Wow, this is late. XD I went to Collectormania London - now known as the Entertainment Media Show - at London's Earl's Court Arena a week-and-a-half ago, but it's taken me this long to get my rear in gear and upload my pics.

I went to the event with my sister, Suzanne, and we spent the weekend hanging out in a group with her convention buddies, Rachel, Laura, Steven and Alasdair. Well, not so much Steven, as he spent almost the entirety of the weekend hopping from one photoshoot to another, having his picture taken with about half of the various actors and actresses who attended. Her friends are all really lovely people, and I'm glad I've met them now. ^^

Come to think of it, we spent most of our weekend queue-hopping too, just not in the same queues. XD I also had to lug my dad's big book o' autographs around, and get a whole bunch for him. At least he paid for them out of his own money.

I hope that I can afford to go to more conventions in the future - I've kinda gotten out of the habit of going to them on a yearly basis; and anyway, truthfully most conventions are quite unlike the Doctor Who Panopticons that my dad and I went to in the 90s; they're larger, somewhat faster paced, and a more expensive. We'd buy a ticket for say, £70 for the weekend each, and for that you'd get an autograph (or two) with every guest *included in the price*. This is not the case with the majority of conventions, which charge you per autograph (and the price varies depending on the guest....most were £10 or £15. But David Tennant's autograph cost £45!)

We didn't actually take many photos over the course of the weekend - and most of the ones we DID take turned out too blurry to be of much use. But a few were fairly clear, and out of those 10, my sister gave me prints of my 4. The other 6 were of her with the guests, and were not taken by me. (I'm rubbish with a camera. My hands shake too much to get a clear picture).

The only real downside to the weekend was the time we had to wake up at. To get autographs, you have to be near the front of the queue to get into the venue, so you can grab an early VT (virtual ticket) number for that particular autograph line. To be near the front to get in, we had to arrive at about 7am on Saturday. So we had to wake up 5AM and be out of the house by 5:45! Luckily there was a direct train there at 6:08. We arrived at a few minutes to 7.

On Sunday, there were loads more people turning up to get David Tennant's autograph. So to be in the same place in the queue as the previous day, we had to ARRIVE at Earl's Court at about 6AM! So we set the alarm to 4AM, and left the house at about 4:20. Needless to say, there were no trains that early, not even if it had been a weekday instead of a Sunday. So we had to take 2 buses, changing at Trafalgar Square, to arrive at the place at 5:55. By the time the doors opened (9am on both days), we were already shattered. Then we had to racewalk across the entire building to get near the front of Tennant's autograph queue. XD

So I am now in the process of uploading what I came away with from the con weekend.

But in the meantime, also look at these wonderful commissions arts that I bought from ^alicexz!

Amelia Pond - The Girl Who Waited

Doctor Who - Susan Foreman