A History of The Glasgow Doctor Who Society Glasgow Who is a non profit-making organisation, ran for the express purpose of helping fans in Glasgow meet other fans and the stars of the show. 1982: First known Group meetings January 1989: The first group fanzine, Paisley Pattern, edited by David Legge was launched and ran for 5 years. Under the leadership of David Darlington it became an A5 Fanzine. Alistair McGown, Alan Morton and Kenny Smith then promoted the fanzine nationally and garned notoriety across the UK. 1991: David Legge handed over leadership of the group to lain Findlay. The group is now called Who: The Doctor Who Association of Strathclyde 1993: Kenny Smith took over, creating enduring ties with our Edinburgh counterparts (ties which still exist to this day) and encouraging us all to journey to Manchester for Manopticon 3, an event still remembered fondly. Name of the group changed once more to The Strathclyde Doctor Who Society - or SaDWaS for short! Summer 1994: Alan Morton takes over the group. 1995: Clark Dunlop becomes leader. Monthly meetings now taking place in the Queen Margaret Union. The Paisley Pattern stops production. Many of the writers and the editors of the fanzine still contribute to publications such as Doctor Who Magazine. Christmas 1995: Charity events continued, including a highly successful auction in aid of the Study for Infant Death at Christmas 1995, the first event to be ran by Alan McWhan and Dave McNay where they became leaders. This was when the group adopted the Foundation for the Study into Infant Death as its nominated charity. August 1996: Mark Doherty took over as coordinator and the group was renamed TIME INC. Mark made the move to fortnightly pub meetings. 1997: Event- Michael Craze In Person. 1998: Event- Nicholas Courtney In Person. Charity events also continued and a substantial sum of money was raised for the group’s nominated charity thanks to the ongoing efforts of the group leadership and members. 2001: Group effectively comes to an end due to a drop of members and the fact that Doctor Who looked like it was gone forever from the TV. 2003: Alan McWhan returns to resurrect the group with Mark's blessing. 2004: Group renamed Glasgow Who. 2005: Hamish Wilson Charity Event to commemorate the DVD release of The Mind Robber in March. The event was well attended and led to a further increase in the regular membership of the group. August 2006: A hugely successful event featuring The 6th Doctor himself, Colin Baker. June 2007: Army of Guests, the group’s first major one-day multi-guest convention. With Sophie Aldred (Ace,) Nicola Bryant (Peri,) Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon,) John Leeson (The Voice of K-9,) and Deborah Watling (Victoria Waterfield) May 2008: Army of Guests held a second event this time with Sylvester McCoy, Peter Purves, Louise Jameson, Sarah Sutton and Anna Hope, and we also had a Revelation of the Daleks reunion for convention first-timer Colin Spaull, who also appeared in the new series episodes Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel as Mr Crane, and Davros himself, Terry Molloy. May 2009: Army of Guests' third event with Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Wendy Padbury, Colin Salmon, a writers panel of Andrew Smith and Stephen Greenhorn. Nicolas Briggs, David Richardson, Nev Fountain and Iain McLaughlin took part in a Big Finish panel. Now: Get involved in the forum and the group's activities to find out!
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