tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74873026240334717992024-03-13T07:52:11.811-04:00Blue Box BalmAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-89549416229058072622016-03-25T08:47:00.003-04:002016-03-31T13:41:53.972-04:00InterWho - Whovian Karen Wiggins <span style="color: #45818e;">Hello Sweeties!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Karen Wiggins, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Allons-y!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself…</b></span><br />
KW: My name is Karen. I'm 35 years old. My astrological signs are Aries and Year of the Monkey. I have 5 kids. The oldest is my step-son who is 15. My daughters are ages 14, 6, & 4, and my baby boy is 2. My husband and I have been together for 8 years, married on October 24, 2010.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
KW: I first really started getting into the new Doctor Who in 2007 when my husband introduced me to the series.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
KW: My favorite episode is in New Who, and it is Don't Blink because of the mystery of the Doctor appearing in "Easter Eggs" on the only 17 DVD's that Sally Sparrow owns. It really plays with the "Wibbley-Wobbley-Timey-Wimey... stuff." That, and the fact that the Doctor is dependent on Sally to send his TARDIS back to 1969 where he is stuck. It is funny, sad, scary and mysterious all at once, and it shows a vulnerability of the Doctor. Also the fact that {SPOILER ALERT!!} Sally discovers that she is the one who gave all the information to the Doctor shows how special an "ordinary" person can be.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span></b><br />
KW: Tom Baker - for those of you who may not know, he played the role of the 4th Doctor.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</b></span><br />
KW: There is only one Doctor. He may have many faces, but he is the main character, and no matter which actor plays him, they all become a part of him and it's like asking what version or age(s) of yourself is (are) your favorite and why?<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite companion and why?</b></span><br />
KW: Although not strictly a companion, I like Harriet Jones because she gets on the Doctor's "bad side" but she makes a good point - he is not always around, and we have to rely on ourselves and make the best decisions we can at the time. In the end she sacrifices herself for the good of mankind and to help the Doctor, but I think it's an important lesson that when we become independent, we may make decisions that disappoint those on whom we used to depend, but we should always be true to ourselves no matter what. Also she teaches that there can be dignity, even in death.<br />
My favorite companion by far though is Donna Noble. She loves the Doctor in a totally platonic manner, and is his "mate" through and through. She starts off as a total prat, but she has a wisdom about her that makes her his equal in a lot of ways, although she doesn't ever see it until the end when she is the Doctor-Donna. It was cool that a whole other dimension popped up around her like a bubble in "Turn Left" but it's sad when she has to forget all the great things she did.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
KW: I'm not sure when or where I would want to go. Traveling with the Doctor to any time or place is always an adventure, although I wouldn't mind knowing the winning lottery jackpot numbers!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
KW: Yes, I love both Torchwood and Sherlock. I also love Supernatural, X-Files, My Little Pony and Game of Thrones.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">BBB: </span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Tell us about your business or hobbies even if they are not related to Doctor Who..</b></span><br />
KW: I don't have time for a lot of hobbies, but I love to read, watch movies and television, and write songs and poems. I like to make jewelry and I would love to go back to school to learn metal smithing. I also like Macrame and can make some pretty "fancy" friendship bracelets, when time and funds for supplies permit.<br />
Right now I have a Buskins account, but I haven't made any sales yet.<br />
Feel free to check out my site: <a href="http://mybuskins.com/#karenmwiggins">http://mybuskins.com/#karenmwiggins</a><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Tell us your favorite product from Blue Box Balm..</b></span><br />
KW: I haven't had the opportunity to try any of the products, but I do like the sound of many of the flavored lip balms and spritzers, especially the "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/266553575/sonic-spritz-wicked-missy-the-master" target="_blank">Wicked</a>" (Patchouli-Vanilla) and "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/266551645/sonic-spritz-noble-donna-noble-doctor" target="_blank">Noble</a>" (Ginger-Vanilla) spritzers sound very appealing. I'm going to have to save to splurge!<br />
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<b style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: </b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Can our readers follow you on social sites? </b></span><br />
KW: Yes.<br />
Twitter: @Huskyfrompluto <a href="https://twitter.com/Huskyfrompluto">https://twitter.com/Huskyfrompluto</a><br />
InstaGram: Huskyfrompluto <a href="https://www.instagram.com/huskyfrompluto/">https://www.instagram.com/huskyfrompluto/</a><br />
Pinterest: Huskyfrompluto <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/huskyfrompluto/">https://www.pinterest.com/huskyfrompluto/</a><br />
Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Karen.M.Wiggins">https://www.facebook.com/Karen.M.Wiggins</a><br />
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KW: My husband and I have an extensive collection of Doctor Who, and it keeps growing. We have POP! Vinyls, decorations, mugs, TARDIS galore, a monopoly game, not to mention ALL the released New Who, and most of the Original Who.<br />
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Karen's Hubby DVD Collection<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Big </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">THANK YOU</span><span style="color: #45818e;"> to Karen for participating in our whovian interviews!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">If you have any questions for Karen please comment below..</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-80592298574587297332016-03-18T07:57:00.000-04:002016-03-18T07:57:01.668-04:00InterWho - Whovian Estefania Juncal <span style="color: #45818e;">Hello Sweeties!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Estefania (Esty), so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Allons-y!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself…</b></span><br />
EJ: My name is Estefania, but most everyone calls me Esty. I am 31 years old and live in New Jersey, but I'm originally from Spain. I moved to the states when I was 4 years old. I also speak French, and lived in France and Switzerland for about 8 months during college. I love music, food, technology, traveling...all sorts of stuff!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
EJ: I think it was sometime in late 2013 when my friend Ken strongly<br />
insisted I watch because he knew I would love it. I knew I was in deep<br />
trouble right after the episode "Rose." I just had to keep watching! I<br />
wanted to be all caught up in time for the 50th anniversary, which I<br />
did with plenty of time to spare.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
EJ: I really loved the 8th Doctor's movie. It's as far into the classics<br />
as I've watched for now. There are many episodes in "new Who" that I<br />
love, but I have a hard time picking a favorite. Basically the entire<br />
RTD era was some of my favorite television ever.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span></b><br />
EJ: Well, I've already met David Tennant three times {BBB: *YES! She said three times}, and he's my favorite!<br />
I also met Billie Piper once at Wizard World Philadelphia. AND I'm<br />
friends with Colum Regan, David's body double in series four. I feel<br />
so connected to the cast already, haha!<br />
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David Tennant, Esty and Billie Piper</div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</b></span><br />
EJ: As I mentioned above, David Tennant is my favorite. When I watch him play the Doctor, it becomes more than just watching a tv show. David Tennant IS the Doctor. When I watch him on screen I don't even feel like he is acting half the time. You can tell that he is doing this as a true fan of the show.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite companion and why?</b></span><br />
EJ: I loved Rose & Donna the most because I could relate to them. Women who didn't think they were anything special and by the end of their runs, they were so empowered. They always make me feel like I can do anything.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
EJ: I have thought about this often, actually, and I can never decide on a specific time or a place. I'd definitely rather visit the past more than the future. I'm afraid if I see the future then the present will<br />
look so boring while I wait for the world to catch up to what I already saw. But to see the world throughout different points in history would be awesome.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
EJ: I started Torchwood but haven't finished it yet. I am in so many fandoms, though, I have lost track! Stargate, X-Files, Arrow, Flash, Firefly, Supernatural...the list goes on and on.<br />
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Esty with infamous hugger, John Barrowman</div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">BBB: </span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Tell us about your business or hobbies even if they are not related to Doctor Who..</b></span><br />
EJ: I am the personal IT girl to most my friends, family and coworkers. I answer all of their techie questions and concerns. I love spending time with my two dogs Chico, a chihuahua/Jack Russel mix, and Rocky, a great dane/dalmatian/lab mix. They are my boys and the bestest thing to come home to. I am usually humming or singing a song, as music is a very important!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Tell us your favorite product from Blue Box Balm..</b></span><br />
EJ: My absolute favorite favorite product from BBB is the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/221461288/meta-10-vanilla-rose-flavor-doctor-who" target="_blank">Meta 10</a> lip balm. The vanilla and rose combination is just perfect. I bought this practically in bulk because I love it so much!<br />
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<b style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: </b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Can our readers follow you on social sites? </b></span><br />
Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/EstyJuncal" target="_blank">@EstyJuncal</a><br />
Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/EstefaniaJuncal">www.facebook.com/EstefaniaJuncal</a><br />
Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/esty_j/" target="_blank">esty_j</a><br />
Blog: <a href="http://www.musingsofafangirl.com/">www.musingsofafangirl.com</a><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Is there anything you would like to add before we wrap up this interview (such as conventions you gone to, cast you have met, a collection you have, etc)?</b></span><br />
EJ: I have been to 4 cons so far. Wizard World Raleigh & Philly, NJ Comic Con and recently I volunteered at Heroes & Villains Fan Fest here in NJ. You can read about that in my blog.<br />
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Esty and Stephen Amell (aka Arrow)</div>
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For WW Raleigh, I helped Colum Regan get a copy of his, at the time, almost released book The Fly Guy to David Tennant. David and I ended up having a nice conversation about Cardiff and Colum. When I saw David again at WW Philly he actually remembered me, which was WILD.<br />
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Esty and Colum</div>
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I visited Cardiff in April 2015 where I met up with Doctor Squee and fellow balmer Melissa. We visited the Doctor Who Experience, a place I never thought I'd ever get to see. I also met up with Colum who took me to Southerndown, but Whovians know it as Bad Wolf Bay. Cardiff was a life-changing experience for me - I'll be visiting again later this year :)<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Leah, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself…</b></span><br />
LHM: Hi! My name’s Leah. I live in Oklahoma with my husband, our son (and another one on the way,) our three dogs, and our two cats. I’m constantly working on some crafty project or another. Right now the biggie is a Super Mario-themed nursery, as our older son lucked out and got the Doctor Who room!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
LHM: I’m fairly new to the Whoverse. I guess I stumbled into it around five or so years ago with the 9th Doctor. I jumped in with both feet and haven’t looked back since.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
LHM: I haven’t caught up with the Classic Who, but I think my favorite New Who episode would have to be either Blink or The Girl in the Fireplace. I think Blink was the first time a television show actually terrified me…I was hooked! And what can I say about The Girl in the Fireplace, it had it all. It was emotional, magical, romantic, and of course just the right amount of creepy. <br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span></b><br />
LHM: Hmm, I can only meet one cast or crew member? It’s a toss-up between David Tennant or Alex Kingston. I think they both would have fantastic personalities and senses of humor. I can’t imagine the stories they could tell!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</b></span><br />
LHM: My favorite Doctor is Ten, but Twelve is quickly catching up. Ten is quirky without being overly childish, yet he could turn on the protection and fury when need be.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite companion and why?</b></span><br />
LHM: For me, it’s hard to beat the Ponds as companions. Amy could definitely hold her own and wasn’t afraid to tell the Doctor exactly what she thought. I loved her feistiness! And Rory, I couldn’t help but love his dedication to Amy and to everything and everyone that was important to her.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
LHM: I think I’d like to go back to the Roaring ‘20s, with maybe some sort of Al Capone/gangster/Prohibition element thrown in. Fashion and danger, it’s all there.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
LHM: I don’t technically belong to any other fandoms per se. I guess the closest would be The Walking Dead. I did go to a Con to meet a cast member. Other than that, I enjoy comic book movies, I love Orphan Black, and I try to keep up with as many horror films as I can.<br />
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LHM: My hobbies, let’s see. I have to be creating something pretty much all the time, whether it’s sewing, making jewelry, working on graphic design projects, photography, or a variety of other techniques. I just love trying new ways to make stuff! I also love films. I was working on my Master’s thesis in horror films, so that’s still where my interest mainly lies, but I still love most films.<br />
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LHM: Right now, my favorite Blue Box product is the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/266658278/new-sonic-spritz-naughty-ms-delphox" target="_blank">Sonic Spritz in Naughty</a>. The staying power of the spritz is much better than my traditional perfumes. The scent lingers all day! I can’t wait to try the other spritzes!<br />
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LHM: Really, the only social media site I’m on other than Facebook (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/lheitzke" target="_blank">Leah's Facebook</a>) is Pinterest. People are more than welcome to follow me on there: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/lheitzke/">https://www.pinterest.com/lheitzke/</a><br />
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LHM: I love to collect Pops! figures. Right now my Doctor Who collection is perched on top of my son’s TARDIS armoire.<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Big </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">THANK YOU</span><span style="color: #45818e;"> to Leah for participating in our whovian interviews!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">If you have any questions for Leah please comment below..</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-86760809991752124812016-03-06T11:15:00.000-05:002016-03-06T11:15:18.061-05:00InterWho - Whovian Lorraine Cox<span style="color: #45818e;">Hello Sweeties!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Lorraine Cox, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
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LC: My name is Lorraine, and I'm a geek mom of 2 little geekling girls! I live on the West Coast of Canada in the BC Lower Mainland, and love it here! I'm within an hour of ocean, mountain or any outdoor activity! As well, I love to cook, which thanks to that a little bit I now have to hit the gym! In addition, I work at YVR International Airport, so I do see some neat people!<br />
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LC: I became a Whovian about 3 years ago when one of my close friends challenged me to watch some New Who and see how it goes. Needless to say, it was addiction at first episode!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
LC: I like the special episode Day of the Doctor with 10, 11 and War. It was so well executed and the melding of the classic with new was seamless!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span></b><br />
LC: I have met John Barrowman by complete fluke at work! He was checking in at first class and I happened to be working that counter! He is a master of the selfie! I would love to meet David Tennant, because he is hot! Haha! And Billie Piper, as I listened to her music prior to following her into Doctor Who!<br />
*Lorraine has also met famous violinist, Lindsey Stirling!<br />
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LC: 10 is one of my favourites, with 12 coming up fast! I love how they are conflicted, and with 10 he is so torn with his feelings for Rose! 12 is attached to Clara, and he's got angry eyebrows!<br />
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LC: I loved Rose, and her sass! She was capable, and not completely a damsal in distress! I also liked Captain Jack, because he was cheeky and challanged 10 in ways that needed to be done!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
LC: I would love to see Monet during the Impressionist period, or go meet with Churchill, one of my historical idols! I mean, the man lived off cigars and brandy, and managed to lead a nation during an important time in history!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
LC: I am into Star Wars, Firefly, Sherlock, Arrow... my kids have been raised on a healthy diet of Star Wars and Firefly as well as Doctor Who and Marvel! I love how they each draw you in! I've also gotten hooked on Orphan Black (Tatiana Maslany is AMAZEBALLS! Seriously, 8 clones??). Marvel is also awesome, with my daughter happy to have been Black Widow after seeing Age of Ultron with mommy! Another one that I'm not sure that airs in the US is X-Company. Its a period based drama based on real events and the real Camp X that was a base in Canada for espionage training during WWII and many American spies trained there too!<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">BBB: </span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Tell us about your business or hobbies even if it is not related to Doctor Who..</b></span><br />
LC: I'm a little funny, I play video games (Elder Scrolls Online, Marvel Heroes, Vindictus), as well as cook and bake. In down time, I hit the gym in order to try to do another Tough Mudder! I also have a green belt in Shotokan Karate, and competed in tournaments for sparring (fighting) and kata (forms, kinda like a solo fight routine.)<br />
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LC: I've been hooked on the balms since I first discovered them by fluke on etsy! They are in my purse, backpack and work bag! They are awesome and I plan to buy more!<br />
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<b style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: </b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Can our readers follow you on social sites? </b></span><br />
LC: I can be found on Twitter as <a href="https://twitter.com/KitharaCox" target="_blank">@KitharaCox</a>, Beme as kitharac, and Snapchat as kitharacox836<br />
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LC: I have a huge Funko Pop collection that is close to 40 figures, with my hubby practically finishing the first release Doctor Who set for me in 1 go at Christmas! I've been to E3 back in 2004 (gaming convention) and plan to try to go to some comicons soon! I also have met Captain Jack as well!<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Leigh Bull so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
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LB: Hi, I'm Leigh! I'm 22 years old and live in Wales - I've sadly never seen any Doctor Who scenes being filmed here, but I have heard that the coal pit and 'Global Chemical' scenes in the Jon Pertwee serial 'The Green Death' were filmed near my town, so that's my claim to fame :P I have a genetic disorder that causes me to have epileptic seizures, along with becoming easily exhausted from having hypermobile weak joints among other problems, so I'm currently unable to work or do much - but I like to fill my time with watching awesome shows like Doctor Who and drawing fanart of my favourite characters :)<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
LB: I first got into Doctor Who when it was brought back in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston - my parents suggested that we all watch it together as a family because they grew up watching the Classic series, and I've been hooked ever since!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
LB: Well, anyone who's talked to me can probably guess that I love the 1996 movie featuring Paul McGann, if that counts, even though it's not an 'episode'. I just love absolutely everything about it - Paul McGann is a fantastic Doctor, the Master is my favourite Doctor Who villain and I think Eric Roberts is amazing as him (and rocks the best outfit at the end!), Grace is a wonderful companion and it's a really interesting change to see the Master get a companion in the form of Chang Lee too (not to mention that Chang Lee is one of my favourite Doctor Who characters ever, he acts tough but has a heart of gold really and just wants to do the right thing. Oh, and he also gets the coolest 'first TARDIS entrance' out of anyone, just look at the way he confidently swings both doors open and then goes 'nope' when he sees what's inside :P) The TARDIS interior and costumes are stunning, and I think the whole movie looks fantastic for something that was made for TV in the 90's - I think the movie may have failed to be a hit because of how it tried too hard to please both British and American audiences, the old fans of the Classic series along with people who knew nothing about Doctor Who, but I still greatly enjoy it and think it bridges the gap between the Classic and New series very well :) Plus it introduced me to some of my favourite actors - all four main cast members are lovely people and I have become a massive fan of Eric Roberts' work since first discovering him in the Doctor Who movie, now having watched 35 of his many movies and various episodes of different TV shows that he's been in :P<br />
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LB: Well, I'd ideally love to meet all four main cast members of the Doctor Who movie! I've already met Paul McGann and he was lovely, though I would like to meet him again because I got a bit 'starstruck' and couldn't talk properly when I saw him :P I've also met Daphne Ashbrook, who is an absolute sweetheart and all around wonderful human being (she's even called me her 'friend' on twitter!) I'm going to be seeing her again at a convention in May, along with hopefully getting to meet Yee Jee Tso there as well, I'm really excited about that - so that leaves Eric Roberts, I'd absolutely love for him to come to a UK convention so that I could meet him and discuss all the films he's been in, he's had such a long and interesting career that I'd love to learn more about (plus I've converted my nan into becoming a big Eric Roberts fan as well after watching a lot of his movies with her, so she'd love to see him too - come on Eric, get over here to the UK so your two biggest fans can meet you!)<br />
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LB: Probably the Sixth Doctor or the Eighth Doctor :) I'm one of the few who loves the Sixth Doctor's fashion sense lol, his multicoloured coat is awesome, and the confidence he has in himself is something I aspire to have :P I also love the Eighth Doctor's gorgeous Victorian era inspired outfit and childlike personality, with the sense of awe and wonder he feels at the smallest quirks about the human race that he loves so much really shining through and making him instantly lovable.<br />
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LB: Awww, would it be cheating to say Chang Lee since he technically wasn't a companion to the Doctor for the majority of the film? :P If not him, then probably Grace. Her character introduction of being at the opera, running down the hospital hall in slow motion as the music still plays and then performing surgery while still wearing her dress makes for some fantastic and iconic imagery - she's beautiful and intelligent, being a talented cardiologist and even managing to reroute the TARDIS under extreme pressure by herself later on in the film, really living up to her nickname 'Amazing Grace'. I thought her romance with the Doctor was sweet, but I liked that she decided to leave him on her own terms at the end, even asking him to stay with her instead. I would have loved for the Eighth Doctor, Grace and Chang Lee to have stayed together and become a TARDIS team if the movie had gone on to be developed into a proper series, and it's a real shame that Grace and Lee don't seem to be allowed back now due to apparent rights issues, but I love that the Big Finish audios have still managed to bring Yee Jee Tso and Daphne Ashbrook back in the form of playing new characters Charlie Sato and Ruth Matheson in 'Tales From the Vault', 'Mastermind' and 'The Screaming Skull' (which are great audios, you should listen to them if you haven't already!)<br />
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LB: Honestly, I can't think of anything particularly enlightening that I'd want to do or see in the past, so I think I'd just like to go to 1977 America to watch Eric Roberts playing 'Ted Bancroft #1' in soap opera 'Another World' as it was his earliest TV acting role and no footage of it seems to exist today.<br />
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LB: Hmm, not particularly - obviously I like other shows (such as, indeed, Sherlock) but not to the extent that I draw fanart or engage in any fan discussions, etc. with anyone about them. Unless there's an 'Eric Roberts fandom' that counts lol, because I really am quite invested in watching all his movies and following his career - I listen to a brilliant podcast that gives hilarious reviews of his movies, which can be found at 'ericrobertsistheman.com' or on twitter at '@ERITFM', and the great thing is that it never gets boring because of the massive range of vastly different movies that Eric Roberts has been in (for example, ERITFM's first episode reviewed his films 'Star 80' and 'First Dog' - suffice to say that they're very, very different movies :P) And they've even reviewed the Doctor Who movie, check it out! It's certainly interesting to hear it being reviewed from the perspective of people who don't know anything about Doctor Who (Warning that the website and podcast contains NSFW language, though, and the Doctor Who review starts about 40 minutes into the episode - also, they mentioned me at around the 50 minute mark when they asked what 'TARDIS' stood for!)<br />
<a href="http://www.ericrobertsistheman.com/episode-7-rude-awakening-1989-doctor-who-1996/" target="_blank">http://www.ericrobertsistheman.com/episode-7-rude-awakening-1989-doctor-who-1996/</a><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">BBB: </span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Tell us about your business or hobbies even if they are not related to Doctor Who..</b></span><br />
LB: I can't engage in many particularly active hobbies due to my disabilities, but I enjoy going to conventions to meet my favourite actors and using those opportunities to dress up in the amazing cosplay outfits that my nan and mam make of the characters I like (my favourite being an absolutely gorgeous replica my nan made of the red cloak outfit that Eric Roberts' version of the Master wore at the end of the Doctor Who movie - so far I've only worn it to one convention and I had such a fantastic response, especially since I was also carrying a lovely Chang Lee doll that my mam and nan also made, with various people asking to have photos with me and even saying that they 'loved' me! I'd like to wear that same outfit to the May convention when I meet Daphne Ashbrook and Yee Jee Tso, I'm hoping they'll like it) I also love to draw, as I previously mentioned, and tend to draw my favourite characters - I've even posted some of my art on twitter and had wonderful responses from Yee Jee Tso when I've shown him my pictures of Chang Lee, I'll have to draw a picture of him for his upcoming birthday too as a gift :P<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Tell us your favorite product from Blue Box Balm..</b></span><br />
LB: Aww, that's such a tough decision, I can't decide - I absolutely love all the ones I've bought, along with the samples you've sent me! But I do especially love the shimmer of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/235525156/asian-child-gold-dust-flavor-doctor-who" target="_blank">'Asian Child</a>', I love taking it around in my Chang Lee 'Balm Buddy', and I am biased with him being my favourite character :P<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;">***Special! In honor of Leigh's favorite product, Blue Box Balm is offering <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/235525156/asian-child-gold-dust-flavor-doctor-who" target="_blank">Asian Child Lip Balm</a> for just $2! This special offer ends 3/8, so hurry!</b></span><br />
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<b style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: </b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Can our readers follow you on social sites? </b></span><br />
LB: Yes, you can follow me on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/cookiepianos" target="_blank">@cookiepianos</a> :)<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Is there anything you would like to add before we wrap up this interview (such as conventions you gone to, cast you have met, a collection you have, etc)?</b></span><br />
LB: Not that I can think of, I think I've mentioned everything - thank you so much for interviewing me, I feel honoured that you wanted to and I've had a lot of fun answering these questions! Your products are amazing and I can't wait to try out more of them :)<br />
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**I wanted to show you some illustrations Leigh did featuring Grace & Chang Lee with a Blue Box Balm flair!<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Big </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">THANK YOU</span><span style="color: #45818e;"> to Leigh for participating in our whovian interviews!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">If you have any questions for Leigh please comment below..</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-27854128157145169872016-02-29T08:50:00.000-05:002016-02-29T08:50:39.024-05:00InterWho - Whovian Rebekah Yates<span style="color: #45818e;">Hello Sweeties!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Rebekah Yates, so grab a cup of tea (maybe 2!) and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself…</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">RY: Hey-yo, I'm Becka. I find this question really hard to answer
-lol- I actually did all the other questions first, this is the last one. I
always feel like I'm filling out some sort of random online dating
profile! Um, well. Basic stuff I guess,
born in '77 in Detroit, immigrated to Canada in 2001, dual citizen. Married,
have one kid, one cat, we live in a house.
I love being in water but I'm not a very good swimmer. Bridges and boats
terrify me. Spiders too, don't like
them. I love cupcakes but I'd say I
enjoy more salty/savory foods. I also am not super keen on chocolate and I find
most chocolate cake to be gross! You REALLY
have to have amazing flavour
combinations for me to love it. If I say
I enjoy your chocolate cake, trust me, that's a HUGE compliment! I love being around my family and friends but
an ideal weekend for me is legit to go camping solo with a couple of good
books, a bottle or two of wine and a campfire.
I really like cats, it always used to surprise people up till recently
that I didn't actually HAVE a cat - people assumed I had like 20 or something.
More random facts... I love to scrapbook with paper and stickers, none of that
digital stuff! I love the feeling of working with paper. I love trashy romance
novels. I like painting but it makes me
anxious - want to be amused? Take me to a paint night, give me a few drinks and
watch me unravel.. it's ok, I'll laugh about me being a total dingus with
you! I like road races but I'm not sure
I actually like running. I'm all about the bling. My favourite medal is
probably my half marathon medal from Miami, it's shiny gold with palm trees and
diamonds. I guess I can wrap this up,
I'm sure those who find me on social media will get a feel of me more there.
Don't be shy! xo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">RY: I had seen some Classic who as a youngster
- Tom Baker's 4th Doctor. I would watch it with my dad sometimes. It wasn't
something he would seek out, but if it was on TV when he was channel surfing,
he'd leave it playing. As for NuWho, we
fell down that rabbit hole pretty quickly in December of 2013 after attending
Ottawa's PopExpo. On our adventures that
day, my son Loosh (at the time 7) discovered the newly built Ottawa Tardis,
Daleks and of course K-9 with the Doctor Who Society of Canada-Ottawa
Chapter. After a good amount of time
interacting with Dalek Souffle, we discovered that she was being piloted by
none other than Neve McIntosh. On our way home, Loosh asked if we could watch
the show "all those awesome things were from" and I said, SURE why
not. It was just after the 50th
anniversary had aired, Series 1-7a were on Netflix so we fired it up that night
and watched Rose & The End of the World before bedtime. In any other moment, I would have binge
watched the entire show, but Netflix told on me because The Unquiet Dead was
marked watched, and my son was very mad that I watched without him *L*<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">RY: I haven't had a chance to go back and watch
much Classic Who to know exactly what episodes are what, it's on my list of
things to watch more of. I tend to gravitate towards more 3rd & 4th Doctor
when I do. My favourite NuWho episode?
Man it's hard to pick JUST one. Can I pick one from each Doctor? *L* I would
say my favourite 9th Doctor episode is The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances. 10th
Doctor I would have to say the Fires of Pompeii. For 11, I have a harder time
nailing down just one. The stories were so much more complex and intertwined. I
would say for series 5-7, that I would choose, Vincent & The Doctor, The
Girl Who Waited or Journey to the Centre of the Tardis. For 12, again very hard to choose just one.
Listen, Mummy on the Orient Express, Hell Bent/Heaven Sent were my faves. I'm
sure that will change as I rewatch series 8 & 9 over the next bit though
while waiting for series 10 to arrive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">RY: Catherine Tate hands down. She's a
brilliantly funny lady whom I admired well before Doctor Who. That said, I
wouldn't say no to meeting any of the cast! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">RY: I have a soft spot for all the NuWho
Doctors, I love them for different reasons, but to choose just one, I'm going
to have to say Matt Smith's 11. When 11
showed up on the scene, I just didn't "get" him. He was this noodley
arm flailing goofball, it just felt all wrong. I got all the way to the end of
his run and was ready to move on. I was more in love with the Ponds than the
Doctor (and I totally hated Clara which is another story!). I spent a lot of time listening to the
soundtracks to the series while I worked (I need something without words when I
edit photos) and really connected to the music of series 5-7. On a second watch of 11's run, I really fell
in love with him and had a better appreciation for how "old" this
young Doctor was. How fierce he was and how dangerous he was. When 11 got mad, it was more than a little
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite companion and why?</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">RY: I originally started this with just Donna,
but I feel I need to get my newly appreciative feelings for Clara in here as
well. I really did not like Clara when she started her regular run as a
Companion in 7B. However, like most
Companions she grew on me a little bit. I started to give her a chance. With
all her character development with 12, I really grew to love her, especially
after re-watching from start to finish.
Face the Raven is up there with Angels Take Manhattan. I haven't
re-watched it, it hurts too much. As
series 9 was wrapping up, I realized that I was really going to miss having
Clara in the Tardis and she's honestly the first Companion that I can't see any
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<span lang="EN-CA">Donna Noble however, is my spirit animal. I find that of all the NuWho Companions,
Donna has the saddest beginning and the saddest ending with the most amazing
journey between them. The amount of
personal growth as a human being that takes place is astounding, plus don't we
all wish that others around us would see us for something more, believe in us
more and encourage us to be better. Donna went from being the person who needed
that, to being the person who was DOING that. Helping those around her to be
more, to be better, to be believed in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
RY: Like Rose, the need to go back and spend time with her passed on parent is great. Being able to go back in time to spend even just one more day with my mom would be the greatest gift. I wouldn't try to change the outcome, but I would definitely take her on vacations and do silly things that I missed out on with living so far away the last 13 years of her life.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">RY: I do enjoy me some Torchwood and Sherlock
(of various makes). I am a big fan of
the most recent Sherlock series with Benedict and Martin, however I am a huge
fan of Jeremy Brett's Sherlock as well. Our kitty cat's name is Watson, I'd
love to get "Sherlock" but my husband is good with one cat, and the
kid is determined whatever second cat we get is named Sushi *L*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Another fandom that I love, is the
Wizarding World. I partake in lots of
things HP, including the Hogwart's Running Club
(http://www.hogwartsrunningclub.org/) which is a virtual run club that holds
various events over the course of a calendar year benefiting different
charities each time. We use an app
called Charity Miles that not only gives sponsored donations to a charity of our choice for every run,
walk or bike ride that we do, it gives us "House Points". Yes, we very much do a House Cup *L* In 2015,
HRC runners raised nearly $500,000 via the Charity Miles app, and $406,171 from
the event registrations. Earlier this year when we lost Alan Rickman, we raised
nearly $30k for one of his favourite charities in less than a week. It's amazing to be part of something so huge
that does #SoMuchGood</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">BBB: </span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Tell us about your business or hobbies even if they are not related to Doctor Who..</b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">RY: I am a photographer, owning my own
business. I focus mainly on family
portraiture, but love to throw in the mix some glamour, wedding or even some
saucy boudoir sessions. I've been taking
photographs pretty much my entire life, my first camera was this tiny little
110 film camera from Kodak. My parents gave it to me, before the tender age of
5, because I kept taking my mom's camera and using up all her film! That thing
went EVERYWHERE with me and I had it well into my teens. I wish I still had it
to be honest, if anything for nostalgia.
But yeah, if you're ever in the Ottawa Valley and want pretty pictures,
hit me up :) https://www.facebook.com/miaouphotography<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA">Hobby-wise, phew yeah. Photography for fun,
playing piano, scrapbooking, hiking. I love to play video games with my son
(LEGO Dimensions currently), watching movies/TV and spend a lot of time nerding
out with my best friend Chrissy. We get into some seriously wacky adventures
together. I also do Doctor Who cosplay,
with Donna & Amy being my two go-tos for inspiration. I'm all about the cosplay that I can pull
from my closet. Yes I've had to go out and buy clothing/accessories for it all,
but there is nothing from them I can't wear every day if I felt like it. I also do a gender bent Captain America (with
a vintage flair), but most people don't get it. That's ok though, I love it and
it's a fun one to do. One day I'll choose a character with a more involved
presence, but who it is, I just don't know. My son also gets into the cosplay
game with me when we go out; his current offerings are Rory Williams, 11th
Doctor, Owen Grady and Dipper Pines. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA">RY: Sure! If you're a Balmer in our group, feel
free to add me to your FB. I'm probably sitting there wishing I could work up the nerve to add you -lol- Fair warning though, there's a lot of my cat,
I try to keep it mostly to his own social media
to save my personal Facebook from overwhelming my friends with all the
cat pics. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/comewatson">https://www.facebook.com/comewatson</a>
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RY: I attend the Ottawa ComicCon, Pop Expo, Geek Market as well as the Montreal ComicCon. One day I'd love to hit some of the bigger ones like NYC, Wizard World. I'd like to say San Diego, but that one I think is TOO big for me -lol- I've only done 3 DW cast member photo ops: John Barrowman on his own and then again with Eve Myles and one with Billie Piper. The rest of my photo ops have been different fandoms (Sir Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Nathan Fillion, Jewel Staite, Billy Boyd, Ernie Hudson, Tom Felton). I'm hoping to get a photo op this Spring at OCC with Karen Gillan. My most perfect and ideal photo op would be Alex Kingston, Karen Gillan, Arthur Davrill and Matt Smith. My most ideal but probably never will happen photo op would be with Tom Hiddleston. Collection wise - I have a soft spot for PopVinyls. I have to be really careful and choose with great consideration to which I get because I would buy them all *L* I also collect Doctor Who comics which I over organize into binders sorted by Doctor *L*<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Big </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">THANK YOU</span><span style="color: #45818e;"> to Becka for participating in our whovian interviews!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Sheila Swartz, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
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<b style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself…</b><br />
SS: Hi! My name is Sheila and I’m 30 years old. I live in the Northwest United
States with my wonderful and amazing mom, who takes care of me since I was born
with cerebral palsy. I weighed 1 lb., 9 oz. at birth, but I’ve grown a little. .
. I teach New Testament Greek for a local Christian study program, and my faith
in Jesus is the biggest blessing in my life. I love to hang out with friends;
they’ve become accustomed to my quoting Doctor Who at really random times.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
SS: I discovered the show about a year before the 50th anniversary.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
SS: I just got caught up on all of New Who, and “Vincent and the Doctor” remains my
favorite episode. I saw a few episodes prior to that one while channel flipping
one evening; I found the show confusing at first, to be honest! “Vincent” was
the one that got me irrevocably hooked on Who. I absolutely love the way The
Doctor cultivates people’s ability to impact each other’s lives, whether or not
one is aware of it at the time. While Vincent’s end didn’t change, watching him
discover his own influence was just so powerful! I also really liked the way Amy
encouraged Vincent and accepted him amidst his brokenness. “Bow ties are cool!”<br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span></b><br />
SS: David Tennant. He’s a fabulously versatile actor and seems like a kind, gentle
man in real life. I am fascinated by his command of language when he does
Shakespeare, and he can bounce back and forth between humor and depth in so many
roles. David has inspired me to try recording audio books someday. I also enjoy
some music from “The Proclaimers” and have a Converse shoe collection, so we’d
have a few things in common. Plus, you know, there’s his epic hair.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</b></span><br />
SS: Eleven is my Doctor! Matt Smith was the first one I watched, and he embodies
such a delightful mix of physical goofiness and introspective moments. It just
makes sense that The Doctor can be protective/strong and yet remain utterly
entertained by the world(s) around him. It’s as if he’s a 900-year-old child!
The Eleventh Doctor has delivered a lot of great speeches in the series and has
a dynamite rapport with River Song.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite companion and why?</b></span><br />
SS: Hmmm. I’m a huge fan of the Ponds, but I think I’d have to choose Donna overall.
She’s so sassy and keeps The Doctor on his toes. Her extroverted and outspoken
personality makes her such a fun character, and she saves the world a lot, even
if she can't always remember.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
SS: England circa the late 1940’s. I’m a massive fan of authors C.S. Lewis and
J.R.R. Tolkien, and I’d love to meet them and observe them critiquing one
another’s works.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
SS: Honestly, no. Although, I’m pleased with the way “Downton Abbey” has turned out,
and I’ve been known to fangirl over the music group “Celtic Thunder.”<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">BBB: </span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Tell us about your business or hobbies even if it is not related to Doctor Who..</b></span><br />
SS: When I’m not teaching Greek, I enjoy studying/using other foreign languages -
mostly Irish and Spanish. I also do Irish dance. Since I’m unable to walk, I use
the shoes on my hands, previously spending over six years doing classes and
performances with able-bodied friends. I also love to read and watch college
tennis matches.<br />
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SS: Definitely the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/191737712/amys-choice-buttercream-cupcake-flavor" target="_blank">“Amy’s Choice” lip balm!</a> It’s the best balm I’ve ever used.<br />
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SS: There have been mini conventions at the library, and some people built a
life-sized, functioning Dalek named Klaus. The first time I plunger bumped him,
he scanned me and said, “My traveling machine is superior to your traveling
machine!” I beg to differ. . .<br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; text-align: left;">Big </span><span style="color: #a64d79; text-align: left;">THANK YOU</span><span style="color: #45818e; text-align: left;"> to Sheila for participating in our whovian interviews!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">If you have any questions for Sheila please comment below..</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-48008402743735517432016-02-17T09:32:00.000-05:002016-02-23T07:13:37.755-05:00InterWho - Whovian Amanda Creasy<span style="color: #45818e;">Hello Sweeties!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Amanda Creasy, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
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AC: I’m a fairly recent Whovian. I took a shine to the show “Big Bang Theory” and Sheldon and Leonard kept mentioning Doctor Who. When we got Netflix last year, I decided to give the show a chance because I wasn’t sure what else to watch.<br />
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As someone who was never exposed to any type of sci-fi show, I wasn’t sure what to think of it, but within a week, I was hooked! I loved that the show didn’t define itself by being totally serious or completely silly. It’s still my favorite part of Who- it’s whatever it wants to be whenever it wants to be it. </div>
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<o:p> </o:p>I suppose I’m feeling warm and fuzzy tonight, so I’d go with “The Lodger”, which features Matt’s Doctor. He and James Corden play off each other so well and I find it incredibly charming. I love all of the Doctors, but Matt’s Doctor had these quirks that I find absolutely endearing and I think they’re at showcased beautifully in this episode. He’s lovely and charming and alien…and I wish he’d make me an omelet because the one on the show looked pretty amazing. </div>
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However, if this is a chance to really meet someone- to sit down and talk with them over a cup of tea or coffee, an hour or so…I’d pick Chris Eccleston. I’d love to have the time to sit down and talk with the man, to learn a little more about him. He’s so private, and I completely respect that, but at the same time, it makes me want to know him all the more. To have an opportunity to learn a bit more about someone I genuinely admire and respect would be phenomenal. </div>
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AC: I haven’t met a Doctor I didn’t love. Each has his own unique personality quirks and traits. That being said, Nine is my Doctor. He’s dark and moody, bogged down by grief and guilt…yet he still remains silly and quick to smile. I only wish we had Chris as the Doctor for more than one series. <br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
AC: If it was allowed, I’d just like to go somewhere that I could help; make a difference. I think that might be a common trait of people who watch the show- we see the world going by and we want to help, but we’re not sure how. Everything the Doctor does seems rather grandiose, doesn’t it? You can always see the big picture, whereas, if you do something to help in real life, you’re never really sure it made a difference. So, I’d like to go somewhere/some place/some time and do something that helps someone- even if it’s just one person.<br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
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AC: Oh gravy. So, being nerdy is pretty cool right now, but I don’t think we want to travel down the roads of my fandoms…they are neither trendy nor cool. But, since you asked, I’m a fan of Big Bang Theory, The Simpsons, The Waltons, Doctor Quinn, Bonanza, Dragnet, and Antiques Roadshow. I’ve written fanfiction for Big Bang, Bonanza, and Doctor Who. <br />
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AC: I’m on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amanda.l.creasy" target="_blank">Facebook</a> a lot, and I do have a Twitter account, but I’m not going to pretend like I’m super adept at using it! If you want to follow me, you can do so <a href="https://twitter.com/acreasy1" target="_blank">@acreasy1</a> <br />
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I would love to travel to the UK at some point in my life and visit England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Not only do I want to check out the Doctor Who museum in Wales, but I have a ton of family history in Ireland that I’d love to look into. I have a friend in England that I’d love to meet, too.</div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Liane Oudbier, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">Well my name is Liane Oudbier, I live in the Netherlands and I'm a huge doctor who fan and I draw/game a lot...</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">One of my drawings was reposted on the instagram of Doctor Who BBCA and will be in shown in an episode of "The Doctors Notes" on BBC America.. </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I just had to tell you guys that I'm so excited! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">Well, that's a fun question!</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I don't know the exact date but when "The Hillywood Show" uploaded their Doctor Who parody I was immediately in love with Doctor Who! </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">I haven't watched the classic who yet..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">But my favorite episode from new who has to be "Under the Lake" because it was a thrilling episode and I loved Sophie Stone (Case) it's just so wonderful that she was in this episode (and in Before the Flood)...</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I just don't have any words for that episode, and yes I have way more favorite episodes! </span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">Easy!!! David (freaking) Tennant of course!!</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I mean he's such a cutie!!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">Well.... That's a very hard question..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">David Tennant , he played The Doctor so good, almost perfect! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite companion and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">Ehm... Yeah... Good one...</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Clara ... Rose... Donna... Martha...Amy... Rory...</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I can't choose! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: Back in history!! Maybe the Roman century, Oh my, I would love that!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">Supernatural, Sherlock , Lucifer... And more..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I might almost call myself an enormous geek</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-weight: bold;">BBB: </span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Tell us about your business or hobbies even if it is not related to Doctor Who..</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">Well as I said, I draw a lot and I got some attention from actor's... Which is really cool and sometimes kinda emotional...</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Besides drawing I also dance, think of Hip Hip and Breakdance.. And don't forget playing video games!</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">And watching Doctor Who of course! </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Well nothing else to say about that</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">Well to be honest "I" only bought the little lip balms ( Blue raspberry and strawberry lime) and they are totally worth it! </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I totally can't wait to get another one soon! </span><br />
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<b style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: </b><span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Can our readers follow you on social sites? </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: Of course! </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I'm on Twitter and Instagram </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/LianeXYou">www.Twitter.com/LianeXYou</a> </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/liane231">www.Instagram.com/liane231</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">LO: </span><span style="color: #45818e;">I'm going to the Dutch Comic Con this year and I'm so excited!</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">The Hillywood Show will probably be there and Star Wars writers, comic book writers and actor's!</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I really hope Doctor Who actor's and writers are coming to the Dutch Comic Con</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I don't have a big doctor who collection (Yet)</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I have an mini tardis the Doctor Who coloring book and 3 doctor who books and I've read all three of them...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Big </span><span style="color: #a64d79;">THANK YOU</span><span style="color: #45818e;"> to Liane for participating in our whovian interviews!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">I had the pleasure of interviewing Milo, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... </span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Allons-y!</span><br />
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M: Hi! My name is Milo. I'm 27 and I'm from a fairly isolated part of Ontario, Canada. I am genderqueer, I love travelling, and I looooove Doctor Who! I have around 20 tattoos (including four Doctor Who tattoos!) and a bunch of piercings.<br />
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M: I first became a Whovian around my first or second year of university, so I must have been around 18 years old. Whovian forever, no looking back!<br />
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M: My favorite New Who episode is hands down "Vincent and the Doctor". Vincent van Gogh has always been my favorite artist ever since I was a kid (I also have two van Gogh tattoos!), and to see my favorite show together with my favorite artist in such a beautiful way was simply breathtaking. I know every word to that episode and it still makes me cry every time.<br />
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M: Well considering I've already met Matt Smith (twice), Arthur Darvill, Jenna Coleman, and Steven Moffat... I'd have to say David Tennant! He's dreamy and I think we have a similar sense of humor.<br />
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M: Matt Smith, hands down. After meeting him twice, it confirmed my suspicions that we were both goofy and caring and kind, so I relate to him both on and off screen. Also, how can you not love his giraffe dance/tendencies?!<br />
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M: This is a tougher one for me. It's really close between Donna and Amy (apparently I love gingers haha). I'm probably leaning slightly more towards Amy but I love them both because they're both so sassy and strong and not afraid to take charge.<br />
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M: I know this already happened in an episode, but I would love to go and meet/observe Vincent van Gogh. That, or go meet Anne Frank.<br />
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M: Sherlock for sure! I also have a Sherlock tattoo! Haha. Doctor Who and Sherlock are my main fandoms.<br />
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M: My hobbies include body mods (tattoos and piercings), art (I draw and paint mostly), reading, music, travelling, and anything British!<br />
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M: My favorite product from BBB is the Professor lip balm! Yum!<br />
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M: I went to the UK three times (2 times to Cardiff, Wales and once to London, England) for Doctor Who conventions! I met the cast and crew I mentioned earlier while on my trips there, and my friend and I even accidentally stumbled upon DW filming on a random London street!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-47319455094917534982016-02-04T09:25:00.001-05:002016-02-04T09:25:44.292-05:00Revamping the BlogHello Sweeties!<br />
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Sorry for not posting in nearly a year!<br />
I have been busy with our online shop, facebook, twitter, instagram and more!<br />
Seems our blog has fallen on the wayside :(<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-10007238323195506942015-03-31T11:45:00.002-04:002015-03-31T12:33:13.410-04:00InterWho - Whovian Kevin Gray from AM Audio Media <span style="color: #e69138; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>Hello Sweeties!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</b></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>I had the privilege of interviewing Kevin Gray. </b></span><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Kevin is a life long whovian working with our friends at AM Audio Media on the Doctor Who Dark Journey Series.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #93c47d;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">BBB: Please introduce
yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself...</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">KG:</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"> My name is Kevin
Gray and I am an alcoholic…oh sorry, am I in the wrong place? Ahem…ignore that,
let’s start over. I’m Kevin Gray, I am a fan of science fiction and horror,
although there’s not much of the latter around anymore, well…not </span></b><i style="color: #1f497d; font-weight: bold;">scary</i><b style="color: #1f497d;">
horror. I also have a slight fondness for music. And since I really like
synthesizer music, especially analog-type stuff, Doctor Who was always a perfect
fit! The Doctor Who theme has always been one of my favourite pieces of music. I
used to be a DJ (wasn’t everyone?) and I went by the name of DJ Krynoid. I still
name my remixes with that moniker. When I stopped DJing (doesn’t everyone?) I
focused more on making my own noises. I like to remix and re-edit songs and make
my own extended versions. When I do, I usually throw in audio clips from movies
and shows. I was lucky enough to be on stage with Blue Rodeo a few years back.
No, I wasn’t playing, I helped set up the recording gear for the shows. Two
magical nights, I’ll tell ya! The recordings were released as a CD/DVD and the
DVD won a Juno! My first CD credit (although my named was spelled wrong on the
first batch of discs)! Lately, I’ve been focusing on audio productions. I did
some comedy skits with my brother and I did audio post on an independent film
called Everyday Is Like Sunday (it’s on Netflix - check it out). And now I’m
working with <a href="http://amaudiomedia.com/" target="_blank">AM Audio Media</a>, doing the audio production for series two of Doctor
Who: Dark Journey! Series one was a damn fine show, so trying to match that or
even top it…is proving to be a hard act to follow! But I’m giving it my all and
I think the AM Audio Media gang has brought some (dark) magic to this second
series. You can find my website at: </b><a href="http://www.bigsoundguy.com/"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">www.bigsoundguy.com</span></a><b style="color: #1f497d;">. It’s still a work in
progress, samples of my work will be up soon. If you want some audio work done,
you know how to find me!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">BBB: </span></b><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> When did you first
become a Whovian?</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">KG:</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>I have <i>always</i>
been a Whovian! From the day I was born! Well, at least since I was on solid
food then? I've been watching Doctor Who for as long as I can remember. My
earliest memory of Doctor Who (from what I can remember) is of <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Third_Doctor" target="_blank">Pertwee’s Doctor</a>
driving the three-wheeler in Day Of The Daleks. I lived in the UK for a number
of years when I was young and watching Doctor Who was taken for granted. Of
course, there were only three channels to choose from, so the competition wasn’t
like it is now. But Doctor Who was a good show, especially in the 70’s. And
there was good moral fibre there as well. I like to think that a lot of my good
sense came from watc</span></b><b><span style="color: #1f497d;">hing the show and emulating some of the Doctor’s
traits.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">BBB: </span></b><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> What is your favorite
Classic Who or New Who episode and why?</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">KG:</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"> That’s hard to say.
A hard thing to choose...The Robots Of Death is certainly up there. The Seeds Of
Doom too (obviously – watch out for the Krynoid!). I loved The Claws of Axos and
Terror Of The Autons, Inferno, The Mind Of Evil, Pyramids of Mars, Pirate
Planet, Stones Of Blood, Morbius, Fendahl…I told you this would be hard! And
like one or two other people, I got caught up in the hype of Doctor Who
returning and because of all the buzz, I really enjoyed the ninth Doctor’s
Series 1. It was good TV, Doctor Who or not. Episodes like Blink, Vincent &
The Dr. stand out. But as it’s continued, things have become hit and miss…with a
little too much of the latter.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">BBB: </span></b><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> Tell us more about
Doctor Who Dark Journey and your part in this fun audio
production..</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">KG:</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"> Ooh, I didn’t know
there was a question just for that, pretend you didn’t read the above…my part:
do all the impossible things <a href="http://blueboxbalm.blogspot.com/2014/10/interwho-whovian-andrew-chalmers-from.html" target="_blank">Andrew</a> asks of me! Gems like “can you make his
robes sound more scarlet”? “Big Ben doesn’t sound big enough”, “we need more
baby” and “can you make Andrew sound better?”…Mike and Andrew already had the
dialogue recorded when I came on board. It was my job to create the soundscapes
and effects and edit the dialogue to fit. The goal is to create a believable
environment for our heroes and villains and drop the listener right into the
thick of it. And hopefully, at the end, have you begging for
more!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">KG:</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"> A few years ago I
would have said without hesitation; Jon Pertwee! But as he has left us I think
for my answer now, I'd be a little more practical and say whoever can get me a
job on the new series.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">BBB: </span></b><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> Who is your favourite
Doctor and why?</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">KG:</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"> <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Jon_Pertwee" target="_blank">Jon Pertwee</a>...I
liked his fatherly attitude towards his companions. He was always teaching them
something. And he told it like it was; if someone pissed him off, he let them
know. And of course all the James Bond-ness; hovercrafts, mono-copters,
motorcycles, jeeps, rockets and <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Bessie" target="_blank">BESSIE</a>!!!!...and the way he could wolf down
sandwiches (Sea Devils) was impressive too!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">BBB: </span></b><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> Who is your favorite
Villain and why?</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">KG:</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"> <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Roger_Delgado" target="_blank">Delgado's</a>
Master…such a moustache twiddler. Yeah things got silly sometimes, but he could
be downright evil and still be charming. That TCE was pretty scary to a young
kid! <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Anthony_Ainley" target="_blank">Ainley</a> was a close second…don’t get me started on <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/John_Simm" target="_blank">John Simm</a>! And now we
have Missy…an interesting idea, utterly wasted in the story but <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Michelle_Gomez" target="_blank">Michelle Gomez</a>
the actor, she seems like a blast! Have you seen her behind the scenes bits?
She’d be fun at a party!</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">BBB: </span></b><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> If you could travel
with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to
go?</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: large;">KG:</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"> I was always a fan
of the randomizer. Even more so if <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Romana_I" target="_blank">Romana I</a> was there too...but seriously?
Hmm…I’d like to see the future, see if we screw things up or not.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">BBB: </span></b><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"> As we head into
Series 9 this year of Doctor Who, what are you hoping to
see?</span></b></span></span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">KG:</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"> I'm hoping to see
some great stories. Stories that rely on substance, not style. I don't need to
see stories that originate from "wouldn't it be cool if...", I want a series of
good yarns. I want to get goosebumps when the Doctor does something awesome, I
want Clara to be the companion, not the boss. And more hovercrafts and
mono-copters! Yeah, maybe that’s what’s wrong with the new series…bring back
Bessie!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">BBB: </span></b><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Is there anything
you would like to add before we wrap up this interview (such as conventions you
gone to, cast you have met, a collection you have,
etc)?</span></span></b></span><br />
<b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: large;">KG:</span> </span><span style="color: #1f497d;">I did attend Visions
93 in Chicago. That was quite an experience. My only “real” convention. It was
the thirtieth anniversary year so there were a lot of guests! I met Peter
Davison, Colin Baker (really nice guy!), Anthony Ainley (another really nice
guy!), John Levene (an awesome guy! Did you know he was a sound guy too?),
Sophie Aldred (amazing singer!), Nicola Bryant, Wendy Padbury (what a doll…),
Lis Sladen, John Leeson, William Russell, Carole Ann Ford, Anneke Wills and John
Nathan-Turner & Gary Downie. There was also non-Doctor who stars too…I had
the pleasure of meeting the cat from Red Dwarf; Danny John-Jules. And Jeremy
Bulloch, who played some guy named Boba Fett in some small independent film
called Star Wars.</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #1f497d;">“a collection you
have”?...well, I do have a few Doctor Who items ever so subtly taking over my
house…CDs, records, DVDs and now Blu-Rays. And that’s before we get into…toys!
I’m a sucker for Doctor Who figures. From Denys Fisher when I was a kid, to
Dapol when I should have been saving, to Product Enterprise, when any saved
money left, to Character Options, where dreams came true with Krynoid’s and
SV7’s to today with Big Chief, where I need a new better paying job! I did also
have Weetabix cut-outs but they didn’t last very long. </span></b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-21331308612797210932014-12-02T11:56:00.000-05:002016-02-09T13:35:39.709-05:00InterWho - Whovian Colum Sanson Regan<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Hello Sweeties!</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b><br />Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b><br />I had the privilege of interviewing Colum Sanson Regan. Colum was David Tennant's double in several Doctor Who episodes. Besides being an actor, Colum is also an author, musician and family man.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b> CSR:</b></span> Hi, I’m Colum Sanson Regan. I’m a musician and author, with a book coming out next year. I have also been a double for the David Tennant’s Doctor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-size: large;">BBB:</b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b> Some of us know that you were David Tennant's body double in several episodes of Doctor Who, can you tell us how this came about?</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #e69138;"><b> CSR:</b></span> I was with an extras company and had done a bunch of jobs as an extra. I had already been in the background in a few Who episodes. I got a call for a job and when I got to the set, they gave me the Doctor’s suit and told me I was going to be the Doctor for the day. Tennant had to go up to Scotland due to family issues and they needed someone of a similar build and hair colour to finish shooting the scene. That was in Voyage of the Damned. I did some other bits and pieces throughout the series, and then did a lot in <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Journey's_End_(TV_story)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Journey’s End</span></a>. It was just a case of right place right time, it wasn’t something that I had considered doing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b> CSR:</b></span> The whole thing was quite surreal, and it never stopped being so. When the Who plus Torchwood crew were flying the Tardis, that was a lot of fun. There was such a good atmosphere on set, everyone was loving it. There are a lot of individual moments that stick in my memory, being on set late in the evening at the end of a long day with the crew setting up for the last shot of the day, chatting to a Dalek about soul music and hangover cures. Then the crew filled the room with smoke and we got on our marks got ready for a take. There are lots of moments like that which are as strong in my memory as standing on the windy beach while <span style="color: #93c47d;"><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/David_Tennant" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">David Tennant</span></a> </span>and <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Billie_Piper" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Billie Piper</span></a> prepared for their final scene.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b> CSR:</b></span> It’s a psychological thriller which deals with author who creates a detective character. The detective then turns up in the author’s reality to investigate him. It follows the interconnected stories of the author, the detective, a drug dealer, and an addict. It’s about what slips between the cracks of reality and creation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> <b><span style="color: #e69138;">CSR:</span></b> The idea of a creator losing control of his creation is something that has interested me for a while. I loved reading The Strange case of Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde and Frankenstein, and both of these books inspired the writing of this book, as did the works of writers like Paul Auster and Haruki Murakami. When we create are we recreating ourselves and how do we control that process? How much of ourselves can we create and how much can we never change? These are questions which interest me and which I have tried to explore in the novel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #e69138;"><b> CSR:</b></span> I have always loved music, and when I discovered I could write my own songs, I was hooked. I started learning and writing songs in my teens, and still enjoy it now as used to then. There is an instant gratification which comes with playing music and singing in particular is a fantastic experience, since you are the instrument. It’s all coming from within you and when you sing with every cell in your body, when every part of you is concentrated on making that single noise, your whole being becomes part of the melody, you can achieve a mind/body harmony that can be addictive. I do think I’m a vocal junkie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b> CSR:</b></span> Well there was that and <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Voyage_of_the_Damned_(TV_story)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Voyage of the Damned</span></a>, those were the two I spent most time in. The other episodes I was involved in as David’s double are, <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sontaran_Stratagem_(TV_story)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">The Sontaren Stratagem</span></a>, <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Planet_of_the_Ood_(TV_story)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Planet of the Ood</span></a>, and <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Partners_in_Crime_(TV_story)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Partners in Crime</span></a>. I didn’t appear in all of them though, some of what I did didn’t make it on, and watching them it’s hard to find screen shots. In the last series I appeared as a roman soldier in <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Pandorica_Opens_(TV_story)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">The Pandorica Opens</span></a>. I appeared in <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Wedding_Of_Sarah_Jane_Smith" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith</span></a> in the Sarah Jane Series, also as David’s Doctor double.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>CSR:</b></span> Well, for one thing I was back on the regular extra gig, and there were a lot of extras on that shoot, so it was less glamorous than the Doctor shoots. I was happy not to be in one of the alien suits since it was so hot. There was a lot of fun between the extras, but also a lot of standing in place for long periods of time while all the tech stuff was done, but that's par for the course being an extra. </span><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Smith" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Matt Smith</span></a> on set came across as being less confident than Tennant was, there was a lot more conferring with the director about the shots, but then Tennant had really been bedded into the role when I was working close to him. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;"><b>CSR:</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Yes, predictably its the tenth. Tennant's doctor was a brilliant tightrope between the dramatic and comedic, never tipping into the ridiculous or melodramatic. I think the the core was a great emotional attachment to the character, and because I got to wear the suit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b> CSR:</b></span> <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Freema_Agyeman" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Freema Agyeman</span></a> was lovely to be on set with, very relaxed and charming and very beautiful. <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Catherine_Tate" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Catherine Tate</span></a> was the one who created the most fun though. My strongest memory of her is she and David cracking each other up in between takes. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: medium;"><b>C</b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">SR:</span></b></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> Either a tropical island pre-industry, slave trade and tourism (might have to back a fair while) or this time next year so I can see how my book has done. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b> CSR:</b></span> That was night shoots around Cardiff and in an old church in the Welsh valleys. It was hot in the masks and you couldn’t really see much, but racing around car parks and alleys in the night was fun. Especially the nonchalance of night clubbers who saw of us between takes. Nobody made a big deal of it, a bunch of Weevils on the street corner, just another night out in Cardiff. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><b> CSR:</b></span> My author pages are <a href="https://www.facebook.com/columsansonregan" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Colum Sanson Regan</span></a> on facebook and <a href="https://twitter.com/SansonRegan" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">@SansonRegan</span></a> on Twitter. My music stuff is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/columreganmusic" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Colum Regan Music</span></a> on facebook and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/colum-regan" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Colum Regan</span></a> on Soundcloud, where you can listen to tracks from my albums, as well as instrumental and unreleased stuff, and even download some for fee if it takes your fancy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="color: #e69138;"><b>CSR:</b></span> I gig regularly in Cardiff, both solo and with my band <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/157979627655342/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">Goose</span></a> (Goose Cardiff on facebook) and the next appearance I have which is Who and book related is <a href="http://digi-con.co.uk/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #93c47d;">DigiCon</span></a> in Doncaster, Jan 9-10. I have also just recorded a new song which fans of Who will get a kick out of, which will be available to download soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> <b><span style="color: #e69138;">CSR:</span></b> Well, on the spot I didn’t do as well as I should have, for instance going for Tennant on the jammie dodger question, but it could have been worse. It was fun, I think he took it easy on me. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: Hi everyone I’m J’Cynda (</span><a href="https://twitter.com/jcynda" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">@jcynda</span></b></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> on twitter). I live in Fort Worth Texas and am a jewelry maker. I have a dog Kila, that I love to dress up in costumes, tshirts and bow ties!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: I'm a fairly new Whovian! Last year I had run out of things on Netflix/Hulu/Amazon to watch while I was working and Two of my friends suggested that I give Doctor Who a try. My friend Jeanette was the first. She was watching it and would recap what was going on in the episodes she was watching and indulge my many questions. Then my buddy Kent really convinced me. We’ve been friends for a very long time and he knows what kind of entertainment will grab me (I can be rather difficult when it comes to finding things that really entertain me). He was such a good salesman on the subject that I started watching the next day. He had told me that the first couple of episodes of the new series were a little bit cheesy and to just make it through those and stick with it. Im so glad I listened. That first episode was a bit difficult to watch and enjoy but luckily I knew quite a bit about the show from my two friends and knew it was going to get better. After I made it through the first two I was HOOKED! It didn’t take me very long before I had breezed through the all the series available to me.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Then came twitter. </span><a href="https://twitter.com/DoctorSquee" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Doctor Squee</span></b></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> was a friend of mine on Twitter because we are both fans of the same podcast ( Tell em Steve-Dave) and he mentioned one morning he was starting a podcast about Doctor Who. I tweeted him and told him that I had been watching and we started talking about it. He also indulged all my questions. He was the first person outside of my two friends that discussed the show with me. He probably solidified my active fandom ( I don’t think I’ve ever told him that LOL ). He was so nice and through his podcast (</span><a href="http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Gallifrey Stands</span></b></a><span style="color: #45818e;">) introduced me to several other super nice people that really encouraged my watching and curiosity. So I guess I owe all three of them a BIG thank you!</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: I had a very hard time getting into the classic episodes. They are just a little too long for my liking . Being broken up into so many parts , I felt like there were several episodes that absolutely nothing happened. It just didn’t hold my interest.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">My favorite episode of the newer series is </span><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Vincent_and_the_Doctor_(TV_story)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Vincent and The Doctor</b></span></a><span style="color: #45818e;">. I absolutely love the story of Vincent Van Gogh being influenced by the Doctor and Amy and some of his , well known, madness explained . Even though they couldn’t save him from himself they gave him one of the greatest gifts someone could receive. A look into the future to see how he was remembered. He got to see that even though he wasn’t appreciated and felt he had no value in his time that in the future he was revered. I don’t know about you but I have spent quite a bit of time thinking about how I will be remembered. I think everyone has ! So that episode really resonated with me because of the beautiful story line.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Series 8 is nearly over, tell us what do you think of Peter Capaldi as the Doctor?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: I am LOVING Capaldi. He is so different from the other doctors I am familiar with but I find him to be incredibly endearing. The intensity he brings to the role blows me away sometimes. And while he can he very intense and aloof of other people, when he does have an “emotional” moment it comes across as very sincere. Like you can actually see the wall that this Doctor has built around himself come down and he’s free of himself. Capaldi has amazing facial expressions and eyes! So when he is having a more tender moment or something is bothering him, you see it all over his face no matter what he is saying. I love that ! Im also really enjoying his interactions with the kids on the show. He tends to be very fatherly ( in his own eccentric way ) towards them and I’m finding myself enjoying that aspect of him very much. I am looking forward to seeing more Doctor centric episodes so we can really see what he’s made of, so to speak.</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #a64d79;">BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: I would really like to meet </span><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Murray_Gold" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Murray Gold</b></span></a><span style="color: #45818e;">. I think he is an incredible composer and his music really sticks out to me in the show. I would love to sit down and pick his brain about how he uses the music to set the tone of scenes, how he decides on the Doctor’s themes (because they are all pretty personal to each Doctor) and ask him about the challenges of both of the afore mentioned things. I listen to the scores quite often and they really take you to whatever scene that they were written for. he does such an incredible job, I would love to fangirl out and hang out with that guy!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: Man this is a hard question! I loved </span><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/David_Tennant" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">David Tennant</span></b></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> from the get go! I was devastated when he regenerated! LOL It made me cry a bit. It was just so sad! So, when </span><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Smith" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Matt Smith</span></b></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> came into the picture I had a harder time warming up to him. But, by the time his run was over and I was re-watching episodes on TV and he was sweet and charming in his own way. So, can I pick 2?</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Tennant was playful, caring and such a defender of humanity. When he first became the Doctor you could sense that all of the brooding guilt that </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Christopher_Eccleston" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Eccelston’s</span></a> </b></span><span style="color: #45818e;">character carried with him had been released and he was more carefree and loving. He always made it seem like humans were capable and so much better than we give ourselves credit for. In several episodes he becomes our biggest cheerleader, even when the humans he was dealing with wanted to carry out some awful plan. I was really drawn to that. Plus how can you not be attracted to and love that adorable mischievous smile ! It will get you every time.</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Matt Smith’s Doctor was still playful and sweet but also seemed more sad. It was a combination I didn’t truly appreciate till he regenerated and made me super sad. That's when I realized I was way more attached to him than I had thought! He was emotional and picked up more guilt as his run went on. It was a bit heart breaking you know? Also Matt Smith for being such a young actor to play the role did an AMAZING job of seeming so much older and wiser than his predecessor. He did an incredible job and sometimes it seems doesn’t get the credit he deserves for the performance he turned out .</span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">Overall I suppose Tennant was my favorite Doctor but Matt Smith had my favorite stories and episodes <— see what I did there ? I sorta made a choice!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite companion and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: This is another toss up. I loved </span><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Rose_Tyler" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>Rose</b></span></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> and the </span><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Bad_Wolf_(entity)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>Bad Wolf</b></span></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> story line. The whole thing was so sweet. I also loved </span><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Donna_Noble" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Donna</span></b></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> because she was a nice change from the love sick ladies accompanying the Doctor. She was a buddy and was not interested in him at all and that was a very nice change . Then there is </span><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Clara_Oswald" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Clara</b></span></a><span style="color: #45818e;">. What is not to like about the impossible girl. I was fascinated by her story ESPECIALLY after she entered the Doctor’s time line and had always been around him. It was such a cool twist. I loved how in “</span><a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Listen_(TV_story)" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Listen</b></span></a><span style="color: #45818e;">” it was revealed that she had effected the Doctor’s whole life. She was there even at the beginning. But now I’m kind of over her LOL! So I guess if I have to choose my favorite companion is Rose .</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: Where and when WOULDN’T I like to go !?! I would love to see any part of space and any other time besides the 30 years I’ve lived. I would want to visit a planet that had multiple moons in the night sky, planets you could see clearly from the surface of wherever you are and meet whatever and whomever is out in the universe. If the Doctor were to pick me up, I would be enthusiastic and so in to whatever he wanted / needed to do . Of course after I settled into my companion role and wasn’t so overwhelmed by the infinite choices I’m sure I could come up with some specific time and place.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: I'm not really in any other fandoms. If I were to find myself in another one I would probably be a Trekkie. I have loved </span><a href="http://www.startrek.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>Star Trek</b></span></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> since I was a kid! Every couple of years or so I find myself re-watching all the series up to Deep Space 9 . I don’t know what it is about the show, but I’m fairly certain there will never be a time that I've had enough of it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: If you could receive one Doctor Who related item this Christmas, what would it be?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: Oh man there are so many cool Doctor Who related items out there ! I'm a big fan of cups (coffee cups, tumblers, pint glasses) and there are tons of cute ones I wouldn't mind having. There are also these cute little Tardis salt and pepper shakers I want ( wink wink nudge nudge Mom ).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Tell us your favorite geek stix or geek scent from Blue Box Balm..</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: Another hard hitting question! I have loved all that I have tried and I have tried A LOT! My current favorite is </span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/192514006/dandy-geek-stix-inspired-by-the-third" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ffd966;"><b>Dandy</b></span></a><span style="color: #45818e;">. It smells so good!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>BBB: Is there anything you would like to add before we wrap up this interview (such as conventions you gone to, cast you have met, a collection you have, etc)?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;">JW: First, I would just like to say a BIG thank you to you Traci for making such an awesome product and bringing so many friendly and fun people together. I truly enjoy talking to everyone in the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/659914960752261/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Facebook Group</span></b></a><span style="color: #45818e;"> and seeing all the fun stuff they’re coming up with to express their fandom. It really is special and none of it would be possible without you bringing everyone together. Another BIG thank you to Doctor Squee for really hooking me into the show and always being a gracious host when he has invited me onto his podcast. And last but not least Thank you to all the Balmers for being so engaging and fun everyday. You guys really make my work day go by a lot faster and I’m inspired by some of the cool creative stuff you all have come up with.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">I had the privilege of interviewing Andrew (The Doctor from Dark Journey), Dark Journey is an audio drama that can be found at <a href="http://amaudiomedia.com/" target="_blank">AM Audio Media</a></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Before we begin, we would like to take a moment to send out CONGRATULATIONS to the Dark Journey Team for being nominated for 12 <a href="http://www.audioverseawards.net/site/nominee-showcase/2014-showcase-doctor-dark-journey/" target="_blank">Audio Verse Awards</a>! Nominations include Andrew Chalmers for Best Writing, way to go Andrew and the entire cast and crew!!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br /></span><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Now hold on tight, you're in for a fun ride!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB:</b> Hello Andrew, please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself...</span><br />
<b>AC:</b> I have a very Scottish name...Andrew Frazer James Chalmers...which is great as coincidentally I am Scottish. To me, writing begins as a passionate love story full of imagination and fire then turns into a long term marriage where you realize your mutual shortcomings, take each other for granted but still love one another anyway!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB</b>: When did you first become a Whovian?</span><br />
<b>AC:</b> My parents were moving house and I ran into ‘our’ new place (well, it was ‘their’ house really as I wasn't paying the mortgage) and perched myself on a box to watch <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Jon_Pertwee" target="_blank">Jon Pertwee</a>. I couldn’t believe that he was helping us move in, it must have been between series 9 and 10 and he was desperate for the cash. It wasn’t unusual in those days for BBC stars to help their audience’s out. It was nothing to see the cast of ‘Dad’s Army’ clearing out the drains or the nice people from ‘Are you being Served’ doing a shift at the local fruit and veg markets. It’s not the same with these day’s youngsters. I tried to get the cast of ‘The Big Bang’ to unblock my toilet and they told me where to go.<br />
Anyway, there I was watching Jon being ‘The Doctor’ and loving it. It was like watching a movie as I was inches from the bloody screen. My Dad used to warn me that my eye sight would suffer as I was too close to the 'telly' but I didn't hear him as my hearing had gone because I was too close to the 'telly'. In hindsight I couldn't really see him either as my eyes had gone from being too close to the 'telly'. There’s a lesson there kids. Always listen to your invisible Dad’s. That line is probably more poignant to all of us than I originally intended. Hmmm…time for a…..<br />
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WRITING LESSON – Don’t wait for perfection. You’ll be waiting forever. Get it on the page ASAP and you’ll discover stuff you didn’t even know existed. Don’t think too much about ‘the writing’. A great line of dialogue only comes from a big mess of words and misfires, so try and avoid thinking wherever possible. In my time as a writer I have tried to avoid thinking wherever possible.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB</b>: You are involved in a very exciting online audio drama where you portray "The Doctor", can you tell us about Doctor Who Dark Journey? </span><br />
<b> AC:</b> Doctor Who Dark Journey moves into 'edgier' Who territory without losing the heart of what the show is all about. The more I've written the more I've realized what makes the show tick which is very interesting indeed. I started out committed to creating a darker, more angst ridden Doctor but instead, was persuaded by a power tripping producer to come up with a catch phrase against my better judgement so my edgy, raw creation was described as "the hilarious 'Cool Beans' Doctor”.<br />
Naturally, because of this ‘catchphrase’ I was thinking about being close to death so I became interested in creating a Doctor that was on his last life as I felt dramatically that it was great territory. I also decided on this as I couldn’t write the Tenth Doctor as well as RTD.<br />
My wife Lynda describes me as a 'Bridge Doctor' meaning I my Doctor (in her esteemed words) is a "great bridge between the classic and the modern series".<br />
This was a relief. I had suspected that I was the 'Bridge Doctor' as people had been walking all over me for years. All comedy is based on truth, suffering and huge banana peels.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB: </b>You are also the writer for Dark Journey, can you tell us where you get your inspiration?</span><br />
<b>AC:</b> I was terrified by the Bob Clark masterpiece ‘Murder by Decree’ as a nipper and introduced to Sherlock Holmes by my Mum who fancied Basil Rathbone (a brilliant Holmes btw…not my Mum…Basil I mean).<br />
But my true inspiration for recording Dark Journey was my producer type buddy Michael Tamburro. I don’t have a brother (my parents gave me 2 middle names instead) but if I did it would be Mike. Let’s continue this fantasy and make him heir to the Swiss Chalet restaurant chain, the manager of Rush and the outgoing show runner for ‘Doctor Who’ who thinks I’m perfect for the job.<br />
Sorry bro, no can do. I’m busy eating free chicken with Rush.<br />
Great, now my brother hates me. Christmas is going to be tense again.<br />
Anyway Mike (fueled by my old rejected scripts and pretty dodgy fast food) became the creative rocket behind Doctor Who - Dark Journey.<br />
Here’s the excerpt, courtesy of TMZ.<br />
“Hey ‘Chalmy’…let’s do one of your old scripts as an audio play!” (This was wise as I was told by a talent scout that I had the perfect face for radio).<br />
“Sure ‘T-Bone’, anyone, but not the Doctor Who one”.<br />
“Got ya. How about the Doctor Who one?”<br />
“No”.<br />
“You can be the Doctor?”<br />
“Yes”.<br />
So Mike was rocket captain and I was quite happy to go to space creatively as most of my writing has no atmosphere to begin with. My continuing inspiration for Dark Journey has to be blamed er…attributed to our <a href="http://imgur.com/t/cosplay/s1dkR" target="_blank">fans</a> and the wonderful people who support us.<br />
Dark Journey has motored on and powerful, transformative inspiration has been supplied by people who we have never even met. What a powerful concept. It’s an honour to know such kind people.<br />
Dan ‘<a href="http://troughtonismydoctor.com/" target="_blank">The Writing Man</a>’, <a href="http://gallifreystandspodcast.podbean.com/" target="_blank">Dr Squee</a> and the ‘<a href="http://thedroidsyouarelookingforcanada.podbean.com/" target="_blank">Droids</a>’ you know who you are.<br />
I am going to write more about ‘angels’ on the weekend when we release Episode 6 ‘The Legend of the Beast’. This is true but in reality I just wanted to be able to write “The Legend of the Beast’. That’s a boot shaking masterpiece of a title for our next episode ain’t it Bobby Sue! YEE-HAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
Wow…it’s an awesome title though. What does it mean? “The Beast?” Who is that? Exactly.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB:</b> What is your favorite Classic Who or New Who episode and why?</span><br />
<b>AC:</b> Oooh….the classic question and it’s a toughie isn’t it? Here we go…<br />
The Empty Child because it was like classic ‘Hinchcliffe’ Who but it was new series ‘Moffat’. How cool was that? Answer…very. I didn’t want to type that as it was obvious but I did. All comedy is based on internal conflict.<br />
Classic episode? Robots of Death. My wife Lynda has a pair of oriental style short pants that she wears around the house and I call her D-84. Keeping with the ‘Robots of Death’ theme Lynda then tries to strangle me.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB:</b> Series 8 is underway, with a brand new Doctor. What do you think of Peter Capaldi and the series so far?</span><br />
<b>AC: </b>Series 8 is fantastic with a selection of adventures that are very impressive in range and attitude (the ending of <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Kill_the_Moon_(TV_story)" target="_blank">Kill the Moon</a> for example as well as <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Mummy_on_the_Orient_Express" target="_blank">Mummy on the Orient Express</a>) However, at this stage, I would like to see the continuation of these questions and /or set up’s….<br />
When is ‘the search for Gallifrey’ exactly?<br />
What mistakes did the Doctor make and when is he going to start to do something about them?<br />
Why has The Doctor never mentioned the fact that Clara effectively saved his life by chatting with a crack in a wall?<br />
How does he know he has another set of regenerations? Why not just one more?<br />
Why did he question ever being a ‘good man?’<br />
Why does The Doctor’s hair vary in length between scenes? (see the ‘TARDIS in siege mode’ scene from Flatline).<br />
Just my opinions. Love it all the same well except the hair, that’s just lazy continuity. You wouldn’t see anything like that on Dark Journey.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB:</b> If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span><br />
<b>AC:</b> <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Tom_Baker" target="_blank">Tom Baker</a>. Sounds obvious, but it’s true. And as for the reasons?....well, do I really have to list them here peeps?<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB:</b> Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</span><br />
<b>AC:</b> Please refer to the answer for Question 7. I’m lazy…..er…..but do it in a cartoon voice so it sounds different, witty and unique.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB:</b> Who is your favorite companion and why?</span><br />
<b>AC:</b> And the winner is….<br />
<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Donna_Noble" target="_blank">Donna Noble</a> because it wasn’t all about the new series romance (which by Series 4 had been done to death). Donna was a ‘mate’ and backed up by a brilliant back story with her Mum and Grandpa Cribbins. And the ending (well, the first proper one) was poignant and everything else you would expect. <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Russell_T_Davies" target="_blank">RTD </a>at his best. I always think the new companions need an Earth back story. I think that’s why Clara is flourishing in Season 8. Yes, it’s basically Rose meets Mickey again but it works doesn’t it? To be fair, it was 8 years ago and these days people have short attention spans don’t they? I don’t. I always thought that the key to life was….oh…where’s my Time and the Rani DVD again?...yes, I do love strawberries…<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB:</b> If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</span><br />
<b>AC:</b> I would travel back to 1963 to witness the birth of Doctor Who, bribe BBC management with scones and become head writer. In the pilot I’d make the Doctor’s first companion Ian into Darth Vader and Susan into Mr Spock. Fandom would be united for ever! I would never see it though as on my attempted return to 2014, I had gotten lost and crashed in Roswell 1947. That’s a good question actually….how am I achieving this time travelling of yours ‘Miss Blue Box Balm’? Oh…a space ship? Cool. But wait..I didn’t invent a space ship time machine? Oh, one of your other interviewees did. Okay. I get it. Poor design though. I did get shot down after all. Thanks Mr Inventor….I’d be less concerned about dating Cleopatra and more concerned with putting shields on the bloody thing.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>BBB:</b> Is there anything you would like to add before we wrap up this interview (such as conventions you gone to, cast you have met, a collection you have, etc)?</span><br />
<b> AC:</b> Well, we have a collection of very supportive and kind people who take an interest in Dark Journey which is fantastic, heartwarming and very encouraging. Thank you for being more additions to my collection (imagine me laughing in a maniacal way and moving wooden figures of you guys onto a chess board. That’s not a 5 Doctors reference just me on a Saturday night). <br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">If you have any questions for Andrew, please comment here ...</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-37287034384577669862014-10-23T09:35:00.000-04:002016-02-09T12:55:48.174-05:00InterWho - Whovian Heidi Lemarr<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Hello Sweeties!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>I had the delight of interviewing Heidi, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read ... Allons-y!</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">BBB: Hi Heidi, please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself...</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">Hi, my name is Heidi. I live in Dallas but grew up in New York. I'm a married mom of two, stepmom to another, an advertising exec with what some could call an obsessive love of TV, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and most things geeky. I also have many personal side projects. My husband is my very own "son of a preacher man", a writer/artist and shares many of my fandoms. My stepdaughter is just as geeky, my 6 year old recognizes all New Who Doctors, and my 3 year old knows a TARDIS when he sees one and nearly bowled people over to get into one at a local event. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #e06666;"> HL:</span></b> <span style="color: #ea9999;">When I was about 8 or 9. I watched Doctor Who on local public television. The 4th and 5th Doctors stand out most in my memory from then. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: I understand that you are a Chancer, can you please explain what this is to our readers?</b></span><br />
<b><span style="color: #e06666;"> HL:</span></b> <span style="color: #ea9999;">A Chancer is a fan of The Minister of Chance audio drama, who is very supportive of the current audio incarnation and has a fanatical desire to see the audio make it to a film version. </span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">Brief history of the Minister: The Minister is one of five Time Lords who survived the destruction of Gallifrey and he was first played by Stephen Fry in the audio/webcast Death Comes to Time.</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">The new re-imagined (and current) version of The Minister of Chance is also an audio drama that features an amazing cast (including two former Doctors - the 7th and 8th), wonderful acting, and a fantastic script. The thing that strikes me the most about MoC is that there is no advertising - it is all word of mouth through the fans, and all of it is completely crowd funded. </span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">It is available for free download on the <a href="http://ministerofchance.com/">MinisterofChance.com</a> site. Fans of Doctor Who, and/or of Big Finish will really enjoy it. And if they enjoy it, they can help support the film, eh? The <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/934034666/the-minister-of-chance-movie-episode-1" target="_blank">Kickstarter</a> is going on through October 31. (Blue Box Balms was not paid for this plug, all opinions of the Inter-who-ee alone.)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b> HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">Favorite at the moment has got to be <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Blink_(TV_story)" target="_blank">Blink</a>. It is a perfect episode to let people who have never watched ANY Doctor Who watch it and not feel like they need to be soaked in the 50 year history, and can intrigue them to know more and watch more. And what fan doesn't want more people to be fans?</span><br />
<span style="color: #ea9999;">I could go on about my favorite pivotal episodes, but...you did ask for one. So there you go.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: Series 8 is at it's half way point, with a brand new Doctor. What do you think of Peter Capaldi and the series so far?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">I am enjoying Series 8 so far. I've seen some of the fan reactions and people seem to completely love or completely hate this new series, and I'm sitting over here saying: these are good episodes, and I know they'll work even better together when you can see the series as a whole. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be</b></span>?<br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b> HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">I've actually met the 5th through 8th Doctors and Captain Jack. For cast, I'd love to meet all of the New Who Doctors, but I think <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/David_Tennant" target="_blank">David Tennant</a> most of all, just because I've had a chance to enjoy other bits of his work more so than any of the others, and would happily chat about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadchurch" target="_blank">Broadchurch</a>/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracepoint" target="_blank">Gracepoint</a> and Shakespeare. For crew, <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Steven_Moffat" target="_blank">Moffat</a>, because I'd want to pick his brain</span>.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite Doctor and why (we may already know this answer..lol)?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">LOL - This is a great question. As always I point to my pinned tweet. I think they're all my Doctor. Honestly, its whomever I'm watching, listening to, reading about at that moment. I tried once to put them in some sort of order, but I wound up with seven of them tied for number one. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite companion and why?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">This is a toughie. I've really enjoyed all of the New Who companions (yes ALL of them), but I'd have to say my favorite of all time and all media was <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Evelyn_Smythe" target="_blank">Evelyn Smythe</a>, who was a companion to the 6th Doctor on <a href="http://www.bigfinish.com/" target="_blank">Big Finish</a> audios. I just loved her character, and that she was completely unlike many of his other companions. If I have to pick a TV companion, probably <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Jack_Harkness" target="_blank">Captain Jack</a>? He was brave, loyal, and funny and has endless possibilities. I'd love to see him interact with Peter Capaldi's Doctor. That would be a hoot.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">I'd love to see Earth's future. Maybe 200 years up? Maybe visit a descendant or witness a "historical" event. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: If you could steal something from the Doctor Who set, what would it be?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b>HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">The TARDIS! Barring that, River's shoes. You know the ones. I love a pair of killer heels.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: Tell us your favorite geek stix or geek scent from Blue Box Balm.. </b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b> HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">I'm currently loving my "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/195547693/dont-blink-geek-stix-inspired-by-the" target="_blank">Don't Blink</a>" geek stix. It is a combo that one would never find anywhere else, and it is delicious.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>BBB: Is there anything you would like to add before we wrap up this interview (such as conventions you gone to, cast you have met, a collection you have, etc)?</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e06666;"><b> HL:</b></span> <span style="color: #ea9999;">I currently have a set of illustrated Doctor Who cards that my husband purchased for me at a local convention. I've since had the 4th through 8th Doctors sign their cards (4th through the mail, and 5-8 in person), and I'm hoping to get 9-12 at some point so that I can actually frame them and display them in my home </span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>Big THANK YOU to Heidi for participating in our whovian interviews!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><b>If you have any questions for Heidi please comment below..</b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02476593114591309868noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487302624033471799.post-91862444097134363952014-10-20T08:21:00.001-04:002016-02-09T12:56:18.490-05:00InterWho - Whovian Chloe Morton<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "cherry cream soda"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"><b>Hello Sweeties!</b></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"><br />Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</b><br style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"><br /></b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "cherry cream soda"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "cherry cream soda"; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"><b>I had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Chloe, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read (and lots of Paul McGann)!!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself...</b></span><br />
CM: Hello! My name is Chloe! I have dedicated the last ten years of my life to educating myself in the art of theatre and I have very recently completed a Masters degree in Contemporary Theatre Practices. I own and run my own professional theatre company called Hunki Munki Theatre Company. For my company, I spend the year writing pieces of original theatre and then direct these pieces with actors before embarking on a summer tour around Fringe festivals in the UK. When I’m not doing that I like to shamelessly indulge myself in all the brilliantly nerdy things life has to offer from box set binge watching to convention attending.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: When did you first become a Whovian?</b></span><br />
CM: I remember watching Doctor Who as a very small child, I think I was about three or four years old and I remember being fascinated by the <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Dalek" target="_blank">Daleks</a>; alas, being born in the early 90’s meant that Who was not on my TV every week so I didn’t really become a proper Whovian until the show returned in 2005 with <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Christopher_Eccleston" target="_blank">Christopher Eccleston</a>. I remember being totally swept away by Chris’ performance and the incredible imagination behind the storylines. I was hooked from the first episode and I’ve been passionate about the show ever since. My parents separated just before the show aired and Doctor Who offered me some much needed escapism and comfort; the show got me through a very difficult period in my life and it’s something I will always be thankful for.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: I understand that you cosplay, please tell about that and what costume are you working on now?</b></span><br />
CM: I mainly cosplay <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper_Potts" target="_blank">Pepper Potts</a>, as portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow, from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man_(2008_film)" target="_blank">Marvel’s Iron Man</a> movie franchise. I have numerous different outfits of hers from across all three movies and the Avengers movie so I get to mix it up a lot. Over the past few months I’ve decided to move away from Pepper and work on some new cosplay’s as I feel like a new character is needed after cosplaying Pepper for so long. Right now I’ve nearly completed a <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Delphox" target="_blank">Ms Delphox</a> cosplay from Doctor Who’s ‘<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Time_Heist_(TV_story)" target="_blank">Time Heist</a>’ episode and I will be taking it to a convention next month. On top of that I am working on a <a href="http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Cersei_Lannister" target="_blank">Cersei Lannister</a> cosplay from Game of Thrones and I’m also planning a Female Data cosplay from Star Trek: The Next Generation which I’m hoping to take to a con early next year.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: Some of us know that you are a HUGE Paul McGann (8th Doctor) Fan, and that you have met him several times. Where did your love for Paul come from?</b></span><br />
CM: Very true! I am a massive fan of Paul’s and have been incredibly fortunate to meet him and see him perform in theatre. <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Paul_McGann" target="_blank">Paul </a>has always been one actor that I have seen regularly on my TV screen growing up and as I saw more of him, the more I began to admire him as both an actor and an individual. The seminal moment came for me when I saw him in the BBC drama <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Dare_Kiss" target="_blank">True Dare Kiss</a>. Despite seeing Paul in many things before that point, there was something about his performance in TDK that completely consumed me and that fascination has continued with progressing fervour ever since.<br />
2014 has been a very important year for me with regards to Paul. After many, many years of wanting to meet him, I was finally able to this year and it was a complete dream come true. Not only that but being able to see him perform in theatre, a medium that is very close to my heart, was the icing on the cake of life for me; especially as it was Three Sisters by Chekhov, one of my favourite playwrights. One of the most precious memories I have is meeting Paul at a con for the second time a month after I saw Three Sisters and we engaged in a very in-depth discussion about the show, theatre etiquette and Chekhov. He asked me about my theatre company and admired the fact that I was juggling a business with a Masters degree, compelling him to admit that if he had a brain like mine, he would be doing the same. This conversation lasted for about fifteen minutes and majorly irritated the woman who was waiting behind me in the queue but as the people in front of me only spent thirty seconds or so with Paul, I felt highly honoured that he wanted to talk to me for such an elongated amount of time and about a subject that we are both very passionate about. That discussion is priceless to me and moved me so much that I credited Paul and our discussion in the acknowledgments page of my Masters theatre dissertation. I met Paul again in Kent a month later and managed to thank him properly for all the motivation and inspiration he has given to me across my life by handing him a piece of Withnail & I art with my personal message of thanks on the back. Being able to personally thank my hero and give back just a little of everything that he has given to me was an incredibly special moment and I still feel like the luckiest girl in the world to have had such an opportunity.<br />
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<b style="color: #8e7cc3;">BBB: What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</b><br />
CM: ‘<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Dalek_(TV_story)" target="_blank">Dalek</a>’ from Chris Eccleston’s era. The poignancy of the episode still hits me today and brings tears to my eyes. We saw a very humanistic side to a creature that was ultimately very scared and lost. It was exemplary of the ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’ motto and made me see the Daleks in a very different light. The episode highlighted how important <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Rose_Tyler" target="_blank">Rose</a> was to the Doctor and enforced the indestructibility of their partnership. From that point on, <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Ninth_Doctor" target="_blank">Nine</a> and Rose’s relationship has been cemented in my mind as one as the most precious and indestructible partnerships in the Whoniverse and I only wished that they had more time together than a single series.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: Series 8 is at its half way point, with a brand new Doctor. What do you think of Peter Capaldi and the series so far?</b></span><br />
CM: I think he’s doing brilliantly! I’ve been a fan of Peter’s after being enraptured by his performance as Malcolm Tucker in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It" target="_blank">The Thick of It</a> and Leonardo Da Vinci in <a href="http://www.visiontv.ca/inside-the-mind-of-leonardo/" target="_blank">Inside the Mind of Leonardo</a>. It’s really enchanting to know that Peter was such a MASSIVE fan of Doctor Who growing up. Knowing that he is now living his dream of being the Doctor all these years later gives us proof that dreams really can become reality and instils hope that one day we may all be able to live our wildest dreams. Peter is pure proof that we should not give up on them!<br />
I love the darker edge that Peter’s Doctor has and makes me reminiscent of one of my all time favourite Doctors, Nine. Chris Eccleston hit the nail on the head in terms of characterisation in my opinion; the perfect balance of maturity and fierceness but with that compassionate, approachable side. I have missed the more mature edge in recent incarnations of the Time Lord. I think people have forgotten that the Doctor should be slightly feared (after all, he’s called the Oncoming Storm for a reason!) It's time people remembered that fact and I think Capaldi’s fierceness will bring that in abundance.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</b></span><br />
CM: I’ve been a massive fan of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0369954/" target="_blank">Keeley Hawes</a> since I saw her portrayal as Alex Drake in Ashes to Ashes and she is one of the few actors on my ‘want to meet’ list that I have not had the pleasure of meeting, so Keeley would definitely be the one! I adored her stint as the steely Ms Delphox in series Eight, another reason as to why I wanted to cosplay her next month.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</b></span><br />
CM: It’s very difficult for me to choose between <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Eighth_Doctor" target="_blank">McGann</a> and <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Christopher_Eccleston" target="_blank">Eccleston</a>’s Doctor. I adore McGann’s Doctor as Paul is my favourite actor and has been an inspiration to me for a very long time. Despite the <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Doctor_Who_(1996)" target="_blank">Who Movie</a> being rather questionable, he gave an engaging performance and the way his Doctor has developed over the audio dramas and novels has been enthralling; it has allowed Eight to grow in to one of the most fascinating and engaging incarnations yet. However Eccleston was the Doctor who grabbed my hand and introduced me to the brilliance of his world; because of that I’ve been running with him ever since. I think there is always a special place in a Whovian’s heart for their first Doctor, a place that no other incarnation can ever penetrate.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: Who is your favorite companion and why?</b></span><br />
CM: I really like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809956/" target="_blank">Sheridan Smith</a>’s companion <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Lucie_Miller" target="_blank">Lucie Miller</a> from the <a href="http://www.bigfinish.com/ranges/released/eighth-doctor-adventures" target="_blank">Eighth Doctor’s audio dramas</a>. She’s got a brilliant feistiness about her and has an admirable no-nonsense attitude. She has great inner strength and is a brilliantly independent woman which is highly preferable to the stereotypical ‘damsel in distress’ notions of a female companion.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
CM: I would go to the Rum Runner night club in Birmingham in 1981. I have been enamoured with the New Romantic movement in music and fashion for many years (something which is unmistakably clear when browsing through both my wardrobes and vinyl record collection!) and it would be a dream come true to witness the New Romantic movement first hand and revel in the ostentation of their atmosphere for an evening.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: Are you in any other fandoms besides Doctor Who? Such as Torchwood or Sherlock?</b></span><br />
CM: SO many that I know I will probably miss some out! Definitely Torchwood & Sherlock. Other fandoms include: Hannibal, Red Dwarf, Game of Thrones, Marvel Comics, Rocky Horror Show, Ashes to Ashes/Life on Mars, Star Trek: The Next Generation Era, Hunger Games, Withnail & I, Derren Brown. I’m a massive Scandophile so Nordic Noir films and TV shows such as The Bridge, The Killing & Jagten etc. I grew up on classic British comedy such as Fawlty Towers and Bottom so if there’s a fandom for that, I’m in it!<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: Tell us about your hobbies even if it is not related to Doctor Who..</b></span><br />
CM: I do a ludicrous amount of writing for both professional and recreational reasons. In my spare time, I enjoy writing fanfiction for any of the fandoms I am a member of. I have also spent the last ten years working on numerous volumes of Victorian era detective novels which is my main outlet for enjoyment. I regularly attend conventions with two of my closest friends which has given me the cosplay bug which is a great hobby. I had to make an arm of Iron Man armour for my Pepper Potts cosplay last year which was a lot of fun to make but very time consuming. In the end, it was worth every minute and I hope to make more costumes from hand in the future.<br />
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<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"><b>BBB: Tell us your favorite geek stix or geek scent from Blue Box Balm..</b></span><br />
CM: So hard to choose just one! Every single one I buy becomes an instant favourite but I think the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/203139488/doctors-kiss-geek-scent-inspired-by-the" target="_blank">Doctor’s Kiss</a> Geek Scent is really extraordinary; an addictive balance of floral and sweet chocolate so if I had to pick one, that would be it!<br />
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<b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">BBB: Is there anything you would like to add before we wrap up this interview (such as conventions you gone to, cast you have met, a collection you have, etc)?</span></b><br />
CM: I collect loads of Sci-Fi memorabilia and autographs and McGann’s Eighth Doctor is the staple of my memorabilia collection; one particular memory I have is carrying a six foot high cardboard cut out of McGann’s Doctor from <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Night_of_the_Doctor_(TV_story)" target="_blank">The Night of Doctor</a> from Kent, around the London tube and to my home in the Midlands which all in all was a six hour journey. Safe to say, I got some pretty amusing looks that day!<br />
I regularly attend conventions in the UK and have been lucky to meet many heroes from my childhood such as the Red Dwarf cast and Superbike champion Carl Fogarty along with members of the Rocky Horror Picture Show and Torchwood.<br />
My other favourite actor (after McGann!) is <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001290/" target="_blank">Richard E. Grant</a> and I was lucky enough to meet him at a meet & greet he threw in London for the launch of his perfume, <a href="http://www.jackperfume.co.uk/" target="_blank">Jack</a>. It was the first time I’ve ever really felt star struck but I managed to overcome it and we had a lovely chat about antiquing in France.<br />
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;"><b>1. Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself...</b></span></div>
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My name is Amanda, and I was destined at a young age to be a nerd. My daddy was a nerd, and he used to read <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" target="_blank">Lord of the Rings</a> and other such amazing books to me. As I have gotten older and therefore more comfortable with me and my nerdiness, I began to own it. I now run <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NerdyChicCrochet" target="_blank">Nerdy Chic Crochet</a> where I make all kinds of nerdy things so others can own their nerdiness too. (see pictures I am attaching) I made my <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Seventh_Doctor" target="_blank">7th doctor</a> vest to cosplay in, and I made a “Police Box” scarf. I have also knitted a replica of the <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Fourth_Doctor" target="_blank">4th doctor</a>’s scarf.<br />
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I suppose I am a relatively recent whovian. I began watching during Matt Smith’s time. The first episodes I was <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Time_of_Angels" target="_blank">Time of Angels</a>/<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Flesh_and_Stone_(TV_story)" target="_blank">Flesh and Stone</a>. I was hooked. I went to the internet to find everything I could find about it after that. I think that is why weeping angels are my favorite bad guy. </div>
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It is very hard to pick. I would say for Classic Who probably say… oh gosh, I just can’t choose. I love a lot of 7’s and a lot of 6’s. Not to discredit any of the classics but they were my favorite of the classics. For New Who, I must say that I could watch <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Pandorica_Opens_(TV_story)" target="_blank">The Pandorica Opens</a>/<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Big_Bang_(TV_story)" target="_blank">The Big Bang</a> over and over. And basically the whole Ponds arc to be honest.</div>
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I love him. I mean really really love him. I honestly knew I would like Capaldi because I have seen him in other things. But I didn’t know I would love him. He might just become “my” doctor. I think the writing is hit or miss in this series. “<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Listen_(TV_story)" target="_blank">Listen</a>” was awesome. I didn’t care for “<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Robot_of_Sherwood_(TV_story)" target="_blank">Robots of Sherwood</a>”. But Capaldi himself has won me over. </div>
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I’ve met some. I met <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Colin_Baker" target="_blank">Colin Baker</a> and <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Sylvester_McCoy" target="_blank">Sylvester McCoy</a>. But I guess if I could meet another one, I would probably want to meet <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Smith" target="_blank">Matt Smith</a> or <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Peter_Capaldi" target="_blank">Peter Capaldi</a>. </div>
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So hard! This question is not fair. I would have said Matt Smith for new who until series 8. I am going to put a pin in that though. Classic I have to say McCoy. </div>
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New: I love the Ponds… All of them including <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/River_Song" target="_blank">River Song</a>. Classic: It would be <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Leela" target="_blank">Leela</a> or <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Ace" target="_blank">Ace</a>.</div>
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I think I would like to go everywhere and every time. I am going to be selfish and run away with him. I might take my hubby ;)</div>
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I’ve been Sherlocked. I also love Harry Potter (planning my 30th birthday party right now… yep). LotR and The Hobbit. I also love reading dysatopian novels (ever since I first read the Giver back in middle school) so I like The Hunger Games. I love video games and cartoons too… a Jack of all Geeks if you will. </div>
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Oh so hard! I am going to have to say <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/202865370/paradise-geek-stix-inspired-by-missy" target="_blank">Paradise</a>. First because honeysuckle is the best scent in the world (this is an indisputable statement LOL) and I love sweet lemon desserts. It combines the two… So there you have it. </div>
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">1. Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself...</span></b><br />
If I told you everything, there wouldn't by any surprises left ;)<br />
My wife (Julie) and I live in Ottawa. We married each other in our late 30s (first time for each of us).<br />
We have no human children that we know of, and I won't publicly admit that I was born on another planet ;)<br />
We share a house with Julie's cats, and I mean that the cats basically own us and the house, we just live to serve them.<br />
My life has been a rotating wheel of sci-fi from Dr. Who, Star Trek and Star Wars.<br />
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My online presence as Darth Stormageddon nods to both the Dr. and Star Wars<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">2. When did you first become a Whovian?</span></b><br />
I have been a Whovian since I first watched the episodes on CBC back in the late 70s as reruns of the original doctors.<br />
With the advent of the internet (yes, I am an elder of the internet) I have since watched/own all possible episodes that are still in existence. I watched the Doctor on a visit to the UK when I was 15. That's when I really got into it.<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>3. What is your favorite Classic Who and/or New Who episode and why?</b></span><br />
I've always been a fan of the <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/First_Doctor" target="_blank">first and original Doctor</a>. His crotchety and demanding ways always interested me. Since then I learned that you do get more done with piss and vinegar that with honey and chocolate (it's true)<br />
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The first thing I thought was, "YESSS... A Scott!" he's going to kick some butt. He hasn't disappointed me yet. It's still in it's infancy, and it's REALLY noticeable which episodes are fluff and which are written by Moffat, but I'm not complaining. Capaldi is down to earth, and I think his moral compass is set in the right direction.<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>5. If you could steal something (just one thing) from the set of Doctor Who, what would it be and why?</b></span><br />
Duh... The <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/TARDIS" target="_blank">TARDIS</a> ;) kidding. I would have to go with something sentimental. His stick of chalk would be perfect<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>6. Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</b></span><br />
The only way I can answer this, because there is still so much more "Who" to come, is I always find myself re-watching <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Tenth_Doctor" target="_blank">Tennant</a> episodes. He has such passion and his character change throughout his time as number 10 was exciting to watch. I hope that they allow <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Twelfth_Doctor" target="_blank">Capaldi</a> the right amount of time for his character to evolve like Moffat did with Tennant<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>7. Who is your favorite villain and why?</b></span><br />
To answer this, I have to let you know that I also enjoy the "Expanded Universe" of Doctor Who, and there are MANY characters/villians out there. Some AMAZING stories, especially from <a href="http://bigfinish.com/">BigFinish.com</a>.<br />
One thing I learned very early is that "bad" and "good" are relative.<br />
"Your father... was seduced by the Dark Side of the Force. He ceased to be <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Anakin_Skywalker" target="_blank">Anakin Skywalker</a> and "became" <a href="http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Darth_Vader" target="_blank">Darth Vader</a>. When that happened, the good man who was your father was destroyed. So what I told you was true... from a certain point of view."<br />
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Quite simply put, my favorite villain is "<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/High_Council" target="_blank">The Council of the Time Lords</a>". I expect that this story will become more prevalent in the coming seasons<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>8. If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</b></span><br />
Turn off the safeties... send me to the day that humans are permanent settlers on another earth-like planet. I just want to get off this world ;) I would call it planet "Bob"<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>9. Are you into any other fandoms, besides Doctor Who?</b></span><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars" target="_blank">Star Wars</a>, as you have seen, is my other true passion. And it pains me so to see Disney at the helm.<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>10. If The Doctor & Darth Vader enter into a battle, who wins & why?</b></span><br />
It would be a battle of epic proportions.<br />
Ultimately, I would have to say that Vader would win, but I have no technical basis for that decision.<br />
It would be an argument I would have with myself for the next week or more.<br />
Ultimately, Vader would take ANY steps necessary, where the Doctor wouldn't sacrifice that which makes him good.<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>11. I know you are a fan of Blue Box Balm (THANK YOU!), can you please tell everyone your top 3 geek stix?</b></span><br />
Aww, not fair, I haven't ordered them all yet.. So far, or my current collection (what.. 20+?)<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/198044992/coffee-boy-geek-stix-inspired-by-ianto" target="_blank">Coffee Boy</a> - Coffee Liquor & Sweet Cream<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/191741516/capt-cheesecake-geek-stix-inspired-by" target="_blank">Capt. Cheesecake</a> - Lemon Cheesecake<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/198043646/delete-geek-stix-inspired-by-cybermen" target="_blank">DELETE!</a> - Sour Lemon & Bourbon<br />
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I am very excited to try:<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/203171611/reinette-geek-stix-inspired-by-madame-de" target="_blank">Reinette</a> - Cherry Violet<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/203171097/moisturize-me-geek-stix-inspired-by-lady" target="_blank">Moisturize Me</a> - Rose Champagne<br />
<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/198044518/the-shagger-geek-stix-inspired-by-owen" target="_blank">Owen Harper</a> - Bourbon & Chocolate<br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"><b>12. Is there anything you would like to add before we wrap up this interview (such as conventions you gone to, cast you have met, a collection you have, etc)?</b></span><br />
In December of 2013, the 50th anniversary celebration, I was Fan of the Month on WhovianNet (<a href="http://www.whoviannet.co.uk/fun/fotm/2013/december.php">http://www.whoviannet.co.uk/fun/fotm/2013/december.php</a>)<br />
I own every <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Sonic_screwdriver" target="_blank">sonic screwdriver</a> that is currently available (although Capaldi`s just came out, it is the same as Smith`s, except it has some minor modifications) but I`ll probably get that one also.<br />
I also own almost all of the sound <a href="http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/star-wars-lightsabers" target="_blank">FX lighsabers </a>created by Hasbro for Star Wars. I am only missing Count Dooku<br />
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<b><span style="color: #e69138;"><br /></span><span style="color: #e69138;">Welcome to our next InterWho (Whovian Interview)..</span></b><br />
<b><br /></b><span style="color: #e69138;"><b>I had the delight of interviewing Alondra, so grab a cup of tea and enjoy the read!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>ALLONS-Y ALONDRA!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>1. Please introduce yourself to our readers and tell us about yourself...</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> Alondra Hanley, stay at home mother, I homeschool, also do a little bit of freelance graphic art. Married to an amazing man, I refer to as my "Rory", because he would wait 2000 yrs for me too, just that kind of man. I have a lovely daughter and a cat.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">2. When did you first become a Whovian?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> Not that long ago, year and half ago, I think. I had online friends that kept talking about it. I watched, "<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Rose_(TV_story)" target="_blank">Rose</a>", and stopped. But I was encouraged to stick with it, and I have never looked back. The best show, period. Classics as well as New Who.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><b>3. Some of us know that you have an online business, not Doctor Who related, can you tell us about it...</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> As I mentioned, I am a freelance graphic artist, it sounds more fancy then it really is. I design for, "Print on Demand" (POD's) companies, mainly CafePress and Zazzle. I design a wide variety of different things. My 2 main stores are <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/xalondrax">www.zazzle.com/xalondrax</a> & <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/alondrascreations">www.CafePress.com/alondrascreations</a>, though I have many niche stores as well. About 2 years ago my husband became an amputee, upon finding very little for this unique group of people, I started Ampu-tees, humorous shirts for amputees, </b></span><b style="color: #e69138;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/amputeeshirts">www.facebook.com/amputeeshirts</a></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">4. What is your favorite Classic Who or New Who episode and why?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> How do you choose, really? If I have to pick, <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Pandorica_Opens_(TV_story)" target="_blank">Pandorica Opens</a>/<a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Big_Bang_(TV_story)" target="_blank">The Big Bang</a>. I just love <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Steven_Moffat" target="_blank">Moffat's</a> writing, the story is so rich and amazing, the entire cast was just so brilliant. </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">5. Series 8 is underway, with a brand new Doctor. What do you think of Peter Capaldi and the series so far?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> I knew I was going to like Peter from the simple fact he is an amazing actor and a life long whovian. What I didn't expect was to love him so completely from the start. He IS the Doctor, he is captivating and deep, funny and oh so much the alien from Gallifrey . He gets it, he knows the Doctor inside and out, it shows. I am just in love! </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">6. If you could meet just one Doctor Who cast or crew member, who would it be?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> Since I have already met <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Matt_Smith" target="_blank">Matt Smith</a> and <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Karen_Gillan" target="_blank">Karen Gillan</a>, it would be a toss up between <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/David_Tennant" target="_blank">David Tennant</a> or <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Peter_Capaldi" target="_blank">Peter Capaldi</a>. While David isn't my favorite Doctor, he is my favorite all time actor, so I suppose if I had to choose it would be David.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">7. Who is your favorite Doctor and why?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Eleventh_Doctor" target="_blank">Matt Smith</a>, he just stole my heart. I was a firm <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Tenth_Doctor" target="_blank">10 doctor</a> fan, I was very unsure of this Matt Smith, his stories were so different, I resented the fact he wasn't David Tennant. But one day on FB someone mentioned that that day Matt was filming the Christmas special, his last episode. I literally broke down crying, it felt like my best friend was moving away, then I realized he had won me over and I didn't even know it! He will forever be MY Doctor. He is just amazing. Though I love them all.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">8. Who is your favorite companion and why?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Amy_Pond" target="_blank">Amy</a>. Her story is one of the best stories I have seen in fiction. Acually it's Amy and <a href="http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Rory_Williams" target="_blank">Rory</a>, because they go together, right? Amy was selfish and pretty unloving in the beginning, but Rory's unconditional love transformed her into a selfless wife devoted to her husband. Its beautiful. I will love Moffat forever for giving us The Ponds.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">9. If you could travel with The Doctor in his TARDIS to any time and/or place, where would you like to go?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> Honestly? If he were real, and I could travel in the TARDIS, I would love to see the six days of creation. I know it doesn't fit the narrative of the show since it is atheistic, but I am a Christian, and I would love to see it.</b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">10. Are you into any other fandoms, besides Doctor Who?</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b> Well, I am a pretty obsessed Whovian, but I do love Sherlock. I like British television more then American, they are just better at it, but my main passion is Doctor Who. </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #134f5c;">11. Tell us your favorite geek stix or geek scent from Blue Box Balm ...</span></b><br />
<span style="color: #e69138;"><b>Favorite Geek Stix is 6th Doctor one (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/192447187/rainbow-explosion-geek-stix-inspired-by" target="_blank">Rainbow Explosion - Rainbow Snowcone</a>), just love the scent, but second favorite is
the dark tinted shimmer Rose one (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/191745003/bad-wolf-geek-stix-inspired-by-rose" target="_blank">Bad Wolf - Rose & Chocolate Shimmer</a>).<br />Geek Scent is Martha (<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/201258212/butterfly-geek-scent-inspired-by-martha" target="_blank">Butterfly - Violet & Whipped Cream</a>), just love it so much!<br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Big </span><span style="color: #134f5c;">THANK YOU</span><span style="color: #e69138;"> to Alondra for participating in our whovian interviews!</span></b><br />
<b style="background-color: white; color: #18557f; font-family: 'Cherry Cream Soda'; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24.6399993896484px;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Be sure to stop by all of Alondra's shops!</span></b><br />
<b style="color: #e69138;"><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/xalondrax">www.zazzle.com/xalondrax</a></b><br />
<b style="color: #e69138;"><a href="http://www.cafepress.com/alondrascreations">www.CafePress.com/alondrascreations</a></b><br />
<b style="color: #e69138;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/amputeeshirts">www.facebook.com/amputeeshirts</a></b><br />
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