Dr Who fan having the time of his life
- Publication: Hartlepool Mail
- Date: 1996-05-13
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- Page: 3
- Language: English
IT'S not every day you see a Tardis in someone's living-room.
Or K-9 in the kitchen. Or a Dalek getting ready to exterminate the next person who comes to the door.
But there's one house in a quiet Hartlepool street that is every Dr Who fan's dream.
Paul Bianco's Duke Street borne has become quite a shrine to the time-travelling cult hero.
He's even been told he looks like the latest doctor - and is now set to make a bid for TV stardom.
Mr Bianco, 42, said "I've been a big Dr Who fan ever since the Daleks, and I've collected quite a lot of memorabilia over the years end made a few models.
"A while ago someone told me I looked like the new Dr Who, Paul McGann, which gave me the idea to have a bit of fun doing some spool sketches and filming them
"Friends and I have put together about six sketches, which we're hoping to send off to Beadle's Hot Shots TV programme and try and make some money.
'They pay £500 for every clip shown, so it would be brilliant if they used any of ours."
The sketches feature a number of Dr Whos, including the latest star, and host of favourite characters.
But filming has meant Mr Bianco's house is even more jam-pecked with gadgets and props - including a Tardis in the living room.
He might have to welt a while before he knows whether TV stardom beckons, but he has three young fans already daughter Alex, six, and sons Max, four, end two-yeer-old Lewis.
"The kids love it," he said,
The new Dr Who film, starring Paul McGann, is due to be shown on TV soon.
Caption: Paul with his Tardis
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