Dragon*con 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia is now underway. The first day saw a full round of interesting panels for Anglophiles of all ages.
There were lots of costumes, surprisingly a lot of 2nd Doctor costumes to be exact. There were also people dressed up like the 4th, 10th and 11th Doctors in great numbers.
Several Daleks and a few Cybermen roamed the halls and a large Police Box materialized outside of the ballrooms at the Sheraton.
The day was top heavy with programming for Doctor Who, Torchwood and other British shows. Anglotopia.net hosted their own panel in the morning.
TOM BAKER PANEL
An eager group of classic Who fans gathered at the Marriott for a panel discussion on the 4th Doctor, his legacy and his importance to the history of Doctor Who.
The role of Baker’s companions, particularly the late Liz Sladen, were also discussed. A survey of his tenure as The Doctor was discussed and panelists discussed their favorite episodes.
SYLVESTER MCCOY ROCKS THE HOUSE
The 7th Doctor was definitely in the house for day one at Dragoncon. He played the Doctor Who theme on spoons, took the microphone out into the audience to answer their own questions and generally created zany mischief at his opening panel.
McCoy discussed his career and offered interesting stories about his time in the TARDIS.
TORCHWOOD
Gareth David Lloyd returned to Dragoncon this afternoon and discussed his band, Blue Gillespie, his appearance on Warehouse 13 and life after Torchwood.
Lloyd mentioned his strong desire to appear in Game of Thrones and talked at length about his passion for horror films and music.
He also talked about working in America, location filming and working with John Barrowman.
John Barrowman was also a subject of Nana Visitor’s talk in the afternoon. The actress talked about her role in Miracle Day while also talking aoubt her experience of working with the original cast.
Visitor also discussed working on the sets for Deep Space Nine and Battlestar Galactica. She also opened up on her passion for cooking. She discussed her work on Broadway and told several interesting stories about growing up in a showbiz family.
She enjoyed working on Torchwood and had several nice things to say about working with John Barrowman.
She was very entertianing an accomodating to the fans.
CLASSIC WHO
There will be more classic Doctor Who panels on Sunday. I tis great to note that this year this is more interest in the older series then in years past which is a great thing!!!
An exhausting day ended with walking through the hotels and seeing the various costumes people were wearing. this year there are even more Doctor Who costumes then ever.
Tomorrow: Day 2 has more panels and a BBC America screening event!
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Anglotopia was founded by Jonathan and Jackie Thomas for people who love Britain - whether it's British TV, Culture, History or Travel - we cover it all. Anglotopia was started to get us back to the UK for a trip and it did that in 2009. Now, the goal is for Anglotopia to make our dreams of traveling to the UK whenever we want a reality.
