Re: Kate and Doctor Who

[Scott Telford <s.telford@ed.ac.uk>]

In article <9409182339.aa03349@dispatch.demon.co.uk>,
news@dispatch.demon.co.uk writes:

> This is probably going to seem hilarious to you, but over on
> rec.arts.dr.who, there are a number of us who remember a rumour of
> several years ago, that Kate was secretly the author of a Doctor Who TV
> story called 'Kinda', under the psuedonym Christopher Bailey. Now, I'm
> sure that this isn't true, but it is a fun rumour. Any clues either way,
> and is it true that Kate is a Dr. Who fan?

I asked somebody who mentioned this (David Gibbs,
davidg@compnews.co.uk) on alt.fan.douglas-adams (I think) a while back
what this was all about, and he said he thought there was no evidence
to support the assertion that Kate wrote Kinda, other than

a) Kinda had themes reminiscent of some of Kate's songs
b) Kate wore something vaguely Cyberman-like in a video
c) Nobody has ever met Chris Bailey

He also said that a certain Paul Cornell once wrote an article for
"DWM" (presumably a Dr Who fanzine?) debunking several rumours,
including this one....

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