What it is: Every year, a bunch of us get together as close to November 23rd as our schedules will allow and hold a Doctor Who marathon. We watch one story from each Doctor, all while indulging in too much pizza, Twinkies, Cherry Pepsi and Jelly Babies.
How we pick 'em: This year, we went with Doctor Who Magazine's rating system of all (at the time) 200 Doctor Who stories. Skipping any stories we've previously watched in Whofest, we went with the highest ranking stories for each Doctor. For the 11th Doctor, we voted amongst ourselves.
This year WhoFest will be on December 15, 2012.
The theme for this year is different locations, and is dedicated to Caroline John and Mary Tamm. The picks for 2012 are:
2nd Doctor - The Seeds of Death (The Moon and future Earth)
3rd Doctor - The Ambassadors of Death (modern-day Earth)
4th Doctor - The Pirate Planet (alien planets)
5th Doctor - The Visitation (psuedo-historical Earth)
6th Doctor - The Ultimate Foe (The Matrix)
7th Doctor - Paradise Towers (future resort)
8th Doctor - Doctor Who: The TV Movie, Episode 4* (Hey, it's all he's got.)
9th Doctor - The End of the World (space station)
10th Doctor - Rise of the Cybermen (includes The Age of Steel) (parallel Earth)
11th Doctor - Amy's Choice (The TARDIS and the dream realm)
Bonus - P.R.O.B.E.: The Devil of Winterborne for Caroline John.
* In an effort to keep the marathon running time down to a mere 17 hours, we've edited the 8th Doctor's only story (on film, at least) into four episodes, and then we watch it in installments over several years. This also helps keep us from getting burnt out on his only story.
Why we do it: We're crazed fans. We even make our own t-shirts for the event every year. Check 'em out below.
Additional Whofest Photos, including us in our shirts, can be found by clicking on this link!
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WHOFEST 1997
An Unearthly Child
The Tomb of the Cybermen
Spearhead from Space
Robot
Castrovalva
The Twin Dilemma
Time and the Rani
Doctor Who The Movie
WHOFEST 1998
The Ark
The Krotons
Inferno
The Leisure Hive
Planet of Fire
Trial of a Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe
Paradise Towers
Doctor Who The Movie
WHOFEST 1999 The Tenth Planet (Ep. 4 recon) The Mind Robber The Curse of Peladon The City of Death Resurrection of the Daleks Mark of the Rani Silver Nemesis Doctor Who The Movie The Curse of Fatal Death |
The Space Museum
The Ice Warriors (Eps. 2 & 3 recons)
Planet of the Spiders
Horror of Fang Rock
Warriors of the Deep
Survival
Doctor Who The Movie
The Curse of Fatal Death
The Edge of Destruction
The War Games
The Green Death
The Sontaran Experiment
Black Orchid
Revelation of the Daleks
The Happiness Patrol
Doctor Who The Movie (w/Production Notes)
The Curse of Fatal Death
"The Worst of Doctor Who"
The Gunfighters
The Dominators
Carnival of Monsters
Planet of Evil
Four to Doomsday
Trial of a Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids
Delta and the Bannermen
Doctor Who The Movie (BBC edited version)
The Curse of Fatal Death
Day 1:
The Daleks
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
The Three Doctors
K9 and Company
The Two Doctors
PROBE: The Zero Imperitive
Doctor Who The Movie
Mindgame / Mindgame Trilogy
Day 2: Dr. Who and the Daleks The Wheel in Space Wartime The Invasion of Time The Five Doctors Remembrance of the Daleks Dimensions in Time The Curse of Fatal Death WHOFEST 2004 Planet of Giants The Invasion (Eps. 1 & 4 recons) Terror of the Autons Full Circle The King's Demons Vengeance on Varos Battlefield Doctor Who The Movie The Curse of Fatal Death WHOFEST 2005 The Crusade The Seeds of Death The Mind of Evil The Keeper of Traken Earthshock Trial of a Time Lord: The Mysterious Planet The Curse of Fenric Doctor Who The Movie Episode 1 The Empty Child (includes The Doctor Dances) (Last-minute bonus: Children in Need 2005 Special) |
The Time Meddler
The Moonbase (Eps. 1 & 3 Recons)
Frontier in Space
The Invisible Enemy
Enlightenment
Attack of the Cybermen
Dragonfire
Doctor Who The Movie Episode 2
The Satan Pit (includes The Impossible Planet)
The Romans
The Tomb of the Cybermen
Planet of the Daleks
The Horns of Nimon
Mawdryn Undead
Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp
The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Doctor Who The Movie Episodes 3 & 4
The Long Game
Gridlock
Day 1:
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Scream of the Shalka
The Curse of Fatal Death
Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Day 2:
The War Games
Doctor Who and the Silurians
Genesis of the Daleks
Arc of Infinity
The Twin Dilemma
Ghost Light
Shada
The Parting of the Ways (includes Bad Wolf)
Last of the Time Lords (includes
Utopia and The Sound of Drums)
The War Machines
The Mind Robber
The Daemons
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
The Caves of Androzani
Attack of the Cybermen
Remembrance of the Daleks
Doctor Who TV Movie: An Edit Within*
The Unquiet Dead
Midnight
Last minute bonus: The Waters of Mars
The Aztecs
The Evil of the Daleks (Eps 1, 3-7 Recons)
Pyramids of Mars
Kinda
Revelation of the Daleks
The Curse of Fenric
Doctor Who: The Movie, Episodes 1-2
Father's Day
Human Nature (includes The Family of Blood)
The Eleventh Hour
Bonus: Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor
The Sensorites
The Web of Fear (Eps. 2-6 recons)
Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Snakedance
The Trial of a Time Lord: Mindwarp
Silver Nemesis
Doctor Who: The Movie, Episode 3
Boom Town
School Reunion
The Doctor's Wife
Bonus: Sarah Jane Adventures: Enemy of the Bane
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