TimeGate is the Doctor Who (and more!) convention that takes place in Atlanta, Ga, USA, from May 25 to May 27, 2012. Our Doctor Who Guest of Honor is Caitlin Blackwood, who plays Amelia Pond. Much more info can be found at the website: http://timegatecon.org/ including the Schedule of Events, One-Day-Only Ticket Pricing, and Hotel Info.

Under the cut is a listing of panels for the new Costuming Track. Many of these are oriented towards the Doctor Who 'verse.

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As the Director of the Costuming Track, I look forward to seeing wonderful cosplays and great costumes at TimeGate. :)

From the latest press release for TimeGate:

We are very pleased to announce that at TimeGate 2012 we will be joined by none other than CAITLIN BLACKWOOD, who plays Amelia Pond in the current series of Doctor Who alongside Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill and Alex Kingston. Amelia, of course, is the 'younger self' of the Doctor's current companion Amy Pond, who is played by Karen Gillan -- Caitlin's cousin. Karen and Caitlin had never met before when Karen persuaded producer Stephen Moffat to let Caitlin audition for the part. Caitlin won the role of Amelia, and finally met her cousin Karen at the first script read through. She immediately won the hearts of the Doctor Who audience when the first episode, The Eleventh Hour -- featuring her lengthy opening scene with the new Doctor -- debuted in April 2010.

Caitlin has made three more appearances since her debut, and with Amy's story wrapping up next season, it's almost guaranteed that Amelia will show up once more.

Caitlin will be appearing at TimeGate along with DAVID NYKL (Dr. Zelenka, Stargate Atlantis), PAUL KASEY (various monster and alien roles, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Sarah Jane Adventures) and many more wonderful guests.

You can get full information on all of our guests on our website.

You can also purchase your membership if you haven't already! Memberships are currently just $40 (they'll be $50 at the door, so buy now and save yourself a tenner!).

http://www.timegatecon.org

http://www.teefury.com

has the Doctor Who-ville tee-shirt today only (about 5 hours left as I'm typing) for $ 10. (Dr. Seuss!)

However, don't worry, if you can't get it today, you can order from the artist's website here:

http://shop.ianleino.com/

(Twice as expensive, but he also has cool Christmas cards of the same design.)

And at this site, you can get the same tee in different styles or a hoodie with text for about three times the Teefury price:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/ianleino/works/7957481-doctor-who-ville-with-text

Happy holidays!

It's National Swing and Teeter Totter Day in America! How are you celebrating?

Tomorrow afternoon TimeGate 2011 kicks off!

Another year of planning and hard work is about to be realized and I know that many of us can't wait!

This year we have so many things going on that it's hard to pick out highlights, but a few things will be brand new for TimeGate this year.

We will be having guests skype to participate in panels including Joseph Lidster (Whoniverse writer,) Ben Aaronovitch (Doctor Who writer,) and just announced today, Cliff Simon (Ba'al.)

A new literary portal with a set of panels filled with our many guest authors. Please check out the web site for the panel descriptions and attend one of what is sure to be a series of great discussions.

A writer's workshop with Diana Botsford Saturday afternoon,

And a specially designed t-shirt by one of our guest artists, Kelly Yates, for TimeGate 2011. You can see it on the front page of the web site.

Registration opens Friday afternoon (tomorrow) at 4:30 pm and will be located toward the back of the atrium. On Saturday, registration will open at 9:00 am. Weekend memberships are $50 and day prices are listed on the membership page of the web site.

We hope to see you there!
The TimeGate Staff

TimeGate is the Doctor Who, Stargate, and more convention in Atlanta, GA, USA, held annually over the Memorial Day weekend. This year, the dates are May 27th through May 29th, 2011.

Much more info to be found here: http://www.timegatecon.org/

But, of immediate importance is the fact that May 6, 2011 is the pre-registration deadline for TimeGate 2011. If you want to still register for the $40 rate, Friday is your last chance! Head on over to http://www.timegatecon.org/memb.htm to get your membership in before the rate changes to the at-the-door rate of $50!

Sophie Aldred, who played Ace, companion to the Seventh Doctor, and Mike Dopud, who plays Varro from Stargate Universe, are the actor guests for the Doctor Who and Stargate programming tracks. The con has three tracks of programming: one track for Doctor Who, one track for Stargate, and a third track titled Otherworlds that covers a wide range of interests from Sherlock Holmes to Disney and beyond. Timegate will also have live bands, a writer's workshop, gaming, video commentaries by fans and the guests, a masquerade, party battles, and so much more! Check out the schedule at http://www.timegatecon.org/schedule.htm for more info.

Please remember that the pre-reg memberships are available through May 6th for just $40!
http://www.timegatecon.org/memb.htm

http://www.renovationsf.org/hugo-intro.php

Renovations, the 69th World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in Reno, Nevada, Aug 17 to Aug 21, has released the nominations for the Hugo Awards. I'm just listing the three Doctor Who episodes that were nominated for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form:

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol, written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who: The Pandorica Opens/The Big Bang, written by Steven Moffat; directed by Toby Haynes (BBC Wales)
Doctor Who: Vincent and the Doctor, written by Richard Curtis; directed by Jonny Campbell (BBC Wales)

Two very special things happened on this day, March 26, in 2005.

First, "Rose", the debut episode of the regenerated Doctor Who series, was
broadcast on BBC. Producer Julie Gardner said that she was hoping against
hope that they'd be lucky enough to get 6 million viewers, but in the back
of her mind she expected it to be 3 million. She was completely shocked
when 11 million viewers tuned in to watch the moment when Rose Tyler's life
would change forever.

Second, something very similar happened a little closer to home. The very
first TimeGate occurred that same day! And just like with "Rose" ... we
were hoping to get 40 or 50 people, but Susan and I told each other. "If we
only get 25, we'll be thrilled. This is something we've wanted to do for a
long time and we're going to enjoy it no matter what." We were totally
blown away when *85 people* attended that very first one-day mini-con.

As you know, TimeGate has grown immensely since that day 6 years ago. Those
first few TimeGates were one-day affairs held in an Elk's Lodge. We had six
panels -- three Stargate ones and three Doctor Who ones. We showed videos,
we had gaming, we had special contests. We even had a few dealers at a
couple of them. But we had no guests at the first three TimeGates. And we
continued to grow. Pretty rapidly, in fact. Soon, we had to make the move
into a hotel and to a full weekend convention.

Since that time, our guests roster had really blossomed. We've had actors,
writers, script editors, and composers from both Doctor Who and Stargate.
We've also had authors, comic book illustrators, scientists, merchandisers,
film archivists, biographers, game designers and many more. And they've all
been wonderful!

And our audience has grown tremendously as well. We're expecting this year
to be our biggest attendance yet. A lot of that is due to the great guests
that we have booked, led by Sophie Aldred, Andrew Cartmel and Ben
Aaronovitch from Doctor Who (the Seventh Doctor era), and Mike Dopud from
Stargate Universe and the upcoming Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.

Thank you to everyone who has supported us from the beginning. And for
those of you that we picked up along the way -- thank you too for coming on
board and for continuing the journey with us. We are going to do everything
we can to make this year the best TimeGate ever.

Thanks, everyone. See you in May at TIMEGATE!!!
www.timegatecon.org
May 27-29, 2011


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2010 Nebula Award nominees

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America is proud to announce
the nominees for the 2010 Nebula Awards.

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The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation

* Despicable Me, Pierre Coffin & Chris Renaud (directors), Ken
Daurio & Cinco Paul (screenplay), Sergio Pablos (story) (Illumination
Entertainment)
* Doctor Who: ‘‘Vincent and the Doctor’’, Richard Curtis (writer),
Jonny Campbell (director)
* How to Train Your Dragon, Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders
(directors), William Davies, Dean DeBlois, & Chris Sanders
(screenplay) (DreamWorks Animation)
* Inception, Christopher Nolan (director), Christopher Nolan
(screenplay) (Warner)
* Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Edgar Wright (director), Michael
Bacall & Edgar Wright (screenplay) (Universal)
* Toy Story 3, Lee Unkrich (director), Michael Arndt (screenplay),
John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, & Lee Unkrich (story) (Pixar/Disney)

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The Atlanta Gallifreyans meeting for this upcoming Saturday, the 15th, has been cancelled, due to weather and scheduling conflicts.

We're hoping to re-schedule for Jan. 29th, but we won't know for a few days yet.

As always, check at our LJ community, atlgallifreyan or at the website, http://www.atlantagallifreyans.com , for more information.

The Atlanta Gallifreyans is the Atlanta, GA, USA, club for fans of Doctor Who, Torchwood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Meetings are usually held on the third Saturday of each month, just north of Atlanta, at the Doraville Civic Center, starting in the late afternoon. Directions can be found on our website.

Upcoming meetings are:

2/26
3/19
4/16
5/21