The "Dr. Who" Connection

Frazer Hines (the actor who played Jamie MacCrimmon, a companion to the second Doctor, on "Dr. Who") sent me these photos this morning—they were taken last summer in Edinburgh (by a nice journalist named Jean Brittain—thanks, Jean!) while I was appearing at the Gathering there. You can't see any of it, alas, but we're on the grounds of Holyrood Palace here, talking with fans who'd come to my reading.

Now, I've known Frazer on paper for years; when my first book was published, I sent him a cou...