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{{article | publication = Reading Evening Post | file = 1989-10-23 Reading Evening Post.jpg | px = 450 | height = | width = | date = 1989-10-23 | author = | pages = 3 | language = English | type = | description = | categories = conventions | moreTitles = | morePublications = | moreDates = | text = INTERGALLACTIC warrior against the forces of evil, Dr Who, has finally met ignominious defeat in Reading — confounded by a hotel booking. Fans of the long-running BBC television science fiction series arrived on Saturday to for a major convention to find they had been left out in the cold. They were given a marquee outside, instead of the rooms they expected. And Colin Baker, the sixth actor to play Dr Who, hit out at Reading's Post House Hotel for the mix-up. He said, "I am disgusted at the way we have been treated. The organisers booked the rooms six months ago." They were devastated when staff told them the rooms had been taken. Torn Co-organiser Maria James said: "They put up a marquee but when we arrived the tent had hem torn down by the gale-force winds." The duty manager refused to comment. Despite the disappointment, scores of Dr Who fans turned up at the Basingstoke Road Hotel, some dressed as Dr Who. Caption: Colin Baker signs his autograph for fan Alan Whitten, dressed as Dr Who }}

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