Chicago TARDIS 2024: Full Schedule

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1:00pm CST

Our Companions, Our Family

Friday November 29, 2024 1:00pm - 1:55pm CST

Main Program | Grand Ballroom E & F

An interview with CT guests Sophie Aldred, Frazer Hines, and Wendy Padbury.

Moderators

Nathan Laws

Host, The 42cast

I am the host of The 42cast your Ultimate Answer to Fandom, Geekiness, and Everything. I've also recently started Timestreams, a podcast where my friend Juliette and I are watching all of Doctor Who from the beginning. She's never seen any of it, and I've been watching since I was... Read More →

Speakers

Sophie Aldred

Born and raised in South East London, Sophie studied drama at the University of Manchester. She toured working mens’ clubs round Manchester in a singing duo before in children’s theatre with companies including Polka and The Theatre of Thelema and musicals before being cast as... Read More →

Frazer Hines

Best known in the Doctor Who universe as Jamie McCrimmon, companion to the Second Doctor, Frazer Hines is a fan favorite at Chicago TARDIS.Post-Doctor Who, Frazer starred in Emmerdale – the long-running ITV soap opera – for just over 20 years.Frazer has been featured as both Jamie... Read More →

Wendy Padbury

Cast as the Second Doctor's new companion, Zoe Heriot, in Doctor Who in 1968, Wendy Padbury became close to her co-stars Frazer Hines and Patrick Troughton throughout their time together on the series.After leaving the series, Wendy appeared in Doctor Who and the Daleks in Seven Keys... Read More →

Friday November 29, 2024 1:00pm - 1:55pm CST
Main Program | Grand Ballroom E & F

Interview, Friday

2:00pm CST

INTERVIEW: Tommy Knight

Friday November 29, 2024 2:00pm - 2:55pm CST

Main Program | Grand Ballroom E & F

An interview with CT guest Tommy Knight.

Moderators

Stacey Smith?

Stacey Smith? (the question mark is part of her name) is a professor of disease modeling at the University of Ottawa in Canada. Using mathematics, she studies infectious diseases such as HIV, malaria, human papillomavirus, COVID-19, influenza, neglected tropical diseases... and zombies.She’s... Read More →

Speakers

Tommy Knight

Tommy Knight got his start in West End Theatre with Deborah Warner's production of Euripides' Medea in 2001 and went on to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Snowman, The Full Monty, and the Royal Shakespeare Company's Macbeth.He is best known in the Doctor Who universe for playing... Read More →

Friday November 29, 2024 2:00pm - 2:55pm CST
Main Program | Grand Ballroom E & F

Interview, Friday

3:00pm CST

INTERVIEW: Mark Ayres and Dominic Glynn, by Robert Warnock and Nick Seidler

Friday November 29, 2024 3:00pm - 3:55pm CST

Main Program | Grand Ballroom E & F

An interview with CT guests Mark Ayres and Dominic Glynn.

Moderators

Nick Seidler

Chicago TARDIS

Founder and Co-owner of the Earthbound TimeLords page to include the Doctor Who Scripts Page, the Doctor Who Fanzine Preservation Project, the Diary of Doctor Who Role-Playing Games page, as well as the first archive of academic articles on Doctor Who. Author and contributor to the... Read More →

Robert Warnock

Speakers

Mark Ayres

With a lifelong interest in film, music, and electronics, Mark took an eccentric joint degree and therefore holds a BSc (Hons) in Electronics and Music. He started his professional life as a sound engineer at UK breakfast television station TVam before turning freelance five years... Read More →

Dominic Glynn

Dominic Glynn’s latest big-screen work is the score for Anthony Baxter’s BAFTA-winning documentary feature film Eye of the Storm, but his career began back in 1986 when he became one of the few people to arrange the theme tune to the classic TV series Doctor Who. He reworked the... Read More →

Friday November 29, 2024 3:00pm - 3:55pm CST
Main Program | Grand Ballroom E & F

Interview, Friday

4:00pm CST

INTERVIEW: Sacha Dhawan and Jo Martin

Friday November 29, 2024 4:00pm - 4:55pm CST

Main Program | Grand Ballroom E & F

An interview with CT guests Sacha Dhawan and Jo Martin.

Moderators

Steven Schapansky

Host/Interviewer, Radio Free Skaro

Steven is a Hugo Award-winning podcaster with well over a decade of experience in the world of podcasting. Steven is one of the co-hosts and producers of the long running and popular Doctor Who podcast Radio Free Skaro. He also co-hosts and produces The Memory Cheats, Hockey Feels... Read More →

Speakers

Sacha Dhawan

(Appearing Friday and Saturday only.)Sacha’s recent credits include Doctor Who as The Master, and Wolf; a major new crime thriller series for the BBC, which premiered in July, 2023.He can also be seen in the Golden Globe Award nominated series The Great for Hulu, opposite Elle Fanning... Read More →

Jo Martin

(Appearing Friday and Saturday only.)Jo Martin is a celebrated British actress. She made television history on Doctor Who as the Fugitive Doctor, becoming the first Black Doctor in the series, a role that added fresh depth and resonance to the iconic character. Jo continues to explore... Read More →

Friday November 29, 2024 4:00pm - 4:55pm CST
Main Program | Grand Ballroom E & F

Interview, Friday