Regeneration Who 4

This past weekend was the Regeneration Who 4 convention. It's one of the best cons out there. Run by the amazing Oni Hartstein and James Harknell. They have a wonderful crew who care about you, your experience, and making it the best out there.

I was vending for a second year for my Geek Girls' Castle shop. This year I bought a table instead of a booth. And while smaller, the table was much better for me. Sales were better, exposure was better, and location tons better. I love being at this con with "me people". Fans who are like minded, no judgements, no drama. Everyone is there for the love of Who and each other. We really are one big family at this convention.

While I can't get away from my table too often, I was able to get away for a few things. First off, Michelle Gomez was at the con. She plays Missy on Doctor Who, and well, my name being Missy, I do cosplay her at Who events and needed to meet her. She seemed so cool and fun and funny on her social media accounts. I got to fulfill that dream this weekend.

Here's how all my encounters with Michelle Gomez went.

Friday night, late-ish, she was signing autographs. My hubby went to get his autographs done for her that evening. As he got to the front, he called me over to leave my table to meet her too. I got over there, hubby introduced me and said, "Yes, her name really is Missy." She deadpanned, looked at hubby, and said, "Was that your only criteria??" We had a good laugh about that. But she was stunned by my actual name and asked in all seriousness, if it was short for something. I did answer, "Yes, it's short for Melissa..." 

My friend Amy was with us. She had on a handmade skirt. Michelle commented she loved it. She then saw mine as well. Hubby went into sales pitch mode saying that I make mine too and sell them, pointing towards my table. I unconsciously put my hands in my pockets to flare out the skirt so she could see the design, etc. Well, Michelle nearly jumped over the table, screamming, "It has pockets?!!?" I then went into sort of salesman mode too, saying "Yes! Large pockets that fit iphone 8+!" She looked at both assistants, one on each side, looking amazed and mouthing/not being able to talk about how she needs one! The one assistant said, "We have a photo op we need to get to..." Well, let me tell you, the look she shot her assistant was llike "B*tch, do NOT tell me we can't get one!" Hubby mentioned I was still open and I'd stay open if she needed... But the assistants needed to stick to their schedule of course. So they said they'd try to stop by another time. As they left the area, I did give her a cyberman luggage tag tho.

Saturday was a usual setup morning for my table. Got there early to reset the table and get it buyer ready. Within a couple hours of being open, I saw a blonde woman say hello at my table. I looked thru the shelves and said hello and such. Then I peer to the left of her, and see it's Michelle Gomez!!! OMG I'M FANGIRLING SO HARD! BUT KEEP IT COOL! hahaha

I walk around to the front of the table. I say hello and all that. She hugs me! *dying* Ha! She had picked up the pink toiletry bag with the DC comics superheroines on it. But she quickly said, "No, but where are the things with pockets?!!" heehee

So I show her the skirts I have left, which aren't many. (Thank you attendees for buying so many haha). I have a Marvel Avengers, Downton Abbey, Cyberman/Dalek combo, Star Wars, and Haunted Mansion left. First, she saw the Marvel and asked her assistant what that was. She answered. The Michelle immediately shoved it aside and said, "Oh, that's irrelevant." HAHAHAH 

I said the Downton Abbey one would be too cheeky. She agreed. hehe

I pulled the cyberman/dalek one off for her to see it but she didn't think it was really for her. Which I can understand that. The assistant said I should have had more Tardis ones. Which I did, but they all sold! *womp womp* Sorry, Michelle!!

So they didn't buy anything. But it was so nice she really did want something from me.
And my table neighbor had the foresight to take pictures for me... so she got some really great pics! Thanks Scully!!! (Go check out her shop too! Scully makes some amazing chainmail!)

Ok, so Sat afternoon tho, I was dressed as Missy all day because I was taking my photo with Michelle Gomez. My friend Amy and Jen saved me a seat/place in line while I was selling my wares and such. (Thanks guys!!) So thanks to them, I weas close to the front of the line for her photo session and could get back to my table quicker.

Michelle remembered me and hugged me before the photo was taken. She's so sweet!!!! A great photo was taken. I thanked her and moved along.

Later in the day, hubby and I had a photo op with both Michelle and Peter Capaldi, who played the 12th and most recent Doctor in the show.

We get up to the photo op and Michelle, knowing me by now, and probably sick of me, hugs me, and turns to Peter and kind of gets in his face and says, "Peter, this is Missy, no really, that's her name!" And Peter, mutters something like, "Oh really?" And iI'm like, yeah... But then I swear, in that same moment, it all happened at once, his sideeye, to Michelle, all whilst giving me a smile and nod and muttering, is giving Michelle the side eye of like, "Woman, I cannot take your crazy anymore..." hahahaha 

In that photo we had Michelle and Peter hold up their action figures because they were the same figures we had put on our wedding cake for wedding 1.0. We did tell them that and they were in shock a little. hehe (Crazy fan stories amiright? hehe)

I later got my photo with Missy signed. Thank you staff that allowed me to not be away from my table for long period of time... You guys are awesome. Michelle was a doll during the signing but I felt like I had so many amazing moments with her, I didn't want to say much more to her or take up her valuable time when other fans needed to have their moments instead...But I was so happy and honored to have met her so many times this weekend. She kept the humor and love all around her fans. It was amazing!

I'm still on a con high from the wonderful time I had.

As for business, it was pretty good this weekend. Much better than last year. I definitely want to come back again. Even tho it's a new venue as we've outgrown this hotel already! But I'll be excited to get in again. I just love the people, staff, fans, attendees, guests, panels, and jam sessions. It's all so fabulous. They work so hard to put this together and make it all work for the fans. It's what it's all about. And I love coming every year!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by my table and bought my wares or just took my card. You all are fantastic and made my weekend! xoxox

My Whovian Proposal

I got engaged! And it went viral! Here's sites that it was featured on! This is crazy!

http://www.cnet.com/news/will-who-marry-me-time-lords-tennant-and-smith-join-proposal/

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2016/04/doctor-whos-day-roundup-smith-and-tennants-magical-weekend

http://metro.co.uk/2016/04/17/doctor-who-fan-is-proposed-to-just-as-she-meets-david-tennant-and-matt-smith-5822432/

http://www.blastr.com/2016-4-18/doctors-take-manhattan-12-things-learned-david-tennant-matt-smith-nycs-doctor-who-event

http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/showbiz/matt-smith-david-tennant-doctor-who-proposal-wizard-world/

Ok sooo.... my life was a bit crazy for awhile... My now-fiance, Brad, got tickets to this meet & greet via Wizard World convention circuit. He goes hogwild for Doctor Who celebs. And almost no price is too high for him. Haha! So I knew we were going since Feb.

We both got up and cosplayed as the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors, appropriately. For those who don't know, Matt Smith played the 11th Doctor and David Tennant played the 10th Doctor.

He bought extra autograph tickets for me because Brad is very generous that way. I had brought my Tennant and Davison 8x10 I got at NYCC autographed by Peter Davison already. I wanted Tennant to sign this one too. And for Matt Smith, I had the postage stamp for him to sign if I decided to not get an 8x10 at his table. I wasn't sure yet. Little did I know why Brad really got the autograph tickets for me....

We waited on a very long line for the photo ops to begin and go through most people. I noticed Brad was acting weirder than normal... like overly excited than his usual "meeting celebs" self but i shook it off, he paid a lot of money to be here, let him have his day. hehe. We made friends with the people in line behind us. They were really sweet and fun and never done anything like this before... So we talked about all sorts of nerdy things and plugged the Way Station in Brooklyn of course.

Then I recall Brad having his phone up to his face at one point typing something out. I asked him what he was doing, again not normal behavior... You'd think I woulda known by now. Nope! Ha!
Apparently he was writing the people in line behind us, that we became friendly with, to try to videotape what was going to happen. So they knew what was about to go down! Of course when we got up there the con people put a stop to them videotaping anything. But at least we got a few photos out of it.

Ok back to the moment in time... So eventually it's our turn. As usual, we throw our bags on the side table, I get out my sonic screwdriver to pose with it. As per the photos, you can see Tennant is first and then Smith. I walked to Smith first, hugged him as he had his arms wide open for such a thing. (I did not ask him nor expect it...I'm not that kind of fan! lol) And Brad was behind me. So when I turned around to greet Tennant, I look down to see Brad is basically at eye level (not normal! Ha!) and see that he has a box in his hand... Then it all came crashing down on me and I knew what was happening! And that's the first photo in the series... With my mouth wide open not knowing what really was happening or that it *was* happening, etc! My brain was going a mile a minute!

By the way, I love Tennant's curious look of "Oooh I think I know what is about to happen!" and Smith's 5 year old face "Ooh what's happening?", like he's waiting for a cookie to appear or something. haha

I do recall Brad actually saying the words, "Will you marry me?" So I do recall I needed to answer or this is not going to look good at all! Ha! So I answered loudly, "Yes!"Which is probably this photo, right before I said yes...

Then I think that's when this photo was taken, a "hooray, congrats, she-said-yes," photo with Tennant and Smith cheering! There was no time to actually put the ring on while in front of them because photo ops are usually 10 seconds long. I'm happy the photographer took four photos!

Original photo before they signed it.

Signed photo afterwards.

Technically, besides the couple behind us, Tennant and Smith were the first ones to congratulate us. Which is very touching! ^_^

My instagram video shows the photos above and one photo of the ring.

My instagram video here shows the ring and Tardis ring box best.

Tardis ring box with ring on top.

R2D2 ring inside the box.

It says "Travel with me in time and space"

Brad wrote up his version of the story earlier, when it happened. (Life went crazy after this and I didn't have a chance to write this up until now...)

As of now we have no definitive date or plans. We have some things up our sleeves but... spoilers!

Regeneration Who 2 Recap

Regeneration Who 2 was another huge success for Oni Hartstein and James Harknell!

The con had brought in major Doctor Who guests like Peter Davison, the Fifth Doctor; Terry Molloy, Davros; Colin Baker, Sixtth Doctor; Nicholas Briggs, voice of the Daleks and many other villians or creatures within the Who-verse; Nicola Bryant, Sixth Doctor companion; and just so many more!!

The panels that I attended were wonderful and moderators were great at asking relevant questions and keeping on topic.

The vendors and artists were pretty awesome as usual. Great products and artwork for sale.

As with most cons, I usually go for the celebrity hunt. But this year I was actually more about the panels. I did meet Peter Davison for a selfie with my now-fiance, but overall, I really surprised myself by not "needing" any autographs or photo ops this time. I have met most if not all the celebs already at previous conventions. So, I focused more on the panels this con.

Friday's panels, for me, started with the Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison; moderated by Nicholas Briggs. Peter talked about his time as the Doctor of course but also talked a lot about the special he did for the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, the Five-ish Doctors. I audio-recorded most of his panel but I am not sure how to edit it to add here haha! Peter is so funny and loves talking with his fans. He's really great with them.

After taking a nice dinner break, I came back to attend the "Freaking Out" panel that a friend was helping to moderate. It was about anxiety at conventions, or associated with attending cons in general. It was really helpful for those in the room to discuss anxieties and how to cope with them. But also I found interesting, was a couple audience members also discussed that it may not be them whom are dealing with anxieties but someone they care about and how to help that person cope at a con (or in life in general as some issues applied for both life in and out of cons). I found myself nodding to a lot of issues that the panelists talked about, agreeing that either I have those same anxieties, or how to cope with them in certain ways, or the way we behave in general based on our insecurities or anxieties. Stephen Webb, Clay Dockery, and Decca Dent did a fabulous job addressing everyone's issues and how to cope. Highly recommend if it's offered in another convention or future RegenWho again.

Saturday started with an awesome "Geek Chic" panel that more friends were moderating again. Being a geeky girl, ahem my blog name hehe, it was great to listen to others who loved dressing up geeky in everyday fashion. They of course touched upon cosplay in general, as all of them do cosplay at conventions and such. But then also related in how they have so many pieces that are normal everyday clothing, bought from second-hand stores or bog box stores, that when they wear those pieces alone, they still get recognized as a specific character. But there are ways to not just look like your favorite characters but rather what you can do to just accessorize your outfits with geeky items like scarves, ties, cardigans, shoes, jewelry, etc. So you may not want to go out looking like a character, but you can still show off your fandoms with little hints of flair. Stephen Webb, Kristin Sirota, Christine Evans, and Decca Dent did great in explaining it all, especially with a lovely slideshow!

I went to the "Doctor Who Travel Guide" which explained many of the places you can go in the UK, United States, and Canada to visit places either Doctor Who (and spin-off Torchwood) have taped or took place at. It was great to hear about the places like museums or exterior locations where they have taped and how to incorporate it into your travels. I've been lucky enough to travel overseas to London and Wales for the main discussion points, but it was before I was that deep into Doctor Who to find the places they filmed. Other than Wales, which was the main reason I traveled there. My friend and I at the time, took a bus to Wales to see the Torchwood hub and had friends who gave us a personalized tour of Cardiff and where they grew up. So now that more seasons of Who and Torchwood and even Sherlock have aired, I'd love to visit more of the places Brian Savoie talked about or to look at with different eyes. One day I'll save up enough to go back and revisit!

Then came my own "panel". I did a live-to-tape taping of our web series "Captain Kyle's Cosplay Spotlight" with host Kyle Williamson and guest cosplayer, Angela Pritchett. It took some time to set up the room of course to tape everything and light everything correctly or as good as we could given the room dynamics. But Angela was fun and engaging as Osgood. And we had a really good audience count for being at a convention taping! The episode will air sometime this fall on SciFiGeekProductions Youtube page! Then it was a very fast breakdown as another panel of course needed the room right after us. But it was definitely fun!

Somewhere in the weekend I also went to Angela Pritchett's book signing! She has an awesome second cookbook inspired by Doctor Who! I have the first one and missed out on getting the second one on site so Amazon it is for me! Haha! She handed out a sample peanut butter cookie from the books recipes. It was so yummy! Fun and delicious recipes! Buy her books!!

I went to the Davros Variety Show. It was so much fun! Terry Molloy is of course the most entertaining! But I loved the ukele performances by Cat Smith and Angela Pritchett. The singing from Hannah Harkness is always funny! So that was a great time! I hope they have something similar again next year!

Gallifrey Squares was something I missed the previous year so I needed to go this year!! The room was still crowded but not standing room only busy. Found seats and watched the fun begin! There were a couple ladies who had too much to drink near me and were acting up, mostly just being loud and shouting out answers and general obnoxiousness. But once their friend was done being "on stage" they left. And then I could enjoy the rest of the game show. It was a lot of fun. Great questions, trivia and such. And I loved everyone who was in cosplay! So much fun!

Sunday was a down day for us. Got up, packed the car and checked out and then just wandered the vendor room for a bit. Didn't really hit any other panels. With the semi-long drive home, we got on the road around lunch time. That meant I would miss Oni and James' closing panel though again. But such is life. Maybe next year!

RegenerationWho is really the only con I actually want to do everything a con has to offer! I love the celebs of course. Meeting them and getting autographs or photos are fab with them. And Regen always gets great guests! And I of course love shopping, so the vendor's room is always a fav to walk around in and try to spend money on local artists and such. And of course I get to see friends from afar. But it's the one con (and Intervention) that I actually enjoy going to the panels. They have wonderful guest speakers, discussions, interesting topics, and topics to entice anyone's interests! So it really is just a wonderful con to go to. I can't wait for Intervention Con in Sept and RegenWho 3!!!! Thanks for a great con Oni & James and your quality staff!!!

P.S. - Next year's guests are already lining up and it's going to be magnificent! Michelle Gomez, who plays Missy, is going to be there! I will finally get to meet her!!! My "namesake" hehe. So my hotel and tickets have already been bought! And I'll be first to get her autograph/photo ticket if there are presales! heehee Cannot wait for next year!!

Regeneration Who 2!!

Maryland’s Doctor Who Convention returns this March 18-20th in Hunt Valley, MD!! And I couldn't be more excited!! Not only are we taping an episode of Captain Kyle's Cosplay Spotlight there, (Saturday at 5pm!) I have a couple new cosplays to debut!! (Can you guess with my name??) haha!

Re)Generation Who is just one of those cons that are so well run and and have the best staff members around, that I now look forward to it every year. And just like any convention, of course I go because I love the celebs, seeing all the fans for Doctor Who in one place, and meeting up with friends I may not get to see everyday!

The programming schedule is also now up and though the hotel is sold out at the con rate, there might still be rooms available through travel websites or the hotel site itself. Also buy tickets asap!! They will be going quickly!!! As you can see below, daily tickets are being sold on March 4th as well, so even if you can only join the fun for one day, those will be available in a couple days. And it's totally worth i!! 

From Regen's website: 

With a very rare Peter Davison (5th Doctor) USA appearance and fan favorite Doctor Colin Baker (6th Doctor) and companions such as Nicola Bryant (6’s Companion), Sophie Aldred (7’s Companion), and Frazer Hines (2’s Companion) the convention has already been named one of the top things to do in Baltimore for 2016 by The Baltimore Sun. Over 25 celebrity guests will greet fans this year. 

Many other celebrity guests from the television show are appearing in person such as Nick Briggs (the voice of the Daleks), Deborah Watling (2′s Companion), Nev Fountain and Rob Shearman (DW writers), Terry Molloy (Davros), and a very rare US appearance by Anneke Wills (1 and 2’s Companion). Doctor Who music composer Dominic Glynn will also perform a full concert for fans. 

The programming will feature a new children’s program, autograph and photo opportunities, deep discussion of both the new and old TV shows, books, audio dramas, viewings of both common and rare Doctor Who videos, scavenger hunts, cosplay contests, an extensive vendor’s room, artists, giveaways, and plenty of surprises TBA. You may view a draft of this year’s program here: https://regenerationwho.com/programming/programming-descriptions/ 

Our entire convention team is thrilled to be working with so many great Doctor Who actors to bring this to the fans. (Re)Generation Who is a safe space where all Doctor Who fans can meet the actors, show off their costumes, and meet other people who love the show just as much as we do. Sign language interpreters are available upon request.
(Re)Generation Who is an Onezumi Events production. Helmed by Oni Hartstein, this will mark the organizations’ eighth time organizing an exciting major 3 day event. 

Tickets for (Re)Generation Who can be bought at ReGenerationWho.com may be purchased in advance online at $75 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under for the full weekend. At door cost is $85 for adults and $20 for children 12 and under.Daily tickets will go on sale on March 4th if the event does not sell out before then. See the website for daily admission prices. Advanced tickets may only be purchased until Tuesday 3/15 at midnight. After that tickets may only be purchased at the door while they last.

Doctor Who's Tom Baker Q&A at RegenerationWho

At the RegenerationWho convention, they pulled off an amazing Skype call wtih special guest Tom Baker for an hour. It was one magical hour. Tom Baker is the sweetest and kindest man with that grandpa quality we all wish we could be around all the time. And he has the most infectious laugh you'll hear and you'll just start giggling anytime he bellows it out. It's adorable! He's adorable!

I did not videotape the entire interview due to contractual agreements between the convention and Tom Baker's associates. But here is a snippet of one of the questions about how it was to wear the scarf all the time, did it get in the way, etc.

I cannot transcribe the entire Q&A either but here are many snippets and quotes from the session. We all wished it lasted longer. He was such a doll to talk to! And imagine him taking his time answering the questions and kind of rambling on, in the best possible way, but when he realizes he's rambling, he immediately, straight-faced and eagerly says, like a child, "Ask me another one!" heehee

-As a child Tom Baker saw his name in lights. "I enjoy being worshipped."

-On becoming the Doctor: he had to keep the news secret for two weeks. It was a great relief to get the job. He didn't have to reach for the part because he, like the Doctor, believes in the impossible and being kind. It was easy being the Doctor because he's been the Doctor forever.

-His thoughts on his costume:
    -It was very old student look; with big trousers and the jacket
    -The costumers sent all this wool yarn to Pegonia Pope to make a scarf. But no one told her when to stop and she never bothered to ask. So they visited her to see the progress or what she did make and it was 58 feet long! They cut it down of course but it was still so long that he tripped over it a lot while shooting scenes!

-Someone asked "Why Jelly Babies?" To which he simply stated that he just thought it would be funny when faced with a really evil villian, to suddenly just offer some jelly babies to them and see what happens. Haha

-When asked what he thought about the latest incarnation of the Doctor, Peter Capaldi as the twelfth Dcotor, Mr. Baker says he thinks Capaldi's bony face looks like "he comes from...someplace else..." hehe

-Speaking about getting recognized while in public:
    -He said he was at a pub with friends and he kept getting interrupted to sign autographs. Here he is still sober and still on his first drink and his friends were already on their fifth pint getting drunk... So he later goes to another bar, more of a hole in the wall type place. And someone comes up to him with a paper and he is tired and still sober but thinks, "Fine.." and the guy is pointing to the paper but not saying much, so he proceeds to sign it and hands it back to the man. The man looks at him and says, "What's this?" Tom: My autograph! Man: What? no! He flips over the paper -- I need directions to here!  Tom had a good laugh over that one.
   -Another time he saw a whole school bus of kids and he said they all recognized him and he described it as the bus was going to tip over because they all gathered on the one side of the bus to see him! So they all pile out of the bus and surround him with hugs and adoration. And he loved it!

-He is not interested in those not interested in love.

-He mentioned that he wanted to play the Master and waited by the phone for that call. He lost a lot of weight waiting. Haha

-When he discussed what it was like to come back and do the Big Finish audio, and asking if any other companions would join him now: He said it was nostalgic to bring him back. It was like going back to childhood to when the fans were young so no other companions could come in now that two of the other actresses have passed away.

-When asked about life after Doctor Who, he commented that he may have hung up the scarf but he never stopped being Doctor Who. Nothing he did after Doctor Who was ever as successful.

-On other acting gigs after Doctor Who: he says that he just kept playing the Doctor, It was fun and it was for the fans because he knew any fans that came in, they wanted to see the Doctor, it was for them, not the other actors, which the other actors probably didn't care for. haha But he says if he stopped playing the Doctor, then no one would love and recognize him anymore.

-Discussing watching Doctor Who now:
     -He never even watched his scenes when they aired because he doesn't like watching himself. He merely loved working on it and being a part of it. The job fulfilled him so much and he was unhappy when he wasn't working on it. He loved playing that crazy character!

-He discussed other acting jobs and said he will not take on anything that have violent parts. Those parts don't hold any interest him because he "lives in cloud cukoo land". He believes that heroes live and wants to do gentler things. He wants people to be happy. (I love that he made a Lego Movie reference haha)

-Tom Baker says he's full of affection and he loves meeting people and fans. And that being here, as fans at this convention, confirms his approval of him. heehee

-He currently owns five cats and a dog. Two cats are Burmese and three are Siamese. He recites Shakespeare sonnets to his dog whilst on walks in the woods.

-He once wrote a book in 1999 about a very vile boy who gets it in the end. It's still for sale and being published which he's amazed at. He says it sells very well in the Jewish section of Liverpool.

-He says he's a master of self delusion

-He says no one has failed at playing the Doctor and that anyone can play the role. He says that Johnny Depp could have played the role back in the day.

-If he could play any part in Sherlock in the current incarnation, would he and what part?
   -He's played Sherlock twice already
   -And he played both Holmes and Moriarty in the same play as the plot was that Moriarty had surgery to look like Holmes so Baker had to play both parts. It was written in such a way that the characters weren't on stage together but the audience would get confused as to which character he was at that moment, Holmes or Moriarty?
   -He is very tender towards Watson. And during the show Watson dressed in drag and Baker pretended not to notice.
   -He has read all the Sherlock stories though
   -But no, he would not want to play it anymore. He wants nothing more to do with the character.

-Appearing on Skype must feel much like appearing on the Tardis view screeen. Baker wants to learn how to use Skype more so that he can Skype all his enemies! Ha!

-Have you beaten K9 at chess?
   -No -- But he loved K-9. Though he loved the actor who played K-9 in rehearsals and his voice actor better than the mechanical dog. Especially because that actor would get Baker coffee and such. Ha!
  -He had to be on his knees a lot during any two-shots with K-9 because they couldn't fit them both in on screen otherwise. He disliked that part of it a lot.

-He loves special effects work. It challenges him and it's fun. There was a scene where he had to blow up Daleks and when the strings were coming closer and closer together he said "I can't do this! I love the Daleks! If it was the BBC..." haha The journalists were on set that day. One had a field day with that and the headline the next day in the paper was "Tom Baker has a rat and wants to blow up the BBC!" Well then people tweeted back that they would have liked to as well! Ha!

-Any last words of wisdom for fans?
   -He laughed heartily at this question and said "Beware old men doling out words of wisdom. The world is run largely by old men and look at the state of it!" Big laughs were had at that.
   -He says he has no other words of wisdom though. Just thankful for this opportunity to speak with fans across the pond as he probably won't be able to come over to the states as he gets older.

No, thank you, Mr. Tom Baker! You are awesome, funny, sweet, kind and I can laugh because you have a loveable and infectious laugh! It was a pleasure to have this Skype call with you!

Tom Baker during the Skype call

View of the Skype call from my seat

Before the call started Tom Baker put his stuffed bear to the screen and made him peak out of the screen and such. Adorable.

Tardis cookies

The other weekend I went to RegenWho con in Maryland with friends. In prep for it I made Tollhouse chocolate chip cookies with Tardis sprinkles! I handed them out to people I would meet or already knew and was meeting up with at the con. I wanted, of course, to make cupcakes but time prevented that and traveling through NYC with them was not really an option. So cookies it was!

The Tardis sprinkles were part of a kickstarter I backed that also made steampunk sprinkles (little gears), lightening bolt sprinkles (which are reminiscent for Harry Potter fans) and Meeples which is from a tabletop game. I only had the funds for the Tardis ones. And I absolutely love them!

If you missed the kickstarter though, you can still purchase these geeky sprinkles here! 

Before the oven...

Tardis sprinkles!

What better way to take them out of the oven but with my Tardis spatula!

Finished product!

RengenWho Cosplay

Attended RegenerationWho convention a couple weekends ago and cosplay is a huge part of any convention but I always love it when the whole convention revolves around one of the many geek themes I enjoy. In this case, Doctor Who is the theme! All the people who cosplay are pretty amazing and really talented. I'm sorry I don't have everyone's names on these pics. I was a poor planner and did not ask for names this convention... So sorry! There were also so many I missed taking pics of because I was in line or rushing to a panel or in a panel and couldn't stop to take pics! eeps! But enjoy the cosplayers I did manage to get and their awesome costumes displayed here!

Waiting for the masquerade. So many amazing cosplayers! I can play an eye-spy game -- I spy an Ace, 9th Doctor, 6th Doctor, Cat Nurse, 10th Doctor, Clockwork droid, and so many more!

9th Doctor (Brad Trechak) meets a fem 9th Doctor, Dara Dandrea-Giannotti

Kristin Sirota as the amazing hula-hooping Tardis

The Master

Fem 9th Doctor, Dara Dandrea-Giannotti, and me as Bad Wolf Rose

Masquerade with Clockwork droid

Captain Kyle (Kyle Williamson) as Jackson Lake

Somehow the Doctor regenerated into the Governor! Uh oh. #cosplay #DoctorWho #layer @captainkylephilly

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Brad as a mashup of 4th Doctor and 6th Doctor and indicating that he's a Zygon

Missy and... Missy?

10th Doctor and Davros

Brad as the 6th Doctor

Brad as 6th Doctor, me as Rose, and Captain Kyle as Jack Harkness

Mini 10th Doctor (Evan) meets mini Dalek (Bumpy w/ Bella inside; via Richard Siegbigteroth)

mini 10th Doctor meets big Dalek and fights him!

Me as Bad Wolf Rose and Brad as 9th Doctor

Brad as Inspector Spacetime and me as Rose

It's just too easy... Vote for me! Erm Missy... I think?

Missy (as Bad Wolf Rose) meets... Missy? Again?? (Johnathan Michael Sternquist)

Davros

Me as Bad Wolf Rose and Brad as 9th Doctor on stage at the masquerade trying to recreate the scene from the "Parting of the Ways" episode.

Long Island Who Con Cosplay 2014

Long Island Who 2 convention held in November 2014, always brings out the best cosplayers and costumes for Doctor Who. So here's a selection of so many amazing cosplays I saw that weekend!

Kyle Williamson as Jackson Lake aka The Next Doctor, getting ready for the first panel of the day at LIWho2.
He talked about fan filmmaking and showed some of his own fan films from
his SciFiGeekProductions company.

Delete!

Cutest adipose & a scary weeping angel

Me in a rockabilly 4th Doctor dress

Me in the same dress with my handmade 4th Doctor scarf.

Clockwork guy and The Wire - Careful, she's hungry!

Clockwork guy

Hungry!!

Jackson Lake trying to save us from the Clockwork guy!

Corseted Dalek

Are you my Mummy? Totally awesome cosplay by this mom and son.

Me and the Tardis

Run!

Dianna Tucker Baritot and Adam Baritot - Dinna as the Tardis and Adam as the 12th Doctor

This was pretty brilliant -- Van Gogh with the famous Starry Night painting

Me in my rockabilly 9th Doctor dress

The museum had pieces of wardrobe and props from the show.

Many of the props used in Doctor Who- from sonic scewdrivers to River's journal (tho that was a Kindle cover), to the whistle and celery stalk.

One of the few Paul McGann's actual 8th Doctor jacket he used in the 1996 film.

4th Doctor's outfit pieces used in the show.

Closer shot of the various props used.

4th Doctor Sonic (red-tipped one) and you can see the bottom of the celery stalk above right, 10th Doctor sonic in the middle.

10th Doctor sonic and the plastic/rubber celery stalk for 5th Doctor

It's much heavier than it looks. It was made out of metal and it's pretty sturdy for tossing about.

The tip didn't glow much anymore but overall it still functioned with the slider working to make it longer, etc.

The slide whistle is at top screen, a Yeti that I can't recall what that prop was from (corrected from thinking it was an owl), the Pandorica box, Tardis keys, and various other sonics from earlier Doctors.