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 A lone Snowdon supporter makes his stand outside the Doctor Who convention, where he was subjected to merciless teasing and abuse with spoons.
“This is morally repugnant!” said newly announced candidate for the Auckland Mayoralty, Dalek Snowdon, as he addressed followers protesting outside a Doctor Who convention held at the Aotea Center yesterday.
“How much more of this kind of offensive rubbish do we have to see being flaunted in public before we say ‘Enough is enough’?” Snowdon continued, “Not only do we see these so called ‘Doctor Who Fans’ parading about in public wearing long woollen scarves, cricket sweaters, floppy hats and other blatantly provocative items, but on the very same night a public broadcaster is screening the latest episodes of Doctor Who, a show that portrays Daleks in the worst possible way.”
A spokesperson for Prime TV was reluctant to discuss the screening last night but did admit that the show has brought complaints from New Zealand’s Dalek community. “We have heard from Dalek Snowdon quite a bit over the last few weeks,” admitted Lucinda Grubb from Prime TV.
“He’s had his supporters writing letters and we’ve had quite a few staff exterminated on their way in from the car park.” Convention organisers were unrepentant. “Dalek Snowdon is just a bad tempered old bugger who needs to get a life and leave other people alone.” said Rawdon Clench of fan group TARDIS. “Every time the Doctor Who community plans an event like this to celebrate our lifestyle we get him and his grumpy supporters picketing us. Next year though, we ought to get Tom Baker out here for the convention. I’d love to see him go head to head with Snowdon! "Seriously though” he added, “let’s not forget that for many years Doctor Who fans have been unable to celebrate their lifestyle in public, or even talk about their love for Gallifrey’s coolest citizen. All we got was prejudice, and people calling us Nerds. Well, it’s time we ‘Came Out’ from behind the sofa and tell the world we’re Nerds, and we’re proud!”
Events outside the Convention came to a head yesterday when Dalek Snowdon was forced to withdraw from the protest after being faced by some thirty or so Doctor Who fans all waving sonic screwdrivers at him and chanting ‘Remember Canary Wharf!’
“This is far from over!” declared Snowdon’s Campaign Manager Dave Carrageenan. “Mr Snowdon is very concerned about this shocking event taking place in the heart of this fine city….We see the basic hypocrisy of this so called ‘Liberal’ society. Mr Snowdon was refused entry when he came down here to exercise his democratic right to protest. It’s offensive to Mr Snowdon’s culture, but apparently that doesn’t matter.”
Mayor Dick Hubbard was unavailable for comment on the Doctor Who Convention issue, as was John Banks. However another mayoral candidate Steve Crow did issue a brief statement by phone last night. This consisted of a low, feverish muttering from which only the words ‘Sixteen years old’, ‘Latex’ and ‘Moist’ could be distinguished. |
