Spectator

Spectator or The Spectator may refer to:

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Spectator (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the spectator is a type of aberration related to the beholder.

Publication history

The spectator first appeared in the adventure module The Secret of Bone Hill (1981), and then appeared in the original first edition Monster Manual II (1983). The spectator was further detailed, along with the searechter (marine spectator) in Dragon #139 (November 1988).

The spectator appeared in second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons for the Forgotten Realms setting under the "beholder-kin" entry in Monstrous Compendium Volume Three: Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989), and reprinted under the "beholder" entry in the Monstrous Manual (1993). The spectator also appeared in I, Tyrant (1996).

The spectator appeared in third edition for the Forgotten Realms under the "beholderkin" entry in Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn (2001). The spectator also appeared under the "beholderkin" entry in Lords of Madness (2005).

Description

The Spectator

The Spectator is a weekly British conservative magazine. It was first published on 6 July 1828, making it the oldest continuously published magazine in the English language. It is currently owned by David and Frederick Barclay who also own The Daily Telegraph newspaper, via Press Holdings. Its principal subject areas are politics and culture. Its editorial outlook is generally supportive of the Conservative Party, although regular contributors include some outside that fold, such as Frank Field, Rod Liddle and Martin Bright. The magazine also contains arts pages on books, music, opera, and film and TV reviews. In late 2008, Spectator Australia was launched. This offers 12 pages of "Unique Australian Content" (including a separate editorial page) in addition to the full UK contents. The magazine had an ABC circulation figure of 54,070 in 2013, 6,722 of which were unpaid-for copies. This was down from a peak of 76,952 in 2008.

Editorship of The Spectator has often been a step on the ladder to high office in the Conservative Party in the UK – past editors include Iain Macleod, Ian Gilmour and Nigel Lawson, all of whom became cabinet members – or a springboard for a greater role in public affairs, as with Boris Johnson (1999–2005), the Conservative Mayor of London.