This will be the The Sketchiest Whovian Event in SWFL…and You’re Invited!

Attention all Whovians: Are you an artist, or do you want to be one? Art lovers of ALL skill levels are invited to attend Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School for our Doctor Who themed evening! Grab your sketch pads (iPads welcome), sharpen your pencils and get ready to Draw!

Highlights for the evening will include:
- Costumed (Doctor Who themed) Models for your Sketching Pleasure
- Ukulele Performance by Cat Pedini
- LIVE Music by The Ken Spivey Band
- Costume Contest – Yes You get to get all dolled up too!
- Games / Trivia / Contests / Giveaways & Prizes / Raffles etc
- Exciting Details Regarding “Time Lord Fest – Tampa” happening Jan 28th
- Lots more that I can’t talk about yet!

The Ken Spivey Band will be performing, and Ken will be hosting all of the panels for the evening.

The Ken Spivey Band will be performing 4-5 shows daily, including a daily performance at the pub sing for closing ceremonies.

Jousters, merchants, entertainers, & food abound. Join us November 12-13 & 18, 19, & 20!

www.SarasotaMedievalFair.com

Featuring live music, a Doctor Who/Torchwood costume contest, prizes, and more!!!

Costume Contest: The Ken Spivey Band will be holding a Doctor Who/Torchwood, & Sarah Jane Adventures costume contest during their show! The grand prizes are two, full weekend passes to Atlanta’s very own TimeGate 2012 Convention! Other prizes to come!
http://www.timegatecon.org​/

Live Music: Irish drinking music and mayhem centered on an evening spent with the Last Son of Gallifey. The Ken Spivey Band performs an all original musical and theatrical set of Rennaisance Faire music based upon Doctor Who. Come join us for…A Time Lord Fest!!!

Featuring live music, a costume contest, prizes, and more!!!

www.KenSpivey.com
www.facebook.com/kenspivey​music

BritTrack for Dragon Con

Ken will also be appearing on 7 discussion panels, details TBA

Sponsored by IDW and Underground Toys

Special Guests

Debbie Viguié
The New York Times Bestselling author of over a dozen novels. She is the co-author (with Nancy Holder) of the Young Adult series Wicked, the bestselling five-book series that includes Witch, Curse, Legacy, Spellbound and July 2009′s Resurrection. The Wicked series is currently under option by DreamWorks for a possible film adaptation. In September 2010 the authors launched a brand new Young Adult series with the book Crusade. Much of Debbie’s work has a dark edge to it, including her retold fairy tales, her latest being Violet Eyes, a retelling of “The Princess and the Pea”. In addition to her epic dark fantasy work Debbie also writes thrillers including The Psalm 23 Mysteries and the upcoming Kiss trilogy. When Debbie isn’t busy writing she enjoys spending time with her husband, Scott, visiting theme parks. They live in Florida with their cat, Shrödinger. Visit Debbie online at
www.debbieviguie.com

 

Scott Viguié
Scott holds two doctorate degrees and is an archaeologist and an attorney who has done extensive research on myths and their impact on modern archaeology and modern storytelling. He wrote his dissertation on the importance of using and understanding mythology in archaeological research and analysis. He has done extensive writing in both his chosen fields. When he’s not rigorously pursuing the truth, he enjoys watching and reading science fiction and fantasy. He appreciates the history and mythology woven together in the Doctor Who and Stargate shows. Scott is also one of the producers of the Articles of the Shadow Proclamation, a Doctor Who podcast which can be downloaded on iTunes or fromwww.shadowproclamation.net. When Scott is not busy with his work he can be found enjoying theme parks with his wife, Debbie, being a technical adviser for her books, or working on his own book examining world-wide laws and regulations governing both professional and amateur archaeology.

 

Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc
Award Winning Author. “Hailed as one of the most unique and twisted female Horror authors of the generation, she has blazed a path through a genre most often dominated by men.
Her work has appeared in everything from magazines (online and in print) to websites and she herself has made many television and radio appearances. Writing in the Horror Sinisteria (which she is repeatedly mistakenly credited with originating) genre, Andrea has in recent years, turned to other works as well, including her mainstream pirate series The Grounds of Nachmasheeghan, her books for children (thanks to the births of a niece and two nephews), the Occult and even some paranormal/dark/Occult Non-Fiction. She is also known for her depraved and oftentimes brutal Erotica. Andrea also owns two of the most popular underground magazines, Twisted Dreams and Worlds Within Worlds Beyond, in circulation today.” http://thelosttheforgottenthedamned.com

 

Doctor Stew
Resident Doctor Who History/Character/Event Expert/Co-Writer of web series “Doctor Stew,” Christian Basel will be present to discuss the series and to answer questions. Doctor Stew is… “Family Guy meets Doctor Who…it’s Doctor Stew! This is an entirely fan based, non-profit project” http://doctorstew.com/

Trivia Contest…

A Doctor Who trivia contest will be held by many of Orlando’s veteran Whovians…with questions from the Classic and New series. Prizes will also be awarded!!

Panel and Event Descriptions

6:00pm-6:45pm – Welcome to Time Lord Fest/The Matt Smith Years A brief overview of the events for the evening, rules of engagement, followed shortly by a discussion of the recent Matt Smith Years.

6:45pm-7:00pm - Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc on Self Publishing

Self published phenom Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc discusses the world of self publishing in the current literary climate.

7:00pm-8:00pm – Doctor Who: The TV Movie: a Fan Response Panel

A look back at the 1996 FOX TV movie through a modern lens.

8:00pm-8:30pm – Doctor Whose Line is it Anyways (improv comedy)

A professional improv comedy troupe performing a show which humorously explores the 11 incarnations of The Doctor. www.facebook.com/DoctorWhose

8:30pm-9:00pm - Costume Contest – Group Voting

Audience driven, group voting for the midnight costume contest.

9:00pm-9:45pm – The Ken Spivey Band (Celtic Dr Who music)

A high energy, celtic music and comedy show recounting an evening of sharing drinks with the last Time Lord. www.kenspivey.com

9:45pm-10:00pm – Interview with Dr Stew by The Articles of Shadow Proclamation

Writer for web comic, Doctor Stew, is interviewed by Scott Viguie during a live podcast.

10:00pm-11:00pm – Game Show of Rassilon: The Trivia Contest!

A Doctor Who themed game show as epic as The Time War itself!

11:00pm-12:00am - Themes in Doctor Who

Debbie and Scott Viguie lead a panel on occult, vampire, Arthurian, and other themes in Doctor Who.

Midnight Costume Contest Finale Come dressed in your favorite Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures, or and sci-fi/anime/fantasy costume! Entry will be free and the winners will receive fantastic Doctor Who Prizes. Free professional photography of all contestants by Derik Gutowski Photography. http://www.derikgutowski.com/ (voting at 10pm)

12:30am-1:30am – Clash of the Titans: Matt Smith vs. David Tennant Which man has better filled the shoes of this iconic role? The panelist and the audience will decide!

1:30am - Farewell from Time Lord Fest Closing words and talk of future events.

Vendors

D&B Comics
The good people of D&B Comics will be on hand to sell a wide assortment of Doctor Who related comics, action figures, and accessories! They also will have merchandise from everything from Buffy to Farscape to Marvel! http://www.dandbcomics.com

 

Rebecca Foster aka The Bejeweled Faerie
“I am a Fantasy Artist who also enjoys creating scenes from nature. I like to paint images of elves and faeries as well as creatures that are native to the Florida Environment which I live. I enjoy working with watercolors and like the challenge that they present. For years I have been making artisan jewelry using sterling sliver, Swarovski Crystal, and natural gemstones. You will also from time to time find other things here that I created ‘Just because I can.’” http://www.facebook.com/BejeweledFaerie

 

The Art of Summer Rae
“Digital art is a passion of mine, and something I take very seriously. I tend to get random ideas at random times, and usually end up with something different than the idea that started it. Artistic inspiration in that department is often music, or events in my life that set a certain mood for me. Most of my art is a representation of something I’m feeling. I’m very emotive through art and express myself that way in the darkest or lightest moments in my life. http://www.facebook.com/artofsummerrae

Email vendors@kenspivey.com if you would like to vend. Space is very limited!

Many more things to come!!

Blue TARDIS’s facebook page… http://www.facebook.com/BlueTardisFL
Natura’s facebook page… http://www.facebook.com/pages/Natura-Coffee-Tea/309892056054?sk=wall

*Time Lord Fest is not affiliated with BBC World Wide or BBC America. This is a fan run event.

Special thanks to Alan Siler for his advice and encouragement.

At 12:45pm, I began to make my way to the Gallifrey Portal room for my panel. I appeared on “Beyond the Pandorica: Season 6” with Ashley Raburn and Martin Hennessee. My fellow panelists had wonderful bits of insight into the new series episodes and many spoiler theories concerning The Silence and River Song. The panel ended slightly early, Martin and Ashley left, yet most of the people in the room remained in their seats. I decided to open the floor to the audience, allowing them to bring up any topic they wished to discuss. If they asked a question that I was capable of answering, all the better. The brilliant questions, cogent responses, and thought provoking theorems brought up by the group astonished me. My favorite theory proposed by one of the panel attendees was that the name “Rassilon” was no longer in reference to a particular person, rather it had become an honorary title. As the panel went twenty minutes over its official end time, I could do nothing but smile.

I had dinner with a large table of Time Ladies who wished to discuss the possible connection between the character Patience in the 8th Doctor novels and Idris in the recent Neil Gaiman episode. While this conversation was taking place, Scott and Debbie Viguie were sitting at the next table. I introduced the Viguies to my charming dinner partners and before long, we had three tables chatting up a storm. In addition to being fine conversationalists, it turned out Debbie and Scott lived relatively close to me in Florida. They offered to appear as guests at a little event I’m putting on in Orlando in July called “Time Lord Fest.” There’s nothing like a New York Times best selling author and a Dr Who expert/archeologist/attorney to help take an event up a notch!

Dad and I, having adorned ourselves in our festive garb, soon made our way towards the Centennial I Ballroom. The infamous TimeGate Cabaret was soon to begin. Professor Satyre was a hilarious master of ceremonies, who told jokes which nearly exhausted all of my air. Attempting to recover from my humor induced paralyzation, my father and I managed to muscle our way onto the stage where we performed two original songs, “Amy’s Got a New Boy” and “Companion’s Lament.”
Much to our delight, the audience seemed to enjoy our brief cameo. Louis Robinson came on after us and masterfully performed two lyrically mature ballads with his acoustic. He then accompanied Sophie Aldred as she sang a presumably traditional English folk song. After her song, we snuck up stairs to our rooms to change into civilian attire.

When I returned downstairs, the Masquerade costume show was still taking place. I enjoyed not only the costumes themselves, but the joy the fans of the various series took in dressing as their favorite Doctor Who and Stargate characters. While watching this, one of the Time Lady friends who had taken me to dinner earlier in the evening began texting me about a room party happening later in the evening. Late night drunken fan revelry sounded most appealing. Though, I did want to see the other band perform. I asked if a few of the ladies would like to join me in watching “One Hard Night” play at 10:30pm. The two came and joined me, along with long time friend and fan, Lois. The band was very good, had a great singer, killer guitar players, and a nice rhythm section. My favorite part of their performance was when they asked members of the audience to come up close to the stage and slow dance. I asked my Time Lady friends to dance with me and, in a circle, we danced and swayed to the band’s ode to sci-fi fandom. Soon though, the lure of a room party was too much so I followed the fair maidens to the fourth floor.

I shall now list the top 5 amazing and/or WTF items from the room party…

5) enough fermented grain to fuel our underfunded space program
4) A man performing a special dance with a bottle of Colt 45 ,which resembled the ant eater mating ritual dance from the 1980′s classic, “Can’t Buy Me Love”
3) Two “Captain Jacks” and a bottle of jack.
2) Several beautiful women singing very loudly lyrics from Rocky Horror then, without missing a beat, breaking into a sloppy yet heated debate over who is more freaked out by the Weeping Angels (“Man, I those angels are scary.” “You have no idea how freaked out by them I am, I just walk around people’s yards and break them” “There is no way you are more freaked out by them than I am, I can’t even be in the same room with statues anymore without punching them…”)
1) I was sober the entire time.

At first, there was a mix up in registration over my name tag. Turns out there was a patron of TimeGate named Ken Spivey who found it absolutely hilarious that a “Ken Spivey Band” was appearing at the convention. This led to some interesting confusion at the registration desk until Alan came up and straightened the whole situation out. Now with my trusty TimeGate guest pass, I was ready for adventure. I mingled for a bit in the lobby until I found the vendor room. This was a near religious experience for me, for there was so much Doctor Who merchandise gathered together in one place. Truly, this was the day for which I had prepared for my entire life; a time when I, a lowly whovian, would be in the presence of a plethora of reasonably priced Who memorabilia.  Oh, and upon this day fortune favored the bold, for I immediately procured a rare Peter Davison action figure wearing the costume of Tom Baker. After coming down from my action figure induced high, I made my way to my first panel at 11pm.

“Vampire Themes in Doctor Who & Stargate” was my first time speaking, with fellow fan-experts, about the Last Son of Gallifrey. A fan posted a video of this panel, so I do know for a fact that other than introducing myself I did nothing but drink two glasses of water for the first five minutes of the panel. After my apparent thirst was finally quenched, I then added to the conversation with the two Viguie’s and Sacha Dzuba. Those who listened will have to fill in what I do not recall, for I was rather tired from the drive. I do recall, at one point, going on a tangent about the Yssgaroth, the ancient war between Rassilon and the Great Vampires, and the possibility that the Vampires could be viewed as the original Daleks. Debbie made many excellent references to The Curse of Fenric, Scott just wowed the room with his obscure Dr Who trivia, and Sacha made excellent use of his knowledge of “State of Decay.” After the panel was over, I quickly made my way back to my room and fell into a deep torpor which would make even the most ancient vampires envious.

This is the video of me drinking water…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6V8nicWHNo

Do the Dalek dance!