Memorabilia 2003

Caroline Munro Steve meets Stella Starr from Star Crash, or should I say Naomi from The Spy Who Loved Me? Golly, I didn’t realise I’d got that fat! Time to lose some weight, fat boy!

Richard Le Parmentier Some saddo (sorry, Colin!) meets Richard Le Parmentier, also known as Admiral Motti from Star Wars. He’s the one that nearly gets choked by Darth Vader near the middle of the film. He was also in Octopussy, the worst of the Bond films according to Le Parmentier, who told us that as an American actor living in England, the call-up to a Bond film was inevitable. He quite enjoyed being pinned down by Octopussy’s female guards in the climactic scenes at the circus tent, however.

The Master and a Cyberman Are they scared of me, or vice versa? Sorry bubs, you don’t scare me!

Dalek and Operator Not all dalek operators can fit inside, it seems.

Fan in Jedi masquerade Not as many people were there in costume as I had imagined. This Obi Wan Kenobi (say it fast, I dare you!) lookalike was present, however, complete with personally machined lightsabre. Sorry bub, but the next film is cast already!

Kate O’Mara Some celebrities even look glamorous when putting sugar into their tea!

Richard Keil and Blanche Ravalec More famously known as Jaws and his bride-to-be Dolly in Moonraker. Kiel is huge. I could live in his shoes. Seriously. Notice the figurine by Kiel’s right hand.

Madeline Smith The nymph from Live And Let Die and The Vampire Lovers shows she has aged very gracefully.

Nicola Bryant The former Doctor Who nymph may be forty now, but she was one of the most naturally attractive celebrities at the event.

Crafted Lightsabres Lightsabre replicas were doing big business. Here is a selection from one of the stalls. Most are custom designs not seen in the films, but in the foreground you can see a replica of Mace Windu’s stylish episode two lightsabre. Only a saddo would know that. So how do I know? Colin told me.

Shirley Eaton — Golden Girl As Shirley signs for a fan, I can’t help but remember with amusement that scene on the hotel balcony at the start of Goldfinger, where Sean Connery very conspicuously looks right down her cleavage!

Sue Holderness The star from Only Fools And Horses signs for a fan.

Next Generation Lookalikes Two lookalikes in uniform meet a dalek. Errr, wrong universe fellas. Notice how incredibly impressive the Picard lookalike is.

Tom Baker and Nicholas Courtney The fourth doctor signs, alongside his mate the Brigadier. Has anyone noticed that when you write Tom Baker without a space, it becomes tombaker, tomb aker, tomb acher? Sorry, that’s his morbid character coming out in me. Notice the jelly babies on the table!

Valerie Leon Still looking pretty good!

Leather clad vampiress I don’t know who she was, or what she was promoting, but if she’d played her cards right, she could have had me!

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