We got in early this morning to see the 10 a.m. panel on weapons and weapons' handling conducted by Peter Woodward. This was fun as well as informative; Woodward talked about the progression from sticks to swords and armor.

Having nothing to do for the next interval, I knew we could get an hour's good entertainment out of Dean Haglund. Some of the chat was repeated from yesterday's panel, but he also told us about his invention, Chill Pak, which keeps laptops cool, extending their life and improving their performance (this segued into a very funny conversation about two men who have lawsuits against laptop companies after getting their "willie" burnt by a hot unit).

James went to another panel, but I stayed in the room to see Peter Davison. It was actually supposed to be some bits about the new Doctor Who as well, but not much is known about the new production. Davison talked about working against a blue screen, doing period drama, and appearing in audio drama and The Hitch-Hiker's Guide as "the dish of the day."

The panel following was the one I had been waiting for, the Lost in Space "gathering" with June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, and Marta Kristen. This was a hilarious panel, with the three talking about pranks that happened on the set, the incongruity of working with talking vegetables, and Irwin Allen's reluctance to have his married characters touch each other (he said the children wouldn't like seeing parents being affectionate!). June Lockhart also told an amazing story: during her scenes in LIS where she was doing something scientific, the prop department gave her a clipboard. To her surprise, she discovered that her clipboard was on the one her father Gene Lockhart had used in his role in the movie Carousel.

James and I did a turn around the art show next, and then went into the Dealer's Room. James got some candid pics of the actors on the Walk of Fame, including one of me with June Lockhart. He also bought me an autographed pic of Lockhart with Lassie.

He kept wandering about and I went to one of the young adult panels about the transference of stories from book to screen--and how sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

We started to stay to see a panel on mystery books, but were tired and knew tomorrow was going to be a long day, so we picked up a quick supper and came home to listen to Pidge sing and scold and have Willow cuddle.

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