From: jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu (JACK)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: The Supreme Dalek's Report on Whoosiercon II
Keywords: Convention, Surprises, Fun
Date: 1 Apr 92 18:39:06 GMT
Article-I.D.: mailer.1992Apr1.133906.23135
Reply-To: jack@cloud3.met.fsu.edu
Organization: FSU-Meteorology Department


            THE SUPREME DALEK'S REPORT ON WHOOSIERCON II

   The Supreme Dalek was at Whoosiercon II in Indianapolis this last weekend, 
which turned out to be a wonderful and surprised-filled event. Most everything
went well, as events mostly started on time and there enough seats for ev-
eryone at *most* events. A couple of things that didn't go well included: 1. 
The Supreme Dalek's hotel reservation, and 2. The weather, which was colder 
(Friday) and wetter (Sunday) than I originally forecasted. However, there were
no outdoor events (except standing around at the airport), so this was not a
big problem.

   There guests were very interesting to watch. Sylvester McCoy reminds me 
a lot of Robin Williams in his ability to improvise comedy at the drop of a
hat. Sophie Aldred could do the same thing, although she didn't quite have
Sylvester's outrageous flair when doing it. 

   The big surprise among the guest was the unexpected appearence of the
entire Red Dwarf crew except for Chris Barrie. Apparently, there was some
mix-up in signals that resulted in word getting out that some of them were
not coming. (We Daleks would not tolerate such a thing!) Craig Charles was 
the ringleader of that group, as he was all over the con conversing with the 
fans, but they all got together at the Cabaret to do a number called "Tongue-
Tied". I am not that familar with Red Dwarf, so I am not quite sure of the 
significance of it.

   I heard that Craig Charles auctioned off his dredlocks to the fans. I 
did not see it happen personally, but he did have much shorter hair in 
person than I saw on the Red Dwarf videos.

   The video room was *the* biggest hit of the con. There was an absolutely
shocking screening of the recently unearthed "Tomb of the Cybermen", which
was a total surprise. The video appeared to be of good clarity, although
the large screen TV used in the video room did not have good enough picture
quality to do justice to it. One feature of the video was its Chinese sub-
titles, which was appropriate considering where it was discovered. Another
shocker was a showing of "Tenth Planet", complete with a recently-found,
reasonable-quality copy of the fourth episode. Not even the Daleks know where 
that came from! An *amazing* find!

   Other videos shown included every episode of season 5 of Red Dwarf (first 
time ever in America) and blooper videos from Star Trek, Star Trek the Next 
Generation, Dr Who (Sylvester's bloopers mainly), and Red Dwarf. Eric Hoffman 
showed a video tribute to the earth invasion films of the '50's entitled 
"They're Conquering the World... Again". (I don't know why they needed to do 
it again. When we Daleks conquer a place it stays conquered!) He also showed
an absolutely hilarious rock video of the Doctor being plagued by monsters
set to the tune of "We're Not Going to Take It" by Twisted Sister. All in
all, it was an absolutely fascinating set of videos.

   A couple of important pieces of news were released at Whoosiercon. 
Apparently, someone (person or persons unknown) has recieved permission
to novelise City of Death, Pirate Planet, and Revelation of the Daleks.
No time frame was given, but best estimate is sometime in 1993. Also, it
was announced that the long-awaited Sci-Fi Channel would commence oper-
ations on June 1, 1992 with a Dr Who marathon. It was also reported that
it would have such movie classics(?) as "Plan 9 From Outer Space". This
is great news, but do we really have to watch "Plan 9"? That's torture
even for Daleks.

   Anything else? Well, yes. Apparently there was a 4 AM pool party (the
hotel had an indoor pool) on Sunday morning involving several of the con-
vention guests. The Supreme Dalek didn't participate (he was off somewhere
re-charging his power units), but informed rumor has it that things got a 
little risque. Due to my lack of knowledge, it would be illogical to comment 
further.

   All things considered, the Supreme Dalek had an EXTERMINATINGLY good
time at Whoosiercon II.

Jack Beven
(a. k. a. The Supreme Dalek)
MULTIVERSENET ADDRESS: 
sdalek@exterminate.conquer.supreme.GARGANTAUBRAIN.MAXIMEGALON

Disclaimer: I don't know why I wrote this. I don't expect anyone to listen.
But anyone who disagrees will be EXTERMINATED!!!!!!
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