Doctor Who fan music
Fans of Doctor Who have created a number of professional and semi-professional music projects. Some have recorded in the filk genre, while others have formed pop-rock bands.
History
The 1980s-1990s
The novelty band The Bessies, made up of Chris Taberham and Peter Finklestone, played the convention circuit. They released a 1991 four song audio cassette called Beat 'n' Bop.
2000s
Professional comedy musician and Who fan Mitch Ben has several Doctor Who-based songs in his repetoire which he has played on BBC Radio and at live concerts. Just one, "Dr. Who Girl", from his Radio Face album, has gotten an official release.
A newer innovation, Time Lord Rock (or Trock) is a genre of music created by Alex Day. He formed a band, Chameleon Circuit, which included himself, Charlie McDonnell, Liam Dryden and Chris Beattie, and promoted it via YouTube and MySpace. It takes it inspiration from Wizard Rock, a genre of music created by Harry Potter fans who sing about the Harry Potter universe.
An interview with two of Chameleon Circuit's members featured in Doctor Who Magazine 410.
The Trock movement has gained significant traction with the success and popularity of Chameleon Circuit's first album.
In August of 2009, indie label DFTBA Records released Trock On!, a compilation of trock songs written by their most popular artists.
On 18 May 2010, Parry Gripp (lead singer of Nerf Herder) wrote and performed a song entitled "Doctor Who", containing several references to Doctor Who. This song was written as part of his "Song of the Week" series of songs. [1]
On 29 March 2011, Stephen A. Willis posted in the world's main Doctor Who online forum, suggesting a virtual orchestra and choir called the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra. He offered his arrangement of Murray Gold's "I am the Doctor" and mixed together the audio recordings and video recordings. Since then, it has come up with many well known Doctor Who soundtracks by Murray Gold, such as "This is Gallifrey", "Vale Decem", "Rose's Theme" "Doomsday", all main Dalek themes and music from The Impossible Astronaut.
External links
- "Trock" announcement video on YouTube
- io9.strung out on science fiction - It's Not Filk - It's Trock!
- DFTBA Records Wiki - Chameleon Circuit
- "I Am The Doctor" - first music video by Doctor Who Fan Orchestra
Footnotes
- ↑ Parrygripp.com - Song of the week for May 18, 2010. accessed 11th July 2010
