Anglophenia » Doctor Who Convention 2012

Watch: Mark Sheppard LOVES BBC America!

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:47:15 +0000

One of the delights of the Doctor Who Convention, and let’s face it, it was a constant stream of delights interrupted only by the need to breathe in and breathe out, was having the chance to sit down and have a chat with Mark ...

Doctor Who Convention: Matt & Karen On Cosplay And The Death Of Tweed

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:28:07 +0000

See that bag behind Matt Smith and Karen Gillan? That’s my bag.

‘Doctor Who’ Convention Report 6 (Day 2): A Tour Of The TARDIS

Fraser McAlpine — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 21:27:27 +0000

Forgive me if this post is a little light on text. I’m still a little giddy. Basically I went on a tour of the TARDIS set this afternoon, and we were allowed to touch the console and everything. THE. ACTUAL. TARDIS. SET.

‘Doctor Who’ Convention Report 5 (Day 2): Daleks, Butterflies and Jelly Babies

Fraser McAlpine — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:33:52 +0000

So, photos have been taken, collected and signed. Handshakes and kisses have been exchanged. The fezzes are going back in their boxes and the tweed jackets back on the coathooks.

Doctor Who Convention Report 4 (Day 2): Doctor Queue

Fraser McAlpine — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:14:02 +0000

And so it came to pass that on the second day of the Doctor Who Convention, a great mass of people did gather outside a venue in Cardiff, Wales. Some of them wore similar costumes to those of the people from the day before, some wore ...

‘Doctor Who’ Convention Report 3: Too Hot For Cosplay

Fraser McAlpine — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:06:41 +0000

At the end of Day 1 of the Doctor Who Convention, what have we learned?

Oh sure, we saw Matt and Karen and Arthur and Steven and Caroline and the script-writers and producers and directors and costume-makers and make-up artists and props designers and pretty much everyone else associated with the show, and ...

‘Doctor Who’ Convention Report 2: The Pan(el)dorica Opens

Fraser McAlpine — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:02:24 +0000

Having welcomed giddy Whovians into the Millennium Centre and tickled their excitement with actual Silurians and a very visible Ood…

‘Doctor Who’ Convention Report: An Ood Awakening

Fraser McAlpine — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 11:53:06 +0000

It begins on a preposterously sunny morning in Cardiff, Wales, in front of their very imposing Millennium Centre. There are signs dotted around which give clues that today is not going to be ordinary.

Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: The Convention Is Upon Us

staff — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:25:19 +0000

This weekend sees Doctor Who take a leap into full costume, lanyard and tongue-tied eye-bulge-squee mode, with the first official Doctor Who Convention, taking place in Cardiff. The event will be attended by such notable Who luminaries ...