Dr Who At 50 The Monsters And The Critics

In 1982 when Peter Davison took over from Tom Baker in the role of Dr Who the program  was still a land mark of the BBC schedules.Peter Davison was the youngest actor to play the part and seemed to many to lack the necessary gravitas to pull it off.He was however nationally known in Britain for his role as a young vet in the hit series All Creatures Great And Small.One immediate break with the past was the moving of the program from a Saturday to a weekday.The Guardian even remarked on this in a leader which was titled Tardis lands on the wrong day.This switch was probably the first step on the downward progression towards cancellation.For eighteen years during its various seasons Dr Who had always been part of everyone in Britain's Saturday night.Whether you were a child watching it with your family or a teenager watching it before you went out for Saturday night fun with you friends it was part of the ritual of life.There is a method to slowly destroying something whereby you start to make small unwelcome changes to see what reaction you get.After all life is about change and surely we have to embrace them?.For example " I seem to have broken your leg ,that will certainly change your life .You will have to adapt to the change".