When TSV's editors became overwhelmed with the influx of fan fiction in 1990,
Paul Scoones devised Timestreams, a companion publication to TSV that
would only feature fiction. The first issue was included in readers' TSV
subscriptions to plug the long gap between TSV 19 and 20, but subsequent
issues were only available to purchase via mail-order. Paul Scoones edited
the first two issues and Chris Mander edited issues 3 and 4. Declining sales
of Timestreams and a lack of fiction contributions were responsible
for the three-year delay between issues 4 and 5. The fifth (and to date last)
issue was edited by Felicity Fletcher and Matthew Dentith.