 I'm kicking off today's episode on a bit of a somber note. A cosplayer by the name of Matty Moore, or a ditzy rose on Twitter, has unfortunately passed away. He was rushed into emergency surgery, he was in hospital for insomnia and anxiety reasons, and the more I scrolled, it was horrific. I didn't know Matty personally, or even professionally. I didn't know about his cosplay until the news came out. But seeing so many other cosplayers and creators singing his praises when the news came out saying, oh my god, I knew him and he was amazing, and such a lovely person, it just made it all the more heartbreaking. Again, I didn't know him, but from what I have heard about him, it's exactly what the community show is about. Amazing people in this community, so there's not much I know what to do here. There's not much that can be done, unfortunately, but this episode is dedicated to Matty Moore. On with the show. Hello, and welcome to episode 12 of the community show. We are at the second to last episode. I know there's only two episodes left. Why must life be so cruel? But sadness aside, let's catch up. Firstly, I know who I'm interviewing. It is the lovely Conor Atkins, the artist who you might recognise from certain Phantom films events, and pieces like... Where did I put it? Well, I did have his McCoy piece. I think I've stored it somewhere. We've had this booked in for about two months, so it's good to finally get round to it. It's a shame it's not in person, but what can you do? Next, I met up with the fabulous Katie Haynes. So that was fun. She was in London for a good few weeks. She messaged me asking if we wanted to meet up, and yes, me and Abby Louise, aka Abby of Truck, and headed up, took some pictures, did a funny video or two. Most of them are on their TikToks, as I don't do a lot of TikToks. We spent a solid like six hours together. It was busy, but it was really fun. Katie is an absolute delight, as is her boyfriend. And yeah, terrific. If you don't already follow Katie on social medias and stuff, go seek her out, because it's absolute delight. And yes, of course, I cosplayed up. She cosplayed up. I had to cosplay up. It was... Come on now. Speaking of that Katie Haynes trip, I offhandedly mentioned that I would love to go to the Who Shop one day, which is sort of not central London, but it's in London. And Katie and her boyfriend happened to already have been there and spoken extensively with the owners, and so, as soon as I said that, they were like, okay, we're going there. And I said, ah, okay. So we went there, and it was amazing. I bought the Abby Shot celery pin for my Peter Davidson, which I've been wanting to get for ages now, so I finally have that. And now I can run twice as fast, because I have a fake bit of celery that cost me far too much. The strange choices I've made because of this dubbed show. Mustache. And because Katie's just so nice, she actually bought me a ticket to the museum behind the shop where they store a bunch of original, originally used in the show, costumes and props. And oh my God, dude, the owners were so kind in giving us a tour. I don't know how many we pay for it, but oh my God, thank you, Katie, for that. That was an incredible... And if you haven't been to the Who Shop, please go. Here's the address. Here's the online... And there's also a link to the online store below. Check them out. It's absolutely incredible. They've been going for like 40 years, and they still have a shop front. Katie also happened to do an advert for the Who Shop, so I've emailed asking if they want to, you know, you know, they want to do something with us, you know what I'm saying? You know? And then before we get onto the show, the Whovians Choice Awards is something I am doing. If you didn't see the video I put out last week, I'm very excited for it. The link to that is also at the top of the description. Essentially it's voting for your favourite audio production, fan film, or what have you, actor, actress, artist, cosplayers, from this year. So if you want to get involved, if you have people you want to nominate, do that. Follow the link below. And without further ado, let's go on to episode 12. Oh, this is going to be a deep and introspective one. No, it's not. It's business as usual, just in a new coat. We are kicking off the fan film segment with something I don't often get to see. A fifth doctor fan film. I don't see a lot of fifth doctor fan films. I like seeing new things. This one is a Halloween special, so I'm a couple weeks late, but that's okay. It is called The Entity of Halloween by Nicky Boy Crow and here's a little clip. And finally in the fan film section, I know it's sad to see just two in the fan film segment. Sorry, I nearly broke my light trying to lean on it casually. Procession by the ever-talented 3D Doctor Who. Is there nothing he can't do? Probably Cybermen. I challenge you. But I mean, his talent speaks for itself. I'm not going to show a clip for this one though, because the visuals are enough here. Moving on, you've got to check it out yourself. Next! Audio. What are they doing? Those cheeky audios. What do they think they are? Big finish? That's terrible. You don't have official license? Go to prison. Firstly, there's a Torchwood audio series called Day One. Torchwood Season One. Episode One. A lot of ones. This is by Gore Mako and it gets me excited because it's got the Zygons in it. I do like the Zygons, but why were they the sort of main threat in Day of the Doctor? I know they were technically the B-plot, but the fact they were in it as much as they were confuses me. But yes, go and check this out. Give it a listen. Here's a little. Peter and Lydia. Next, there is The Candy Factory by Gore Mak again. How did I miss that? Well, either way, this is a Doctor Who thing, not a Torchwood thing, so you get this one. Nearly broke my glasses doing that. Not going to spend too long on this one, because I already shouted you out. Gore Mak, you cheeky cheeky boy. Or girl. Clip. Look, it's coming to the end of a series, man. I'm a tired boy. I've got a lot. I'm very busy. Gore Mak, it is good, though, from what I hear. I haven't listened to the whole of this one, but it sounds pretty good. Here's a clip. It's magnificent. Who can take the sunrise? Sprinkle it with dew. Okay, then. Should we just go to wherever the factory is to keep this little plot moving? Aw, but this is fascinating. What a good song, too. Well, we can always hear it on DVD. Next is something I was quite excited to show to, and I feel like I should be in an impression to talk about it. It's not an audio production per se, but it is a podcast, a brand new podcast. Brought to you by Chris Walker-Thompson, the famous impersonator. He's probably famous. I knew him, so he's probably well known. It is the more than just an impression podcast where he brings on other impressionists and has a nice little chat. And his first guest is the incredible Jonathan Carly, who is doing work for a big finish as the war doctor. And any Doctor Who fan will get super excited at the fact that episode two will have John Colshaw, a very popular Doctor impressionist and generally an impressionist. He did a very good Ricky Gervais once. But yes, go and check this podcast out. It's a great meeting of the minds or really meeting of the vocal cords. They really did, they really did sort of coach you towards before the recording. Which is, as far as I'm aware, is unheard of. Because these stepping stones going from that Zoom chat with Nick Briggs to the audition to that workshop. He was like, thinking at each stage, have I blown it, have I blown it? And then his next bread crumb coming along. I think, okay, that's not bad news. So I'll just go on. And then we went from, a couple of days went past after the workshop. And then they said, we're going to go and record a box set. And finally, friends of the show, Spectral Horizons have a new audio adventure trailer out for The Trion's Mind. The Trion's Mind? I'm not a fifth Doctor fan. Sound the alarm, chuck at an opinion. But jokes and japs aside, Spectral Horizons has made it clear that quality is their passion and anything that's not got good quality in it, it shall be burned alive. Excellent trailer. And definitely worth checking out. And also check out the rest of Spectral Horizons catalogue. It is, we can stop it. I promise you. Stop it. Done. Is he dead? Then? I can assure you it's sound choice. Who's to say you're not twisting everything you say? The Trion's Mind by the oncoming rainbow. That's the audio section done. Let's move on to the next section. Hello, I'm William Hartnell. And welcome to my Minecraft Let's Play. Let's see, William Henry Hartnell. It's my world chosen to be up to this idea, you see. And, well, I think it's rather good. I've got a lot of personality I'd like to get out into the world. Oh, let's please. I'm going to be the next PewDiePie or multiplayer. God, this hasn't got the best computer, so you may have to bear with me as everything lures around me. Oh, no, come on. I've got places to be, you know. Chumbly is to save. Ah, perfect. There we go. This is Bill Hartnell's world. Sure, I see a lot of trees. This is good. I'll be the barren wasteland of Scott, are we eating this? You know, they could have just been a little rocky from there. That's all I'm saying. There, just a few gave me one tip and that's to beat wood. Now, I'm not entirely sure if he was joking, but let's, let's find out. Punch, punch, punch, punch the wood. And, oh, I prefer a bit of spruce myself was, you guess what sir, the cars are damn good, as they say. Well, I've gotten some wood. That's, that's good. Um, sir, let me just span some, some buttons here. So, what does that mean? There's span some, some buttons here. Oh, Oh, who's that handsome chap? I quite like him. Time and time, Lord. I figured out how to time travel more or less. I can figure out a silly little computer game. So, I've got some, okay, so I've got some blanks, a little pond, a little pond. There's no ducks in this pond. Sorry, I think I just had a flash from a future incarnation. Duck. That's all out. Now, Chesterfield also gave me one other bit of advice that is to go straight down. There is no staircase or elevator or lift if you're American or British. So, I just have to dig straight down. We just start here and we'll see how we go. I think Chesterfield was kidding that time. Oh, and Barbara gave me a lovely little bit of advice that is to go into the ocean. Right? And we're going to go in here. Oh, look at some fishes. And the fun thing is there's a video game. If you don't have to breathe, you can just be under here for really forever. And whereas there is no problem, there's a little fish. Oh, that is adorable. Oh, I'm going to sweeten this. No, no, no. What's happening? I'm losing some hearts. If I go deeper, deep up at, no, oh goodness. Oh, no. No. Andy Druze. I've known about Andy Druze for a while and he happened to do some commissions of these cool battles in time esk cards. And of course I got one of my own. Why wouldn't I? And I love it. I love it. I think I saw his Rory Dobson one first that he did for, you know, the little boy. The dress is like a Dalek. I've interviewed him in the past. He's awesome. So I was like, I want one of those. And so I got one. Love it, Andy Druze. Top of the class. A star. Next, there is Cosmic Shine. And I have no idea which one to pick from because they're all awesome. If there's a 12th Doctor One, I'll slap it on there because I've scrolled through all of them. You know, sometimes it's easy to find the one that sort of stands above the rest. No, all of yours are too good. So I've just picked a 12th Doctor One, presumably. But I mean, what needs to be said, they're all amazing. Like the comic cover ones incredible blows my mind. And finally, there is the aptly named for the 12th Doctor Episode, Penguin with its ass on fire. Terrific. Send help. I've clearly gone insane. Also known as Tiff, who did this piece with 12 and I love it. Hi. How you doing? I'm perfectly fine. Thank you. Well, it's an absolute pleasure to to meet you really for the second time as we have bumped into each other at a Phantom's event. Yes, definitely. And again, thank you very much for the compliments on my artwork at the time. It goes without saying I can see one of my favourites to the side there. And it's absolutely phenomenal. Phenomenal to detail in it. How did you get started doing art? It kind of started towards the end of my last year of sixth form, which was for the recorders in 2014. I've been studying art really in both due to C and in my A levels. And I really hadn't thought of a particular route that I wanted to go down, really. In April of 2014, 10 planet events, which unfortunately isn't, which was a silent company that is no longer with us, unfortunately, they were holding an event in Barking. And one of the guests they had was Colin Baker. So my mom said to me for the event, Colin, why don't you go ahead and draw a picture of Colin Baker? And because he might like it. Okay. And in about four hours, I did a very quick black and white picture of Colin Baker, which I've got right here, actually. Convenient. Which is this one? Oh, yeah, just a very quick, just sort of smacking it out. Yeah, four hours, Bosch. It was four hours. I timed it. I've been doing that sort of thing from then on. And to further expand on what on on this type of artwork as to why I do what I do for the record, before I go into go ahead and say anything that anything that might offend anyone. I absolutely respect any and all type form types of our but this is just from my personal perspective. I remember watching a you know, those time lapse videos where you see speed runs of where you started a picture and what the final product would end up looking like. I saw that and there was a gentleman, I can't remember what the name of the channel is, but he used multiple tools he did. So it was watercolor, pencil, oil paint, airbrush, all sorts of stuff like that. And what he came up with this absolutely beautiful picture, believe it or not, I believe it was just a Nutella believe it or not. And I saw that. I thought to myself, I love what he's doing. But is it not possible to draw that just draw something like that, but just by using one medium, I resolved myself to thinking, yes, I'm pretty sure you can. And so I've essentially done this primarily out of where I started from in terms of what under circumstances, me going to meet Colin Baker, but also out of partly out of stubbornness really. You've set yourself a challenge. Yeah, I've been adamant of sticking to my own one set of tools, which for the record, it's all in pencil for those watching. How many pencils do you own? Because the amount of different shades and different colors you'd need for just that piece alone. My main set of tools right here. So for the record for what I use, it's Derwent, well, they're called fine art pencils. On the sides of them, they actually say, if I just pull this up to the camera, so it says Derwent color soft. It's like show and tell. I've seen pretty much all of your pieces at this point. And, you know, I see the Madame de Pompadour and Colin Baker specifically. And I have to wonder, what's been the trickiest so far? Because they're, my goodness. Okay, I've got three. Madame de Pompadour was hard because of the detail in that dress. That was so tricky. And the other two are Peter Capaldi, one of monsters being the foretold and the Fisher King. The thing is that I just like setting myself a challenge, really. Here's a sort of more random question, because I mean, I'm one of those people that tried art. You know, I did it for a good while and then I sort of tape it out. And one thing I always struggled with was not necessarily the clothes or sort of the body. It was always the face. Would you say that's sort of a common hurdle? Honestly, because I take my stuff to conventions and I sell them, I want it to look like the person I intended to look like. So I get that. Again, I just really want to get people's faces correct down correctly. So it's just a case of looking at the, because I've got the image in front of me I have and I'm looking back and forth constantly thinking, maybe I just need to adjust that a little bit just to get it right. Maybe rub that back a little bit. I've got two good rules I should mention regarding my artwork. The harder something is, the more likely I am to enjoy myself. And no matter the circumstance, whoever your favourite character is, they are going to be the hardest in regards to the work. Circling back to the fandom events, for example, how did you get started doing conventions and selling your artwork? I didn't start going to conventions until 2013. I just started drawing and just A4 pictures of each person I was going to meet really when I went to events, as was shown in that book I just pulled up. Eventually, I did catch the eyes of the 10th Planet company and just said, just have something a bit different. At one point, they put my artwork out for fans to get signed in front of the desks. I wasn't being paid for it, but at the time I really didn't mind really. Eventually, 10th Planet closes doors to doing signings. They've still got an online shop for the record. I eventually ventured over to Phantom, who again, chatted to Dex and Paul by the way, who are the owners of Phantom events. I first of all started going to the signings and I started catching the crew's attention really with my artwork and also another item which I typically get signed at the events. Eventually, my mum came along with me. She became part of the crew. It took a bit of convincing to get me to do something because I was a bit skeptical about a couple of things such as copyrighting or not, but I did eventually have my first stall in Pandorica of 2019. August signing, if I remember rightly, and a fan had come up to me because I was on the front table, not selling my prints but I was selling pictures for the signing. He said to me, when are you going to draw a picture of Douglas Campbell as the doctor? I said to him, if I'm going to draw Douglas Campbell, I'd rather draw him as a director with all the stories that he's responsible for directing. After he left, it just so happened that Dex was sat next to me when that happened. So Dex then said to me, how long does it take you to generally draw something? I said, it entirely depends on what I've got to draw. He said to me, do you want to draw the new front cover for the re-release of Douglas Campbell's biography? So naturally, I said yes. Well, you would. Douglas Campbell is my favourite director of Doctor Who, so... I mean, that's got to feel, you've got to feel pretty proud about that. I was on a high in 2020. I was absolutely enjoying myself in that year. Speaking of your fabulous artwork, perhaps a more standard question, but do you have a favourite so far that you've done? I refuse to answer that question and I'll explain why. Imagine, right, if you had three or more children and I were to line them up on a wall in front of you and I were to tell you could you do your favourite form and they were listening very carefully. Could you answer that question? Yeah, I think I completely understand your point. So you're considering your artwork, your children, you rest them down into the cot every night, give them a little kiss. Finally, if people were wanting to find your artwork around, if they wanted a piece for yourself, I've said multiple occasions as soon as I get the money that I want that heaven sent one. Where would people go to look? At the moment, I'm only selling events at the moment. This is unfortunately a small issue with these that I'm going to use the Doctor Who story as an example, which is Nicola Tesla's Night of Terrorist. Tesla was a genius, but he wasn't a businessman like Thomas Edison was, so he was more in it for the science than he was in for the money. So at the moment, I'm only doing events at the moment. I'm not tweeting this out here or anything, but I'm only planning on doing four events next year. If you want to get a piece of artwork off of me, the events you would be best to catch me at are Benford Hoocon, Hooverville, Utopia, and Pandorica. You're going to hate me here, but I'm cutting this interview quite short. But if you want to hear a brilliant story about Tom Baker asking for his address, as well as Colin Baker being his professional hype man, go check out the full interview. Trust me, it is hilarious. Thank you so much for coming on the show, Connor. It's been an absolute pleasure chatting away to you. It was well, Jack. And again, for the record, this is being recorded after Pandorica 2021, and you've already tweeted out your poll for best actor or drama. I'm not voting because technically I am eligible for one of them. I am, so I'm going to keep myself out of that. But yeah, good luck to all of the Doctor Who community. Very well done for the year. You've made 2021 a much more bearable time. Some ideas are good and some ideas are bad. Let's find out which one this is. I am going to take a piece of costume from every single Doctor, one to 13, not more Doctor Roger Martin, sorry. And we're going to see how they look combined. Do you like this shirt, by the way? It's from the Doctor Who poop store. Available now. It's also created by Bo. We all love Bo. The only thing I'm going to add, just as a base, is a shirt. A nice, white shirt because why not? Honestly, do you have a reason why not? Keep it to yourself. I'm going to be so hot after this. So, first one. First Doctor is the best thing he ever wore, the wig. And I have actually a screen accurate. First Doctor wig. Look, it's exactly the one he wore. Number two. Mr. Trouton is his bow tie. A nice, a nice small velcro, dicky bow. I don't know how to tie a bow tie, but then again, does anyone? Already, I can tell this is a good idea. Number three. Mr. Pertwee, I have chosen his red jacket. Oh, I like this jacket. Hello, cosplay. Fresh. I'll leave it undone for now. I have the new James Bond. I have gone for his abby shot, painter's pin lapel. I got this recently. I'll leave it here and I'll save it for the end because I don't know how many layers I'll be wearing. Number five. I've gone for the obvious. His jump part. Here we go. Oh, we're cooking now, boys. Oh, literally. Oh, this is stylish. This is going to be on fashion runway. Number six. Yellow trousers. I should add lines to these. Excuse me a moment. Trousers. Number seven. I've gone for his hat. Why the addition of that just makes it even funnier. How do you do? I'm on my way to croquet balls. Number eight. I've gone for his cravat from the TV movie. I'm already wearing a bow tie. So what I'm going to do is like a frontward tail. No, that's terrible. I mean, you know, Trout noise had stuff sticking out of his pockets. So why don't I have a cravat sticking out of mine? There you go. That's a bit better. That's less like a willy. Number nine. I've chosen. Oh, I've chosen his boots. Oh, I'm gonna have to sit down for this. You know, most people on their days off, you know, on a nice weekend, they relax, maybe they go out. And here's me doing this. You know, sometimes you have to just, you have to wonder your place in the universe and wondering what you're doing to contribute to society. And then you just sort of have to cry. Boots on. Oh, I feel taller. Number 10. I've gone for his tie, his day of the doctor tie. There we go. So I've got cravat this side, tie this side. Excellent. Number 11. We're nearly there. Gone for his braces. So Jack is going to have to come off again. There's one at the back that just doesn't like to stay fastened. Here we go. That's all they've it's a bit skew if that whatever. Oh, yeah. 12 glasses. Oh, yeah. How you doing? And then finally for number 13. It's run out of battery. Oh, wait, the pin. I can't see. Oh, nearly stabbed myself in the finger. Oh, that's fully bent. Oops. Oh, wait, no. Russell T. Davis has cast me as number 14 in the next series. And this is what you've got. Cosplay, cosplay, cosplay, cosplay, cosplay, cosplay. Cosplay. First up is a name I'm not sure how to pronounce. So this will go well. The Talanove 98. That's terrible. It's here. He's a Matt Smith cosplayer who manages to edit himself into the backgrounds. How? What? Seriously? Also look at that hair. Come on now. Come on. It's so good. He happened to pop up on my Instagram feed and he's well worth a follow. Go and follow him. It's amazing. Next is one I can pronounce cosplayer Tiff. She cosplays a smattering of doctors as well as Rose Tyler among others and just seems like she's having an absolute ball with it. And that's the kind of creators I like. The people who are clearly just having fun hellier can relate. Hashtag relatable. And then finally in the cosplay section, sort of a duo because a funny little story happened. Well, I say story, it's it's barely an anecdote. There is a 13th doctor cosplayer here, Ann, as well as a Yasmin Khan cosplayer, Lana. They both followed me at the exact same time and their profile pictures were remarkably similar and I thought that was really funny. And so I messaged both of them being like, oh, do you want to be featured in the community show? And they were like, yeah, by the way, we are we are dating with girlfriends. And I was like, oh, that makes more sense. That's coincidence finding me at the same time. No, they're dating. Okay, it makes perfect sense. But they both look absolutely incredible, makes for quite the duo. Go and give them both a follow. They look wicked. Also, Flux. Hey, at Flux, maybe could you not? Me and Yas were going about the universe having some fun. I was looking for a dog, man. It's no big deal. Coventy's the best boy. I love him. We even had a nice bedspread laid out. Don't ask me why. It's my personal business. But then all of a sudden this fart came out of nowhere and started ruining my day and ruining the time stream, ruining space. And then I'm looking into mirrors and I've seen a completely different person. Then there's this bloody swan guy. What the hell is going on there? I've only watched up to episode two as this goes out, as I'm filming this rather. I wasn't too big on the episode one, mainly because it's a lot of setup. It doesn't really work. Offensive plane. Doesn't really work with the, without the context of the rest, in my opinion. Episode two slapped. War of the Sontarans. More Sontarans, please. It was so good. Also, I didn't like Dan at first, but with the double act of him and Carven Easter, I love him in War and War. He's just a lovable dumbass, isn't he? What's the point in being alive? Love you, John Bishop. You strange man. I can't see without the sunglasses now. There we go. I'm blind. But yes, Ann and Lana. Excellent duo cosplayers. Moving on to the next thing. I hate to see you go, but I love to watch you leave. We are at the end of episode 12, and I look very white. My God, I should turn the exposure down. Is that better? I'm just going to assume that's better. Other promotions. Firstly, I don't know whether to count this, but I thought it looked cool. Inside of Blackpool posted this of their light-up Dalek and TARDIS display. And yeah, if you're in Blackpool, go check this out. I think my mum and my sister actually went and had a look, and they made me very jealous. Then there is Mr TARDIS doing a charity live stream on November 23rd from, I believe it is, 9am to 9pm. So a good old 12 hours. He has dubbed it the 1963 live stream, and he has a lot of exciting stuff planned, and I know he's going to be bringing guests on. I have asked him if I, if he wants me, haven't heard back yet. He must hate me. It is for the film and TV charity, which I know is near and dear to his heart as he's in the industry, and he's obviously a big fan of the industry. He reviews stuff. One doesn't really exist without the other. So go to his channel on the 23rd of November and make sure you do your bit and give some money to the charity. I know I will be. I don't know how much yet. Depends. I mean, it's Christmas time. I'm spending a lot of money, but I know I always make time and money for charity, as should you. So do the thing. Next is Who Game Shows. I've shouted out a couple of times before, and they've given me an exclusive trailer to show off. So why the hell am I talking? Cut to that. This Christmas on Who Game Shows. Daft Punk hosts as money flies. The weakest link. It disconnects. Is that better? Your USB, nor your arms. Who wants to be a millionaire? In an epic two parter. Over 400 pounds one. Who will reign victorious? Not 100% sure. Find out this Christmas on Who Game Shows when good men go to war. I love it when I get exclusives. It's big for the ego. And that little bit at the end, a Jack Reaves exclusive. Hilarious. Finally, on the theme of charity, for Mr. TARDIS, there is a charity book. I shouldn't talk much about it. I'll just show you a few of the preview pages that I was sent. It is called Tales of Time, and it looks like it's going to be absolutely terrific. I will certainly be buying one myself. Thank you to the guy who sent it my way. I always try to make time for stuff like this, and yeah, go and check it out. And with that, that ends episode 12. We've only got one episode to go of the year. It's going to be an exciting time. I'll see you in episode 13. Bye-bye. Get to click below and subscribe to the official Jack Reaves YouTube channel.