15: Doctor Who
In case Velvet Generation wasn’t David Bowie enough, I’ve been taking Bowie’s song titles for Doctor Who episode ideas since Blackstar, with a Stranger who is at least sometimes based on him.
But going the other way, a band as characters in the Whoniverse:
John Smith And The Common Men
Concept
A bandwagon-jumper starting to enjoy playing, in this case a flagrant attempt to get into the Merseybeat movement despite being from Chichester. Briefly considered disguises and full anonymity to avoid alien surveillance or help with the gimmick before realising they could get on Ready Steady Go! but by then the name scheme had stuck.
And given the setting they live in, likely to get mixed up in stories involving aliens invading Swinging London, falling into a parallel universe where the Beatles never recorded anything (ahem) or records that drive people mad if played backwards, and the time travelling PCs have to work with them to save the day.
Time travellers in a phone box having to save a band? Hmm.
The Honourable Aubrey Waites aka John Smith, lead singer, has at least given up trying to do an accent
Geoffrey Burwell aka Joe Bloggs, lead guitar, going along with it
Jennifer Brown aka Jenny Q Public, bass, hardly thinks this is necessary and bristles at the ‘Men’ bit
Albert Morris aka Bert, drums, couldn’t think of another anonymous name in time so the drummer’s name looks weird in the lineup
Statistics
Hope 1
Ego 1
Fanbase 1
Cash 0
Performance Traits
Technique 3
Power 1
Stagecraft 3
Very big on Promotion Scenes and mostly rely on Solid Performance
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