Website Update

Added wallpaper from photos taken at the Entertainment and Media show.  Including Dean Cain, Joss Ackland, Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Robert Englund, Robert Llewellyn and Frank Bruno.

Sasha RIP 1999 - 2012

Yesterday we lost our lovely dog, she'd been a part of our lives for 13 years.  She came to live with us after we found her at Bristol Dogs home when she was about 6 months old.  My first memories of her is when we were at Bristol Dogs home we were shown into a room to meet her and she got so excited that she ran round and round the room at full pelt that never changed as she grew up.  I really can't remember being without her, she was family and will always be remembered as the fun loving loyal companion that she was.  We will miss her so much.

Website Update

Added more wallpaper from the Red Arrows, Breitling Wing Walkers and The Blades Aerobatic Display Team.  A little edited to remove the plane sky background and replace with a nice seascape background.  Hope you like.

Stars of Time

Venue - Helecopter Museum, Weston-Super-Mare            Date 29th July 2012

Arriving just after 10am I had intended to have a quick look around grab a few autographs and then go home for dinner, but ended up returning in the afternoon to watch the Dalek show introduced by 10th Doctor Impersonator Matt Holden, which was well worth returning for.  

Walking round the venue upon my initial arrival we were faced with many wonderful and assorted costumes. I made a beeline for the Dr who table but they (Colin Baker, Sarah Sutton and Frazer Hines) weren't in attendance at that point but there was a nice gentleman handing out postcards of 11th Doctor impersonator Matt Elliot and he also suggested that if we were to see Matt around get him to sign them.  Which sure enough later on I did just that and also noticed him signing quite a few other postcards throughout the time I was there, I think he got a kick out of people asking for his autograph :-)

After having a look round I returned to the Dr Who Table which now had a queue, but even though I had met Colin, Sarah and Frazer all before some people are worth meeting more than once.  I eventually reached as far as Colin and got his autograph the queue then seemed to grind to a halt, the reason being that Frazer seemed engrossed in reading his own book.  So much so that Colin started jokingly to make comments to try and hurry him up.   The person stood in front of us was making the most of the delay he asked Colin if he'd ever return as the doctor, perhaps in the 50th Anniversary episode, to which Colin said a definite No he then went on to point to a picture of him as the Doctor and then to his face he repeated the gesture a few times before saying that he'd made his point, everyone in the queue was in hysterics at this.  Finally getting to Sarah and Frazer, just in time for Sarah to decide she wanted her photo taken with the Cast of Allo Allo (Kim Hartman, Richard Gibson and Sue Hodge).  Frazer then decided he wanted his photo taken too but Colin thought it was a much better idea to stand in front of Frazer again everyone is in stitches (note Frazer holding his book over Colin's shoulder in the second pic). I think that I may well have missed all this if Frazer hadn't been so engrossed in his book therefore delaying the time it took me to get through the queue.  Afterwards Frazer happily posed for a photo with my Mum who also attended the event.

Richard Gibson was lovely, upon asking my name he started jokingly calling me Vendy.  Reminded me of a German lady who I used to work with many years ago, she used to call me Vendy.  Some work colleagues decided to try and teach her to say Wendy, we were all in stitches by the time they eventually succeeded in getting her to say Wendy instead of Vendy.  I asked if I could take his photo and afterwards he said and one more for luck so I got two pics of him with slightly different poses.  I'd definitely go see him again.

Mary Tamm

yet another of the classic Dr Who Companions gone too soon, RIP.

Dundee

Had a great trip to Dundee over the weekend meeting up with Family and a couple of friends were getting married at Baxter Park Pavillion.  Flew to Edinburgh Airport on the Friday and then bus to Dundee.  Weather could have been better on the Saturday, it rained non stop despite taxi drivers telling us that Dundee is supposed to be one of the driest place in Scotland.  I gather Edinburgh was hit by severe flooding that day so am glad we weren't flying back until Sunday.

In Memory

Ernest Borgnine  1917 –  2012
Eric Sykes  1923 – 2012
Andy Griffith  1926 – 2012


Rest in Peace

Just added to more Michael Praed wallpaper. Both photos were taken during visits to the Birmingham NEC in 2003/2004.

Website update

Added 2 new Michael Shanks Wallpaper. Including Michael as a Vampire :-)

http://dreamchaser-uk.com/michaelshanks.html

Website Update

Added six more Wallpapers to the digital art album, refresh page to see changes.

http://dreamchaser-uk.com/digiart.html

Davy Jones RIP :-(

It is with sadness I learn of the death of Davy Jones, he was always one of my favourites.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17214430

Facebook

Added link and Facebook like button in column on the right of the page.  In the process of setting up a Facebook page for the website.

Quick Response Code

Added QR code for website in the column to the right of the page.  Have a really cool FREE QR reader on my phone :-)

Remembering Kev

Kevin Tod Smith (16 March 1963 – 15 February 2002) This year marks the 10th anniversary of his death. Nothings forgotten.

A world that doesn't care

When someone is not able to work 40 hours a week due to health related problems (therefore not entitled to claim Job seekers allowance) but has been deemed "NOT to have a limited capacity for work" where do they turn next?  Very little chance of getting ANY job and no income.  Well done this government it's clever of you to pick on the people that need help the most.  Perhaps you'd care to employ someone who is likely to collapse in a little heap and be sick everywhere.  Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't that in itself mean there is "a LIMITED capacity for work", if not then perhaps you'd care to explain to me the meaning of the word "limited".  Just because you can't immediately see someone's disability does not mean they are not disabled.  Come on people we are supposed to be civilized but we are going back to natures laws "survival of the fittest" and this is supposed to be progress?

Here's a nice blog, worth reading. Diary of a Benefit Scrounger

Website Update

Added Mermaid wallpaper to website created using a combination of Daz studio and Photoshop - http://dreamchaser-uk.com/digiart.html