Kansas’ Time Eddy Convention Updates!

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Hello, dear readers!

We’ve reported several times on the Time Eddy convention in Wichita, Kansas, simply because the guests and plans set out scream “great success”. With stars like Colin Baker (Sixth Doctor), Nicola Bryant (Peri Brown), and Peter Purves (Steven Taylor), the event has a lot of fans excited, including yours truly.

Speaking of the guests, it was announced on the Time Eddy Facebook page earlier this week that Jo Grant herself, Katy Manning—who was all set to have a Q&A session at the event as well as participate in the improv-acting shenanigans—has landed a key role in a play that starts in the UK late September. However, not all hope is lost! Although it hasn’t been finalized, Kieran Kinsella (showrunner of Time Eddy) and his crew are putting plans together to set it up so that Katy can still interact with the fans via Skype! Kinsella explains this to the fans over Facebook:

“…her Q&A panel at Time Eddy will have to take the form of a Skype interview as she will be unable to be physically present. She is very disappointed to miss out on being here in person and will be providing us with some autographed items to accompany the interview. However, we still have a fantastic line up of other guests who will be here in person all three days.”

In our exclusive interview with Kieran, he told us about the core idea behind Time Eddy:

“I don’t like these mega-cons, where you go and you wait in line for three hours and pay $200 just to get a signed photo of someone who you see for two seconds. Time Eddy’s going to be a bit more old school. There will be a lot of guest interaction with the attendees. For example, we’re going to do a version of Whose Line is it Anyway?. We’re going to do that with attendees, but also some of the guests — Katy Manning — have said that they’re going to participate as well. It’ll kind of give it more interaction with celebrities than you would get at a typical convention.”

Also this week, it was revealed that an additional guest from the classic series will also be attending the convention. Details on that will drop this Friday at 6:00pm CST via the Time Eddy website and Facebook. Kieran Kinsella also has said that Nev Fountain, writer for Big Finish, will be in attendance!

Time Eddy is looking for volunteers! There will be opportunities to get involved with security, registration, administrative roles, set up, and much, much more. Specifics on jobs and schedules will be rolled out over the coming weeks; for now they are just collecting information. If you’re interested, visit the volunteer page for info on what to do next!

Early bird prices for Time Eddy are on until August 31st! To get 15% off tickets, visit Time Eddy on the web!

Will I be seeing you at Time Eddy?  Let me know in the comments!

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