Chameleon Circuit was a band that played music about Doctor Who, a genre called "Trock" (Time Lord Rock).[1] Alex Day, one member of the band, was said to have created this genre, though other bands played songs about Doctor Who before them. They originated on the video-sharing site YouTube, where all band members actively posted videos and used it as their main form of promotion for their songs. They released two albums.
Members[[edit] | [edit source]]
Chameleon Circuit was composed of five members : Alex Day (vocals, guitar, bass); Charlie McDonnell (vocals, guitar, keyboards, melidoca, ukulele); Liam Dryden (vocals, keyboard, bass); Ed Blann (vocals, guitar); and Michael Aranda (backing vocals, guitar, mixing). Chris Beattie (vocals, guitar, ukulele) was a former band member.
Chameleon Circuit[[edit] | [edit source]]
This album was released in June 2009.
Track listing[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Track | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | An Awful Lot of Running | About an encounter with the Doctor and travelling with him |
| 2 | Gallifreyan History 101 | About the history of Gallifrey |
| 3 | Count the Shadows | Based on the episodes, Silence in the Library and Forest of the Dead |
| 4 | Shipwrecked | Based on the episodes, Rise of the Cybermen and The Age of Steel |
| 5 | Type 40 | About the technical side of the TARDIS |
| 6 | Blink | Based on the episode, Blink |
| 7 | Exterminate, Regenerate | About the never ending war between the Doctor, the Daleks and Davros |
| 8 | K9's Lament | About a slightly morbid version of K9's view of the Doctor's travels |
| 9 | Journey's End | Based on the episode, Journey's End |
| 10 | Friends of the Ood | About the Ood |
Still Got Legs[[edit] | [edit source]]
This album was released on 12 July 2011 and charted on the UK iTunes Album and Rock Album charts, and on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in the United States at #23.
Track listing[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Track | Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Subwave Signal | (instrumental) |
| 2 | Regenerate Me | About the Doctor and the Daleks' legacy against one another |
| 3 | Nightmares | About the Doctor facing all his enemies that have grouped together to bring him down |
| 4 | Travelling Man | About the Doctor |
| 5 | Everything is Ending | About the scene in Amy Pond's bedroom in the episode, Flesh and Stone |
| 6 | Mr Pond | About the relationship between Amy, Rory, and the Doctor |
| 7 | Kiss the Girl | Based on the episode, The Lodger |
| 8 | Knock Four Times | Reference to many episodes in the fourth series of Doctor Who |
| 9 | Teenage Rebel | About the Doctor's past |
| 10 | Big Bang Two | Based on the episodes, The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang |
| 11 | Eleven | A rearrangement of the orchestral version of "I Am The Doctor" originally composed by Murray Gold |
| 12 | The Sound of Drums | Based on the episodes, Utopia, The Sound of Drums and Last of the Time Lords |
| 13 | Silence and the End of All Things | Based on the episode, The Big Bang |
| 14 | The Doctor is Dying | Based on the episodes, The End of Time Part 1 and 2 |
| 15 | Still Not Ginger | References the Tenth Doctor's, as well as the Eleventh Doctor's, regeneration |