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10:00am CST
INTERVIEW: Jan Chappell and Brian Croucher
Sunday December 1, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am CST
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Producer/Manager, Unassuming Pictures
Producer and co-director and writer of the documentary "inDoctornated." Covered "Doctor Who" in-depth since its return to TV screens in 2005 for New York Magazine and numerous other outlets. Fan since '84 via KETC in St. Louis.
Born in Brixton, London, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Jan Chappell has featured in British television shows such as Reilly, Ace of Spies, Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The House of Eliott, Lovejoy, Pie in the Sky, Holby City, New Tricks, Spooks, and Rosemary & Thyme...
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Not only did Brian Croucher portray Travis in the second season of Blake’s 7, but he is also known for his role as Ted Hills in EastEnders as well as featured parts in Doctor Who and Doctor Who-adjacent projects.He played Borg in the Doctor Who story The Robots of Death. He also...
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11:00am CST
INTERVIEW: Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury
Sunday December 1, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am CST
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Host and Producer of The Doctor Who Collectors Podcast and Director of Direction Point, a Dr. Who Podcast Network., The Doctor Who Collectors Podcast
Larry VanMersbergen is the host and producer of The Doctor Who Collectors Podcast. He started watching Dr. Who in 1975. He founded the Dr. Who Store “Bundles from Britain” in 1984 and in 1985 became partners with Gene Smith. Larry was a dealer at Tardis 22 in 1985. Larry has been...
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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...
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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...
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12:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Paul McGann and Sonny McGann
Sunday December 1, 2024 12:00pm - 12:55pm CST
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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...
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Paul McGann’s entrance into dramatic acting came in 1986 with his portrayal of Percy Toplis in the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer. Following his success in this role, he starred in the cult classic film Withnail and I alongside Richard E. Grant. Countless other film roles would...
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Sonny McGann has most notably, he has portrayed the Doctor's great-grandson, Alex Campbell, as part of Big Finish Productions in the Eighth Doctor Adventures stories “An Earthly Child”, “Relative Dimensions”, “Lucie Miller/To the Death” and reprised the role as part of...
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1:00pm CST
25 Years of Chicago TARDIS!
Sunday December 1, 2024 1:00pm - 1:55pm CST
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Convention Planner, Chicago TARDIS
Convention planner and Social Media Manager/Communications for Chicago TARDIS.Marketing & Comms for fan-run conventions in the Midwest, nerdy small biz owner, cosplayer, and (sometimes) writer.Queer & non-binary (they/she).
Program Director, Chicago TARDIS
Owner of Gallifrey Base, BroaDWcast, and the Doctor Who Cuttings Archive. Author of the books "Silver Scream" Vols. 1 and 2, and "Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America." Program Director and host for Chicago TARDIS. Creator and leader of Mysterious Theatre 337.Objects...
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ChicagoTARDIS: Director of.Customer Support
Advocate for LGBTQIA+ and Mental health among the nerd community. Nerdy and Proud (literally have nerdy on my arm). Queer since the list of things is a lot. Jack Harkness inspired. They/He
Jason is an award-winning producer (recipient of an Olivier Award, three Whatsonstage Awards, a Chicago International Television Drama Award and two BBC Audio Drama Awards) with many companies in the entertainment space, including the world’s largest independent audio drama production...
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2:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Mark Ayres, Dominic Glynn
Sunday December 1, 2024 2:00pm - 2:55pm CST
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sylvester McCoy was born on 20 August 1943, in Dunoon, Scotland. His father was killed in the Second World War a couple of months before he was born, and he was brought up by his mother, his grandmother, and aunts. He attended St. Mun’s, a local Dunoon school. McCoy expressed an...
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3:00pm CST
Big Finish Sunday
Sunday December 1, 2024 3:00pm - 3:55pm CST
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Jason is an award-winning producer (recipient of an Olivier Award, three Whatsonstage Awards, a Chicago International Television Drama Award and two BBC Audio Drama Awards) with many companies in the entertainment space, including the world’s largest independent audio drama production...
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Daisy is a professional actress, and trained at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art), having previously studied English at Manchester University – something her actor parents advised, knowing the precarious nature of the business.She has recently worked at the RSC...
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Best known in the Doctor Who universe for her roles as Jac in the 12th Doctor Era’s “The Magician’s Apprentice” and “The Zygon Invasion” and Lady Audacity Montague, companion to the 8th Doctor, in several Big Finish audios, Jaye Griffiths has also starred in several major...
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Safiyya Ingar is an actor and VO artist from London, UK. After graduating from their alma mater in 2017, they have nurtured their career and skills in theatre whilst always maintaining a passion and drive for voice acting and gaming.In 2020 they were given the opportunity to be mentored...
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Sonny McGann has most notably, he has portrayed the Doctor's great-grandson, Alex Campbell, as part of Big Finish Productions in the Eighth Doctor Adventures stories “An Earthly Child”, “Relative Dimensions”, “Lucie Miller/To the Death” and reprised the role as part of...
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In April 2016, Miller published her debut novel as the first book of the second series of the Lethbridge-Stewart novels, Moon Blink, under the publishing house, Candy Jar Books. She explained her comeback from her association with Doctor Who, as an author: "...I feel that the time...
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4:00pm CST
Young Fans Interview Paul McGann
Sunday December 1, 2024 4:00pm - 4:55pm CST
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Paul McGann’s entrance into dramatic acting came in 1986 with his portrayal of Percy Toplis in the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer. Following his success in this role, he starred in the cult classic film Withnail and I alongside Richard E. Grant. Countless other film roles would...
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5:00pm CST
Chicago TARDIS 2024 Closing Ceremony
Sunday December 1, 2024 5:00pm - 5:55pm CST
Speakers
Program Director, Chicago TARDIS
Owner of Gallifrey Base, BroaDWcast, and the Doctor Who Cuttings Archive. Author of the books "Silver Scream" Vols. 1 and 2, and "Red White and Who: The Story of Doctor Who in America." Program Director and host for Chicago TARDIS. Creator and leader of Mysterious Theatre 337.Objects...
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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 →
Daisy is a professional actress, and trained at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art), having previously studied English at Manchester University – something her actor parents advised, knowing the precarious nature of the business.She has recently worked at the RSC...
Read More →
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 →
Born in Brixton, London, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Jan Chappell has featured in British television shows such as Reilly, Ace of Spies, Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, The House of Eliott, Lovejoy, Pie in the Sky, Holby City, New Tricks, Spooks, and Rosemary & Thyme...
Read More →
Not only did Brian Croucher portray Travis in the second season of Blake’s 7, but he is also known for his role as Ted Hills in EastEnders as well as featured parts in Doctor Who and Doctor Who-adjacent projects.He played Borg in the Doctor Who story The Robots of Death. He also...
Read More →
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 →
Best known in the Doctor Who universe for her roles as Jac in the 12th Doctor Era’s “The Magician’s Apprentice” and “The Zygon Invasion” and Lady Audacity Montague, companion to the 8th Doctor, in several Big Finish audios, Jaye Griffiths has also starred in several major...
Read More →
Jason is an award-winning producer (recipient of an Olivier Award, three Whatsonstage Awards, a Chicago International Television Drama Award and two BBC Audio Drama Awards) with many companies in the entertainment space, including the world’s largest independent audio drama production...
Read More → 
Kieran Highman’s first official work on Doctor Who was providing Additional Colour Restoration on “The Daemons” for the Season 8 Collection blu-ray set, primarily returning the film inserts of episodes 1-3 to the look of their original film and removing the hazy appearance intrinsic...
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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...
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Safiyya Ingar is an actor and VO artist from London, UK. After graduating from their alma mater in 2017, they have nurtured their career and skills in theatre whilst always maintaining a passion and drive for voice acting and gaming.In 2020 they were given the opportunity to be mentored...
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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...
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Sylvester McCoy was born on 20 August 1943, in Dunoon, Scotland. His father was killed in the Second World War a couple of months before he was born, and he was brought up by his mother, his grandmother, and aunts. He attended St. Mun’s, a local Dunoon school. McCoy expressed an...
Read More →
Paul McGann’s entrance into dramatic acting came in 1986 with his portrayal of Percy Toplis in the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer. Following his success in this role, he starred in the cult classic film Withnail and I alongside Richard E. Grant. Countless other film roles would...
Read More →
Sonny McGann has most notably, he has portrayed the Doctor's great-grandson, Alex Campbell, as part of Big Finish Productions in the Eighth Doctor Adventures stories “An Earthly Child”, “Relative Dimensions”, “Lucie Miller/To the Death” and reprised the role as part of...
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Ian McNeice’s television breakthrough was as Harcourt in the award-winning series Edge of Darkness. He has also played the alcoholic sous chef Gustave LaRoche on the television series Chef!, the evil Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in Frank Herbert’s Dune and, later, Children of Dune...
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In April 2016, Miller published her debut novel as the first book of the second series of the Lethbridge-Stewart novels, Moon Blink, under the publishing house, Candy Jar Books. She explained her comeback from her association with Doctor Who, as an author: "...I feel that the time...
Read More →
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...
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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...
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Colin Spaull began his career as a child actor in the 1950s. He has been featured in many British TV shows in his lifetime, notably, the Doctor Who stories "Revelation of the Daleks", "Rise of the Cybermen", and "Age of Steel". He has also been included in several Big Finish Doctor...
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