Poppy Munday
Poppy Munday was Vince Cosmos's personal assistant, starting in 1972. She helped him fight the Martians infiltrating humanity. (AUDIO: Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective) Panda described her as a "rather mulish-looking girl". (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme) Poppy was also the founder of the South Shields chapter of the Vince Cosmos fan club. (PROSE: Biography)
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
After saying goodbye to her mam and father in South Shields, Poppy took a coach down to London to share a flat with her cousin Trish, and Poppy envisaged being involved with The Smoke. On the journey there, she got the coach to stop a transport services after she threw up, and after she cried in the toilet, she bought Opal Fruits and a copy of The Vincent Cosmos Holiday Special. On the rest of the journey to London, Poppy daydreamed about Vince. (PROSE: Introducing Poppy Munday!)
On May Day 1972, Poppy and Vince attended a party in Hobbe's End hosted by Iris Wildthyme and MIAOW. (PROSE: From Wildthyme with Love)
Vince hired Poppy to be his personal assistant sometime prior to August 1972, a fact he recollected in an interview conducted by Timothy Bold on the Radio One series Listen to the Stars!. (PROSE: Timothy Bold Interviews Vince Cosmos)
Poppy consoled Vince after Martians attacked him during his concert at the Hammersmith Odeon in July 1973. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)
By 1979, Vince was no longer popular and Poppy had moved to New York, (PROSE: Hang onto Yourself) though by another account, she lived alone in a canal boat. She was also the only person who knew where Vince had gone after he left Earth. (PROSE: Biography)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
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The online release of Introducing Poppy Munday! was illustrated with a preexisting black-and-white picture of Lauren Kellegher, who voiced Poppy in Glam Rock Detective. If taken as a suggestion of Poppy's in-universe appearance, it constitutes the only such visual representation in the DWU.
