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    Default 05-15-2013, 04:03 PM
    They are two of the most dedicated fan groups in sci-fi, so when both turned up to the same convention it was always going to get heated.

    When Doctor Who fans gatecrashed the much-anticipated Norwich Star Wars Club open day, the family event quickly turned ugly.

    Fans of the BBC1 series had turned up uninvited at the University of East Anglia convention last weekend.

    But their 'long-running rivalry' meant police had to be called to keep the two warring sic-fi factions apart.

    The event had returned after a three-year absence and reunited the four remaining actors who played bounty hunters in the George Lucas films.
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    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/norwich-sta...7.html#m8QJM9u

    The police force was with them ...
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    Default 05-15-2013, 04:54 PM
    LOL!!! Let me just get my Tardis...
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    Nerrrrrrrrd fight!
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    Default 05-15-2013, 10:28 PM
    Could have been worse....could have been Trekkies trying to crash the event.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut04e_Dpnwo
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    Default 05-16-2013, 09:13 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Zathras View Post
    Could have been worse....could have been Trekkies trying to crash the event.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut04e_Dpnwo


    Yeah, I always thought it was the Trekkies vs. Star Wars fans. I didn't realize Dr. Who fans had become a force to reckon with in the nerd world.
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    Default 05-16-2013, 11:50 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by noonwitch View Post
    Yeah, I always thought it was the Trekkies vs. Star Wars fans. I didn't realize Dr. Who fans had become a force to reckon with in the nerd world.
    We need to worry if two of the groups form an alliance, there'll be a bloodbath.
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    Default 05-16-2013, 12:03 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by bijou View Post
    We need to worry if two of the groups form an alliance, there'll be a bloodbath.

    Then all we need is for the Lord of the Rings fans and the Game of Thrones fans to unite (Medevial nerds rule!) against all space nerds, maybe then the Star Wars nerds and the Trekkies will finally unite against a common enemy.
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    Default 05-16-2013, 12:45 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Zathras View Post
    Could have been worse....could have been Trekkies trying to crash the event.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut04e_Dpnwo
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    Quote Originally Posted by noonwitch View Post
    Then all we need is for the Lord of the Rings fans and the Game of Thrones fans to unite (Medevial nerds rule!) against all space nerds, maybe then the Star Wars nerds and the Trekkies will finally unite against a common enemy.
    It has happened.


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