Last Random Interviews from (Re)Generation Who.

We were able to participate in some press conference style interviews with some of the guests at (Re)Generation Who back in March. Here they are:

Nicola Bryant, who played Peri Brown, compares fans of Doctor Who from different parts of the world.

Terry Molloy, played Davros, talks about working with the 5th, 6th and 7th Doctors.

Terry Molloy discusses watching previous actors who played Davros before creating his rendition.

Andrew Cartmel, script editor for the 7th Doctor, discusses working on the Lost Stories project with Big Finish Audio.

Matthew Dow Smith Interview

We got to sit down and talk to Matthew Dow Smith, a couple weeks ago at (Re)Generation Who. Matt has wrote and drawn Dr Who comics for IDW publishing. He currently works on the X-Files monthly comic and his own comic, "October Girl".  Check out his site at, http://matthewdowsmith.blogspot.com/

Sophie Aldred Interview

We were lucky enough to get a couple short minutes to talk to Sophie Aldred, who played Ace on Dr Who. Ace was the companion of the 7th Doctor, Sylvester McCoy. Special Thanks to (Re)Generation Who to set this up for us.

(Re)Generation Who 2015 Review

This past weekend I was able to attend the first ever (Re)Generation Who Convention just outside Baltimore, Maryland at the Hunt Valley Inn.  This 3 day Dr Who Con, featured a wide range of guests, performers, vendors and programming. Now realize that when I review a Con, I can only judge it from my perspective and everyone’s perspective is different at a show.  I like to give my fans a little taste of what I witnessed and experience at the Con. I like to break my review down into Guests, Performers, Programing, Vendors and overall feel. One should remember that this was a first year Con and I will take that in consideration for my overall grade.

Guests:

(Re)Generation Who had  a strong and diverse guest list for their first year. Colin Baker (6^th Doctor) & Sylvester McCoy  (7^th Doctor) were joined by their companions, Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown) and Sophie Aldred (Ace).  It’s a luxury for a first year Con to have not 1 but 2 Doctors roaming the halls. I was even lucky enough to have my hotel room right beside Colin Baker’s suite. Hopefully I did not keep him up with my snoring. These 4 actors are regulars on the Dr Who Convention circuit. One of the reasons that they are regulars is because that they are very energetic and very entertaining.  Their appeared to be ample time to get an autograph and picture of your favorite guest. My only recommendation is that it would be nice if the times the guests were signing were posted. They would make announcements after panels in the main hall, but if you weren’t in those panels, then it was a crap shoot to figure out when your favorite actor would be signing autographs.  

Connection Conjecture by Brice Baker

It's been a little while since I've had time to write--working 2 full time jobs will do that. I also wanted to take the time to make this article special. So I finally found the time and sat down with Netflix and a note book to watch "Silence in the Library" and "Forest of the Dead".

First I'd like to point out that I picked this for the connections it made with future episode--some seasons later, truly amazing writing. It occurs in the 51st century, Captain Jack's home time, so immediately we have a link with the past. The introductory scene continues with a discussion about biographies, and the fact that there is always a death at the end...a nice piece of foreshadowing. Surprisingly, the Doctor uses the term "Spoilers" before River does!! I had no idea until this re-watch.

After another reminder of the past, that the sonic screwdriver doesn't work on wood, we finally meet River Song for the first time. Her first appearance is in a space suit with a gun in her hip. Jump ahead a few seasons and we again have her in a space suit with a gun emerging from Lake Silencia to kill the Doctor. I will admit to a moment of wow when this hit me.

Interview with Oni Hartstein from (Re)Generation Who

(Re)Generation Who will be held on March 27-29, 2015 at the Hunt Valley Inn in Cockeysville, MD. We will be at (Re)Generation Who walking around and taking everything in, while updating our fans via Twitter on all the happenings. If you see us, please stop by and say "Hello". Who knows maybe we will reward you.

Oni Hartstein and her husband, James Harnell, are owners of Onezumi Events, an event production company. Oni was gracious enough to sit down and answer some questions for us about putting this great event together. 

What can fans attending (Re)Generation Who expect to see?

Lots of stuff! We will have fan discussion panels, panels with the actors, and the opportunity to meet and get autographs and photos with the actors. We will have a video room playing Doctor Who-themed videos. On Friday and Saturday night we will have geeky performances, bands, plus a dance party featuring Doctor Who fan videos.

The TARDIS photo booth will be there offering green screen photos inside a TARDIS with different Doctor Who-themed backgrounds that you can choose from. At least 2 TARDISes, 2 K-9s, and a mechanical Davros will be at the con for photo ops. 

Costumes are encouraged all weekend! We will have prizes at some events for the best costumes. Our Social Media department will be out and about interviewing and photographing the guests but we will also be featuring the fans. It's a big deal with us to spotlight the awesome work of our fellow Whovians.

We will also have a mobile phone based QR code game that we designed in-house specifically for (Re)Generation Who called The War Games. This is optional to play, but a lot of fun. We plan to evolve it every year. Did I mention that fan creativity is a big deal with us and that our most important thing is supporting the community? Yes, I believe I did. :)

We are so incredibly grateful that Tom Baker and his wife Sue Jerrard were kind enough to work with us for our first year. We are creating a (Re)Gen 1 exclusive Tom Baker career retrospective print which he will sign a limited number of. These must be ordered by Feb. 15, 2015 and are available for pick up at the con only. You can see some preliminary images here.

Mr. Baker will be doing his first-ever (and possibly only-ever) Skype Q&A Session for his American fans at our con on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 12 noon. This is available to every regular attendee with no extra change, but the room can only fit about 1100 people so I recommend you pre-register and get there early on that day.

We have more than this that will be released in the next 2 weeks. We aren't looking at any other con's grid. We are designing fresh panel programming and working closely with the guests to bring you things they have never done anywhere else to this con.

If there is one thing that sets us apart, it would have to be the innovation we bring to fandom. We really love what we do and always try to make everything more awesome than it already is.

Review "The Last Christmas"

Dr Who's Christmas tradition is back with a brand new episode, "The Last Christmas". In the past most Christmas episodes are kinda light and uneventful except for last year's special, when we said "Goodbye" to Matt Smith. This year's special, it seems that Steven Moffat went for light, humorous and then scares the daylights out of us.

"The Last Christmas" is Dr who meets Aliens meets Inception. They even make a joke about this when after the Doctor learns that we have a movie called "Alien", he remarks that no wonder everyone tries to invade us. Easily the best line of the whole episode. The alien in this episode is a creature called a "Dream Crab". these things are down right scary. I'm talking about the checking under the bed before you sleep kind of scary. A creature that sucks out your brain. It's a pretty bold choice for a Christmas episode.