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Post by steven g on Feb 19, 2017 21:26:57 GMT
Wow £30 ticket? Plus train journey for me as well would cost about £70/80 for me for just the one day. Well I hope everyone that does go has a good day.
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Post by Jaspal Cheema on Feb 19, 2017 22:00:47 GMT
This event really seems to put it guests in the figurative 'eye of missing episodes storm'.With both Phil Morris and Sue Malden as guests,it really will bring clarity to the whole issue in my opinion. Hopefully, the final nail in the coffin of the omnirumour.
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Post by Ronnie McDevitt on Feb 19, 2017 23:29:25 GMT
I can't believe that anyone would pay - or indeed charge - ten pounds for an autograph!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 0:20:16 GMT
I can't believe that anyone would pay - or indeed charge - ten pounds for an autograph! Now that's a case of expect the expected.
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Post by John Wall on Feb 20, 2017 10:26:57 GMT
Let's have a quick reality check here. This event is some months away and the space may have had to have been booked quite some time in advance. The organisers have to cover the costs of the venue and each guest will be paid - probably several hundred pounds each plus travel costs. The main advantage they've got nowadays is that advertising, thanks to social media, etc is very, very easy - at least one person reading this thread has now booked. I don't know how many attendees they need to break even, that'll depend upon a number of things.
I certainly wouldn't expect any "exclusives" unless by serendipity Phil Morris has just got back from somewhere with a rucksack full of 16mm prints.
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Post by lousingh on Feb 20, 2017 23:03:15 GMT
This event really seems to put it guests in the figurative 'eye of missing episodes storm'.With both Phil Morris and Sue Malden as guests,it really will bring clarity to the whole issue in my opinion. Hopefully, the final nail in the coffin of the omnirumour. Oh, I don't know. I think confirmation with proof to be infinitely preferable. :-)
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Post by John Wall on Feb 20, 2017 23:30:32 GMT
This event really seems to put it guests in the figurative 'eye of missing episodes storm'.With both Phil Morris and Sue Malden as guests,it really will bring clarity to the whole issue in my opinion. Hopefully, the final nail in the coffin of the omnirumour. Oh, I don't know. I think confirmation with proof to be infinitely preferable. :-) It's difficult to prove a negative - no-one can prove that episodes aren't going to turn up.
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Post by lousingh on Feb 20, 2017 23:42:57 GMT
Oh, I don't know. I think confirmation with proof to be infinitely preferable. :-) It's difficult to prove a negative - no-one can prove that episodes aren't going to turn up. Oh, let me be clearer: Confirmation of the OmniRumour with the proof of all the missing episodes is what I was saying was infinitely preferable. (Please, let me have this delusion.)
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Post by Ed Brown on Feb 21, 2017 20:13:17 GMT
No you don't, because this is a non-event. And at $40 a ticket plus transportation, a bloody expensive one! Only the BBC are going to make the type of announcement anyone on this forum would be interested in, but the BBC aren't invited - and aren't going to announce anything 3 months in advance. If the Beeb do have anything to say, they'll call a Press Conference, and give not more than 72 hours notice. This guy Phil is going to smile, be pleasant, bask in the glory of his past accomplishments, pocket his fee, and say nothing. Oh, there'll be the usual denials - especially of the Omni rumour. And maybe some hype. But nothing worth flying 2,000 miles to hear.
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Post by andyeves on Feb 21, 2017 21:30:08 GMT
Not a lot, as we'll get them when we least expect it and this is a most-expect-it event. Just as an aside, a little logical conundrum: Let's say one day Phil says he's going to announce a missing episode find this week (Monday to Friday) at exactly mid-day and it will be unexpected. We reason like this: It can't be Friday, because if we haven't heard anything by Thursday lunchtime we'll all be expecting it on Friday lunchtime so it can't be unexpected. Now that we've ruled out Friday, we can also rule out Thursday by the same logic - i.e. knowing that it can't be Friday, if he hasn't made an announcement by Wednesday lunchtime we'll all be expecting it on Thursday lunchtime so Thursday lunchtime can't be unexpected. Similarly Wednesday and Tuesday, which just leaves Monday, but if Monday is the only day possible then we'll all be expecting it on Monday so that can't be unexpected either. So it's not possible. (and then, of course, he announces it on the Tuesday, and it's totally unexpected) Richard The "unexpected hanging" paradox is a good analogy ... because if I were to meet Phil, I can imagine how the conversation would go. Me: "When are you gonna give us some more DW?" Phil: "When you least expect it" Me: "Well I least-expect it now ... so please hand over what you have" Phil: "But clearly you don't least-expect it now as you're expecting me to hand some over ..." He certainly had it well worked out when he came up with that as his standard answer! Yes, very crafty Phil!
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Post by Andrew Knight on Feb 23, 2017 23:30:50 GMT
No you don't, because this is a non-event. And at $40 a ticket plus transportation, a bloody expensive one! It's not a 'non-event' if Debbie Watling and Peter Purves are there for starters. And saying £30 is 'bloody expensive' is a pretty poor outlook on anyone's finances!
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Post by Paul G on Feb 28, 2017 17:51:12 GMT
I've been to a few 'Fantom' events and I've always found them to be one of the best fan-organised groups out there. If you think £10 for an autograph is steep you should see what they charge at the 'professional' events. However the chances of any ME announcements would be zero
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Post by Ed Brown on Mar 8, 2017 17:30:00 GMT
No you don't, because this is a non-event. And at $40 a ticket plus transportation, a bloody expensive one! It's not a 'non-event' if Debbie Watling and Peter Purves are there for starters. And saying £30 is 'bloody expensive' is a pretty poor outlook on anyone's finances! No, it's only £30 to get in. Coming by train from Birmingham will cost me an additional £100 for a return ticket. But coming from New York would cost something like £500 return airfare. That makes it better value to see Debbie or Peter at a Stateside convention.
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Post by John Wall on Mar 8, 2017 22:50:48 GMT
It's not a 'non-event' if Debbie Watling and Peter Purves are there for starters. And saying £30 is 'bloody expensive' is a pretty poor outlook on anyone's finances! No, it's only £30 to get in. Coming by train from Birmingham will cost me an additional £100 for a return ticket. But coming from New York would cost something like £500 return airfare. That makes it better value to see Debbie or Peter at a Stateside convention. If you book early and choose your trains carefully you should be looking at somewhat less than £100.
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Post by Andrew Knight on Mar 8, 2017 23:11:59 GMT
It's not a 'non-event' if Debbie Watling and Peter Purves are there for starters. And saying £30 is 'bloody expensive' is a pretty poor outlook on anyone's finances! No, it's only £30 to get in. Coming by train from Birmingham will cost me an additional £100 for a return ticket. But coming from New York would cost something like £500 return airfare. That makes it better value to see Debbie or Peter at a Stateside convention. stephenwit1 said: 'I wish I was on the other side of the pond for this event.' not: 'I wish I had the air fare to travel to this event'. And if you're going to dismiss someone else's hard work as a non-event, some form of evident reasoning for that statement might be appreciated by the people reading your post.
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