Sunday, August 4, 2013

Simon Gallup is a Doctor Who fan!

Simon now has a "The angels have the phone box" sticker on his bass. He previously had one that said "Saving the world has never been so ginger". Both are Doctor Who references. As a lifelong Who fan, this thrills me to no end. :)
(Photo from Rocksubculture)



Update: He's also had a "Come Along Pond" sticker on his white bass, and also wrote that on his arm.
(Thanks Charlotte Sometimes)

Update (10/21/13): Yet another Doctor Who reference from Simon, and further proof of his awesomeness. See those sets of marks on his arm? He must have run into The Silence quite a few times in Austin! ;) Thanks to Rev. Heron for sending the photo, and to Fuji for taking it at Austin City Limits on Oct. 5th.

Update (03/31/14): And his latest Who sticker, A Good Man Goes To War, was displayed at the Royal Albert Hall shows on March 28th & 29th, 2014.  Thanks to Perfect.Murder for spotting it, and to Olivier at It's A Perfect Day for the photo.

Update (5/30/14): No change at the BottleRock show. Still has A Good Man Goes To War sticker.

This is really fun! Have there been any other DW stickers or markings that I've missed?

13 comments:

  1. Awww. I'd feel the same way if he were into "Battlestar Galactica". Ah, well, he IS an "Inspector Morse" fan, as he wrote on thecure.com in the late '90s, and I'm a bigger fan of that show, since I've gotten older, so I can appreciate the show more; I bought the DVDs a couple of years ago. They don't make shows like that anymore.

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  2. Also has the word Domestique written down his arm. With Simon being a keen cyclist I assume it relates to a cycling Domestique who supports and assists his team leader in a race.

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    1. Thanks for that explanation - I was wondering if he was having issues at home, haha!!

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  3. Personally, I think Simon is secretly The Doctor. He looks remarkably like David Tennant! He must be a Time Lord to look that ageless, really.

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  4. The new Doctor is announced at 7.30 on Sunday night. Maybe he was giving a clue it will be him. I think it was The Prayer Tour when they mentioned that they killed time on the bus watching old Dr Who VHSs.

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    1. Yeah, when they announced that special for Sunday night, I knew the new Doctor wouldn't be Robert or Simon, as they'll be at Lollapalooza at that time.

      Then again, the Doctor CAN manipulate time, so... :)

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  5. He also had "Come along, Pond" sticker which is also a Doctor Who reference

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    1. Oh where/when was that one? I missed it.

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    2. I think it was on his white bass. I think it was in Vieilles Charrues last year

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    3. Found photos: http://24.media.tumblr.com/815a232527edf06658d9c32b2fd2972a/tumblr_mgfr9mgewq1rmdeqio1_1280.jpg
      it also looks like he wrote it on his arm: http://24.media.tumblr.com/5858663314eecf84ebd7002bce49b3bf/tumblr_mgfri8A4pE1rmdeqio1_1280.jpg

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    4. Thank you so much! Completely missed those. I wonder if he'll be watching tonight's announcement? :)

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  6. as a huge cycling fan, I find the domestique reference to be brilliant because that's exactly the part he plays with the cure, Roberts super-domestique!

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  7. I think that there shouldn't be a question mark on the title to this one, as it's pretty clear he is a fan. No question!!

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