A Funeral For a Time Lord

A Funeral For a Time Lord

by Sanjuro | Published on June 9th, 2009, 1:18 pm | Life

"One day, I will 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."

That is one of my all time favorite Doctor Who quotes and deliveries. It's from the Doctor Who episode "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" and was recently put to good use again...

26 year old Doctor Who mega-fan, David Tennant lookalike and hobby shop owner Seb Neale of South Wales died due to head trauma after a fall at a friend's BBQ. His family honored his love of the long running TV series by sending him to Gallifrey in grand fashion. They even dressed his coffin as a TARDIS complete with flashing blue light.

The funeral music was swapped out in favor of the Dr. Who's theme song and mourners were greeted with the Doctor's words, "I'm a time lord ... I'm not a human being. I walk in eternity." Instead of Bible verses, the funeral consisted of quotes from classic Who scripts, including William Hartnell's famous speech from "The Dalek Invasion Of Earth"

And the order of service card was like a glossy souvenir brochure with picture of Seb dressed as Tennant with his sonic screwdriver.

Family say he dressed as Tennant 'virtually every day' and loved flirting with women just like the Doctor because of his good looks.

A family tribute read: 'Seb never missed an opportunity to make the most of his similarity to the latest Doctor Who.

'You could even say he exploited it, and if there was a pretty girl about, so much the better.

'With his sociable nature, he enjoyed a laugh, a joke and a pint.'

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To friends and family of Mr. Neale, I say "Fantastic". I only wish more people would put as much thought and effort into making sure everyone's funeral was as fitting to their personalities.

Via i09:
http://io9.com/5283524/a-funeral-for-a-time-lord

and DailyMail.uk:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... offin.html

I posted this on a subsequent site the other day.... felt you all were sick of my Who ramblings, so I skipped it here.....

I'm glad you did.

On the subject of putting together funeral services to reflect the loved one's life... when our parents died, we tried to do just that. We completely skipped the funeral home scene (let alone a CHURCH) and gathered friends and family at home. Mom loved flowers, so there were lots of flowers. She loved Big Band music, so my sister had a mix playing on the iTunes that she would have loved.

Overall, I think custom-made gatherings work so much better than the cookie-cutter funeral home trade. And really, it was a pretty easy thing to do. It's a rare event in anyone's life (unless you live in Iraq or other such awful places) but it doesn't have to drag you to the poor house.

That's so cool!

I'm afraid of what kind of funeral my family/friends would put my dead body through.

Serendipitous wrote:That's so cool!

I'm afraid of what kind of funeral my family/friends would put my dead body through.

I've already commented that my lifeless body is burned at the stake and my ashes split among the guest for a party favor....

but I'll probably just end up in a coffin with some lifeless preacher sending me to hell.

Serendipitous wrote:I'm afraid of what kind of funeral my family/friends would put my dead body through.

I think I've talked about this on other threads. Maybe I'll start writing a book on home-engineered funerals. People need to be aware that there are alternatives.

How about a book on "Coolest ways to kill one's self?"

Liv wrote:How about a book on "Coolest ways to kill one's self?"

Now, now! Let's not go too macabre here...

All Thelma and louise.... Reminds me of the Bunny Suicides

The topic of funerals came up this weekend. My mom has her whole outfit picked out so we don't have to figure it out. I guess I should be nice and write this stuff down about myself to take some of the pressure whoever is stuck dealing with funeral directors and so on when I die.