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Fan Has “Doctor Who” Themed Funeral

Fan Has “Doctor Who” Themed Funeral

June 11, 2009 By Mike Hickerson 5 Comments

Wales’ Sebastian Neale loved “Doctor Who.”  How much you ask?

Enough to have a “Doctor Who” themed funeral.  The 26-year old fan recently passed away.  But instead of the standard funeral, Neale had a “Doctor Who” themed one, including having his casket look like the exterior of the Doctor’s TARDIS.

Attendees to the funeral were greeted by the a line from the fourth Doctor story, “Pyramids of Mars,” saying, “I’m a Time Lord, I walk in eternity.”  And the usual comforting words from scripture were replaced with William Hartnell’s first Doctor speech from “Dalek Invasion of Earth” and later re-used in the prelude of “The Five Doctors,” saying, “Someday I shall come back, yes I shall come back.  Until then there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs, and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.”  (The original clip is include below)

Attendees also heard the famous “Doctor Who” theme played during the ceremony (no word yet on which version was used.)

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Comments

  1. Beppo says

    June 11, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    Was the coffin bigger on the inside?

    Reply
  2. Cooky says

    June 12, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    OOOHHH Beppo, you beat me to it. I wonder if he had a companion with him?

    Reply
  3. Mike From Des Moines says

    June 12, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    Did he remember his sonic screwdriver, in case he regenerates and needs to get out??

    Reply
  4. Seamus says

    April 12, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    Did he regenarate?

    Reply
  5. bub says

    October 1, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    Where did his Tardis go? Do you think he sold it??

    Reply

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