Over the weekend, comic book, TV and film fans were out in droves to experience the fun and mayhem of the London Film and Comic Con.

Cast and crew from Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Sherlock and much more were on hand to take pictures, sign autographs and give insightful talks into what goes on behind our favourite shows. There was also the comic book legend that is Stan Lee.

Here are just some of the things we discovered over the course of the weekend:

1. Stan Lee is basically just a hilarious old man.


His hearing is pretty awful but he managed to entertain and speak to many fans over the weekend.



Two of his favourite cameos, he told me, are when he is turned away from the Fantastic Four wedding and the librarian sequence from Spider-man, though he did also say that ‘my cameos are like my characters! I love all of them.’

He did just film one for the Avengers sequel, which he says is well worth a watch and we should all check it out!

Lee also asked that we get on to the Queen and see if we can get him a knighthood. He wants to tell his wife she’s a dame!

2. Nobody actually calls Steven Moffat ‘Moff’.

Steven Moffat and Sue Vertue (Credit: Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

He didn’t know where it started and said that he had thought perhaps it was Matt Smith who started it, but has since discovered that his wife (Sue Vertue) had put ‘wife of The Moff’ in her Twitter bio.

3. Steven Moffat has a photo of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman sitting on the TARDIS.

If this was to be posted online it would surely break the internet.

4. Tom Baker ‘lit up like a Christmas tree’ when Jenna Coleman went to watch his scene in the fiftieth anniversary episode, according to Moffat.

It seems her admiration for the veteran Doctor Who actor was not all that one-sided.

5. Daniel Portman, who plays Podrick in Game of Thrones, has a brilliantly dry sense of humour.

The actor joked – at least we assume he was joking but the delivery was so deadpan it’s hard to be sure – that the pressure that scene with the prostitutes has brought him is immense and the notoriety that accompanies it is ‘destroying my social life’.

He also added that Podrick would react to any hypothetical action or drama with a ‘bemused expression’ and went on to give us his best.

6. Game of Thrones creator George R. R. Martin ‘has a wicked laugh’ according to actor Finn Jones who plays Ser Loras Tyrell in the TV show.

I wonder if his characters would see the funny side…

7. Sherlock producer Sue Vertue had never read a Sherlock Holmes story before taking on the show.

She has now read just two. She insists that this is because she wants to retain her ‘fan perspective’ while looking at the scripts and seeing if they work for people who enjoy the TV show but haven’t actually read the books.

8. There will not be a Doctor Who/Sherlock Holmes crossover.



At least it certainly doesn’t look that way. Steven Moffat said that Madame Vastra is basically Sherlock Holmes in the Doctor’s world – which arguably makes Jenny her John Watson.

9. No script was written for the prequel to the fiftieth anniversary episode when Paul McGann was asked to get on board.

Moffat wanted to know if McGann would be on board before he actually wrote it.

10. Former Doctors John Hurt and Paul McGann both seem strangely excited about the possibility of a musical Doctor Who episode.

The more the panel discussed it, the more these two – especially McGann – seemed keen.

11. McGann is also pretty sure Peter Capaldi will be incredible.

‘We might have the best ever Doctor on our hands,’ he says.

12. The Doctor is a good man!

Moffat insists that any man who asks the question is already a good man because they have the aspiration to do good. So if you’re wondering what the answer is, Moffat says ‘yeah!’

13. Cosplayers are rock hard!

It was so hot in Earls Court yet many were walking around in some incredible outfits despite the heat. We spotted a Mockingjay, numerous Doctors, scary monsters and enough comic book superheroes to fill out plenty of Avengers sequels.

14. Robert Hays is as awesome now as he was back in his Airplane days.

The actor said it’s best not to stand behind him. People get wet when they do.