Sci-fi fans have not been this excited since they found themselves in the lingerie department of Marks & Spencers but it seems there is going to be a new Star Wars film. Great.
I have always been guilty of lumping all sci-fi fans into a genre labelled nerd, geeks and single but it seems that within their own clique, there is a simmering hatred between types of nerd.
Police were called to break up a fight at the fourth annual between Dr Who and Star Wars fans at the Sci-Fi and Film convention in Norwich.
According to reports, trouble erupted after a dispute over a Cyberman autograph. Seriously, a Cyberman autograph.
A fan who was dressed as the fifth Doctor, one as the 10th Doctor and one as Judge Dredd said: 'We were put in a police car and interviewed by the police and told to stay away from each other'.
"This wasn't a fight with lightsabers and sonic screwdrivers drawn' he explained further 'and we'd like to extend the hand of friendship'.
Head weiner, Dominic Warner, secretary of Norwich Star Wars Club acknowledged there had been disputes between the Dr Who and Star Wars fans members in the past and said: 'It does sound comical. People that dress up in costume are labelled geeks and some people laugh at us, and this just makes it even more so'.
I asked the computer bods at work just why there is so much animosity between the more nerdish of our society and it comes down to sci-fi fans being split into 3 competing camps, the Trekkies, the Whovians and the fans of Star Wars who are not cool enough to have a nickname but like to be known as...
Then i lost interest so made my excuses and left.
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