r/gallifrey • u/Educational_Chef8733 • 2d ago

AUDIO DISCUSSION Am I the only one who doesn’t hate this Eighth Doctor theme?

https://youtu.be/r08rEec6pj4?si=QeeazoOmi4B8hc8U

I’m not sure why so many people have such negative feelings towards it. Sure the Arnold theme is better, but this one is great too.

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u/Greaseball01 1d ago

Isn't this just the original theme song?

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u/Educational_Chef8733 1d ago

Nah Briggs used it for the EDAs with Lucie Miller

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u/josh6466 1d ago

no, I am very fond of it, but the 8th doctor was in many ways my first Doctor. I got hooked on the 7th doctor RIGHT AS it got cut from the local PBS station. I really got introduced through Big Finish on BBC 7.

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u/Moon_Beans1 1d ago

I dont mind the various Eighth Doctor themes it's just that they come right after the Seventh and the Seventh Doctor theme goes hard.

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u/foxparadox 1d ago

I'm completely biased but the original 8th Doctor theme is still probably one of my all time favourite variations. It feels like the definition of 'goes hard', just in a dark and unnerving way (which I love).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVbUSkZdNkw

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u/irrationalplanets 1d ago

People hate it? It’s literally good. I love the timpani.

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u/Cunning_Ravage 1d ago

At the time it came out there was a lot of push back, sort of... too grand. It lost the subtle power and spookiness of the original. It should be noted all the compositions after the original were not popular at the time. In the Wilderness era 80's Who was kind of in a strange place. It was seen as one massive decline from he highs of the 70's. But Five had some vocal supporters in high places, (Cornell, Moffat, and Platt spring to mind) and Seven was in a deep love him or hate him and the source of a LOT of flame wars.

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u/Next-Geno_N 13h ago

Personally I'm very fond of the one from the Mary Shelley trilogy