Music of the Spheres (TV story)

Music of the Spheres was a short episode which first broadcast on 27 July 2008 as part of the BBC proms season. Prior to broadcast it was variously known as Proms Special and Proms Cutaway, with episode writer Russell T. Davies using this as the title when promoting the episode in Doctor Who Magazine.

Plot
A Graske teleports onto the TARDIS, and the Doctor isn't happy. He has been trying to compose His own music, and the Graske has just appeared! The Doctor tells Him about the music of the sphereswhich is the sound of planets orbiting stars and stars forming galaxies and galaxies making up the universe, and then the Graske reveals that He is trying to warn the Doctor about a hole in space. On the other side is the Albert hall! They play the terrible song He wrote (although he thinks it's brilliant), and then the Doctor turns to see that the Graske is GONE!!!

The Graske has went through the hole in space to the Albert hall. The Doctor stops Him from creating havoc by flicking a switch on the TARDIS console that pulls the Graske into the TARDIS. He makes Him teleport to the other side of the galaxy. He then tells the audience that everyone is a musician really and they can listen to the Music of the Spheres by shutting their eyes and concerntrating. He bids farewell.

Cast

 * The Doctor - David Tennant
 * Graske - Jimmy Vee

Production credits
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Story notes

 * According to Doctor Who Magazine, production of this mini-episode officially concluded production of Series 4 on May 3, 2008. Davies told DWM that he had to write the episode in a special way as it is scheduled to be broadcast both on television and on radio. This makes this special the first such hybrid episode ever produced for the series.
 * This special aired on Sunday 27th July between 11A.M. and 1P.M. on BBC Radio 3. It will be shown on BBC4 in a couple of weeks. It was also be available on the Doctor Who website at 11.40 A.M, however due to rights, the clip was only be made available for a short period of time.
 * For the first time since 1966 the original theme arrangement by Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, as introduced in 1963's An Unearthly Child, is used in lieu of Murray Gold's current arrangement during the closing credits.

Ratings
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Filming Locations
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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * If these events take place after Journey's End then how would the Doctor have his blue suit if he gave it to the Clone Doctor? ''Nothing in this mini-episode gives any indication as to when it occurs in the continuity. It could just as easily take place between The Runaway Bride and Smith and Jones or between Voyage of the Damned and Partners in Crime, or even as early as the suggested timeframe of Attack of the Graske.
 * As the Doctor addresses the audience directly, and the episode involves interaction with the audience, it is unlikely that this episode will be considered canonical.

Continuity

 * The Doctor breaks the fourth wall and directly addresses the audience, and also interacts with them as well. This renders it unlikely that the episode takes place within established continuity. As noted in "Discontinuity" there is nothing to indicate where in the Tenth Doctor's travels this story happens; it could be any time that the Doctor was said to not have a companion, or possibly during the same interval establiehed in Attack of the Graske when Rose Tyler was in 1979.
 * The Doctor says "and he stole my water pistol". A reference to DW: The Fires of Pompeii where the Doctor threatens the High Priestess with a water pistol.
 * Graskes previously appeared in the interactive episode Attack of the Graske and one also appeared during SJA: Whatever Happened to Sarah Jane?.
 * The Doctor says (upon looking at the screen) "What, What, What?" in quick succession, he has previous intoned these lines at the beginning of DW: The Runaway Bride, Last of the Time Lords and Time Crash.
 * The Doctor says the TARDIS defences were down, as they were in DW: Time Crash. Exactly why this has happened is not explained.

DVD and Other releases

 * Available via BBC's iPlayer following broadcast.