Dimensionally Transcendental Confession 6: The New Wave
He'd been the definitive Doctor for what seemed like forever and a whole new generation of fans had been growing up with him in the role. Then all of a sudden he'd changed and there was someone else in his clothes. Someone who looked far too young. Would the programme survive such a drastic metamorphosis? No, I'm not talking about 1 January 2010. This was on 21 March 1981. A Saturday. I was a teenager, and the incoming Doctor was Peter Davison. In theory we'd have to wait until January 1982 to find out what this new incarnation was going be like. Back then a ten month wait such as this was an eternity - just what was I going to occupy myself with in the meantime? Well, there was always music. That was rather interesting in 1981. I'd become obsessed with Toyah , and there were any number of other fascinating bands around, such as Soft Cell , The Human League , Ultravox , Visage , Department S , Classix Nouveaux and countless other combos who, years later, would b...