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||Aug. 1984||[[Buffalo]]||New York||||Pyramids of Buffalo||John Nathan-Turner||
 
||Aug. 1984||[[Buffalo]]||New York||||Pyramids of Buffalo||John Nathan-Turner||
 
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||Aug. 17-18, 1984||[[St. Louis]]||Missouri||Clayton Plaza Holiday Inn||Tardiscon (Celestial Intervention Agency)||Louise Jameson, Nicholas Courtney, John Leeson, Ian Marter||Another "K9 sound-alike contest" was held. Interview with Marter in Starlog 124
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||Aug. 17-18, 1984||[[St. Louis]]||Missouri||Clayton Plaza Holiday Inn||Tardiscon (Celestial Intervention Agency)||Louise Jameson, Nicholas Courtney, John Leeson, Ian Marter||Another "K9 sound-alike contest" was held. Interview with Marter in [https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-124/124#page/n83/mode/2up Starlog 124]
 
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||Sept. 22-23, 1984||[[New Orleans]]||Louisiana||Hyatt Regency||Creation||||
 
||Sept. 22-23, 1984||[[New Orleans]]||Louisiana||Hyatt Regency||Creation||||
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||Feb. 9-10, 1985||[[Champaign]]||Illinois||Chancellor Convention Center||Time Travellers Anonymous||Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner, Sarah Lee, <s>Jon Pertwee</s>, <s>Patrick Troughton</s>||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||[[Champaign]]||Illinois||Chancellor Convention Center||Time Travellers Anonymous||Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner, Sarah Lee, <s>Jon Pertwee</s>, <s>Patrick Troughton</s>||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...
 
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||Feb. 9-10, 1985||[[Philadelphia]]||Pennsylvania||Center Hotel||Creation||Mary Tamm, Merritt Buttrick||DW and Star Trek. Presumably the interview with Tamm appearing in the [[NJN]] documentary [[Doctor Who's Who's Who]] (and [[The Home Whovian]] video) was recorded at this event. Interview with Tamm in Starlog 95
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||Feb. 9-10, 1985||[[Philadelphia]]||Pennsylvania||Center Hotel||Creation||Mary Tamm, Merritt Buttrick||DW and Star Trek. Presumably the interview with Tamm appearing in the [[NJN]] documentary [[Doctor Who's Who's Who]] (and [[The Home Whovian]] video) was recorded at this event. Interview with Tamm in [https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-095/095#page/n48/mode/1up Starlog 95]
 
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||Feb. 23-24, 1985||[[Philadelphia]] (King of Prussia)||Pennsylvania||Valley Forge Convention Center||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA)||Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner||Starting in 1985, the Whovian Festival Tour was renamed Doctor Who Festival (we have retained the old name in this guide for consistency). [[Attack of the Cybermen]], [[Vengeance on Varos]] and [[The Mark of the Rani]] are shown. Was this the convention when the [http://www.kasterborous.com/2012/03/when-shada-was-lost-again/ tape of Shada was stolen?]. Presumably the Nathan-Turner and Baker interviews appearing in the [[NJN]] documentary [[Doctor Who's Who's Who]] (and [[The Home Whovian]] video) were recorded at this event. Soft rumours about the series being cancelled had been circulating. On returning home, Nathan-Turner was summoned to see his bosses...
 
||Feb. 23-24, 1985||[[Philadelphia]] (King of Prussia)||Pennsylvania||Valley Forge Convention Center||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA)||Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner||Starting in 1985, the Whovian Festival Tour was renamed Doctor Who Festival (we have retained the old name in this guide for consistency). [[Attack of the Cybermen]], [[Vengeance on Varos]] and [[The Mark of the Rani]] are shown. Was this the convention when the [http://www.kasterborous.com/2012/03/when-shada-was-lost-again/ tape of Shada was stolen?]. Presumably the Nathan-Turner and Baker interviews appearing in the [[NJN]] documentary [[Doctor Who's Who's Who]] (and [[The Home Whovian]] video) were recorded at this event. Soft rumours about the series being cancelled had been circulating. On returning home, Nathan-Turner was summoned to see his bosses...
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||Mar. 15-17, 1985||[[St. Louis]]||Missouri||Henry VIII Hotel||Hitchhiking to Gallifrey||Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey||DW and Hitch Hikers Guide con|Three month-old Georgia Moffett was in attendance
 
||Mar. 15-17, 1985||[[St. Louis]]||Missouri||Henry VIII Hotel||Hitchhiking to Gallifrey||Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey||DW and Hitch Hikers Guide con|Three month-old Georgia Moffett was in attendance
 
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||Mar. 16-17, 1985||[[:Category:New York City|New York]] (Manhattan)||New York||Roosevelt Hotel||Creation||John Nathan-Turner||[[Attack of the Cybermen]] and [[Vengeance on Varos]] are shown. Con report in Starlog 96
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||Mar. 16-17, 1985||[[:Category:New York City|New York]] (Manhattan)||New York||Roosevelt Hotel||Creation||John Nathan-Turner||[[Attack of the Cybermen]] and [[Vengeance on Varos]] are shown. Con report in [https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-096/096#page/n27/mode/2up Starlog 96]
 
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||Mar. 22, 1985||[[Madison]]||Wisconsin||Dane County Coliseum||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA)||Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks||Article in the [http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Ahhhh,_what_a_time_had_at_%27Doctor_Who%27_festival Capital Times]
 
||Mar. 22, 1985||[[Madison]]||Wisconsin||Dane County Coliseum||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA)||Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks||Article in the [http://cuttingsarchive.org/index.php/Ahhhh,_what_a_time_had_at_%27Doctor_Who%27_festival Capital Times]
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||Mar. 24, 1985||[[St. Louis]]||Missouri||||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA)||Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks||
 
||Mar. 24, 1985||[[St. Louis]]||Missouri||||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA)||Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks||
 
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||Mar. 30-31, 1985||[[Boston]]||Massachusetts||Boston Sheraton||Starlog SF, Horror & Fantasy Festival||Nicholas Courtney||This was one of the first of several Starlog conventions held throughout the year. Con report in Starlog 96
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||Mar. 30-31, 1985||[[Boston]]||Massachusetts||Boston Sheraton||Starlog SF, Horror & Fantasy Festival||Nicholas Courtney||This was one of the first of several Starlog conventions held throughout the year. Con report in [https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-096/096#page/n27/mode/2up Starlog 96]
 
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||Apr. 13, 1985||[[Philadelphia]]||Pennsylvania||||||Peter Davison, Terrance Dicks||Interview with Dicks in Marvel US #11, and Davison in #16-17
 
||Apr. 13, 1985||[[Philadelphia]]||Pennsylvania||||||Peter Davison, Terrance Dicks||Interview with Dicks in Marvel US #11, and Davison in #16-17
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||Jan. 25-26, 1986||[[Boston]] (Cambridge)||Massachusetts||Hyatt Regency Cambridge||Creation||||
 
||Jan. 25-26, 1986||[[Boston]] (Cambridge)||Massachusetts||Hyatt Regency Cambridge||Creation||||
 
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||Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 1986||[[Miami]]||Florida||Miami Airport Hilton||Omnicon VII||Patrick Troughton, John Nathan-Turner, Caroline Munro, Majel Barrett||DW and Star Trek. A photo of Troughton with Munro appears in Starlog 121
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||Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 1986||[[Miami]]||Florida||Miami Airport Hilton||Omnicon VII||Patrick Troughton, John Nathan-Turner, Caroline Munro, Majel Barrett||DW and Star Trek. A photo of Troughton with Munro appears in [https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-121/121#page/n41/mode/1up Starlog 121]
 
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||Feb. 1-2, 1986||[[San Francisco]]||California||Holiday Inn Golden Gateway||Creation||||
 
||Feb. 1-2, 1986||[[San Francisco]]||California||Holiday Inn Golden Gateway||Creation||||
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||Feb. 22-23, 1986||[[:Category:New York City|New York]]||New York||Roosevelt Hotel||Creation||Mark Strickson||
 
||Feb. 22-23, 1986||[[:Category:New York City|New York]]||New York||Roosevelt Hotel||Creation||Mark Strickson||
 
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||Mar. 1986||[[New Hampshire|Concord]]||New Hampshire||||||Patrick Troughton||Audio clips on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcaYIvH5ZQo HERE] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-EMITUMPdI HERE]
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||Mar. 1986||[[New Hampshire|Concord]]||New Hampshire||||||Patrick Troughton||Audio clips on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcaYIvH5ZQo HERE] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-EMITUMPdI HERE]
 
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||Mar. 2, 1986||[[Tampa]]||Florida||Tampa Theater||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA and [[WEDU]])||Colin Baker||
 
||Mar. 2, 1986||[[Tampa]]||Florida||Tampa Theater||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA and [[WEDU]])||Colin Baker||
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||May 23-25, 1986||[[Austin]]||Texas||Austin Marriott Hotel||Who-Tex II||Jon Pertwee||
 
||May 23-25, 1986||[[Austin]]||Texas||Austin Marriott Hotel||Who-Tex II||Jon Pertwee||
 
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||May 25, 1986||[[Boston]]||Massachusetts||||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA)||Peter Davison||Interview with Davison conducted in Boston in Starlog 127
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||May 25, 1986||[[Boston]]||Massachusetts||||Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA)||Peter Davison||Interview with Davison conducted in Boston in [https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-127/127#page/n17/mode/2up Starlog 127]
 
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|style=white-space:nowrap|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 half-way through the "Mindwarp" segment of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]].) Interview with Langford in Starlog 113, and Strickson in 128. Shada was shown. Report in DWB 40. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4NDsvci-Mc&feature=related TV ad for the event].  
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|style=white-space:nowrap|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 half-way through the "Mindwarp" segment of [[The Trial of a Time Lord]].) Interview with Langford in [https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-113/113#page/n9/mode/1up Starlog 113], and [https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-128/128#page/n61/mode/2up Strickson in 128]. Shada was shown. Report in DWB 40. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4NDsvci-Mc&feature=related TV ad for the event].  
 
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||July 12-13, 1986||[[Boston]] (Cambridge)||Massachusetts||Hyatt Cambridge||Creation||||
 
||July 12-13, 1986||[[Boston]] (Cambridge)||Massachusetts||Hyatt Cambridge||Creation||||

Revision as of 23:35, 17 May 2014

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List of Conventions in the United States

  • This list (of over 200 events) contains only conventions where Doctor Who cast or crew attended.
  • There were hundreds if not thousands of fan-run gatherings, mini-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 through are identified in publicity or other advertising material as attending, but who ultimately did not appear at the event
  • Additional information, such as convention booklets and advertising flyers, can be found for some of the events on the relevant city / state profile.
  • As BroaDWcast covers only the classic series, this list stops at the end of 2004.


date city state venue name guests notes
Spring 1979 Los Angeles California LA Marriott Los Angeles Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Convention No Doctor Who guests, but continuous videos of the series played in the "Doctor Who Theatre". Report in Starlog 25
Dec. 1, 1979 Los Angeles California Continental Hyatt House Gallifreyan Irregulars Tom Baker, Graham Williams, Terrance Dicks, Gerry Davis, Don Gallacher (music producer of Mankind's disco version of the theme-tune) 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. Video room included The Daemons and Nightmare of Eden 1. Extensive con report and interview with Baker in Starlog 34. Interview with Dicks in Starlog 37.
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 Tom Baker, Lalla Ward, Peter Davison (1st con), Sandra Dickinson, John Nathan-Turner (1st con), David Valla (The War Games) 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 with JNT and Davison in Fantastic Films 28, and Davison in Starlog 62, article in Tulsa World
Feb/Mar?, 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 commenced (on 30 March 1982). (OmniCon III was held in Fort Lauderdale from 5-7 Feb; if JNT was in the US for that, the visit to Gainesville may have been as a side-trip.)
July 16-18, 1982 Chicago Illinois Americana Congress Panopticon West II John Nathan-Turner, Sarah Sutton, Elisabeth Sladen, Terry Nation, Anthony Ainley, Terry Sampson (BBC Enterprises) 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). It was while at this event that Nathan-Turner sounded out Nation for permission to do a Dalek story to close the 20th season. The KRMA documentary Once Upon a Time Lord was filmed. Season 19 shown in video room. Report in DWM 76. Preview in the Chicago Tribune
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 Fort Lauderdale Florida Oceanside Holiday Inn Omnicon IV Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson, John Nathan-Turner, Nicholas Courtney, Terrance Dicks DW and Star Trek. Davison - who wore his Doctor's costume - had just completed recording Enlightenment. Courtney often talks of his first-ever US convention where he encountered lots of female fans dressed as the Brigadier. (In his autobiography, "Still Getting Away With It" (2005), Courtney says his first US con was at the Holiday Inn in Fort Lauderdale, in 1982 - soon after he'd finished Mawdryn Undead. Since the only Fort Lauderdale convention we know of in 1982 was Omnicon, held in February, at least six months before Mawdryn Undead, we feel sure Courtney has the year incorrect, and that the year of his first con was 1983.) Articles in the Galveston Daily News and the Sun-Sentinel.
Feb. 19-20, 1983 Chicago Illinois New Fantasy Shop Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson, John Nathan-Turner More of a signing than a convention; signing sessions ran from noon-2pm, then 4-6pm on the first day, and noon-2pm, 3-5pm on the second. A (delayed) story was run in the 6 May 1983 Daily Herald. Photos in DWM 83, and HERE, and HERE (from the 20th), and HERE. Photos of Nathan-Turner and costumed fans (presumably also from the 20th) appear in the Radio Times 20th Anniversary Special
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 9-10, 1983 Tampa Florida McKay Auditorium Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, John Nathan-Turner Report in Whovian Times, Oct. 1983. Interview with Sladen in Starlog 77 (conducted sometime during this July visit)
July 13, 1983 Chapel Hill North Carolina University of NC Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, John Nathan-Turner Report in Whovian Times, Oct. 1983 and KITH Newsletter
July 16-17?, 1983 New York New York Beacon Theatre Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, John Nathan-Turner? Report in Whovian Times, Oct. 1983. NOTE: According to a contemporary fanzine report, Nathan-Turner attended three US cons in six weeks. We know he attended Panopticon West III from 22-24 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 is highly likely to have been this New York event, which was one of many Whovian Festival Tours with Pertwee, Sladen and Nathan-Turner being held at the 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.)
July 23-24, 1983 Chicago (Rosemont) Illinois Sheraton O'Hare Creation Tom Baker Photos in DWM 83, and HERE. Tom Baker appeared on local news.
July 19, 1983 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Walnut Street Theater Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, John Nathan-Turner? Report in Whovian Times, Oct. 1983
July 22-24, 1983 Columbus Ohio Quality Inn Panopticon West III (Prydonian Renegades) John Nathan-Turner, Anthony Ainley, Fiona Cumming, John Levene, Ian Fraser, David Saunders (from DWAS) Nathan-Turner was therefore absent for the final day's location filming on The Awakening. Saunders recalls that rumours were circulating at the con that Colin Baker had been cast as the sixth Doctor. Report in Fantasy Empire 12, and interview with Ainley in Starlog 80, and JNT in Starlog 82. Footage shown in The Whovians
July 23-24, 1983 Chicago Illinois Granada Theatre Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen Photos in DWM 83. Report in Whovian Times, Oct. 1983
July 30-31, 1983 Denver Colorado Paramount Theatre Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen (and John Nathan-Turner?) See New York note above re the uncertainty regarding Nathan-Turner
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
Aug. 20-21, 1983 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Center 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. Photo of "disguised" Leeson in Starlog 143. Article in The Inquirer
Oct. 1-2, 1983 Chicago Illinois Continental Hotel Creation Tom Baker, Louise Jameson
Nov. 19-20, 1983 Boston Massachusetts Boston Sheraton NADWAS Tom Baker Article in The Sunday Times
Nov. 19-20, 1983 Chapel Hill North Carolina University of NC Contrast
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, but with an edit that omitted the majority of the clips from The Five Doctors. 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 voiceover for the con's TV commercial. Fan Video of Pertwee, Sladen, Courtney on stage: PART 1; PART 2; panel footage HERE. Photos HERE. Report in DWB 7 and 8.
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. (Some ads for this event say Fort Lauderdale.) 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. 30-Apr. 1, 1984 St. Louis Missouri Henry VIII Inn and Lodge 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 Nicholas Courtney, Sarah Sutton, Ian Marter Report on NJN. Footage appears in the NJN documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who
June 15-17, 1984 Columbus Ohio Quality Inn Time Festival Panopticon West IV (aka DWExpo '84) Colin Baker & Marion Wyatt, John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie, Elisabeth Sladen 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 Mobile Alabama Riverview Plaza Gulf Con 84 Elisabeth Sladen
July 7-8, 1984 Denver Colorado Creation
July 14-15, 1984 Boston Massachusetts Creation Elisabeth Sladen
July 21-22, 1984 Chicago Illinois Continental Hotel Creation Mary Tamm, George Takei DW and Star Trek
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 Sainte Claire Hotel Convention Center Timecon 84 Jon Pertwee, John Nathan-Turner, Nicholas Courtney, Gerry Davis, Jonathan Frid DW and Dark Shadows. Nathan-Turner was absent from rehearsals for The Two Doctors
Aug. 1984 Buffalo New York Pyramids of Buffalo John Nathan-Turner
Aug. 17-18, 1984 St. Louis Missouri Clayton Plaza Holiday Inn Tardiscon (Celestial Intervention Agency) Louise Jameson, Nicholas Courtney, John Leeson, Ian Marter Another "K9 sound-alike contest" was held. Interview with Marter in Starlog 124
Sept. 22-23, 1984 New Orleans Louisiana Hyatt Regency Creation
Sept. 29-30, 1984 Chicago Illinois Continental Hotel Creation Mark Strickson, John Leeson, 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 Matthew Waterhouse, Mark Strickson? article in the Philadelphia Inquirer
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, Gerry Davis, Gail Bennett Location filming for The Mark of the Rani had just been completed. Report in Fantasy Empire 18
Nov. 16-17, 1984 Raleigh North Carolina Mission Valley Inn Contrast unknown
Nov. 23-25, 1984 New York (Manhattan) New York Omni Park Central Hotel 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, Lalla Ward, Mark Strickson, Frazer Hines, John Nathan-Turner, Terrance Dicks, Ian Marter, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Mary Tamm 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 and was interviewed on WGN Radio. Report in DWM 99, DWB 19, and Fantasy Empire 19, and photos HERE. Articles in the Sun-Times and The Washingon Post
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?, 1985 Miami Florida (Omnicon VI?) Nicholas Courtney Courtney attended a Miami convention in early 1985 - possibly Omnicon VI
Feb. 9-10, 1985 Champaign Illinois Chancellor Convention Center Time Travellers Anonymous Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner, Sarah Lee, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton 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 Center Hotel Creation Mary Tamm, Merritt Buttrick DW and Star Trek. Presumably the interview with Tamm appearing in the NJN documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who (and The Home Whovian video) was recorded at this event. Interview with Tamm in Starlog 95
Feb. 23-24, 1985 Philadelphia (King of Prussia) Pennsylvania Valley Forge Convention Center Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner Starting in 1985, the Whovian Festival Tour was renamed Doctor Who Festival (we have retained the old name in this guide for consistency). 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?. Presumably the Nathan-Turner and Baker interviews appearing in the NJN documentary Doctor Who's Who's Who (and The Home Whovian video) were recorded at this event. Soft rumours about the series being cancelled had been circulating. On returning home, Nathan-Turner was summoned to see his bosses...
Mar. 8, 1985 Tampa Florida Tampa Theater Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Peter Davison, John Nathan-Turner This was Nathan-Turner's first US con after the series had been placed on "hiatus". The event was publicized in the Lakeland Ledger, 1 March 1985 issue
Mar. 9, 1985 Gainesville Florida O'Connell Center Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Peter Davison, John Nathan-Turner
Mar. 10, 1985 Tallahassee Florida Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Peter Davison, John Nathan-Turner
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 Attack of the Cybermen and Vengeance on Varos are shown. Con report in Starlog 96
Mar. 22, 1985 Madison Wisconsin Dane County Coliseum Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks Article in the Capital Times
Mar. 23, 1985 Chicago Illinois Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks The Daemons and Attack of the Cybermen are shown
Mar. 23-24, 1985 Rochester New York Gateway Inn Creation
Mar. 24, 1985 St. Louis Missouri Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks
Mar. 30-31, 1985 Boston Massachusetts Boston Sheraton Starlog SF, Horror & Fantasy Festival Nicholas Courtney This was one of the first of several Starlog conventions held throughout the year. Con report in Starlog 96
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. 21, 1985 San Jose California Civic Center 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. JNT and Downie spent most of May 1985 on holiday in the States, and attended several conventions while there. Omnicon is so far the only one we have identified.
May 17-19, 1985 Atlanta Georgia Northlake Hilton Dixie-Trek 5 Jon Pertwee, Terry Nation
May 25-27, 1985 Los Angeles California Ambassador Hotel Creation
June 8-9, 1985 San Francisco California Holiday Inn Golden Gateway Creation Nicholas Courtney DW and Star Trek
June 8-9, 1985 Chicago Illinois Continental Hotel Matthew Waterhouse DW and Star Trek
June 14-16, 1985 Phoenix (Scottsdale) Arizona La Posada Hotel Phoenixcon Louise Jameson, John Leeson
June 15-16, 1985 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Center Hotel Starlog SF, Horror & Fantasy Festival (Creation) Janet Fielding? (Nicholas Courtney?) General SF. Courtney appeared at a Philadelphia convention, possibly in 1985 - it may have been this Starlog Festival, a follow-on from his appearance at the earlier Starlog Festival in March
June 29-30, 1985 Tampa Florida Hyatt Regency Creation Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner, Mark Strickson Only 150 attended - nicknamed The Convention of Death; the guests didn't get paid
July 12-14, 1985 New Orleans Louisiana International Hotel Panopticon New Orleans/1985 North American Time Festival Colin Baker & Marion Wyatt, John Nathan-Turner, Nicholas Courtney, Gary Downie, Ian Levine Theme was Mardi Gras. Baker and Nathan-Turner dressed as Time Lords (photos of JNT dressed in his floral Time Lord gown abound). A JNT "Look-a-like" contest was held. The They All Axed for Who video documentary was filmed here. Article in the Times-Picayune
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 Creation Matthew Waterhouse
1985 Spokane Washington Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Anthony Ainley, Katy Manning, Ian Marter, John Nathan-Turner In his 2005 autobiography, "Still Getting Away With It", Courtney mentions this poorly-run convention, at which the guests had to pay for their own expenses. (This may have been held around the same time as the Tampa Bay Who Fest 1985 (see below), which featured many of the same guests.)
Aug. 2-4, 1985 Tampa Florida Sheraton-Tampa Motor Hotel Tampa Bay Who Fest 1985 UNIT Reunion: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Ian Marter, plus John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie
Aug. 10-11, 1985 New York New York Jon Pertwee
Aug. 10-11, 1985 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Center Hotel Creation Mark Strickson
Aug. 11, 1985 Bellingham Washington Western Washington University Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Nicholas Courtney Flier seen in They All Axed for Who. Con fictionalized in "So Little Time" by Ryan Boudinot
Aug. 13-14, 1985 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Jon Pertwee
Aug. 16-18, 1985 Rochester New York Jon Pertwee
Aug. 16-18, 1985 St. Louis Missouri Clayton Plaza Holiday Inn Tardiscon 85 (Celestial Intervention Agency) Ian Marter, 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. Article in the Boston Globe
Sept. 7-8, 1985 Chicago Illinois Continental Hotel Creation Peter Davison An Unearthly Child, The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Seeds of Death shown in the video room
Sept. 7-8, 1985 Scranton Pennsylvania Hilton Creation Nicholas Courtney
1985? Cleveland Ohio Nicholas Courtney Courtney appeared at a Cleveland convention, possibly in 1985. (May have been Earthcon V, held at Cleveland Hilton South, 20-22 Sept.)
Oct. 1985 Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Patrick Troughton Troughton commenced the October Tour on his own, and was later joined by Colin Baker in Houston...
Oct. 4, 1985 Houston Texas Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Patrick Troughton, Colin Baker
Oct. 6, 1985 Tampa Florida Curtis Hixon Center Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Patrick Troughton, Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner
Oct. 11, 1985 Rochester New York Riverside Convention Center Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Patrick Troughton, Colin Baker
Oct. 13, 1985 Stamford Connecticut Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Patrick Troughton, Colin Baker
Oct. 18, 1985 New Hampshire Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Patrick Troughton, Colin Baker
Oct. 18-20, 1985 Philadelphia (King of Prussia) Pennsylvania Valley Forge Convention Center Whoevent 85 (Aerosports/Spirit of Light) Jon Pertwee, Anthony Ainley, John Levene, Elisabeth Sladen, Lalla Ward, Janet Fielding, Nicola Bryant
Oct. 26-27, 1985 San Francisco (Palo Alto) California Hyatt Rickey's Creation Matthew Waterhouse, Roger C. Carmel DW and Star Trek
Nov. 8-10, 1985 Buffalo New York Executive Hotel Peter Davison, Ian Marter, John Nathan-Turner, Janet Fielding, Gary Downie?
Nov. 9-10, 1985 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Center Hotel Creations Nicholas Courtney, Nichelle Nichols DW and Star Trek
Nov. 16-18, 1985 Raleigh North Carolina Mission Valley Inn Contrast unknown DW and general SF
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. Photo in the Sun-Times
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?
1985 Nicholas Courtney In his 2005 autobiography, "Still Getting Away With It", Courtney says he attended around 12 US conventions in 1985. We have identified (by date and name) only ten of them...
Jan. 11-12, 1986 Chicago Illinois Continental Hotel Creation
Jan. 18-19, 1986 Washington (Arlington, Va.) District of Columbia Hyatt Regency Crystal City Creation
Jan. 25-26, 1986 Boston (Cambridge) Massachusetts Hyatt Regency Cambridge Creation
Jan. 30-Feb. 2, 1986 Miami Florida Miami Airport Hilton Omnicon VII Patrick Troughton, John Nathan-Turner, Caroline Munro, Majel Barrett DW and Star Trek. A photo of Troughton with Munro appears in Starlog 121
Feb. 1-2, 1986 San Francisco California Holiday Inn Golden Gateway Creation
Feb. 22-23, 1986 New York New York Roosevelt Hotel Creation Mark Strickson
Mar. 1986 Concord New Hampshire Patrick Troughton Audio clips on YouTube HERE and HERE
Mar. 2, 1986 Tampa Florida Tampa Theater Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA and WEDU) Colin Baker
Mar. 8-9, 1986 Oakland California Hyatt Oakland Creation
Mar. 22-23, 1986 Orlando Florida Disneyland Hotel Creation
Mar. 23, 1986 Trenton New Jersey War Memorial Auditorium Creation Patrick Troughton
late Mar. 1986 Columbus? Georgia Magnum Opus Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Louise Jameson
Apr. 4-6, 1986 New York (Stony Brook) New York State University of NY I-Con V Jon Pertwee
Apr. 1986 New Jersey Patrick Troughton
Apr. 1986 New Hampshire Patrick Troughton
Apr. 25-27, 1986 St. Louis Missouri Henry VII Inn & Lodge Paradox Patrick Troughton?, Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison Davison was beginning a six-week long convention tour, from late April to early June
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 Hotel Dixie Trek 86 Peter Davison, John Nathan-Turner Report on GPTV. Interviews and other footage from the event was broadcast live on GPTV:HERE and HERE. A few days after, Davison travelled to Washington DC to attend the next event on his busy schedule....
May 8, 1986 Washington District of Columbia Doctor Who USA Tour Peter Davison, Michael Grade The inaugural launch of the travelling Doctor Who Exhibit - see our dedicated PAGE. Davison then spent the rest of May attending DWFCA conventions...
May 10-11, 1986 New York (Manhattan) New York Roosevelt Hotel Starlog SF, Horror & Fantasy Festival (Creation) Nicholas Courtney General SF
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 Press coverage HERE
May 23-26, 1986 New Brunswick New Jersey (Spirit of Light with Aerosport Ltd.) Patrick Troughton, John Nathan-Turner, Frazer Hines, Louise Jameson, Bonnie Langford
May 23-25, 1986 Austin Texas Austin Marriott Hotel Who-Tex II Jon Pertwee
May 25, 1986 Boston Massachusetts Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Peter Davison Interview with Davison conducted in Boston in Starlog 127
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 half-way through the "Mindwarp" segment of The Trial of a Time Lord.) Interview with Langford in Starlog 113, and Strickson in 128. Shada was shown. Report in DWB 40. TV ad for the event.
July 12-13, 1986 Boston (Cambridge) Massachusetts Hyatt Cambridge Creation
July 25-27, 1986 San Jose California Red Lion Inn Timecon 86 Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Tom Baker?, Anthony Ainley, plus various guests from The Voyage Home DW and Star Trek. Report on local news
Aug. 1-3, 1986 St. Louis Missouri Adam's Mark Hotel Tardiscon/Time Festival '86 (Celestial Intervention Agency) Colin Baker, Mark Strickson, John Nathan-Turner, Frazer Hines, Ian Marter, Sarah Sutton, Nicola Bryant, Nicholas Courtney Baker had completed the first studio recording session for the Vervoid segment of The Trial of a Time Lord
Aug. 15-17, 1986 Spokane Washington Spokane Sheraton Time Fest '86 (IEDAWS) Jon Pertwee, Louise Jameson?, John Nathan-Turner?, Anthony Ainley, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Terrance Dicks
Aug. 15-17, 1986 Nashville Tennessee Hyatt Regency Spirit of Light Colin Baker, Bonnie Langford, Mark Strickson, Lalla Ward, Janet Fielding, Louise Jameson?, John Nathan-Turner?, Frazer Hines
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. Interview with T Baker in Starlog 115, and C Baker in Starlog 115 and 118
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 This was held in conjunction with the Doctor Who USA Tour
Oct. 5, 1986 Madison Wisconsin Madison Civic Center Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Patrick Troughton, Colin Baker This was held in conjunction with the Doctor Who USA Tour
Oct. 25-26, 1986 Niagara Falls New York Best Western Red Jacket Hotel Fall-Con I 86 Janet Fielding, John Nathan-Turner, ad says "Colin Baker or Patrick Troughton" DW and general SF
Nov. 2-3, 1986 Houston Texas Ramada Hotel Doctorcon Minicon unknown
Nov. 28-30, 1986 Chicago Illinois TARDIS 23 Cancelled
Feb. 5-8, 1987 Fort Lauderdale Florida Omnicon (Homecoming Celebration) unknown
Mar. 8, 1987 Bellingham Washington Western Washington University Whovian Festival Tour (Doctor Who Club of Western Washington University and DWFCA) Colin Baker The Trial of a Time Lord was shown.
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. Footage from 27 March 1987, Troughton's final public appearance HERE
May 22-24, 1987 Atlanta Georgia Hyatt Regency Dixie Trek 87 Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, Michael Keating Report on GPTV.
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. An interview with McCoy appears in the Doctor Who Then and Now video; presumably recorded at this time
July 25?, 1987 St. Paul Minnesota Whovian Festival Tour (DWFCA) Louise Jameson
July 31-Aug. 2, 1987 San Jose California San Jose Convention Center Timecon 87 Colin Baker
Oct. 10-12, 1987 Chicago (Rosemont) Illinois Holiday Inn O'Hare The First All British Television Convention (Brit. T.V.) Richard Franklin, Dave Rogers (The Avengers author)
Nov. 27-29, 1987 New York (Manhattan) New York Penta Hotel Creation John Nathan-Turner DW and SF
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 Fort Lauderdale Florida Oceanside Holiday Inn Omnicon VIII John Nathan-Turner, Nicola Bryant, Frazer Hines, Gary Downie
Mar. 18-20, 1988 Kansas City Missouri Hilton Plaza Inn Time-Loop '88 (Chancellory Guard of Kansas City) John Levene, Anthony Ainley, Mark Strickson, Deborah Watling
Mar. 25-27, 1988 Columbus (Macon) Georgia Iron Works and Con Trade Center Magnum Opus III Colin Baker, Anthony Ainley
Apr. 15-17, 1988 New York (Stony Brook) New York State University of NY I-Con VII Sylvester McCoy, Anthony Ainley Location filming for Remembrance of the Daleks had just been completed. Interview with McCoy in Starlog 134
May 1, 1988 Trenton New Jersey Relaxicon Sophie Aldred Aldred had just finished all work on Remembrance of the Daleks. Interview with Aldred in Starlog 135
May 6-8, 1988 Seattle Washington Hyatt Hotel Anglicon Terry Nation, Paul Darrow, Michael Keating British media con
May 13-15, 1988 Atlanta Georgia Sheraton Century Center Hotel Dixie Trek 88 Jon Pertwee Report on GPTV
May 1988 Houston Texas Doctorcon
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 The 1988 North American Time Festival (Whoniversity) Jon Pertwee, Frazer Hines, Janet Fielding, Mark Strickson, John Nathan-Turner, Andrew Cartmel To celebrate 25 years of Doctor Who. Articles in The Pioneer Press and The Star Tribune.
July 29-31, 1988 San Jose California LeBaron Hotel Timecon 88 Nicola Bryant, Sylvester McCoy McCoy cancelled due to work delays on The Happiness Patrol
Aug. 12-14, 1988 St. Louis Missouri Park Terrace Airport Hilton Tardiscon 88 / Confusion (Celestial Intervention Agency) Colin Baker, John Leeson, Michael Keating Interview with Leeson in Starlog 143
Sept. 24-25, 1988 Denver Colorado Regency Hotel Starcon 88 possibly no DW guests
Oct. 2, 1988 Dayton Ohio Holiday Inn unknown
Oct. 1988 Cleveland Ohio (A Day with the Doctor I?) Multi-media event. 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, Colin Baker?, Sarah Sutton, Gary Downie? Interview with Sutton in Starlog 144
Feb. 1989 Fort Lauderdale Florida S.P.I.con Deborah Watling
Mar. 10-12, 1989 Chicago Illinois South Expo Center First Intergalactic Expo (DWFCA as Out of This World Productions) Colin Baker, Terry Nation, Nichelle Nichols, Kevin Pollak Ron Katz is interviewed on WTTW. Full page ad in Whovian Times vol. 18.
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, Janet Fielding, Frazer Hines?
Mar. 31-Apr. 2, 1989 New York (Stony Brook) New York State University of NY I-Con 8 Sylvester McCoy
May 26-28, 1989 Chicago (Lincolnwood) Illinois Lincolnwood Hyatt Brit-TV II Conseminar Terry Nation, Gerry Davis, Patrick Macnee 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, John Nathan-Turner, Andrew Cartmel 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, John de Lancie
Sept. 22-24, 1989 Columbus Ohio Ramada Hotel Timelord '89 (aka North American Time Festival) (Timelords of Miami Valley) Anthony Ainley, Terry Nation, Sylvester McCoy, Nicholas Courtney, John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie 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 Photos of Baker and Aldred together, HERE (bottom of page)
Mar. 23-25, 1990 Greenville South Carolina Hyatt Regency Magnum Opus V Terry Nation
Mar. 31-Apr. 1, 1990 New York (Stony Brook) New York State University of NY I-Con IX Sylvester McCoy
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 Sheraton Unicon 90 Colin Baker, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Terry Nation, Michael Keating 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 "regenerated" into McCoy, as can be seen HERE. Report in DWB 82 and 84
Sept. 23-25, 1990 Urbana Ohio Timelord '90 Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Anthony Ainley, David Banks, John Levene
Sept. 29-30, 1990 St. Paul (Roseville) Minneapolis Pseudocon (The Whoniversity) John Levene, Richard Franklin
Oct. 6-7, 1990 St. Louis Missouri Henry the 8th Hotel Creation Sarah Sutton
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 Ramada Hotel Omnicon Tom Baker, Sylvester McCoy
Mar. 27-29, 1991 Greenville South Carolina Greenville Hyatt Magnum Opus VI possibly no DW guests
Apr. 6, 1991 Indianapolis Indiana Warren Performing Arts Center WhoosierCon I (Whoosier Network) UNIT Reunion: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, John Levene, Richard Franklin, John Freeman (DWM), with Nicholas Courtney via telephone! Report in DWB 91. Post con 'thank yous' can be read HERE
Apr. 19-21, 1991 New York (Stony Brook) New York State University of NY I-Con X Sylvester McCoy, John Levene, Tom Baker
July, 1991 Ann Arbor? Michigan Perpetual Tea Party Doctor Who, Star Trek, British TV
Aug. 9-11, 1991 Bloomington Minnesota Thunderbird Hotel and Convention Center PolarisCon II (Time, Space, & Fantasy, Inc.) Peter Davison, Nichelle Nichols DW and Star Trek
1991-2007 Springfield Massachusetts United Fan Con see the convention's website
Mar. 28-29, 1992 Indianapolis Indiana Best Western Waterfront Plaza Hotel WhoosierCon II (Whoosier Network) Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn, Jean Marc Lofficier DW and Red Dwarf
Mar. 26-29, 1992 Georgia? 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
Feb. 20-21, 1993 Boston Massachusetts Copley Plaza Hotel Jon Pertwee SF media con
Mar. 20, 1993 Baltimore (Linthicum) Maryland Marriott Hotel ArcCon (Arcalians of Albuquerque) Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
Apr. 16-18, 1993 New York (Stony Brook) New York State University of NY I-Con XII Jon Pertwee, Sylvester McCoy DW, Star Trek and Babylon 5
May 14-16, 1993 Seattle Washington SeaTac Radisson Hotel Anglicon VI Colin Baker, Michael Des Barres British media con
June 4-6, 1993 Oklahoma City Oklahoma Central Plaza Hotel Thundercon 3 Sylvester McCoy
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, Elisabeth Sladen
May 3-5, 1996 Seattle Washington SeaTac 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
May, 1997 Seattle Washington Anglicon X Philip Segal British media con
May 15-17, 1998 Tacoma Washington Best Western Executive Inn Anglicon XI John Levene, Danny John-Jules, Craig Charles, Robert Llewellyn 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



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