Event Reporters – Lewis Mainwaring & Ben Gummery

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This was our third ‘con’ as ‘Official Press’ thanks to Showmasters !!!!  Held at the Cardiff Motorpoint Arena the home of South Wales geekery.

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Guests that attended this weekends event included:-

• Peter Mayhew (Star Wars),
• Jemma Redgrave (Doctor Who),
• Daniel Kash (Aliens),
• Deborah Watling (Doctor Who – Classic Series),
•  Danny John Jules (Red Dwarf),
• Ryan Gage (The Musketeers).

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Overall the event received a strong turn out of visitors across the weekend.

Many visitors to the convention were in Cosplay – which has become part of the ‘con’ experience. Highly influenced by recent films there where many Deadpool and Kylo Ren (Star Wars Episode VII) cos-players !!!!!

 

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There was also ‘a place for all things Comics’ in the Comic Zone and an expanded Gaming Zone for video gaming fans – located on the higher levels of the arena.

Located in the Comic Zone was numerous comic book artists and writers such as Dan Slott (writer: Amazing Spider-man) and Jorge Molina (artist: A-Force).

There was a wide range of stalls selling all types of merchandise, artwork, comics, costumes etc. Here’s our geeky purchases from the event.

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During the event we were lucky enough to meet several guests including Dan Slott, Jorge Molina (who sketched this amazing Wolverine on our comic cover) and Doctor Who’s Jemma Redgrave.

 

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We were able to interview Geoffrey Beevers who played The Master on Doctor Who in the 1981 serial The Keeper of Traken.

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We also attended a very interesting and fun Doctor Who talk featuring Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Geoffrey Beevers, Deborah Watling & Prentis Hancock; sharing their experiences of Doctor Who from the classic series up to the most recent. You can listen to the full panel below: