Here’s how I feel right now:
Assuming, of course, that her face says “My hips need replacement and I need to sleep for a day!” 🙂
We spent over 7 hours at the con today, and the highlight – indeed the highlight of the entire con I expect – can be summarized by this photo:
Yep, I was star struck a little. As would be expected meeting a childhood hero. He was personable and charming and gracious and everything you’d expect him to be.
Later on we also went to his hour long panel…
…which was held in a massive room where all seats were packed! The moderator made a few funny jokes about the disparate audiences, which included the old-schoolers and the new, much younger fans (who were well aware Doctor 5 is now Doctor 10’s dad-in-law)!
We actually saw two panels in a row in this room. Before Peter Davison we sat through Grant Morrison which was very entertaining, including the bits when he spoke about his experiences summoning demons via black magic (he didn’t seem to be joking).
But thats not the only Who we saw today! Not only was the Doctor Who shop twice as big as ever:
But they even had a special guest in the form of Karen Gillan’s cousin, aka. young Amy Pond:
There was also some actual comic appreciation going on today! A good chunk of the main hall has vendors like this:
I bought some comics today, and then later on in the day met (and got an autograph from) Amanda Conner, whose comic art I’m a fan of.
There’s so, so much more. About a dozen hours at the con so far and I still feel there’s lots to see. Tomorrow we’ve got more panels to see and some special autographs to (hopefully!) collect.
Before I end for the day, the cosplay! To say the quality is high is an understatement. Check out the three best I took photos of today:
Is that Pond The Younger?
Great mix of pix, stylish headwear as always.
Bring on day three!