ConGT(Doctor Who) 2016

There are some things that we have been able to do even though our son is on the autism spectrum,  One of the things, that my wife and I decided that we would do after her parents passed was to make memories with the family, as many as we can.  To that end, one of the things we did do is a family

One of my passions, I guess you could say is the BBC show, Doctor Who.  I started watching the show in the mid-1980s when our local PBS station was showing the reruns of the British show when Tom Baker was playing the role. To me, watching that show was like a breath of fresh air in the tv landscape of the day.

These days, I have discovered that I was not alone in my feelings and last year, I took my family to Clarksville(home of APSU) to ConGT to meet other fans, cosplayers, writers, and actors as well and J did pretty well.                                                            

Here are some pics from the costume contest from ConGT2016:

I liked the Dalek entry, although that K-9 entry was actually a working model too.  Some of these people have some real talents.

This kid was a hit as the 11th Doctor.  The gentlemen in the foreground is an attorney and is cosplaying as Winston Churchill.  K-9 can be seen here too.





Here are some more cosplayers waiting to be seen.  Hmm.. that does sound like a doctor's office.  J is the one leaning over with a 3DS.











Now we met this fellow as well and oddly enough, he played the 2nd Doctor on stage in New York. He told us that his agent had told him that his mannerisms were such a natural fit for the part originally played by the late Pat Troughton.  J. was fascinated by him so for him, this was the first "doctor"


My wife took this pic of the two of us.  I was cosplaying as the 3rd Doctor(the late Jon Pertwee, whom I met in 1987),  The 2 of us are doing the "Dandy and Clown" pose that was fairly famous at that time.  His scowl is perfect.

I later learned that this gentleman passed away a few months later.  As I understand it, in addition to being a stage actor, who was also a natural healer of sorts that practiced in Canada, I think.

While J did not exactly develop a taste for Doctor Who as a result of this excursion,  there was one thing that occurred later on that year that caught my attention.  J found one of my Doctor Who books in the back of the car one time and it had a picture of the late Pat Troughton on it.   He seemed rather excited when he saw that. 

The next year,  we went to ConGT again and we met the writer Andrew Cartmel and J talked to( at) him about pokemon.   Mr.  Cartmel took it rather well. 

I think we might go again next year or to some other cons.  They can be fun and interesting even when you are on the spectrum