So some British show celebrated the 50th anniversary of its premiere over the weekend. Inspector Spacetime didn't just prove that it hasn't shown any signs of aging even though it's a show that's so old Larry King discovered his first liver spot on the day it premiered. It also proved that even when the budget is at its lowest, the zippers on the Ocean Demon monster suits are at their most visible and the corridors that the Inspector and Constable Reggie are often seen running through are at their creakiest, it can still entertain, as long as there's plenty of charisma from whoever's portraying the Inspector and his associate and the storytelling is as impeccable as the Inspector's taste in bowler hats.
These days, Inspector Spacetime, or as it's known to people outside the Community universe, Doctor Who, looks much more spiffy and baller than it used to, and the interior of the time machine our favorite anti-authoritarian time traveler rides around in no longer looks like it's going to tip over if someone sneezed at the roundel-covered wall. The premise remains the same: an eccentric alien hops around space and time to protect the universe and a little planet he's come to love called Earth, and thanks to his bizarre alien physiology (he has two hearts instead of one), he regenerates into a completely different person whenever he dies. But now there's more of a focus on the humans he's befriended and how he's affected their lives, as well as a focus on the angst that makes him tick: guilt over the toughest decision he's ever made. That would be causing the destruction of his own native planet Gallifrey--he's responsible for killing off his own people, the Time Lords--to put an end to the off-screen Time War between them and the Daleks, one of the Doctor's biggest adversaries.
The PTSD from the Time War was added to the character by former showrunner Russell T. Davies, who revived Doctor Who 16 years after its cancellation by the BBC and modernized the show in ways that enhanced and improved it (the less said about Davies' love for farty alien jokes, the better), and not just in visual terms. Towards the end of Sylvester McCoy's late '80s run as the seventh Doctor, the show started to hint that the Doctor was less than saintly and could be as devious and shady as his enemies. Sure, in the past, he's been a cantankerous old man (the first Doctor) and an arrogant asshole (the sixth Doctor). But unless I'm mistaken because I haven't watched all the pre-Davies episodes, the show rarely raised questions about some of the Doctor's actions (I haven't seen all of them because--and longtime Doctor Who heads might disagree with me--I've found some of them to be too slow-paced for my tastes, even when I first caught some of the immensely popular Tom Baker episodes on PBS, and since all of them were shot on videotape, except one of my favorite old-school Doctor Who episodes, the shot-entirely-on-film "Spearhead from Space," they look like moldy '70s and '80s episodes of General Hospital).
Doctor Who was cancelled before it could further explore the dark side of McCoy's Doctor, but when Davies brought the show back and introduced the backstory of the Time War (which took place off-camera during the interval between the 1996 Doctor Who TV-movie starring Paul McGann and the show's 2005 return), he picked up on that dark side. He and several other writers, including current showrunner Steven Moffat, made the character of the Doctor more relatable, imperfect and human, even when the Davies seasons reimagined him as a cross between a thinking person's superhero, a god with a mischievous streak and a rock star who's charming to both women and gay guys (Billie Piper's lovestruck Rose Tyler was clearly a surrogate--some haters will say she was a Mary Sue--for the openly gay Davies; some probably consider John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness to be more of a surrogate, but Captain Jack is the dashing gay action hero Davies wishes he could be but isn't).
The quintessential moment of Moffat's take on the Doctor as "the mad man with a box" is that funny and clever scene in "A Christmas Carol" where the Doctor demonstrates to Michael Gambon's skeptical, Scrooge-like miser character that he's going to change his past and make himself appear on screen in the childhood home movie Gambon's watching, right after he leaves the room--and a few seconds later, thanks to the magic of the TARDIS, there he is, up on screen with Gambon's younger self. The Doctor is always rewriting history, and in "The Day of the Doctor," with the help of his current sidekick Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), his most recent self (David Tennant), the War Doctor (John Hurt), the "forgotten" past incarnation who obliterated both his own race and the Daleks, and a mysterious figure only the War Doctor can see and who looks an awful lot like Rose (the three Doctors wind up meeting each other for reasons too convoluted to explain here), the Doctor figures out how to rewrite history to fix his biggest mistake, and it's a moment as exhilarating as that home movie scene in "A Christmas Carol." It exemplifies why Doctor Who remains appealing to viewers all over the world (and why the BBC, which is now remorseful about the 1989 cancellation, has gone all-out for the franchise's 50th anniversary by bringing "The Day of the Doctor" to theaters in 3-D and producing An Adventure in Space and Time, a TV-movie that flashes back to Doctor Who's unusual and humble beginnings as TV that originally wasn't designed to scare or thrill kids but to educate them): the three Doctors' solution is--to borrow the words of longtime fan Craig Ferguson when he sang about why he loves the show--the ultimate triumph of intellect and romance over brute force and cynicism.
Selections from Murray Gold's epic score music for the third, fifth and sixth seasons of modern Doctor Who are featured during "Hall H," and they kick off the following sampler of tracks from "Hall H" that are found on Spotify. The complete sampler tracklist is at the very bottom of this post.
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| The "Darkest Timeline" versions of the Inspector and Constable Reggie |
And now, the real Doctor Who, as recreated by various cosplayers.
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| Clara Oswald (Photo source: Mika) |
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| Clara and a Weeping Angel (Photo source: LadyLawliet-LL) |
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| Alex Kingston with Madame Vastra (far left) and Jenny Flint (far right) (Photo source: TheTARDISparty) |
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| The Weeping Angels, the 11th Doctor, the 10th Doctor, the 11th Doctor when he experimented with wearing a Stetson, a girl in a TARDIS dress, Amy Pond and a Dalek (Photo source: Pixcelation Entertainment) |
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| Amy from "The Girl Who Waited" (Photo source: LisaMarieCosplay) |
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| Karen Gillan and "Girl Who Waited" Amy (Photo source: LisaMarieCosplay) |
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| Idris, the temporary host of the soul of the TARDIS, from "The Doctor's Wife" (Photo source: Starry-EyedAndStormy) |
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| Idris (Photo source: My New Dream!) |
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| The 11th Doctor and Amy from "The Eleventh Hour" (Photo source: LisaMarieCosplay) |
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| The 10th Doctor, Martha Jones, "Eleventh Hour" Amy and a girl in a Dalek dress (Photo source: Random420) |
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| Matt Smith and the 11th Doctor (Photo source: MBaca42) |
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| The 11th Doctor (Photo source: LisaMarieCosplay) |
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| The 11th and 10th Doctors (Photo source: alternatecoppa) |
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| David Tennant and the 10th Doctor (Photo source: MBaca42) |
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| Freema Agyeman and Martha (Photo source: She Geek) |
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| Noel Clarke and a Clockwork Droid from "The Girl in the Fireplace" (Photo source: The Casual Costumer) |
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| Rose Tyler and the 10th Doctor (Photo source: Doctor Who Cosplay) |
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| Billie Piper and David Tennant with the 10th Doctor (Photo source: Cherazor) |
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| Captain Jack (Photo source: io9) |
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| Clockwise: The 11th Doctor, Amy, Martha, the 10th Doctor and the ninth Doctor (Photo source: BBC) |
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| The seventh Doctor and Sylvester McCoy (Photo source: MBaca42) |
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| Romana I and Romana II (Photo source: She Geek) |
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| The fourth Doctor and K9 (Photo source: mnmk) |
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"Hall H" sampler tracklist
DOCTOR WHO
1. Murray Gold, "All the Strange, Strange Creatures"
2. Murray Gold, "The Doctor Forever"
3. Murray Gold, "I Am the Doctor"
4. Murray Gold, "The Mad Man with a Box"
5. Murray Gold, "Amy in the TARDIS"
6. Murray Gold, "The Sad Man with a Box"
7. Murray Gold, "Day of the Moon"
OPENING TITLES
8. Sex Bob-Omb, "We Are Sex Bob-Omb" (from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)
9. Ramin Djawadi, "Main Title" (from Game of Thrones)
10. Douglas Pipes, "Main Titles" (from Trick 'r Treat)
THE VENTURE BROS.
11. JG Thirlwell, "Node Wrestling"
12. JG Thirlwell, "Assclamp!"
13. JG Thirlwell, "Fumblestealth"
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS
14. Henry Jackman, "First Class"
15. Henry Jackman, "Frankenstein's Monster"
16. Henry Jackman, "X-Men"
17. Henry Jackman, "Magneto"
MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIVERSE
18. Alan Silvestri, "Howling Commando's Montage" (from Captain America: The First Avenger)
19. Alan Silvestri, "Motorcycle Mayhem" (from Captain America: The First Avenger)
20. Alan Silvestri, "Captain America March" (from Captain America: The First Avenger)
21. Patrick Doyle, "The Compound" (from Thor)
22. Patrick Doyle, "Thor Kills the Destroyer" (from Thor)
23. Patrick Doyle, "Earth to Asgard" (from Thor)
24. Alan Silvestri, "Helicarrier" (from The Avengers)
25. Alan Silvestri, "Assemble" (from The Avengers)
26. Alan Silvestri, "I Got a Ride" (from The Avengers)
27. Alan Silvestri, "A Promise" (from The Avengers)
28. Alan Silvestri, "The Avengers" (from The Avengers)
29. Brian Tyler, "Iron Man 3" (from Iron Man Three)
30. Brian Tyler, "Attack on 10880 Malibu Point" (from Iron Man Three)
31. Brian Tyler, "The Mechanic" (from Iron Man Three)
32. Brian Tyler, "Can You Dig It (Iron Man 3 Main Titles)" (from Iron Man Three)
MULAN
33. Jerry Goldsmith, "Mulan's Decision"
34. Jerry Goldsmith, "The Huns Attack"
EDGAR WRIGHT/BIG TALK PICTURES
35. Nigel Godrich, "Fight!" (from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)
36. Nigel Godrich, "Boss Battle" (from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)
37. Nigel Godrich, "Blowing Up Right Now" (from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World)
38. Steven Price, "The Cross Hands" (from The World's End)
39. Steven Price, "The Two Headed Dog" (from The World's End)
40. Steven Price, "Put the Pint Down" (from The World's End)
41. Steven Price, Felix Buxton & Simon Ratcliffe, "The Block" (from Attack the Block)
42. Steven Price, Felix Buxton & Simon Ratcliffe, "Round Two Bruv" (from Attack the Block)
43. Steven Price, Felix Buxton & Simon Ratcliffe, "Rooftops" (from Attack the Block)
44. Steven Price, Felix Buxton & Simon Ratcliffe, "Moses vs. the Monsters" (from Attack the Block)
45. Basement Jaxx, "The Ends" (from Attack the Block)
STAR TREK
46. Gerald Fried, "The Ritual/Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah" (from "Amok Time")
47. James Horner, "Battle in the Mutara Nebula" (from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
48. James Horner, "Genesis Countdown" (from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
STAR WARS
49. John Williams, "The Battle of Hoth (Ion Cannon/Imperial Walkers/Beneath the AT-AT/Escape in the Millennium Falcon)" (from The Empire Strikes Back)
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER
50. Christophe Beck, "Suite from 'Hush': Silent Night/First Kiss/Enter the Gentlemen/Schism" (from "Once More, With Feeling")
PACIFIC RIM
51. Ramin Djawadi, "The Shatterdome"
52. Ramin Djawadi featuring Priscilla Ahn, "Mako"
53. Ramin Djawadi, "Canceling the Apocalypse"
BATTLE ROYALE
54. Masamichi Amano, "Requiem--Prologue"
55. Masamichi Amano, "L'attaque de Kiriyama"
THE PHANTOM
56. David Newman, "The Phantom"
BATMAN (1989)
57. Danny Elfman, "The Batman Theme"
58. Prince, "Electric Chair"
THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY
59. Hans Zimmer, "Molossus" (from Batman Begins)
60. Hans Zimmer, "Why So Serious?" (from The Dark Knight)
61. Hans Zimmer, "Like a Dog Chasing Cars" (from The Dark Knight)
62. Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, "A Watchful Guardian" (from The Dark Knight)
63. Hans Zimmer, "Mind If I Cut In?" (from The Dark Knight Rises)
64. Hans Zimmer, "Gotham's Reckoning" (from The Dark Knight Rises)
65. Hans Zimmer, "Imagine the Fire" (from The Dark Knight Rises)
66. Hans Zimmer, "The Fire Rises" (from The Dark Knight Rises)
67. Hans Zimmer, "Rise" (from The Dark Knight Rises)
JOSEPH TRAPANESE
68. Anthony Gonzalez and Joseph Trapanese, "Tech 49" (from Oblivion)
69. Joseph Trapanese, "Beck's Theme - Lightbike Battle" (from Tron: Uprising)
70. Joseph Trapanese, "Paige's Past" (from Tron: Uprising)
71. Joseph Trapanese, "Dyson Drops In" (from Tron: Uprising)
72. Joseph Trapanese, "Compressed Space" (from Tron: Uprising)
73. Daft Punk, "The Game Has Changed" (from Tron: Legacy)
74. Daft Punk, "Rinzler" (from Tron: Legacy)
75. Daft Punk, "Outlands" (from Tron: Legacy)
76. Daft Punk, "End of Line" (from Tron: Legacy)
77. Daft Punk, "Derezzed" (from Tron: Legacy)
78. Daft Punk, "C.L.U." (from Tron: Legacy)
79. Daft Punk, "TRON Legacy (End Titles)" (from Tron: Legacy)
80. Daft Punk, "Solar Sailer" (from Tron: Legacy)
81. M83 featuring Susanne Sundfør, "Oblivion" (from Oblivion)
END TITLES
82. John Williams, "The Rebel Fleet/End Title" (from The Empire Strikes Back)
83. Kevin Kliesch, "Rebuilding the City/End Titles" (from Superman Unbound)
84. Hans Zimmer, "What Are You Going to Do When You Are Not Saving the World?" (from Man of Steel)
85. Ramin Djawadi featuring Tom Morello, "Pacific Rim" (from Pacific Rim)
86. Blake Perlman featuring RZA, "Drift" (from Pacific Rim)
87. Michael Giacchino, "The Incredits" (from The Incredibles)
88. JG Thirlwell, "Tuff" (from The Venture Bros.)
89. Murray Gold, "Doctor Who Theme - Album Version"
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