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TimeLord Thursday – Who Crack revival this Sunday, Goodnight Pond and more

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First is big news for the Five and Dime Fangirls – we are going to be showing our first Who Crack Video Track at the Time Meddlers meeting at the LASFS this coming Sunday, June 17. It will show in the afternoon, sometime after 12:00 noon and is the perfect 1-hour of Doctor Who music videos, archaic Dalek t.v. commercials and hilarious interview goodness for the newbie to the genre and the old hand who loves classic episodes. If you’re local, DON’T MISS IT!

Map to the LASFS –

 

Goodnight Pond

We’ve caught wind that there is going to be a release of a sweet, new bedtime story book called, Goodnight Pond. Due out later this month, if it lives up to its cover and the theme of the story that inspired it, it will be an adorable book for WhoFans of any and all ages. Sign up on their mailing list here.

Hanging on for the next Gally

We on Twitter’s #gally hashtag always talk about how great this year’s Gally was and count the days to the next one. It’s hard to keep things alive between Gallys, especially when we have months until the next episode. Things that help are reviews of the last Gallifrey, even better when they include pics AND pics we didn’t catch in other reviews. This breakdown of praedestinatio’s LiveJournal’s Gally days experience helps keep the Gally withdrawl blues away. Thank you, praedestinatio!

That’s it for now. Check back next Tuesday for more Who news to keep us all alive until the new series premieres!

TimeLord Tuesdays and Thursdays

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During the dry spell between series of Doctor Who, I am determined to keep myself busy with all things Who happening off telly. If there is something cool out there, I’ll bring it in here and we can all squee over it, enjoy it or politely clap – whichever you feel inclined to do.

With this in mind, I hit paydirt today in the form of some beautiful cosplay featured on the Doctor Who Cosplay Livejournal forum. I just couldn’t pass these up…

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Cosplay Bliss in the Halls of Asgard

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Cosplayers are a wonderful breed of people. Adults, teens and kids who are not afraid to dress up as their favorites heroes/characters/icons and go out in public for all to see. Costuming is not new – people have been doing it for thousands of years and yet it still amazes me when they get stares from the “mundanes” around them (mundanes being those who neither costume nor understand why other people costume).

This past week, I had the privilege helping a costumer achieve her dream, even if only in giving encouragement through the creation stages of her outfit and crash space while she was out here from New York. I shook my head as she told me the sad tale of her significant other’s subtle yet poisonous attitude towards her efforts of creating her latest, greatest costume and of her desire to meet her idol, Tom Hiddleson, the wonderful actor behind the devious and handsome visage of Loki, God of Mischief in last year’s movie, Thor, and its follow up story, The Avengers, set to open in the U.S. May 4th.

The tale is doubly sad as her naysayer himself used to costume in days gone by, but now feels it is too much of an effort  for no payoff. I HATE when I hear tales of this sort and it is a lesson to all non-costumers to beware when you tread on the dreams of others. “Lady Loki” appeared on hollywood.com’s live feed of the Hollywood red carpet premiere of The Avengers as she was interviewed by Marvel themselves, so impressed were they with her costume. She also got to meet her idol, Tom, and give him a present of something he is well-known to treasure – a gift of music.

It can sometimes be too easy to give up on your dreams. You have to want something so bad it is a driving force to be able to manifest it when the odds are against you, but rest assured that when you do want something that badly, it will come to pass. Like many of us in science fiction/fantasy genre fandom, Lady Loki has a large support group in the Tom Hiddleson fan community, but they are more than just a bunch of fans. The emotional involvement and camaraderie of the cosplay community is not unlike an extended family – Gallifrey One and its Doctor Who community are the ones special to my husband and myself and have been for over 25 years. For Lady Loki, she has discovered this as she and they support each other in hard times as well as rejoice with each other’s personal victories, such as when one of them get to meet their mutually-admired actor in the flesh. At a premiere where there were thousands of Marvel fans lining the streets of Hollywood Blvd., the philosophy of following your bliss played out beautifully as a single actor met a single woman, reaping the rewards that will never be realized by those who do not believe in the power of dreams.

Lady Loki’s Marvel interview can be seen here at time code 1:16:15.
She can be reached via her Facebook page and Twitter handle of @Lady_of_Misrule.

Amy Pond Cosplay Gathering – Gallifrey 2012

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The peeps who brought you the Amy Pond Paradox at DragonCon are at it again! They are organizing another photoshoot for Gallifrey One 2012. Costume/outfit choices are going to be on a first-come, first-serve basis. They are also looking for a photographer since the one at DragonCon won’t be there for Gally. If anyone knows one who will be attending the convention that would like to do it, please contact me and I’ll put them in touch with you. It is tentatively set for Saturday but at this point the date has not yet been finalized. Stay tuned for more info as it comes in. (photo by Christa J. Newman)

Live Journal link for this thread

Party Daleks, My Husband is a Gumby and other Gallifrey One Photos

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Ah, D.A. Gumby…the companion you DON’T expect to come out of the Tardis!

Posing with the Party Dalek (who has also been Gumbified)

River and the Killer Fez!

When Dennis went over to take their picture, they asked him to pose with them. Awesome!

More Best Gallifrey One Tweets

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If you’re not monitoring the #gally hastag on Twitter, why the heck not?!? Here’s the best of the tweets…

If I don’t stop looking at Twitter and post this right now, it will never get up. It’s depressing the convention is over, but even the miss you tweets are bittersweet and happy in their own way…

“The lobby is a bit depressing, with the evidence of last night’s insanity cleared away. #Gally

Awake I think, but I don’t know why. Everything hurts. So worth it! #Gally

There’s honestly no word large enough to tell the difference #Gally made to me this weekend. I was completely blindsided by the degree of awesome that occurred at #Gally, entirely because of a bunch of random people who all like the same mad man in a box. Thank you.

5 of the best days I’ve ever had in my life. To my friends: splendid chaps, all of you. #gally

At this point it’s only the laughter keeping me awake. I will miss this place. #gally #lobbycon

I have departed Lobbycon, much to my sadness. I love you, #Gally.

Gallifrey is now over. I ended up with a grand total of 105 ribbons. I’ll miss it, but it was a lot of fun! Till next year! #Gally

Absolutely the best convention I’ve ever been to. Already have a ticket for next year! #gally

#gally was awesome, seriously. Already planning for next year!

Sorry #LobbyCon. Not feeling so hot. Scare some normal people for me. #Gally

A puddle of Ponds. A paradox of Doctors. A cry of Iantos. An orgy of Jacks. A murder of Masters. A pack of Aces. #gally

You know you are a true nerd when the hashtags #lobbycon and #gally are part of your phones autocorrect

All my bags are packed, but I’m NOT ready to go. Thanks for the time of my life, #gally.

Peter Davison is unravelling @TARDISTara’s Tom Baker scarf in the lobby! #gally

#Gally So that was one of the most wonderful, life-affirming weekends of my life. Thanks for that.

Home from #Gally. – Had a wonderful time and met so many nice people! Got exterminated, collected some ribbons, drank a lot, etc.

All my bags are packed, but I’m NOT ready to go. Thanks for the time of my life, #gally.

Sad that #gally is over. I won’t be surrounded by Amy Ponds, Daleks, and Doctors for another year.

#gally Thank you Marriot, I had a great stay, better than last. Well, last year I set my room on fire but that was my fault, not yours.

#Gally ended. It was if a thousand voices screamed and were suddenly silenced.

Thank goodness for President’s Day, it means I have a day off to recover from the BEST PARTY EVER! #gally #lobbycon

Only at #gally: watching John Levene giving “fatherly advice” to the Dalek Girls.

Flying home today utterly exhausted & completely happy. #Gally

Gallifrey One was wonderful. One of the the greatest experiences of my life. #Gally #DoctorWho

Lax feels unnatural. Not as single Amy Pond in sight. #gally”