“Doctor Who: The TV Movie” (1996): Bridging the classic and modern eras…

*****TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Left My Hearts in San Francisco… In May of 1996, after a 7 year drought of Doctor Who (which was last broadcast in the US on PBS), I was set to enjoy an all-new Doctor Who adventure.  This would be a single TV-movie, acting as a pilot episode, which would air in the…

Gallifrey One, Day Two: The Doctors will see you now…

The second day of our stay at the annual “Gallifrey One” Doctor Who convention in L.A. was nicely eventful. Started off the day by getting into my “Stone Trek” Fred Flintstone/Star Trek mashup cosplay.  Though Gallifrey One is primarily a Doctor Who convention, I’d seen other Star Trek cosplayers in attendance the previous night, so…

Gallifrey One, day one; an adventure in space and time…

I picked up my wife from school today (she’s a teacher) and with our car fully packed, we drove straight to Los Angeles (and hour and a half drive, in today’s sluggish traffic) for the annual “Gallifrey One” Doctor Who Convention. Gallifrey One is the biggest dedicated Doctor Who convention on the west coast, if…