Doctor Who fan music

Fans of Doctor Who have created a number of professional and semi-professional music projects. Some have recorded in the genre, while others have formed pop-rock bands.
== History ==
=== The 1980s-1990s ===
The 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 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 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 and . It takes it inspiration from , a genre of music created by Harry Potter fans who sing about the Harry Potter universe.
"Teenage Rebel" is a song by Chameleon Circuit. Initially released in their album Still Got Legs in June 2011, it was later made into a music video as part of YouTube's 2013's "Geek Week". They received permission from the BBC to film on the actual TARDIS control room set. In the storyline of the music video — which the BBC channel shared, and the BBC America one added to its Doctor Who 2013 playlist — a teenager is feeling down until his friend shows him Doctor Who, and he begins imagining he's part of it. After watching the series in a marathon, making toy sonic screwdrivers and dressing up as Cybermen, the main character enters and explores the TARDIS, and goes to sleep under the console.
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 who perform TROCK songs.
=== 2010s ===
On 18 May 2010, (lead singer of ) 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. Parrygripp.com - Song of the week for May 18, 2010. accessed 11th July 2010
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 '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.
While working on his 2012 album , a collection of humorous and songs, dark cabaret singer wrote and recorded "It's Bigger On the Inside", a bawdy tribute to the Doctor and the TARDIS, due to overwhelming fan demand that a Doctor Who song be included.
On 22 February 2014 American rapper Devo Spice released I Am the Doctor, a comedy concept album based on Doctor Who. The album contains 12 tracks: one centred upon the eras of each of the eleven television Doctors which had appeared at that point, and a track paying general tribute to the series. The album features cameo appearances by Katy Manning, Peter Davison, and Sophie Aldred.
On November 22, 2013, the American Trock band known as Legs Nose Robinson, released their first single, "The Oncoming Storm," as part of a tribute video to celebrate Doctor Who's 50th anniversary on YouTube. One year later, they released their first EP, with "The Oncoming Storm" as its title track. With subject matter including the Weeping Angles, River Song, and the Doctor's relationship to his T.A.R.D.I.S., the EP culminated in a farewell to the 11th Doctor with "Goodbye Bowtie." Known for creative detailed lyrics about the show, all while "making a playful,  pop- music" mashup. 
In early 2015, LNR began playing live shows in their native Tennessee, in full character as "The Librarian (piano/vocals), The Engineer (guitar/vocals), The Illusionist (keys/vocals), Elise Prefect, (bass/vocals) and The Vashta Nerada (drums). They have put out a series of webisodes, called "The UNIT Files" that explore the alien personas that they adopt on stage and in their videos.
In 2018 LNR released their first and final album "Z is for Xylophone" the band finishing the production in different states . Recorded in Nashville at the studio Spooning Productions 6 songs are remakes, with the edition of 4 news songs. 
In 2018 Ryan Maker (The Engineer), Chelsea Maker (The Illusionist) moved to California to start the band We are Makers, Ashley Litchford (Elise Prefect), Tavius Marshall (The Vashta Nerada) stayed in Nashville pursuing full time production on other projects. Currently Jesse Moon (The Librarian) has unknown whereabouts. The band is on what they call a "permanent hiatus", though there are rumors of a re-union song coming out for the 60Th anniversary. 
On the 22nd of July 2015 Australian geek pop singer-songwriter Meri Amber released an album of Doctor Who inspired songs called Pop Goes The TARDIS. The album includes 13 tracks, two of which are parodies (She's Blue and If Only I Couldn't Turn Back Time), one which is mash up of ten songs that made guest appearances on the show (Doctor Who Guest Song Mash) and ten other original tracks.
== External links ==
* 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
* "It's Bigger On The Inside" - Official YouTube Video by Aurelio Voltaire
* "Pop Goes The TARDIS" - Meri Amber
* Legs Nose Robinson - YouTube
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== Footnotes ==
2. Gender and the Quest in British Science Fiction Television - Tom Powers
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