Wanted to add mine too. It was a birthday present for my 14 year old nephew, and our first event. He was extremely excited by the uk garrison people, couldn't talk at first when he met Shaun Dingwall, who was really really nice, talkative & interested (and my nephew has asbergers syndrome so can go on a bit). We met John Barrowman who was a real star - dealt well with both a 14 year old boy (they discussed guns) and a 28 year old 'oh I fancied you since Going Live' woman (we talked about the Trinny & susannah-bot scene 
) - and was really friendly. No posed pics as he'd hurt his leg, sad but he was lovely. Then we met Jorje Garcia who I think didn't neccessarily 'get' my nephew quite as well as the others but did ask to take a photo of them together as he wanted photos of everyone in costume (he was Freddy). My nephew keeps saying 'Hurley has a photo of ME on his camera!!!' and he was very nice.
) - and was really friendly. No posed pics as he'd hurt his leg, sad but he was lovely. Then we met Jorje Garcia who I think didn't neccessarily 'get' my nephew quite as well as the others but did ask to take a photo of them together as he wanted photos of everyone in costume (he was Freddy). My nephew keeps saying 'Hurley has a photo of ME on his camera!!!' and he was very nice.
Talks - we saw Doctor Who talk, John Barrowman, and Elijah Wood. the Doctor Who one had a slightly dodgy start (they lost some guests?!? not entirely sure). But they tried, and Shaun Dingwall and Eugene in particular (who I thought was okay in the Doctor Who ep but now I think is v v lovely indeed, friendly and also absolutely gorgeous! Will be, um, checking him out. Uh, his acting roles, I mean! 
)The others wer a bit quieter but I think tbh they couldn't answer half the questions as they didn't apply. They did well with what they could though, and the way 'the host (sorry I forget) embarrassed the guy who kept videoing was very cool. John Barrowman was just a star at his talk. Charming and funny and slightly saucy. REvealed a few ideas about Torchwood while managing not to give the game away, very cool. Oh and he'll be back in season three of doctor who - yay!.
Elijah's talk was lovely, he was quite prepared to go with it and flow an not really applicable question into a little anecdote about something related - what I mean is my nephew asked whether he played the computer games in which he was one of the main characters, the like Lord of the Rings games, and he said he had when they first came out but didn't really anymore, and then talked about how awesome it was to be in a game and an action figure and talked about that side to it more than the actual playing computer games side. So yeah, really nice too. He also said about how cool it was to be a computer game character / action figure as he was the type of guy who likes to collect things and now he could collect himself...When asked 'what is the weirdest fan experience you've had' he said that one fan turned up at his house on Christmas Day! He said he turned him away politely but that that was a bit inappropriate. He was asked which was his most embarrassing role and he said that maybe Flipper as he was just young - but then again he got to swim with dolphins so you have to always look on the positive.
)The others wer a bit quieter but I think tbh they couldn't answer half the questions as they didn't apply. They did well with what they could though, and the way 'the host (sorry I forget) embarrassed the guy who kept videoing was very cool. John Barrowman was just a star at his talk. Charming and funny and slightly saucy. REvealed a few ideas about Torchwood while managing not to give the game away, very cool. Oh and he'll be back in season three of doctor who - yay!.Elijah's talk was lovely, he was quite prepared to go with it and flow an not really applicable question into a little anecdote about something related - what I mean is my nephew asked whether he played the computer games in which he was one of the main characters, the like Lord of the Rings games, and he said he had when they first came out but didn't really anymore, and then talked about how awesome it was to be in a game and an action figure and talked about that side to it more than the actual playing computer games side. So yeah, really nice too. He also said about how cool it was to be a computer game character / action figure as he was the type of guy who likes to collect things and now he could collect himself...When asked 'what is the weirdest fan experience you've had' he said that one fan turned up at his house on Christmas Day! He said he turned him away politely but that that was a bit inappropriate. He was asked which was his most embarrassing role and he said that maybe Flipper as he was just young - but then again he got to swim with dolphins so you have to always look on the positive.
He was asked about sport & football (re Green Street) and said he hasn't been following the football really as he really didn't *like* football and he doesn't really do sports. He talked about 'Bobby' and how he was probably more interested in JFK before filming it but that it's basically scenes from the day the Bobby Kennedy died in the hotel, so from different points of view and stuff, it sounded cool. It also talked about Day Zero - a film about some friends from the same town that get drafted and how they deal with that in the week before they leave. He talked about a french film he's done, hang on let me imdb...Paris, j'taime - which sounded really cool, it's a series of shorts all set in Paris, I can't really remember what he said but it sounded good!
Great stalls, friendly stallholders (a doctor who one in particular talked for aaaagggggeees to my nephew about which were the better cybermen) and the stormtroopers were great. Most dressed up people were excellent, certainly all the star wars ones (I met edgejedi, yay), only a few visitors seemed a bit impatient with having their photos taken (I suggest maybe you don''t dress up, that'll stop that quite well!) but on the whole, absolutely wonderful, spent a fortune, my nephew had a day he'll always remember, and it was great.
On the way home, my nephew said it had been 'the best day of my life' - bless!
