Jon Pertwee and Deep
Purple. Well it makes sense don’t you think? After all the third Doctor would
sometimes be seen sporting a purple velvet jacket and he was one of the handful
of tv icons of the day who wouldn’t look out of place in a rock band. Plus Deep
Purple did have a song called `Child in Time`. In 1971 the Purps – in their
classic line up- were becoming one of the foremost UK rock bands and their
management decided they would have their own record label Purple Records which
would run until 1979. And one of the earlier releases was `Who is the Doctor`
performed by Jon Pertwee.
