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David Nykl was born in Prague and moved with his family to Canada at the age of two. He started acting and performing at an early age and directed and produced his first play while in high school. He is best known to the TimeGate audience for his 5-year stint on Stargate Atlantis portraying Dr. Radek Zelenka in a total of 54 episodes including classics like "The Game", "The Last Man", "The Tao of Rodney", "Be All My Sins Remember'd" and the 3-part epic "The Siege". In addition to his work on Atlantis, David has appeared on shows such as Jake 2.0, Dead Zone, Psyche, Eureka, Sanctuary, Fringe and Mortal Kombat: Legacy. His film work includes Helen with Ashley Judd and David Hewlett, The Beast of Bottomless Lake, Voodoo, and Love Lies Bleeding with Faye Dunaway and Malcolm McDowell. David still has a passion for theatre, and in 1994 he co-founded Prague's Misery Loves Company Theatre. David is fluent in English, Czech, French and Spanish. When speaking Czech dialogue in Atlantis, David was given his lines in English and he translated them himself.
Caitlin Blackwood didn't originally intend to get into acting. But when her cousin Karen was cast as the Doctor's new companion, Amy Pond, Caitlin auditioned for the role of Amy as a young girl and won the part. Amelia Pond was an immediate hit with audiences worldwide. Caitlin has appeared in Seasons Five and Six along side Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill and Alex Kingston, as well as in two installments of Doctor Who Confidential. Caitlin lives with her family in Inverness, Scotland.
This will be Caitlin's second US appearance, her first on the East Coast.
Paul Kasey is an actor, dancer, choreographer and gymnast who has appeared in the John Cusak film 1408, Blade II alongside Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristopherson, and in the film adaptation of the young adult novel Inkheart. He was the movement coach for the "virus zombies" in 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, and performed all the werewolf scenes in the BBC series Being Human. But he is best known for his monster and alien portrayals on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. His list of credits includes:
- Auton ("Rose")
- Tree of Cheem ("End of the World")
- Slitheen ("Aliens of London / World War III", "Revenge of the Slitheen", "The Lost Boy")
- Suzanna ("Bad Wolf")
- Clockwork Android ("Girl in the Fireplace")
- CyberLeader ("Rise of the Cybermen / Age of Steel", "Army of Ghosts / Doomsday", "The Next Doctor", "Closing Time")
- Ood ("The Impossible Planet / The Satan Pit", "The Doctor's Wife")
- the Hoix ("Love and Monsters")
- Weevil (13 Torchwood appearances)
- Robot Santa ("The Runaway Bride")
- Judoon Captain ("Smith and Jones", "The Stolen Earth", "Prisoner of the Judoon", "The Pandorica Opens")
- Pig Slave ("Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks")
- Kudlak ("The Warriors of Kudlak")
- the Host ("Voyage of the Damned")
- Blowfish ("Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", "Fragments")
- Ood Sigma ("Planet of the Ood","The Waters of Mars", "The End of Time")
- Hath Peck ("The Doctor's Daughter")
- Tritovore ("Planet of the Dead")
- Highwayman ("Mona Lisa's Revenge" Part Two)
- Blathereen ("The Gift" Part Two)
- Shansheeth ("Death of the Doctor")
- Red Robot ("The Empty Planet")
- Metalkind ("Sky")
- Castrovalvan Tree ("The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe")
This is Paul's second North American convention appearance, and his first on the East Coast.
Debbie Viguié is the New York Times Bestselling author of over a dozen novels. She is the co-author (with Nancy Holder) of the Young Adult series Wicked, the bestselling five-book series that includes Witch, Curse, Legacy, Spellbound and July 2009's Resurrection. The Wicked series is currently under option by DreamWorks for a possible film adaptation. In September 2010 the authors launched a brand new Young Adult series with the book Crusade. Much of Debbie’s
work has a dark edge to it, including her retold fairy tales, her latest being Violet Eyes, a retelling
of "The Princess and the Pea". In addition to her epic dark fantasy work Debbie also writes
thrillers including The Psalm 23 Mysteries and the upcoming Kiss trilogy. When Debbie isn’t
busy writing she enjoys spending time with her husband, Scott, visiting theme parks. They live
in Florida with their cat, Shrödinger.
Scott Viguié holds two doctorate degrees and is an archaeologist and an attorney
who has done extensive research on myths and their impact on modern archaeology
and modern storytelling. He wrote his dissertation on the importance of using and
understanding mythology in archaeological research and analysis. He has done extensive
writing in both his chosen fields. When he’s not rigorously pursuing the truth, he
enjoys watching and reading science fiction and fantasy. He appreciates the history and
mythology woven together in the Doctor Who and Stargate shows. Scott is also one
of the producers of the Articles of the Shadow Proclamation, a Doctor Who podcast
which can be downloaded on iTunes or from www.shadowproclamation.net. When
Scott is not busy with his work he can be found enjoying theme parks with his wife,
Debbie, being a technical adviser for her books, or working on his own book examining
world-wide laws and regulations governing both professional and amateur archaeology.
Jackson Pearce is twenty-six years old and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with a slightly cross-eyed cat and a lot of secondhand furniture. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in English and a minor in Philosophy. She auditioned for the circus once, but didn’t make it; other jobs she’s had include obituaries writer, biker bar waitress, and receptionist.
Jackson began writing when she got angry that the school librarian couldn’t tell her of a book that contained a smart girl, horses, baby animals, and magic. Her solution was to write the book herself when she was twelve. Her parents thought it was cute at first, but have grown steadily more concerned for her ever since.
Jackson is the author of Sisters Red and Sweetly, Young Adult novels that take traditional fairy tales and give them a modern twist. The third book in the series, Fathomless, a retelling of Hans Christian Anderson's "The Little Mermaid", is released August, 2012. She has had stories appear in the anthologies Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions (Sept, 2011) and The First Time. Her other novels are As You Wish and the forthcoming Purity (Spring, 2012).
Louis Robinson currently makes his living as a professional singer/songwriter and can be found regularly performing and working with other singer/songwriters in the area. Before coming to America, he worked for the BBC for many years, in a number of capacities in both television and radio. He wrote, produced, composed and directed many different productions. In the '70s, he worked in the film editing department, contributing to such shows as The Brothers (starring Colin Baker and Kate O'Mara), The Onedin Line, Doomwatch (created by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis, famous for also creating the Cybermen), and of course, Doctor Who. After leaving the BBC for two years, he returned in 1984 as Program Associate of the hit show Telly Addicts. He worked on the entire run of that show, from the development of its pilot in 1984 to the final episode in 1996. Robinson is also a Sherlock Holmes expert, and enjoys giving presentations on that subject.
Courtland Lewis's earliest memories are of watching Doctor Who at his grandfather's house and of having his brother try to explain regeneration to him after Tom Baker became Peter Davison. Such experiences created a sense of wonder that culminated in a love of philosophy, history and sci-fi that continues to dominate his life. He is a PhD candidate at the University of Tennessee, where he studies Social and Political Philosophy and Ethics. He has contributed essays to Mr. Monk and Philosophy: The Curious Case of the Defective Detective (2010) and Ruminations, Peregrinations and Regerations: A Critical Approach to Doctor Who (2010). In 2011 he served as co-editor and contributor of Doctor Who and Philosophy, the 55th book in the Popular Culture and Philosophy series. Courtland is the president of Rocky Top Doctor Who fan club and a member of KINDA (Knoxville Investigative 'n Detective Agency) with his smashing wife Jenny and friend Dale.
Joshua Wilson is an associate editor for Mad Norwegian Press, a publisher of Doctor Who reference guides including the celebrated About Time series, Running Through
Corridors and AHistory. Mad Norwegian also has a range of essay books pertaining
to women and fandom, including the Hugo-nominated Chicks Dig Time Lords,
Whedonistas! and the forthcoming Chicks Dig Comics. Appropriately, Wilson met future
Mad Norwegian Editor-in-Chief Lars Pearson during a Doctor Who trivia match
in 1998 (Lars won, battered and bruised, after a fierce battle of wills) which led to a
consultation on I, Who, Mad Norwegian’s first reference guide on Doctor Who fiction. As
associate editor since then, Wilson is one of Mad Norwegian’s top “beta readers”, which
puts him in the fortunate position of letting everyone else sweat blood doing the actual
work while Wilson sits back, enjoys a nice beverage and provides the necessary feedback
as to what everyone is doing wrong (luckily, he’s usually pretty nice about it). Wilson is
an Atlanta native whose wife and two children are loving enough, somehow, to put up
with all of his Doctor Who nonsense, although he thinks he’s making progress at secretly
indoctrinating his two year old as to what a TARDIS is.
John Jackson Miller's mother never threw away his comic books ... so now he spends his career strip-mining his childhood! He is the author of Star Wars novels, stories and comics, including Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith, Star Wars: Empire, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Replublic and his new novel, Star Wars: Knight Errant (2011). Some of his other writing work includes the comic book adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, writing Iron Man and Crimson Dynamo comics for Marvel, Bongo Comic's Bart Simpson title, and contributing to the Comic Buyer's Guide, Comics and Games Retailer and Scrye: The Guide to Collectable Card Games. He was a contributing writer to the Star Wars Role-Playing Game and has a number of comics based on the game Mass Effect to his credit.
James R. Tuck is the author of the Deacon Chalk: Occult Bounty Hunter series from Kensington Publishing Corp. Book one, Blood and Bullets, will be available everywhere on February 7, 2012 and will be preceded by the e-novella That Thing at the Zoo on January 27, 2012. In October of 2011, his short story "He Stopped Loving Her Today", described as a "twisted zombie love story", appeared in the anthology e-zine One Buck Horror. James is a former bouncer and has been a professional tattoo artist for over 15 years. His tattoo work has been published in national tattoo magazines and he owns Family Tradition Tattoo in Marietta, Ga. He lives near there with a wonderful wife, three wonderful children, and six dogs of varying degrees of wonderfulness.
The Earth Station One Podcast is a podcast celebrating our love for all things Sci-Fi and Fantasy. We never know what really what we will be talking about, but we know it will be entertaining, and hope you enjoy. It’s time to let your inner geek out to play. Join Mike Faber, Dan Rynn, Mike Gordon and Judy Faber as they dive headfirst into the world of their favorite topics, and see what we can find to get ourselves into trouble with!
