So this weekend was a dream. I got to go to the Doctor Who Festival and play Quidditch in the Southern Cup.

Elissa and I had to get up at 5:30 to get to the Doctor Who festival on time. But as soon as we got there, it was so worth it. First off, we got to listen to Mark Gatiss and Kate, the person who works with creating the monsters!! Mark is hilarious. And it was soooo cool getting to hear about the creatures and to look at some of them!!

After that, we watched a talk on the special effects!!! That was so cool! Then we looked at costumes and the set of Davros’s sick room from the first 2 episodes of Series 9. After that, we went to a talk on how many people it takes to work on a TV show. It was done by the assistant directors of Doctor Who. Which made me SO happy because that is my dream job. I got to talk to the 3rd assistant director, which was awesome. She gave me some great advice. 🙂

After that we got to listen to the writers of Doctor Who, Moffat, and two other writers! It was so awesome. 🙂 And then, the cast. Peter Capaldi (The Doctor), Jenna Louise Coleman (Clara), Ingrid (Osgood), Michelle Gomez (The Master), and Moffat. It was mostly question and answer. It was so amazing. And also, Capaldi is my favourite!! He is so cool!! So is Jenna, she is so so nice!! 😀 And Michelle is HILARIOUS!!

Then we went to a workshop with the director of Doctor Who and Sherlock: Douglas Adams. He talked about what it was like to direct. To demonstrate, he decided to do a scene from the Doctor Who episode “Listen.” I got picked to play Clara. It was so freaking awesome. I got to act with using some of the script, and as Clara, under the director of Doctor Who. AND…the sound guys told me I was good. AND…when I got the director’s signature, he told me that I was a good actor. I got told by the director of Doctor Who that I WAS A GOOD ACTOR. I am in heaven. I can’t believe it. Seriously, amazing. :D:D:D:D

We went shopping after that. I got a Doctor Who bag, and tote bag, and I’m pretty sure Elissa and I are the only ones that buy Sherlock mugs from a Doctor Who festival. Then I got some presents. 😉

After that, we got our picture taken on the set of Clara’s “house” when she is asleep as a Zygon. (it happens in her head but looks like her house). It was so neat! Then we looked at prosthetics and I talked to Kate (monster creator) who was soooo cool and freaking nice!! 😀 And one of the other monster creators! He talked to me a bit about how the monsters were made.

That was the end of our day. And it was entirely amazing. Basically, I love movies and this confirmed the fact that I need to work on a film set. Preferably Doctor Who. Which, honestly, the people I talked to there, did not think that was all that far fetched!!! :D:D:D

Sunday, I also had to get up super early to get to the Quidditch pitch. We played our game, and lost. BUT we played a Varsity team, which means, we ended up being Oxford Blue (Varsity), which was sooo cool! 😀 The Oxford Radcliffe Chimeras (the other team, we are the Quidlings), ended up winning the Southern Cup. Which was so freaking awesome! I made a few friends and it was soooo cool to see Quidditch played by really great teams!! :D:D:D Also, fun fact, Oxford was the first Uni with a Quidditch team!

In case you couldn’t tell by my bad grammar and excitedness, this was an amazing weekend. I’m exhausted, but so freaking happy. I can’t believe my life right now. 😀