| Music of the Spheres | |||
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| Doctor Who BBC Proms special | |||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Music_of_the_Spheres_(Doctor_Who).png) The Doctor showing his music sheets. | |||
| Cast | |||
Others | |||
| Production | |||
| Directed by | Euros Lyn | ||
| Written by | Russell T Davies | ||
| Script editor | Gary Russell | ||
| Produced by | Catrin Lewis Defis | ||
| Executive producer(s) | Russell T Davies Julie Gardner | ||
| Music by | Murray Gold | ||
| Series | Doctor Who Prom | ||
| Running time | 7:30 minutes[4] | ||
| First broadcast | 27 July 2008 BBC iPlayer and BBC Radio 3 (audio only) 1 January 2009[1] BBC One | ||
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"Music of the Spheres"[5] is an interactive mini-episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London before the Intermission of the Doctor Who Prom on 27 July 2008,[4] for which it was especially made.[6] The Doctor Who Prom, including the audio for "Music of the Spheres", was broadcast simultaneously on BBC Radio 3.[4][5][7][8] "Music of the Spheres" was shown on the official BBC Doctor Who website during the interval[6][7][8] and the concert itself was filmed for later broadcast on BBC One on 1 January 2009.[4][1][9]
The episode has live and pre-recorded components: the pre-recorded component takes place in the TARDIS; the live component is the Doctor Who Prom which took place during the episode's first transmission. Consequently, a major component of the episode is that it breaks the fourth wall: the Doctor (David Tennant) "converses" with the audience and conducts the orchestra to perform his symphony Ode to the Universe. He is antagonised by the Graske (Jimmy Vee), who intends to cause mischief at the Prom.
- ^ a b "Programme Information - BBC Network TV Weeks 52/53 - BBC ONE" (Press release). BBC Press Office. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- ^ "Last Fright at the Proms!". Doctor Who Magazine (398). Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Panini Comics: 6. 24 July 2008.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Programmewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c d "BBC Proms – What's On – Prom 13: Doctor Who Prom". BBC Proms website. BBC. 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ^ a b "What's On / Proms by Day". BBC Proms website. BBC. 26 July 2008. Retrieved 19 November 2008.
- ^ a b "BBC Proms". BBC Doctor Who website. BBC. 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
- ^ a b Presenters Sarah Walker (BBC Radio 3), Freema Agyeman (Royal Albert Hall) (27 July 2008). "Prom 13: Doctor Who Prom". The Proms. London. BBC. BBC Radio 3.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
BBC Newswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "BBC Proms Season Gets Under Way". BBC News Online. BBC News. 18 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.