Dragoncon 2017 Part 3: Sunday, the longest day. Riker, more panels, and Miles asks a question.

Sunday morning started early with a 10:00 am panel with Matt Smith, who played one of the best Doctors on Dr. Who.  Unfortunately, while he was well spoken and fairly enjoyable to listen to, the questions asked were absolutely horrendous.  It seems like there is a direct correlation between crowd size and how bad the questions are.  People all gushed over him, followed by a lame "what was your favorite X?" question.



Battlestar Galactica was up next.  I asked a question to Mr. James Callis.  I wanted to know if his hilarious scenes were due to direction given to him or his own interpretation of the material.  He explained that he was actually told in his audition, when he tried to play a scene in a funny manner that the show was intended to be serious.  In the end, he continued as he did earlier, and provided some comedy relief to break up the seriousness.  It also added depth to his character, as it made him less of a bad guy and more of a complex character.

This was my first time seeing Starbuck, Katee Sackhoff, at a convention.

Star Trek: The Next Generation followed, this time with Jonathan Frakes joining Brent Spiner, gates Mcfadden, Michael Dorn, and Marina Sirtis.  We sat down and Stephanie left for the bathroom.  This proved to be an inopportune time to leave, as Jonathan Frakes decided to wander out into the audience to joke around, and took a seat just a few feet away from us.

As they all walked on stage, they decided to start singing.  I pulled out my camera and caught the end.

The panel talked about some interesting topics, such as how Mrs. Mcfadden didn't feel like she was being paid proportionally to her male costars, which led to her being fired for season two, and then eventually rehired in season three.  She also mentioned that Denise Crosby, Tasha Yar, left for similar reasons.

The next panel was Billie Piper, one of the Doctor's companions on Doctor Who along with a main character in Penny Dreadful.  The audience again gushed, and the questions were awful.



The first Flash panel that we had gone to was missing Danielle Panabaker, Caitlin Snow from the Flash.  Miles was excited to see her, so we went to another panel.  After thinking it over for a while, Miles decided to ask her a question.

There was a charity auction happening nearby, hosted by Christopher Judge, Teal'c, from Stargate SG-1.  It was in memorial of Don S. Davis, who ran the Stargate program in the show.  We stayed for a short time, as not only were the items all Stargate, which I only think is an ok show at best, but what people were paying for the items were absurd.  Four bobble head dolls went for $200.  You couldn't pay me to take a bobble head doll!




It was a long day, but we weren't done yet.  We went to a writing panel with Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Laurell K. Hamilton, Kim Harrison, and Sherrilyn Kenyon.  While I had heard some of their names before, I wanted to go to see Jim Butcher.  The panel discussed how the Urban Fantasy Genre has evolved over the years.

One particular story was interesting, regarding how one of their college teachers gave their story a C, and indicated that she wasn't any good at writing.  The story went on to be included in a book that became a NY Times Bestseller.  She now has sold over 70 million books worldwide.  They also spoke a lot about the writing process and how to make characters relatable to the reader, even in a world with supernatural elements.



I had picked up a streaming membership for $10 from the Dragoncon store.  This allowed me to hook up my laptop to the hotel room television, and stream the yearly Masquerade costume contest.  I picked up a pizza pie from a place just down the block.  It was a long day, but a good one.