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FUEL TV 2013 Preview Party with MR @ The Bucket List, Bondi - Refreshments, sporting celebs, killer fish'n'chips, live musos, slick/amusing vids, networking, giant turtle, chalk dust, showbag envy, drinking the decorations when the bar tab ran dry. Literally. The decorations.

"Fortunes Within: Korean Folk Paintings" @ Korean Cultural Office - Pleasant enough way to spend half a lunchbreak in the city.

Whovention Gold with AP2 @ Bankstown Sports Club/Travelodge motel - From Friday evening until Sunday arvo, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of "Doctor Who" in traditional con fashion. Sydney was hit with a nasty storm during this period, but we barely noticed, only venturing beyond the enormous venue for a couple of quick trips to the supermarket. Anyhoo, from our perspective, it went a lil' somethin' like this... Stella Artois and the second Dalek movie. Louise Jameson's one-gal show, "From Women's Eyes", detailing her acting career and containing impressive slabs of The Bard. Coffee cream cake and peppermint tea. Retiring to our rooms. (I fell asleep to the Charity Shield replay.) Merch and signed pics. An interactive podcast. Cosplay, with "Idris" a rightful winner. Carlton Draught and a spicy chook burger. LJ interview #1. Camille Coduri interview #1. Switching to Campari and soda, which AP2 disliked. Panel with Dan Hall, who masterminds the Beeb's "Who" DVD range, and Austen Atkinson, whose Central Coast team animates the missing bits. Seeing world-first "Tenth Planet" animation. "Dinner with the guests." Quality buffet and red wine. The lovely Dudley Simpson, very spry for 90, patting us on the back on his way out. Chuckling through comedian Rob Lloyd's "Who, Me" - particularly the part about him stealing hard-to-find stories from video shops around Melbourne prior to the DVD era. "The Five Doctors". (I fell asleep to the Waratahs/Reds replay.) DH and AA again, and this time seeing exclusive "Reign Of Terror" footage. CC interview #2. Indian veg curry and OJ sans vodka. "The Curse Of Fatal Death". LJ interview #2. Skipping the charity auction and an excerpt from www.theijob.net so AP2 could make it back to Newcastle before dark, and because I had six hours of UFC 157 to watch.

The veeps shared oodles of anecdotes worth recounting, but my favourite was from Louise. She revealed that when you used to SMS a landline in the UK, the message would be in Tom Baker's voice - and that Richard Dawkins took delight in messaging his wife (and Tom's estranged ex) Lalla Ward in this manner.


CDs: "The 2nd Law" by Muse amd "The World Warriors" by Velociraptor, both 2012.
iPad: My paladin has barely scratched the mossy stone walls of "Dungelot" (ta, RS).


Digging the "Beavis And Butt-Head"-style Diaz brothers toons at www.youtube.com/user/prebek (no offence to Nick and Nate, whose skills I admire).