Trooper Orac's Fantastic Plastic Army

Trooper Orac's Fantastic Plastic Army is a Blake's 7 fanzine, edited by Neil Faulkner and produced by Judith Proctor. Published in 2001, it runs to 134 pages and contains predominantly gen material, with one slash story. This zine is sometimes referred to as "tofpa."
Contributors are Andrew Williams, Ellynne Grant, Executrix, Firerose, Ika, Julia Stamford, Marian de Haan, Morrigan, Steve Rogerson and Tom Forsyth, with art by Andrew Williams, Firerose and Neil Faulkner.
Some of the content appeared previously on the Freedom City Mailing List or Space City Mailing List.
==About==
===From the Editorial Online===
===From the Editorial in the Print Zine===
==Contents==
 
* Editorial (ii)
* What Might Have Been by Firerose. (PWB, Avon/Blake). Back in the domes, Blake comes into contact with a curiously magnetic figure. (1)
* Physics 101 by Morrigan. (S2) For every action there is an equal reaction, as the Terra Nostra are determined to prove to Blake. Grim and gritty hurt/comfort. (9)
* Aunty Anna's Agony Casebook #1 (38)
* A Clever Plan by Marian de Haan. (S2) As one plan goes disastrously wrong, another one is hatched. Will it fare any better? Fast-paced lightweight action romp where everyone in the crew has their moment of glory (but especially Avon and Vila). (39)
* A Short Ride in A Fast Machine by Firerose. (PWB/AU) Five strangers on a train find themselves hurled into fleeting acquaintance. (61)
* Enter The Penguins by Marian de Haan. (S1/humour) Stranded on an icy planet, Avon and Vila encounter some unlikely saviours. (68)
* The Second by Morrigan. (S2, Avon/Blake). The planet Parrish has some rather antiquated customs, as Blake and Avon discover when they fall foul of local protocol. Something to do with pistols at dawn, apparently... (71)
* Aunty Anna's Agony Casebook #2 (80)
* Begin as You Mean to Go On, vignette by Executrix (81)
* With/Out Blake by Ika. (S3). Blake's name and fame reach far into the Federation's military machine. But is his reputation all it's made out to be? One Federation officer is about to learn the hard way. (82)
* Escape by Tom Forsyth. (S4) Avon is a prisoner of the Federation. Does he brood on the circumstances that led him to this predicament? Does he ponder over his continuing obsession with the long-absent Blake? Like hell he does! (103)
* Eavesdropper, vignette by Julia Stamford (112)
* Animal Nature by Andrew Williams. (S4) Justin is dead, Dayna is grieving, Avon is doing a bit of detective work ... with a horrific truth waiting to be discovered. (113)
* The One Shot by Morrigan. (PGP) In the aftermath of Gauda Prime, Blake interrogates Vila ... again. And when he finally gets the answers he wants, what will he do with Avon? (119)
* Twilight by Ellynne Grant. (PGP) As events on the far side of the galaxy hurtle to their inexorable conclusion, Cally has two regrets. That she survived Terminal, and that she didn't kill Avon when she had the chance. (125)
* With additional vignette stories by Executrix (Begin As You Mean To Go On), Julia Stamford (Eavesdropper) and Steve Rogerson (The End), art by Andrew Williams and Firerose, two excerpts from Aunty Anna's photo casebook, and a special guest appearance by Britney Spears. (126)
==Sample Interior==
 
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==Reactions and Reviews==
==References==
Category:Blake's 7 Gen Zines
Category:2001 Zines