Doctor Who The War Doctor Extended Theme

[@DoctorWhoKage]

I love how this sounds all militarized and everything. Because that's who the War Doctor is; he isn't a Doctor, he's a Warrior, a soldier.

[@plantainsame2049]

Soldiers follow orders he doesn't he may be a warrior but he is still a wise man and a Healer he's the doctor on the day it isn't possible to get it right

[@Synthpopper]

Despite his griping, he is The Doctor. The most soldier like, but still The Doctor at his core

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

This is the ww3 theme

[@alessiodelcastillo1613]

@@Synthpopperhe’s both. Doctors can be soldiers and vice versa. Here he is a doctor being a soldier. John Watson was a doctor and he was a war veteran in Sherlock Holmes. The Doctor is both a healer and a soldier in the time war

[@TheGreatWhiteCount]

He should've been called "The Warmonger"

[@agoosewithaphone7102]

I like how, out of all the Doctor Who themes, this one probably modifies the main melody the most because of how fundamentally different the War Doctor was from all the others, plus there's the fact he willingly dropped the name of 'The Doctor'.

[@theblackwidower]

What name did he use? Did anyone ever say? Or was he just 'The Nameless One'? I hope not because someone else already has that name, ironically.

[@shadethehedgehog2879]

@@theblackwidowerHe never took another name but the fandom refers to him as the war doctor as such it’s become his canon title I believe

[@TheGreatWhiteCount]

I call him "The Butcher"

[@StoryArtsConcepts]

@@shadethehedgehog2879I think The Name of the Doctor referred to him as The War Doctor Edit: nevermind I misremembered

[@SamuelBlack84]

According to Lungbarrow, he's the reincarnation of the legendary being known as "the Other"

[@ZakJordan98]

R.I.P. John Hurt :(

[@herupinkasova8601]

He was such a good doctor

[@jamieolberding7731]

Too bad he only made one onscreen appearance in a "Doctor Who" episode.

[@azurerainbow4637]

John Hurt was in 2 Doctor Who episodes.in Matt Smith‘s era as the War Doctor.

[@TheNittyka]

Rest In Peace John hurt sad

[@fabricehaumont1283]

Im sorry

[@thekeeperofrecords3041]

_”For Gallifrey!”_ _”For Victory!”_ _”FOR THE END OF TIME ITSELF!”_

[@creed8712]

Hearing this makes the War Masters theme almost sweeter since I can defiantly tell it’s not just a twisted version of The Who theme but a twisted version of the War Doctors theme

[@Spectahman2.0]

It's sad Hurt and Jacobi's War Doctor and Master never got to meet in the audios.

[@docturstrangelove6581]

RIP you epic man. One of my favorite doctors.

[@Deathlygunn]

Doctur Strangelove It's a credit to his acting abilities that n the space of the single episode he was able to become one of the best Doctors, I've just gone out and ordered the first of his Big Finish stories and I can't wait to see how he develops the character over his audiostories. R.I.P. John Hurt

[@georgemiser]

Think they'll get someone who sounds like Hurt?

[@Doccywho124]

Deathlygunn yea he knocks it out of the park and is better than the other two. He was the draw to the 50th for me as I don't really like 10 to say the least

[@josephmay6377]

Commenting Commenter i don' like him too

[@Doccywho124]

Joseph May don't like the Tenth Doctor?

[@SlurpeeTheUnholy]

Good God the french horns at the Middle 8 This might be the single best version of the theme

[@veshialles]

I've always loved the middle eight section of the Doctor Who theme, but the version featured here is probably my favourite rendition so far. Those two extra notes played by the woodwind/flutes section gives me that sense of awe and adventure that Doctor Who brings with it.

[@EmbiggenedJ]

It's also quite possibly the single cheekiest joke in the history of science fiction. When Howard Carter got to make the long-forbidden version of the Doctor Who theme, he just couldn't help but put in a reference to a certain OTHER sci-fi war...

[@mystery4561]

@@EmbiggenedJ What are you talking about? This theme is awesome in my opinion.

[@mahfuzurchowdhury2765]

@KVAcedo27 What was he talking about?

[@WheatDos]

@KVAcedo27 well, he IS in the Time War, so a Star War(s) reference makes sense.

[@SaintsBro217]

Seeing as we saw a young version of John Hurt in 'Night of the Doctor', hopefully some day they'll do a War Doctor miniseries with a younger actor in the role to honour Hurt's legacy. Someone that could really do a good job impersonating him like David Bradley did for Hartnell.

[@tardisglitch547]

Yeah it would just be an audio though, because so far I'm guessing we aren't getting any new type of mini series or spin off yet.

[@jwg5774]

@Rad Historian Looks like you're going to get your wish......kinda. Big Finish has announced a 12 episode "War Doctor Begins" audio series featuring Jonathon Carley as the younger War Doctor. He does a rather impressive impersonation of Hurt.

[@Lord_No-brainer]

Dude get this

[@larsoftheredhotlovers6220]

"You weren't there... in the final days of the war.... you never saw what was born. But if the time lock is broken then everything is coming through. Not just the Daleks... but the Skaro Degradation, The Horde of Travesties, The Nightmare Child, The Could-Have-Been King and his army of Memoirs and Never-Weres. The war turned into Hell.

[@ROBERTJOHNSON020]

Which episode is that from. I love when they name drop Time War stuff.

[@larsoftheredhotlovers6220]

@@ROBERTJOHNSON020 End of Time Part 2. Doctor says it to the Master

[@ROBERTJOHNSON020]

@@larsoftheredhotlovers6220 Thank you.

[@douglasfreer]

I wonder what the opening would look like for the War Doctor era since it would have to reflect the war and how horrifyingly dark it can get. I’m not really into war characters but I love the War Doctor because of how he started as a warrior but as time went on and he grew older he got to a place of “when is this going to end? I can’t stand this anymore! I’m going to end this now!” that him back into being the Doctor once more only to lose that development thanks to it being in a multi-Doctor story. I’m glad we got 12 more stories with this great Doctor thanks to Big Finish.

[@cousinmonachpsis5707]

Douglas Freer I always thought it would looks some where between mcganns and ecolstons(spelt them wrong I know) but literally on fire with TARDIS and Dalek saucer recanted drifting about inside it.

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

Well big finish has the eighth doctor time war theme

[@L1z43vr]

What do you mean he lost his development because he was in a multi Doctor story? If anything, it solidified his development even more. Not only because he was at the point where he just wanted the war to end, but also because, when he saw the future, when he saw what he would become if he did end the war, he hated it. Not only that, it was because he was able to reach a compromise that not only he, but all of the Doctors, could leave the Time War behind and truly become the Doctor again. Because let's be honest, as much as I love the RTD1 era and Series 5, the Doctor was a brooding, angsty mess every time he lost his companion, and that was also mostly because of the Time War. Not only that, but 12's whole schtick was that he was questioning himself if he was still a good man after the Time War and the Siege of Trenzalore, which made him do some questionable decisions that even Donna would slap some sense into him, like celebrating the fact that there isn't a good Dalek in the universe, while said Dalek goes on a killing spree, leaving Clara and a 15 year old child to decide whether or not to kill an unborn creature or let the moon destroy the Earth, trying to trap an alien in a school where not only his then companion was present, but her boyfriend were there, all these come to mind, and they were a bi-product of the Time War. To be perfectly clear here, I'm not hating on the RTD and Time War years, they were great for bringing back mystery into the revival series, but every mystery, at one point, will have to be solved. At one point, Doctor Who will have to properly end. The Time War was just that, another mystery that has been solved, which was a great mystery, I won't lie about that. However, I much prefer the Doctor to be a swashbuckling idiot in a box with a screwdriver, trying to help wherever he can, than an angsty, lonely god who broods in the thoughts that he committed planetary destruction to end both his race and space trashbins.

[@douglasfreer]

@@L1z43vr by his development I mean him not to become a ptsd Doctor but back to just the Doctor but whenever the Doctors meet themselves they will always forget the entire thing happened(if they always remember the encounter the future versions would never be surprised they’re meeting the past ones. Even Missy was surprised the Saxon Master was on that spacecraft in the series finale of Twelves run. Any lessons they learn are forgotten until it’s needed with the future one like when Five and Ten met by accident and Ten knew what to do because he now remembers it as Ten) meaning he, from his point of view, went from activating the Moment to being regenerated so Nine thinks his previous life destroyed Gallifrey instead of saving it. So because they can’t remember all of that means Nine through Twelve are going to experience PTSD in different ways.

[@2Scribble]

For Centuries people have bleated that war is imponderable Unknowable As if it were some mystery disease - without a cure But it ISN'T true War is VERY simple And all one has to do to wage it... Is become a Monster And that's what I am What I do - I do without choice In the name of peace and sanity Every moment in time and space is burning... and I intend to end it any way I can

[@anthonydeadman]

_What I do, I do without choice_ _In the name of peace and sanity_ "But not in the name of The Doctor."

[@DoctorWhoKage]

@KVAcedo27 when Anakin Skywalker's friend or wife is in danger: "I don't suppose there's any need for a Jedi anymore."

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Note that 0:26 still has a heroic, noble-minded undertone, even despite the War Doctor despairing and claiming he doesn't deserve to call himself the Doctor anymore. He wouldn't admit it, but he's still got it in him, his fundamental desire for goodness, even in the midst of getting his hands dirty in a dark and despair-filled wartime.

[@lucashampton6269]

I had heard bits of this theme around the internet and thought it was a cool fan cover. But it's official. I love this theme for several reasons. It's like a dark and militarized version of the usual theme. The Doctor we know and love isn't here anymore. The small whimsical hints convey a sense of longing, reaching for the Doctor we know is in there somewhere. The extra trills sound both like a plea for the return of the Doctor we are so used to, but also a kind of warning sound. An alarm that the Doctor is coming and those who stand against him should be very, very afraid.

[@dalekapocalypse5727]

Rest in peace john hurt you are the doctor

[@SeanEnglishHD]

Tom the Dalek fan warrior doctor

[@chrisvan2688]

He was the Doctor when it was impossible to get it right.

[@mystery4561]

@@chrisvan2688 So you don't like matt smith or david tennant?

[@whowaifu5475]

It's indeed a good theme

[@thinhnonyt]

Who Waifu WOWOWOWOWOOWW

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

Because my oldest sister watches doctor who too,but not as often as me though and she’s in the lowa national gard.

[@MitchBork]

It is so brilliant...the way they tortured this song for war...I LOVE IT.

[@sickboy9496]

I find it strange how the structure reminds me of classic Who, the key reminds me of McGann but the orchestral section seems like it's adopting from the Eccleston/Tennant-era intros and Smith's first intro, all clashed into one. I wish there was a way to make the middle 8 section sound darker here.

[@fim-43redeye31]

I think there's a certain flash of hope in the middle eight here. Hope that maybe the war *can* end.

[@kierangallagher6265]

​@@fim-43redeye31I've always viewed the middle 8 as a silver lining on the cloud that is Doctor Who; maybe they wanted to emphasize the fact that Hurt was still the Doctor deep down, despite how much he may have believed otherwise

[@megelizabeth9492]

Yeah, that's my sense. As much as he tries to deny it, the War Doctor is still, well the Doctor. There's a fundamental goodness and hope that not even the worst despair of war can fully extinguish .

[@THOMAS_VANN]

I love how it sounds all war like but yet you can detect a hint of sadness in there

[@vocalist92]

It really gives the sense that our beloved time travelling adventurer has had to give up the cosmic hobo life and take up arms to save the universe

[@sherlockholmes213]

RIP John Hurt, you'll never be forgotten

[@Sen-Shade]

Would love if they decided to use this somewhere in the 60th anniversary, partly because it's just really cool, but also as a tribute to John Hurt

[@jkfss5448]

Imagine a whole season with John Hurt, and that took place since the regeneration at Karn, until the time before the Day of The Doctor (The Last Day of the Time War) THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@2Scribble]

It is awesome What you want is called the War Doctor audioplays by Big Finish. It was the last thing he recorded before he died. There are about four seasons of them.

[@MrThorfan64]

@@2Scribble At least we have those.

[@madafakabic9674]

Imagine whole 3 seasons of mcgann and another 2 with eccelstone

[@ospreyphil8995]

Spin off animation Clone Wars style going from McGann to Hurt to Ecclestone would be pretty neat

[@matthewtyler3726]

@@ospreyphil8995 ITS CALLED AUDIO DRAMAS. There's loads of mcgann on there.

[@MrHighlifewest]

I still think it's awesome seeing John hurt in Canon being involved with the daleks let alone as the Doctor!

[@HylianKnight02]

I think a big thing here is that the iconic Doctor Who theme is still very much recognizable here. No matter what atrocities he committed during the war, no matter how much he says he's no longer "The Doctor", he can't hide his true nature. He's The Doctor. He saves people. He may have had to commit the ultimate sin to end the time war, and end countless lives on Gallifrey...but like he himself says...what he does...he does without choice. It was the only way to save the universe...and in the end, we know it turned out okay, because two madmen with a bowtie and a trenchcoat came to lend a helping hand.

[@organs_1464]

my boy, you deserve a jelly baby

[@IlovetheEmpire564]

It’s my favorite soundtrack ever. You can really hear and feel the urge to run away forever, while never looking back. I should play this soundtrack every day, so I would feel like the War Doctor: fighting to run away.

[@alextucker5819]

The way this was arranged is spectacular. It also fits the tone of the Time War so well. How it was a brutal war, which scarred the Doctor almost as much as him nearly destroying Gallifrey at its end. From what I know, the war was not a fun memory for the Doctor. He saw many horrible things beyond what we can imagine, being the greatest war in all of existence, and that he's tried for centuries to go without thinking about that horrible conflict, and the atrocities he saw during it. I really can't say I blame him. If I fought in a war like that, I'd be completely consumed by PTSD. It also shows how dangerous the Daleks are, and the lengths they'll go through to get what they want. That's why the war happened, the Daleks want to conquer everything, but the Time Lords stood in their way. They had to be removed to achieve conquest.

[@plantainsame2049]

But it also has a slight heroic Feeling Because underneath all The dirt grime and hurt This is still that man We met in a junkyard so Long ago and he is still trying to just hold it all together

[@alextucker5819]

@@plantainsame2049 You're absolutely right.

[@ashjose7973]

My mind was blown away after hearing this truly Epic man

[@codylawson7175]

Why do i get so many chills listening to this

[@CineScarborough]

Love this! One of Big Finish's best themes.

[@TheAkator]

this really gave me insight into the dalek mind

[@cousinmonachpsis5707]

TheAkator you mean the mind of a time lord in war a child loomed to do one thing ... kill

[@thatguyisthisguy]

this would make a great intro theme if there was a movie about the war doctor

[@victorpeterson3502]

This is my favorite Doctor Who theme. It really shows the power and danger of a universe at war!

[@kurukurushuffle]

Can only assume they're using this in the new War Doctor Begins series, seeing as they're keeping his Doctor's theme too. Still a little mixed on the news overall, it feels a bit too soon.

[@Strathclyder]

This fits the war doctor so well!

[@roxannewolfe4433]

I have only just heard this version of the opening theme. And here I sit, bawling my eyes out. It was that middle eight that did it.

[@cesaradorablejr.3864]

R.I.P John Hurt

[@CMDRThunderush]

Good news: Jonathan Carley is the new voice of the War Doctor. More adventures to come!!

[@TitanusWho]

Sounds very similar to the theme in doctor who the new adventures

[@CyberHunter-mh5ws]

"Hes like fire,ice and rage"

[@Molandria]

John Hurt did to the Doctor more than any after...... and that's saying a lot!

[@ultramanzero5408]

im freaking getting some star war vibes here

[@jamieolberding7731]

R.I.P John Hurt.

[@Knotts2002]

Great Men Are Forged In Fire

[@Ninja_RoseVT]

TheDrKnott and become greater when all seems lost

[@benni3148]

It is the privilege of lesser men to light the flame...

[@danmenard6917]

Doctor Again, Doctor No More.

[@iceomistar4302]

The Time War stories always make me tense because no matter what the Doctor does it always goes catastrophically wrong, there is no happy ending no deus ex machina, just the Doctor running away at the end or him commiting warcrimes to achieve a hollow victory.

[@awsmmediaguy]

Goosebumps.

[@dillondavis-tirado7181]

The theme sounds so chaotic it fits perfectly

[@jojoisnormal]

Yes epic

[@thetenthplanetproductions150]

The war Doctor definitely deserved this one

[@devranhasan4969]

Rip john hurt (:(

[@thetenthplanetproductions150]

Epic

[@yashumitsu666]

Drums... Is that a reference to the theme of the Master?)

[@plantainsame2049]

No the master's theme was the reference To the intro actually The rhythm It's part of doctor who's baseline, which everything is made out of it's the same song, just remix and remastered,

[@thedoctor6535]

Does anyone else hear four knocks?

[@whowaifu5475]

If it was a reference to what i am thinking, that's kind of sad

[@thedoctor6535]

+Who Waifu I'm sure the plot point was inspired by the background to the opening music.

[@whowaifu5475]

Then yeah, it's sad

[@thedoctor6535]

Who Waifu How so?

[@whowaifu5475]

You know, the whole "sound of drums" thing ( I guess at least).

[@AndrewMakesPuns]

This sounds epic!

[@jamieolberding7731]

Gold Dalek: "Whoever is operating the time machine is the enemy of the Daleks! All enemies of the Daleks must be destroyed! Exterminate them!" Daleks: [in unison] "Exterminate them! Exterminate them! Exterminate them! Exterminate them! Exterminate them! Exterminate them! Exterminate them! Exterminate them! Exterminate them!"

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

I’m smart enough to nuke the daleks mothership

[@vsyovomrakenochi8960]

Would you forsake everything you believed in... to do what was right?

[@allistairlethbridge-stewar163]

I’d give an arm and a leg for a Time War series

[@hothemeep1219]

There are already a lot of them

[@dalekexterminae]

The time war, Gallifrey: time war, Gallifrey: war room, the war doctor begins.

[@vinpoolbrotherofdeadpool4819]

R.I.P. John Hurt/Doctor

[@iceomistar4302]

I love how the War Doctor's first boxset is titled Only the Monstrous and The War Master's is Only the Good, the Doctor is a man whose moral decisions lead to immoral outcomes but the Master who is pure evil makes immoral and selfish decisions which for a time at least lead to moral outcomes. The dichotomy of the two is what I love, they are reflections of one another.

[@iamnotanuggetblackhart5103]

Sounds like a nice blend of Star Trek II The Wrath Of Khan's soundtrack with Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country soundtrack with the Doctor Who theme added on top.

[@pocket-dimension]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS EPIC.

[@bluetennant1998]

NO MORE

[@AceKitteh]

He was The Doctor on the day it was impossible to get it right. In the name of peace, and sanity.

[@aidanlynn]

As much as I like John Hurt, I just don’t really like the war doctor as a concept. This was clearly supposed to be Chris Eccelston and it’s unfortunate that he didn’t return.

[@republicpicturesstudios6045]

Since it kinda sounds like Star Wars in the middle 8, this theme would've been perfect for Peter Cushing's Doctor!

[@willboss97]

He's still alive on TV

[@andreistoica2470]

Young War Doctor Sunset Shimmer

[@andreistoica2470]

Starswirl the Bearded Young one Sunset Shimmer

[@andrewkennedy9879]

No More

[@Odmthesculptor]

What is the chord progression?

[@aiden6354]

DOCTOR WHO

[@KitCat-ud5bj]

Can I use this in an edit?

[@jwg5774]

Ask Big Finish. It belongs to them

[@JnEricsonx]

Makes me think of John Williams a bit!

[@teamrhganimations3343]

R.I.P JOOHN HUURT

[@Turbo_6224]

gallifray stands

[@kierangallagher6265]

Very jazzy. Some of the notes are missing but they're more than compensated for in the middle 8!

[@MadmanWthABox]

I wonder how the intro would look like...

[@plantainsame2049]

Instead of zooming through the vortex, I imagined the tardis slowly drifting through the ruins of Galifrey and scaro With shattered saucers and blooming tardises all around it And The logo Would have the word doctor Smashed By the word time And the word who having the word war burned into it I think you would act as a funny nod to the fact that the lego went from doctor on top Is too side by side while also representing that. The doctor Is suppressed by the war And we would see his face, but instead of swiling or winking. It just looks heartbroken

[@oblivionarts5878]

cardinal ollistra: where are you going now? doctor war: I go to the place where innocent blood is spilled and where only monsters survive

[@thomasswift3431]

When Doctor who meets star wars

[@shadicTPZ]

I keep wondering which key this is in, bc it's so dramatic!

[@someguywithnolife9098]

When Olivanders Runs out of wands

[@Sonar_thee_trotter]

Honestly even though the war doctor did some bad things his middle eight makes me feel like he’s a superhero (I haven’t listened to any big finish doctor adventures)

[@dcallaway1]

Begs the question, Would you go to war against a being like The Doctor, who has fought Cosmic level entities or as The Family of Blood put it "Gods and Demons" and won?

[@MaxFPSGamer]

This reminds me of the Terran empire opening theme from Star Trek Enterprise!

[@Sakuranomiya]

I like it at 0:25

[@tonythehappynerd7241]

What I did, I did without choice... In the name of peace and sanity...

[@alexandertelson3713]

But not in the name of the Doctor!!

[@noahplaysgames3748]

All rise for the national anthem of the New British Empire!

[@kevenlima3379]

Excelente

[@MsCasg1991]

incrível

[@alasdairgardiner2313]

Anyone else getting a Stargate vibe from this rendition of the Doctor Who theme?

[@timothymatthews4519]

wizard 1101 :)

[@mlgboi4794]

Howard carter (aka explorer ) worked on the theme?

[@mlgboi4794]

is he dead so he is a ghost

[@АртемПістунов]

even the stupidest of things can be taken seriously if you say it seriously enough

[@plantainsame2049]

sounds like war to me

[@АртемПістунов]

Think about it: An old man with edgy syndrome fights alien natzi pepper pots in a time mashine police box that is bigger on the incide.

[@TheNittyka]

NOO JOHN HURT I LIKE JOHN HURT

[@Yugi880]

At the beginning sound like terminator Sound like an reboot of terminator 0:01

[@fresheeee]

Is it just me or does the start of this sound like the Robocop theme?

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[@Potato_exe]

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[@Sakuranomiya]

And also 1:12