Post #161,093
6/22/04 5:36:04 PM
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I'm not worthy!
That's way impressive, Owl! :)
Who-related people I've met:
Verity Lambert - first producer of the show.
Kevin Manser - A dalek
Dudley Simpson - incidental music composer
Katy Manning - Jo Grant
Nicholas Courtney - The Brigadier
Mark Strickson - Turlough
Julie Brennan - 'Fire Escape' in Paradise Towers
I think that's about it...
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #161,258
6/23/04 4:59:08 PM
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Re: I'm not worthy!
Nah, you're fine. :)
Nicholas Courtney was something else... when I first met him, I was worn out, I had been up two whole days or more, and was supposed to play the piano for the after-con party for the C.I.A Club. So, I was playing the piano and decided to get up and get a drink. I returned to the piano and there was someone on my bench, and I said, "Excuse me, that's my piano bench." the president of the club gasped and said, "Brenda...!" but Nicholas Courtney, whom was sitting on my bench, quickly intervened, (I hadn't realized it was him), "No No, he said, she's quite right, it IS her bench." And he smiled up at me and said, "Is there room to share it?" and that's how I wound up stammering and trying to apologize, and then being gently pulled down next to him. We both played together that evening, him sometimes adding a few notes on the upper keys.
It was wild.... and I told him about wishing I could meet Peter Davison, and how I was going to Spirt of Light in Chicago (someone had gotten me tickets for my birthday)... He said he would take care of it, and I never thought about it again...until the con.
Then I was standing in line, and people were asking questions, but no one was asking for an autograph... to do that, you had to stand in this long long line to get one, and it was a poster they had all signed, not a personal one.
Well my turn came, and I said to Peter, that I had admired him ever since All Creatures Great And Small, and that I know I wasn't supposed to ask, but I would give anything for him to autograph my copy of James Herriot's book of the same name. Peter told me to come on up, and I was shaking, and the whole audience was screaming and applauding... I was shaking so bad I didn't think I could do this, but I got up there and he took my pen and my book, and asked my name. I told him my name, and he said, "Ah! So you're the one the Brigadier told me about!" and he winked at me. Man, I thought I would die. It was one of those unforgettable moments.
Nightowl >8#
"At last, a moment's peace!"
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Post #161,292
6/23/04 6:23:12 PM
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Heh..
'Twould be easy to crack-wise re "idol worship" yada yada
Except..
As a tad, having the Divine Audrey (Hepburn) all-to-myself for x-minutes as seemed. a. fortnight. -- she, just-momentarily all unDiscovered.. actually for only a matter of days, hence:
I Know whatcha Mean. Pity she was the "Older Woman" for this callow tad, or my unrequited infatuation might have been terminal. cf Roman Holiday :-\ufffd
(Perhaps Davison, as was Audrey - proves to be one of those unegotistical, natural, utterly-Human simply Fascinating people.. that which every flack claims for every 'client' no-matter-what.) Dunno, but I Like him.
That cancels need for any further analysis.
moi
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Post #161,550
6/24/04 8:26:58 PM
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I agree
(Perhaps Davison, as was Audrey - proves to be one of those unegotistical, natural, utterly-Human simply Fascinating people.. that which every flack claims for every 'client' no-matter-what.) Dunno, but I Like him. He seemed very normal and down to earth, not egotistical at all. And he seemed to genuinely care about people. When there was this huge line outside the expensive Cabaret show held at Tardis 21, us lesser fortunate people, including me were sitting off to the side at some little tables watching the line ooh and ahh as the different stars came up the ramp. Davison spotted us, detoured off the ramp, and away from the line, and SAT with us, chatting and conversing and letting us have our picture taken with him. The people in the line were insanely jealous, you could tell, but they weren't going to risk losing their spot in line. Hehe! Nightowl >8#
"At last, a moment's peace!"
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Post #161,560
6/24/04 9:49:08 PM
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I think every 'star' that has gone along to a convention
has generally come away saying how enjoyable it was.
I remember one convention I went to in my misspent teenage years, where I bought this cardboard cut-out Dalek. So Katy Manning sees it, and writes 'Oh no, not another nude pose!' on the back :)
(Background: After leaving Dr Who, Katy Manning posed nude with a Dalek for a magazine)
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
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Post #161,567
6/24/04 10:53:36 PM
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Hahaha! I remember that about Katy Manning!
When we had our first con in St. Louis, we discovered a misprint in the program the NIGHT before it opened.
Apparently, someone had printed the movie "Jelly" instead of the movie "Joey" in the program, as a movie that Louise Jamieson was playing in.
Problem was... Jelly was a prominent PORNO movie running in England at the time.
We stayed up ALL night with 50 bottles of whiteout, and lots of volunteers, correcting this problem. ;)
Ah, such fond Convention memories. ;)
Nightowl >8#
"At last, a moment's peace!"
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Post #161,686
6/25/04 9:40:04 PM
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In order to keep my er history thesis correct
I'd need to see a copy of that poster.
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Post #161,688
6/25/04 9:54:49 PM
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Go-Go Gadget Google Fu
[link|http://www.mindspring.com/~mjmenichetti/Doctor_Who/Katy_Manning.htm|http://www.mindsprin.../Katy_Manning.htm]
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #161,709
6/26/04 3:51:59 AM
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^^ NSFW
Peter
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Post #161,716
6/26/04 8:51:50 AM
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Damn. the obvious..
(Guess I imagined that the Whoovians would keep such in secret places - of course there Are no secret places now.) ie D'Oh
Delightful!
Doctor's demure dolly dilly-dallies with Daleks, demonstrating decidedly delicious decorative depth.
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Post #164,355
7/14/04 5:09:04 AM
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Hmm...
Is [link|http://www.mindspring.com/~mjmenichetti/Doctor_Who/sladen.htm|this] the origin of the Latinate pun "K-9" for "dog", or where they just using something that was already current at the time?
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #164,519
7/15/04 5:17:37 AM
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I thought it was.. just.. obvious?___(the origin)
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Post #164,837
7/17/04 6:46:13 AM
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What, obvious that this was - or that something else was?
Obviously, it wasn't (and still isn't) obvious to me, so at least in that sense, you obviously thought wrong.
[link|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode|Christian R. Conrad]
(I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.)
Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575|Ashton Brown]
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Post #164,889
7/17/04 5:26:09 PM
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I'm sorry, Sir - but the title Obviousman is in use and \ufffd
All I Meant Was
canine == kay'nine == "K-9"
(whether in magnetic-ink characters or amidst real Characters)
..quite more Obviousman material than say, HAL-9000 -
to all but the terminally overanalytical with [n\ufffd1] iterative compulsions + tics
(maybe even ticks.. if rurally based)
(or 'ticks' if they fly a lot or - -)
HTH
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