Who is the Doctor

Who is the Doctor
Artist:	Jon Pertwee
Publisher:	Purple PUR III (1977) BBC/Gemcon BBC 453 (1983 re-issue) Safari (1985)
Release date:	December, 1972 1983 (re-issue) June 1985 (re-issue)
Format:	7" vinyl single

Who is the Doctor first released in 1972, was a single performed by Jon Pertwee and arranged and written by Rupert Hine and David Maclver. More of a spoken word song than actual singing, Pertwee recites lyrics over a remix of the Doctor Who theme tune, in an almost Shatnerian style. It is the first time that one of the actors playing the Doctor has recorded music, and the first time lyrics had been set to the Doctor Who theme tune.

It was used for the end credits of the More than Thirty Years in the TARDIS video documentary.

Re-Issue, 1983

In 1983 it was released with a B-side of The Sea Devils (soundtrack) by Malcolm Clarke.

Re-Issue, 1985

In 1985 it was released with a B-side of Doctor...? by Blood Donor.

Lyrics

Verse 1

I cross the void beyond the mind

The empty space that circles time

I see where others stumble blind

To seek a truth they never find

Eternal wisdom is my guide

I am the Doctor.

Verse 2

Through cosmic waste the TARDIS flies

To taste the secret source of life

A presence science can't deny

Exists within, outside, behind

The latitude of the human minds

I am the Doctor.

Verse 3

My voyage dissects the course of time

"Who knows?," you say

But are you right?

Who searches deep to find the light

That glows so darkly in the night

Toward that point I guide my flight.

Verse 4

As fingers move to end mankind

Metallic teeth begin their grind

With sword of truth I turn to fight

The satanic powers of the night

Is your faith before your mind?

Know me

Am I the Doctor?

External links

• Millennium Effect - 1972 - Who is the Doctor more information