{"id":11176,"date":"2024-02-01T06:34:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T05:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/?p=11176"},"modified":"2024-02-01T06:34:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T05:34:34","slug":"paul-williams-drakes-7-cartoon-1980","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/paul-williams-drakes-7-cartoon-1980\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Williams-Drake&#8217;s 7 Cartoon: 1980"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2023\/11\/Drakes-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2148\" height=\"948\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11181\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/videoarchive\/files\/2023\/11\/Drakes-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Starting on 26 January 1979 in edition 506 of Felix the student newspaper, was Drake&#8217;s 7. The cartoon strip was the creation of Physics student Paul Williams. The first part in the Drake&#8217;s 7 story is seen above. He won a competition for his efforts and also had the entire story reprinted in a stand-alone book available for 30p from the Felix office. He also created materials for the Phoenix magazine at Imperial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Following his success in the competition he came into the TV Studio and chatted to STOIC&#8217;s Paul Johnson.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SRLDQSDFtYA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colin Grimshaw February 2024<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drake&#8217;s 7 became a popular cartoon created by Physics student Paul Williams. 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