Our February meeting will be at our home at The Hub at Docklands at 80 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands VIC 3008 in the city of Melbourne.
We return to our run through the Doctors from the 60th anniversary and reach the (first) David Tennant era – Rose, Martha, Donna and the return of the Time Lords.
Meeting Information
Doors open @ 1:00 pm, activities start @ 1:30 pm.
Admission Prices: —Members: $6 members / $8 non-members —Kids under 14: $2 / Kids under 2: Free —Family (2 adults and kids): $14.00 members / $18.00 non-members —Non-member first-time attending a meeting: gold coin donation
Food and Drink: —Tea and coffee provided, tap water available onsite, soft drinks for sale. —Due to venue restrictions, we may not be able to provide food at meetings. Feel free to bring your own or there are some shops within walking distance to buy food from.
John Barrowman has been announced as a guest in Melbourne this year. Autographs – $85, Photos – $95, Cosplay Photo (John in Cosplay) – $105, or 1/2 hour Meet & Greet sessions for $150 on both days.
DWCV will hopefully have a table & display at the event.
Our July meeting will be at our home at The Hub at Docklands at 80 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands VIC 3008 in the city of Melbourne.
Elections for committee positions will be held on the day along with other activities.
Meeting Information
Doors open @ 1:00 pm, activities start @ 1:30 pm.
Admission Prices: —Members: $6 members / $8 non-members —Kids under 14: $2 / Kids under 2: Free —Family (2 adults and kids): $14.00 members / $18.00 non-members —Non-member first-time attending a meeting: gold coin donation
Food and Drink: —Tea and coffee provided, tap water available onsite, soft drinks for sale. —Due to venue restrictions, we may not be able to provide food at meetings. Feel free to bring your own or there are some shops within walking distance to buy food from.
Tomorrow’s meeting will NOT go ahead as planned. The Hub have advised us of a technical problem with their air conditioning, which given the predicted high temperatures means we have to cancel the event.
We are very excited to announce a Special meeting event celebrating Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary.
Join us on Wednesday 15th November for an evening with Frazer Hines live at the Hub in Docklands. Frazer will talk to us about his time as Jamie McCrimmon in Doctor Who.
The event starts at 7pm and tickets are $50 each.
Frazer will be doing autographs and cost will be announced shortly.
There is a limited number of places available but we hope you can all join us for an amazing evening.
You can buy tickets via PayPal to treasurer@dwcv.org.au or http://paypal.me/DWCV/50 – in comments type Frazer Hines and ticket holders name. Tickets are also available in person at upcoming club events.
The second half of the year is looking bigger on the inside for the Club.
Last month we had the intra-club meeting to get to know several other local fan clubs. Then we were at Bendi-Con with the Bendigo Whovians and the Central Victorian Dalek Council – 9 full-sized Daleks (and a few baby ones) met more Doctors around the convention than you could poke a Sonic at. The August edition of Sonic (#54) also went out to members, and we’re building to a bumper December issue which will cover 2013-2023 and the anniversary.
Tomorrow afternoon is our September meeting at The Hub, chatting about the Christopher Eccleston era.
We also plan to be at PopCon in Ballarat on September 16, Mill Park Library LIB-CON on October 21st, Katy Manning Live in Parkville on October 22nd, the Melbourne Collectors Market in Reservoir on October 29, and OzCC Xmas Edition at MCEC on Dec 9-10. Plus of course our own Xmas Party is back at the Hub on November 18 – and that might not be everything…
And in the middle of all that we have the 60th anniversary and 3 new specials to watch.
Sonic issue #52 should be finding its way to Digital members tonight.
Classic members – you can pick up your copy from the club’s table in The Alley at Supanova Melbourne over this weekend. Otherwise, it will be sent out early next week.
If you’re not a member yet – why not come over and visit our table, join us, and grab a photo with the TARDIS!
Unfortunately Lords of Time 5 will not go ahead in Melbourne this weekend, as Colin Spaull’s flights have been delayed and he won’t make it in time. First Contact Conventions have refunded tickets. https://fb.watch/iKLyGat9Hj/
We’ll see you at our March 11 meeting at the Hub, then Supanova in April and hopefully Lords of Time 6 in May!
Due to members wanting to attend a Doctor Who trivia evening in Melbourne tomorrow evening, please note the change to the scheduled Williamstown meetup.
The Australia Day parade and therefore our usual picnic won’t go ahead. Instead we’ll meet up for lunch at Monzarella Italian Restaurant, 231 Nelson Pl, Williamstown from 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM, and then wander around Williamstown in the afternoon. https://www.facebook.com/events/1398520267585395
Doctor Who is entering its 60th year. Does your knowledge expand all the way to ‘Gallifrey’? Grab your friends and ‘fam’ for a night of ‘mindbending’ fun. The Rubber Chicken boasts 12 tap beers, a wide wine selection and enough spirits to kill an ‘Abzorbalovian’. Restaurant opens at 5pm and the first question drops at 7.30pm. Winners take home drink prizes, comedy show tickets and even a stand-up comedy course ticket worth $660.
What a month it’s been… we’ve had Jodie’s farewell in The Power of the Doctor, the news that the show will move to Disney+ next year (great potential but a sad loss for the ABC), a Guinness World Record for William Russell, and the announcement of Millie Gibson as new companion Ruby Sunday.
Just yesterday we had birthday messages from David Tennant and Catherine Tate, new art of Tennant and all the Doctors, a reveal of a special new logo for the 60th, and an announcement from Big Finish of an eight-part adventure released next year featuring the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Doctors.
For members – Sonic Screwdriver issue #49 has been sent out this week, and new membership cards for digital members are on the way now.
Our Christmas party for this year has also been added to the upcoming events – hopefully we’ll see you on December 10 for an extended meeting at The Hub.
The BBC have named Ncuti Gatwa as the next Doctor, taking over from Jodie Whittaker after the Centenary Special later in the year.
The Rwandan-born, Scottish-raised actor is best known for playing Eric Effiong in Netflix’s comedy-drama Sex Education, winning awards for his performance. His casting was announced on social media by returning producer Russell T. Davies prior to the BAFTA Awards, with Ncuti and Russell expressing their excitement in red carpet interviews.
Locally, the story was covered by ABC and Nine News, and even a question on Have You Been Paying Attention?
However it seems this isn’t the end of the story, as further announcements have seen David Tennant and Catherine Tate back on set for the 60th, along with Yasmin Finney as someone called “Rose”…
You can read more in the June issue of Sonic Screwdriver, on its way to members next month.
Please note our April meeting at the Hub will be moved back two weeks to April 23, due to conflicts with other clubs’ meetings around the Easter holiday.
Following our look at William Hartnell’s era, and the recent popular screening of Evil of the Daleks, this meeting will take a look back at Patrick Troughton’s time on the show. We’ll also discuss Legend of the Sea Devils, as well as Christopher Eccleston’s appearance at Supanova Melbourne.
For those free on the 9th, you can find details of a TARDIS Trip to see The Batman and Morbius (with Matt Smith) on our Facebook events page.
