Whilst we weren’t quite at our attendance record (13), the eighth Auckland pub meet of the year took place on Saturday the 11th of November at the Muddy Farmer with a good turnout of 9 (much better than 6 the month before!).
As usual, there was the five-minute silence after ZEUS PLUG was presented. It’s always interesting to watch how people read it – some have the quick skim saving most for later, Jon P usually jumps straight to the cartoon, and others do the full read through.
Highlights of the night included:
- ZEUS PLUG presenting Paul with his very first spoilers for series 3 (we?re good like that!).
- Farewell to Adam McGechan who leaves the comfort of the snug for the vicious and potentially health-threatening world of UK fandom.
- A different (and possibly libellous) take on ‘companion autograph’ collecting
- Anthony Ainley, god rest his soul, and the decline of the Master over the latter years
- Those behind-the-scenes rumours that never get published
- Reminiscing about the old Traken / WhoCon days (yes, I admit! I did walk out on Pertwee’s Q&A session to watch Keys of Marinus!)
We did however miss out on the much-hyped fat-o-gram that was apparently arriving for the 30th birthday bash on the other side of the bar. Shame.
Hooray! It sounds like a great meeting there (and this is the first I’ve heard anything about it). Nice to know the cartoon gets an attentive Hamilton reception – but did the Ant Ainley conversation spring from that, or from places other thatn Eric Roberts’ rear end?