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'''"I Am The Doctor"''' is [[Murray Gold]]'s theme for the [[Eleventh Doctor]].
'''"I Am the Doctor"''' is [[Murray Gold]]'s theme for the [[Eleventh Doctor]].


It was usually played when the Doctor was being heroic or when a problem was being solved, and was heavily featured in advertisements for the programme. It was first used in [[TV]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' and first appeared on home audio on [[Doctor Who - Series 5 (soundtrack)|the series 5 soundtrack]].
It was usually played when the Doctor was being heroic or when a problem was being solved, and was heavily featured in advertisements for the programme. It was first used in ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' and first appeared on home audio on [[Doctor Who - Series 5 (soundtrack)|the series 5 soundtrack]].


In spite of the track not appearing regularly as incidental music in the [[Twelfth Doctor]] era, the song continued to be used as trailer music during the era, as well as brief notes in [[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'' and'' ''[[TV]]: ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]'' playing. It was later used in [[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', when the [[Testimony]] showed the [[First Doctor|First]] and Twelfth Doctors information on themselves.
Despite the track not appearing regularly as incidental music in the [[Twelfth Doctor]] era, the song continued to be used as trailer music, as well as making brief appearances in ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'' and ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]''. It was later used in ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'', when the [[Testimony]] showed the [[First Doctor|First]] and Twelfth Doctors information on their other selves.


== Appearances in Doctor Who ==
Following Murray Gold's return to composing for ''Doctor Who'', the track reappeared in the first 60th Anniversary Special, ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'', playing when [[Donna Noble]] regained [[The DoctorDonna|her memories]] after meeting the [[Fourteenth Doctor]].
Episodes the music or notes of the music appears in:


=== Series 5: ===
The theme is the most often reoccurring musical motif in [[Doctor Who]] aside from the main theme, with it and its variations appearing in more episodes from [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 5]] to the [[2023 specials|60th Anniversary Specials]] than any other music track in the show's history.


*[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|''The Eleventh Hour'']]
== Appearances in ''Doctor Who'' ==
*''[[The Beast Below (TV story)|The Beast Below]]''
At least one variation of "I Am The Doctor" is used in every Eleventh Doctor episode. Variations also appear in several [[Twelfth Doctor]] episodes, being ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'', ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]'' and ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''. When Gold returned to compose for '''Doctor Who''', the theme also returned in his first story back, ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]''. Additionally, versions of the theme appear in the first and last [[Adventure Games]], [[GAME]]: {{cs|City of the Daleks (video game)}} and [[GAME]]: {{cs|The Gunpowder Plot (video game)}}.
*''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]''
*''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]''
*''[[Flesh and Stone (TV story)|Flesh and Stone]]''
*''[[The Vampires of Venice (TV story)|The Vampires of Venice]]''
*''[[Amy's Choice (TV story)|Amy's Choice]]''
*''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]''
*''[[Cold Blood (TV story)|Cold Blood]]''
*''[[Vincent and the Doctor (TV story)|Vincent and the Doctor]]''
*''[[The Lodger (TV story)|The Lodger]]''
*''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''
*''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]''
*''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]''
 
=== Series 6: ===
 
*''[[The Impossible Astronaut (TV story)|The Impossible Austronaut]]''
*''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]''
*''[[The Curse of the Black Spot (TV story)|The Curse of the Black Spot]]''
*''[[The Doctor's Wife (TV story)|The Doctor's Wife]]''
*''[[The Rebel Flesh (TV story)|The Rebel Flesh]]''
*''[[The Almost People (TV story)|The Almost People]]''
*''[[A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)|A Good Man Goes to War]]''
*''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]''
*''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]''
*''[[The Girl Who Waited (TV story)|The Girl Who Waited]]''
*[[The God Complex (TV story)|''The God Complex'']]
*''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]''
*''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''
*''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow, the Wardrobe]]''
 
=== Series 7: ===
 
*''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]''
*''[[Dinosaurs on a Spaceship (TV story)|Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]''
*''[[A Town Called Mercy (TV story)|A Town Called Mercy]]''
*''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]''
*''[[The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)|The Angels Take Manhattan]]''
*''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''
*''[[The Bells of Saint John (TV story)|The Bells of Saint John]]''
*''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]''
*''[[Cold War (TV story)|Cold War]]''
*''[[Hide (TV story)|Hide]]''
*''[[Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS (TV story)|Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS]]''
*''[[The Crimson Horror (TV story)|The Crimson Horror]]''
*''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]''
*''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]''
*''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''
*''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]''
 
=== Series 8: ===
*''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]''
 
=== Series 10 ===
 
* ''[[The Pyramid at the End of the World (TV story)|The Pyramid at the End of the World]]''
* ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]''
 
=== The Adventure Games: ===
* I Am The Doctor (Adventure Games Variation)
* City of the Daleks
* The Gunpowder Plot


== Outside of ''Doctor Who'' ==
== Outside of ''Doctor Who'' ==
The piece is used as the opening and closing theme to the French baking programme ''Le Meilleur Pâtissier''. Other pieces of music from the BBC Wales production are also used occasionally in episodes.
The piece is used as the opening and closing theme to the French baking programme ''Le Meilleur Pâtissier''. Other pieces of music from the BBC Wales production are also used occasionally in episodes.{{Fact}}


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"I Am The Doctor" is Murray Gold's theme for the Eleventh Doctor.

It was usually played when the Doctor was being heroic or when a problem was being solved, and was heavily featured in advertisements for the programme. It was first used in The Eleventh Hour and first appeared on home audio on the series 5 soundtrack.

Despite the track not appearing regularly as incidental music in the Twelfth Doctor era, the song continued to be used as trailer music, as well as making brief appearances in Death in Heaven and The Pyramid at the End of the World. It was later used in Twice Upon a Time, when the Testimony showed the First and Twelfth Doctors information on their other selves.

Following Murray Gold's return to composing for Doctor Who, the track reappeared in the first 60th Anniversary Special, The Star Beast, playing when Donna Noble regained her memories after meeting the Fourteenth Doctor.

The theme is the most often reoccurring musical motif in Doctor Who aside from the main theme, with it and its variations appearing in more episodes from series 5 to the 60th Anniversary Specials than any other music track in the show's history.

Appearances in Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

At least one variation of "I Am The Doctor" is used in every Eleventh Doctor episode. Variations also appear in several Twelfth Doctor episodes, being Death in Heaven, The Pyramid at the End of the World and Twice Upon a Time. When Gold returned to compose for Doctor Who, the theme also returned in his first story back, The Star Beast. Additionally, versions of the theme appear in the first and last Adventure Games, GAME: City of the Daleks [+]Loading...["City of the Daleks (video game)"] and GAME: The Gunpowder Plot [+]Loading...["The Gunpowder Plot (video game)"].

Outside of Doctor Who[[edit] | [edit source]]

The piece is used as the opening and closing theme to the French baking programme Le Meilleur Pâtissier. Other pieces of music from the BBC Wales production are also used occasionally in episodes.[source needed]