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Well my copy of "The Ark" arrived now all i have to do is wait for next weekend and see whose the last two guests to see if i can keep this one within a reasonable budget. which being honest that would be a rare stab in the dark if i managed that given that A. most guests i can find more than one item easily enough B. Reasonable is very rarely in my dictionary. i would like to see some names to go with "The War Games" because of the new release, but thats a fools hope, and even then Gregg Palmer and David Troughton would both set me back some £40 to £50 assuming they were £10, anymore and i'd be screwed. also given i do need another 2 rather expensive CD sets, its annoying that i flushed £15 on two just earlier in that day being "Scardey Cat" and "The Prisoner of Peledon", could have used that towards the newer sets haha

appearing in two different Audios Tanya Moodie first appeared in the Ravenous Series adventure 3.3 "L.E.G.E.N.D." as Martha and Marathanga opposite Paul McGann, Nicola Walker and Hattie Morahan, and then once again Paul McGann joined by Sir Derek Jacobi in the War Master series, specifically Series 5 in the 3rd story "The Castle of Kurnos 5" where she appeared as Kilda. Moodie is attending on the Sunday and is £20 for an autograph or a photo. once again i have to get a CD set for her so thats an extra however much on top of it all.

Appearing in a single audio that was a relatively recent release Chase Brown plays Sgt Ray Hunter in the fourth Doctor adventures Story "The Friendly Invasion" apart of the boxset "Angels and Demons" opposite Tom Baker, Louise Jameson and Nerys Hughes. Brown is attending on the Saturday and is only £15 for his autograph or Photo. However i have to spend an extra £20 Odd to get the set for him to sign.

First of many updates for today, we have Roger Landridge who was one of the most prolific Magazine Contributors starting with Doctor Who Magazine 272, but from there i can't find a full number of his credits as they're so prolific, but i can say any magazine between 300 and 366 except for 306, 334, 345 & 350 all have his work in them. on a more easy to obtain front he's interviewed on "Striped for Action: The eighth Doctor" thats feature on both The Movie Special Edition and Blu Ray editions. Landridge is a free signer and is attending both days. because i only happen to have the Blu Ray without his name on it, i'm gonna take that and add Lee Sullivan for the same release.

Two announcements today and both on the radar will update either this evening or tomorrow morning

The event let you request customs so I can easily see Peter and Maureen having a duo photo. as for Trevor I already have him on my new cover for “Mindwarp” so it is just BRIAN BLESSED im getting unless I can scrounge the funds and get Kevin O’Brien as well

Of course in a spiral of notes, if they got anyone from “Ghost light” hopefully at LFCC we get Michael Cochrine because I’d get him on “Kinda”, “Ghostlight” two big finish CDs “The Fate of Krelos” and “Return to Telos” along with my first volume of Sharpe primarily for Sharpes Eagle where he was fantastic as Sir Henry Simmerson and got one hell of a verbal thrashing in an exceptional monologue by David Troughton of all people, which is another person I’d want for a few items (Lost in time, “The enemy of the world”, “The War Games”, “the curse of Peledon” & the complete fourth series) including Sharpe Volume 1

Also Leslie Dunlop has pulled from this month sad to say, she wasn’t in a story I’d ever consider a favourite “Frontios” is a bore start to finish and “the Happiness Patrol” most of my enjoyment comes from saying the doctor takes on thatcher, but I was looking forward to getting her on the latter story as that one has seen an increase in the past 6 months from just 1 to 4 so was hoping to make that 5, maybe I could get Sophie on that when she next appears but I’d probably want her on a story I actually like, or even “Ghost Light” as that story needs more than just the 4 I have there

Always the way, I always had a feeling that when I started my Lost in time project that I’d never manage to get her (and William Russell) I’ve got her on one item so I’ve not missed out, plus is also has Nicholas Courtney so I can say I’m more than happy with the item, but alas it’s still a shame even at 90 it still hurts to see such news, I was explaining to a coworker who asked about the value of my collection and how it roughly worked then I quipped “well unfortunately one of my items just went up tenfold as of about 20 minutes ago”

I wrote a line in my diary simply said “bugger” honestly that news hit like a truck, I have her on my “The Daleks Masterplan” CD set but I did want to meet her so badly, and alas with that sadly the front cover of my Lost in time is finished, no more names on that side, the section that was reserved for Jean will now forever remain blank, she will be missed

I just looked at the shelf and it makes me think that the last 4 sets of Jodie Whitakers era could have been crushed down into at least 2 sets without any serious delays to having the episodes out physically, and “Revolution of the Daleks” wouldn’t even be delayed as that could still be standalone released prior and then included in Series 13 regardless, just do what the steelbook did and release the last 3 episodes as “the complete 2022 specials” and call it a day, why it was split up into such a mess I’ll never understand

I would have just preferred an extra disc in the series 13 set as that felt way too flimsy and as a result my packaging has been squashed and I hate having to transport it as a result

If I did that I would probably get a beating from half the people I know, but damn would it be worth it because it’s an extremely unusual name to get added, and the irony is that the brief not even 20 second appearance in the episode is all that remains of that Particular broadcast

Curiosity got the better of me and I decided to double check Kevin’s credits to see if he would go in my regeneration set and whilst he is in the last of Colin’s Stories that isn’t on the set itself

My copy of “joy to the world” arrived today, it’s annoying that it’s gonna be included in series 15, but even then it has been annoying how bipolar the sets are about what is and isn’t included. for example “twice upon a time” isn’t included in series 10 (which would have seen a delay to include said special), and “Revolution of the Daleks” wasn’t included in series 13 because that series was rebranded “Flux” and no episode without that subtitle couldn’t be included (which I don’t agree with and made the set flimsy in a physical sense) and then there wasn’t an overall 2022 specials boxset instead of having to have two individual sets unless you bought a steelbook (which alienates people who couldn’t or didn’t want such packaging, and also means those who DID had to either double dip or take a delay on owning “Eve of the Daleks”/“Legend of the Sea Devils”). but on a more positive note it does mean I can get at least 3 names on the set before the mid of July, at current if I DO go to Collectormania and get Millie Gibson again she’d likely go onto “the church on Ruby Road” instead of the new release as I have 4 names on that set, and she is more integral to that story as opposed to a cameo (likely contractual) in the latter special