Watching Doctor Who

As promised, here is the next installment of the Whoniverse-based musical playlists. This list covers all of the Tenth Doctor episodes up through the end of series three (with huge thanks for the updaters of the Wikipedia article on the topic.) I didn’t manage to find a list of music for the most recent series. If any of you know where I might find that list (or ones for Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures) please let me know. I’d like to be a bit more complete about this if I can. Obviously, I wasn’t able to find every song on the list, and in some cases I had to use other versions of the songs. In any case, I hope that you enjoy the twenty-three songs that I did manage to compile. (I’ll try to make lists for each Doctor in the future.)

One of the songs from yesterday’s Tenth Doctor playlist is Mr. Blue Sky by the Electric Light Orchestra, otherwise known as ELO. Yes, this was played in the Doctor Who series two episode Love & Monsters. So, I figured what better way to follow that up with a fellow who looks like a young David Tennant (and is very tired of hearing about it…Sorry Liam) in a video where he listens to Mr. Blue Sky in a silly fashion on a train? Yep. He’s lip-syncing. I love the way he’s cut the video together.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Littleradge, he’s a University student in Edinburgh who loves making YouTube videos. So, that means that in addition to looking like David Tennant, he also sounds quite like him. Different region of Scotland, but Scotland nonetheless.

The Night Train (Littleradge and Mr. Blue Sky):

Tenth Doctor, Mr. Blue Sky, Electric Light Orchestra, Doctor Who, Love & Monsters, Littleradge

Remember how I mentioned playlists in yesterday’s post? Well, while we wait for more folks to reply to this week’s question post with their “songs that make them think of Doctor Who” I thought it would be fun to give you a playlist of a different sort. I’ve done a bit of searching online, and I found a list of songs used on Doctor Who over on Wikipedia. The one thing I feel like I can rely on Wikipedia for is anything fan-related. Thank you kindly to all the folks that contributed to that music entry. I took the list provided for the first series of the new Doctor Who and put together a playlist of the music from the Ninth Doctor’s era of the show. Amazingly, the only song that I couldn’t find over on playlist.com was the theme to The Weakest Link. Pretty good in my experience of playing around over there. So…here you go. I hope that you enjoy the playlist, and don’t forget to go back and comment on the question this week so I can make a playlist of those songs.

This week I have a question for you on the subject of music. What song makes you think of Doctor Who? No, I don’t mean songs from the soundtrack. In fact, I will specifically say a song other than one that appears on the soundtracks. Do you have a piece or classical music, pop song, or filk that makes you think of the show? You don’t need to confine your answer to just one song. Go ahead and give me several. And I’ll even try making a playlist for us when all the suggestions are in. Sound like fun?

As usual, I’ll get you started with a few suggestions.

A few musical suggestions:
1. Snow Patrol - Make This Go On Forever
2. Holst - The Planets
3. Muse - Map of the Problematique
4. Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
5. Wilco - How to Fight Loneliness

Honestly, I have a whole list of songs that make me think of different parts of the Whoniverse. I mean, there are the ones that were used in the episodes and don’t appear on the soundtracks. How can we forget Rogue Traders’ “Voodoo Child” and Scissor Sisters’ “I Can’t Decide”? Occasionally, I run across bands that are rife with Who connections. Snow Patrol is a big one in that sense. I could do a whole playlist of just their stuff. Anyway, I’ll offer three songs for my contribution. 1) Snow Patrol - Make This Go On Forever, Muse - Map of the Problematique (I was beyond happy to hear this one in one of the Confidentials), and This Picture - All I Believe In.

Your turn.

Here we go with the next group of Doctor Who Advent Calendar goodies! What do you think of their offerings this year?

Day 11. - Number 1, Gallows Gate Road part 2 (story)

Day 12. - CyberQuiz!

Day 13. - Cybershade Face Mask

Day 14. - WhoSpy peeks at The Next Doctor

Day 15. - The Next Doctor Trailer:

Day 16. - Music from Murray Gold

Day 17. - The ComicMaker is Relaunched.

Day 18. - Doctor Who Prom Trailer

Day 19. - Jobsworth Judoon (game)

Day 20. - An Episode Guide for The Next Doctor.

Day 21. - New Teaser Clip

Day 22. - Podcast Teaser

Day 23. - A Video Jigsaw puzzle.

Day 24. - A Christmas Message from Velile Tshabalala. (Sorry, it’s not on YouTube yet.)

Doctor Who Advent Calendar

Have you heard of Time Lord Rock (a.k.a. Trock)? I hadn’t until fairly recently, but since the term was coined just this year (according to Nerimon) I don’t feel so bad about that. I expect that there have been Time Lord Rock songs before (remember Doctorin’ The Tardis?), just without the benefit of the new moniker. With its new name, though, this sub-genre seems to be blossoming.

Chameleon Circuit is a band that includes Nerimon, Littleradge (also well known for looking like a younger version of David Tennant), Charlieissocoollike, and Cowinparachute. It looks like their first album will be on itunes in January. I’ve got their song “Exterminate Regenerate” stuck in my head currently.

Here’s one of their songs in its original form:

Do you all know about any other Trock bands? Please let me know.

Trock, Chameleon Circuit

I hope that those of you who are in the U.S. had a great Thanksgiving. I certainly did. Actually, Doctor Who is one of the things that I’m thankful for. To keep you entertained while I’m busy cleaning up after the big dinner we just had, I offer you two videos.

This first video is the two minute preview of this year’s Doctor Who Christmas Special “The Next Doctor” that appeared during this year’s Children in Need show. I’ll be curious to know what you think of it.

Children in Need: The Next Doctor Clip -

This second video is a bit of silliness from the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theater. This time the socks bring you a song that includes all ten Doctors. Mind you…there is at least one glaring error in the song. Can you spot it?

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppets Sing a Doctor Who Children in Need Song -

Doctor Who, The Next Doctor, Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theater

(image source: Amazon.co.uk as linked below)

Christopher Eccleston recently did a voiceover for an Amnesty International video about the proposed UK laws that would enable them to detain terrorism suspects for 42 days without a trial. You can watch “Sleepwalking” here.

In this years’ National Television Awards the male and female talent are competing against one another in every category. What does this mean for us? Well…it means that David Tennant and Catherine Tate are competing against each other for the Outstanding Drama Performance Award. (Doctor Who is also up for Most Popular Drama, by the way.) You still have a couple of days left to vote, if you’re of a mind to do so. Slightly more than seven days left until the show.

Digital Spy is reporting that the score for Doctor Who series four will be out on 17 November in the UK. No sign of it in the US as yet. Some of the tracks include: Season Four Opening Credits, Songs of Captivity and Freedom, and Silence In The Library. Yay for Oodsong!

Some other items that are out right now (and coming soon), for those of you preparing your Christmas/Chanukah/etc. lists:
* The Torchwood Soundtrack (US)
* The Sarah Jane Adventures - The Complete First Season (US)
* Doctor Who: The Complete Fourth Series (US) (18 November)
* Doctor Who: The Infinite Quest (US) (18 November)
* “Torchwood”: Lost Souls (BBC Audio) (UK)

And finally, just a note to remind you all that next month is the Two Year Anniversary of this blog. Wow! I don’t believe it! Stand by for a contest announcement at some point soon.

Christopher Eccleston, National Television Awards, David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Doctor Who, Torchwood

This is an excellent Doctor Who Music Video. Seriously. You must watch this one. The way that hollywoodgrrl has managed to intertwine the different strands of both story and song is amazing.

Obviously, I had to share this one with you all.

(Boulevard of) Broken Songs:

Doctor Who Music Video, hollywoodgrrl

John Barrowman at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Birthday

Rumours of a big screen version of Doctor Who continue. Currently, said rumours have David Tennant playing The Doctor and perhaps…Catherine Zeta-Jones as a companion. Anyone get the feeling that a certain Russell T. Davies is messing with the press again?

Speaking of the rumour mill, have you hear the latest “next Doctor” rumour? Do you remember Midshipman Frame? That’s right. The current rumour has Russell Tovey lined up as the 11th Doctor. Hmmm…I don’t know about this one. (The BBC notes that this is RTD’s idea… and it doesn’t seem to be official at this point.)

Have you ever wondered what your Time Lord name might be? Apparently mine would be - Acknalingundewaryerustlerechsamsayqueyer. Don’t worry, you can call me Fred. Get your name here.

Don’t forget! The Torchwood soundtrack CD is coming to the US on 14 October. You can pre-order it now, if you’re of a mind to do so.

Freema Agyeman is commencing work on her part in Law & Order: UK this month. Series one looks to be thirteen episodes long. Looks like Freema’s career is going strong, doesn’t it?

Doctor Who, Russell Tovey, Time Lord, Torchwood, Freema Agyeman

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