Doctor Who fan music

Fans of Doctor Who have created a number of professional and semi-professional music projects. Some have recorded in the genre, while others have formed pop-rock bands.

The 1980s-1990s
The band The Bessies, made up of Chris Taberham and Peter Finklestone, played the convention circuit. They released a 1991 four song audio cassette called Beat 'n' Bop.

2000s
Professional comedy musician and Who fan has several Doctor Who-based songs in his repetoire which he has played on BBC Radio and at live concerts. Just one, "Dr. Who Girl", from his  album, has gotten an official release.

A newer innovation, Time Lord Rock (or Trock) is a genre of music created by Alex Day. He formed a band, Chameleon Circuit, which included himself, Charlie McDonnell, Liam Dryden and Chris Beattie, and promoted it via and. It takes it inspiration from, a genre of music created by Harry Potter fans who sing about the Harry Potter universe.

An interview with two of Chameleon Circuit's members featured in Doctor Who Magazine 410.

The Trock movement has gained significant traction with the success and popularity of Chameleon Circuit's first album.

In August of 2009, indie label DFTBA Records released Trock On!, a compilation of trock songs written by their most popular artists who perform TROCK songs.

2010s
On 18 May 2010, (lead singer of ) wrote and performed a song entitled "Doctor Who", containing several references to Doctor Who. This song was written as part of his "Song of the Week" series of songs.

On 29 March 2011, Stephen A. Willis posted in the world's main Doctor Who online forum, suggesting a virtual orchestra and choir called the Doctor Who Fan Orchestra. He offered his arrangement of 's "I am the Doctor" and mixed together the audio recordings and video recordings. Since then, it has come up with many well known Doctor Who soundtracks by Murray Gold, such as "This is Gallifrey", "Vale Decem", "Rose's Theme" "Doomsday", all main Dalek themes and music from The Impossible Astronaut.

While working on his 2012 album ', a collection of humorous ' and  songs, dark cabaret singer wrote and recorded "It's A Bigger On the Inside", a bawdy tribute to the Doctor and the TARDIS, due to overwhelming fan demand that a Doctor Who song be included.