Paul Gibbs
of East London has been a life-long fan since being terrified by 'The
Hand Of Fear' as a toddler. Up until the age of 21 he was a Fan - capital
F! Paul also ran a local group, and collected anything and everything
Who, and even ran a DWAS local group on and off for ten years. Jumble
sales and charity shops threw up Palitoy Daleks, Armada paperbacks,
Geoff Love albums, and a multitude of Target books. He was ravenous
for the stuff and had a room full of fanzines, and stationery, and toys,
and magazines, and records ...etc.
At 21, in a move Paul now ranks as one of his stupidest, he gave the
lot away in a fit of 'maturity' - Denys Fisher TARDIS and all. Boy does
he regret it. Paul kept up with the New Adventures though, and Doctor
Who Magazine but that was all until about two years ago. Kick starting
a new collection, Paul purchased a DAPOL re-issued Marx Dalek - the
one thing he wanted and never found as a youth. It took pride of place
next to the Denys Fisher Dalek, one of the few remnants he had kept.
A recent buy of a DAPOL TARDIS, c/o this site, has seen it reunited
with his remaining DAPOL figures.
Paul is mainly interested in toys and models, specifically Daleks and
the TARDIS, although he has tons of videos and books too. Largely a
Star Wars toy collector there is minimal room to display his expanding
Dr Who treasures. However droopy the inflatable Dalek is, it is his
pride and joy. Paul is looking forward to grabbing many of the Product
Enterprises goodies as they arrive on the market!
You can find more photos of Paul's collection at
http://community.webshots.com/user/gibbspaulus |
