A full run-down of who’ll being doing what, when and where over the course of the SFX Weekender 2
FRIDAY
Main Void
11.30 The Opening Ceremony
Dave Bradley and the SFX team say hi.
12.00 Primeval Q&A
Producers Tim Haines and Tim Bradley, and stars Ben Mansfield (Becker) and Jonathan Byrne (Ethan)
13.00 The Comic Heroes panel: How to get started in comics
Tony Lee, Dan Boultwood, Dez Skinn, Paul Cornell
14.00 The Arthur C Clarke Award panel: The science in science fiction
Stephen Baxter, Peter F Hamilton, China Miéville, Gary Gibson, Kevin J Anderson
15.00 George Takei Q&A
16.00 When Fans Go Bad
James Moran, Paul Cornell, Mark Charan Newton, Kevin J Anderson discover the pros and cons of having an active and vocal fanbase
SCREENING ZONE
13.00 Primeval - exclusive early screening of the series fine
Followed by a panel featuring Tim Haines and Tim Bradley
14.00 Special effects – who needs ‘em?
Ben Aaronovitch, James Moran, Louis Savy and Dave Golder discuss whether modern screen sci-fi is over-reliant on spectacle
15.00 K9
16.00 Blake’s Seven’s Sally Knyvette
17.00 What scares us in the 21st century?
Dave Moody, Wayne Simmons, Al Ewing, Sarah Pinborough, Kevin J Anderson
BAR
12.00 Kevin J Anderson Q+A
14.00 Dan Boultwood and Tony Lee
15.00 Andy Remic book launch
SATURDAY
Main Void
10.00 2000 AD Panel
Al Ewing, Leigh Gallagher, Keith Richardson
11.00 Is Doctor Who still for children?
Ben Aaronovitch, James Moran, Toby Whithouse, Paul Cornell
12.30 What’s next for TV vampires?
Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Toby Whithouse, Sarah Pinborough, James Lovegrove, James Moran
13.15 Keeley Hawes Q&A
14.00 Craig Charles Q&A
15.00 Being Human Q&A
Russell Tovey, Toby Whithouse
16.00 Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter
SCREENING ZONE
11.00 The Essential SF, Fantasy And Horror Classics
Joe Abercrombie, David Wingrove, Peter F Hamilton, Adrian Tchaikovsky
11.45 Dual Britannia: creating alternate Englands
China Mieville, Kate Griffin, Bryan Talbot, Al Ewing, Jon Green
12.30 Bryan Talbot
13.15 Tie-in and shared universe fiction
Dan Abnett, Ben Aaronovitch, Chris Wraight, Nick Kyme, Stephen Baxter
14.00 The Comic Heroes panel: Beyond the US: the wider world of comics
Tony Lee, Bryan Talbot, Den Patrick, Leigh Gallagher, Pat Mills
15.00 Ultramarines screening and Q&A
Dan Abnett, Bob Thompson
17.00 Monsters screening and Q&A
With the film’s editor Colin Goudie
BAR
11.00 China Mieville Q&A
11.45 Peter F Hamilton Q&A
12.30 Joe Abercrombie
13.15 James Lovegrove Q&A
14:00 Abaddon pub hour
