Gallifrey One has come and gone, but the experience is still fresh on everyone’s minds. Especially after Monday night, when Chris Hardwick (“Nerdist”) appeared on Craig Ferguson’s Late Late Show to show what went down at the convention. He brought Bridger, the intern, to the con to teach him the ways of Doctor Who fandom. And it was glorious.
Bridger and Hardwick filming a bit for the LLS
Thanks to the powers of the internet, you can watch the whole clip here:
So, Gally has come and gone. It was a really great weekend. It’s like having 1000+ best friends for three days! On Sunday I was a co-panelist on the music panel:
Murray's Gold: The Music of Doctor Who
Afterwards my co-panelist Michaela and I were interviewed by the wonderful boys of Radio Free Skaro. Here are the show notes:
With the 2011 edition of Gallifrey One over half over, the Three Who Rule were still hard at work bringing you interviews with tremendously interesting people at the convention. Torchwood: Miracle Day is keenly discussed with writers Jane Espenson and Doris Egan, and the music of Doctor Who, specifically Murray Gold, was discussed with music scholars Emily Kausalik and Mikaela Schubert. Also joining us for the fun are our good friends Eric from Mostly Harmless Cutaway and Sean from Tardis Tavern. Enjoy, everyone! Only one more day to go… Show Notes:
So. I’m not sure where this idea came from, but wouldn’t it be fun to have a bingo card to carry along at Gallifrey One in February? You know, with each square containing a crazy thing, a costume type, a panel type, a guest, an autograph to get, a vendor to visit… kind of like a more fun way to keep a checklist of all the cool and crazy stuff that inevitably happens at Gallifrey One every year?
It’s already been suggested that the free space be a fez or a bowtie. Both awesome suggestions. Or maybe a piece of celery?
So something like this:
Doctor Who "The End of Time (part 2)" Bingo Card
… but for Gally stuff. Like “take a picture of a live Dalek,” “hang with the knitters,” “take a picture with a TARDIS,” “survive Lobbycon,” “collect 20+ badge ribbons” …. or whatever. I think it’d be fun!
Post your suggestions here and I’ll throw together one (maybe more if the suggestions are super awesome) bingo cards that we circulate at Gally!
After the amazing Wee Beastie revelation of the Costumers Reception Panel we all headed to the main hall for the Opening Ceremonies. The ceremony was simple and to-the-point. Shaun Lyon, the organizer, came out to introduce the many guests of honor. And may I say, the lineup this year was absolutely incredible. Katy Manning, Tommy Knight, Georgia Moffett, Graeme Harper, Louise Page, Deborah Watling, Anneke Wills, Frazer Hines, John Levene, Bob Baker, Andrew Hayden-Smith, Nicholas Briggs, Phil Ford, John Fay, Colin Teague, Alice Troughton, Rob Shearman, Paul Cornell, Gary Russell … and oh so many more. Shaun welcomed quite a few of them on stage, letting the fans see what they looked like in real life (or IRL, though I’m not cool enough to use internet acronyms and not sound totally lame), and giving us all an opportunity to welcome them for coming.
After some descriptions of what was going on, we were treated to some fantastic video hellos from well-known members of the DW family. Shaun was vague about the first one, but I totally nailed it! The conversation went something like this:
Me: I wonder who it is?
Iko: Well it wouldn’t be anyone in the new series … maybe DT?
Me (ignoring what she said, clearly): Matt Smith?
Iko: Naw … RTD?
Me: I bet it’s The Moff!
Iko: He’s way too busy for that …
Then the video came on and it was Teh Moff! What a lovely man!
Absolutely fantastic. And let me say here that I am not ashamed in how TOTALLY F’IN EXCITED I AM FOR MATT SMITH/ELEVEN/TEH MOFF. WOO!
Ahem.
There was also a fantastic video from Peter Davison, with guest appearances that I’m sure you’ve all heard about at this point. I don’t have video for that one, because I didn’t get the chance. Sorry! Look it up on youtube or something. It’s pretty funny!
Afterwards we did a lot of wandering around, hung out and depressurized in our room, then headed out to the Titanic Party. Which was brilliant. The room was decked out with props, toys, accessories, and posters remeniscent of the Xmas special “The Voyage of the Damned.” The hosts/hostesses were dressed in tuxes and maid dresses similar to those in the series, and there was a mock control panel made from an old touch-tablet PC.
Life Saver
Touch screen control
Who turned out the lights?
Guests of honor
A guest from the 51st century
Arthur Dent stopped by
If you don’t know who Arthur Dent is … well … you need to go find out. And I give you a giant bracket frown.
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After that, Iko and I headed over to the Casino to see what was going on. Iko grabbed some chips and sat down at a blackjack table.
Blackjack with The Master as dealer
I can’t imagine it went well, what with The Master dealing. They did confront each other afterwards …
The Master and Eleven face off
After retrieving Iko from the casino I believe we went up to our room and crashed. We were knackered. And that was only after the first day …
