Captain Lucas

Yay! Trip was one of the few good things about Enterprise.

Great guest! Good to see another DS9 guest announced, and of course she was great in 24 as well.

Cool! Two Firefly guests this summer.

Incidentally, as a Bournemouth resident, its good to see some local publicity for the event. There was a full page ad in the local paper earlier in the week, where the convention also made the paper's number 1 thing to do in the area this weekend. I then saw it advertised again in Bournemouth Council's what's on email today. Should round up a few newbies.

Train fares can be a lot cheaper when booked a fair way in advance. Railcards can also be worthwhile for some if you make a few long trips per year (especially if you are under 25, 60+, disabled or a full time student). After all, less money spent on travel and hotels is more we can all spend at the convention itself!

I was looking at hotels for Birmingham the other day, so I may as well share this. If you don't mind a quick 10 minute train ride from the center of Birmingham each morning, Travellodge have some good deals at present not far from New Street Station.

Could try Queen Mary's University, I've stayed there before. Bit of a trip on the underground, but much cheaper. Some unis also use bookings.com, so that may be worth a try. Sometimes you can get good deals on Premier Inns or Travellodges if you are a bit flexible on location and book a fair way in advance. Sunday nights can be very cheap if you have a fair way to travel home, but Saturdays are expensive. For those of us who don't consider £150 a night to be a bargain, its good to have some alternatives.

I brought the Commander Package last year and spent very little time queuing, though I did mainly get them on Sunday which is quieter than Saturday. I got 12 autographs including some of the more well known guests, but I also went to a lot of talks.

If you don't want to pay £150 a night, some of the universities in London turn the student accommodation into a hotel in the summer.

Since my earlier post, I'm pleased to see a talk listed for Billy Dee Williams, that will be a must for me.

FAO: Queen_Sindel Didn't want to start a new thread for this, but there seems to be a problem with the ticket page - under the talks page it just says " Photo Session with collectors book - Sunday 2nd June 2019" (no guest named) over and over again. I'm imagining this is an error so might want to get that fixed when someone has a moment.

When I put my journey from Bournemouth into the train company website, it automatically suggested changing at Clapham Junction rather than getting the tube from Waterloo. Might be good advice for others traveling from Dorset/Hampshire way.

Me too, love those films. A group photo would be a tempting prospect if available. May get a DP for William Shatner, or perhaps just an autograph depending on my bank balance nearer the time. Quite possibly a photoshoot with Walter Keonig. Then probably as many of the Star Wars guests as I have time to meet.

Okay thanks, that's good news. I use a card as much as possible, it makes life so much easier!

Thanks for the response. Generous giving free prints though shame no card payments. Does anyone know if there's a cash machine in or near the Olympia?

The only Showmasters event I've been to previously is Destination Star Trek, so I was wondering if someone could answer a few basic questions on how things work at LCC so I don't have to spend too much time working it out on the day. Will there will prints on sale or is it best to bring items with you to get signed? Can I buy autograph tokens with a card or is it cash only?Will there be some sort of brochure/guide available to buy? Many thanks.

I would double check that you can't get a refund on the train ticket, depending on the ticket type and train company it might be possible. Wouldn't of thought someone else using the hotel room would be a problem.

Me too, love the A-Team.

Nice. I love the Karate Kid films!

And not of course forgetting his role as Captain Sawyer in the second run of Hornblower. Great guest!

Cool, I always liked Martok. Maybe I'll get a photoshoot in costume.

Agreed on Dwight Schultz. I'm mostly a fan of DS9 and Voyager, so forgive me if my list leans rather in that direction, but... Avery Brooks would be great Mark Alaimo Would be good to see Jeffery Coombs and Casey Biggs again, especially if they did some sort of "villains" panel with Mark Alaimo. Some guests who I thought really helped make the event last time include Terry Farrell, Nana Visitor, Rene Auberjonois and Michael Dorn. I'd love to see Kate Mulgrew back again, my one regret about last year's is not getting her autograph. Other Voyager actors I'd really like to see would include Robert Picardo, Tim Russ and Robert Beltran. And one star of several Treks, John deLancie I'm sure would do an amazing talk. My strongest message to Showmasters would be this however: last year there was a good mix of guests. I'm sure I'm far from the only Trekkie not awfully interested in Discovery. I appreciate there are also those who are, but please keep this mixture and do not neglect the older shows.

Great to see more Star Trek guests (and of course something for B5 fans too). I met Walter at Destination Star Trek last year, but I'd love to do a photoshoot. Big fan mainly due to his role as Al Bester.

Rain Fall

I watch an awful lot of shows, largely on DVD, so hard to remember all of them, but some highlights include in the watching for the first time category Daredevil Season 2, Jessica Jones Season 1, Gotham Season 4 and Bosch Season 4. Re-runs include Star Trek: Voyager, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Babylon 5.