This is a Doctor Who Prom. This is all the benefit of the Proms
and Doctor Who at the same time.
This is my music, pinned to a terrific show.
Got a TARDIS on the stage, the Doctor may make an appearance
later on, it's an incredible, incredible concert.
Tonight, I am hosting the Doctor Who Prom.
It's the biggest noise and the biggest show in the world.
APPLAUSE
Tonight, we have what Karen Gillan calls "the house band".
It's the orchestra who actually play on the show.
Just hearing the orchestra is actually magical.
You kind of think of classical music or orchestral music
as being dull & worthy, as opposed to madly, insanely huge & exciting.
And madly, insane, huge & exciting is what they're going to see now.
I think this expands the audience for this kind of music.
The Doctor's theme tune is just raw.
HE SINGS THE MELODY
If people come and they have a good time,
they've probably opened up a little interest they might take with them
through the rest of their lives.
This is why this event is so brilliant, because they have
an introduction to it, and the most amazing introduction.
The Proms is all about accessibility, and bringing people
into classical music.
One of the great things about the Doctor Who Prom is that,
in addition, it's a really big theatrical event.
It does feel like theatre.
I love theatre. It's quite nice for me to be back in a dressing room,
waiting to go on.
This is the dress rehearsal. I just watched a bit. Karen's doing very well.
Wish me luck!
The Albert Hall is a spectacular building. When you add into it
the big screens, the theatrical effects, the lighting,
I think particularly for children, but frankly, also for adults
of a certain age like me, it's an utterly overwhelming experience. Wonderful.
When I heard it was running again, it was thumbs up all the way.
The live spectacle has had a bit of a renaissance.
And obviously, with a show like Doctor Who,
there is an enormous amount of spectacle to offer.
Just a huge amount of fun to be had.
To be able to enjoy Doctor Who in that way, where Daleks are right in front of you,
the Judoon, the vampire women, they're right there.
These characters that people are so afraid of or love, to meet them in the flesh, I think, is unique.
So exciting. Beyond exciting. Daleks, Cybermen, best of all,
vampire girls.
We're just, sort of, running round the audience and terrifying people.
They're just like normal teeth, basically.
They're made like fangs. If you can hear what I'm saying!
That's wonderful, to be close to that, cos it's theatrical.
For kids, it's going to be something they'll remember for the rest of their lives.
Monsters so close they can touch them!
It just all contributes to making this evening a really magical one.
APPLAUSE
Hello!
Hi.
Wow, there's a lot of you.
Hello, and welcome to the Royal Albert Hall,
and to the Doctor Who Prom! Woo!
CHEERING
My name is Karen Gillan, and I play Amy Pond in Doctor Who.
CHEERING Oh, woo!
Thanks!
This concert features the music of Doctor Who composed by Murray Gold.
Since Doctor Who returned to our screens back in 2005,
Murray has written all the new music for the series,
and he's currently busy working on our Christmas special.
CHEERING
But for now, we're going to hear the music that announced the arrival
of the 11th Doctor to our screens, and his first ever meeting
with Amy Pond. It's time for An Untimely Arrival.
Aargh!
APPLAUSE
And now, a piece entitled I Am The Doctor.
It's an opportunity to get to know the 11th Doctor
a little bit better, and enjoy Murray Gold's epic new theme,
which has accompanied the Doctor on his latest adventures.
CHEERING
THE DOCTOR: 'Sorry, sorry. Dropped it.
'Hello, Stonehenge!
'Who takes the Pandorica takes the Universe!
'But bad news, everyone.'
Cos guess who? Ha!
'Listen, you lot. You're all whizzing about, it's really very distracting.'
Could you all just stay still a minute?
Because I AM TALKING!
Now, the question of the hour is, who's got the Pandorica?
Answer, I do. Next question,
who's coming to take it from me?
Come on! Look at me!
No plan, no backup, no weapons worth a damn.
Oh, and something else - I don't have anything to lose.
So if you're sitting up there in your silly little spaceship
with all your silly little guns, and you've got any plans on taking
the Pandorica tonight,
just remember who's standing in your way.
Remember every black day I ever stopped you,
and then, AND THEN,
do the smart thing.
Let somebody else try first.
Trust me...
..I'm the Doctor.
APPLAUSE
Oh, thanks!
That was I Am The Doctor,
and - oops - I'm sorry, I forgot to mention the monsters.
DALEK: I am your soldier.
I am your soldier.
CHEERING
We are the creation of Professor Bracewell.
We are here to help you win the war.
Would you like a cup of tea?
LAUGHTER We Ironsides make very good tea.
Attention. Attention.
You need not pretend to be a servant of the humans any longer.
It is the Supreme Dalek.
The ruler of the new master race.
You are inferior.
You will be replaced by the new race of Daleks.
You must now descend.
I obey. You are superior.
Descend, and prepare to be exterminated.
I obey.
I obey. I obey.
I obe-e-e-e-e-ey.
Now, humans, behold -
the night of the new Daleks.
Resist us and you will be exterminated, exterminated,
exterminated!
It is time now for The Symphony Of The Daleks.
Ben Foster...
LAUGHTER
If you value your life,
you will begin.
Begin, or be exterminated!
APPLAUSE
So, next we are going to hear...
RADIO WAVES WARBLE Next we're go...
Er, sorry, just a second.
Apparently, we are receiving a message.
The entire sound system has gone down in the Royal Albert Hall. THE DOCTOR: 'Hello? Hello? Hello!'
'Royal Albert Hall, are you hearing me?'
CHEERING 'Are you hearing me?'
Loud! Come on, louder than that. I'm trying to home in on your signal.
Give me a big "Hello, Doctor!"
AUDIENCE: Hello, Doctor!
No, sorry, that's not loud enough.
Come on, take the roof off. One, two, three...
AUDIENCE: Hello, Doctor!
LAUGHTER
Err...
You're on the ceiling.
How did that happen? Don't panic!
Help's on the way, just hang on to your seats.
Hard as you can.
And, sir, careful with that wig. And you, sir. And you.
And, actually, most of the violin section.
Oh, and ladies, mind those skirts.
And selected gentlemen.
Oh.
Oh, it's with the... Oh, I see.
Because...
There we are!
Ah!
That's better. Sorry!
Sorry, had to use the local tech, it's a bit unreliable.
Hello, everyone. Right, let's have one more,
"HELLO, DOCTOR!"
AUDIENCE: HELLO, DOCTOR!
HE CLAPS Oh, I love that. I love a big hello.
Listen. I'm so sorry I can't be with you today - the TARDIS went wrong.
I ended up in the Royal Albert Hall in 2207. Don't worry, the show's nearly over by then.
Then ended up here, wherever here is.
It's a bit dark, actually. I think the TARDIS must've homed in on this.
Yes. Overloading foldback quasar engine. Don't know what it's doing here.
Someone must have dumped it. But it's gone wrong.
It's going to do a wibbly-wobbly explodey-wodey thing.
One of these could blow up a whole street!
But don't worry, it's perfectly safe, so long as it doesn't start beeping.
LOW BEEPING
Not that sort of beeping, it's a high-pitched beeping.
HIGH-PITCHED BEEPING
Actually, a high-pitched beeping is fine, so long as you've remembered
your sonic screwdriver.
Blast, I hate it when I do that!
OK then, probably best if I pop upstairs and find a safe place
to dispose of this.
Sorry to dash, it's just a bit of an emergency. Goodbye, everyone.
Hey, come on. Louder than that! "Goodbye, Doctor!"
AUDIENCE: Goodbye, Doctor!
HE SHOUTS
CHEERING
BEEPING
Oh, no!
Oh! Oh!
Royal Albert Hall! Aah!
Good old TARDIS.
I was here all along.
Now, listen. Listen.
Don't worry about the explodey-wodey thing. I mean,
it can be detonated by the slightest vibration,
but only when the beeping stops.
BEEPING STOPS Aah!
Oh! Fine. Right. OK.
Woo! Right. OK.
I'd better sort this out quickly. It's going to be very dangerous and a little bit scary,
and I think I'm going to need a volunteer from the audience.
Now, OK! OK, I don't want a grown-up. No, they might hit me.
I want one of the children, a little boy or a little girl,
and I think you've got your name written all over it, sir.
OK, come right here.
Now, don't worry...
You're going to be fine.
You're going to be absolutely fine.
I'm going to be with you every step of the way. Don't look so scared.
Think about this - on Monday morning, you can tell all your friends
at school about this. In the meantime, turn around, face me.
OK.
Eeney, meeney, miney, moe. This one.
Now...do you see this?
You do see it?
LAUGHTER
Sharper than I thought!
Well, it's only me and you that can actually see this,
because this is psychic wire. It's so thin, it's actually imaginary.
Look at it, completely not there.
However, you're one step ahead of the game, young man.
What I want you to do is hold it in your hand.
Ah! No, no, no.
OK, careful, careful, there it is.
Take it inbetween your fingers. Now, whatever you do,
don't...let...go.
OK, right. There we are.
It's going to be O...
K. Oh, by the way, do you like that hand?
Do you want to keep it?
No, erm...
OK. Right, let's put it in your mouth. Open up.
LAUGHTER
Close it now. That's it, clench really, really hard.
Clench your teeth as hard as you can. Really, really hard.
Listen to me.
I'm passing control through this cable. I'm using you as a biodamping feedback transducer, don't worry,
it won't harm you. Oh, what's your name?
No! Actually, don't speak. Don't speak, don't speak, it's OK.
Don't worry, the Doctor's here.
Thing is, what I've got to say is,
you can't actually speak or move your head. Do you understand?
Don't nod! No, no! You mustn't nod! Don't worry, you're doing well.
But you're not going to nod again?
LAUGHTER AND CHEERING
OK! Because, ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you...
one shake of your head and the whole Royal Albert Hall
could just completely explode! Even if you were to giggle.
One tiny, little giggle and half of London could be destroyed.
You are not giggling. You are good!
LAUGHTER You are good!
OK... Right, good!
He's doing very well... Oh! Don't worry, don't worry!
It's fine, I know what I'm doing. I've got it, it'll be OK!
Great big thing I've got to sort out! OK! So...what I'm going to do
is transmit the force from the explodey-wodey thing through the wi-fi in this building.
I know this sounds ridiculous and a bit complicated, but what you're all failing to realise is...
LASER FIRES
So...ladies and gentlemen, we've done it!
The Royal Albert Hall is saved!
CHEERING Hurrah!
Now, listen! Well done, everyone. Don't worry. The force has been dissipated through the building.
I bet you were going to ask, "Will there be any side effects?" Well, no, absolutely not!
Unless your mobile phone is on, in which case you'll die, but don't worry, it's fine.
As for you, thank you! Well done, what a star, what a performer! Let's put you back in your seat!
Come on! There we go!
Now...well done!
And don't worry!
Don't worry, you'll be fine. You may get a sore throat in the morning
and, in a couple of weeks, you could develop X-ray vision and turn into a giant bird!
Er...but that very rarely happens. What's your name?
Ellis. Ellis? Ellis! Ladies and gentlemen, let's here it for Ellis!
CHEERING The boy who saved the Proms!
Goodbye, everyone! CHEERING
Goodbye!
CHEERING All right? All right?
Wowsers! That was a bit of a surprise, wasn't it?
Who'd have thought he'd be here? Hello, my name is Arthur Darvill.
I play Rory Williams in Doctor Who.
CHEERING Hello.
That's nice. Now...
Calm down. As you all know, Rory finally married Amy Pond at the end of the last series...
CHEERING I know. But it wasn't particularly easy getting her up the aisle.
He'd seen his bride-to-be disappear in a blue police box
with another man. Well, he thought it was another man.
He then travelled back in time with Amy and the Doctor
to 16th-century Venice and battled with vampires.
He was then erased from history before returning as an Auton in the guise of a Roman soldier.
He killed Amy and then waited 2,000 years to be with her again. Keeping up? Yeah? Good.
Somehow, I don't think being married to Amy Pond is ever going to be dull!
And, er, it is to Amy that we turn our attention now with one
of the most beautiful and touching pieces of music from the series.
Here we are. To conduct Amy's Theme, here is Mr Ben Foster.
CHEERING
MUSIC STARTS, FEMALE SINGS WORDLESSLY
WORDLESS SINGING CONTINUES
IN A HIGHER KEY
CHOIR HARMONISES
ORCHESTRA CONTINUES
CHEERING
Now, we are going to turn our attention
to the lost planet of the Time Lords
and celebrate the Doctor's ten regenerations.
First, we'll hear This Is Gallifrey, one of Murray's most popular themes.
This will be followed by Vale Decem,
the music that accompanied the final moments of the Tenth Doctor
and his regeneration. For this... Woo-hoo! Woo-hoo! Yeah!
LAUGHTER For this, our fantastic orchestra and chorus
are joined by counter tenor Mark Chambers. Wait till you hear him - he's amazing!
So here is Ben Foster to conduct This Is Gallifrey and Vale Decem.
CHEERING
# Vale Decem... #
HUGE CHEER
# Ad aeternam
# Di meliora
# Ad aeternam
# Vale Decem
# Di meliora... #
HUGE CHEER
# Beati
# Pacifici
# Vale Decem
# Alis grave
# Ad perpetuam memoriam
# Vale Decem
# Gratis tibi ago
# Ad aeternam
# Nunquam singularis
# Nunquam
# Dum spiro fido
# Vale, Vale, Vale, Vale Vale, Vale, Vale
# Vale, Vale, Vale... #
CHOIR HARMONISES
HUGE CHEER
MUSIC ENDS, CHEERING CONTINUES
CHEERING
Hello, everyone!
Are we having a nice time?
CHEERING Yey! Yey! OK, so...
I'm Matt Smith and I play the Doctor. In this concert celebrating the music
of Doctor Who, we have taken you on a journey through time and space
and been transported to the far reaches of the universe, but nothing we've heard so far
quite prepares us for the epic scale of what comes next.
Stephen Moffat's brilliant two-part season finale,
which included every enemy the Doctor's ever faced descending on Stonehenge
to form an unlikely alliance, presented Murray Gold with a challenge.
His answer was to pull out all the stops and write music on a grand scale.
So, people, brace yourself as Ben Foster conducts music
from The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang,
especially arranged for this concert to form The Pandorica Suite. Enjoy!
CHEERING
MUSIC ENDS, CHEERING
Aren't they brilliant? Let's hear it one more time for Ben Foster and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales!
CHEERING
Sadly, we're almost at the end of this Doctor Who Prom. Aw! I know!
You guys have been a fantastic audience. Thank you very much. Yey!
Yey! All right!
And...and I'm sure you'll agree that the BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
the London Philharmonic Choir and our wonderful soloists have been pretty fantastic, too.
CHEERING
And yes, we are going to end with television's greatest ever theme tune.
Written by Ron Grainer in 1963 and brilliantly brought to life
by Delia Derbyshire in the BBC's legendary Radiophonic Workshop...
That's a mouthful, isn't it? LAUGHTER
We'll be hearing it in Murray Gold's latest re-imagining.
SHE HISSES
MUSIC ENDS, CHEERING
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