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'''Sir James Paul McCartney''' was a musician and songwriter in the [[20th century]], and was a member of [[the Beatles]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men]]'') [[Rita (Fanfare for the Common Men)|Rita]] described him as "nice!" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men]]'') Paul McCartney was also part of the band [[Wings (band)|Wings]]. They sang the songs "[[Magneto and Titanium Man]]" and "[[Band on the Run]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]'')
'''Sir James Paul McCartney''' was a musician and songwriter in the [[20th century]], and was a member of [[the Beatles]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men]]'') McCartney was also part of the band [[Wings (band)|Wings]]. They sang the songs "[[Magneto and Titanium Man]]" and "[[Band on the Run]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]'')


== Biography ==
He was recording an album in [[Abbey Road]], when he encountered the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] and [[Ruby Sunday]]. He was affected by [[Maestro]]'s theft of music from the world, but told the Doctor that he could deep down feel a good song in his soul. He later worked with [[John Lennon]] to complete the lost chord and banish Maestro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}})
He was recording an album in [[Abbey Road]], when he encountered the [[Fifteenth Doctor]] and [[Ruby Sunday]]. He was affected by [[Maestro]]'s theft of music from the world, but told the Doctor that he could deep down feel a good song in his soul. He later worked with [[John Lennon]] to complete the lost chord and banish Maestro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Devil's Chord (TV story)}})


[[Peri Brown]]'s mother [[Janine Foster]] used to worship McCartney. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'')
[[Peri Brown]]'s mother [[Janine Foster]] used to worship McCartney. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion (audio story)|The Eye of the Scorpion]]'') [[Rita (Fanfare for the Common Men)|Rita]] described him as "nice!" ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men]]'')


McCartney and the other Beatles performed their song "[[Ticket to Ride]]" on the [[13 May]] [[1965]] instalment of ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. The [[First Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s [[Vicki Pallister]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] watched it via the [[Time-Space Visualiser]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') According to [[Dalek Survival Guide|one account]] which claimed that the Visualiser was a [[hoax]], the people seen on the Visualiser were not the genuine historical figures but [[human]] [[slave]]s of the [[Pursuer-Dalek]]s who were made to re-enact the event as a deception for the Doctor and his [[companion]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide]]'')
McCartney and the other Beatles performed their song "[[Ticket to Ride]]" on the [[13 May]] [[1965]] instalment of ''[[Top of the Pops]]''. The [[First Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s [[Vicki Pallister]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] watched it via the [[Time-Space Visualiser]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') According to [[Dalek Survival Guide|one account]] which claimed that the Visualiser was a [[hoax]], the people seen on the Visualiser were not the genuine historical figures but [[human]] [[slave]]s of the [[Pursuer-Dalek]]s who were made to re-enact the event as a deception for the Doctor and his [[companion]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide]]'')
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In the mid [[2000s]], [[Jack Harkness]] named [[Paul McCartney (Slow Decay)|an alien tapeworm]] after Paul McCartney. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]'')
In the mid [[2000s]], [[Jack Harkness]] named [[Paul McCartney (Slow Decay)|an alien tapeworm]] after Paul McCartney. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]'')


== Alternate timeline ==
== Other realities ==
In an [[alternate timeline]] created by [[Lenny Kruger]] in which [[the Common Men]] rose to prominence in place of [[the Beatles]], McCartney never pursued a musical career and was instead a [[clerk]] at a [[shipping office]] in Liverpool. He knew the Common Men from a [[pub]] in [[Hamburg]], and wanted to give them some of his songs. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men]]'')
In an [[alternate timeline]] created by [[Lenny Kruger]] in which [[the Common Men]] rose to prominence in place of [[the Beatles]], McCartney never pursued a musical career and was instead a [[clerk]] at a [[shipping office]] in Liverpool. He knew the Common Men from a [[pub]] in [[Hamburg]], and wanted to give them some of his songs. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[1963: Fanfare for the Common Men (audio story)|1963: Fanfare for the Common Men]]'')



Revision as of 02:55, 12 May 2024

Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney was a musician and songwriter in the 20th century, and was a member of the Beatles. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men) McCartney was also part of the band Wings. They sang the songs "Magneto and Titanium Man" and "Band on the Run". (PROSE: Slow Decay)

Biography

He was recording an album in Abbey Road, when he encountered the Fifteenth Doctor and Ruby Sunday. He was affected by Maestro's theft of music from the world, but told the Doctor that he could deep down feel a good song in his soul. He later worked with John Lennon to complete the lost chord and banish Maestro. (TV: The Devil's Chord [+]Loading...["The Devil's Chord (TV story)"])

Peri Brown's mother Janine Foster used to worship McCartney. (AUDIO: The Eye of the Scorpion) Rita described him as "nice!" (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men)

McCartney and the other Beatles performed their song "Ticket to Ride" on the 13 May 1965 instalment of Top of the Pops. The First Doctor and his companions Vicki Pallister, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright watched it via the Time-Space Visualiser. (TV: The Chase) According to one account which claimed that the Visualiser was a hoax, the people seen on the Visualiser were not the genuine historical figures but human slaves of the Pursuer-Daleks who were made to re-enact the event as a deception for the Doctor and his companions. (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide)

Conspiracist George Wilson suggested Paul McCartney was replaced by a look-a-like between 1967 and 1970. (AUDIO: The Conspiracy)

In 1970, McCartney left the Beatles. (PROSE: The Devil Goblins from Neptune)

Isobel Watkins had a picture of him from after he had married Linda Eastman. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)

At some point, the Tenth Doctor took Donna Noble to see the Beatles play "My Bonnie" at The Cavern Club. Donna told Paul not to marry Heather. (COMIC: The Time of My Life)

In the mid 2000s, Jack Harkness named an alien tapeworm after Paul McCartney. (PROSE: Slow Decay)

Other realities

In an alternate timeline created by Lenny Kruger in which the Common Men rose to prominence in place of the Beatles, McCartney never pursued a musical career and was instead a clerk at a shipping office in Liverpool. He knew the Common Men from a pub in Hamburg, and wanted to give them some of his songs. (AUDIO: 1963: Fanfare for the Common Men)

Behind the scenes

He was played by Geoffrey Hughes in Yellow Submarine, Gary Bakewell in Backbeat and The Linda McCartney Story and Thomas Sangster in Nowhere Boy.