Reversed Polarity!
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On Saturday, I had the privilege of attending Reversed Polarity, a Doctor Who 50th anniversary convention. I was interested as soon as I heard about it, but learning that Peter Davison (my favourite Doctor) would be attending was definitely the clincher -- not that I really needed one. As usual, I met up with
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After we grabbed breakfast and I registered, we went to this great writing workshop run by J.M. Frey called "World and Culture Building". Then, as the workshop ended early, we were able to go to "Building the TARDIS and Worshipping the Emperor," a panel run by Mark Townsend (the brains behind Dalek Dreadnaught) and Paul Aves. After a wonderful panel with Dan Starkey (Strax),
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What's it like being related to David Tennant?
One of the funniest moments was when someone asked Peter Davison to read lines from a Colin Baker episode, which he did really well, if somewhat begrudgingly. As I said to
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Following the Peter Davison panel was the Dalek Dating Game, which was as surreal and hilarious as you might expect. The highlight was
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There are probably more details I should include, but I'm lazy and I have several pictures to share, pictures that are much more interesting than what I've just written.

Mark Townsend displaying a very hard-to-find TARDIS lamp

Another TARDIS lamp model

All that's left of Paul Aves' TARDIS. It fell apart after being exposed to
three Canadian winters. The next model is going to be kept under a carport.


Daleks...obviously

A "Victory of the Daleks" Dalek

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She marked her limbs the way Amy Pond did every time she spotted the Silence.


Dan Starkey checking out the Daleks

Lucky shot of Dan Starkey!
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extremely fortunate to be in the area when we were!
During his panel, Dan Starkey said he was making up Sontaran Christmas carols
during the filming of the last Christmas special. In fact, one of the songs
he came up with was used in the episode. Anywaaaay, Dan Starkey mentioned
that there was a YouTube vid of his carols, so, naturally, I dug it up.

K-9!

The Silence and a Dalek

Ooops. Poor Dalek.

Weeping Angel

Cyberman

TARDIS console

Another TARDIS console




Some close ups of TARDIS consoles because it's the TARDIS and I can

Some TARDIS console poetry

Graeme Harper, a Doctor Who director

Peter Davison!

More Peter Davison!

The TARDIS

HUGE Emperor Dalek

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Dalek Dating Game set

Dalek Dating Game in progress

Dating Game contestants

Masquerade with "Bad Wolf" version of the TARDIS

Dance off competition between Davros and the Doctors

Wonderful costumes inspired by "Victory of the Daleks". Apparently,
human Daleks made it beyond Manhattan and into WWII Britain. Who knew?

The Brain of Morbius

Nyssa and the Fifth Doctor

Doctor Who calendar that was impossible to resist

I probably could have resisted this keychain, but I didn't want to

Reversed Polarity shirt that I accidentally ordered along with my con membership
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Date: 2013-11-13 12:21 am (UTC)Oooooo.... writing workshop, world building, that sounds fascinating.
"What was it like having to stick your arm up all those cows in All Creatures Great and Small?"
Seriously? Hee! How in the world did he answer?
Well, really, not much could survive three Canadian winters. There was a reason roads were brutally bad back home.
Love njc2007's costume! Brilliant and it looks very comfy which is a damn hard combination to achieve!
The Dalek Dating Game sounds hilarious (although somewhat dangerous). "You are not acceptable. Terminate!"
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Date: 2013-11-13 10:53 pm (UTC)Oh, most definitely! :-D
Oooooo.... writing workshop, world building, that sounds fascinating.
It was a fairly informal workshop, but great all the same. J.M. Frey was keen to share what she had learned from her own experiences and seemed genuinely interested in her class and their own writing pursuits. She was also a fellow geek, which helped me to relax. :-) She described the fantasy universe she writes in and I really want to check out her first book (http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10795208-triptych?utm_medium=api&utm_source=author_widget). In fact, I threw it on my Christmas wish list when my mom demanded one from me on the weekend. *g* Anywaaaay, I'll try to remember to bring along the handouts she gave us on Sunday (if we do meet up). You're more than welcome to borrow them. :-)
"What was it like having to stick your arm up all those cows in All Creatures Great and Small?"
Seriously? Hee! How in the world did he answer?
He said that when he was first cast in the part of Tristan, he thought that there was no way they would expect him to stick his arm up a cow. Then, when he did have to stick his arm up a cow, it was a bitterly cold day. Apparently, his arm was the only part of him that was warm. *g* I guess it reached a point when he just got used to it. Both he and Christopher Timothy had to stick their arms up a lot of cows over the course of the series.
Well, really, not much could survive three Canadian winters. There was a reason roads were brutally bad back home.
Poor TARDIS. :-( Well, in the guy's defence, I think the backyard was the only place he could put it at the time. I guess as a huge Doctor Who fan, he assumed that the TARDIS could withstand anything... *g*
Love njc2007's costume! Brilliant and it looks very comfy which is a damn hard combination to achieve!
That was very clever planning on her part! As you say, it's not an easy combination to achieve! :-)
The Dalek Dating Game sounds hilarious (although somewhat dangerous). "You are not acceptable. Terminate!"
Well, the organizers were able to make the game a bit safer by having the Daleks be the bachelors (with a female Dalek (girl in a Dalek dress) as the main contestant). I think the only dicey moment was when Dalek Dreadnaught blew off some steam (literally) because he wasn't chosen, but the Daleks were remarkably behaved otherwise.