#1 (1975)     #2 (1975)     #3 (1976)     #4 (1976)     #5 (1977)    
#6 (1977)     #7 (1978)     #8 (1978)     #9 (1979)     #10 (1979)    
#11 (1980)     #12 (1980)     #13 (1981)     #14 (1982)     #15 (1983)    
Alnitah Omnibus #1 (1980)     Alnitah Omnibus #2 (1982)   

Alnitah #1 Ed.: Ann Looker, Orion Publications, Aylesbury, England, November 1975, 40p. Second printing March 1976.

"Incident in a City" (p. 3-6) / Beth Hallam

During "City on the Edge of Forever", tensions between Kirk and Spock are exacerbated when Spock accidentally spills some green blood.

* "Cold Snap" (p.7-22) / Margaret Draper

[reprinted in Alnitah Omnibus #1]

Kirk sends Spock, Scotty and Chekov to investigate a signal on an uninhabited and very cold planet. When McCoy finds out, he demands they bring Spock back because he is not up to the cold, still suffering from the effects of “Operation: Annihilate!” Communications have gone out, leaving Scott and Chekov to deal with Spock, frostbitten and hypothermic to the point of rambling - in a very cute touch - about “T’Puh” the sehlat (Pooh). By the time McCoy’s rescue party arrive, Spock has been rescued and sent into hibernation by the watcher from a party of Vulcan colonizers who hibernate through the planet’s decades of winter and wake to resume their lives in the spring. Rabbit illos frolic about.

Kryptic Krossword for Klingons (p.23) / Beth Hallam

* "Nameless Enemy" (p.24-29) / Ann Looker

[reprinted in Alnitah Omnibus #1]

Interesting and dramatic dilemma. Kirk, McCoy and Spock are escorting a young Romulan prisoner when the shuttlecraft is damaged and Kirk knocked unconscious. There is possibly enough air for three to survive until rescue, but definitely not for four. Spock decides to sacrifice the Romulan woman. An interesting bit here is that McCoy offers to do it so that Spock won’t have to; one reason Spock won’t let him is that the woman is about Joanna’s age.

"Paternity Order" (p. 30-37) / Beth Hallam

A crewwoman gives birth to a child with pointed ears, and the entire crew take a new attitude towards Spock.

Alnitah #2 Ed.: Ann Looker, Orion Publications, Aylesbury, England, November 1975, 44p. Second printing September 1976.

* "A Study in Star Trek" (p.3-18) / Margaret Draper

[reprinted in Alnitah Omnibus #1]

Star Trek / Sherlock Holmes / Dr. Who romp. Somebody (Moriarty, using a phone booth) has been going back in time to prevent humans from discovering dilithium. This necessitates Spock going to 19th century London where, naturally, he becomes Sherlock. Very nicely crafted, with several entertaining subplots going on behind the Sherlock story - ties over from “Cold Snap” in that throughout this story, Sulu keeps trying to hear the joke Chekov told to Spock (to keep him awake) about the little old lady from Leningrad and the 15 rabbits; also Scotty trying to court Carolyn Palamas, who is totally disinterested.

POEM: "Know Any Jokes? (p.19) / Helen Sneddon

[Reprinted from Fizzbin]

"A Kind of Caring" (p.20-30) / Helen McCarthy

Kirk, Spock and McCoy beam down to meet a planet's delegation, and become stranded with Kirk badly injured by a hapless former friend, now driven "godmad" after witnessing all of his companions butchered in a local ritual.

"A Spoonful of Sugar" (p. 31-43) / Beth Hallam

A yeoman afflicted with xenophobia is stranded with Spock in the aftermath of an earthquake, and resolves to overcome the problem.

Alnitah #3 Ed.: Ann Looker, Orion Publications, Aylesbury, England, 1976, 66p.

* "Festive Spirit" (p.4-11) / Margaret Draper

Chekov, determined to help Spock enjoy a Starbase Christmas party, spikes his lemonade with dramatic results. Uhura to the rescue of Vulcan dignity - and proper retribution.

POEM: "'Twas Hogmany on the Starship" (p.12) / Helen Sneddon

More Christmas mischief from the senior officers.

"Alien" (p.14-31) / Helen McCarthy

Spock is sucked through a space-time doorway into 20th-century Earth, where he is captured by Straker, heading a team trying to develop ways to protect Earth from extraterrestrial invasion.

"Captain Slog" (p.32) / Helen Sneddon

Vignette; Kirk bemoaning how sick and tired he is of... a number of things and people. Cute.

"Reconciled Among the Stars" (p.35-44) / Ann Looker

After "Paradise Syndrome," Kirk is unable to overcome his grief, leaving an already-exhausted Spock to do both their jobs. Spock's attempt to shock Kirk into accepting the reality that Miramanee could never have been a meet companion to the real Kirk puts an insurmountable rift between them. McCoy's hesitation to relieve them both of duty results in Spock blacking out at a crucial moment, causing the death of a crewman. Kirk calls an inquiry at which McCoy defends Spock and gets the two back together.

Kryptic Krossword for Klingons (p.45) / Beth Hallam

"The Nebulous Crab" (p.48-64) / Sheila Clark

Kirk, Spock and McCoy land on a planet where nothing mechanical works. Trapped by a rockslide, they are reconciled to dying together, but discover a previously technological civilzation dying from the loss of mechanical function. The cause turns out to be crab-like telepathic aliens who have settled in the neighborhood and set up a blocking field to protect their brains from sonic interference. They put the boys through an intelligence test; when they pass, the crabs depart for other territories. Pretty sentimental and not a very convincing plot.

"McCoy's Bad Day" (p.24)/ Gareth Looker

[reprinted in Alnitah Omnibus #1]

The editor's child's (unedited) tale of pteradactyls trying to eat McCoy.

Alnitah #4 Ed.: Ann Looker, Aylesbury, England, July 1976, 64p.

* "Open House" (p.3-15) / Helen Sneddon

[reprinted in Alnitah Omnibus #1]

Romp told from McCoy’s pov. He pushes for shore leave and they get it - on Vulcan - and also have to give a ship tour to a group of Vulcan children, one of whom wrangles with McCoy, creating a stink (literally) in the laboratory and also dropping hints of a prank Spock pulled as a child.. McCoy’s voice is excellent and the story quite funny.

"The Human Computer" (p.16-27) / Matthew Brown

Enterprise recovers and revives android Tarik, whom they find drifting in space. Tarik's quick actions save Spock from an observation pod accident, but when Spock learns that Tarik holds secret Klingon commands, he destroys the android. Standard adventure.

"Countdown" (p.31-34) / Robin Hill

A reluctant McCoy has been chosen as guinea pig for Spock and Kirk's tinkering attempts with a complicated electronic gizmo. Cute shaggy-dog short.

"Dilithium Crystals Are Forever" (p.36-37) / Robin Hill

Vignette: Kirk as 007.

"Teeth of the Lynx" (p.41-63) / Sheila Clark

Spock resigns after "killing" Kirk by ignoring his own foreknowledge of danger, and wanders off into the galaxy into a series of hellish lives, with Kirk's unintelligible voice pursuing him everywhere. A bit tedious; resolves as coma dreams from a head injury.

Alnitah #5 Ed.: Ann Looker, Aylesbury, England, January 1977, 50p.

"The Six-Million Credit Space Trek" (p.2-26) / Michael Eason

Well-drawn, pun-ridden comic-book tale of Romulans capturing the Tardis and Spock ending up as the Bionic Vulcan.

"A Friend Like That" (p.27-30) / Julia Felton

Kirk, grieving over the loss of Spock, permits a red-shirt to go after his partner, against orders. [sequel, from Norton's point of view, is "Flight of the Red Hawk" in Alnitah 10.]

"Border Incident" (p.31-38) / Margaret Draper

As they head home with the Romulan Commander aboard, Enterpriseinvestigates an attack on a space station. The landing party encounter a Romulan scoutship's crew; in escaping from them, Kirk is injured, then rescued from a monster rat by the leader, Var. Spock takes the ship away when attacked by the Romulan flagship, but maneuvers the scout into plowing right into it. He rescues Kirk and Vav, who turns out to be the Commander's son. Best bit in this one is the new-fangled Romulan universal translator that speaks in lines from bad movies.

"Menage a Trois" (p.41-48) / Matthew Brown

Starting into pon farr, Spock finds that he is drawn to Miranda ("Is There In Truth No Beauty"). Miranda and Kollos - after some reluctance on Miranda's part - agree to do what needs to be done to save Spock, but end up caught in each other's heads. McCoy solves the dilemma by having Spock look at Kollos, to shock him out of the meld.

Alnitah #6 Eds.: Margaret Austin, Joyce Deeming, Margaret Draper, Ann Looker; Windsor, England, June 1977, 44p.

"All in the Family" (p.2-11) / Beth Hallam

Kirk has been permanently removed from command due to injury. When Starfleet's policy of having captains of the same race as the majority of their crews effectively prevents Spock from captaining Enterprise or, indeed, any other ship, McCoy resigns in a huff and has to eat his words at Spock's request. The new captain, whom the bridge crew treat badly, turns command over to Spock in a crisis, risks himself to correct a radiation problem, and supports Spock's promotion to captain.

"The Great Shirt" (p.12-20) / Margaret Draper

Silly screen-play format spoof; devious Spockian plots involve expanding and contracting uniforms and aging/de-aging crew.

* "And Peace on the Haven, and Peace on the Sea" (p.24-29) / Helen McCarthy

Well-written and original. An artist, whose husband has died in the Fleet service, has been commissioned to create a statue of the spirit of Starfleet. In order to do so, she has been working on Vulcan. Interesting love/hate relationship of the artist and the sculpture; also good development of her own and McCoy's sense of something awry.

"Open Sesame" (p.30-42) / Ann Looker

Investigating a dead civilization with an operating computer control, the landing party and rescue party are trapped in the underground control center, Spock and an injured Uhura on one side of a forcefield, McCoy and an injured Kirk on the other. McCoy has to operate. Spock determines that he has been mentally attacked, undermining his determination to fight, and is able to overcome the reluctance by drawing on Kirk's will to fight and getting McCoy to curmudgeon him into going on.

"Totally Illogical" (p.43-44) / Sheila Clark

Star Trek is revealed to be young Spock's school-time daydream; the Vulcan hierarchy decide to take steps to remove all that violence from his mind.

Alnitah #7 Eds.: Margaret Austin, Joyce (Deeming) Cluett, Margaret Draper, Ann Looker. Orion Publications, Windsor, England, January 1978, 44p.

"The Soul Cicuit" (p.2-13) / Robin Hill

The Enterprise gets a new computer control circuit and begins a nasty campaign against Uhura in a fit of jealousy over Kirk.

"Ear To Ear" (p.14-17) / Caroline Nixon

Spock has a whimsical encounter with the elf Noddy - apparently a well-known toy or book character in Britain.

"In Check" (p.18-30) / Margaret Draper

Kirk, Spock, Uhura and McCoy are zapped away from shore leave and subjected to studies which end with Kirk forcing Spock into an emotional reaction to prevent their tormentors from killing him. On return to their own dimension, Spock is catatonic. A Vulcan healer rescues him, but the rift between Kirk and Spock is only healed after Kirk loses it on the bridge and Spock covers for him. Heavy on the angst, and both Kirk and Spock seem rather out of character. Nothing very novel in the old lab-rat premise.

"Whirr Click" (p.31-35) / Helen Sneddon

Romp. A bug in the computer system has it swapping answers to questions around, with amusing results -- including McCoy stumping Spock with a song about a "choochoo."

"No Other Love" (p.37-43) / Helen Sneddon

An aged Kirk, faced with slow death by increasing debility, persuades Spock and McCoy to assist him in going through the Guardian to return -- young again -- to Edith Keeler. They find that, this time, he has managed to save her as well as the future. Implausible on all counts, but sweet.

Alnitah #8 Eds.: Joyce (Deeming) Cluett, Margaret Draper, Ann Looker. [Margaret Austin reported "in a state of flux."] Orion Publications, Rowstock, Didcot, OXON England, August 1978, 46p.

* "Home Run" (p.4-14) / Margaret Draper

Spock and McCoy join forces to spring the Romulan Commander's son Var from custody on Starbase 10, enabling Kirk (whom Var managed to rescue though he lost his own crew) to keep his promise that Var would be exchanged without interrogation. But first they have to make sure Kirk himself can't be suspected of the jailbreak. Well-written adventure with nice characterization.

"Policeman's Lot" (p.15-17) / Caroline Nixon

Nice little vignette of an English policeman trying to convince his boss that he was immobilized and dis-uniformed by a pair of strangers materializing from nowhere.

 

POEM: "The Trouble With Quibbles" (p.19) / Helen Sneddon

Scott quarreling with Kirk over his reason for attacking the Klingons in "Tribbles." Accompanied by nice Gordon Carleton cartoon.

"The Axe" (p.20-23) / Anne Cockitt

Uhura is sold to a trapper on a primitive planet. Short tale of her adjusting to the life and the trapper and contemplating the decision that will be required if her communicator ever replies. She uses the axe both to defend herself from him and cut off his gangrenous leg.

 

 

"To Your Mind" (p.24-28) / Robin Hill

Visiting on Vulcan, Kirk is rather inexplicably approached by a Vulcan woman who mind-melds with him to show him how a Vulcan makes love, and wishes him to reciprocate by demonstrating the Terran style.

POEMS: "The New Voyagers" (p.28-29) / Margaret Draper

Short jingles on life and death in space. Interesting.

* "Leila" (p.30-46) / Meg Wright

The back-story of Spock's not-quite-romance with Leila Kalomi, just before Enterprise command is transferred from Pike to Kirk. Very well-written, and includes hints of how Leila ended up on the colony and why Kirk and Spock hit it off so well (Pike gives Kirk a vew tips). Leila rescues Spock from near-drowning, then gives him sailing lessons which eventually result in them being stranded on shore together long enough for her to fall in love -- which he logically rejects, but only after a few kissing lessons.

Alnitah #9 Eds.: Joyce (Deeming) Cluett, Margaret Draper, Ann Looker. Orion Publications, Rowstock, Didcot, OXON England, January 1979, 40p.

 

"A Few Curves" (p.3-16) / Johanna Cantor

Kirk and Spock meet up with the Taurean women from "The Lorelei Incident" (TAS) and find them desolate at the discovery that they are barren. Number One shows up with a solution - she is from a planet of women who reproduce technologically, having eliminated men because of their aggressive tendencies. They need caregivers for their infants. Kirk and Spock go along on the trip to see if the Taurean women will fit in, and Number One tutors the Taurean women on the evils of males and drives Kirk nuts with insults to his male ego all the way there. On arrival there is a disaster in the incubator, which proves to be a test of whether Kirk, as a representative Federation male, will respond in a humanitarian fashion despite being provoked to hostility. He passes, Number One's reclusive society agree to join the Federation, and all rejoice. Fun tale with good characterization.

 

"A Lasting Request" (p.17-20) / Mick (Michael) Eason

Short adventure story with a fine shaggy-dog denouement. McCoy desperately tries to contact Enterprise to rescue Spock from imminent death by firing squad, but Spock solves his own problem by serenading the executioners.

"Queen of the May" (p.21-29) / Helen Sneddon

Kirk and Spock try to convince a primitive village not to sacrifice their young maidens to the local volcano, only to discover that the villagers are quite right all along -- the volcano really does protect them from the Klingons and other outsiders, and requires the sacrifice. A nice twist on the arrogance of Starfleet's finest.

 

 

"Island" (p.30-32) / Susan Meek

Pretty standard little vignette of Kirk and Spock sharing a heart-to-heart after Gary's death.

"Of Things To Come" (p.33-36) / Tina Pole

Christmas is only a few days away, and Spock drives himself to distraction in dread of it. Cute.

* FILK: "Federation Wassail Song" (p.36) / Roberta Rogow

Roberta's typical clever send-up.

* "Auld Lang Syne" (p.37-40) / Margaret Draper

Romp. Sulu stumbles on a dragon - leading Spock to relate his childhood encounter with said dragon, on Berengaria, to Kirk. Clever and good fun.

Alnitah #10 Eds.: Joyce (Deeming) Cluett, Margaret Draper, Ann Looker. Orion Publications, Rowstock, Didcot, OXON England, March 1979, 40p.

 

* "Expose" (p.2-5) / Leslye Likler

Young Spock, traveling with his mother, experiments with practical jokes; Amanda retaliates with a human form of discipline as recommended by Mark Twain. Leslye's usual charming rendition of the mischievous Vulcan child.

 

"A Cup of Cold Water" (p.6-26) / Margaret Draper

After a shuttle wreck, Spock is rescued and carried off by felinoid herdsmen and ends up breaking the non-interference directive in encouraging cooperation between the herdsmen and the budding farming culture.

"Flight of the Red Hawk" (p.27-31) / Julia Felton

Lt. Norton goes after his partner and finds himself fulfilling a Native American-like prophecy and restoring a mechanism that maintains the planet's ecological balance. . [retelling of "A Friend Like That" in Alnitah 5, from Norton's point of view]

"Autumn Is the Dying Time" (p.32) / Karen Maund

Non-Trek. Pensive piece on a lost relationship..

* "Operation Goldilocks" (p.33-40) / Helen Sneddon

Entertaining little tale of Spock calling Kirk and McCoy in to assist him in rescuing a wild female sehlat stuck in a ravine. Things get sticky when they find Baby Bear, badly injured, and need to convince the male that they mean no harm..

 

 

POEM: "Fallen Star" (cover) / Margaret Draper

Poem for illo of astronaut with cracked face helmet and curious aliens checking him out.

Alnitah #11 Eds.: Joyce (Deeming) Cluett, Margaret Draper, Ann Looker. Orion Publications, Rowstock, Didcot, OXON England, July 1980, 42p.

 

"First Year" (p.4-14) / Jackie Stone

Young Spock deals with homesickness and culture shock during his first year at Starfleet Academy.

 

"If Only I Were the Daughter (of the High Ambassador of a Desirable Shore Leave Planet...)" (p.15-17) / Teresa Hewitt

The spoiled title character abducts Kirk for a little silly bondage entertainment.

* "The Moon Was Yellow" (p.18-21) / Helen Sneddon

Chilling tale of why Vulcan has no moon... not anymore.

"No Credit, All Credit" (p.23-28) / Tina Pole

Fun farce of Spock's trials and tribulations as the rest of the bridge crew go slowly stir-crazy when they are denied leave on - but have to stay in orbit around - Wrigley's Pleasure Planet.

"Reflections on Damocles" (p.29-42) / Valerie Mackney

WhileiInspecting a planet devoted to Federation military and espionage technology, Kirk lands in a Mirror universe in which Spock is female, devoted to him, and gruesomely sadistic. Interesting take on the premise, and Kirk's reactions of mixed love and horror are well-drawn.

 

 

* POEM: "One Star Too Many" (cover) / Helen Sneddon

With illo. An astronomer's discovery of a nova in counterpoint to the destruction of that far world.

Alnitah #12 Eds.: Joyce (Deeming) Cluett, Margaret Draper, Ann Looker. Orion Publications, Rowstock, Didcot, OXON England, December 1980, 42p.

 

"The Things I Do for the Federation" (p.4-14) / Audrey Baker

Romp. Kirk must convince a minstrel woman - with a companion Arcturian wolf - to substitute for a look-alike in a betrothal ceremony, and then extricate her from the groom's clutches.

 

"Ka-Ree-Ah" (p.15-22) / Sue Bursztynski & Jan McDonnell

Interesting take on the aftermath of "Amok Time." Stonn reclaims his honor by following ancient law to the letter, Challenging T'Pring's brother and forcing Vulcan to re-examine the absurdity of death challenge in Kal-i-fee. Nice touch is T'Pring ending up the consort of a legend, after all.

POEM: "Circles" (p.22) / Susan Meek

McCoy muses on his and Spock's entrapment within their antagonistic parts.

"Double Or Quits" (p.23-40) / Margaret Draper

["Var" series, sequel to "Border Incident," Alnitah 5, and "Home Run," Alnitah 8]
Var witnesses Spock selling Federation secrets to the Klingons - actually, Spock's capture by a privateer captain who sells him to the Romulans. Kirk and McCoy piece together what has happened, and Kirk, disguised as a Klingon, goes off to the rescue with Var. Spock is briefly reunited with the Commander, about to be exiled for returning alive from Federation capture. As the Enterprise men escape, she makes good on her refusal to be a pawn by blowing up the pursuit ship on which she is a captive. Excellent characterizations.

"A Man Will Tell His Bartender" (p.41-42) / Meg Wright

Told from the bartender's pov. Kirk, Spock and McCoy gather at a local watering hole for a round of farewell drinks when Spock is promoted to Captain of the Lincoln. As the trio - yes, including Spock - become ever more inebriated, Spock reveals to his friends that he has declined the post. A charmer.

 

 

 

Alnitah #15 Eds.: Joyce (Deeming) Cluett, Margaret Draper, Ann Looker, Beth Hallam. Rowstock, Didcot, OXON England, August 1983, 47p.

 

 

"Finnegan's Wake" (p.4-14) / Helen Sneddon

Romp. Finnegan plays a last trick on Kirk, without realizing that he has played into the hands of Klingon raiders. Taken captive, Kirk uses one of Finnegan's old tricks to escape - which involves Uhura doing a ping-pong dance and having a celebratory drink with Spock.

 

"A Word of Four Letters" (p.15-29) / Glen David

Koloth throws a kink in a delicate diplomatic mission in the sensor-fouling Murasaki area. Escape necessitates separating the drive (Adam) and saucer (Eve) sections. Kirk paints a Klingon obscenity on the hull in order to determine whether the Klingons can see them, and it turns out to be miraculously a holy word of the culture Fox is contacting.

"The Ultimate Nightmare" (p.30-33) / Tina Pole

Kirk's annoyance at McCoy mother-henning him leads to a nightmare in which McCoy really is a mother hen, with a nest full of bridge-crew chicks. Bizarre but funny..

* "When in Rome" (p.34-42) / Helen Sneddon

Spock is bitten by a plant whose psychotropic properties McCoy is investigating, and is mentally propelled into Vulcan's racial memory and life as a tribal raider while McCoy tries to come up with a chemical concoction to jolt his healing center back into action. Spock kills, eats meat... and is about to take the woman he has abducted when McCoy gets through. Spock quite logically decides to hold him off for a time. Clever premise for getting Spock into pre-reform times.

POEM: "Turn Around" (p.42) / Helen Sneddon

Someone (presumably McCoy) laments Christine's infatuation with the Vulcan she can't have instead of the human she can.

"More Than a Touch of the Blarney" (p.43-47) / Cilla Futcher

Romp. Kirk and McCoy connive to make Spock kiss the Blarney stone, and regret it when Spock develops an exhausting gift for gab.

 

Alnitah Omnibus #1 Eds.: Margaret Draper, Joyce Cluett & Ann Looker, England, March 1980, 42p. Reprints from Alnitah 1-4. Rabbit cartoons romp all over this zine.

* "Open House" (p.4-13) / Helen Sneddon

[reprinted from Alnitah 4]

* "Cold Snap" (p.14-24) / Margaret Draper

[reprinted from Alnitah 1]

"McCoy's Bad Day" (p.24)/ Gareth Looker

[reprinted from Alnitah 3]

* "A Study in Star Trek" (p.25-36) / Margaret Draper

[reprinted from Alnitah 2]

* "Nameless Enemy" (p.37-41) / Ann Looker

[reprinted from Alnitah 1]