On saturday the 17th of September I got to tick off a want to meet celebrity from my bucket list. Son of the 3rd Doctor Who and acclaimed actor in his own right, Sean Pertwee.
If all the rest of the guests had cancelled and he was the only one that turned up, I’d be a happy man. What I liked and what impressed my wife was that he was so down to Earth making real valued time for everyone that wanted to meet him. It was refreshing to see my wife tell him of the old prison that the Eikon centre in Lisburn is built upon. Sean didn’t know that and genuinely was interested in the history of the place. We also spoke about Doctor Who, his late Dad’s aspirations for him to be James Bond , something I’d wanted to ask him for years. he laughed as he told us the story behind that. It became evident very quickly that this man had no airs or graces and took a genuine interest in everyone he spoke to.Sean is a man with his feet on the ground and not swayed by the celebrity life. Despite his extensive career, I really wanted something from Dog Soldiers (the perfect werewolf movie) to sign but all i could find was the DVD or Blu Ray. So I brought Batman comic issue 77 in which Alfred was killed off, murdered at the hands of Bane which is pictured below. It also fitted in with his fellow cast members from Gotham in which Sean played the perfect Alfred and unlike any that have come before.
Sometimes you leave a celebrity feeling let down and just another piece of fodder to line their pockets but not this time. My wife left a fan that day and I left on a high. Let’s face it, it was his father’s era that helped forge the Time Warriors books so i finally got the chance to show my appreciation. Legend.
The Time Warriors and Beyond 