30 Days of Doctor Who: Favorite Music

Holly and Kelly: So technically, today is supposed to be favorite theme song, but that's silly, because this show has AWESOME music.  Seriously.  That's one of the things we love about this show.  Instead of the theme music, we are going to sample some of our favorite tracks from the show, since you only hear the theme for all of 30 seconds when the credits roll.

1. Abide With Me/The Old Rugged Cross

~This is heard in season 3 in one of our favorite episodes "Gridlock".  A seemingly hopeless situation (drivers stuck in a decades long traffic jam, trapped in an under city) show hope in their new home, and this song is heard being sung by the city as the Doctor tells Martha of his fallen home planet, Gallifrey.  The track is called "Abide With Me." Below is an earlier scene from the same episode; again, everyone is trapped in the gridlock.  But hope resounds in song, or in this case, a hymn.  It's really quite beautiful

2. Rose's Theme

Since Rose is our favorite companion, naturally we love her "theme" as well.  Beautiful, yet with a hint of sadness.  Even though it nearly destroyed us at the end of "Doomsday", we think it suits Rose perfectly.  Give it a listen.  

3. Four Knocks

This is in "The End of Time".  And I'll just stop there.  

4. Together or Not At All- Amy and Rory's song

We fell in love with Amy and Rory, hard, so it goes without saying that we were not really looking forward to "The Angels Take Manhattan".  The scene where you hear this track is unbelievably powerful...how far would you go for the one you love?

Clara's Theme

We have just recently begun Clara's run as companion, and there is something different about her as one. One thing that is different is her "theme." It's very whimsical and unlike the other themes. I (Kelly) think it's cute and want it played at my wedding :) 

And we saved our favorite two for last...

6. The Long Song

In the episode that this song plays in, The 11th Doctor delivers one of the most epic speeches in which he shares his gifts and burdens as a Time Lord who has lived for almost a Century. This speech is given as an attempt to deter a vicious beast from destroying an innocent race. It's amazing. 

7. Song of Freedom

This song still remains our favorite song from Doctor Who. It is heard in Season 4 after a great war has come to an end, and The Doctor, along with his 6 companions are guiding ol' Mother Earth back where she belongs. But what you don't understand is that it just isn't just a song of freedom; it's a song of so much more. It's a song of hope, inspiration, and of course freedom, but a freedom of fear, worry, despair and hopelessness. You feel empowered after you listen to it, seriously!