Who / Torchwood heaven...
... and I wasn't even there!
This actually happened a few weeks back, though I've only just calmed down enough to describe it. I was in the office one Friday morning, and was chatting to one of the IT team (Nick) who lives in the same apartment block as the Who crowd, and indeed next door to John Barrowman. He told me that a curious thing had happened to him the previous evening when he was using the lift to come down from his apartment to the parking bay - the lift doors opened, and there was Elisabeth Sladen! Nick's only a casual fan of Who, but knew enough about Lis to recognise her, and say "I loved you when I was a kid, my overriding memory of you is from the Spiders story when you were standing with a giant spider on your back". Apparently Lis was very friendly and chatty, and they had a brief chat before they parted company.
It was then that Nick realied that there was a "Torchwood" party going on at the St David's Hotel, right next to his apartment building. And EVERYONE was there - all the Torchwood crowd, the Who actors and those from the upcoming Sarah Jane series. And, although it was a private function - guess what? Because many wanted to somke, the party drifted outside into the car park - and everyone - Russell T Davies, Barrowman, Tennant, Eve Myles, Lis Sladen etc etc etc - were happily chatting with ANYONE who happened to be PASSING and signing autogaphs, and posing for photos!!! All this, for a lot of the evening!!!
And where was I? In my apartment, one and a half miles away, completely oblivious and utterly bored.
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
This actually happened a few weeks back, though I've only just calmed down enough to describe it. I was in the office one Friday morning, and was chatting to one of the IT team (Nick) who lives in the same apartment block as the Who crowd, and indeed next door to John Barrowman. He told me that a curious thing had happened to him the previous evening when he was using the lift to come down from his apartment to the parking bay - the lift doors opened, and there was Elisabeth Sladen! Nick's only a casual fan of Who, but knew enough about Lis to recognise her, and say "I loved you when I was a kid, my overriding memory of you is from the Spiders story when you were standing with a giant spider on your back". Apparently Lis was very friendly and chatty, and they had a brief chat before they parted company.
It was then that Nick realied that there was a "Torchwood" party going on at the St David's Hotel, right next to his apartment building. And EVERYONE was there - all the Torchwood crowd, the Who actors and those from the upcoming Sarah Jane series. And, although it was a private function - guess what? Because many wanted to somke, the party drifted outside into the car park - and everyone - Russell T Davies, Barrowman, Tennant, Eve Myles, Lis Sladen etc etc etc - were happily chatting with ANYONE who happened to be PASSING and signing autogaphs, and posing for photos!!! All this, for a lot of the evening!!!
And where was I? In my apartment, one and a half miles away, completely oblivious and utterly bored.
AAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!