You Know You're a Whovian When...

[AvatarIII]

that'd be cool, i dunno how to make then remove controlled checky though. we'd just do it the traditional way, i'm keeping the prototype build for myself and it'll be dalek supreme black though.

[Coco Pops]

I think I was just musing about how fun that would be on Halloween night
to see jet black Daleks trolling down the street for trick or treet hehe.

[Coco Pops]

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Behind The Sofa

[Trek_Girl42]

that gives me an idea for a Whovian Huanted House.... Daleks and cybermen lining the walkway to the TARDIS which actully opens up to the garage... the garage itself filled with some of the scarier creatures the Doctor has run into... throw in some Torchwood stuff....

Wow.....I didn't think England had Halloween. Is it a more recent adoption, or am I just completely confused?

I always presumed Bonfire Night was your alternative.

[Lilith]

i'm stateside.... it's still viable... i mean mummies, werewolves, vampires... perhaps a slitheen or two... the master, Jack, and mayba a weevil... it could work.... now if only had the money to front it all....

[Trek_Girl42]

i'm stateside.... it's still viable... i mean mummies, werewolves, vampires... perhaps a slitheen or two... the master, Jack, and mayba a weevil... it could work.... now if only had the money to front it all....

*headdesk* I knew that! I swear! I should have quoted AvatarIII.

[Lilith]

lol... i do believe they still celebrate All Hallows Eve in some areas of Europe... after all the holiday originally became popular thru Germanic Gothe Christianity....

[AvatarIII]

we do celebrate hallowe'en just not to any great degree, shop all become hallowe'en themed, they show scary movies on TV, pumpkin carving has been the main thing, i've done that every year since i was a kid, over parts of the UK, depending on the council, trick or treating is illegal, guy fawkes night is just about bonfires and fireworks these days though.

[Lilith]

ah yes, but a Whovian themed Huanted House could still enerae some revenue, correct? i mean, it's more likely to be a huge success for you v being a huge success for me... sure we have plenty of fans state side, but we're pretty far spread

[AvatarIII]

i guess, but i don't think anyone would pay for it,

[Lilith]

ah well... maybe not the first year, but after a while you get into it, expand on it... eventually you'll catch someone's eye.... anyways it's all just speculation....

[Mr Prophet]

You couldn't charge for it though; not without a license. Even the BBC can't use Daleks without the permission of the Terry Nation estate.

[BruTak]

Wow.....I didn't think England had Halloween. Is it a more recent adoption, or am I just completely confused?

I always presumed Bonfire Night was your alternative.

By that I'll assume you mean the UK...

Dunno about Wales, or Ireland, or *spit* Egland, but up here in Scotland Halloween has been celebrated for as long as I (and indeed my folks) can remember. But I'd say that the whole Trick or Treat business is a more recent import from the US.

[ecchi]

that gives me an idea for a Whovian Huanted House....

Back in, I think, the 1980s, there was a Alien type of haunted house in London based on the Sigourney Weaver movie. You entered a basement room with several large packing cases with someone in marine uniform. The marine told you that these were the crates the aliens were brought back to earth in, and that if you waited here a guide would be with you soon to show you round, then the marine left. After about a minute sirens started wailing and red emergency lights came on. Then the marine returned with a big gun and said "The aliens have escaped the containment room, the only way out is through the complex. Please follow me, do not get between me and an alien, because if necessary for the good of the group, I will shoot through you." You were then led through the complex by the marine, with aliens (both anamatronic and actors in costume) all over the place.

Not only was it great fun, it was very effective. There were a couple of teenagers in the group I was with, they started out with a "this is stupid, but may be fun in an ironic way" attitude, but were soon caught up in it. And near the end, you get in a "shuttle back to earth", just as the door is closing the lights go out and you just see an alien entering the shuttle. I was sitting next to one of these teenagers, and the alien costume brushed against his leg. He screamed and jumped on my lap in fear. Then when the marine asked if anyone saw anything (it was still pitch dark) he yelled in panic "Yes, for f*** sake shoot it."

But the real embarrassing part was when the shuttle landed, the marine pointed along a narrow badly lit corridor and said "The exit door is at the end of that corridor, run for your lives, don't turn round, don't look back, just run and keep running." You ran along the corridor, crashed through the door, and kept on running. Then you realised that you were out of the "haunted house", and back in the West End shopping centre, and people were staring at you as though you were mad.

[ecchi]

By that I'll assume you mean the UK...

Dunno about Wales, or Ireland, or *spit* Egland, but up here in Scotland Halloween has been celebrated for as long as I (and indeed my folks) can remember. But I'd say that the whole Trick or Treat business is a more recent import from the US.

Not only in Scotland, it is the same on the civilised side of Hadrians wall too.