Supanova Brisbane 2016

Had a great afternoon on the first day of Supanova in Brisbane.

Got autographs from Nathan Fillion and Karen Fukuhara (Suicide Squad - Katana).

 Went to the Q&A Session with Natalia Tena (Harry Potter and Game of Thrones) and Ian Bohen (Teen Wolf).

 Then a Q&A with Enver Gjokaj (Dollhouse and Agent Carter) and Nathan Fillion (Firefly and Castle) who had the audience laughing for most of the session.

 Then the opening ceremony for Supanova Brisbane and called it a day.

AMCExpo Sunday Afternoon

Went to the talk by Richard Arnold about The Cage which was the first pilot for Star Trek.

Then a talk by some of the authors attending the event about the options for self publishing. Some don't like e-books and prefer physical books and the options for print on demand that now exist.

Then a talk with Daniel Davis (Professor Moriaty - STNG, The Nanny), Richard Arnold and Michael Bell (Grappler Zorn - STNG Pilot) who talked about their Star Trek Experiences and general acting questions.


Then to the Q&A that  I looking forward to Col. Rick Searfoss who talked about his experience as an astronaut on three shuttle missions and his background. He also talked about being a technical consultant on the films Green Lantern and Oblivion. He is a really interesting speaker.
Decided to call it a day (4:15pm) and caught the train back into Melbourne. Wish Hobart had a passenger rail network. I always enjoy train travel.

AMCExpo Sunday Morning

Just finished at the Q&A session with Malese Jow from The Vampire Diaries and The Flash.

Got autographs from Malese and Lindsey McKeon from Supernatural.

Going to a Star Trek talk at noon about The Cage.

AMCExpo Saturday

Caught the train from Southern Cross Station to the Showgrounds. They run special services for these sort of events.

Went to the first Q&A session of the day with Alona Tal and Lindsey McKeon from Supernatural. Very entertaining session.

Went to collect the first of my autographs from

• Marc McClure
• Sarah Douglas
• Daniel Davis

Then went to the Superman Q&A Session with Sarah Douglas and Marc McClure. Was very interesting and someone asked a question I had considered for Sarah about her work on Space 1999. 

And her work on Superman and working with Marlon Brando.

I was talking to Rick Searfoss at the party and Marc joined the group and talked about his work on Apollo 13 which I hadn't reliased he was in.

He talked a about his work on that.

Went to get the two photo shoots that I had with Alona Tal and Rick Searfoss. He wore his flight suit for the photo shoot. Looking forward to his Q&A Session tomorrow.

Got to the Daniel Davis Q&A a few minutes late and he was talking about his role as Professor Moriaty on Star Trek Next Generation.

He also talked about his work on the The Nanny.

While waiting to get my last autograph from Michael Bell I went shopping for a few things including a signed poster of Agam Darshi from a previous convention and some DVD's for events that I hadn't attended (They were on sale for $5 each).

There was the Apollo Fan Awards ceremony later that evening but it didn't start until 6 and I didn't want feel like waiting so caught the train back to the City.

AMCExpo Friday Night Party

Went to the VIP Party at the AMCExpo  last night. They had it at a different venue than usual.

Got to meet a lot of people including

• Rick Searfoss - Astronaut and Test Pilot.
• Alona Tal - Supernatural, Cult and Veronica Mars
• Daniel Davis - The Nanny and Star Trek Next Generation (Professor Moriaty)
• Dean Haglund - X-Files and Lone Gunmen.
• Michael Bell - Voice Artist
• Sarah Douglas - Superman
• Marc McClure - Superman,Back to the future and Apollo 13

Had a great evening. Left about 9:30 as didn't want to get two tired for Saturday.

Melbourne Ghost Tour

Had booked a ghost tour when I was in Melbourne in January but the company cancelled and I rebooked for this Sunday knowing I would be Melbourne for Supanova.

Quite interesting walking tour of Central Melbourne.

It finished at Melbourne Central Railway Station so I caught the train back to Southern Cross. Most remarkable thing is mobile phones work in the underground stations. I knew they were installing repeaters on the City Loop so phones would work.

Supanova Melbourne Sunday

Nice comfortable train ride to the Showgrounds.

Sunday was all Q&A sessions with guests

• Dawn Wells (Gilligans Island - Mary Ann)
• Manu Bennett (Shannara Chronicles,Spartacus) and Eka Darville (Jessica Jones,Spartacus)
• Burn Gorman (Torchwood) and Naoko Mori (Torchwood) and Gareth David-Lloyd)
• Adrianne Palicki (Supernatural,Agents of Shield)

I decided to call it a day after that as the only remaining Q&A didn't really interest me that much.

Supanova Melbourne Saturday

A nice 10 minute train ride instead of a 30 minute tram ride this morning to get to the showgrounds.

My hotel was 5 minutes walk from Southern Cross Station where the Showgrounds train leaves from.

Had 6 autographs to get during the day from

• Amy Acker (Angel,Dollhouse,Person of Interest)
• Adriane Palicki (Supernatural, Agents of Shield)
• Allison Mack (Smallville, Riese)
• Naoko Mori (Torchwood,Doctor Who)
• Burn Gorman (Torchwood,Forever)
• Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood,Warehouse 13)

Also 5 photo shoots from

• Amy Acker (Dollhouse,Angel,Person of Interest)
• Allison Mack (Smallville,Riese)
• Richard Harmon (Continuum, The 100)
• Adriane Palicki (Supernatural,Agents of Shield)
• Doctor Who/Torchwood Group Photo with
• John Leeson (Voice of K9)
• Naoko Mori (Torchwood,Doctor Who)
• Burn Gorman (Torchwood,Forever)
• Gareth David-Llloyd (Torchwood,Warehouse 13)

And went to these Q&A session

• John Leeson (Doctor Who)
• Gareth David-Lloyd (Torchwood,Warehouse 13)
• Allison Mack (Smallville,Riese)
• Amy Acker (Dollhouse,Angel,Person of Interest)
• Richard Harmon (The 100,Continuum) and Sachin Sahel (The 100)

Caught the train back to the city and got ready for the cocktail party on Saturday Night. The party was overall very good except for some loud music which made conversation harder.

Left the party about 10:30 and walked the short distance back to my hotel.

Supanova Melbourne Friday Opening Night

A short train ride to Flinders Street Station and then caught a tram out to the Showgrounds. They only run trains to the Showgrounds station on the Saturday and Sunday.

Bought the photo token for a Doctor Who/Torchwood group (John Leeson ,Naoko Mori, Burn Gorman and Gareth David-Lloyd).

Went to the opening ceremony which is just a introduction to the guests. After that the Doctor Who/Torchwood guest had a Q&A session.

There wasn't anything else on that evening so I caught a tram back to the city and then a train from Flinders Street to Southern Cross.

Melbourne Supanova

Heading off to Melbourne for Supanova for the weekend. Lots of interesting guests. Just waiting at Hobart Airport as the QANTAS flight is delayed by 30 minutes.

OZTrek 12

Had a great evening friday at the VIP party. The guests

• Gates McFadden (Dr Crusher STNG)
• Connor Trinneer (Enterprise)
• Robert Picardo (ST Voyager/Stargate)

were great to meet.

The Saturday events went smoothly starting with photo shoots with each guest and then the memorabilia auction. I didn't buy anything. All of the items I was interested got far to expensive.

Had lunch with the other VIP ticket holders.

Then on to the Q&A sessions in the afternoon.

First Connor who talked about his career.

Then Robert Picardo entertained us for an hour. He talked about becoming a board member for the Planetary Society.

Gate McFadden was asked a question about David Bowie. She had worked with him a film called Labyrinth as a choreographer.

We then had the chance to get our autographs. As it was a small event they moved us through row by row (I was in the third row).

Had a quick chat with the organiser to say thanks for a great day. I am sure I am going to go Supanova in Melbourne in April as they have some really good guests (Torchwood and Doctor Who).

That was the last activity for the day so walked back to my hotel.

Planning on having a quiet evening after a busy day.

Star Trek

Heading off to Melbourne for OzTrek12 this weekend. Waiting in the QANTAS Club having some coffee while waiting for my flight. The aircraft just landed so I will probably get away on time.