List of Conventions in the United States
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date | city | state | venue | name | guests | notes |
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Dec. 1, 1979 | Los Angeles | California | Terrance Dicks, Tom Baker, Graham Williams | Baker and Williams showed up unexpectedly; the studio sessions for Shada had just been cancelled and they had nothing else to do that weekend | ||
Mar. 1-2, 1980 | Los Angeles | California | Hyatt Regency | Ian Marter, Elisabeth Sladen | ||
Aug. 14-16, 1981 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Camelot Hotel | Panopticon West | Guests are only there on the 16th. Videos shown include The Edge of Destruction, The Rescue, An Unearthly Child 1 | |
Sept. 7-8, 1981 | Chicago | Illinois | Creation | Peter Davison | ||
early 1982 | Florida | John Nathan-Turner | ||||
July 16-18, 1982 | Chicago | Illinois | Americana Congress | Panopticon West II | John Nathan-Turner, Sarah Sutton, |
3,000 attendees, Nathan-Turner announced pre-sale of three seasons of Peter Davison, Once Upon a Time Lord was filmed, Season 19 shown in video room |
Aug 23, 1982 | New Orleans | Louisiana | Terrance Dicks | Dicks was woken by a telephone call from script editor Eric Saward asking him to write The Five Doctors | ||
Sept. 1982 | Denver | Colorado | John Nathan-Turner | |||
Feb. 4-6, 1983 | Tampa | Florida | Omnicon IV | Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen | ||
May 27-30, 1983 | California | Tom Baker | ||||
June?, 1983 | Columbus | Ohio | Panopticon West III | John Nathan-Turner, Anthony Ainley, Fiona Cumming, Ian Fraser | ||
1983 | Chicago | Illinois | John Nathan-Turner | |||
1983 | New York | New York | Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen | |||
July 16-17, 1983 | Chicago (Rosemont) | Illinois | Sheraton O'Hare | Tom Baker | ||
Aug. 12-14, 1983 | Chicago (Rosemont) | Illinois | Ramada O'Hare | 20th Anniversary Con (ComicCon) | Peter Davison, Ian Marter, Janet Fielding, John Nathan-Turner, Nicholas Courtney | |
Oct. 1-3, 1983 | Chicago | Illinois | Hotel Continental | Tom Baker, Louise Jameson | ||
Nov. 19-20, 1983 | Boston | Massachusetts | Boston Sheraton | |||
1983 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | ||||
Nov. 26-27, 1983 | Chicago (Rosemont) | Illinois | Hyatt Regency O'Hare | Ultimate Celebration | ||
Feb. 3-5, 1984 | Miami | Florida | Miami Marriott on Biscayne Bay | Omnicon V | John Nathan-Turner, Colin Baker (1st con), Nicola Bryant, Anthony Ainley, Nicholas Courtney | |
June 15-17, 1984 | Columbus | Ohio | Quality Inn | Panopticon West IV | ||
June 16-17, 1984 | Arlington | (Washington, DC) | Hyatt Regency Crystal City | Creation | Sarah Sutton | |
July 6-8, 1984 | Alabama | Gulf Con | Elisabeth Sladen | |||
July 1984 | St. Louis | Missouri | Gateway Con II | John Nathan-Turner, Anthony Ainley | ||
July 26-28, 1984 | San Jose | California | Timecon | Jon Pertwee | ||
Aug. 3-5, 1984 | San Jose | California | Timecon 84 | Jon Pertwee | ||
Aug. 1984 | New York | Pyramids of Buffalo | John Nathan-Turner | |||
Aug. 1984 | St. Louis | Missouri | Tardiscon | John Nathan-Turner (?), Louise Jameson, John Leeson, Ian Marter | ||
early Nov. 1984 | Buffalo | New York | Whofest | John Nathan-Turner, Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Gary Downie | ||
Nov. 23-25, 1984 | Chicago | Illinois | Hyatt Regency O'Hare | TARDIS 21 (Spirit of Light) | Patrick Troughton (1st con), Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Anthony Ainley, Nicholas Courtney, Nicola Bryant, Janet Fielding, Elisabeth Sladen, |
Report on Entertainment Tonight, Nov. 26, 1984 |
Jan. 1985 | Champaign | Illinois | Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton | |||
Mar. 15-17, 1985 | St. Louis | Missouri | Peter Davison, Sandra Dickinson | DW and Hitch Hikers Guide con | ||
Mar. 22, 1985 | Madison | Wisconsin | Dane County Coliseum | WHA | Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks | |
1985 | Florida | Omnicon | John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie, Nicholas Courtney, Michael Keating (B7) | DW & Blakes 7 con | ||
late Mar. 1985 | Wisconsin | Terrance Dicks, Katy Manning | ||||
Apr. 26-28, 1985 | Austin | Texas | Who-Tex | Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker | ||
June 1985 | Chicago | Illinois | DWFCA | Katy Manning, Terrance Dicks | Inferno and Attack of the Cybermen are shown | |
June 14-16, 1985 | Arizona | Louise Jameson, John Leeson | ||||
June 29-30, 1985 | Tampa | Florida | Hyatt Regency | Mark Strickson (his first east coast con) | ||
July 12-14, 1985 | New Orleans | Louisiana | International Hotel, Canal Street | Panopticon New Orleans | Colin Baker, John Nathan-Turner, Nicholas Courtney | |
July 26-28, 1985 | San Jose | California | Colin Baker, Patrick Troughton | |||
July 27-28, 1985 | New York | Matthew Waterhouse | ||||
Aug. 2-4, 1985 | Tampa | Florida | Sheraton-Tampa Motor Hotel | Tamp Bay Who Fest 1985 | UNIT Reunion:Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Ian Marter, plus John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie | Only 150 attended - nicknamed The Convention of Death; guests didn't get paid |
Aug. 10-11, 1985 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Mark Strickson | |||
Aug. 16-18, 1985 | Clayton or St. Louis | Missouri | Tardiscon 85 | Janet Fielding, Frazer Hines | ||
Sept. 7-8, 1985 | Scranton | Nicholas Courtney | ||||
Oct. 5-6, 1985 | Tampa | Florida | Curtis Hixon Centre | Patrick Troughton, John Nathan-Turner | ||
Oct. 11, 1985 | Rochester | New York | Riverside Convention Center | Colin Baker | ||
Oct. 13, 1985 | Stamford | Connecticut | Colin Baker | |||
Oct. 18-20, 1985 | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Valley Forge Convention Centre | Whoevent 85 | Jon Pertwee, Anthony Ainley, John Levene, Elisabeth Sladen, Lalla Ward, Janet Fielding, Nicola Bryant | |
Nov. 8-10, 1985 | Buffalo | New York | Executive Hotel | Ian Marter; with John Nathan-Tuner, Janet Fielding, Gary Downie? | ||
Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 1985 | Chicago | Illinois | Hyatt Regency | TARDIS 22 (Spirit of Light) | Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Janet Fielding, Louise Jameson, Elisabeth Sladen, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, Terry Walsh, Lalla Ward, John Nathan-Turner, Nicola Bryant, John Levene, Richard Franklin, Anthony Ainley, Paul Darrow (B7), Jacqueline Pearce | Report on WBBM 5:00 News, Nov. 30, 1985. Blakes 7 shown in video room |
Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 1985 | Manhattan | New York | Creation Convention Centre | Terrance Dicks | Did Dicks ever wonder why he wasn't invited to Chicago? | |
late Mar. 1986 | Georgia | Opus | Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Louise Jameson | |||
Apr. 1986 | New Jersey | Patrick Troughton | ||||
Apr. 1986 | New Hampshire | Patrick Troughton | ||||
Apr. 25, 1986 | St. Louis | Missouri | Paradox | Jon Pertwee, Peter Davison | ||
May 2-4, 1986 | Tampa | Florida | Whose 7 | Colin Baker, Michael Keating (B7) | ||
May 2-4, 1986 | Atlanta | Georgia | Sheraton Century Center | Dixie Trek 87 | Peter Davison, John Nathan-Turner | |
May 23-25, 1986 | Austin | Texas | Whotex | Jon Pertwee | ||
May 30-June 1, 1986 | Madison | Wisconsin | Wisconsin Union Theatre | Whovent 86 (Spirit of Light and WHA) | Peter Davison, Lalla Ward, Louise Jameson, Mark Strickson, Sarah Sutton, John Nathan-Turner, Bonnie Langford (1st con?) | Shada shown - was this the infamous con at which the tape of Shada was stolen? |
1986 | Phoenix | Arizona | Peter Davison | Davison visited the city, not sure if he attended a con | ||
July 25-26, 1986 | San Jose | California | Timecon 86 | Tom Baker or Peter Davison | Combined Doctor Who and Star Trek event | |
Aug. 1-3, 1986 | St. Louis | Missouri | Adam's Mark Hotel | Tardiscon '86 | Patrick Troughton, Mark Strickson, John Nathan-Turner, Frazer Hines, Ian Marter, Sarah Sutton, and Janet Fielding? | |
Sept. 20-21, 1986 | Chicago | Illinois | Whoevent | Tom Baker, Colin Baker | ||
Nov. 28-30, 1986 | Chicago | Illinois | Cancelled | |||
Mar. 27-29, 1987 | Columbus | Georgia | Columbus Hilton | Magnum Opus | Patrick Troughton, Louise Jameson, Anthony Ainley | It was during this event that Troughton died |
July 3-5, 1987 | Illinois | Time Festival 87 | John Nathan-Turner, Janet Fielding | |||
July 31-Aug. 2, 1987 | San Diego | California | Timecon | Colin Baker | ||
Feb. 5-7, 1988 | Florida | Omnicon | John Nathan-Turner, Gary Downie | |||
Mar. 18-20, 1988 | Kansas City | Kansas | Time Loop 88 | John Levene, Anthony Ainley, Mark Strickson, Deborah Watling | ||
Mar. 25-27, 1988 | Columbus | Georgia | Magnum Opus III | Colin Baker | ||
Apr. 15-17, 1988 | Stony Brook | New York | I-Con VII | Sylvester McCoy (1st con), Anthony Ainley | ||
May 1988 | Houston | Texas | Doctorcon | |||
May 1, 1988 | Trenton | New Jersey | Relaxicon | Sophie Aldred | ||
May 6-8, 1988 | Seattle | Washington | Anglicon | Terry Nation | ||
May 13-15, 1988 | Atlanta | Georgia | Dixie Trek 88 | Jon Pertwee | ||
July 1-3, 1988 | St. Paul | Minnesota | Time Festival 1988 | Jon Pertwee, Frazer Hines | ||
July 29-31, 1988 | San Jose | California | Timecon 88 | Nicola Bryant | ||
Aug. 12-14, 1988 | St. Louis | Missouri | Tardiscon 88 | Colin Baker, John Leeson | ||
Sept. 1988 | Miami | Florida | Whocruise 88 | |||
Nov. 20-25, 1988 | Miami | Florida | SS Galileo | Silver Anniversary Cruise | Sylvester McCoy, John Nathan-Turner, Frazer Hines | |
late Mar. 1989 | Chicago | Illinois | South Expo Center | Colin Baker | Ron Katz and Colin Baker are interviewed on WTTW, but con was cancelled |
United States Chronology | |
1963-1969 | 1971-1972 | 1973-1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991-2020s | |
Related articles | List of conventions | List of fan clubs | References to the USA in Doctor Who | Doctor Who USA Tour | USA Tour stops | Documentaries and specials | TV Guide | Saturday, March 12, 1988 | First airings by episode | Search by episode title or date | United States by the numbers | Chicago chronology | Time-Life Television |