Back to 1987. When I was still in University. I used to wear Ian McCullough style hair and rainbow suspenders and then I saw one of these Dr. Who drives and my hair went flat and I started dressing like a Republican because seriously.
Dr. Who themed pledge drives were almost always embarassing. OK, scratch the "almost". Bearded guys wearing hats and scarves stumbling their way through the delivery of bad Who-themed jokes, constant close-ups of some Tardis themed knicknack available to those who pledged a certain amount, some person of ambigous gender wearing a goofy outfit...