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Greetings Everyone,

We are very excited to say that Registration is now open for our April Hurricane Party. This is event is shaping up to be our biggest and best yet!!

In conjuntion with the Sci Fi Sea Cruise, we are going to see them off in Style… in only the way that the Children of Time can!!!

A joint venture with the Sci-Fi Sea Cruise, we will be seeing them off in style!!
We are very excited to be welcoming our Guest to his first ever Hurricane Who event..

Frazer Hines

Frazer as Jamie McCrimmon in "The Two Doctors"

Frazer played Second Doctor Companion Jamie McCrimmon throughout most of the era and again in the twentieth anniversary special, “The Five Doctors” and alongside Colin Baker in “The Two Doctors.” We are very excited to be welcoming Frazer to Orlando!!

This evening will include all of the fun and excitement that you have come to expect from Hurricane Parties. There is also some very “Special” Programming slated for later in the evening as well.

Registration is $25 for the evening and is available here.

New for this event is the Sponsor Membership. This is an extra donation to the event which will get you a place in the program book.

If you are interested in advertising the the program book, please feel free to contact me at Jarrod@HurricaneWho.com.

More details are forthcoming, so keep checking back for updates.

Matt Smith, The Eleventh Doctor

The BBC has announced the actor who will be playing the role of the Doctor once David Tennant leaves at the end of 2009. 26-year-old Matt Smith will be the youngest actor to have played the role in the history of the show.

Chief Writer Steven Moffat, who was one of those behind Smith’s casting, had the following to say about the actor: ”The Doctor is a very special part, and it takes a very special actor to play him. You need to be old and young at the same time, a boffin and an action hero, a cheeky schoolboy and the wise old man of the universe. As soon as Matt walked through the door, and blew us away with a bold and brand new take on the Time Lord, we knew we had our man.”

Executive producer Piers Wenger stated that: “It was abundantly clear that he had that ‘Doctor-ness’ about him. You are either the Doctor or you are not.”

When asked about bringing the character of The Doctor to life, Smith replied: “I’ve got this wonderful journey in front of me where I’ve got this six months to build this Time Lord – and that’s such an exciting prospect.”

Hurricane Who will be spending an evening in late February looking at the work of Smith, in preparation of his taking on the role of the Doctor. Keep checking back on the site, as there will be an announcement made for this forthcoming event soon.

As we sit less than a week into 2009, I would like to announce another Guest to our lineup for the Convention this October.

Rob Shearman

Rob Shearman is no stranger to the World of Doctor Who. He has written audio dramas for BBV and Big Finish Productions. These dramas include The Holy Terror, Jubilee, and The Chimes of Midnight. All three of these stories won Best Audio Drama in Doctor Who Magazine in the year they were released.

In 2007, Shearman published his first book. Tiny Deaths is a collection of short stories which was awarded the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.

Shearman continues to contribute to the world of Doctor Who. His most recent contribution was to The Story of Martha , released in December 2008.

Rob has been a friend of Hurricane Who for many years, even appearing on Tuddle Talk during its first night. That appearance can be downloaded via the PodCast section of this site. We are delighted to welcome him to Florida for the first of what we hope will be many visits.

With the New Year upon us, we are just 10 short months away from Hurricane Who.  To start the year off right, I would like to announce some new guests for Hurricane Who.

Big Finish Productions has been involved in making new Doctor Who stories for audio for more than 10 years, so we are delighted to be welcoming them to Florida for our first Convention. Writer Simon Guerrier is already scheduled to attend, and we are delighted to have the following individuals joining him.

Jason Haigh-Ellery began Big Finish in 1996. With his co-producers, he has since produced and/or directed over 160 plays, including Big Finish’s Doctor Who range. Starring original cast members from the Classic Series reprising their roles, the dramas have also featured actors from the New Series including David Tennant, Noel Clarke, Sir Derek Jacobi, Mark Gatiss and Nicholas Briggs.  Other series include Stargate, Sapphire and Steel, The Tomorrow People, Professor Bernice Summerfield, Dalek Empire, and Judge Dredd. 

Big Finish will be represented in our Dealers Room by Alien Entertainment. Alien Entertainment also hosts the annual Chicago TARDIS in Illinois every Thanksgiving.

More Guest Information is forthcoming.

A message from Louise Jameson, Actress “Doctor Who” Classic Series

“The charity I would like to support is a bursary fund for dyslexia. The group who use it are called www.thelearningpeople.co.uk and it is a new and BRILLIANT way of treating dyslexia as a form of intelligence the very power of which inhibits learning the way schools are currently run.”

“Once the pupil/client is taught to click out of their dylsexic brain they find learning, reading, writing, organisation, singing, balancing, sense of direction so much easier…but they don’t lose the advantages of being dyslexic…problem solving, having an overall vision, the ability to empathise and so on.”

For more information on dyslexia read The Gift of Dyslexia by Ron Davis.

Louise Jameson, Actress “Doctor Who” Classic Series

www.louisejameson.com

Simon Guerrier, Writer “The Pirate Loop” Big Finish Productions

Simon Guerrier is the author of the Doctor Who novels ‘The Time Travellers’, featuring the First Doctor, and ‘The Pirate Loop’ and ‘The Slitheen Excursion’, featuring the Tenth Doctor. He’s written numerous short stories and 10 audio plays for Big Finish Productions (including the seventh Doctor’s meeting with Oliver Cromwell) as well as an episode of the new Blake’s 7. He’s also the editor of ‘How The Doctor Changed My Life’, a collection of 25 short stories all by first-time authors. He lives in London with a bright wife and a dim cat.

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Rob Shearman, Writer

Rob Shearman is no stranger to the World of Doctor Who. He has written audio dramas for BBV and Big Finish Productions. These dramas include The Holy Terror, Jubilee, and The Chimes of Midnight. All three of these stories won Best Audio Drama in Doctor Who Magazine in the year they were released.

In 2007, Shearman published his first book. Tiny Deaths is a collection of short stories which was awarded the World Fantasy Award for Best Collection. Shearman continues to contribute to the world of Doctor Who. His most recent contribution was to The Story of Martha , released in December 2008.

Rob has been a friend of Hurricane Who for many years, even appearing on Tuddle Talk during its first night. That appearance can be downloaded via the PodCast section of this site. We are delighted to welcome him to Florida for the first of what we hope will be many visits.

Toby Hadoke, Comedian “Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf”

Toby Hadoke is the highly regarded regular compere at XS MALARKEY, the multi-award winning comedy venue. He has also headlined at many comedy venues in the UK and is an accomplished serious actor with experience on television, the stage and even in an opera! He is also one of the few Northern based comics to be regularly chosen as PICK OF THE WEEK in The Guardian comedy listings, and is a frequent broadcaster on BBC radio. His Edinburgh Fringe one man show, Moths Ate My Dr Who Scarf, was a critical and box office success in 2006 and 2007, was released as a CD by BBC Audiobooks (nominated for a Sony award), and hit the West End in 2008. He is an experienced and in demand voice over artist. He won The Les Dawson Award in 2003, and a Chortle Award in 2008.

www.tobyhadoke.com