Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack

For the theme music used in Doctor Who, see Doctor Who theme music.

For the second volume of the Doctor Who soundtrack, see Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 3.

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Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack is a soundtrack album released on 4 December 2006, containing incidental music composed by Murray Gold and used in the 2005 and 2006 series of Doctor Who.

The release included a fourteen-page booklet containing an introduction to the album by "Doctor Who" Executive Producer Julie Gardner, written on the 8th November 2006; and four pages of comments on the contents of the album, written by Murray Gold in November 2006. The booklet also featured many publicity pictures, including a Cyberman, a Dalek ship, Matron Casp and the New Earth Hospital, the Doctor and Rose, and a Slitheen. The last page has a picture of Dalek Sec from "Doomsday".

It was originally released as a special limited edition, which featured a cardboard slipcase containing the jewel CD case, as well as a small badge featuring the Doctor and Rose, as seen on the cover artwork.

Track listing

The CD included 31 tracks, two of which were different versions of the Doctor Who theme music. The longest track was "Doomsday" at 5:09 and the shortest was the TV version of the theme tune (0:41); the second-shortest was "Seeking the Doctor" at 0:44.

The compilation included two songs, "Song for Ten" and "Love Don't Roam", both of which were performed by Neil Hannon. In the original version of "Song for Ten" (in "The Christmas Invasion"), the singer was Tim Phillips, and Neil Hannon performed "Love Don't Roam" in the 2006 Christmas special, "The Runaway Bride".

Track no.	Track	Episodes used in
1	"Doctor Who Theme" (TV version)	All post-2005 episodes
2	"Westminster Bridge"	"Rose", "New Earth" (Variations in "The Long Game", "The Doctor Dances", "Boom Town", "The Parting of the Ways", "Fear Her")
3	"The Doctor's Theme"	"Rose", "The End of the World", "Boom Town", "Bad Wolf", "The Parting of the Ways", "The Christmas Invasion", "The Satan Pit", "Fear Her" (Variations in "The Runaway Bride", "Human Nature", "Last of the Time Lords" and in the Torchwood episodes "Day One" and "End of Days")
4	"Cassandra's Waltz"	"The End of the World", "New Earth"
5	"Slitheen"	"Aliens of London", "World War Three", "Boom Town", "Love & Monsters"
6	"Father's Day"	"Father's Day", "The Parting of the Ways", "Rise of the Cybermen"
7	"Rose In Peril"	"Bad Wolf", "The Parting of the Ways", "The Impossible Planet"
8	"Boom Town Suite"	"Boom Town"
9	"I'm Coming To Get You"	"Bad Wolf", "The Parting of the Ways"
10	"Hologram"	"The Parting of the Ways"
11	"Rose Defeats The Daleks"	"The Parting of the Ways"
12	"Clockwork TARDIS"	"The End of the World"
13	"Harriet Jones, Prime Minister"	"World War Three", "The Christmas Invasion"
14	"Rose's Theme"	"The End of the World", "The Parting of the Ways", "The Christmas Invasion", "New Earth", "The Age of Steel", "Fear Her" (Trailer at end of episode), "Doomsday", "Human Nature", "Utopia"
15	"Song for Ten" (performed by Neil Hannon)	Extended version of song used in "The Christmas Invasion" (originally recorded by Tim Phillips) with additional lyrics (non-vocal versions in "School Reunion", "The Idiot's Lantern", "Army of Ghosts").
16	"The Face of Boe"	"New Earth", "Gridlock"
17	"UNIT"	"The Christmas Invasion", "The Sound of Drums"
18	"Seeking The Doctor"	"Rose", "School Reunion", "Love & Monsters", "Army of Ghosts", (Variation in: "The Parting of the Ways")
19	"Madame de Pompadour"	"The Girl in the Fireplace"
20	"Tooth and Claw"	"Tooth and Claw", (Non-vocal section: "The Satan Pit")
21	"The Lone Dalek"	"Dalek", "The Impossible Planet", "The Satan Pit", "Doomsday"
22	"New Adventures"	"Boom Town", "The Parting of the Ways", "New Earth", "The Satan Pit", "Doomsday", "Human Nature"
23	"Finding Jackie"	"The Parting of the Ways", "The Satan Pit", "Love & Monsters"
24	"Monster Bossa"	"Boom Town", "Love & Monsters"
25	"The Daleks"	"Dalek", "Bad Wolf", "The Parting of the Ways", "Army of Ghosts", "Doomsday", "Evolution of the Daleks" (discordant note used multiple times in "Daleks in Manhattan")
26	"The Cybermen"	"The Age of Steel", "Fear Her" (Trailer at end of episode), "Army of Ghosts", "Doomsday" (discordant note used in "Human Nature")
27	"Doomsday"	"Rose", "Doomsday"
28	"The Impossible Planet"	"The Impossible Planet", "The Satan Pit", (Small sections: "42")
29	"Sycorax Encounter"	"The Christmas Invasion", "Love & Monsters"
30	"Love Don't Roam" (performed by Neil Hannon)	"The Runaway Bride" (except first verse and first chorus)
31	"Doctor Who Theme" (album version)	Similar to the extended version of the credits music used from "The Christmas Invasion" onwards.

Reception

The soundtrack became the top download in its category on iTunes, above the soundtrack for Casino Royale. On January 12 2007, the MediaGuardian.co.uk website's "Media Monkey" diary column reported that Doctor Who fans from the discussion forum on the fan website Outpost Gallifrey were attempting to organise mass downloads of the track "Love Don't Roam" from the soundtrack, which was available as a single release on the UK iTunes store. This was in order to attempt to exploit the new UK singles chart download rules, and get the song featured in the Top 40 releases. The effort was not successful.

There was also a separate drive by BBC Radio 1 presenter Chris Moyles to place Billie Piper's 1999 hit Honey to the Bee in the Top 40; that single became number 17 on January 15.

Notes

• "Westminster Bridge" was inspired by a Pixies tune, Cecilia Ann.
• The ethereal voice performed by Melanie Pappenheim in "The Doctor's Theme" and "Doomsday" was often referred to as "President Flavia" by the production team, who described it as her singing from the time vortex. (Flavia was a Time Lady who became President of the High Council of Time Lords in The Five Doctors.)
• "The Daleks" contains male vocalists singing "Oh, mah koreh", which is Hebrew for "what is happening?".
• Murray Gold added further lyrics to "Song for Ten" after "The Christmas Invasion", reflecting Rose's departure from the series, and it is this version rather than the shorter original version from the episode, that is included on the album.
• Although the "album version" of the "Doctor Who Theme" is often cited in reviews as being the same as the closing credits version of the theme used from "The Christmas Invasion" onwards, it is in fact a different arrangement. Among the changes made to the album version is the end of the track omits the "electronic howl" sound effect (dating back to the 1970s) which is heard on the televised version of the closing theme.

See also

• Doctor Who theme music
• List of music featured on Doctor Who