D-C-A

So Garrick Hagon has changed his day, he’s doing both now

So far skirting any losses for us but that is something I am expecting to change. plus what’s likely to be worse and Showmasters could really find themselves in trouble is if they print the passes for Dreyfus and people collect them and should he be a no show, it’ll be tricky for people to get the money back because the QR code will be used

On a more serious note I’ve already seen some people suspect it’s Dreyfus as their is considerable doubt about his attendance this event, as they’re expecting him to cancel on this one and we are T-Minus 3 days, so I’m wondering what’ll happen if he does with little time left. it has been known to happen a day prior or even the day before but given that people could be getting the diamond passes printed on the Friday that could be an issue should he reschedule for the winter event, that could cause issues with how many people will have them and how many more they may sell

Scene Showmasters HQ, shadowy building located in Hull: he’s asked for no more guests, prepare the pre announcement post

So we’ve often discussed big names and where our cut off point is on what we’d spend or how big they are compared to the role they played and whilst we’ve discussed the likes of Andrew Garfield for Series 3, Neil Patrick Harris for the 60th Anniversary specials, Ian McKellon for Series 7 and Benedict Cumberbatch for “Forty-Five” (this I would get purely to spite the Sherlock fanbase). but I throw a new hat into the ring after Remembering Ellen Thomas is attending this weekend and that Fantom announced Keith Parry from the same episode “Planet of the dead”, that name being Daniel kaluuya a man who wants to get out… I’ll get my coat. but given he became a horror icon for that one movie which was a very widely accepted and recognised horror movie on the same level as “Scream” in a way probably bigger. but how much do you think he would cost for what is again a small role within the the episode?

I am now at that point that I am begging no more guests please Showmasters, I cannot afford anything more… unless it’s Paul Cornell but for the love of god I cannot afford A. A new Big finish set B. To pay for an autograph on said set. if it was Paul Cornell I could get him on 4 items comfortably, “The War Games” (Steelbook), “Day of the Daleks”, The Collection Season 7 and “Circular Time”, now for all intents and purposes I hate that Big Finish CD but at the same time it’s the only other one I own that I don’t have signed by him. if he was announced last minute (IE Thursday) I could easily pack the 3 items I haven’t yet done so, I’m thinking to try and boost the names on the Bernice Summerfield audios as he did create the character, although I’m not necessarily one who resorts to cheating… too often

Angela Bruce is one id jump at for my “Battlefield” by all means especially as I do need to get more names on that set which atm I only have the usual suspects of McCoy, Aldred and Cartmel plus Nicholas Courtney so another name would be solid and that would be a 5 name set easy

I mean they could offer another option with her involved I guess. i mean a group diamond pass would be an interesting concept where you can get the autographs of all 4 guaranteed and have the group photo

Well i've done a basic Tally for July post LFCC and so far its only a £80 for 5 names, which for me is actually a rather small pay line up, and i have one i can more than comfortably cut should someone big get announced, which i'd rather not, as i will be putting money side for October and November

So it turns out one of the Red Dwarf main cast did do Doctor who, well sort of anyway as Hattie Hayridge who played Helly and the second Holly from Series 3-5 appeared in voice form in a big finish boxset, as opposed to just being a head on a screen. Hayridge appears in 3 audios across a single boxset, specifically "The New adventures of Bernice Summerfield- Volume 4: The Ruler of the Universe" as Ebbis and Morlick. Hayridge like the Red Dwarf boys is attending on the Sunday and is £20 for her Autograph. I have had to order the set and at last minute Amazon was my best friend and they had just one copy left which should arrive tomorrow, but i can imagine for Red Dwarf fans and even I for their sake would be hoping for Norman Lovitt to also attend, imagine a 6 person photo with all of them.

Thankfully not one for our lists…. At least I hope not

Logic my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority. but if it were possible for Jamie can you imagine the great mirroring

Good news

Personally as long as it’s after 3 so I can check into my hotel get settled then go and collect what I need to

That’s Julian, Jamie is his son, who played William Russell

So Friday will have diamond pass Collection which is great news for me as I’m in the area and whilst no time has been confirmed as of yet I’m guessing between 4 and 8 as has been with previous years name censored for privacy reasons

Right I can now confirm that the John Charles attending LFCC is not the same one who worked on Doctor who, found another interview that states his DOB was 1984 meaning that he cannot possibly have worked on Doctor who

It’s just I’ve run out of things to get signed at this stage, I don’t own the VHS of “The Mutants” and as much as I would love to have a Full VHS library (mainly for names of a bygone era) I can’t afford nor have the space to have a complete one… I still need an actual set for “Planet of the spiders” for my Pertwee signature. as for Hagon he’s lovely and I hope Simon Furman remembers a copy of “The Axis of Insanity” this time around, but as for myself nothing left

Tbh if you could get Jamie Glover to christen it that would be almost perfect symmetry, but I understand that’s not viable. Varada would be would be the perfect name to start the book, also will the Lux trio all bear one page or separate pages?, maybe they could signed over both on a two page spread?

The only steelbooks I’m taking are the 3 original classic steelbooks, although I am tempted to bring both DVD and steelbook of “Fury from the deep” for Derek Chafer (again that guy is bloody entrapment) I can’t afford it, “The Power of the Daleks” and “Shada” are for Martin as he’s worked on them (and is on the commentary which is a nice bonus) whilst “Spearhead from space” is for Katy as she’s on a bonus feature. there aren’t really any other steelbooks that I have which I’m desperate for signing as I don’t own the modern ones beyond the Jumbo Series 5 original which is always a set that I occasionally think about getting rid of, but maybe it’ll be a set that I only get certain names on in the future.

This is my busiest one yet, and twice as much money I’ll have on me as I have ever had as the most I’ve taken was £500 to a Fantom signing as they had one fantastic line up of guests and names

I’ve only Met Sara Powell and that was a few months before I ever knew about Londons burning, and around 8 months before I ever realised it was her

I mean Katy did 15 stories in her era, returned for two more appearances is on at least 4 Blu Ray boxsets of the classic series and is on a Steelbook of a story that’s not even a story she’s in, she covers a lot of ground that even I can’t quite remember the specifics

That most certainly helps, with Garrick I’ve got him on everything so short of finding a VHS copy with a few deceased names on it sans his I doubt I’ll be after him again anytime soon, or unless he does more big finish

I hate that it’s so obvious nowadays that I would have been tempted by such a name alone, well Warris Hussain was already tempting enough because I can get him on “the edge of destruction” for multiple documentaries on that release.