Our day started at 8am with breakfast at our Hotel, before we set off for the convention, which started With a great talk by Robbie McNeil, who spent a lot of time answering questions, and telling us about the Jokes he'd played on the main cast of Voyager. After which he left to make a start on his photo section With the fans "and yes I had a ticket!!" Richard Herd, and then Fintan Mckeown followed Robbie with there Talks, but I wasn't paying much attention, instead I was watching "day dreaming over" Robbie from my place In the queue on the balcony. And as if the heat out side wasn't enough it was worse up there "and the Poor guests had to spend most of their time up here" but Robbie was great and never stopped smiling, and Chatting to each person in turn.

As my turn came around he shoot my hand, and I asked how he was holding up under the heat, he said he was fine and how was I? just before someone on stage caught his attention and we spent three or four minutes talking about the entertainer on stage "one of the guests was late" before we got back to taking my photo.

I missed the next group of talks because Pauline and I went to the dealer's room to spend some cash on Sci-fi Collectables, and to find that Teryl Rothery, from Stargate was there among others signing photos that of course you had to buy at £5 - £10 each depending on the photo, but hay its not every day you see or can afford it so why not. and Teryl was great she asked us all kinds of things like where you from? What you up to? and generally just chatted then it busy so we let her get on, so I have no idea what was said in the hall, or how great they where. But thank god for the convention video! We came back to the talks at the start of Alice Krige's talk, which I found interesting, she spoke about what it was like to play the Borg Queen, how they did her costume and make up, and what it was like to see her character killed again! Being a media student, and really in to the special xf side of films, and sci-fi programmes, all the talks where great, especially Alice's and Robbie's.

Kate Mulgrew (first time in the UK) was next on stage with a standing ovation.

"Thank you. Thank you. Sit down you mad people! Thank you. And so quickly you sat down."

Kate's talk was great with her answering a hell of a lot of questions and running way over time, but no one seemed to Mind, some of the more memorable questions and comments where....

"It's been wonderful because I made friends of such quality, such integrity and such endurance to me that it redefined Actually my life. John Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Robbie McNeil - my neighbour whose trailer was right across from mine. Ask me any personal question you like about Robbie McNeil and I will answer it! (Cheers from the ladies in the audience)

and the question we where all really waiting for...

"Do you think Janeway really fancied Chakotay? (Cheers and applause) Kate: This is the all time record of waiting to ask the question, the only question you really want the answer to. Yes, she fancied him, but she fancied something else much more and what was that? (a member of the audience shouts 'Seven' applause and screams) I do fancy Chakotay, but I had to get the crew home. I was married to my job. How dull, but how important. Can you imagine if I'd been sleeping with Chakotay? Red Alert! It wouldn't work would it?"

another of my favourite questions was this one...

"The second question relates back to one of your earlier comments, how anatomically correct is Robbie McNeill's action figure? (laughs and cheers) Kate: I'm so glad she said action figure! I have not carefully studied Robbie's action figure. This is because I have carefully studied Robbie McNeill, and I can assure you that Mr. McNeill is anatomically correct. I hate to reveal things and I'll catch hell if any of those guys are still around here, but you do not know what I endured for you every Friday night for seven years with those boys on the bridge at midnight. I know about their anatomies. I know all too much about their anatomies! They would put me through living hell knowing that it would make me laugh. I had to look at Tim Russ's bare bottom at one o'clock in the morning and Robbie would turn around and put a little something in his suit and turn around and I had to endure that. Where are they, those boys? Get them out here. I want to show these people their individual anatomies and let them judge for themselves."

"I read in a magazine that you said you called Tim Russ most other names but Tim ...give me some of them! Kate: I'm under contract, I can't. I had to call him those names, ladies and gentlemen, I had to. It was the only way to keep him in his place. After the twenty-third spitball on a night without end, I had to put him in his place. I said to him Tim, this is my close up, it's 3:30 am you're off camera, we're going to try this again, if I feel one more spit ball striking my forehead, you're a dead man. Oooooh, dead man, yea! Cameras rolling, action and a spit ball lands on my forehead again. I said that's it, you are dead. He leaves to go home. I said to the wardrobe man here is a $100 bill, I want you to get into Tim Russ's trailer and remove his pants, his shoes, and his underwear and leave only one sock and bring me the keys to his car. The wardrobe man brought the items to me and I kept them with me all weekend. When I walked into my trailer on Monday morning at 4:30 am I wish I had been hung over, but no I was sober, and I was seeing in front of me that which you cannot believe. Fifteen photographs of Tim Russ's bare bottom staring at me and each with a little note like you'll kiss this for the next five years. So you see, Mr. Russ is a man of great erudition and depth. "Tim Russ appears over the balcony and Kate says she has a question for him." Kate: I know you are a very busy man signing autographs. I also know you are anatomically correct. Who put whom through more hell in these seven years? You me or me you? Tim Russ: I believe it was me you!"

Kate's talk was almost certainly the best, but by far the most remembered part of her talk was when she auctioned a signed 'Voyager script' in support of the 'Alzheimer's Association' of which both her mother and my granddad are sufferer's, the final price was just over £5,500!! After her talk Pauline and I called it a day and left to return later for the fancy dress and disco, I would have stayed for all the talks but Pauline isn't a Star Trek fan and had no idea what was being talked about, so I thought it unfair to make her sit through it all, especially as she was great enough to come along in the first place "my first holiday with out parents, and a worried mum who wouldn't let me go alone..." After some much needed rest Pauline and I dressed in world war 2 fashions from the episodes 'Killing Game 1 & 2' and headed back to the convention. We weren't entered in the contest, but had fun watching the others than where. the winners of the contest picked by the guest judges, where third place to 'the borg children', second place to 'Skinner and Scully' and the winner was 'Boogie Fett' (a dancing Boba Fett from Star Wars 4,5,6) We had a few dances before the heat got too much and I got a headache, so we went back to the hotel at 11pm. Saturdays Images

The following images where taken on Saturday at the convention

The Results of the Photo Section

This is the photo that I had taken with Robbie McNeil

and I loved every second of it!!
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