The Curse of Fanfic! (anthology)
The Curse of Fanfic! was a charity anthology published on 2 August 2020[1] by Obverse Books in aid of Parkinson's UK. This anthology, containing a mix of primarily unofficial and unlicensed crossovers between cult television series, is notable for containing a single licensed crossover between Iris Wildthyme and The Sooty Show, albeit just on the former half.
The anthology was edited by Paul Castle, with contributions from Paul Magrs, Kara Dennison, Simon Bucher-Jones, John Peel, Iain McLaughlin, John Dorney, Jon Arnold, and more.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Have you ever made up your own little stories based on your favourite telly shows, or wondered what would happen if two or more of your most loved characters came together in one mash-up of an adventure?
Between these covers, you'll find such disparate unexpected bedfellows as Basil Brush and Larry Grayson, Steve Zodiac and The Alien Alien Facehuggers, Doomwatch and Tomorrow's World, Inspector Gadget and The Cybermen, and many, many more.
Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]
| # | Source | Featuring | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monkees and Beatles and Addamses, Oh My! | The Addams Family, the Monkees, the Beatles | Anna Maloney | |
| 2 | The Fox Files | Basil Brush, Larry Grayson, UNIT | Paul Magrs | |
| 3 | Flash Forward | Cutie Honey, Mazinger Z | Kara Dennison | |
| 4 | Tomorrow ('s World) the (Roland) Rat | Doomwatch, Danger Man | Simon Bucher-Jones | |
| 5 | Dashes & Dragons | Eerie Indiana | Niki Haringsma | |
| 6 | Alien Encounter | Fireball XL5, Xenomorphs | John Peel | |
| 7 | Moonbase: Goodies | The Goodies, Space: 1999 | Simon A. Forward | |
| 8 | 3am Eternal | Arthur Dent, Fenchurch | Paul Castle | |
| 9 | Gadget Goes to Launch | Inspector Gadget, Penny, Brain, Cybermen | Daniel Tessier | |
| 10 | A Creak-King Sound | Jonathan Creek, Jason King | Stephen Hatcher | |
| 11 | Knight and Hawke | Knight Rider, Airwolf | Kingsley Clennel-White | |
| 12 | The Times they are a-Chagin’ | Lost in Space | John S. Drew | |
| 13 | Match of the Omega Factor | Match of the Day, The Omega Factor | Iain McLaughlin | |
| 14 | Hey, Pyzanos! | The Nanny, Super Mario Bros | William J. Martin | |
| 15 | Only Fools and Houses | Del Boy Trotter (Only Fools and Horses), Alexis (Dynasty) | Christopher Samuel Stone | |
| 16 | No Strings Attached | The Persuaders! | John Dorney | |
| 17 | Man Alive | Red Dwarf | Elizabeth Evershed | |
| 18 | It's Raining Gin | Matthew Corbett, Sooty, Sweep, Soo (The Sooty Show) "Katy Manning" Iris, Panda |
Jon Arnold | Only source covered by this Wiki |
| 19 | A Matter of Time | Time Team, Sapphire and Steel | Jenny Shirt | |
| 20 | The Other 1980s | UFO | Adrian Sherlock | |
| 21 | Missing in Amsterdam | Van der Valk, Fifth Doctor, Nyssa, Tegan Jovanka | Sarah Groenewegen | |
| 22 | The Story of Worzel of Scatterbrook Farm and how he came to make the Golden Journey to Royston Vasey |
Worzel Gummidge, the League of Gentlemen | Dan Barratt | |
| 23 | Relight My Fire | Fox Mulder, Dana Scully (The X-Files), Rentaghost | Paul Driscoll | |
| 24 | Space | The Young Ones | Rachel Redhead | |
| 25 | The Night of the Cunning Fox | Zorro, The Wild Wild West | James Bojaciuk and Nicole Petit |
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
Official The Curse of Fanfic page at Obverse Books
