yellowmarlin

I’ve settled on Saturday now that Varada Sethu has been announced. Just trying to decide if I want diamond passes for her and Pom or if I should take my chances with VQ tickets and standard photoshoots.

Would love to see Alan Ritchson announced.

I met her last time but she was lovely so I think I might meet her again.

Anything else you can do while you’re in London? Make a day/weekend of it? I'm pretty definitely going but haven’t settled on a day yet. Leaning towards Saturday; Pom Klementieff’s diamond pass is slightly cheaper.

I’m going to again ask for Sophie Thatcher. She’s amazing in Companion.

Brian Blessed (if I attend on the Saturday and I haven’t met him elsewhere a month earlier), Pom Klementieff (diamond pass?), Brendan Wayne, Ming Qiu, Ravi Cabot-Conyers and the TNG duo photoshoot.

One for my list.

Now announce the other three: if Orlando can do it, so can London.

Ravi Cabot-Conyers was likewise announced on Facebook but doesn’t have his own thread on the forum.

Ryan Kiera Armstrong Robert Timothy Smith Kyriana Kratter What a group photoshoot it would be if they were announced alongside Ravi.

Big yes to Freema and Katie. They should have been on my list too.

Jeff Goldblum Laura Dern Sofia Boutella Anna Kendrick Sophie Thatcher Rosario Dawson Ariana Greenblatt Dafne Keen David Tennant Grant Gustin Melissa Benoist Daisy Ridley

Not at that early stage. The autograph queues for the four main guests were too big for the relatively small area that they were squeezed into, with Ncuti’s queue blocking access to some of the dealers area stalls. The photoshoot chaos started just before 12 with Ncuti’s and Michael’s queues merging and blocking access to one of the food sellers.

I only picked up 3 autographs (May Calamawy, Dean-Charles Chapman & Sam Hazeldine) and one photo (Michael Sheen) but I don’t think I’ve seen worse queue management since Stan Lee. Autograph queues should have been capped at sensible lengths; at one point Ncuti Gatwa’s queue was coiling around part of the dealers area. Other smaller guests should have had VQ tickets; their queues were allowed to stretch across to the opposite tables, blocking the aisles. The photo sessions were the worst. Gatwa’s and Sheen’s queues appeared to have merged at one point and after diamond batch 6 was eventually called (too many diamond passes sold!) the queue disintegrated into a mob. I was lucky to get squeezed into the first session (only six people after me) and I’m aware that some people queuing longer than me probably didn’t. The guy in the hat who was supposed to be managing the queue had disappeared by this point, or perhaps had been trampled underfoot. The positives: all of the guests that I met were lovely and I’m happy with how the photo turned out.

I usually try to stick to Sundays for that very reason, but Michael Sheen and May Calamawy were irresistible.