Here is a section from the Whovian discussion page Harlan Ellison is definately a fan Here I quote him the highly critical science fictioneer Whilst on the lecture platform of the World Science Fiction Convention in 1979 Star Wars is adolescent nonsense Close Encounters is obscurantist drivel Star Trek can turn your brains to puree of bat guano and the greatest science fiction series of all time is Doctor Who And I ll take you all on one by one or all in a bunch to back it up DrWho42 Yes Ellison also wrote the introduction to Pinnacle s US imprints of the Target novelisations so he should definitely join the list Martpol Indeed That s whereto I got my quote Anyways he admits to hating television and alot of its science fiction save for this fine exception in the space time wash DrWho42 Hasn t be subsequently claimed not to have actually written that introduction Angmering 17 56 24 April 2006 UTC