Doctor Who - LI Who 2 Review: A Weekend Filled With Fun

November 7th to the 9th saw the second incarnation of the Long Island Doctor Who Convention as LI Who 2 promised to be bigger and bolder.  Well it sure was all that and it was a hell lot of fun also. Last year I had a wonderful time at the very first LI Who and was really looking forward to this year’s show.  What really got me psyched for it was that it wasn’t crowded and it had an intimate feel to it as you could talk to people and still see them throughout the convention.  To many shows will now try and get as many people as possible to attend their show and it is overcrowded and not that much fun at all.  Take NYCC for instance they averaged 151,000 for a 4 day show.  Good luck trying to talk to someone there and hope to see them again as that would be impossible especially with the size of the building they use.  Now this year LI Who bumped the attendance cut off a tad higher than the first year and also got more guests.  This did concern me that it would lose its feeling of being not too crowded and not as friendly.

Doctor Who - New Guests Announced For L.I. Who 2

Long Island Doctor Who has added a slew of guests to their convention which takes place November 7 - 9.  You can buy your tickets on the website but you better act fast as they are almost sold out. The guest announcements are below in the official press release.

http://longislanddoctorwho.com/

LI Who announces New Series Doctor Who guest Nina Toussaint-White to make her first New York convention appearance!

LI Who announces New Series Doctor Who guest Nina Toussaint-White to make her first New York convention appearance. Nina who starred in the Doctor Who Series 6 episode “Let’s Kill Hitler” as Mels/River Song. She has also been in many other British television shows such as The Bill, Primeval, EastEnders, Whitechapel, Casualty, and Switch.

Nina can be found on twitter at @NinaToussaint 

LI Who Welcomes Titan Comics Artist Simon Frazer And Writer Nick Abadzis To Their First Ever Doctor Who Convention!

LI Who welcomes Titan Comics artist Simon Frazer and Writer Nick Abadzis to their first ever Doctor Who Convention.

Simon Fraser is best known to 2000 AD fans as the co-creator of Russian rogue Nikolai Dante, whose adventures have been a staple of the comic since 1997. Fraser is also the co-creator of Family in the Judge Dredd Megazine and has drawn Judge Dredd and Shimura.

His non-2000 AD work includes Lux & Alby: Sign On and Save the Universe  and Grindhouse: Prison Ship Antares for Dark Horse. Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time and Richard Matheison's HellHouse for IDW. Fraser’s creator-owned project Lilly MacKenzie and the Mines of Charbydis ran in the Judge Dredd Megazine and activatecomix.com. He is currently working on the new Titan Editons Doctor Who comic (11th Doctor) and more Lilly Mackenzie. His website is www.simonfraser.net and he's 'simonfraser' on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and 'SiFraser' on Facebook.

Nick Abadzis is a British cartoonist, writer and graphic novelist of international renown who has been honored with various storytelling awards inc luding the

prestigious Eisner in 2008 for his graphic novel Laika. To date, there have been ten foreign editions. He also works as a visual facilitator, corporate scribe and editorial consultant. He’s devised various magazines and properties that have helped create lasting equity and sales for the many publishing entities and websites that he has been involved with.

As a highly experienced author of stories for both adults and children, Nick has been published in the USA by Condé Nast, Macmillan, Marvel Comics, DC/

Vertigo Comics and Tor.com, in Japan by Kodansha and Korea by Marubol Publications. His comics and illustrations have appeared in various national UK newspapers including The Times, The Guardian and The Independent on Sunday and he has been published in Europe by BBC Worldwide, Dargaud, Glénat, Doctor Who Magazine, 2000AD, Punch, David Fickling Comics and

Atrium Verlag among others. His latest book, just published (and co-authored with David Camus) is The Cigar That Fell in Love With a Pipe from Self-Made Hero/Abrams Comics Arts. He is also writing Titan Comics’ new ongoing series,

Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and daughter.

Doctor Who - Colin Baker and Terry Molloy Added To L.I. Who 2

The ever expanding Long Island Doctor Who convention has added another Doctor and a main nemesis.  Colin Baker who plays the 6th Doctor and Terry Molloy who played Davros during the 80's have been named to the guest list.  This years convention is taking shape to be a great time with lots of guests and two Doctors. Tickets are going fast and you can get them and see who else is a guest at the link below the press release.

Colin Baker is coming To LI Who 2 and not a moment too soon…

Doctor Who - Deborah Watling Added To L.I Who 2 Guest List

Deborah Watling who played Victoria has been added to L.I Who 2 every growing guest list. She joins 2nd Doctor companions Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury along with 5th and 6th Doctor companion Nicola Bryant and the 8th Doctor himself Paul McGann.  The guest list is growing as they also announced author Deborah Stanish also who is responsible for Chicks Unravel Time: Women's Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who.  Weekend Tickets will be going up in price so head over to the convention site at the link below. 
http://longislanddoctorwho.com/

Doctor Who - Terrance Dicks Named Guest of Honor For L.I. Who 2

 

The guest list for L.I. Who 2 just keeps getting better. They have announced on Twitter that former Doctor Who Script Editor and writer and all around Doctor Who Legend Terrance Dicks.  The man responsible for many of the classic series greatest stories and the entire Jon Pertwee will be the Guest of Honor at this years convention.  He has also written tons of the Target Book novelizations based on the shows that aired during the classic series and his last televised story was the 20th Anniversary Special The Five Doctors. For more information and to buy tickets use the link below.
http://longislanddoctorwho.com/