00:00In a corner in Kent, far, far away, superheroes, villains, doctors and more unite to celebrate
00:09the joys of fandom and meet the very people they celebrate at Kent Comic Con.
00:16On a sunny day in Herne Bay, hundreds of people queued up to attend the event, which saw most
00:22of their favourite actors in attendance. Attendees dressed up in cosplay while browsing the array
00:27of vendors looking for bits of memorabilia to add to their collections. But it wasn't
00:32just shopping that most of them came to do.
00:34I'm here today because Kent here have done a Comic Con and I love Comic Cons so I thought
00:39I'd come to the nearest one to my house so I thought I'd get to come here.
00:42What are you most looking forward to today?
00:44Meeting the guests and meeting all the lovely people I would say personally because it's
00:50people I think make these Comic Cons worth it I think.
00:53So I'm really into Demon Slayer and stuff like that so I got another sword from that
00:57but also I'm really happy to see so many of my Doctor Who characters because I really
01:01love the franchise as well.
01:03Us cosplayers, we dress up because it's a hobby but we're like one massive big family.
01:11Everybody knows each other.
01:13Kent Comic Con was also an opportunity for local businesses to meet the very fans they sell to.
01:18I love pop culture. We love it, we absolutely love Comic Con so we seem to, and everybody else
01:24here seems to like the kind of stuff that we make as well so it's a lovely vibe.
01:27I met Rob about five, six years ago and he just did toy fairs and I said why don't you
01:35do a Comic Con?
01:36It looks more fun.
01:38But I've been doing toy fairs for about 40 years.
01:41I've done it for a long time but she persuaded me to do these.
01:45But they're more fun.
01:46They are more fun.
01:47The first one we did, I lost him. He saw a Cyberman and that was it.
01:52He's gone.
01:53And in another galaxy, just down the hall, sat the very people attendees came to see.
01:59Very good to see a lot of the old cast but you know because unfortunately some of us,
02:04many of us have passed away now but it's always nice to meet everybody again after so many years
02:09really and still got the same click.
02:11I'm meeting the fans. I've been to Comic Con to every continent in the world except for Antarctica
02:18and I'm looking forward to being invited by some seals soon.
02:22Kent Comic Con brings together fans from multiple different universes,
02:26all of them here for one sole reason and that's to celebrate their love for their fandom.
02:30While walking around we've seen Deadpool, we've been exterminated by Daleks and we've even met
02:35Dumbledore himself. Now Kent Comic Con happens every single year and I don't know about you guys but
02:40I've had a really great time and I'm looking forward to next year.
02:42In fact, I might hop in the TARDIS and head there now. See you guys next year.
02:50Nayla Mahmed for KMTV in Herne Bay.
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