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|name          = ''Doctor Who at the Proms'' (2008)
|name          = ''Doctor Who at the Proms'' (2008)
|image        =  
|image        = Doctor-who-at-the-proms-2008-title-card.jpg
|featuring    = Freema Agyeman
|image2        = Doctor_Who_at_the_Proms_2008_title_card_2.jpg
|featuring2    = Noel Clarke
|host          = Freema Agyeman
|featuring3   = Camille Coduri
|featuring    = Noel Clarke
|featuring4   = Catherine Tate
|featuring2   = Camille Coduri
|featuring3   = Catherine Tate
|music        = Murray Gold
|conductor    = Ben Foster
|conductor2    = Stephen Bell
|vocalist      = Melanie Pappenheim
|vocalist2    = Tim Phillips
|venue        = [[Royal Albert Hall]]
|venue        = [[Royal Albert Hall]]
|writer        = [[Murray Gold]] (music)
|date          = 27 July 2008
|broadcast date = [[27 July (releases)|27 July]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]
|broadcast date = 1 January 2009 (60 min version)
|format        =
|broadcast date2 = 11 January 2009 (95 min version)
|network      = BBC Radio 3
|channel      = BBC One
|confidential  = At the Proms (CON episode)
|series        = Televised concerts
|series        = Televised concerts
|prev          = Doctor Who: A Celebration
|prev          = Doctor Who: A Celebration
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|series2      = ''[[Doctor Who at the Proms]]''
|series2      = ''[[Doctor Who at the Proms]]''
|next2        = Doctor Who at the Proms (2010)
|next2        = Doctor Who at the Proms (2010)
}}The 2008 '''''Doctor Who at the Proms''''' was broadcast on [[27 July (releases)|27 July]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]. It was the first [[Doctor Who at the Proms|''Doctor Who'' related Prom]].
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The 2008 '''''Doctor Who at the Proms''''' was the first performance of ''[[Doctor Who at the Proms]]''.
 
It was broadcast live from the [[Royal Albert Hall]] on [[BBC Radio 3]] on [[27 July (releases)|27 July]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] with commentary by [[Sarah Walker]], forming Prom 13 of the 2008 season.
 
A 60 minute edit of the prom was broadcast on television on [[BBC One]] & [[BBC HD]] on [[1 January (releases)|1 January]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]], in addition to this a special 30 minute edition of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'', ''[[At the Proms (CON episode)|At the Proms]]'' ran on the [[BBC Red Button]] service.
 
This was followed by a 95 minute edit broadcast ten days later on [[11 January (releases)|11 January]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] on the BBC Red Button service. This edit was made avalible to view on the [[Doctor Who website]] for a year between [[12 January (releases)|12 January]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]-[[14 January (releases)|14 January]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]].
 
During the 20 minute interval, BBC Radio 3 broadcast the documentary ''[[Twenty Minutes: Let's Do the Time Warp Again]]'', in which science fiction writer [[Justina Robson]] explored the many meanings of Doctor Who.


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[File:Doctor_Who_at_the_Proms_2008_title_card_3.jpg|thumb|Freema Agyeman's credit in the titles.]]
A selection of classical favourites with a strong flavour of time and space. Join [[Freema Agyeman]] (aka [[Martha Jones]]), and others from the Doctor Who cast, for an intergalactic musical adventure - with a little help from [[Dalek]]s, [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] and other aliens from the series!
A selection of classical favourites with a strong flavour of time and space. Join [[Freema Agyeman]] (aka [[Martha Jones]]), and others from the Doctor Who cast, for an intergalactic musical adventure - with a little help from [[Dalek]]s, [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] and other aliens from the series!


== Programme ==
== Programme ==
: ''Act 1''
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=== Act 1 ===
: Concert Prologue - [[Murray Gold]]
* Concert Prologue - [[Murray Gold]]
* Fanfare For The Common Man - Aaron Copland
* Fanfare For The Common Man - Aaron Copland
* [[All the Strange, Strange Creatures]] - Murray Gold
* [[All the Strange, Strange Creatures]] - Murray Gold
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* [[Rose (song)|Rose]] - Murray Gold
* [[Rose (song)|Rose]] - Murray Gold
* [[Martha vs. the Master]] - Murray Gold
* [[Martha vs. the Master]] - Murray Gold
* ''[[Music of the Spheres (TV story)|Music of the Spheres]] - Doctor Who Mini Episode''


:''[[Music of the Spheres]]- Doctor Who Mini Episode''
=== Act 2 ===
 
:''Interval''
 
:''Act 2''
 
* The Ride of the Valkyries - Richard Wagner
* The Ride of the Valkyries - Richard Wagner
* [[The Daleks & Davros]] - Murray Gold
* ''[[The Daleks & Davros (TV story)|The Daleks & Davros]]'' - Murray Gold (& special skit)
* [[Donna (song)|Donna]] / [[The Girl In The Fireplace (song)|The Girl In The Fireplace]] / [[Astrid (song)|Astrid]] - Murray Gold
* [[Donna (song)|Donna]] / [[The Girl In The Fireplace (song)|The Girl In The Fireplace]] / [[Astrid (song)|Astrid]] - Murray Gold
* The Torino Scale - Mark-Anthony Turnage
* The Torino Scale - Mark-Anthony Turnage
* The Planets - Jupiter - Gustav Holst
* The Planets: Jupiter - Gustav Holst
* [[This Is Gallifrey]] - Murray Gold
* [[This Is Gallifrey]] - Murray Gold
* [[Doomsday (song)|Doomsday]] - Murray Gold
* [[Doomsday (song)|Doomsday]] - Murray Gold
* [[The Doctor's Theme]]/[[Song of Freedom]] - Murray Gold
* [[The Doctor's Theme]] / [[Song of Freedom]] - Murray Gold
* [[Song for Ten]] - Murray Gold
* [[Song for Ten]] - Murray Gold
* [[Doctor Who Theme]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
* [[Doctor Who Theme]] - [[Ron Grainer]]
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* [[Davros]] - [[Julian Bleach]]
* [[Davros]] - [[Julian Bleach]]
* Voice of the [[Dalek]]/[[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Voice of the [[Dalek]]/[[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* [[Dalek Operator]] - [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
* [[Dalek Operator]] - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
* [[Graske (Music of the Spheres)|The Graske]] - [[Jimmy Vee]]
* [[Graske (Music of the Spheres)|The Graske]] - [[Jimmy Vee]]
* Hero Monsters - [[Paul Kasey]]
* Hero Monsters - [[Paul Kasey]]
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== List of music ==
== List of music ==
{| {{prettytable}}
{| {{prettytable}}
|Song || Composed by || Conductor || Performed by || Length || Notes
!colspan=6|Act One
|-
|-
||Concert Prologue||[[Murray Gold]]||[[Ben Foster]]||{{il|[[Melanie Pappenheim]]|[[BBC Philharmonic]]}} ||3 minutes|
! Piece || Composer || Conductor || Performer(s) || Runtime || Notes
|-
|-
||"Fanfare for the Common Man"||Aaron Copland||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||3 minutes|
||Concert Prologue||[[Murray Gold]]||[[Ben Foster]]||{{il|[[Melanie Pappenheim]]|[[BBC Philharmonic]]}} ||3 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[All the Strange Strange Creatures]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4 minutes|
||Fanfare for the Common Man||Aaron Copland||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||3 minutes||
|-
|-
||The Torino Scale||Mark-Anthony Turnage||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||4 minutes|
||[[All the Strange, Strange Creatures]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4 minutes||
|-
|-
||The Planets - Jupiter||Gustav Holst||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||8 minutes|
||The Torino Scale||Mark-Anthony Turnage||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||4 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[The Doctor Forever]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4.5 minutes|
||The Planets: Jupiter||Gustav Holst||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||8 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[Rose (song)|Rose]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||1.5 minutes|
||[[The Doctor Forever]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4.5 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[Martha vs. the Master]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4.5 minutes|
||[[Rose (song)|Rose]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||1.5 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[Music of the Spheres]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||7.5 minutes|
||[[Martha vs. the Master]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4.5 minutes||
|-
|-
||Die Walküre - The Ride of the Valkyries||Wagner||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||5 minutes|
||[[Music of the Spheres (song)|Music of the Spheres]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||7.5 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[The Daleks & Davros]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||8 minutes|
|}
 
''Interval (20 mins)''
 
{| {{prettytable}}
!colspan=6|Act Two
|-
|-
||[[Donna (song)|Donna]] / [[Girl in the Fireplace (song)|Girl in the Fireplace]] / [[Astrid (song)|Astrid]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4 minutes|
! Piece || Composer || Conductor || Performer(s) || Runtime || Notes
|-
|-
||'Montagues and Capulets' from Romeo and Juliet||Prokofiev||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||5 minutes|
||Die Walküre (The Ride of the Valkyries)||Wagner||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||5 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[This is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home|This is Gallifrey]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||3.5 minutes|
||[[The Daleks & Davros]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||8 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[The Doctor's Theme]] / [[Song of Freedom]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||5.5 minutes|
||[[Donna (song)|Donna]] / [[Girl in the Fireplace (song)|Girl in the Fireplace]] / [[Astrid (song)|Astrid]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[Doomsday (song)|Doomsday]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||5 minutes|
||Montagues and Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet)||Prokofiev||Stephen Bell||BBC Philharmonic||5 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[Song for Ten]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4 minutes|
||[[This is Gallifrey: Our Childhood, Our Home|This is Gallifrey]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||3.5 minutes||
|-
|-
||[[Doctor Who theme]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||1.5 minutes|
||[[The Doctor's Theme]] / [[Song of Freedom]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||5.5 minutes||
|-
||[[Doomsday (song)|Doomsday]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||5 minutes||
|-
||[[Song for Ten]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||4 minutes||
|-
||[[Doctor Who theme]]||Murray Gold||Ben Foster||BBC Philharmonic||1.5 minutes||
|-
|-
|}
|}


== Story notes ==
== Notes ==
* ''[[Music of the Spheres (TV story)|Music of the Spheres]]'' was written by [[Russell T Davies]] for this event.
* ''[[Music of the Spheres (TV story)|Music of the Spheres]]'' was written by [[Russell T Davies]] for this event.
* [[Jimmy Vee]] is the only actor to appear in the pre-recorded and the live part of the show.
* [[Jimmy Vee]] is the only actor to appear in the pre-recorded and the live part of the show.
* Violinist {{w|Nigel Kennedy}} promoted his appearance in the prom by performing the ''Doctor Who'' theme solo.
* Violinist [[Nigel Kennedy]] promoted his appearance in the prom by performing the ''Doctor Who'' theme solo.


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
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=== DVD & Blu-ray releases ===
=== DVD & Blu-ray releases ===
The concert was released on DVD and Blu-Ray along with ''The Next Doctor'' in 2010. However, the concert is scaled down to 60 minutes on the DVD and Blu-Ray, with "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Montagues and Capulets", "The Ride of the Valkyries", "The Torino Scale", "The Planets – Jupiter" and "[[Song for Ten]]" all omitted from the DVD.
The concert was released on DVD and Blu-Ray along with ''The Next Doctor'' in 2010. However, the concert is scaled down to 60 minutes on the DVD and Blu-Ray, with "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Montagues and Capulets", "The Ride of the Valkyries", "The Torino Scale", "The Planets – Jupiter" and "[[Song for Ten]]" all omitted from the DVD.
=== Digital releases ===
In [[November (releases)|November]] [[2023 (releases)|2023]], ''Doctor Who at the Proms'' was added to [[BBC iPlayer]]'s [[Whoniverse (BBC iPlayer)|Whoniverse]] catalog of ''Doctor Who'' content.


== External links ==
== External links ==
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008/whatson/2707.shtml
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008/whatson/2707.shtml


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The 2008 Doctor Who at the Proms was the first performance of Doctor Who at the Proms.

It was broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall on BBC Radio 3 on 27 July 2008 with commentary by Sarah Walker, forming Prom 13 of the 2008 season.

A 60 minute edit of the prom was broadcast on television on BBC One & BBC HD on 1 January 2009, in addition to this a special 30 minute edition of Doctor Who Confidential, At the Proms ran on the BBC Red Button service.

This was followed by a 95 minute edit broadcast ten days later on 11 January 2009 on the BBC Red Button service. This edit was made avalible to view on the Doctor Who website for a year between 12 January 2009-14 January 2010.

During the 20 minute interval, BBC Radio 3 broadcast the documentary Twenty Minutes: Let's Do the Time Warp Again, in which science fiction writer Justina Robson explored the many meanings of Doctor Who.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

Freema Agyeman's credit in the titles.

A selection of classical favourites with a strong flavour of time and space. Join Freema Agyeman (aka Martha Jones), and others from the Doctor Who cast, for an intergalactic musical adventure - with a little help from Daleks, Cybermen and other aliens from the series!

Programme[[edit] | [edit source]]

Act 1[[edit] | [edit source]]

Act 2[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Music crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

List of music[[edit] | [edit source]]

Act One
Piece Composer Conductor Performer(s) Runtime Notes
Concert Prologue Murray Gold Ben Foster 3 minutes
Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland Stephen Bell BBC Philharmonic 3 minutes
All the Strange, Strange Creatures Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 4 minutes
The Torino Scale Mark-Anthony Turnage Stephen Bell BBC Philharmonic 4 minutes
The Planets: Jupiter Gustav Holst Stephen Bell BBC Philharmonic 8 minutes
The Doctor Forever Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 4.5 minutes
Rose Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 1.5 minutes
Martha vs. the Master Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 4.5 minutes
Music of the Spheres Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 7.5 minutes

Interval (20 mins)

Act Two
Piece Composer Conductor Performer(s) Runtime Notes
Die Walküre (The Ride of the Valkyries) Wagner Stephen Bell BBC Philharmonic 5 minutes
The Daleks & Davros Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 8 minutes
Donna / Girl in the Fireplace / Astrid Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 4 minutes
Montagues and Capulets (from Romeo and Juliet) Prokofiev Stephen Bell BBC Philharmonic 5 minutes
This is Gallifrey Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 3.5 minutes
The Doctor's Theme / Song of Freedom Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 5.5 minutes
Doomsday Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 5 minutes
Song for Ten Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 4 minutes
Doctor Who theme Murray Gold Ben Foster BBC Philharmonic 1.5 minutes

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

DVD & Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

The concert was released on DVD and Blu-Ray along with The Next Doctor in 2010. However, the concert is scaled down to 60 minutes on the DVD and Blu-Ray, with "Fanfare for the Common Man", "Montagues and Capulets", "The Ride of the Valkyries", "The Torino Scale", "The Planets – Jupiter" and "Song for Ten" all omitted from the DVD.

Digital releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

In November 2023, Doctor Who at the Proms was added to BBC iPlayer's Whoniverse catalog of Doctor Who content.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]