Doctor Who related moments from my trip to the International Camp on Comunications and Computers at Telc in the Czech Republic: 1. Before we left my best friend who had previously only watched one episode of who came to stay at my house. With in 5 minutes of me unwrapping my 11th doctor sonic (a birthday present) she was in love with it. I walked back in to the room to find her raising it above her head, pressing the button to make it light up and shouting “I will protect the citizens of sparkleland.” After that, we had a Minnie series 1 Marathon; with in one episode, I’d made a Whovian out of her. She now makes as many references as I do even though she’s many, many series behind. 2. One of our volunteer staff members is a total Whovian. Kev has a front door painted like the door of the TARDIS and knows his who as well or better than I do. He also has a Manchester (Northern) accent; the first time I heard him say ‘fantastic’ I fangirled for about 15 minutes. After I told him he sounded just like the 9th doctor…he said it a lot more often, it was amazing. 3. Some of us contracted a virus and the Czech Doctor recommended bed rest and Bananas. When my friend asked ‘Why Bananas’ …I of course responded “Bananas are a good source of potassium.”. (Am I the only one who’s noticed that all 3 modern doctors have a thing for Bananas?) 4. Still while we were ill, Kev the Whovian did a load of stuff for us and tried to cheer us up. I eventually accused him of doing it just so we would start calling him ‘The Doctor’. 5. As it was an international camp for visually impaired people there were lots of people from other countries there. It turns out that people in Belgium are more familiar with the Audio Plays of Doctor who (The Big Finish Production ones) than the actual show. Sitting at a table listening to a bunch of Belgium lads doing Dalek and Cyberman impressions was quite something. One of them was very disappointed when I accidentally let it slip that Daleks are actually capable of killing Cybermen. 6. On the way back through the airport my friend unintentionally quoted who when she said “I don’t want to go.” She failed to grasp the import of what she’d said and couldn’t understand why Kev and I were having serious feels. There were many others and several other fandom moments but I can’t recall them right now. May post as they come back to me. ~Type40
Posted on: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 16:05:20 +0000
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