Collectormania Glasgow holds a special place in my heart as it was my first ever convention back in 2009. This year was also a first for me as there was no particular guest/s that I was excited about meeting (where were the Trek guests Showmasters?!) I mean the line up was pretty great as far as Glasgow goes (despite a few last-minute cancellations) but not for the shows and movies that I am obsessed with! As I mentioned in a previous post my Babydoll outfit got another outing on the Saturday while Matt went for a slightly different look from his usual and did the paint spattered outfit that David Tennant wore in his role as Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. To say he got some confused looks is a slight under exaggeration! Even people who know Matt well had difficulty recognising him. I was impressed by the two people who got the reference but even more so by some of the suggestions as to who he could have come as “Superman the Decorating Years” was my personal favourite.
A few laps round the (much smaller than usual!) arena and we decided to fuel ourselves with tea for the long day ahead getting some strange looks on the way (Braehead Arena is actually located right in the middle of the Braehead shopping centre!) The other unusual thing about Collectormania Glasgow is that there is a free signer included in the price of your ticket. This years free guest was Ruari Mears who has played various monsters in the new Doctor Who series and also The Sarah Jane Adventures. He was a lovely person to meet taking time to chat and stop to pose for photos with pretty much everyone. That is definitely one of the perks of Glasgow, it is such a smaller show attendee-wise that you get the chance to chat without holding up anyone else in line (there is very rarely a queue of over 10 people for any guest.)
And that was really it for the Saturday, the rest of the day was spent meandering along, stopping for the occasional photo and a chat and gawping at the lovely goodies for sale from the dealers stands which for once I could buy with the only consequence being the reduction in my bank balance. A LOT of people (including about 90% of the guests) asked Matt what his outfit was from and luckily he was prepared with a photo of Mr Tennant on stage on his mobile. I also had the pleasure of meeting Holly McGuire and Kyla Cole (a girl could get a complex around such gorgeous ladies) who both greeted Matt by his name despite the change in outfit.
I believe that there was a party in one of the clubs in Glasgow city centre that evening but to be honest, I was completely wiped. Being a crap girl my feel were sore after a day in heels and I knew I had another day of it on the Sunday so we chilled in the hotel room watching the new Doctor Who and then ventured out for the pizza that I had a been craving since lunchtime.
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On to the Sunday which had been dubbed the day for talks. Matt was back in his usual Ten get up and I had my gorgeous (if I do say so myself) Rose dress on. Despite it being early there were still a few people milling about and it was an experience to watch the doubletakes and hear the whispers of “Is that David Tennant?” as Matt walked past. Once inside we did a quick check of the talk schedule and proceeded as we had the day before with our wanderings.
My feet were extremely thankful when it was time to take a seat in the talk area(two days in heels almost killed me!) First up was Michael Winslow of Police Academy fame in what I can only describe as the most bizarre but funny talk I have ever been to. He seemed to only be capable of answering people’s questions with sound effects, had various props to assist him and at one point chased a woman who was leaving the talk early into the main arena. What those outside the talk area must have thought I dread to think.
On directly afterwards was the lovely Robert Maschio of Scrubs fame who it seemed to spend the whole event hi-fiving everyone. He’d spent the previous evening working on some new ‘material’ for our pleasure and while it was extremely entertaining I would have been covering up my seven year-old nieces ears had she been there. What made Robert’s appearance extra special was that he turned up in his scrubs (showing off his sexy guns perfectly!)
It was then time for more tea and I finally got the chance to meet Brett a long time Twitter buddy who I’d managed to coerce into coming along and re-embracing his geeky side! I lost count of the number of times Matt was stopped and asked to have his picture taken but (and don’t let him know this!) I loved every second of it. Watching a kids face light up with excitement at seeing his favourite doctor and squeaking a thank you as they walked away with a huge grin on their face is quite an experience. One or two people clearly recognised my outfit as being from an episode and asked that I be in the photo as well which was nice but I was more than happy to take the backseat (again, don’t tell him I said that 
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Finally we headed to see John Levene’s talk. Having never seen any classic Doctor Who I knew nothing of him or his character but I had been advised my multiple people that his talk would be worth going to. Mr Levene is a wonderful man, there is no other word to describe him. He is a great public speaker and wonderful with his fans. He answered questions and then treated us to a reading that he had done at Nicholas Courtney’s memorial service about how we all just need to slow down and take time out for those that we love. He loved David Tennant as the doctor and commented on Matt’s look mid sentance before progressing to the story of how he got to meet him. Later when we went to meet him for Matt to get his autograph he gave us some interesting advise on public speaking and love as well as insisting that we take at least two pictures each.
A few more laps of the arena (and one or two geeky purchases) later! It was almost time for the show to close and Matt wanted to say goodbye to the models. He was much more recognisable as The Doctor and Holly wanted a photo with the two of us. I think the phrase ‘a little worse for wear’ is just about accurate and they slipped off not long after to the little girls room. We hung around for a bit but with TooTall walking towards us it was most definitely time to leave. And that, as they say, was that. Well… not quite…
Ever the gentleman Matt decided to see if he could help locate Holly and Kyla on behalf of their photographer as they had a flight to catch and using his male intuition somehow managed to find them at a nearby bar. Before I knew it I was watching a video of Kyla on her phone with Holly while she told me how pretty I was and Matt bought the girls another drink (as if they hadn’t had enough!) as they giggled away. Matt ever the opportunist could hardly believe his luck when Kyla not only asked to wear ‘the’ coat but also for a kiss. There is photographic evidence but for that you’ll have to head on over and Like his Facebook page!
P.S. Almost forgot, the rest of the pictures from the weekend can be found here.
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I then had to drink some horrible white stuff that would help ensure that my bowels were as clean as possible (the less said about that the better!)
