As this issue of STVR was going to press, we were all shocked by the sudden death of Martin Woodward on October 27, 2006. As you can see from the Editorial in this issue written by Lee White, a new Chief Editor had been named on the announcement of the retirement of both Martin Woodward and Lee White as Editors of STVR; that new Chief Editor is Jeff Offutt. Martin was planning to write an Editorial for the next issue, 17(1), of STVR to explain his resignation as Editor, and to share other thoughts on his experiences as Chief Editor of the Journal. Since Martin will not have that opportunity, several of us would like to offer a tribute to Martin and to share some of our experiences with him over the last 13 years.