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||July 28-30, 1989||[[San Jose]]||California||LeBaron Hotel||Timecon 89||Janet Fielding, John Levene|| | ||July 28-30, 1989||[[San Jose]]||California||LeBaron Hotel||Timecon 89||Janet Fielding, John Levene|| | ||
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| − | ||Sept. 22-24, 1989||[[Ohio#Columbus|Columbus]]||Ohio||Ramada Hotel||Timelord '89 (aka North American Time Festival) (Timelords of Miami Valley)||Anthony Ainley, Terry Nation, <s>Sylvester McCoy, Nicholas Courtney, John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie</s>||Nicholas Courtney had been invited, but was "dropped". Sylvester McCoy was to be a surprise guest, but he, John Nathan-Turner and Gary Downie never showed up! (In a fax sent | + | ||Sept. 22-24, 1989||[[Ohio#Columbus|Columbus]]||Ohio||Ramada Hotel||Timelord '89 (aka North American Time Festival) (Timelords of Miami Valley)||Anthony Ainley, Terry Nation, <s>Sylvester McCoy, Nicholas Courtney, John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie</s>||Nicholas Courtney had been invited, but was "dropped". Sylvester McCoy was to be a surprise guest, but he, John Nathan-Turner and Gary Downie never showed up! (In a fax later sent by Nathan-Turner, they claimed that their plane tickets never arrived so they never made their flight.) Report in DWB 72 |
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||Nov. 10-11, 1989||[[St. Louis]]||Missouri||Stouffer Concourse Hotel||Brits in Space||Paul Darrow, Michael Keating||possibly only Blakes 7 | ||Nov. 10-11, 1989||[[St. Louis]]||Missouri||Stouffer Concourse Hotel||Brits in Space||Paul Darrow, Michael Keating||possibly only Blakes 7 | ||
Revision as of 22:44, 18 April 2012
List of Conventions in the United States
| date | city | state | venue | name | guests | notes |
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| Dec. 1, 1979 | Los Angeles | California | Continental Hyatt House | Gallifreyan Irregulars | Terrance Dicks, Gerry Davis, Don Gallacher (music producer of Mankind's disco version of the theme-tune), Tom Baker, Graham Williams | Baker and Williams showed up at the eleventh hour; the studio sessions for Shada had been cancelled and they had nothing else to do that weekend. Extensive con report and interview with Baker in Starlog 34 |
| Mar. 1-2, 1980 | Los Angeles | California | Hyatt Regency | Who 1 (Gallifreyan Irregulars) | Ian Marter, Elisabeth Sladen | Report and interviews in Starlog 42 |
| Aug. 14-16, 1981 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Camelot Hotel | Panopticon West | Davison had finished recording Kinda the day before. Guests are only there on the 16th, due to an air-traffic controllers strike that delayed their flight. Videos shown include The Edge of Destruction, The Rescue, An Unearthly Child 1. Interviews in Fantastic Films 28 | |
| Sept. 7-8, 1981 | Chicago | Illinois | Creation | Peter Davison | ||
| early 1982 | Gainesville | Florida | University of Florida | John Nathan-Turner | Nathan-Turner showed tapes of Peter Davison stories (We're not exactly sure when this event was; it would have likely been soon after season 19 had wrapped (8 Feb 1982) and before rehearsals for season 20 had started (on 30 March 1982) | |
| July 16-18, 1982 | Chicago | Illinois | Americana Congress | Panopticon West II | John Nathan-Turner, Sarah Sutton, |
Also known as "Sweatcon". There were 3,000 attendees. Recording on Arc of Infinity had just been completed; Nathan-Turner announced the pre-sale to the US of 78 Peter Davison episodes (i.e. three seasons worth). The KRMA documentary Once Upon a Time Lord was filmed. Season 19 shown in video room. Report in DWM 76 |
| Aug. 21-22, 1982 | New Orleans | Louisiana | Terrance Dicks | On the morning of 22 August, Dicks was woken by a telephone call from script editor Eric Saward asking him to write The Five Doctors | ||
| Sept. 1982 | Denver | Colorado | John Nathan-Turner | It was while at this convention, that Doctor Who Fan Club of America president, Ron Katz, established an "agreement" with John Nathan-Turner for the club to sell "unofficial" DWFCA merchandise | ||
| Nov. 21, 1982 | Denver | Colorado | Mammoth Gardens | Whovian Festival II (aka Colorado Whovian Festival) | Sarah Sutton, Anthony Ainley | This was the first event run by the newly-formed Doctor Who Fan Club of America (DWFCA) |
| Feb. 4-6, 1983 | Ft. Lauderdale | Florida | Oceanside Holiday Inn | Omnicon IV | Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson, John Nathan-Turner | DW and Star Trek. Davison - who wore his Doctor's costume - had just completed recording Enlightenment |
| Feb. before 25th, 1983 | Chicago | Illinois | New Fantasy Shop | Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson, John Nathan-Turner | More of a signing than a convention; a (delayed) story was run in the 6 May 1983 Daily Herald. Photos in Radio Times 20th Anniversary Special, DWM 83 and HERE and HERE | |
| May 27-30, 1983 | San Francisco (Palo Alto) | California | NADWAS | Tom Baker | ||
| May 28-30, 1983 | Seattle | Washington | Seattle Trade Center | Futurefest 83 | Not sure if any DW guests attended | |
| July 16-17, 1983 | Chicago (Rosemont) | Illinois | Sheraton O'Hare | Tom Baker | Photos in DWM 83, and HERE | |
| July 22-24, 1983 | Columbus | Ohio | Quality Inn | Panopticon West III (Prydonian Renegades) | John Nathan-Turner, Anthony Ainley, Fiona Cumming, Ian Fraser, David Saunders (from DWAS) | Nathan-Turner was therefore absent for the final day's location filming on The Awakening. Report in Fantasy Empire 12 |
| July 23-24, 1983 | Chicago | Illinois | Granada Theatre | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen | Photos in DWM 83 |
| July 30-31, 1983 | Denver | Colorado | Paramount Theatre | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen | |
| Aug. 12-14, 1983 | Chicago (Rosemont) | Illinois | Ramada O'Hare | 20th Anniversary Con (ComicCon) | Peter Davison, Ian Marter, Janet Fielding (1st con), John Nathan-Turner, Nicholas Courtney | Recording for Frontios had just been completed. Nathan-Turner brought tapes of season 20 episodes. Reports in DWM 83 and Fantasy Empire 13, and photos HERE |
| 1983 | New York | New York | John Nathan-Turner? | According to a contemporary fanzine report, Nathan-Turner attended three US cons in six weeks. We know he attended Panopticon West III in July and the 20th Anniversary Con in August, so the third con was either before Panopticon or after ComicCon, or between the two. This third con may have been one reportedly held in New York around this time. (Nathan-Turner was certainly back in the UK by 19 August 1983, in order to arrange and attend the press conference / photo-shoot announcing Colin Baker as the sixth Doctor.) | ||
| Aug. 20-21, 1983 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Centre Hotel | Creation | John Leeson? | Leeson often speaks of the time he was once the sole guest at a convention in Philadelphia, where (in disguise) he participated in a "K9 sound-alike competition" - and lost! Presumably it was this one. |
| Oct. 1-2, 1983 | Chicago | Illinois | Hotel Continental | Creation | Tom Baker, Louise Jameson | |
| Nov. 19-20, 1983 | Boston | Massachusetts | Boston Sheraton | Creation | Tom Baker | |
| Nov. 26-27, 1983 | Chicago (Rosemont) | Illinois | Hyatt Regency O'Hare | The Ultimate Celebration (Spirit of Light) | Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton (1st con), Peter Davison, Nicholas Courtney, Ian Marter, John Nathan-Turner, Anthony Ainley, John Leeson, Janet Fielding, Elisabeth Sladen, Carole Ann Ford, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, Louise Jameson, Mary Tamm, Nicola Bryant, Fiona Cumming, Ian Fraser, Gary Downie, Julie Brennan, Terry Nation, Peter Moffatt, Matthew Waterhouse | Location filming for The Caves of Androzani had been completed the week before. On 28 November, various UK news bulletins, such as BBC 1 News and Newsround reported on the event, one of which was used in the 29 November edition of Video Dispatch in New Zealand. Also on 29 November, Entertainment Tonight reported on the convention. On 3 December, Entertainment This Week ran the same story. That same edition of ETW aired in New Zealand on 17 December 1983, and in Australia on 8 January 1984. The existing elements of Shada were shown for the first time. A full con report appeared in DWM "Merchandise Special" 1984. Pertwee recorded a voice over for the con's TV commercial. Fan Video of Pertwee, Sladen, Courtney on stage: PART 1; PART 2. Photos HERE |
| Feb. 3-5, 1984 | Miami | Florida | Miami Marriott on Biscayne Bay | Omnicon V | John Nathan-Turner, Colin Baker (1st con), Nicola Bryant, Anthony Ainley, Nicholas Courtney | The first studio session for The Twin Dilemma had been completed. Baker and Bryant wore their costumes. Report and extensive interview with Baker in Fantasy Empire 12 |
| Feb. 11-12, 1984 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Creation | Tom Baker | Footage appears in the NJN documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who, and some can be seen HERE | |
| Mar. 8, 1984 | Tallahassee | Florida | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Peter Davison, John Nathan-Turner | ||
| Mar. 9, 1984 | Gainesville | Florida | O'Connell Center | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Peter Davison, John Nathan-Turner | |
| Mar. 10, 1984 | Tampa | Florida | Tampa Theater | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Peter Davison, John Nathan-Turner | |
| Mar. 30-Apr. 1, 1984 | St. Louis | Missouri | Panopticon West (NADWAS) | Tom Baker | ||
| May 26-28, 1984 | Rochester | New York | Creation | Nicholas Courtney, Terrance Dicks | ||
| June 2-3, 1984 | San Francisco | California | Creation | Sarah Sutton | ||
| June 9-10, 1984 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Creation | Report on NJN. Footage appears in the NJN documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who | ||
| June 15-17, 1984 | Columbus | Ohio | Quality Inn | Panopticon West IV (aka DWExpo '84) | Colin Baker & Marion Wyatt, John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie | Location filming for Attack of the Cybermen had just been completed. Report in DWM 96, and interviews with Nathan-Turner and Baker in Marvel US #5 |
| June 16-17, 1984 | Washington (Arlington, Va.) | District of Columbia | Hyatt Regency Crystal City | Creation | Elisabeth Sladen, Sarah Sutton | |
| June 23-24, 1984 | Boston | Massachusetts | Creation | |||
| June 30-July 1, 1984 | Detroit | Michigan | Creation | |||
| July 6-8, 1984 | Alabama | Gulf Con | Elisabeth Sladen | |||
| July 7-8, 1984 | Denver | Colorado | Creation | |||
| July 14-15, 1984 | Boston | Massachusetts | Creation | Elisabeth Sladen | ||
| July 21-22, 1984 | Chicago | Illinois | Creation | |||
| July 28-29, 1984 | Tampa | Florida | Creation | |||
| July 1984 | St. Louis | Missouri | Gateway Con II | John Nathan-Turner, Anthony Ainley | ||
| Aug. 3-5, 1984 | San Jose | California | Convention Center | Timecon 84 | Jon Pertwee, Jonathan Frid | DW and Dark Shadows |
| Aug. 1984 | Buffalo | New York | Pyramids of Buffalo | John Nathan-Turner | ||
| Aug. 1984 | St. Louis | Missouri | Tardiscon (Celestial Intervention Agency) | John Nathan-Turner?, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Ian Marter | ||
| Sept. 22-23, 1984 | New Orleans | Louisiana | Hyatt Regency | Creation | ||
| Sept. 29, 1984 | Chicago | Illinois | Contenental Hotel | Creation | Mark Strickson, Merritt Buttrick | DW and Star Trek |
| Oct. 6-7, 1984 | San Francisco | California | Holiday Inn Golden Gateway | Creation | Terry Nation, Merritt Buttrick | DW and Star Trek |
| Oct. 6-7, 1984 | Boston | Massachusetts | Marriott Copley Place | Creation | ||
| Oct. 13-14, 1984 | Atlanta | Georgia | Omni Hotel | Creation | ||
| Oct. 20-21, 1984 | St. Louis | Missouri | Bel Air Hilton | Creation | Mary Tamm? | |
| Nov. 3-4, 1984 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Centre Hotel | Creation | Mark Strickson? | |
| Nov. 9-11, 1984 | Buffalo | New York | Executive Hotel Buffalo Airport | Buffalo Who Fest 1984 | Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen?, Mary Tamm, John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie | Location filming for The Mark of the Rani had just been completed. Report in Fantasy Empire 18 |
| Nov. 23-24, 1984 | New York (Manhattan) | New York | Creation | |||
| Nov. 23-25, 1984 | Chicago (Rosemont) | Illinois | Hyatt Regency O'Hare | TARDIS 21 (Spirit of Light) | Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Anthony Ainley, Nicholas Courtney, Nicola Bryant, Janet Fielding, Elisabeth Sladen, |
Location filming for The Mark of the Rani had been completed. Pertwee and Troughton performed their infamous water-pistol fights. Pertwee recorded a segment for Son of Svengoolie. Report in DWM 99, DWB 19, and Fantasy Empire 19, and photos HERE |
| Jan. 12-13, 1985 | Boston | Massachusetts | Marriott Copley Place | Creation | Sarah Sutton, James Doohan | DW and Star Trek |
| Jan. 26-27, 1985 | San Francisco | California | Holiday Inn Golden Gateway | Creation | Mark Strickson, Merritt Buttrick | DW and Star Trek |
| Feb. 9-10, 1985 | Champaign | Illinois | Chancellor Convention Center | Time Travellers Anonymous | Colin Baker, |
Production on Revelation of the Daleks had recently been completed. It was on the flight home that Baker read the script for "The Nightmare Fair", which would have been the first story of season 23... |
| Feb. 9-10, 1985 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Centre Hotel | Creation | Mary Tamm, Merritt Buttrick | DW and Star Trek |
| Feb. 23-24, 1985 | Philadelphia (King of Prussia) | Pennsylvania | Valley Forge Convention Center | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner | Attack of the Cybermen, Vengeance on Varos and The Mark of the Rani are shown. Was this the convention when the tape of Shada was stolen? Soft rumours about the series being cancelled had been circulating. On returning home, Nathan-Turner was summoned to see his bosses... |
| Mar. 15-17, 1985 | St. Louis | Missouri | Henry VIII Hotel | Hitchhiking to Gallifrey | Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey | Three month-old Georgia Moffett was in attendance |
| Mar. 16-17, 1985 | New York (Manhattan) | New York | Roosevelt Hotel | Creation | John Nathan-Turner | This was Nathan-Turner's first US con after the series had been placed on "hiatus". Attack of the Cybermen and Vengeance on Varos are shown |
| Mar. 22, 1985 | Madison | Wisconsin | Dane County Coliseum | WHA | Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks | |
| Mar. 23-24, 1985 | Rochester | New York | Gateway Inn | Creation | ||
| Apr. 13, 1985 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Peter Davison, Terrance Dicks | Interview with Dicks in Marvel US #11, and Davison in #16-17 | ||
| Apr. 20, 1985 | Portland | Oregon | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Patrick Troughton, John Nathan-Turner | Attack of the Cybermen and The Two Doctors are shown | |
| Apr. 26-28, 1985 | Austin | Texas | Who-Tex | Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker | ||
| Apr. 27-28, 1985 | Chicago | Illinois | Continental Hotel | Creation | Sarah Sutton? | |
| May 1985 | Tallahassee | Florida | Leon County Civic Center | Omnicon | Peter Davison, Jon Pertwee?, John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie, Nicholas Courtney, Michael Keating | DW and Blakes 7 |
| June 1985 | Chicago | Illinois | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks | The Daemons and Attack of the Cybermen are shown | |
| June 14-16, 1985 | Phoenix (Scottsdale) | Arizona | La Posada Hotel | Phoenixcon | Louise Jameson, John Leeson | |
| June 29-30, 1985 | Tampa | Florida | Hyatt Regency | Colin Baker?, John Nathan-Turner?, Mark Strickson (his first east coast con) | ||
| July 12-14, 1985 | New Orleans | Louisiana | International Hotel | Panopticon New Orleans | Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner, Nicholas Courtney, Gary Downie, Ian Levine? | Theme was Mardi Gras. Baker and Nathan-Turner dressed as Time Lords. A JN-T "Look-a-like" contest was held. Video documentary filmed at the con: They All Axed for Who |
| July 26-28, 1985 | San Jose | California | Convention and Cultural Center | Timecon 85 | Colin Baker, Patrick Troughton, Richard Franklin?, Jonathan Frid | DW and Dark Shadows |
| July 27-28, 1985 | New York (Manhattan) | New York | Roosevelt Hotel | Matthew Waterhouse | ||
| Aug. 2-4, 1985 | Tampa | Florida | Sheraton-Tampa Motor Hotel | Tampa Bay Who Fest 1985 | UNIT Reunion: |
Only 150 attended - nicknamed The Convention of Death; guests didn't get paid |
| Aug. 10-11, 1985 | New York | New York | Jon Pertwee | |||
| Aug. 10-11, 1985 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Center Hotel | Mark Strickson | ||
| Aug. 11, 1985 | Bellingham | Washington | Western Washington University | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Nicholas Courtney | |
| Aug. 13-14, 1985 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Jon Pertwee | |||
| Aug. 16-18, 1985 | Rochester | New York | Jon Pertwee | |||
| Aug. 16-18, 1985 | St. Louis | Missouri | Holiday Inn Clayton Plaza | Tardiscon 85 (Celestial Intervention Agency) | Janet Fielding, Frazer Hines | |
| Aug. 22-23, 1985 | Buffalo | New York | Jon Pertwee | |||
| Aug. 24-25, 1985 | Albany or Syracuse | New York | Jon Pertwee | |||
| Aug. 24-25, 1985 | Boston | Massachusetts | Hyatt Regency | Creation | Mark Strickson, Judson Scott | DW and Star Trek |
| Sept. 7-8, 1985 | Scranton | Pennsylvania | Hilton | Nicholas Courtney | ||
| Oct. 5-6, 1985 | Tampa | Florida | Curtis Hixon Center | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Patrick Troughton, John Nathan-Turner | |
| Oct. 11, 1985 | Rochester | New York | Riverside Convention Center | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Colin Baker | |
| Oct. 13, 1985 | San Francisco (Palo Alto) | California | Hyatt Rickey's | Creation | Matthew Waterhouse, Roger C. Carmel | DW and Star Trek |
| Oct. 18-20, 1985 | Philadelphia (King of Prussia) | Pennsylvania | Valley Forge Convention Centre | Whoevent 85 (Aerosports/Spirit of Light) | Jon Pertwee, Anthony Ainley, John Levene, Elisabeth Sladen, Lalla Ward, Janet Fielding, Nicola Bryant | |
| Nov. 8-10, 1985 | Buffalo | New York | Executive Hotel | |||
| Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 1985 | Chicago | Illinois | Hyatt Regency | TARDIS 22 (Spirit of Light) | Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Janet Fielding, Louise Jameson, Elisabeth Sladen, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, Terry Walsh, Lalla Ward, John Nathan-Turner, Nicola Bryant, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Anthony Ainley, Paul Darrow, Jacqueline Pearce | Report on local news. Blakes 7 shown in video room. Photos HERE |
| Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 1985 | New York (Manhattan) | New York | Roosevelt Hotel | Creation | Terrance Dicks | Did Dicks ever wonder why he wasn't invited to Chicago? |
| Jan. 30-31 / Feb. 1-2, 1986 | Miami | Florida | Miami Airport Hilton | Omnicon | Patrick Troughton, John Nathan-Turner, Caroline Munro, Majel Barrett | DW and Star Trek |
| Feb. 22-23, 1986 | New York | New York | Roosevelt Hotel | Creation | Mark Strickson | |
| Mar. 23, 1986 | Trenton | New Jersey | War Memorial Auditorium | Creation | Patrick Troughton | |
| late Mar. 1986 | Georgia | Magnum Opus | Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Louise Jameson | |||
| Apr. 1986 | New Jersey | Patrick Troughton | ||||
| Apr. 1986 | New Hampshire | Patrick Troughton | ||||
| Apr. 25, 1986 | St. Louis | Missouri | Paradox | Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison | ||
| May 2-4, 1986 | Tampa | Florida | Tampa Airport Marriott | Whose 7 | Colin Baker, Michael Keating | DW and Blakes 7. Baker was mid-way through recording "The Mysterious Planet" segment of The Trial of a Time Lord |
| May 2-4, 1986 | Atlanta | Georgia | Sheraton Century Center | Dixie Trek 86 | Peter Davison, John Nathan-Turner | Report on GPTV |
| May 17, 1986 | Denver | Colorado | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Peter Davison | ||
| May 18, 1986 | Phoenix | Arizona | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Peter Davison | ||
| May 23, 1986 | St. Paul | Minnesota | Prom Center | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Peter Davison | |
| May 23-25, 1986 | Austin | Texas | Who-Tex | Jon Pertwee | ||
| May 25, 1986 | Boston | Massachusetts | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Peter Davison | ||
| May 30-June 1, 1986 | Madison | Wisconsin | Wisconsin Union Theatre | Whovent 86 (Spirit of Light and WHA) | Peter Davison, Lalla Ward, Louise Jameson, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, John Nathan-Turner, Bonnie Langford (1st con) | At the time, Bonnie Langford hadn't recorded any scenes for the series! (Production was halfway through the "Mindwarp" segment of The Trial of a Time Lord.) Shada was shown. Report in DWB 40 |
| 1986 | Phoenix | Arizona | Peter Davison | Davison visited the city, but we are not sure whether he attended a con | ||
| July 25-26, 1986 | San Jose | California | Timecon 86 | Tom Baker, Anthony Ainley, plus various guests from The Voyage Home | DW and Star Trek | |
| Aug. 1-3, 1986 | St. Louis | Missouri | Adam's Mark Hotel | Tardiscon 86 (Celestial Intervention Agency) | Patrick Troughton, Mark Strickson, |
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| Sept. 12, 1986 | Washington | District of Columbia | Whovent '86 (Spirit of Light) | Tom Baker, Colin Baker | A bearded Colin Baker had completed all recording for his second season. Photos of the two Bakers on tour can be seen HERE | |
| Sept. 13, 1986 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Whovent '86 (Spirit of Light) | Tom Baker, Colin Baker | ||
| Sept. 14, 1986 | Nashville | Tennessee | Whovent '86 (Spirit of Light) | Tom Baker, Colin Baker | ||
| Sept. 18, 1986 | Atlanta | Georgia | Whovent '86 (Spirit of Light) | Tom Baker, Colin Baker | ||
| Sept. 19, 1986 | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Whovent '86 (Spirit of Light) | Tom Baker, Colin Baker | ||
| Sept. 20-21, 1986 | Chicago (Rosemont) | Illinois | Whovent '86 (Spirit of Light) | Tom Baker, Colin Baker | ||
| Sept. 26, 1986 | Boston | Massachusetts | Whovent '86 (Spirit of Light) | Tom Baker, Colin Baker | ||
| Sept. 27-28, 1986 | New York | New York | Whovent '86 (Spirit of Light) | Tom Baker, Colin Baker | ||
| Oct. 4, 1986 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Minneapolis Armory | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Patrick Troughton, Colin Baker | |
| Oct. 5, 1986 | Madison | Wisconsin | Madison Civic Center | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Patrick Troughton, Colin Baker | |
| Nov. 28-30, 1986 | Chicago | Illinois | Cancelled | |||
| Mar. 27-29, 1987 | Columbus | Georgia | Columbus Hilton | Magnum Opus | Patrick Troughton, Louise Jameson, Anthony Ainley | It was during this event, on 28 March, that Troughton died |
| May 22-24, 1987 | Atlanta | Georgia | Dixie Trek 87 | Report on GPTV. No DW guests? | ||
| July 3-5, 1987 | Illinois | Time Festival 87 | John Nathan-Turner, Janet Fielding | Nathan-Turner took a break during location filming for Delta and the Bannermen | ||
| July 11?, 1987 | St. Paul | Minnesota | College of St. Catherine's | Sylvester McCoy (1st con?) | McCoy had recently finished all work on Delta and the Bannermen. This event was part of the Doctor Who USA Tour | |
| July 25?, 1987 | St. Paul | Minnesota | Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) | Louise Jameson | ||
| July 31-Aug. 2, 1987 | San Jose | California | Timecon 87 | Colin Baker | ||
| Jan. 9-10, 1988 | Washington | District of Columbia | George Washington University | Ode to the Time Lord and Master | Anthony Ainley, Louise Jameson, Carole Ann Ford, John Levene | |
| Feb. 5-7, 1988 | Ft. Lauderdale | Florida | Oceanside Holiday Inn | Omnicon VIII | John Nathan-Turner, Nicola Bryant, Frazer Hines, Gary Downie | |
| Mar. 18-20, 1988 | Kansas City | Missouri | Time Loop 88 (Chancellor Guard of Kansas City | John Levene, Anthony Ainley, Mark Strickson, Deborah Watling | ||
| Mar. 25-27, 1988 | Columbus | Georgia | Iron Works and Con Trade Center | Magnum Opus III | Colin Baker, Anthony Ainley | |
| Apr. 15-17, 1988 | New York (Stony Brook) | New York | I-Con VII | Sylvester McCoy, Anthony Ainley | Location filming for Remembrance of the Daleks had just been completed | |
| May 1988 | Houston | Texas | Doctorcon | |||
| May 1, 1988 | Trenton | New Jersey | Relaxicon | Sophie Aldred | Aldred had just finished all work on Remembrance of the Daleks | |
| May 6-8, 1988 | Seattle | Washington | Hyatt Hotel | Anglicon | Terry Nation, Paul Darrow, |
British media con |
| May 13-15, 1988 | Atlanta | Georgia | Sheraton Century Center Hotel | Dixie Trek 88 | Jon Pertwee | Report on GPTV |
| June 24-26, 1988 | Atlanta | Georgia | Hilton and Towers | Fantasy Fair XIV | possibly no DW guests | |
| July 1-3, 1988 | St. Paul | Minnesota | Radisson Hotel, St Paul | Time Festival 88 (Whoniversity) | Jon Pertwee, Frazer Hines, Janet Fielding, |
To celebrate 25 years of Doctor Who |
| July 29-31, 1988 | San Jose | California | LeBaron Hotel | Timecon 88 | Nicola Bryant, |
McCoy cancelled due to work delays on The Happiness Patrol |
| Aug. 12-14, 1988 | St. Louis | Missouri | Park Terrace Airport Hilton | Tardiscon 88 (Celestial Intervention Agency) | Colin Baker, John Leeson, Michael Keating? | |
| Sept. 24-25, 1988 | Denver | Colorado | Regency Hotel | Starcon 88 | possibly no DW guests | |
| 1988? | Cleveland | Ohio | A Day with the Doctor? | John Nathan-Turner was to have been a guest, but was dropped when the event organizers decided he was too expensive! | ||
| Nov. 19, 1988 | Newark | New Jersey | Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred | McCoy and Aldred invited to attend premiere screening of The Making of Doctor Who (Silver Nemesis), and to record pledges for NJN. McCoy then departed to attend the Silver Anniversary Cruise from Miami... | ||
| Nov. 20-25, 1988 | Miami | Florida | SS Galileo | Silver Anniversary Cruise | Sylvester McCoy, John Nathan-Turner, Frazer Hines, Sarah Sutton?, Gary Downie? | |
| Mar. 10-12, 1989 | Chicago | Illinois | South Expo Center | Colin Baker, Terry Nation, Nichelle Nichols, Kevin Pollak | Ron Katz is interviewed on WTTW, but the con was cancelled. Also booked were guests from NASA and Paramount Pictures | |
| Mar. 17-19, 1989 | Greenville | South Carolina | Hyatt Regency | Magnum Opus IV | Sylvester McCoy | A few days later, McCoy commenced filming for The Curse of Fenric |
| Mar. 31-Apr. 2, 1989 | St. Louis | Missouri | Breckinridge Frontenec Hotel | Fantasy Fan Fair | John Levene, Frazer Hines? | |
| May 26-28, 1989 | Chicago (Lincolnwood) | Illinois | Lincolnwood Hyatt | Brit-TV II Conseminar | Terry Nation, Gerry Davis, |
British media con |
| June 16-18, 1989 | Atlanta | Georgia | Radisson | Dixie Trek 89 | Jon Pertwee | DW and Star Trek |
| June 30-July 2, 1989 | St. Paul | Minnesota | Radisson | PolarisCon I | Sylvester McCoy, John Levene, George Takei, Walter Koenig, |
DW and Star Trek. McCoy had completed all work on Survival |
| July 28-30, 1989 | San Jose | California | LeBaron Hotel | Timecon 89 | Janet Fielding, John Levene | |
| Sept. 22-24, 1989 | Columbus | Ohio | Ramada Hotel | Timelord '89 (aka North American Time Festival) (Timelords of Miami Valley) | Anthony Ainley, Terry Nation, |
Nicholas Courtney had been invited, but was "dropped". Sylvester McCoy was to be a surprise guest, but he, John Nathan-Turner and Gary Downie never showed up! (In a fax later sent by Nathan-Turner, they claimed that their plane tickets never arrived so they never made their flight.) Report in DWB 72 |
| Nov. 10-11, 1989 | St. Louis | Missouri | Stouffer Concourse Hotel | Brits in Space | Paul Darrow, Michael Keating | possibly only Blakes 7 |
| Jan. 7-14, 1990 | Miami | Florida | Omnicon British Fantaseas Cruise | John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie | ||
| Mar. 17, 1990 | Baltimore | Maryland | Omni Hotel | Friends of Doctor Who | Tom Baker, Sophie Aldred | |
| Mar. 23-25, 1990 | Greenville | South Carolina | Magnum Opus V | Terry Nation | ||
| May 4-6, 1990 | Seattle | Washington | Radisson Hotel Seattle Airport | Anglicon III | Nicholas Courtney, Roy Dotrice | British media con |
| June 15-17, 1990 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Penn Towers Hotel | Timewarp 90 | John Nathan-Turner, Anthony Ainley?, Colin Baker? | |
| July 6-8, 1990 | Athens | Ohio | A Happening at the Inn | Jon Pertwee? | ||
| Aug. 11-12, 1990 | San Francisco (Concord) | California | Unicon 90 | Colin Baker, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, |
DW and Blakes 7. Nation was unable to attend due to illness. Footage from this event featured on BSB's 31 Who weekend special, broadcast 22 September 1990 | |
| Aug. 18, 1990 | Cleveland | Ohio | Cleveland Music Hall | A Day with the Doctor II (Friends of Doctor Who) | Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy | Using video effects, Baker 'officially' "regenerated" into McCoy. Report in DWB 82 and 84 |
| Sept. 29-30, 1990 | St. Paul (Roseville) | Minneapolis | Pseudocon (The Whoniversity) | John Levene, |
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| Dec. 8, 1990 | New York (Long Island) | New York | Radisson Plaza | Friends of Doctor Who | Tom Baker | Baker recited "A Christmas Carol" |
| 1990-on going | Los Angeles area | California | Gallifrey One | see the convention's website | ||
| 1990-1998 | Chicago (Rosemont) | Illinois | Visions | see the wikipedia article | ||
| Feb. 1-3, 1991 | Orlando | Florida | Omnicon | Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy | ||
| Mar. 27-29, 1991 | Magnum Opus VI | |||||
| April 6, 1991 | Indianapolis | Indiana | Warren Performing Arts Center | WhoosierCon I (Whoosier Network) | UNIT Reunion: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, John Levene, Richard Franklin, with Nicholas Courtney via telephone! | Report in DWB 91 |
| Aug. 9-11, 1991 | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Thunderbird Hotel | PolarisCon II (Time, Space, & Fantasy, Inc.) | Peter Davison | media con |
| 1991-2007 | Springfield | Massachusetts | United Fan Con | see the convention's website | ||
| Mar. 26-29, 1991 | Magnum Opus VII | |||||
| July 11-12, 1992 | San Francisco (Concord) | California | Sheraton Hotel | Unicon | Peter Davison | |
| July 24-26, 1992 | San Jose | California | Red Lion Inn | Con-Fused | Colin Baker | media con |
| 1992 | Indianapolis | Indiana | Best Western Waterfront Plaza Hotel | WhoosierCon II (Whoosier Network) | Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, |
DW and Red Dwarf |
| Mar. 20, 1993 | Baltimore (Linthicum) | Maryland | Marriott Hotel | ArcCon (Arcalians of Albuquerque) | Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred | |
| June 4-6, 1993 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Central Plaza Hotel | Thundercon 3 | Sylvester McCoy | |
| 1993 | Seattle | Washington | Anglicon VI | Colin Baker, Michael Des Barres | British media con | |
| 1993 | Panopticon 8 | Terrance Dicks, Barry Letts | ||||
| June 10-12, 1994 | Denver | Colorado | Best Western Executive Suites | Britannicon (KBDI) | Colin Baker, Sophie Aldred | |
| Mar. 29-30, 1996 | Wilmington | North Carolina | Coast Line Convention Center | Wholucination II | Anthony Ainley, |
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| May 3-5, 1996 | SeaTac | Washington | Quality Inn | Anglicon IX | Anneke Wills, Gillian Horvarth, Donna Lettow | British media con |
| May 10-11, 1997 | Albuquerque | New Mexico | ArcCon (Arcalians of Albuquerque) | Anneke Wills | ||
| 1997 | Seattle | Washington | Anglicon X | Phillip Segal | British media con | |
| May 15-17, 1998 | Tacoma | Washington | Best Western Executive Inn | Anglicon XI | John Levene, Danny John-Jules, Craig Charles, |
British media con |
| 1999 | Twin Cities (Bloomington) | Minnesota | Radisson South | CONvergence | Gary Russell | speculative fiction con |
| 2000 | St. Paul | Minnesota | Radisson | CONvergence | Keith Topping | speculative fiction con |
| 2000-on-going | Chicago area | Illinois | Chicago TARDIS | see the convention's website |
| United States Chronology | |
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| Related articles | List of conventions | List of fan clubs | References to the USA in Doctor Who | Doctor Who USA Bus Tour | USA Bus Tour stops | Documentaries and specials | TV Guide | Saturday, March 12, 1988 | First airings by episode | Search by episode title or date | United States by the numbers | Chicago chronology | Time-Life Television |
Notes
- This list contains only conventions where Doctor Who cast or crew attended. There were hundreds if not thousands of fan-run gatherings, conventions and events (such as pledge-drives) that aren't covered here. Also omitted are Blakes 7 conventions where Terry Nation was the only Doctor Who guest, and events where Douglas Adams, in his capacity as creator of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, was also a guest.
- Persons whose names are
struck throughare identified in publicity or other advertising material as attending, but who ultimately did not appear at the event - As BroaDWcast covers only the classic series, this list stops at the end of 2004.
