The Chase at Grandview!

Everyone please join us Tomorrow at 9pm for the FREE showing of Doctor Who!

First up is the classic story from 47 years ago this month, 1965's The Chase.

The Daleks are closing in on the Doctor in a chase through both the universe and through time itself. For having created their own time machine,  the Daleks are able to pursue the TARDIS from the planet of Aridius, on to the Empire State Building in 1966,  to the Marie Celeste in 1872 and even into a haunted house within someone's nightmare.

The Chase is a classic journey tale taking the TARDIS crew across the universe. It also has it's funny moments and was almost made into the third Dalek film of the 1960's.

Join the Doctor, Ian, Barbara, Vicki, and introducing Steven to the TARDIS team.

See you there!

Classic Who at Grandview!!!!

Hello fellow Whovians!!!

Ever wish you could see Classic Doctor Who on the big screen?  Well, you are in luck!  This summer the lovely folks at the Grandview Theatre will be airing select episodes of the classic series on Saturday nights!!

The fun starts this Saturday (June 16th).  Grandview will screen First Doctor William Hartnell's "The Chase" starting at 9pm!

As with the current series, this will be a family friendly, FREE event!!  Bring the kids and be sure to check out their concession stand! (This will help cover the lost ticket revenue)

Keep watching this space, the Yahoo list, and our Facebook page for more details about future Classic Who showings!!

Hope to see you Saturday!

Thanks again to the folks at Grandview!!!  You guys are fantastic!

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!!

June Steering Meeting

Just a quick reminder that our monthly steering meeting will be this Thursday, June 7th from 7-9pm at the Giant Eagle Market District at Kingsdale in Upper Arlington.

If anyone who attended Marcon this past April has any photos they would like to share on this blog, please send me an email! :)

Hope to see you Thursday!

Marcon Bag Stuffing...

I'm just full of posts today. ;)

Join us this Thursday for the first official event of this year's Marcon convention. Even if you're not on staff, many of our friends and cub members will be attending and helping out. If you come, then you are eligible to join the "Wie & Cheese" opening party of the con right afterwards.

Location: Hyatt Regency Columbus in Fairfield Room
Time: 6:00-8:00 pm

See you there!

Hugo Announcements at Marcon 47!

Marcon is this weekend!! Is everybody ready?!?!

Don't miss out on the Hugo announcements this Saturday at the con at 4pm!!! Come and see first hand which of your favorite shows, writers, movies, etc. are nominated for the Hugo Awards. This is an exclusive event to Marcon!!!

DWFO: Promo for Dalek Suite

Join us! :-D



DWC members-if you do join, be sure to let me know so I can mention you on our blog! :)

February Steering Meeting

Hello everyone!!

Just a quick reminder that February's steering meeting will take place this Thursday, February 2nd, from 7-9pm at the Giant Eagle Market District at Kingsdale in Upper Arlington. (http://www.marketdistrict.com)

Come throw in your two cents! Marcon is coming soon and we need to plan staffing in the video room. Of course, if you want to come hang out and just talk Who, that is fine too! :-D

Hope to see you there!

Doctor Who Fan Orchestra (DWFO #3): Rose's Theme/Doomsday

This past summer, I joined the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra-an online collaborative project to celebrate Murray Gold's music for the series. I discovered the group through one of my Doctor Who feeds, when they released their first work, "I Am the Doctor." After watching that first video, I was incredibly excited to discover that they were recruiting for their second piece, "This is Gallifrey/Vale Decem". For several weeks I rehearsed, recorded, and re-recorded my part-and it was worth it! :) Members sent in audio recordings of their individual parts (and multiple parts, if they were playing more than one instrument or submitting a vocal part), along with an optional video. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

This is our third collaboration, "Rose's Theme/Doomsday":



We had 154 individual participants, from 18 different countries! (sweet, huh?)

If you would like to participate in the next piece, follow Stephen Willis, socksofbalhoon on YouTube-he will be releasing a recruitment video in the near future. :)

To find out more about the DWFO, check out the DWFO blog. :)

If you do join, (or have previously participated), please send me a note so I can mention you here on this blog!

Marcon 47!!

Hello everyone! Marcon 47 is just around the corner! This year Marcon will be held Easter weekend (April 6th-8th, 2012). If you are interested in volunteering this year, here's a message from our fearless leader, Andrew:

So that time of year is rolling around again. I know several of you
will not able to attend Marcon this year, but as I am Vice Chair, and
running a couple departments, I will be. Right now I am looking for
volunteers to help us run the Video room, and run the Friday Night

Beach Party.

Many of you have helped in the video room before, and this year is no
different. I need about ten total volunteers, and have several
already. If you are interested please email me back, and let me know
how much time you might be able to help with. Just to let you know
too, we are certainly going to be showing several episodes of this
past seasons' Doctor Who. As well, I am showcasing all of Season 5 of
Sarah Jane Adventures. Sherlock Season 2 will make an appearance, as
should Merlin series 4, Being Human 4, Big Bang Theory 5, Psychoville
2, Torchwood Miracle Day, and new series, The Fades.

As well, new to this year is an idea that I brought from my travels to
Gallifrey Con in LA. They have hosted a convention party or gala event
each Friday night of con. We will be having one based on this year's
theme of Galactic Beach Party. To that end, I have procured tons of
decorations, and Beach movies to play on the wall, and we should have
some Lifeguard and Surf board props. It will all be set up in the room
the dance is normally held in, Fairfield. Running from 8pm to 2am it
will have an Open Bar, Karaoke, Beach Ball Volleyball, Limbo, and
several other games. I am looking for help setting up, as well as
volunteers to staff the room while it's running. We should have
security staff, and Gophers for the door check, but otherwise two or
three people would be helpful.

If either of these interest you, then please let me know asap and I
will start contacting you with more details.

Also, news on the guest front, we have confirmed Julian Glover and
Kyle Gass as our Media guests so far. Kyle is one half of the comedy/
musical group Tenacious D, and has stared with his other half Jack
Black in most of his movies. Julian Glover you should know from his
roles in Classic Doctor Who as King Richard in the 1964 story, The
Crusades. As well, he was Count Scarlioni/Scaroth in Tom Baker's City
of Death. His many other movie roles have included, General Veers in
Empire Strikes back, Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only, Walter
Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the voice of Aragog in
the Harry Potter series and Grand Maester Pycelle in Game of Thrones
on HBO. Also on the Who front Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg will be joining
us. He is currently researching for his upcoming book, Red White and
Who, the history of Who fandom in America. We have several more guests
in other areas, and at least one more Media guest to announce on the
horizon with more to follow. Watch this space, or visit us at
marcon.org for more details.

Thanks, and see you there!
Andrew Raymond

Vice Chair Marcon 47

April 6-8 2012 Hyatt Regency Columbus

(Andrew's email can be found in the DWC Yahoo list)

The deadline for Marcon 47 staff forms/fees is this Monday-January 23rd. Not sure if you'll know by Monday? No worries! Andrew is planning on reserving a few slots, however these will need to be filled by Tuesday, March 20th. Keep in mind, though-these slots will be limited-so if interested, please reserve one as soon as possible. If you want to volunteer and are unable to make the January or March deadline, you will have to pay full price and 'Gopher' your fee back. (for more on Gophering at Marcon, see Volunteers (Gophers) at Marcon.org)

Thank you for volunteering!