyond a mention of Pierre Versin in Lausanne – Dodd did not attempt to make contact as 'we are only stopping a scant half hour so there is no time' – and him reading a couple of Robert Bloch books.
The second has only two pages and likely dates from no earlier than 1964, given it comes after the 1963 segment and includes a reference to the TV show Danger Man. This covers eight days and takes in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Luxembourg and France, again with no overt fannish content.
It is unclear whether it 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 documents may have been circulated separately and later stapled together. It may also not have been intended for wide fannish circulation.
- A Doddering Report online at fanac.org.
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- ↑ Christine Keeler at Wikipedia.org.
| Publication | 1963—1964 |
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