John Lennon
John Lennon was a Liverpudlian musician known for his role in the The Beatles before starting another band with his wife Yoko Ono. His work is one of the most widely known and studied music of the late industrial era and early information age.
The Doctor and Donna Noble went to see John Lennon peform. Donna even got him to sign a future album on compact disc. (DWM: The Time of My Life)
The Doctor and his companions watched John Lennon and the other Beatles perform their song "Ticket to Ride" on the Time-Space Visualiser. Vicki commented that a museum dedicated to the Beatles existed in 25th century Liverpool (DW: The Chase).
In 1969, Ace prevented Lennon and the other Beatles from being murdered during their Let it Be rooftop concert at the Apple Records building in London. However, Lennon was later shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in New York City on December 8, 1980 (NA: The Left-Handed Hummingbird).
Minor reference
- The DJ of Tranquil Repose had a poster of John Lennon in his broadcasting studio. (DW: Revelation of the Daleks)
Behind the Scenes
- An early 1960's photo shows John Lennon posing next to a Dalek.
- The novel PDA: The Devil Goblins from Neptune suggests the Beatles continued as a group after 1970, with Paul McCartney leaving the group and two new members replacing him.
- Originally, The Chase was going to feature The Beatles playing themselves as old men in the 21st Century. However, the idea was quickly denied by the band's manager, Brian Epstein. Had the idea come to fruition, it, sadly, would have become anachronistic upon Lennon's murder in 1980.
