Gallifrey One 2012 Highlights!

I guess better late than never :) It took awhile to get back into the swing of things after the con, but things have been smooth for a few weeks now, so I figured now was a good time to list out a few highlights:

1. Seeing Radio Free Skaro's live show and talking to Warren randomly at the bar.
2. Meeting Camille Coduri, Paul McGann, Tony Curran, Mark Shephard, William Russell, Nicholas Briggs, Barnaby Edwards, Charlie Ross, Jake McGann, Daphne Ashbrook, Yee Jee Tso, Philip Segal, and the Big Finish actors.
3. Meting peeps from LJ (Hi Michelle! Hi Becca!)
4. Seeing the insaneness of an Amy Pond photoshoot.
5. Skittle Amys (that showed up anyways lol)
6. The 3 Who Fangirl!
7. Meeting Austin Whovians (hey guys!!)
8. All the freakin fantastic cosplay. My faves: Aztec Barbara, the Adipose, the Ood (and the Ood-dogs), Old Amy (TGWW), the hot Nine, the Nine with the mannequin arm…the list can go on for awhile…
9. LobbyCon (especially Sunday night!)
10. Roscoe’s in Inglewood

I had a blast and can't wait to go back next year!! Come on 2013!

Peace & Who,
Jess

Gallifrey 2012 Recap: Friday

Lesson learned from Gallifrey: Even if you can't post your blog, write while it's still fresh so you don't forget half the stuff that happened.
 

Friday of Gallifrey One was complete madness. I've already written about the awesomeness that was me believing the steam from my iron set off the fire alarm.  That turned out to be a false alarm thank goodness!  The Radio Free Skaro interviews were really fantastic, especially Toby Haynes as he talked about Sherlock and Doctor Who!! His bit on Sherlock can be found here.  Steven asked great questions of all the guests and it really gave a taste for what was to come the rest of the weekend. Camille Coduri was seriously funny in both the RFS interview and on her own Q&A panel. When asked by a fan which Doctor Jackie Tyler and Camille would "go for," Camille stated she thought Jackie would go for the 9th Doctor because, "Jackie likes a bit of rough." The crowd erupted in laughter and cheering! She then said Tennant was her Doctor. The opening ceremonies were great as Sean Lyon introduced many of the weekend's guests and Daniele Favilli (Angelo, Torchwood Miracle Day) gave a really adorable speech.

The Amy Pond cosplay was interesting and not something I would want to do again.  Costuming just isn't my thing, but everyone else looked fantastic and Jess and I met Michelle who Jess knew from the internet - Tumblr or LiveJournal I think.  It was instant friendship and mutual craziness.  This was evidenced by the end of the night as Michelle and I approached Chris and Steven from Radio Free Skaro out by the pool. We had both had a little bit to drink and had agreed that Michelle really identified with Chris as she can be highly pedantic about Doctor Who and I almost always agreed with Warren who just loves the show.  I mean really? Who cares why there are still clocks in a universe where time has stopped.  It was a cool way to illustrate what had happened and advance a plot point. I digress. Chris recognized Michelle from her photo and the guys were very nice and extremely approachable.  Afterwards, Michelle and I started a bit of a TeamChris/TeamWarren thing that devolved into a spectacularly insane idea.  More on that madness in another post. Later that night while hanging out with Sean from TardisTavern we talked to Warren and he was extremely gracious and totally agreed with my point of view. At least that's how I think I remember it - drinks had been drunk and the conversations are a little hazy.

I've posted some of the photos from Friday of the cosplay and RFS panel after the jump.  The rest can be found on our Google+ Picasa page.

Gallifrey 2012 Recap: Thursday

Our first Gallifrey One is over and we had a magnificent time! I'm going to be recapping the entire weekend over the next few days as I sort through the pictures and videos. So please enjoy!

Thursday was pure excitement as Gally started to get under way.  There were already hundreds of guests at the hotel and many were in their costumes. I think the highlight of the day for Jess was riding on the shuttle with Richard Franklin.  Mine was discovering the wonderful, crazy, awesome world of cosplay and learning about badge ribbons.  For those not in the know, badge ribbons are small ribbons the length of convention badges on which people print pithy, amusing, silly, funny, weird, random statements related to fandom.  These ribbons are then passed out and traded throughout the convention.  I think my favorite was actually a set of 5 ribbons.  Four had the word thing and the last had a picture of a lizard.  The Doctor, "Yeah, listen, listen, got to dash... things happening. Well... four things. Well... four things and a lizard." (Blink)  Love it!!

Our roommates arrived later in the evening with a simply mental travel story.  They wanted to fly standby but couldn't get on a flight so they bought tickets for a flight out on Thursday morning.  They missed the plane because of an unfinished cosplay outfit and had to fly in to Palm Springs.  From there they got on a combination of buses, trains and shuttles to make it to Gallifrey.  It was like a convention version of Planes, Trains and Automobiles! 

Some fun pictures of the first nights cosplay below and of the ribbons we gathered.  Tomorrow I'll look in depth at the start of the official convention when the madness truly began.

Femme 11 from The Lodger

11 playing football with the cutest 6th Doctor

Two awesome River Songs!

Gally Ribbons

Captain Jack Harkness!

LobbyCon!!

Other than some pics of an awesome Jammie Dodger package there will be no updates tonight as its 3am and I am waaaaaaasted. Met all 3 guys from Radio Free Skaro tonight and a podcaster from Austin: Sean f/ Tardis Tavern. Lots, lots more sometime tomorrow.

Cosplay and RFS recap

Radio Free Skaro was ridiculously awesome! Camille Coduri has a fantastic wit and told some very funny stories about working on DW. Barnaby Edwards (Dalek operator) talked about Daleks then and now and how you still need 4 hands to maneuver them. Toby Haynes was simply brilliant even if he wouldn't give away the secrets of Sherlock. Pics and video will follow eventually of everyone on the panel including Chip's TMTL live podcast.

I've also post a few pics of cosplay that I snapped with my phone. A great interpretation of K-9, Idris and 10, a couple of great Amys and a brilliant femme 11, and the cutest little 8. Jess and I did the skittle Amy group photo; unfortunately only 4 of us showed up but it was still really fun. We met Camile and got her autograph! She is such a sweet person and took the time to chat with us. We're at her main interview now and I will update on that this evening. Hopefully I'll be able to get the better pics up waaaay late this evening.

Radio Free Skaro!!

Jess and I went to the Gallifrey 101 panel and now have fantastic seats for RFS. First guest will be Camile Coduri! Also Toby Haynes, Gary Russell and more. Check out the awesome set!

Wake up call

Let's just say, as someone who doesn't iron clothing on a regular basis - or at all - having the fire alarm go off at 8am while I'm ironing my cosplay shirt was seriously disturbing. No, I wasn't burning my shirt, there was a false alarm and we didn't even leave the hotel room. Our poor roommates, more on them later, we're still asleep and got quite a rude awakening!

Last night was fantastic with some people in very cool costumes and lots of ribbons being passed out. I'll have a whole post on the craziness of ribbons. Unfortunately wifi is a little more expensive than I wish to pay so pics will be limited until I can get access. Jess and I went down to get our badges at 6 and there must have been 200 people in line already. Lovely insanity! After we checked in we ate at the sports bar in the hotel - yummy goodness. We then hung out around the lobby and Jess passed out her ribbons and I snapped pics of a femme 11 in the soccer outfit from The Lodger, Captain Jack, two River Songs - one very tall and one very short - who came to Gally together, and the cutest little girl in a 6 costume. Chip from Two Minute Time Lord snapped a pic of her this morning in a 4th Doctor costume.

Today is going to be mental as we hop from panel to panel and Jess fits in all her cosplay photo shoots and celeb photo ops. Lots more to come!!