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I’d say maybe more for how much time he’ll take, it’s the BRIAN BLESSED mentality, he’s not overly popular still popular but the pass is because of how slow they’ll go for reasons of they like chatting, it’s the same with Faye Massay, Anita Dobson and Katy Manning although the latter I can imagine she’d refuse it so she can remain so easily accessible, I can’t even imagine she’d let them close the show on her. i wish we’d get to know in advance as hence I ran into the issue with David Bradley where I assumed the green-screen would be Doctor who or you’d get to chose

Sir we will be fighting the god damn Alamo of Marvel, Potter and Indiana Jones Fans, by god we shall fight sonic screwdrivers in hand. it will probably be on the rarer side of his credits to where I’m shocked the Instagram post didn’t include the dreamlord especially as they never downplay Doctor who on a credits list, I mean they put it on Linda Reagan, and she did stunts in a single episode

I could honestly say I have no priorities for my “Vengeance on Varos” as no one beyond Colin baker and Shiela Reid that I’ve yet to encounter, and believe me I want her on screen husband from that story for both that and “Genesis of the Daleks” as that would be a cool duo to have, but Martin Jarvis would also be a big name for the set

With Roy and Price we do have significantly good photos that aren’t even BTS ones, but I guess most of the roles listed for Kevin were sort of ones where finding them were tricky at best, beyond background shots

With only a singular credit across Doctor who and appearing in Big Finish we have Marina Sirtis, best known for her role as Deanna Troi in a Star Trek or 4 of some description, as for Doctor who? Sirtis appeared in "The Last Diner" the first instalment of "The Year of Martha Jones", yes just the first instalment, shes on the cover, and has a very small role. Sirtis is Attending both days and is £30 for her Autograph or Photo.

Making his Doctor Who Debut in 2003 with "Deadline" for the Unbound range before he would Debut as a Non-Canonical version of the Master in "The Scream of the Shalka", We have Sir Derek Jacobi, CBE, he would then take the role in a more canon sense appearing as Yana turned Master in "Utopia" in 2007 a role he would go onto reprise in Multiple Audio dramas for Big Finish. for Sir Derek Jacobi, CBE you'll need: "The Scream of the Shalka" Series 3 Volume 4 The Complete Third Series Derek is attending on the Saturday and is £45 for his autograph or Photo, however there is a Green screen Photo for £55 which i'm guessing will be Good Omens themed. As i already have him on my Series 3 i'm going for "The Scream of Shalka" and "The War Master: Hearts of Darkness" as i love that boxset. unlike Previous years he's attended Jacobi isn't going to be on a diamond pass this time around, which is a curious choice.

"Hes a Timelord, and I'm the Dreamlord", we have Toby Jones OBE, who on screen played the Dream lord a mysterious figure from "Amy's Choice" from Series 5, however he has another few Doctor who credits this time in Audio specifically as Kortis in the "Dark Eyes" series, although i suspect the announcement is more for fans of other series such as Marvel and Harry potter as opposed for Doctor who fans. for Toby you'll need: Series 5 Volume 3 The Complete Fifth Series Dark Eyes Volume 1 Jones is appearing on the Sunday and his diamond pass is £195, whilst autograph alone is £85 and Photo is £75. of course i will likely go for the Diamond Pass to be on the safe side, as whilst i'm no potter fan nor the biggest Marvel fan it is in my opinion the safest of bets to take

Appearing as Commander Maxil in the debut story of the 20th season "Arc of Infinity" Colin Baker would later return in the lesser role of the Sixth Doctor playing the role from 1984 to 1986 before the actor was fired from the role after just 2 seasons as the incarnation of the timelord. however he would be given new life as the Timelord in audio Dramas from Big finish as well as appearing in multiple Documentaries and confidential episodes relating to the series even from stories not from his era. for Colin you'll need: "The Sontaron Experiment" "Arc of Infinity" "The Five Doctors" (25th Anniversary Edition) "Caves of Androzani" (Original and Special Edition) "The Twin Dilemma" "Attack of The Cybermen" "Vengeance on Varos" (Original and Special Edition) "The Mark of the Rani" "The Two Doctors" "Timelash" "Revelation of the Daleks" "The Mysterious Planet" "Mindwarp" "Terror of the Vervoids" "The Ultimate Foe" The Complete First Series The Complete Fourth Series "The Power of the Doctor" The Davros Collection The Regeneration Boxset the 50th Anniversary Boxset ("An Adventure in space and Time" for the original release and the Steelbook Release") The Collection Season 12 The Collection Season 20 The Collection Season 22 The Collection Season 23 Colin is Attending both Days of the Event and will be £30 for his autograph or Photo, his prices were due to have risen this year but only took effect Sunday of LFCC with the table worker not realising until too late. as always i'd like to hear what everyone is getting and for me Colin will be added to "Mindwarp" as i now have big names like Jayston and BLESSED on the set meaning its gone up a few Pegs, but i'm also planning for "The Power of the Doctor" to get more work done on that set, and maybe the Regeneration Set but thats not even listed yet for lack of certainty.

LFCC WINTER (2025) everything from this point is now the Winter Guests those for the weekend of the 16th and 17th November 2025. hopefully with better research this time around.

Also had a brilliant moment with Ben Mansfield as I pulled out the CD cover and his words were before I even said a thing “that’s the bloody one” he’d been trying to remember for about 7 hours and was greatful that someone had brought “Shadow Planet” as he wanted to sign a copy

Like I said with Derek his main issue was just he’s deaf which again he’s 90 if that’s his sole issue I’d say he’s come off rather well, most 90 year olds are in worse condition, and without trying to seem like I’m doing a dark humoured joke, he was sound of mind and sound of hand just a little off on the hearing. Varada was guest number 3 I believe for me on the day, I did Sylvester First then Alex Ferns who I left with a proper throat filled laugh as I mentioned how when listen to the audio I was picturing everyone in period appropriate attire and then suddenly someone walking around with his lad out and wearing only a white hat, and he joked had I brought a print of that shot from Chernobyl he’d need a microscope to find it and he’d sign it for nothing

If is Information File. but again what if we’re looking at this the wrong way, and I mean really what if we are looking at it in a way that the video is an excuse, and before I sound delusional, what if the video is an excuse to let Craig out of the event and garner sympathy for him knowing that realistically a lot of us are gonna keep coming back. just a thought, conjecture from a man who has had bugger all sleep over the past… 6 weeks

Given that I walked out with effectively close to £250 in extra change because u missed a few guests saved £75 on Kevin O’Brien not being the right one and even with having spent £50 extra on Barrowman I wish I’d have taken at least a couple more for Derek, for a 90 year and the only signing issue is he’s going deaf I’d say he got lucky on that one, had he done any of the regen stories guess where he’d have gone, and he was selling Vogan Prints on his table, I guess he was one, but I still can’t find an official source, my mate would likely have asked for his Season 12 to be signed, then again asking for Derek to sign in gold would have been a nightmare, god love and respect the man, but even with written instructions he was tricky to get sorted

Also I will start the winter guests within 24 hours I have some stuff to do

I only managed 30 out of the 42 odd guests I had listed, Hattie bounced before I could get to her, a few of the comic guests I couldn’t find, Chris Rankin I forgot about due to exhaustion and Mike Collins I could find for the life of me. that said I did get significantly more autographs than 30 as Derek Chafer was 8 alone. that said I would like to report some inside information, good news is that Martin Geraghty was free and happy for the 10 items I had for him, secondly he has confirmed the 3D animations are now done as the two tests they’ve done it has now been decided the reception wasn’t great and the 2D style shall be the result only, thirdly he’s working on the next animation and whilst he couldn’t state which story they’re doing, he did say which doctor, Troughton, and then realised that narrowed it down significantly as their is only 3 stories left so we can expect a 2/3 chance or a possible Troughton collection set. BUT another comment he made makes me think it’s “the Highlanders” as whilst we were discussing “The Underwater Menace” (which he stated a lesser reputation and we spoke about how the biggest problem I had with the animation, was actually an audio change in episode 4’s reprise which he said was absurd) he did mention that historicals were getting favourable views now, so my guess is that it’s a hint, and possibly to down play any call for a Troughton collection set as they’d still need to do “the Smugglers”

The decision was by all means an incredibly poor one, almost and this is pure conjecture of course before I find myself being lynched felt like a guilt trip attempt against Craig

I have only just seen that as it happens and I am excited in my own measure to say that I’m on her Facebook towering over her as I give her a hug in a more comical matter than Andre the Giant, makes me wonder how much attention must have been given during season 25 and 26 that the guest stars couldn’t be above 5’8 so as to match McCoy and Aldred

There has been a storm or two with that one as it happens as they showed a video of his hotel room possibly compromising where he was the entire time, whilst also changing the story from family issue to stomach problems, which has caused a lot of drama and makes you wonder what the truth of the matter was

Yeah those queues were hectic thank god for the most part the weather held up for the weekend, I say for the most part I did head back to the hotel to unload some of my stuff cause it was killing my back and shoulders, and I did get a little wet

I have now just worked out the Best thing to say to John about that now

Trust me me Ole China the delays on the photos were horrendous, I gave my friend the Brian Blessed Photo, and he got that, but in that time I still didn’t have my Varada Photo or even my Anita one because of the delays, I don’t know what caused it, I know Robert Strange was late which threw the whole event out of sync. on the subject of photos I did have some weird luck with David Bradley because I had a green screen photo and I didn’t know it was always the same Harry Potter Background, so whilst they took the photo, they said they’d change it to a Doctor who background que me waiting 40 minutes as they couldn’t sort it so I just took the blank background one, as I still had the photo with David, then as I was walking around the con, the photo attendant found me and gave me the Fixed photo and the hogwarts castle one as an apology, so now I have 3 photos with David Bradley, to quote Rene Artois “man of a thousand faces, everyone of them the same”

I joined around 7:30 and I was just before the first turn, so Bloody hell it was a nightmare I saw people still queuing hours later because of the hectic nature. now before we jump on the Showmasters bandwagon of hate, from what I was getting from staff, Showmasters had been promised both halls, but then last minute were told only the smaller hall, and with the amount of space being given to Photos, (also Photo B was air conditioned) it was evident disaster loomed, so on this one I will say Showmasters at most 15% fault.

The thing is I accept I may have damaged my credibility BUT I would argue in turn I wasn’t negligent in my research, IMDB linked both Friday the 13th Part 3 and Doctor who, the Doctor who wiki linked to Friday the 13th and I bought a magazine to confirm the name, so the singular flaw in all of that… was that I didn’t anticipate that there was another actor with the same name, which usually Union rules out rule that sort of thing, and I know the Friday movies have always been Union so you evidently there was a crack (everywhere in the universe) that caused the screw up and for that I admit fault on my research

I can’t wait to see him and due to a windfall I can get a third autograph with no issues on the finances thankfully, gonna be taking an extra bag for a ton of stuff as I didn’t get most of the comic guests yesterday, can’t wait to see Andrew again, me and Jessica talked like old friends and she wanted a photo with me god bless her

Update turns out our good friend Kevin O’Brien is not the same one whose done a lot of Doctor who, that’s £75 open in the budget I guess