D-C-A

So i made a bit of an error saying that of the 4 announcements we had recently none had Doctor who connections, as my phone decided during the checking process to not load much for one of them and for that i correct my mistake. Indra Ove whilst not appearing on screen has voiced multiple characters for Big Finish's Doctor who range spanning the 4th doctor adventures story "Dominant Species" with Tom Baker, Elanor Crooks and Christopher Naylor where she is credited as a voice actor for the Quarks, she also appeared in "Naomis Ark" in the "Far from Home" boxset again with Crooks and Naylor but this time with Sylvester McCoys Seventh Doctor, her only other credit is in "The Robots" spinoff centring around the world shown in "The Robots of Death" specifically she's in the series 2 boxset story "Toos and Poul" opposite the late Pamela Salem and David Collings. she is attending the sunday only and is £20 for either her photo or autograph. and of course in the typicalst of manors i own none of the boxsets which she is in, meaning that i finally after what i think is a year have a decent excuse to actively look out for and get a particular set to listen to for an event.

I think what allows another event to work for 3 days is the socialism of the event, LFCC is more for collectors and such, so a 2 day event focusing on more guests or even more notable ones would be a much welcome change. even if they kept the usual quality IE ones who end up being extras who’ve done 1960s stories I’d happily take them

Also with the four guests announced yesterday none come onto our radar but can't win them all they've done work with Doctor who Actors but none directly themselves, but theirs always next time, but 4 names instead of 6 or 3 given their usual style is a tad weird unless we're due more sooner rather than later. also for Jeff Cummins i ordered "Doctor who and The Horror of Fang rock" for him to sign and that arrived sharpish happy to say.

keeping as a 2 day event may be better as the friday was empty for me and all i had was comic guests until my mates arrived and as long as the money is reallocated well thats fine by me, if they shunt that money into more guests the better imo.

well i found out the other day that David Tilley who was a production assistant on the Classic series and during some of the very early days passed in January this year, says how quick news travels, only found out when a VHS cover with his name showed up for £40, that was sad he was a lovely man when i met him, i've got him on everything i desperately wanted him on, so i won't lose sleep there, but the fact it took 9 months to find out was horrible, because as i said he was such a nice man who had so much to give to fans, especially as the environment compared to some events (Not a dig at showmasters) is more than welcoming for those who aren't big names and latest trends.

Would be a cool one, but all I have left is CDs with him unless I were to add him to “the Day of the Doctor” which he’s credited but is kinda a cheat given it’s just reused footage from “The parting of the ways”

So apparently theirs a replacement bus on the way back from MK for me, so that’ll be a world of fun, had to drop a lot of money on some new Big Finish to cope through that particular trip. on a less depressing note, a mate of mine has given me a signed print of one of the ice soldiers from “The Keys of Marinus” and it’s a wide group shot so I plan on taking that to be signed at another event to have two of the four on there, now I pray Michael Allabay and Alan James attend events at some point so then I can have all 4 of them which would be a nice trinket

Looking at the 5 Doctor who guests they have announced so far, i'm wondering if Showmasters may pull a move they did some years ago in 2022 where during the winter whilst they Diamond Passes for Tennant and Whitaker (Which was the only guarantee to see them for an autograph) but then they had the other options as well IE Outfit and duo, likely as an attempt to sell multiple photos to the same person just with varying differences, i doubt that Gatwa will appear in costume given he doesn't seem to have a set one (Which is something to which i am no fan) and for Bradley i can imagine a wardrobe change might be a little too much for him, let alone 2 on such a hectic day, although me thinks now that i've sprung for the regular photo, a TARDIS photo may be available later and i have screwed myself out of that particular one should i come to regret.

Also means it could be more busy, and not necessarily financially easier on the average Joe as they could have bigger guests but that means more saving, I could well find myself blowing half a paycheck on guests alone, I’m due a pay rise in April again but Jesus it’s gonna interesting to see how it’ll play out, and whose gonna be the big one, and remember 2025 is the 20th anniversary of “Rose” and when the series returned whose to say we won’t see someone involved from that year attend and as long as their names aren’t Bruno Langley or Noel Clarke im more than game

we have an update the first of what i hope is gonna be many more. Jeff Cummins association with Doctor who dates back to the 1970's with his cover novelisations for the target range of novels including "The Time Meddler", "The Tomb of the Cybermen" (Complete with wrong Cyberman), "Colony in space", "The Mutants", "The Three Doctors", "The Time Warrior", "Invasion of the Dinosaurs", "Robot","The Face of Evil", "The Talons of Weng Chiang"& "The Horror of Fang Rock", he later went onto work on the Virgin New Adventures in the 1990's including "Blood Heat", "The Dimension riders", "Conundrum", "Tragedy Day", "Theatre of War", "All consuming fire", "Sky Pirates!" & "Warchild", he is interviewed for the Myth Makers DVD "The Doctors in Print", in addition he also worked on the Star books double bill of "The Face of Evil" & "The Sun Makers", he sells prints at his cons which feature enlarged versions of his artwork. He is attending both days of the event and for his autograph its £10 and you get a lovely conversation for free, just remember to mention the wrong cyberman

he does have a Doctor who credit, surprisingly but its in the adventure game series from 2010-2011 meaning that their is no Physical content related to it full-stop, it would more than likely have to go on a larger poster more than anything more directly related.

Well it makes sense given that the last Friday was a dead affair that only really had comic guests and not much else, if they had in previous years kept the guest count up for that day and on the 3 day events had a big guest per day who only did that day it would continue, or possibly the hall isn't available on that day for outside reasons.

I’ve seen the update and yes I’m excited and I’ll update when I’m home as mobile doesn’t let me hyperlink photos well

Yeah it’s hit me like a ton of bricks as well, and I doubt anyone is gonna be happy, already one guy threatening to slap the company with any late debts he may incur, although imo I think it’s gonna be a quick turn around on who owns us from what I’m hearing. as for MK just doing the Saturday as no one on the Sunday for me, I have everything signed by Garrick Haggon at this point, Julian Glover seems to do enough events where I can take a risk on him, so it’s really a meh don’t need to worry about that day

On a more depressing note i gotta take a loan out with my dad as the company i work for got absorbed and payday has been pushed back by 2 days, meaning September its now going to be 4 days late, and so £100 is to finish off a pay in 3 for Ncuti's diamond pass and then the other £220 is so i can still go MK, if anything thats me with no serious debt or bills but all my coworkers are in deep trouble as they do have Bills and explaining to banks that payday is gonna be changing will be a nightmare.