DWCA turns 30, regenerates

Didn't feel like getting out of bed this morning, but forced myself to ablute, dress and catch two buses out to Drummoyne where The Doctor Who Club of Australia were celebrating their 30th anniversary.

Overall, it was worth the effort. I got to see rare footage and photos from the club's history, watch new UK docos, sit in on interviews (including one with a local guy who's made a fully functional "life-size" K9), catch up with AB from the once-mighty-now-miniscule Newcastle chapter, eat a decent steak meal, drink a few Sheaf Stouts and purchase a badge comemorating that most beautiful of machines, the Supermarine Spitfire.

The only bum note of the day was a discussion about fan clubs that suddenly turned into an anti-Arab rant. When it became clear the ranter wasn't going to listen to any of my calmly stated* counter-arguments, I had to walk away.

Thanks to the new series, attendance at Sydney DWCA meetings has risen noticeably in the past two years. Teens, twentysomethings and families are discovering what many of us always knew: "Doctor Who" is the greatest show in the galaxy :-)


*Not always the case with me.