Upcoming Conventions Updates

If you are like me, I usually can only attend 1 Dr Who Convention per year. I like to maximize my experience with the most guests, but more importantly the most guests that I have never met before. So, I thought this would be a good time to update everyone on the upcoming Dr Who events in the US.

First up is Gallifrey One, which will take place on Feb13-15, 2015 in Los Angeles, CA. Unfortunately, this event sold out in 75 minutes back in March. They have not announced guests as of yet for the upcoming Con. So if you don't have a ticket, you are probably out of luck. This Fall they will open up ticket transfers for people who have a ticket and can't go. They can sell their ticket for you at cost.  The folks at Gallifrey One need to address this problem. If your Con sells out in 75 minutes, then I think you should look into getting a bigger place. If you can't handle more people as a staff, then get a bigger staff. People want to come to Gallifrey One, but its ridiculous that I have to get a ticket within the first 75 minutes. http://www.gallifreyone.com/

Next up is Chicago Tardis. Novemeber 28-30, 2014 in Lombard, IL outside of Chicago. After having a huge guest line-up in 2014, I'm looking forward to see who they are bringing in 2015. They have not announced any guests as of yet for 2014. You can still purchase tickets, though. Hopefully, we get some announcements coming soon. http://www.chicagotardis.com/






The newbie on the block is Long Island Who, being held November 7-9, 2014 in Ronkonkoma, NY, which I'm guessing is part of Long Island. Finally, we have some guest announcements. The 8th Doctor, Paul McGann will be headlining this event. The guest, I'm looking forward to the most is Writer/Script Editor, Terrance Dicks. That's a great guest for new Dr Who Con. Mr Dicks is someone who's a legend in the Dr Who community. They are also featuring,Yee JeeTso, Frazer Hines (who calls the Con the "Long Island Ice Tea Con"), Nicola Bryant, Wendy Padbury & Deborah Watling. Adding in legendary sound man, Dick Mills and comic book writer, Tony Lee, they have a pretty solid guest line-up. http://longislanddoctorwho.com/


Lastly is Hurricane Who, being held on October 31- November 2, 2014 in Orlando, FL. So far their guest line-up features Eve Myles from "Torchwood", Frazer Hines, Terry Molloy & Jemma Redgrave who played Kate Stewart the new leader of UNIT. No Doctors as of yet attending, but there's time. http://www.hurricanewho.com/

A couple Dr Who Conventions just passed. Timegate 2014 (http://www.timegatecon.org/) was held in Atlanta, GA and The Console Room in Minnapolis/St. Paul, MN, http://console-room.mpls.cx/ If you know of any other Dr Who Cons in the US, please email us to cover them. EastCoastWho@yahoo.com

I still haven't decided where, I'm going yet.

Paul Spragg

On May 8th, Big Finish Audio and the Dr Who world lost a good friend in Paul Spragg. Paul had worked for Big Finish Audio for the past 5 years doing a lot of the behind the scenes work, like answering emails, editing the Vortex magazine and appearing on many of their podcasts. I met Paul at this past year's Chicago Tardis. I got him to sign my program and he wrote, "From easily the most hairiest BF employee". I didn't know Paul, but for those who did, he will truly be missed.

Big Finish has set up a campaign to raise money for the British Heart Foundation in Paul's name. I encourage everyone to do so. http://www.justgiving.com/Big-Finish-Paul-Spragg