Behind the picture

Our convention made the paper (p3 of Monday's Dominion Post)! However, we were the 28th National Science Fiction Convention, not the 29th. And that's Blair Rhodes, master volunteer, as opposed to Organiser (although his quotes were better than those of the actual organisers).

The photo is better than the usual "photograph the wierd people dressed up in funny costumes". The masquerade was the previous night, and there weren't that many hall costumes around, so they were out of luck there. However, as it happens, for Conspiracy I, there was a photo in the paper of Steve with his remote controlled Dalek, so this one worked really well.

As the paper points out, this Dalek was the most expensive item in the auction. Angela Rosin was the GUFF fan from England, and we asked her to bring Doctor Who items with her. She had about six or seven items, and after seeing what they went for she commented that she should have brought over a lot more! (It's not so much the cost that's the problem, but the postage.)

The two aliens behind Malcolm were from Fusion car audio. I brought them for the con, but would have liked to have gotten them as spondership. And considering that they made the photo (although you can't quite make out the name), we really should have been given money by them!

I also had my photo taken, but obviously wasn't as photogenic. Oh well, at least it wasn't someone in a Star Trek uniform!