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"4.20pm: Hello there and welcome to Digital Spy&amp;#039;s coverage of Comic-Con 2011, live and direct from San Diego. Over the next four days we&amp;#039;ll be bringing you live reports from the key TV and movie panels, as well as select interviews, videos and similar goodness. 4.21pm: This is your intrepid reporter Morgan. To put this live blog into some context, I have spent the last five hours waiting in line for today&amp;#039;s panels in Comic-Con&amp;#039;s Ballroom 20. My mood has shifted from disgruntled to thoroughly unstable. 4.23pm: So this is the TV Guide Fan Favorite panel, featuring Nestor Carbonell (Ringer), Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory), Jorge Garcia (Alcatraz), Leslie Hope (The River), Zachary Levi (Chuck), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Matt Smith (Doctor Who), Kevin Williamson (Vampire Diaries), Deborah Ann Woll (True Blood), and others.  4.24pm: Zach Levi is reminiscing about his experiences at his very first Comic-Con. He&amp;#039;s thanking all the Chuck fans for their continued support - bless! 4.26pm: Matt Smith pays tribute to his predecessors on Doctor Who - a mention of William Hartnell gets a huge cheer from the crowd. 4.29pm: Nelsan Ellis thanks True Blood fans for &amp;quot;reacting so positively&amp;quot; to his character Lafayette. 4.31pm: It&amp;#039;s time for some Vampire Diaries chat with Kevin Williamson and executive producer Julie Plec. First up though, some video highlights from the first two seasons! 4.33pm: Julie praises the Vampire Diaries fanbase, calling it &amp;quot;warm and supportive&amp;quot;. She notes that social networking sites like Twitter provide &amp;quot;instant gratification or criticism&amp;quot;. 4.36pm: Onto Lost veteran Nestor Carbonell now, but the man formerly known as Richard Alpert is here to discuss his new show - the CW&amp;#039;s Sarah Michelle Gellar series Ringer. Nestor describes Ringer as a &amp;quot;serialized thriller&amp;quot; and notes that his own FBI agent character is &amp;quot;complex and duplicitous&amp;quot;. 4.38pm: Nestor also suggests that his Ringer character &amp;quot;definitely has secrets&amp;quot;, quipping &amp;quot;Maybe he doesn&amp;#039;t age or lives in a hatch.&amp;quot; 4.40pm: Another Lost alumni Jorge Garcia is now discussing his new show, the Fox drama Alcatraz. He reveals that his new character Dr. Diego Soto &amp;quot;finds himself as a fish out of water&amp;quot; and jokes that he has an affinity for islands! 4.42pm: Zachary Levi is now discussing the end of Chuck, calling it &amp;quot;bittersweet&amp;quot;. However, he insists that the final season will provide closure and hopes that fans will enjoy the last episodes. He also suggests that the end of Chuck won&amp;#039;t stop him returning to Comic-Con in the future! 4.44pm: Jorge Garcia advises Zach not to end Chuck with the &amp;quot;everybody dies ending&amp;quot; - &amp;quot;It alienates some people,&amp;quot; he jokes. 4.46pm: Moving on, it&amp;#039;s time for a few words from Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki. He has a feeling that his character Leonard will be torn between two women - Penny (Kaley Cuoco) and Priya (Aarti Mann) - and claims that the lovable geek will also move back in with Sheldon (Jim Parsons) next season. 4.50pm: A big cheer as the moderator turns to speak with Doctor Who star Matt Smith! First up, a clip from the most recent series! 4.53pm: Matt Smith notes that Patrick Troughton was his favourite past Doctor, but also admits his love for Christopher Eccleston&amp;#039;s interpretation, which elicits much applause from the crowd. He also describes the mid-series premiere, &amp;#039;Let&amp;#039;s Kill Hitler&amp;#039;, as his favourite Who episode he&amp;#039;s done so far. 4.55pm: Time for some True Blood scoop - whoop whoop! Kristin Bauer (Pam) admits that things might get worse before they get better for her character - uh oh! Discussing Pam&amp;#039;s great lines, she also reveals that she has a terrific line coming up in episode 11 of the show&amp;#039;s fourth season, which her co-star Nelsan Ellis describes as &amp;quot;the wrongest thing on television&amp;quot;. 4.59pm: Speaking of Nelsan, he describes Lafayette&amp;#039;s journey throughout the show&amp;#039;s run as &amp;quot;tumultuous&amp;quot; and confirms that you will discover what his character&amp;#039;s powers are soon. Nelsan also praises the quality of his fellow panelists and admits that he is a huge fan of The Vampire Diaries! 5.02pm: A clip from ABC&amp;#039;s spooky new drama The River leads into a chat with series regular - and former 24 star - Leslie Hope. She describes the show as &amp;quot;scary and intriguing&amp;quot; and promises some &amp;quot;creepy s**t&amp;quot;, before promptly apologising for her potty mouth! 5.05pm: The moderator opens the floor to fan questions. When one fan brings up the &amp;quot;antiquated&amp;quot; Nielsen ratings system, Chuck&amp;#039;s Zachary Levi admits that there needs to be a change in how audience numbers are measured. Rapturous applause follows. 5.09pm: Matt Smith promises that he will have (*spoiler alert*) both a flashy new coat and a new hat in the next episode of Doctor Who! 5.12pm: Matt also describes Comic-Con as &amp;quot;strange and overwhelming&amp;quot; and outs himself as a True Blood fan. He&amp;#039;s thrilled to be sitting next to Pam and Lafayette! 5.15pm: Final fan question - will we ever see the Doctor and Captain Jack Harkness back together again? &amp;quot;Maybe,&amp;quot; hints Matt, and also suggests that a reunion of several different Doctors is indeed a possibility for the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who in 2013! 5.17pm: And that&amp;#039;s a wrap! Stay tuned to Digital Spy for more live blogs, video interviews and more comprehensive Comic-Con coverage! More from San Diego Comic-Con 2011: &amp;gt; Comic-Con 2011: &amp;#039;Shameless&amp;#039; panel: Live blog &amp;gt; Comic-Con 2011: &amp;#039;Awake&amp;#039; with Jason Isaacs: Live blog &amp;gt; Comic-Con 2011: The best and maddest costumes - Pictures Digital Spy is bringing you exclusive videos, pictures and live panel blogs from Comic-Con all weekend - view our full coverage of the event here. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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