Guests of Honour
DR. ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG
Dr. Arnold T. Blumberg is the “Doctor of the Dead” and "The MCU guru" -- a world-renowned zombie expert and authority on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He spent 15 years in the comic book industry as writer and Editor of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and curated a pop culture museum for five years.
He’s the owner of ATB Publishing, home of Doctor Who essay collections Outside In and Outside In 2, and writer of licensed Doctor Who stories “Stolen Days” in Short Trips: How the Doctor Changed My Life and “Mardi Gras Massacre” in Short Trips: Indefinable Magic. He regularly lectures on zombies, Jewish comic creators, superhero history, and other pop culture topics.
JOHN LEESON
John Leeson is best known in the Doctor Who universe as the voice of K9, the Doctor’s robotic dog companion.
John voiced K9 from 1977-2010 on Doctor Who, K9 and Company, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and K9. He has also voiced the character for Big Finish and BBV Productions.
ROBERT SMITH?
Robert Smith? is the author of Bookwyrm (ATB Publishing), Who is the Doctor, Who's 50 and The Doctors Are In (ECW Press), guides to the wonderful world of Doctor Who. He's also the editor extraordinaire of the Outside In series of pop-culture reviews with a twist (ATB Publishing), covering Doctor Who, Star Trek, Buffy, Angel and Firefly. In his day job, he's a professor of mathematics and a world leading expert on zombies. Really.
Featured Guests
T. AARON CISCO
T. Aaron Cisco is a Contemporary Afrofuturism author, television producer, and contributing writer for TwinCitiesGeek.com, focusing on television, race, and culture. His accolades include two Emmy Awards and the 2018 Society of Professional Journalists Page One Award for Best Online Arts Criticism/Review. His work includes DinnerTime airing on Amazon Prime, along with the novels Teleportality, Dragon Variation, The Preternaturalist, Shadow of the Valley, and Big Ass Aliens. His latest book, Black Nerd Blue Box, is an autobiographical retrospective described as the "wibbly wobbly memoirs of a lonely Whovian."
TC TREK TRIVIA
For the past three years, The TC Trek Trivia crew has produced Wibbly Wobbly Wednesdays, the ONLY pub trivia in the state dedicated exclusively to Doctor Who!!! Every fourth Wednesday of the month, Whovians from all over the Twin Cities converge on the Driftwood Char Bar, for a night of food, fun, and a whole lot of WHO!!! Every edition is all ages, has no cover, and there are prizes for the first- and last- place team/player.
For more info check out tctrek.com/whotrivia.