I happened upon this link earlier, and it really brought home what an amazing year 2005 was for Doctor Who fans. The amazing success the series is currently enjoying is in stark contrast to how things used to be. Long-term fans have maybe forgotten just how low things got 20 years ago. This link may be of interest to anyone who was a fan in the mid-eighties, it could bring back a few memories.

Listen if you dare....


http://tv.cream.org/specialassignmen...s/distress.mp3

Christ on a bike that was dreadful!

I couldn't bring myself to listen all the way through. Nice sentiment/gesture but truly awful. Michael Grade must have p****d himself laughing when he heard that.

BWahaahahhaah!!

Fabulous!

RTD needs to have a disco scene with that as the music in an episode

Would anyone be dancing to it though? I think they would be too embarrassed!

Silent iPod disco?

Anyway, who knows what will be cool in the future

Unless they get Pete Tong or some other DJ genuis to remix it I somehow think not

I'm always amazed what the f**kwits next door listen to

What do they listen to? Not Doctorin the TARDIS by the TimeLords?

I could at least deal with that

COOOL SONG. was that from the eighties?? and who sung it. i thought it sounded like the Human League, but they wouldn't do that would they?

*sings*
Doctor In Distress,
let's all answer his SOS,
Doctor In Distress.
*sings*

You think that's bad. I bought the single. It was dreadful. Radio 1 banned it from the airwaves - not because of its intense political message (bring back Doctor Who) but because the production values were so awful.

For those who don't know the story behind this . . .


In 1984, during Colin Baker's first season as Doctor Who, Michael Grade (head of BBC 1 at the time) decided to 'rest' the show for 18 months as he thought it was getting very tired. There was, of course, a public outcry (no joke - it even made the front page of The Sun) and the cast, crew and various celeb supporters recorded this song as a protest.

Yeah, I think I bought it too!

Can anyone remember the 'celebrities' who took part in it? I can recall Faith Brown and some woman who used to be in Man About the House lending their Z-list support.

For anyone interested in Who related songs, this one dates back to the seventies, and its third Doctor Jon Pertwee strutting his stuff...

http://tv.cream.org/specialassignmen...the_doctor.mp3

Oh come on - two Doctor Who singles?

Lets make it three - Get David Tennant and Billie Piper to rap

You fink ya' well 'ard!
You fink ya' well 'ard!
You fink ya' well 'ard!
Ya not well'ard!
You fink ya' well 'ard!
You fink ya' well 'ard!
You fink ya' well 'ard!
Ya not well'ard!

What does that mutt have to do with DW?

I dunno - the music video could consist of them walking up to Cybermen, Daleks and Slitheen and headbutting them. Captain Jack can do a solo bit.

You never know, it might make No.1, considering what Crazy Frog achieved.

That is unbelievably bad..

I got about halfway through, but it was so bad that I'll have to listen to the rest of it tomorrow when no one else is in the room.