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* The National Society for Cancer Research benefited from all profits of the record sales. | * The National Society for Cancer Research benefited from all profits of the record sales. | ||
* ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' published the single's lyrics and reported from behind the scenes on its production in [[DWM 101]], a piece which [[Jonathan Morris]] later described as "what may be the funniest article in [DWM's] history" with lines like "Things seemed to be going quite well, until Black Lace rang to say that their train had been cancelled from Bradford." | * ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' published the single's lyrics and reported from behind the scenes on its production in [[DWM 101]], a piece which [[Jonathan Morris]] later described as "what may be the funniest article in [DWM's] history" with lines like "Things seemed to be going quite well, until Black Lace rang to say that their train had been cancelled from Bradford."<ref>"The TARDIS Log", [[DWM 500]]</ref> | ||
== Reception == | == Reception == | ||
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Doctor in Distress was a charity record released within two weeks of the announcement of Doctor Who's "cancellation" on 25 February 1985.
Lyrics
- Eighteen months is too long to wait,
- Bring back the Doctor don't hesitate.
- It was a cold wet night in November
- Twenty-two years ago,
- There was a police box in a junkyard
- We didn't know where it would go,
- An old man took two teachers
- Into time and space,
- It started off a legend
- That no other could replace.
- Doctor in distress,
- Let's all answer his S.O.S.,
- Doctor in distress,
- Bring him back now, we won't take less.
- There were evil metal creatures,
- Who tried to exterminate,
- Inside each of their casings
- Was a bubbling lump of hate,
- We met cybernetic humans
- With no feelings at all,
- Warriors of the ice
- Who stood over seven feet tall.
- Doctor in distress,
- Let's all answer his S.O.S.,
- Doctor in distress,
- Bring him back now, we won't take less.
- Bring him back now, we won't take less,
- If we stop his travels he'll be in a mess,
- The galaxy will fall to evil once more,
- With nightmarish monsters fighting a war.
- Doctor in distress,
- Bring him back now, we won't take less.
- We've learned to accept six doctors
- With companions at their side,
- When they were faced with dangers
- They didn't run, they didn't hide,
- There was a Brigadier and a Master
- And a canine computer,
- Each screaming girl just hoped
- That a Yeti wouldn't shoot her.
- Doctor in distress,
- Let's all answer his S.O.S.,
- Doctor in distress,
- Bring him back now, we won't take less.
Production
- The idea came from former Doctor Who annual illustrator Paul Mark Tams (then working in the record industry) and record producer and long term Doctor Who fan Ian Levine.
- The lyrics were written by Ian Levine and his partner Fiachra Trench (who were also responsible for the theme to K9 and Company).
- The recording session took place on Thursday 7 March and featured a host of well known names of the time, including:
- Faith Brown (comedian/actress)
- Nicholas Courtney (actor - Brigadier)
- Bobby G (singer with Bucks Fizz)
- Nicola Bryant (actress - Peri)
- Justin Hayward (singer - Moody Blues)
- John Lodge (singer - Moody Blues)
- Rick Buckler with his band Time UK (Drummer - The Jam)
- Warren Cann (musician - Ultravox)
- Phyliss Nelson (US musician with a current hit Move Closer)
- Anthony Ainley (actor - Master)
- Colin Baker (actor - Sixth Doctor)
- Support but non participation also came from;
- Ritchie Pitts (star of Starlight Express) who attended the session but had to leave with Earlene Bentley
- Sally Thomsett
- Steve Grant and Julie Harris (from 'Tight Fit)
- John Rocca (from Freeez)
- Miquel Brown (of the hit 'So Many Men So Little Time')
- Hazel Dean (singer)
- Basia and Danny (from band 'Matt Bianco')
- Black Lace's train was cancelled from Bradford
- Gary Glitter had dislocated his shoulder
- Helen Terry was unable to make the session having to fly overseas
- Holly Johnson (from Frankie Goes to Hollywood) was caught up in rehearsals in Brixton
- Ian's record label Record Shack Records released the record in 7" and 12" versions with an instrumental version of the final hi-energy dance number on the B-side.
- The National Society for Cancer Research benefited from all profits of the record sales.
- Doctor Who Magazine published the single's lyrics and reported from behind the scenes on its production in DWM 101, a piece which Jonathan Morris later described as "what may be the funniest article in [DWM's] history" with lines like "Things seemed to be going quite well, until Black Lace rang to say that their train had been cancelled from Bradford."[1]
Reception
The single was largely panned, and failed to chart in the UK. The BBC refused to play the single on its own radio stations, reportedly for its low quality.[2]
Ian Levine later described the single as "an absolute balls-up fiasco. It was pathetic and bad and stupid. It tried to tell the Doctor Who history in an awful high-energy song. It almost ruined me."[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ "The TARDIS Log", DWM 500
- ↑ The Sixth Doctor Handbook, pp 200-201
- ↑ "Shows of support," The Guardian, 22 October 2005
