Trock- A discussion on the music of Doctor Who
 

Trock, or, Time Lord Rock, is a wave of music started by YouTube partner Nerimon and his band Chameleon Circuit. Styles of music can vary from hard-rock to acoustic, but the underlying theme is the adventures of Doctor Who, or, most recently, the Tenth Doctor, as portrated by David Tennant.

Trock is a musical wave similar to Wizard Rock, based on the Harry Potter book series, and mirrors the idea that fans of the series can create musical fusion in their bedrooms with just a guitar or keyboard, and then post it on YouTube.


First example of Trock was back in 1973 when the Doctor himself, Jon Pertwee, released a single I Am The Doctor


In 1985, Michael Grade took over as director of the BBC and immidiately put Doctor Who on an 18 month hiatus (Mostly cos he didn't like the progamme). Fans were outraged and under the name Who Cares, a bunch of Z-List celebrities joined forces with Colin Baker (the Sixth Doctor), Nicola Bryant (companion Peri Brown), Nicholas Courtney (recurring character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart) and Anthony Ainley (the Master) to produce a song called Doctor in Distress in the hope of bringing Doctor Who back. It was brought back but not due to the song which is frankly terrible but funny so here it is:


Four years later came, arugably, the most famous Doctor Who song. Doctorin' The Tardis by the Timelords went to no.1 in the UK Charts which is quite astounding:


In recent years there has been a revival in Doctor Who songs, with it being given the genre Trock for the first time, thanks to Chamelion Circuit:


Other examples of Trock:

Doctor Who Is In Time by Paul and Stephen Hone:


The Brig Can't Help You Now, he's in Geneva (In tribute to Nicholas Courtney)



Five Rounds Rapid- another tribute to Nicholas Courtney



And of course Doctor Who's very own Murray Gold's Song for Ten:



Hope you enjoy these and post your favourites- there are thousands on youtube- or if you think one of your favourite songs fits a particular bit in Doctor Who please post it :)

wow Tim this is so cool! :D
will be listening later ;)

Awesome :)

Can I share a fanvid too? :) I watched this amazing work sort of trailer-like tho but the transitions and effects were so good and the music is just :thud:
Tho I need to find it again ugh.

Yeah defintely- this thread is to celebrate music and its relation to Doctor Who- whether that be music written about Doctor Who or music on a trailer or a song that fits the story of a particular character, this is the place to share it :)

Found it! :D

:thud: Woah very impressive! Thanks for posting :)

Looking for more music and songs now...

IKR? :thud:
:yay: yeyyy! :)

Have to say I prefer a few upbeat, rocky tracks for Doctor Who (along with slower ones).

For instance this, for me, sums up the Doctor:


Or indeed this:



More official trock:

and


Enjoy :)

I loved listening to rock songs when I play rockband on PS2 before :D It gets you moving :nod: and thanks for those Tim! :back_hug:

Awesome thread

I think some other songs best suites the doctor a lot ..

Never noticed this before but the sontaran in that pic in the OP is clearly having the time of his life :lol:

Well this is the place to post it! :)

Any party songs we can tune in to with our celebration? :D

This is what I'd play at a party!

Also this and you could link the lyrics to the Doctor: