From: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
Subject: who party 10 goer
Date: 21 Aug 92 01:29:11 EST
Reply-To: "dale clayton" <dale.clayton@canrem.com>
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Organization: Canada Remote Systems

 Last weekend I attended my first Doctor Who convention. This was my
first convention of any type. I have to admit that I wasn't keen on
going to any of these in the past for various reasons. However, I did
feel I should go to at least one just to see exactly what they are like.
I wasn't disappointed, to say the least.
 This convention was Who Party 10 located at the Colledge of Art in
Toronto, Canada, 15th & 16th of Aug. Here's a brief description of it:

 Who Party 10 was a failure only because of the lack of attendence and
probably the lack of guests. More advertising was obviously required -
the real failure. I know there are more fans out there that would have
come if they had known about WP 10.

 There were the usual events including panels and assorted videos.
 The video line up was super and fairly much my main event. I finally
saw "Tomb of the Cybermen" (For anyone about to see it... you're in for
seeing one fine DW story!!).
 I also got to see "The Ice Warriors", parts 1, 4-6; "Terror of the
Autons" and "The Daemons"- in colour!!; "Summoned By Shadows" - if only
Colin B. played the Doctor like he did in this - WOW!; "More Than a
Messiah" - sequel to SBS (both were very well done) and, for something
completely different, Blackadder Xmas (featured Nicloa Bryant - she was
great in this! :-).
Other vids that I didn't get to see: More Blackadder stuff (episodes PBS
and A&E won't show), Red Dwarf episodes (some from RD V and the episodes
that YTV won't show), somemore DW stories/episodes (ie: Caves of
Androzani, The Two Doctors and Vengeance on Varos -Peri stuff, eh?),
Blake's 7 (1ep.), Ace of Wands (?), Jupiter Moon (?) and MythMaker -
Nicola Byrant.

 You probably noticed alot of Peri/Nicola Byrant stuff in the lineup.
I presume that's because she (N. Bryant, not Peri :-) was there as the
guest of honour. Her activities were the usual stuff - panels (4), photo
opportunities (had my picture taken with her - she's tiny!) and auto-
graph sessions (had her sign my photo). If you like(d) her, it would
have been a great chance to talk to her. The number of attendees made it
quite possible for her to walk about and spend some extra time with the
fans on a one to one basis - and the line ups were not at all deep!
She had, of course, many an amusing stories about her stint on DW.

 There were other events, needless to say. Various panels and topics,
games, costume party and contest (did not participate), auction,
dealers' room (picked up Marvel's complete DW Comic collection in mint
condition, Hartnell Years and some other minor DW stuff) and there was
a display of the Not The BBC's Props Department's (NTBBCPD) props
(featuring a Police Box, TARDIS console, a Dalek, Ace's getto-blaster, a
K-9  and some other imitated gadgets - all _very_ well done!).
(BTW, NTBBCPD is a chapter of the Doctor Who Information Network (DWIN),
whose primary purpose is to build replica props and sets of DW stuff.
DWIN was the major sponsor and organiser of WP 10.)

Well, that's all that I can remember for now. If you have any specific
questions about any of the above, feel free to write.

All in all, Who Party 10 was a good experience and fun to attend! There
is already talk of a Who Party 11 for next year (it should have Janet
Fielding and Sara Sutton as guests). There should be heavy emphasis on
the 30th anniversary!

Regards,
Dale Clayton
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