Soundtrack To Our Lives

It's always been the case that fans have associated Dr Who with their outside World. People can remember outside events purely because they remember watching a particular story or episode. It started on Day 1 when more news of JFK's assassination filtered through but it also manifests itself in the more personal memories. I'm talking about those moments when watching an old story reminds you of a specific time and place, a song or a film, a book or a friend.

Whenever I watch Trial of a Timelord I am taken back to cub camp. I can instantly remember the fire side sing alongs, the massive games of hide and seek and the dreaded chicken not supreme. When I watch The Doctor Dances I'm reminded of a wedding I attended not long afterwards and the fact that my best man speech went much better than I hoped. And after a lull in the senses due to a lack of new Who for a decade-ish 21st Century Who is really beginning to be the backbone of my consciousness. I didn't realise until my copy of Murray Gold's music came through the post.

Russell T Davies has created a hit version of Dr Who by updating the show to include emotions on a level previously not tried in the history of the show. And Murray Gold's music is a massive part of making that work. Christ, I hate the volume level of the music compared to the dialogue - I can barely hear the actors sometimes - and sometimes I hate the music itself but Jesus, when I listen to the album the memories are intense.

The music that started the show off in Rose really didn't work for me but on listening to it in isolation I was reminded of the intense and wonderful feelings I had at the show returning, how I finally started mixing with other nutters, and also what was happening in real life at the time.

This show gets us feeling as well as thinking. if you blubbed your way through School Reunion you'll know just what I mean. And then there's Doomsday - who didn't blub at the end of that? This album brings those memories flooding back and it also reminds me of other moments in my life over the last 2 years. Moments of great happiness, very dark and sad moments - Murray Gold was writing the soundtrack to my life and I suspect he's written one just for you as well.