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Join us for our annual Doctor Who convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
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For the fourth year in a row, CONsole Room is thrilled to bring a touch of timey-wimey to the 2025 Twin Cities Con floor. Whether you are a seasoned time traveler or about to take your first step into the TARDIS, our booth is your gateway to the Whoniverse and CONsole Room 2026.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Come visit us at Twin Cities Con! Booth 181.
Come visit us at Twin Cities Con! Booth 181.
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026 is a black square with a round picture of David Tennant as the Tenth and the Fourteenth Doctor from Doctor Who. Beyond WHO The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films David Tennant has been in: You Me and Him 2017 Every Seventh Wave 2013 United 2011 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 Jude 1996 At the bottom is a website link to console room console-room.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “FASCINATING FIRSTS” FASCINATING FIRSTS There are some common WHO firsts like: The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. When did the Doctor first visit the Eiffel Tower? This is a bit wibbley-wobbly timey-wimey. In 1979, The Fourth Doctor and Romana visit the top of Le Tour d'Eiffel in the “City of Death.” Yet in 1943, the Thirteenth Doctor and the Spy Master met atop the tower during “Spyfall.” There is a link at the bottom to www.console-room.com.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026 is a black square with a round picture of Christopher Eccleston as the Ninth Doctor from Doctor Who. Beyond WHO The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Christopher Eccleston has been in: Young Woman and the Sea 2024 Thor: The Dark World 2013 28 Days Later 2002 Elizabeth 1998 Let Him Have It 1991 At the bottom is a website link to console room console-room.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “FASCINATING FIRSTS” FASCINATING FIRSTS There are some common WHO firsts like: The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. When was the first overseas location filming? The first story filmed outside the UK was the 1979 four-part story “City of Death” in which the Fourth Doctor and Romana (II) visit the top of the Eiffel Tower in contemporary Paris. Interestingly, the next overseas shoot was for the first serial of the 20th season “Arc of Infinity” with the Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan in Amsterdam. There is a link at the bottom to www.console-room.com.
October 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026 is a black square with a round picture of Eric Roberts as the Master from Doctor Who. Beyond WHO The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Eric Roberts has been in: Days of Power 2017 Light Years Away 2006 Power 98 1996 Runaway Train 1985 King of the Gypsies 1978 At the bottom is a website link to console room console-room.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “FASCINATING FIRSTS” FASCINATING FIRSTS There are some common WHO firsts like: The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. When did the Whomobile first appear on-screen? The Doctor’s new car (“Whomobile”) made its debut in the 1974 episode “Invasion of the Dinosaurs” and later that same year had its final appearance in “The Planet of the Spiders.” Interestingly, the street legal vehicle was commissioned by Jon Pertwee and designed under the name “The Alien.” There is a link at the bottom to www.console-room.com.
October 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026 is a black square with a round picture of Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor from Doctor Who. Beyond WHO The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Paul McGann has been in: The Undertaker 2023 Art Is… 2012 Queen of the Damned 2002 Paper Mask 1990 Withnail and I 1987 At the bottom is a website link to console room console-room.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “FASCINATING FIRSTS” FASCINATING FIRSTS There are some common WHO firsts like: The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. When did the psychic paper first appear? During the episode “End of the World,” the Ninth Doctor first uses it as his invitation to the observation of Earth’s destruction event on the space station, Platform One. Interestingly, in “The Empty Child” Jack Harkness is the first to use psychic paper other than the Doctor. There is a link at the bottom: www.console-room.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026 is a black square with a round picture of Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor from Doctor Who. Beyond WHO The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Sylvester McCoy has been in: Dead Before They Wake 2025 You 2020 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2012 Leapin’ Leprechauns 1995 Dracula 1979 website link to console room console-room.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “FASCINATING FIRSTS” FASCINATING FIRSTS There are some common WHO firsts like: The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. When was the Cloister Bell first heard on-screen? Used in the most serious of emergencies, the Cloister Bell was first heard in “Logopolis,” signaling the impending regeneration of the Fourth Doctor. Subsequent incarnations of the Doctor have also experienced the Cloister Bell ringing on-screen: Fifth; Eighth; Tenth; Eleventh; Twelfth; Thirteenth; Fourteenth, and Fifteenth. There is a link at the bottom: www.console-room.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026 is a black square with a round picture of Geoffrey Hughes as Mr. Popplewick/The Valeyard from Doctor Who. Beyond WHO The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Geoffrey Hughes has been in: Flick 2008 Tiffany Jones 1973 Carry on at Your Convenience 1971 Alf ‘n’ Family 1968 Smashing Time 1967 website link to console room console-room.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “FASCINATING FIRSTS” There are some common WHO firsts like: The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. When did K9 first appear? K9 (Mark I) was invented by Professor Fredrick Marius and given to the Fourth Doctor in the 1977 adventure “The Invisible Enemy.” Postscript: Mark I departed with Leela, Mark II departed with Romana, Mark III and IV given to Sarah Jane, Mark 2 (Mark I regen) is with Professor Gryffen, Starkey, Jorjie, and Darius in 2050. At the bottom is the website for CONsole Room: console-room.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting
www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026.. black square with a round picture of Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor from Doctor Who. Beyond WHO The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Michael Jayston has been in: Highlander: The Final Dimension 1994 Zulu Dawn 1979 Craze 1974 The Public Eye 1972 A Midsummer Night’s Dream 1968 website link to console room console-room.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “FASCINATING FIRSTS” FASCINATING FIRSTS There are some common WHO firsts like: The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. When did Bessie first appear on-screen? Bessie, the canary-yellow Edwardian roadster, debuted in the 1970 episode “Doctor Who and the Silurians” as the Third Doctor finished restoration repairs. In 1989, Bessie made a comeback in the Seventh Doctor’s adventure “Battlefield,” which marked its final appearance on the show. At the bottom is the website: console-room.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026.. black square with a round picture of Colin Baker as the 6th Doctor from Doctor Who. Beyond WHO The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Colin Baker has been in: Secrets of a Wallaby Boy 2023 Arrows of Time 2017 A Christmas Carol 2015 Shadows of a Stranger 2014 The Harpist 1999 website link to console room console-room.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “FASCINATING FIRSTS There are some common WHO firsts like: * The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). * The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. When did the Doctor call himself ‘the original’? During the episode “The Five Doctors,” when the first Doctor (portrayed by Richard Hurndall) meets Tegan he emphatically states:  “As it happens, I am the Doctor. The original, you might say.” Interestingly, in “Twice Upon A Time” the Doctor finds himself uttering the phrase once more, this time while portrayed by David Bradley. At the bottom is the website: console-room.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026.. black square with a round picture of the crispy fried Master from Doctor Who (look it up). Beyond WHO The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Richard Hurndall has been in: Crossed Swords 1977 Royal Flash 1975 Lady Caroline Lamb 1972 I, Monster 1971 Deadlier Than the Male 1967 website link to console room console-room.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
FASCINATING FIRSTS There are some common WHO firsts like: The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. What was the first Doctor Who TV spin-off? Airing on December 28, 1981, and produced by John Nathan-Turn, “K9 and Company” became the first televised spin-off starring Elizabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith and John Leeson voicing K9. Other spin-offs: “The Sarah Jane Adventures” (2007-2011); “Torchwood” (2006-2011); “Class” (2016); The War Between the Land and the Sea (Upcoming)
September 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “Beyond WHO: The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Peter Davison has been in: End of Term 2021 Dream Horse 2020 Say My Name 2018 Nerd Love 2014 Black Beauty 1994 To the left of the graphic is a circle with a close-up of Peter Davison portraying “The 5th Doctor” in Doctor Who. At the bottom is the website: console-room.com
August 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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FASCINATING FIRSTS : When was Gallifrey first referred to by its name?

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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
Graphic for Console Room 2026.. Black square with much text FASCINATING FIRSTS There are some common WHO firsts like: The programme debuted at 17:16:20 GMT on 23 November 1963 on BBC TV (also known as BBC One). The Doctor was originally portrayed by William Hartnell. Let’s delve into some of the other on-screen WHO firsts. When was Gallifrey first referred to by its name? In the Third Doctor episode “The Time Warrior,” The Doctor first revealed the name: LINX: What is your native planet? DOCTOR: Gallifrey. I am a Time Lord. Interestingly, the episode was the first serial of season eleven and marked the debut appearances of both Sarah Jane Smith and the Sontarans. website link to console room console-room.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Help create this year’s Programming Schedule!

Join our Zoom brainstorming session on Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 1-3pm CDT to share and discuss panel and event ideas.

Visit our website for more information and to register for the session.

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Graphic for Console Room 2026.. Black square with much text Help create this year’s Programming Schedule! Join our Zoom brainstorming session on Saturday, September 13, 2025 from 1-3pm CDT to share and discuss panel and event ideas. Visit our website for more information and to register for the session. website link to console room console-room.org/2025/08/19/join-our-panel-and-event-brainstorming-session-2/ Image of six many-pointed stars with the following words inside them: In Person, Activities, Panels, Online, Special Events, Mainstage
August 20, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “Beyond WHO: The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Adrian Gibbs has been in: A Man Called Intrepid 1980 A Bridge Too Far 1977 To the left of the graphic is a circle with a close-up of Adrian Gibbs portraying “The Watcher” in Doctor Who. At the bottom is the website: console-room.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Register to attend CONsole Room: The Power of WHO (January 23-25, 2026) by visiting www.console-room.com/registration/
This is a graphic for CONsole Room, the Minneapolis-based Doctor Who Convention. It has a rainbow stripe along the top and text reads: “Beyond WHO: The power of acting allows individuals to convey emotions, tell stories, and create experiences that resonate deeply with audiences. To illustrate this, let’s take a trip through time and space to explore some of the films Anthony Ainley has been in: The Land That Time Forgot 1974 In the Devil’s Garden 1971 Inspector Clouseau 1968 You Only Live Twice 1967 Somewhere in France 1942” To the left of the graphic is a circle with a close-up of Anthony Ainley portraying “The Master” in Doctor Who. At the bottom is the website: console-room.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM