Doctor U at Hilliard Davidson High

Hilliard Davidson High School will be presenting Doctor U, an off Broadway production by Mike Brown, on Friday November 14th and Saturday the 15th at 7pm. All the students in this production are regulars at the Grandview Theatre, so let's support them in this wonderful production too!

Tickets are $5 at the door and can be purchased in advance at https://www.showtix4u.com

For more info, check out the HDHS blog! 

Star Base Columbus/USS Maximillian 20th Anniversary Science Fiction Festival

Tomorrow (Saturday, June 9th) Star Base Columbus along with the USS Maximillian will be hosting their 20th Anniversary Science Fiction Festival in Westerville!  General admission is $2 but children 12 and under get in free!!! 

Doctor Who Columbus and Marcon will have a table at this event!  Come join us for games, contests, and more!

The event will be from 2-9pm, but Star Base Columbus will be open for business at noon!  Also, the USS Columbus will be selling hot dogs, cold drinks, and baked goods for the JDRF and the Firefighters 4 Kids Toy Drive. 

Some times of note:
7:00 pm: Costume contest!
8:00 pm: Performance by the Confused Greenies (i Verdi Confusi)! 
8:30 pm: Awards ceremony & Party!!!
9:00 pm: The event officially ends, but the party will last the rest of the evening!!


Also of note-the following games/contests require registration to participate:
2:00 pm: Star Trek Heroclix
3:00 pm: Robot Building contest
7:00 pm: Costume Contest


For more information, check out Star Base Columbus Current Events page.


If you would like to help man our table, please contact Andrew! 
 
Come join your fellow Whovian (and SciFi fans!) for this family-friendly event!!

Contest Time!

Love Doctor Who? Love trivia? Love Doctor Who trivia? Well, dear readers, keep reading!

Don Krouskop, author of the recently published The Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey Trivia Quiz and the blog Madman With A Box, is giving away a free signed copy of his book to one lucky winner.

The contest? Why, it's easy! Guess the real identity of River Song! :-D

Don't give me that look! Okay, okay-seriously though-we all have our theories-who is the real River Song?

For rules and to enter, head on over to Guess River Song's Real Identity and Win at Madman and enter your guess in the comments.

Contest deadline is June 4th, 6:40pm UK TIME. (when the episode "A Good Man Goes To War" airs on BBC One). The winner will be announced on June 11th after the airing of AGMGTW on BBC America, to avoid spoilers for those who have to wait for the BBCA broadcast.

Answers left in the comments of this blog will NOT be counted, so be sure to click on the link to Don's post to participate!

Have fun!

First Steering Meeting of 2011

Happy New Year fellow Whovians!!! How did you like A Christmas Carol?

Just a quick reminder that our first steering meeting of the year will be tomorrow, January 6th from 7-9 pm at the Giant Eagle Market District at Kingsdale.


If you haven't done so already, be sure to check out the recently launched Classic Who YouTube Channel!

Also, it sounds like Craig Ferguson will be airing the special Doctor Who opening he couldn't air originally when Matt Smith was his guest a few weeks ago. Be sure to tune into Craig tomorrow night!

See you then!

Smith on Ferguson

If you haven't already heard the news, Matt Smith will be on Craig Ferguson tonight on CBS!

On Twitter Ferguson said the show will be a Doctor Who Special complete with Daleks. The show is being recorded Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles for transmission at 12.35am (ET). Be sure to tune into CBS-10 (WBNS) at 12:35am! Can't stay up that late? Set your vcr or dvrs!!

Not in Columbus? Then check out:
Cleveland, WOIO 19
Dayton, WHIO 7
Cincinatti, WKRC 12
Toledo, WTOL 11

Be sure to tell your friends!!!

Welcome and January Steering meeting info....

Happy New Year!

First of all, I'd like to welcome our newest member, Erin! Hello Erin! I hope you like it here. :)

Don't forget our first steering meeting for the new year will be tomorrow, January 14th. This month we will be meeting at Max& Erma's on 161 www.maxandermas.com from 7-9pm.

Marcon will be having their annual fundraiser for SOLAE. If you're already a member of the Marcon group don't forget to print out the flyers and receive 10% off your dinner. Also, a percentage of all purchases go to SOLAE and to support Marcon (yay!).

We will be discussing everything from Marcon, to the latest Doctor Who episodes. Be sure to bring your thinking caps for the Video room at Marcon. Don't forget- the Gallifrey Con on the west coast is only 6 weeks away!! If you're interested in going, come and discuss what a great event they have too. :)

Here's a bit of trivia for you-anyone catching the new series Demons on BBC America? Recognize the actor who plays Luke? Post your guesses in the comments (and no cheating on IMDB.com!!! It took me FOREVER to figure out who he was without looking! Share in my pain! LOL.) I'll post the answer in a about a week. Winners receive...well, winners receive a thumbs up of awesomeness! ;)

Hope to see you at Max&Erma's!