I went to a couple of Who panels. The Brit track is getting hell from the Con, saying that not enough people watch Who and other Brit series to justify giving them a bigger room as Trek dominates most of the room space. Who panels filled up. There was even a line out into the hallway to get into one. They had people in the room take pics of the filled room with people standing along the walls and the line snaking out the door to email to the Con to get more space in the future. Also, Pro, with you being so close to Atlanta, there's an Atlanta Who fan club called the Atlanta Gallifreyians or somesuch. They're also having a Who/Stargate con call TimeGate that you might want to check out.
Those were the ones I was actually interested in going to. I'm glad that some of the people are taking steps to prove to the Con that Who is becoming relevant again. It amazes me how they assume that Trek will be the automatic draw. As I noted earlier, it was a fact that the Trek guys had lines for autographs. But, the Battlestar and Stargate guys had fucking queues that wrapped and stretched out into the hallway (as did the Harry Potter guys). SG1 pretty much dominated that whole room, with even guys like Frakes and DeLancie just hanging out staring at the crowd on the other side of the room.
Trek is becoming the dinosaur of sci-fi. It's extinction looms very near, sadly. However, it's obvious that people are craving new and different science fiction. Here's to hoping that the Convention will open their eyes to the shifts in what fans are craving.
And by god, they had better get Davison or somebody again. How was the line the year you saw him? Substantial at all?
I had already heard about the Atlanta Gallifreyans. And, I stopped by and talked to the guy about the Timegate con. Sgt. Benton is supposed to be there. That's pretty cool. I don't know if I'll take the time to go, though. Dragon*Con pretty much spoiled me. It's Drunken*Con or nothing for me...
