WhoFest 2013 - Part Two

Right!  All fixed!  Now, where were we?  And when were we?  Oh yes!  Costumes!


Poor lad. Everyone thought he was Arthur Dent. At least, up until they saw the sword and the Satsuma and realized it was The Tenth Doctor from The Christmas Invasion.   
A Time Lady   
The Tenth Doctor and The Doctor's Daughter, Jenny.   
The Fourth Doctor   
Amy Pond.   
An amazing K-9 unit. This one was capable of moving and saying several lines from the show!   
Another impressive RC unit. This Dalek moved and talked!   
A Boy (At Heart) And His Robot Dog   
Me as the City of Death Fourth Doctor with the previously seen Romana II in her City of Death outfit.      It occurs to me I neglected to mention one important aspect of conventions everywhere - shopping! Naturally WhoFest had a large number of local businesses that cater to Whovians and their interests. The British Emporium, well-known for sponsoring the annual Doctor Who Days event (and for being the only place in DFW you can buy real Jelly Babies) had a table. I bought a new Sonic Screwdriver from Piranha Toys - a web-based collectibles store. There was even Lorrie's Broideries - a embroidery shop that does custom designs. But they were just a few of the wonderful businesses on hand...



Roll2Play is a wonderful games shop in Coppell, Texas which carries materials for The Doctor Who RPG as well as a variety of family board games.    
Collected is a new but quickly-growing comics and games shop in the DFW area. They helped me out with planning gaming events at my library and I've found their staff to be courtesy and helpful in all things.

As you can see, they also carry a lot of Doctor Who swag.      As I said before, it was a great convention and a fun time. Even if I had a TARDIS to go to the next WhoFest right now, it wouldn't be soon enough.  See you all in 2015!

WhoFest 2013 - Part One

I was lucky enough to have bought a ticket to WhoFest several months before the convention sold out its limited number of memberships.  This was WhoFest's first year of operations and with any luck it will be the first of many.  This was easily the most smoothly-run and well-organized fan-convention I've ever attended.

Held at the Crowne Plaza in Addison - one of the more popular hotels for cons in Dallas - WhoFest was billed as a family event for Whovians of all ages.  Fitting considering that Doctor Who started as a children's program before progressing into the family-hour show most are familiar with today.

There were no big celebrity guests at this convention.  This was all about fans getting to know one another, sharing knowledge and bonding over the shared experience.  There were a variety of panels for every interest, from trivia discussions to paper-craft and prop-building, with special rooms for children's programming and even a costume repair room for any emergencies that arose during the convention.  This last room in particular is a novel idea more conventions would benefit to copy.

Speaking of costumes, that seems as good a cue as any to display some of the wide variety of costumes I saw as I journeyed through Space and Time.


The Third Doctor.



The Third Doctor and The Sixth Doctor.



These twin sisters are dressed as Romana II and The Tenth Doctor.
The joke being that she's with the wrong Doctor and he's with the wrong blonde companion.   
The Seventh Doctor and The Master.



A Nice Family Portrait, This One.



The Seventh Doctor and Romana I.


The Celestial Toymaker.


The First Doctor.


Donna Noble, about to shout about something. Most likely her lack of POCKETS!!!


The Eleventh Doctor.


Blast! How did this get in here?

Come back for Part Two once I've made sure this Weeping Angel can't come out of the monitor to get you!