Long Weekend

[fairyd123]

Why is it that whenever we get a long weekend, which should be an opportunity for a nice rest I always end up completely knackered at the end of it?

Got up insanely early on Saturday in order to drag myself to the Collectormania signing event in Milton Keynes. Travel was a bit of a nightmare. Firstly the ticket machines at Euston weren't worling so I ended missing the train I wanted to get because I was stuck in a long ass queue and then my train decided it didn't want to go any further than Bletchley because some inconsiderate bastard had thrown himself in front of a train just north of Milton Keynes Central. One merry bus ride later and I ended up in Milton Keynes at about 10:00 a.m. which was very annoying when we should have been there at about 8:50.

Completely underestimated Brandon Routh's popularity. I knew he'd be busy but I didn't realise how busy. Our ticket number was in the 700's! Thankfully it pays to know the people who work at these events and we finagled our way into the queue or we would never have met him! He was very cute in real life and extremely pleasant.

Then had to wait around forever to get Grace Park's autograph - she seemed nice if incredibly vacuous. She just sort of smiled and blinked a lot - making conversation was a little like pulling teeth.

Made my way back in time (just!) for Doctor Who. The CGI monster didn't particularly inspire me but I thought Mark Gatiss did a really nice job. He had some lovely monologues.

And the trailer at the end of the episode was completely awesome. The family of blood, scary scarecrows, Derek Jacobi, lots of space suited malarkey, John Simm looking particularly unsettling and Jack, lots and lots of pretty Captain Jack!

Have finally gotten rid of the parents (who decided to spring a surprise visit) and am now off to see John Simm in a play called Elling.

Comments

[astrothsknot.livejournal.com]

I don't know who i admire most - the fans dedicated eough to queue for hours for 30 seconds of conversation or the actors themselves for the long day.

[fairyd123.livejournal.com]

The fans! The actors (at the Collectormania events anyway) are getting paid substantial amounts to be there. It's not a venue I would choose as an actor - it's quite cramped and the London Film and Comic Con set up is much better. If you meet one of the quieter actors at these events you can normally have quite a lengthy conversation with them but the bigger guests will always be 30 seconds or less.