Awesome Con 2016 Day 3

[puppetmaker]

Where Awesome Con again lives up to its name.

This was the day that things we wanted to see and people we wanted to meet were happening.

We had tickets to Bill Nye’s StarTalk podcast and we had passes to meet a Doctor and his companion along with tickets to the panel they were on.

Caroline decided that she wanted to wear her Rey costume today so she did. We discovered later that it was Cos-Play Sunday at the convention so she picked her time well


(For the VI: This is Caroline using her hands to summon the force. She is standing in the middle of the aisle. She has on black shoes, grey pants, white shirt, brown belt and cream colored sashes over her shoulders hanging down front and back)

First thing on the docket was getting Capaldi’s autograph and testing his mood about puppets. So we went and stood in line for his autograph. Both he and his agent adored the puppet so I told him that the end of the day it was his. Caroline gave him a copy of Artful that Peter wrote. We got Jenna Coleman’s autograph as well and give her a copy of Artful too. Not much was said because they were trying to make sure everyone got an autograph. I will probably not be making a Clara puppet because I could tell that puppets freak her out and I wouldn’t want her to be uncomfortable.


(For the VI: This is in the autograph line. There is a long table with water and pens on it. Behind the table is a banner that says “Peter Capaldi” and a picture of the actor. In the foreground is Puppet Capaldi with blue eyes, grey hair, white shirt, blue vest and blue jacket)

Next was going to Startalk live.


(for the VI: This is a picture of one of the large screens in the hall with the words ‘StarTalk live! with Bill Nye the science guy’ on it.)

It was a good podcast on the Mars mission and whether there is life on Mars and if there is what do we do? They had the Deputy Administrator Dava Newman talking about what was happening on NASA’s end of things. Other people debated about life on Mars and agreed that considering most stars have planets, there is other life out there.


The lecture from our vantage point.
(For the VI: This is a very very blurry picture of seven people sitting in chairs with tables for water in between. Bill Nye is in the middle with his trademark bowtie)

We then had to race back downstairs for our Photo OP with Calpaldi. He saw the puppet and remember exactly who we were. I saw his eyes light up when he saw the puppet. He thanked Peter for the book and we took a photo. I have decided that I really don’t do well in photo ops. I have never shown, publically, the photo I have with Tennant.


This Photo is COPYRIGHT Epic Photo Ops
(For the VI: This is the David Family and the Doctor. From left to right Caroline in her Rey Costume with her Dr. Who watch around her neck. Puppet Calpaldi. Me with my DW hat, Blue bowling shirt, black shirt that says ‘keep calm and puppet on’ black pants and my bag slung over my shoulder. Peter Capaldi with a black jacket and black shirt with the David Bowie Dark Star logo and black pants. He has grey hair and blue eyes. Peter David wearing a red shirt and a white house baseball hat.)

Then Peter went back to his table and Caroline and I ran to the panel room to hear Capaldi and Coleman speak. There was a delay due to a delay at the beginning of the day which pushed everything about 45 minutes back. But eventually they did arrive and started talking. Caroline asked them a question of what would they/did they take when they left/would leave the series. Jenna admitted to taking a clockwork squirrel, her TARDIS key, and a piece of the TARDIS itself. Peter said he wouldn’t until Jenna reminded him about the guitars and he agreed he would talk ALL the guitars.


(for the VI: A very blurry purple and blue photo of Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, and the moderator for the panel)


Caroline standing in line to ask her question.
(For the VI: This is Caroline in her Rey costume standing behind two little girls. Hers was the 6th question asked)

Then one autograph line later, Capaldi had his puppet and all was right with the world.

We came back to the hotel as the skies opened up. We had made the decision based on the weather reports to hunker down and leave today rather than going all the way back in the rain at night. Safety issues.

So we are packed and waiting a little to let the traffic sort itself out then off we go to home.

I want to say a big ol’ Thank YOU to everyone at Awesome Con who helped us. To Ben for inviting us and then making sure we were looked after. Kevin who helped us with the Capaldi autographing. Andy who took care of the lines like a champ. Brett who took care of Artist Alley and did a great job. Becky who had to deal with an impatient crowd and a lot of information that had to be given out quickly. Her work in the main hall was amazing as was her crews. The gang at Epic Photo Ops who went above and beyond. Every volunteer who helped us. Anthony for getting us into the White House. And anyone that I am missing, I do remember you but not your name for which I do apologize but you know who you are and y’all were fantastic.

I am grateful that we went to Awesome Con and had an Awesome time.

Comments

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I am a faithful StarTalk listener and will be looking forward to this one; I love all their live shows.

[siobhan-1.livejournal.com]

What an epic trip!