Watching Doctor Who

Sorry that this bit has taken so long, but I’ve been a bit busy with the changing of my job. Anyway, the picture at the top of this post was not taken by me. You can tell this, because the image isn’t blurry. You can easily tell that it is a picture of Erik and Colin Baker. Thanks for letting me use the pic, Erik! Well, on the third day of the Convention, we didn’t arrive until after lunch, so I missed out on Steven Moffat’s autograph session (pout). When we arrived, we went straight for the Dealer’s Room where I purchased a Valentine’s Day gift for my husband. Yes, I got him the TARDIS playset. (It moves and makes the proper noises. He’s put it together already, and he loves it.) I picked up a few other odds and ends, and completely ran out of money. Once we were done, Erik kindly took my new copy of Doctor Who: The Inside Story into the second autograph session where he got the picture with Colin Baker and had Gary Russell (the author of my book) sign it for me. During this time, Erik’s Dad and I sat in on some of the Charity Auction. Ah, yes, the Charity Auction. Please recall what I said about having run out of money, so that you can feel my pain when I tell you that Steven Moffat’s autograph went for $5. Argh! Well…*sniffle* maybe he’ll be back next year. A little after I didn’t get Steven Moffat’s autograph the second time, I got into the last autograph line of the day. That line was in fact the only reason that I was still at the Convention, as I still had a seven hour drive ahead of me. If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will understand when I tell you that Paul Cornell was signing autographs at that time (along with his wife, who is currently working on a graduate degree in Theology at Oxford. Sigh. I always wanted to go to Oxford. She has also co-written some things with Paul.) I got several more autographs on my program cover, and I actually got to talk to Mr. Cornell for a few seconds. I told him that Father’s Day was my favorite episode from series one, and that I enjoyed his discussion of canonicity on his blog. He told me that the canonicity post had spread across the web, and he had started to feel that he’d come along holding a sign saying “don’t do this” into a room of people who hadn’t thought to do that until they saw the sign. Poor guy. Oh, and Peter Anghelides was wearing another cool t-shirt with a picture of the TARDIS at the bottom, and “Da-da-da-dum…” above it. The words to the theme song, you know. And then, sadly, it was the end. We ran off to have dinner, and I got home at about one a.m. I had a great time, and I hope that I get to go back next year. I’m pretty sure that we’ll get a room at the hotel next time. That way we can take a nap when we need to.

There you go! I hope that my Con report gave you an idea of exactly how much fun I had at Gallifrey One. TTFN

Colin Baker, Steven Moffat, Doctor Who: The Inside Story, Gary Russell, Paul Cornell