“My Favourite Waste of Time”
1985-86 was definitely a period when DWAS or Doctor Who
related stuff was taking up all of my spare time. July 1985 was probably the
most extreme example and because people used diaries then I can relate what I
did. Having already been to the Fan Aid event at the end of June, the next week
I went to our local Merseyside local
group meeting, a week after that I was at LogiCon hosted by the Solihull local
group the same day as Live Aid. I’m sure they asked Bob to move his event, but
it wasn’t happening. We couldn’t compete with Queen, Paul McCartney, Wham and
co but I did end up on stage interviewing Graham Williams, Ian Marter and
Richard Gregory. This wasn’t planned, in fact Paul Vanezis asked me the evening
beforehand even though probably anyone else there was more suited. Back then of
course with no prep and no Google, I had to rely on my tragically vast
knowledge of Doctor Who related facts and wing it when it came to the
rest of their careers.
