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possessed a relaxed attitude you rarely see in celebrities. We discovered that he finds long pauses between questions awkward and would prefer to sing to fill them. He used his time to talk about what inspired him in his acting, as well as what he’s doing now that his role as TV’s Time Lord is over. (Smith can be seen in the film Lost River , out this month on DVD.) Still spinning from having breathed the same air as those considered Royalty to us Whovians, there was an opportunity to grab autographs from the trio before heading home to revisit their onscreen personas in the comfort of our own living rooms. Come along, Pond.

6 for your enjoyment, enabling you to sit back and hype yourself up for the moment when you’d be in the same room as the stars. Then, the time came. Just after lunch, Karen Gillan and Alex Kingston were introduced to rapturous applause for an hour-long Q&A with fans. Rocking up in their true-blue cork hats, the pair answered questions on everything from their behind- the-scenes interaction and mother-

daughter relationships, to what their favourite outfits were. The onscreen mother and daughter revealed their saddest on-set moment was filming The Angels

Matt Smith

Take Manhattan , when Matt was sitting on a tombstone in a graveyard listening to Close to You by The Carpenters. Typical. Naturally Gillan was also quizzed about her role as Nebula in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy , while Kingston revealed how she had convinced Scottish actor Iain Glen to take the role of Jorah Mormont in Game of Thrones , when he was still unsure. “I’d read the first three books and I said to him, ‘you have to do this,’” she laughed. Then it was time for ‘The Oncoming Storm’ to enter, centre stage. As cool in real life as he is as the Doctor, Matt Smith

O n May 16, the Hub Productions brought us to the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), where we spent the entire day revelling in Doctor Who magnificence. Headlining the national tour were stars of the long-running sci-fi series: Matt Smith (The 11th Doctor), Karen Gillan (Amy Pond), and Alex Kingston (River Song). The day kicked off with the trio making themselves available for photo opportunities, offering fans the chance to get up close and personal with their heroes. If forking out for photos with overwhelmed celebs wasn’t your thing, the Plenary at MCEC offered a run of episodes from Seasons 5 and

Alex Kingston and Karen Gillan

Photos taken by Aleisha Hobson, edited by Mark Jennaway of MJenn Photography

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