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Accelerate
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| Name: | Accelerate |
| Dates: | ?-1996 |
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| Location: | Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, England |
| Type: | fan con |
| Focus: | Quantum Leap |
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Accelerate was a Quantum Leap convention held in England
There were at least three.
1996
The third one was held April 12–14, 1996 at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel Heathrow.
The con committee was Lee Owers-Sansome, Carole McFarlane, Peter Bayliss, and Jean Barron.
It included guests John D'Aquino, Steve Wilson, Mike Tucker, Reverend Michael Fuller, and Bo Maxwell.
1996: Programming
The program book is here.
- Tales of the Lost Formicans (non-QL play, by "Starship Enterprises Theatre Company," also a public service for Alzheimer's Disease)
- The Invaders (screening of "The Invaders" (Bakula mini-series)
- Role-Playing Games (one based on Quantum Leap and one based on SeaQuest DSV)
- mixer at the Polo Bar ("Nice soft sofas, quiet QL music, and a bar as long as you stay drinking.")
- Team Quiz
- The Wannabees Workshop ("Have you ever wondered what it's like to be a writer on a show like Quantum Leap? Is your head brimming with story ideas but no clue as to how to get them down on paper?... Led by two of QL fandom's finest fan-fiction writers - Penny Hill and Hilary Broadribb - this is your chance to see how it all comes together and to be a part of it. Penny and Hilary will lead you through the profess, from the initial pitching of story ideas, though outlines and scene breakdown, to finished script.")
- Leap Themed Parties (Good Evening, Peoria -- 50s and 60s rock and roll, Disco Inferno - 70s disco and glam rock, Welcome to the Millennium -- "New Years Eve 2000, PQL, welcome home, Sam")
- Debate: God Versus Myth Versus Science: The Prevalent Influence on Quantum Leap ("So, what was the most important theme in QL? Was it religion - from the God who, apparently, was leaping Sam around, to all those clergy he leapt into? Or was it myth - vampires, boogiemen, mummies, and evil leapers? Or maybe it was the science, which created PQL in the first place and hurled Sam into Time?")
- Debate: Mirror Image: Golddust or Garbage? ("The ultimate debate on QL's ultimate episode. Is it a masterpiece of philosophical rhetoric or a giant cop-out? Does it make you cry, or rage at the injustice of it all, or do you simply switch it off? And does anyone really understand what it is about?")
- Auction
- Art Show
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