'Doctor Who's Day Roundup: All That Jazz
Welcome to this week's Doctor Who's Day roundup, a Gallifreyan gallimaufry of fan creativity, news and other stuff from the past seven days in social media.
And we begin this week on a musical note. It's always a delight to find a new twist on the classic Doctor Who theme, especially when Ron Grainer's iconic melody has been warmly embraced by a genre of music that is light years away from the eerie electronica of the original.
Which makes the discovery of this ska version by the Melbourne Ska Orchestra a most wonderful thing:
And sent us off hunting for similarly groovy variations on a theme, such as this lightly swung jazz version, complete with (sonic) vibraphone solo:
And once you're into the jazz arena, how about a few modulations for solo piano? Take it away, Bendy!
Here's what else has been going on in space and time this week:
• Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie and John Barrowman went to Australia for Supernova Expo and met some wombats:
https://twitter.com/orange4angel/status/988117853349056513
• How John Barrowman and David Tennant reacted to Captain Jack's big character reveal:
https://twitter.com/vale_decem_/status/986306996466081793
• Sometimes, Doctor Who can be most odd:
• Gone fishin'
https://twitter.com/doctorwhoitafc/status/987608385565741056
• Impossible Astronaut Day came and went, but do you remember it?
https://twitter.com/DrWhoWhatWhyHow/status/988393332463362048
https://twitter.com/BAWrites/status/988440186072784896
https://twitter.com/lewisjvisuals/status/988472187484033026
https://twitter.com/CSP_News/status/988453752817401856
• Want to conjure up some Angels?
https://twitter.com/mixital/status/986262894789701633
• Nine and Six swap coats:
https://twitter.com/FennecFox_art/status/988133373502738439
• These amazing credits sequences show how keen the video artists are to see how the Thirteenth Doctor will return:
• Thirteen goes punk:
https://twitter.com/milkwithginseng/status/987357637154045953
• This is very swish, an editing together of the two Thirteenth Doctor trials to date into a fabulously cinematic whole:
• A return trip to Rusty's insides:
https://twitter.com/anglophenia/status/988430438971723776
• "The Celestial Toymaker" redrawn:
https://twitter.com/dnnorth666/status/987019357636218880
• A teaser trailer for the full gothic horror of "The Brain of Morbius," one of the Fourth Doctor's most memorable encounters:
• Tintin and Tenten:
https://twitter.com/DoctorWho_Today/status/987623797506433024
• And speaking of Ten:
https://twitter.com/anglophenia/status/988442129428033538
• Karen Gillan singing Nirvana, anyone?
https://twitter.com/spideyshuri/status/986031185246564353
• Baby love:
https://twitter.com/DoctorWho_FR_/status/988395276418322432
• "Regeneration's a lottery:"
https://twitter.com/PenOfSmiting/status/988401476384034821
• Let us end this week with something emotional: a beautifully edited summary of the relationship between the Eleventh Doctor and Amy Pond, from fish custard to the final goodnight:
TTFN!