Watching Doctor Who

I’ve previously mentioned the Doctor Who Prom which was part of the BBC Proms this year, and I posted the mini-episode from the event here earlier this week. Now, I offer you the music from the event. Well, the Doctor Who music, anyway. There was other classical music played as well, you see.

If you are interested in the playlists for this event, and/or you happen wish to hear this event for yourself in its entirety (at least for the next few days), you can do that here - Doctor Who Prom part 1 & Doctor Who Prom part 2. (Please note that I had the best luck with Internet Explorer.)

As this was a radio-based show, the following links lead to Youtube videos that contain one image to go with the music. I have put them in the order in which they appeared (as near as I can tell from the set lists.) Enjoy!

Introduction/Doctor’s Theme:

All the Strange Strange Creatures:

The Doctor Forever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ugUCJTQnmw

Rose’s Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iodZ3k7UGY

Martha Vs. The Master: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUrGHK9T2TE

Dalek Suite and Davros: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6knmBsZup6E

Companions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdNOmr0vokw

This is Gallifrey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzfHSASeR6E

The Doctor’s Theme/Ood Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DvZOqn-s58

Doomsday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTmWuS_l7kw

Song for Ten: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHaAzplkdw8

The Doctor Who Theme Tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbIYmmX9mnc

Doctor Who Prom, BBC Proms, Doctor Who

Jamie McCrimmon, his life (and death?) as envisioned by VanielDonovan to the music from Terminator 2. I love well done fan music videos, and I am especially happy to share one with you that features the Classic Doctor Who. Enjoy!

Jamie McCrimmon, Doctor Who

Today I offer you some shiny things. That’s right, a few fun things to keep you entertained while I’m away. So, without further ado, here you go!

Five Fun Things I Found While Surfing the ‘Net:

* Torchsticks - Torchsticks is an online comic (and the community that goes with it) that lives over at Livejournal. It features fannish silliness and recreations of Torchwood episodes, all done with stick figures.

* The Fob Watch - So did you want your own version of The Doctor’s (and The Master’s) Fob Watch from Series 3? Well, now you can have something similar. It even has lights and sounds.

* Torchwood Babiez - Are you familiar with The Muppet Babies? Well, imagine a Torchwood version of that, and you pretty much have the right idea. It’s a fabulously funny online comic over at Livejournal that will certainly give you a giggle. Keep your eye out for the Bunny Shoe.

* 2 on Who - Listen to a documentary on the Doctor Who theme, both the past and the current versions.

* Doctor Who Games - If you still need entertaining, how about trying out some of the games on the official Doctor Who website? Sadly, SuDocWho is no more, but there are a bunch of other games you might enjoy.

Torchsticks, The Fob Watch, Torchwood Babiez, Doctor Who, Doctor Who Games

Wow! This is really the season for cool Doctor Who-related neat things. It seems that I can hardly surf the net without running across something to share with you. First, you have the items over on the Official Site’s Advent(ure) Calendar, which now includes some Voyage of the Damned desktop wallpaper and a puzzle that give you a sneak peek at the Christmas episode script if you solve it.

Next up, with many thanks to Gillian of Food History, I have a link to an online Doctor Who Comic. “The Ten Doctors” can be found at Rich’s Comix Blog. It’s quite long at this point, and it really does include all of the Doctors…and some of the companions as well. Which baddie do they encounter? Come, now. That would be telling.

I’ve also managed to locate a site that specializes in TV Theme songs. Televisiontunes.com has a huge selection of Doctor Who Themes, and also includes the three Christmas Special songs. (psst! It looks like you can download them.) So…you may wish to stop by and check out what they have to offer.

And finally, here is the new Teaser Trailer for Voyage of the Damned. It’s very short, but definitely worth a look. Only fifteen days left!

Doctor Who, Voyage of the Damned, Rich’s Comix Blog, Doctor Who Themes

Yay! I got the embedding to work!

Anyway, I’ve found this song (Good beat. You can dance to it. I give it a 9.) that seems to be targeted at Kylie Minogue’s appearance in Voyage of the Damned, but I suppose that you could consider it to be for any of the ladies who have traveled in the TARDIS. You’d have to ignore the first half of the title, though. (It appears to be a bit of a mash up of The Timelords’ Doctorin’ the Tardis with some new vocals…and sleighbells near the end there.)

May I present: Song 4 Kylie: …I’m In Love (With A Girl In A Time Machine) by Fast Ood Rockers

Song 4 Kylie, I’m In Love (With A Girl In A Time Machine), Fast Ood Rockers

As you no doubt know by now, I enjoy fan-made Doctor Who music videos and I like to share the best ones I find with you. Today I have one such excellent video to share with you. It was made by “midcirclenine” and appears over on YouTube. It’s a bit angsty. Okay. More like a lot angsty. It’s set to Placebo’s version of Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill.” It features clips from series two and three of Doctor Who and a couple from Secret Smile, just to make it a bit more fun. The video is a bit Doctor/Rose shippy for those of you who care. It shows “the fallout of the loss of Rose, and the chase embarked upon to find a way back to her.” I think that it’s one of the best I’ve seen yet. Enjoy!

Doctor Who, music video, Secret Smile

I have been listening to the Doctor Who Soundtrack for months now. Sometimes, I just leave it on continuously in the background when I’m working. (Yes, I know, I’m obsessive.) Strangely, I haven’t yet asked you about that CD. Shocking! So, this week I fell compelled to inquire: What Is Your Favorite Track On The Doctor Who Soundtrack? (If you need a bit of a reminder go here to listen to a sample of each piece of music.) If you feel the need, go ahead and listen to the whole thing first. I have posted the track listings for you below.

The Doctor Who New Series Soundtrack Track Listings:

1. Doctor Who Theme - TV version
2. Westminster Bridge
3. The Doctor’s Theme
4. Cassandra’s Waltz
5. Slitheen
6. Father’s Day
7. Rose In Peril
8. Boom Town Suite
9. I’m Coming To Get You
10. Hologram
11. Rose Defeats The Daleks
12. Clockwork TARDIS
13. Harriet Jones, Prime Minister
14. Rose’s Theme
15. Song For Ten (performed by Neil Hannon)
16. The Face of Boe
17. UNIT
18. Seeking The Doctor
19. Madame de Pompadour
20. Tooth and Claw
21. The Lone Dalek
22. New Adventures
23. Finding Jackie
24. Monster Bossa
25. The Daleks
26. The Cybermen
27. Doomsday
28. The Impossible Planet
29. Sycorax Encounter
30. Love Don’t Roam (performed by Neil Hannon)
31. Doctor Who Theme - Album Version

What is my favorite track on the album? Without a doubt, I have to choose #27: Doomsday. When that music played over the scenes at the end of the episode…well, I needed a bunch of tissues. It was like Murray Gold took The Doctor’s Theme, the spirit of Rose’s Theme, added a heartbeat, and a little something magical to create something new and heartbreaking. My second choices would be a tie between #19: Madame de Pompadour and #21: The Lone Dalek. Number 19 still makes me sniffle every time, and the Lone Dalek theme has been used, at least in part, in The Impossible Planet. I always stop whatever I’m doing to listen to both.

Okay, then. Enough about me. Which track do you adore the most?

Doctor Who, Soundtrack, Song For Ten, Love Don’t Roam, Neil Hannon

Some enterprising individual by the name of SevenJetC put together this silly music video by combining footage from Doctor Who (mostly The Christmas Invasion) and Weird Al’s Christmas at Ground Zero. It works out surprisingly well, so I thought I would share it with you all. I hope that it amuses you. Enjoy!

Doctor Who, The Christmas Invasion, Weird Al, Christmas at Ground Zero

If you would like to hear a slightly risqué Doctor Who song, go here and click on “Dr Who Thing”. Apparently, he’s in love with a Dalek…

Doctor Who, Dalek, Mister Meredith

Apparently, ever since the beginning of the new year the UK Singles chart has changed the way in which they figure their ratings. Official song downloads are now being counted toward their totals. As a result of this, there are currently two interesting fan-related attempts to get songs into the top ten. The first song attempt seems to have originated in the forums over that the fabulous Outpost Gallifrey. They have not yet managed to get Love Don’t Roam from the Doctor Who Soundtrack on the chart. Don’t give up hope folks! The other download campaign was started by Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles, who urged his listeners to download Billie Piper’s hit Honey to the Bee. (For those of you who don’t already know, back in the late 1990s, before Billie Piper was on Doctor Who, she was a British pop star. Seriously. She broke the top ten four times.) This attempt is already working. The song is currently sitting at 17 on the chart. It still needs to climb seven spaces to reach the top ten, but who knows what another week could bring? Personally, I would love for both to reach the top ten along with Snow Patrol’s Chasing Cars which currently resides at number twenty-eight. Snow Patrol is a popular source of music for Torchwood…and I really like the band.

Sources: CBBC Newsround, Yahoo! UK & Ireland, Outpost Gallifrey, BBC Radio 1 Singles Chart

Love Don’t Roam, Doctor Who Soundtrack, Billie Piper, Honey to the Bee, Snow Patrol, Chasing Cars, Torchwood

Well, I finally got my copy of the new Doctor Who soundtrack in the mail. Since then I have been listening to it pretty much continuously. To help you figure out where each piece of music came from, Murray Gold kindly includes notes in the booklet for each piece of music. I would just like to take a moment here to thank Mr. Gold for writing music for my favorite show. For me, music adds so much more a moment in an episode, and this music in particular has the power to move me. You may have guessed by now that I adore this soundtrack. It contains so much of the music that I love from seasons one and two, and even a song from the upcoming Christmas special. The only thing that I would change is “Song for Ten.” I would have prefered to have the episode version instead of this full version sung by someone else. Even with that one small disappointment, listening to this CD makes me want to go back and watch all of the episodes again, especially the upcoming “Doomsday.” The Madame de Pompadour track makes me cry a bit every time. “The Doctor’s Theme” is currently my favorite track, but there are so many others in contention. I hope that they do another soundtrack soon, as I expect that the new season will bring with it more “must-have” music. Do yourself a favor and get a copy of this soundtrack. My “Collector’s Limited Edition” even came with a small pin with the cover image on it.

Doctor Who, soundtrack, Murray Gold

As part of the BBC’s efforts to raise money for their Children in Need charity, they are putting on a concert of Murray Gold’s Doctor Who music in Cardiff’s Millennium Centre on 19 November 2006 at 6pm their time (that’s apparently 10am PST). David Tennant is hosting the event, and the festivities include a questions and answer session. Yes, the concert is sold out. (And it would be a bit difficult for me to get there anyway. Sigh.) However, it will also be played on BBC Radio Wales, and therefore streaming on their Internet Site. It will be available on their “Listen Again” feature for seven days. Now, I just tried out their “Listen Again” feature, and it worked for me out here in California. So, here’s hoping that we can all enjoy this concert even before it appears in the special Christmas Doctor Who Confidential.

Source: The BBC Doctor Who Site

Children in Need, Murray Gold, Doctor Who, David Tennant, BBC Radio Wales

The Vig, one of the regular visitors here, was kind enough to pass along a link to the Silva Screen Records listing for the new Doctor Who soundtrack. Why is this link of interest? Well, it has the track listings for the CD (which Amazon.co.uk is still lacking) and offers three samples of the music, including “Love Don’t Roam” from the upcoming Christmas special. Thanks for the link, The Vig! Of course, now I really want December to get here so that I can get my hands on that CD. Also, I’m really curious how “Love Don’t Roam” is going to be used in the episode.

Hello all. I just thought you would like to know that the Murray Gold Doctor Who Soundtrack is now available for pre-order over at Amazon.co.uk. Enjoy!

Murray Gold, Doctor Who, Soundtrack

A Doctor Who soundtrack featuring music by Murray Gold, including “Song for Ten” from “The Christmas Invasion,” is slated for release on December 4th. Various scores from seasons one and two appear this disc, as well as a song from the upcoming “Runaway Bride” Christmas special. Personally, I want this CD for the Doctor’s theme and a very moving piece of music featured in episode thirteen. I got all teary-eyed. Well, maybe the scene had something to do with it.

Source: BBC Doctor Who Site

Doctor Who, Murray Gold, Song for Ten, The Christmas Invasion