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10:00am CST
Good Morning CT!
Friday November 29, 2024 10:00am - 10:40am CST
Moderators 
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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10:45am CST
"Spyfall Part 1" Live Commentary with Sacha Dhawan
Friday November 29, 2024 10:45am - 11:45am CST
Speakers 
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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(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...
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12:00pm CST
Big Finish Friday
Friday November 29, 2024 12:00pm - 12:55pm CST
Moderators 
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...
Read More →
(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 →
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...
Read More →
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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1:00pm CST
Our Companions, Our Family
Friday November 29, 2024 1:00pm - 1:55pm CST
Moderators 
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...
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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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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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2:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Tommy Knight
Friday November 29, 2024 2:00pm - 2:55pm CST
Speakers 
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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3:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Mark Ayres and Dominic Glynn, by Robert Warnock and Nick Seidler
Friday November 29, 2024 3:00pm - 3:55pm CST
Moderators
Speakers 
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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4:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Sacha Dhawan and Jo Martin
Friday November 29, 2024 4:00pm - 4:55pm CST
Moderators 
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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(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 →
(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 →
5:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Annette Badland
Friday November 29, 2024 5:00pm - 5:55pm CST
Speakers 
Annette is most well-known in the Doctor Who universe for portraying Margaret Blaine aka Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen during the Ninth Doctor era. She has now gone on to feature in several Big Finish audios titles spanning the Fourth Doctor Adventures to The Diary of River...
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6:00pm CST
Chicago TARDIS 2024 Opening Ceremony
Friday November 29, 2024 6:00pm - 6:55pm 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 →
Annette is most well-known in the Doctor Who universe for portraying Margaret Blaine aka Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen during the Ninth Doctor era. She has now gone on to feature in several Big Finish audios titles spanning the Fourth Doctor Adventures to The Diary of River...
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 →
(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 →
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 →
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 →
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...
Read More →
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 →
(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 → 
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...
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7:00pm CST
8:00pm CST
Dominic Glynn's Live DJ Audiovisual Performance
Friday November 29, 2024 8:00pm - 8:55pm CST
Moderators
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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9:00pm CST
Mysterious Theatre 337: Pyramids of Mars (Episode 47)
Friday November 29, 2024 9:00pm - 11:00pm CST
Moderators
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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11:00pm CST
9:30am CST
Good Morning CT! Redux
Saturday November 30, 2024 9:30am - 9:55am CST
Moderators
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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10:00am CST
INTERVIEW: Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann
Saturday November 30, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am CST
Moderators 
Editor/Publisher, Uncanny Magazine
Co-editor in chief/co publisher of Uncanny Magazine.11-time Hugo Award WinnerCo-editor of Chicks Dig Time LordsMember of the Verity! Podcast
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 →
11:00am CST
Doctor Who In Color: Mark Ayres and Kieran Highman
Saturday November 30, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am CST
Moderators
Speakers
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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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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12:00pm CST
Big Finish Saturday
Saturday November 30, 2024 12:00pm - 12:55pm CST
Moderators
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 →
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 →
(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 →
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 →
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...
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...
Read More →
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 →
1:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Jan Chappell and Brian Croucher
Saturday November 30, 2024 1:00pm - 1:55pm CST
Moderators
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 →
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...
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2:00pm CST
FIRESIDE CHAT: Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred
Saturday November 30, 2024 2:00pm - 2:55pm CST
Speakers
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 →
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 →
3:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Sacha Dhawan
Saturday November 30, 2024 3:00pm - 3:55pm CST
Moderators
Editor/Publisher, Uncanny Magazine
Co-editor in chief/co publisher of Uncanny Magazine.11-time Hugo Award WinnerCo-editor of Chicks Dig Time LordsMember of the Verity! Podcast
(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 →
4:00pm CST
Ellie Interviews Paul McGann
Saturday November 30, 2024 4:00pm - 4:55pm CST
Moderators
Speakers
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 →
5:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Jo Martin
Saturday November 30, 2024 5:00pm - 5:55pm CST
Speakers
(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...
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6:00pm CST
7:00pm CST
7:30pm CST
MOVIE PREMIERE: "inDoctornated" (2024)
Saturday November 30, 2024 7:30pm - 9:15pm CST
Moderators 
Producer/Manager, Unassuming Pictures
Producer and co-director of the currently in post-production 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.
9:15pm CST
Q&A: inDoctornated
Saturday November 30, 2024 9:15pm - 9:55pm CST
Moderators
Producer/Manager, Unassuming Pictures
Producer and co-director of the currently in post-production 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.
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...
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 →
10:00pm CST
11:05pm CST
Q&A: Mindbomb
Saturday November 30, 2024 11:05pm - 11:30pm CST
Moderators
11:35pm CST
9:00am CST
10:00am CST
INTERVIEW: Jan Chappell and Brian Croucher
Sunday December 1, 2024 10:00am - 10:55am CST
Speakers
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 →
11:00am CST
INTERVIEW: Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury
Sunday December 1, 2024 11:00am - 11:55am CST
Moderators 
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...
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...
Read More →
12:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Paul McGann and Sonny McGann
Sunday December 1, 2024 12:00pm - 12:55pm CST
Moderators
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 →
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...
Read More →
1:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Annette Badland
Sunday December 1, 2024 1:00pm - 1:55pm CST
Speakers
Annette is most well-known in the Doctor Who universe for portraying Margaret Blaine aka Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen during the Ninth Doctor era. She has now gone on to feature in several Big Finish audios titles spanning the Fourth Doctor Adventures to The Diary of River...
Read More →
2:00pm CST
INTERVIEW: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Mark Ayres, Dominic Glynn
Sunday December 1, 2024 2:00pm - 2:55pm CST
Moderators
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 →
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 →
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’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 →
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 →
3:00pm CST
Big Finish Sunday
Sunday December 1, 2024 3:00pm - 3:55pm CST
Moderators
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 →
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 →
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 →
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...
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...
Read More →
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 →
4:00pm CST
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...
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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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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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Annette is most well-known in the Doctor Who universe for portraying Margaret Blaine aka Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen during the Ninth Doctor era. She has now gone on to feature in several Big Finish audios titles spanning the Fourth Doctor Adventures to The Diary of River...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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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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...
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