Guests: Nicholas Courtney, Sophie Aldred, John Levene, Larry Stewart, Eric Hoffman, David Gerrold, Barbara Hambly, Mel Gilden, Larry Niven, Jonathan Post, John Vornholt, Gar & Judy Reeves-Stevens, Brian Yuzna.

Gallifrey returned to the Los Angeles Airport Hilton & Towers for its third year, though reducing its necessary space. Indeed, the convention's dealers room, which had been located on the lower floor during the third convention, was now directly across from the smaller of the two main ballrooms on the main floor, giving the con a tight squeeze - but necessary for the hotel's space requirements. A second try at a February date was picked and it held, establishing Gallifrey One as an annual February convention (whether on the Presidents' Day holiday weekend or not), a distinction it has held ever since.

Nicholas Courtney, who'd been forced to bow out of appearing during the second Gallifrey, joined the convention as the guest of honor for this event, as he'd wanted to make the trip to L.A. for some time, and proved to be a charming and gracious guest. Also joining us at the convention was Sophie Aldred, whose carefree attitude toward the fans proved extremely popular; she and Nick were both very personable and accessable, with Sophie especially spending several days after the convention doing things with many of the local fans (Nick, meanwhile, enjoyed our hospitality and visited the Napa wine Country!) John Levene was, of course, on hand for the convention as well, and the three were joined once again by Larry Stewart and Eric Hoffman.

Babylon Five producer J. Michael Straczynski made the first of many Gallifrey appearances at the convention to drum up support for his pending series, the pilot of which would be filmed that summer for a winter 1993 launch. Star Trek novelists Gar & Judy Reeves-Stevens and John Vornholt returned to the convention, as did science fiction novelists Larry Niven, Barbara Hambly and Mel Gilden. Also rounding out the guest lineup was horror film producer Brian Yuzna, who did a special presentation about his film "Society" on Saturday (a last minute addition to the program) along with folks from the film wandering around in costume, and SF poet Jonathan Post, as well as author David Gerrold, who joined the convention to conduct a science fiction auction for AIDS Project Los Angeles.

Local fan Jay Smith produced a new version of "Trivia Squares," the convention game show he'd tried previously, only this time with a twist: the debut of "Holly," a woman dressed up like the Red Dwarf computer and set in a nearby room with a video camera, and the television output on the celebrity board! The effect didn't work as well as planned but everyone ignored the difficulties. Many other programming panels included the Liar's Panel, attended by Nick, Sophie and John (though this was its last year), and a Villains panel which discussed the villains of Doctor Who as noted by Eric Hoffman and Nick Courtney, as well as the debut of a panel called the "Leisure Hive Improv," an acting workshop that would last for several years. Gallifrey One in 3-D also featured several "Score Card" review panels hosted by the USS Alliance, a local Star Trek club whose members had attended since the first convention, and a widely regarded "Future of Doctor Who" panel; more than any of the fan panels before, these review panels, also conducted at the fourth convention, gave birth to the fan discussion tracks now used widely at Gallifrey conventions today. After Gallifrey 1992's guest banquet was moved to a Sunday morning brunch that was sparsely attended but quite popular with those who did go, it was retired for years, finally returning in 1998 as a regular event.

The convention's Cabaret turned out to be the first year that it was truly a performance piece rather than just a few acts put together haphazardly. Larry Stewart hosted once again, and Nick was able to join Eric Hoffman for a comedy piece that involved Nick starting from his seat with the rest of the attendees. Sophie Aldred performed a reading of "The Great Sock Race" which went over surprisingly well, but it was her two songs that impressed everyone. Rainy Smyth also did some singing, as did Kory Doyle. Linda Harpe and John Levene performed in concert, while Eric debuted his "UNIT Tabernacle Choir" and Shaun Lyon opened the cabaret with a brief comic monologue. Notably, however, the Cabaret was severely disturbed by a Persian wedding taking place just across the hall in the hotel's main ballroom, loud enough to interfere with some of the singing in our own room -- a later joke for many years running.

Gallifrey One in 3-D was the site of the only at-convention APAzine, or amateur press association fanzine, where each contributor brings a set number of copies of his or her own work, and the zine is collated together using pages from every contributor's collection. Larry Stewart, as usual, designed the cover. It was also the final convention worked on by original founder Allie Bennett (now Johnson) and her husband David Johnson, who had run the three convention hospitality suites. It was also the final Gallifrey for David Proctor, who co-chaired the convention this year, then moved on to other events.

Despite best efforts to promote the convention, it amassed even fewer attendees than before, topping out at just above 400. Indeed, some of the programming on the lower floor wasn't even attended; a discussion of Star Trek fandom was comprised of the three panelists and one attendee (Kathy Drover) who joined them on the stage, leaving her purse as the only spectator. (You had to be there.) The convention was dedicated to Gerry Davis, who passed away several months before the convention. What was all the more ironic was that, shortly before the convention, "The Tomb of the Cybermen,"the lost Doctor Who story that Davis and his co-writer Kit Pedler penned back during the Troughton era, was discovered in its entirety, and we were able to show it as a fitting tribute to the late "Cyberdad".