The Federation presents
THE REIGN OF TURNER

AVAILABLE NOW!
See ordering information below

A fictional behind-the-scenes account
of the years of DOCTOR WHO
under the guidance of producer J. Turner.

NINE YEARS in the making, this film is
The Federation's most ambitious parody yet...

REVIEWS:

Review by Scott Woodard
Review by Keith Bradbury
Review by Selina T. Lock

MORE REVIEWS NEEDED!

Click on the image for full cover See the entry in the
Internet Movie Database
See what's happening with our latest movie "Realitywarp" currently in post-production


THE FEDERATION, masters of the art of DOCTOR WHO parody videos, began work on the ambitious THE REIGN OF TURNER way back in 1987. Principal photography was completed in 1989. Conceived as a serial in three 30-minute parts, the final running time was over two hours. The three-part version has been shown at several conventions, including Visions.

The makers of the film let the project rest for a while, retaining a desire to re-edit a movie format version with a running time of just over an hour. Well, the planets aligned in just the right way in December 1995, and we started re-editing from the 18 hours of footage. After completion, the movie had its premiere extravanganza at November's Visions 96 convention in Chicago. The movie had three showings, each attended by 8 to 10 people. The first showing was good, keeping the viewers laughing, and the third showing was a wild success with constant, exuberant laughter and one gentleman who kept falling off his chair because he was laughing so hard.

The movie was also shown recently at the Gallifrey One convention in California thanks to Scott Woodard. Scott has written a review of the movie available here. He initially didn't want to show parody videos in the fan room, but had to fill the time somehow. To encapsulate the review for you, he had quite an overwhelmingly positive reaction to the movie once he saw it!

Some of you remember The Federation's video magazine, the Video'Zine, and the two hours of fan video productions each issue contained. We put out 9 issues of the Video'Zine, and they were unavailable for some time but are now available again.

THE REIGN OF TURNER is now available for ordering!

NTSC format only at this time (PAL coming soon). VHS or Beta (please specify if you want Beta).
Send a check, money order, or cash-at-your-own-risk.

THE REIGN OF TURNER

The asking price for a copy is $15 - that includes the 83-minute "Director's Cut" version of the movie in a heavy duty plastic library case with full color cover (as you see above). We're trying to raise money for an ongoing series of fan video productions (one a year) and of course to cover the expense for our current production Realitywarp so we encourage additional donations. To date, production cost for "Realitywarp" is at around $1,000 and will be closer to $2,000 by the time we've finished.

PLEASE NOTE: This movie contains one use of the "F" word.

Send your order (checks payable) to:
Steve Hill
3806 N Claremont Ave #2
Chicago IL 60618

I currently have copies prepared and ready to ship; please allow a few days. You can always contact me by email if you want to know the status of your order. My email address is just below, or you can use the link above ("...must choose above, between, below!")

WE NEED REVIEWS

One more thing: I'd GREATLY appreciate reviews (good and bad), either emailed to me or posted to rec.arts.drwho or drwho-l or allenrd mailing list,
and submit your rating to the Internet Movie Database, too. Cheers!


CURRENTLY IN PRODUCTION: The Federation's FIRST "serious" fan video. Remember, we've never "played by the rules" and we're certainly not this time. Realitywarp is set for its premiere on Sunday 29 November 1998 at HME/Visions'98. The story is a twilight-zoney, pleasantvillish yarn in which the time/space vortex is flexed enough to allow actors Nicola Bryant and Colin Baker to come to the rescue of a trapped Doctor and Peri. To check out the production diary and more information about Realitywarp go to the Realitywarp site. Or you can check out the entry in the Internet Movie Database.


Reign of Turner stills

These screen captures were done for a black-and-white advertising flyer for the movie.
They are not designed to be clickable thumbnails, but some screen captures and possibly
motion video files will be added here soon. The production stills seen below ARE clickable.


Email questions to: Steve Hill or to Jennifer Kelley

Visit the unofficial FEDERATION web site (NEW)
Visit the FEDERATION web site
Visit the Unofficial Visions web site
Visit the Official Visions web site
Visit the Doctor Who Image Archive
Visit the Unofficial Federation History
Visit the Federation VIDEO'ZINE Catalog *NOW AVAILABLE 20 AUG 97*


Click on the thumbnail to view the pictures - parodies of famous publicity stills!
MORE PRODUCTION STILLS COMING SOON


To see the Federation's holiday snap (77K JPEG), click on the thumbnail below

Federation Holiday Snap


© 1996,1998 Steven W Hill and The Federation. The Federation is a not-for-profit organization. And we actually sort of like Turner, so there.