Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)

The 2013 Doctor Who at the Proms were the fourth and fifth performances of Doctor Who at the Proms, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.

They were broadcast live from the Royal Albert Hall on BBC Radio 3 between 13-14 July 2013 with commentary by Louise Fryer, forming Proms 2 & 3 of the 2013 season.

A 75 minute edit of the prom was broadcast on television on BBC One & BBC One HD on 26 August 2013. After a BBC Three repeat on 21 November 2013, an additional 25 minutes of material ran on the BBC Red Button service under the title Doctor Who at the Proms: Encore.

During the 20 minute interval, BBC Radio 3 broadcast the documentary The Soundworld of Doctor Who, in which Matthew Sweet interviewed the sound designers of Doctor Who and the voice of the Daleks and Ice Warriors, Nicholas Briggs.

It was hosted by Matt Smith, Jenna Coleman, Neve McIntosh (in Silurian prosthetics as Madame Vastra), Dan Starkey (in Sontaran prosthetics as Strax), Peter Davison, the Daleks and Carole Ann Ford.

The 13 July performance was the world première of Murray Gold's celebration of Doctor Who, "Song for Fifty".

Shortly before the performance of "Cyber Shard", Strax held a Strax Field Report: T135/2, where Strax reported to Sontar he was in a large room full of "human scum" celebrating the Doctor and that he received intel that the Doctor's enemies are about to attack.

Synopsis
Doctor Who returns to the Proms to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the popular BBC series. As well as showcasing Murray Gold's music from the past eight years, the concert also journeys back to the early days of Doctor Who and the ground-breaking work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Featuring special guests from the series, big screens and a host of monsters ready to invade the Royal Albert Hall, this is not the year to be exterminated!

Act 1

 * The Mad Man With a Box - Murray Gold
 * I Am the Doctor - Murray Gold

Minisode
In a filmed segment, the Eleventh Doctor and Clara hatch a plan to infiltrate the concert using "body swap" tickets with which they can replace two members of the audience. The plan goes awry when they end up appearing on stage in place of two of the musicians (with Smith and Coleman now performing in character live on stage), and with the Doctor also discovering he's lost most of his hair (which he blames on his buying the body swap ticket from a man from "Space Vegas"). The Doctor gives conductor Ben Foster a sonic baton to conduct the orchestra with, which he later uses to torment the Daleks. The Doctor attempts to conduct, with Clara (who has found herself in the double bass section) reminding him that the audience is waiting for the actual concert to continue. After the Doctor reminds Clara that the last time the next piece of music in the program was heard, she was turned into a Dalek, the two make a hasty exit from the stage. Unlike past Prom "minisodes" such as TV: Music of the Spheres, this skit had no official title until post-broadcast. Although the skit falls outside validity due to its real world nature, the body swap ticket does exist in some form in official continuity as Clara is seen to possess one in TV: Dark Water.

Act 1 continues

 * Habañera (from Carmen) -
 * Companions Suite - Murray Gold
 * Cyber Shard - Murray Gold
 * Toccata (from Toccata and Fugue in D minor) - Johann Sebastian Bach, arr. Leopold Stokowski
 * The Final Chapter of Amelia Pond - Murray Gold
 * The Rings of Akhaten - Murray Gold

Act 2

 * All the Strange, Strange Creatures - Murray Gold
 * The Impossible Girl - Murray Gold
 * The Girl With the Flaxen Hair - Claude Debussy
 * Classic Medley - Tristram Cary, Martin Slavin, Malcolm Clarke, Dudley Simpson, Paddy Kingsland, Peter Howell, Mark Ayres
 * You're going to have to take those clothes off - Gabe Stone and Matthew Owen
 * I never know why, I only know who - William Davenport and Jordan Picken
 * First There Were Daleks - Murray Gold
 * The Name of the Doctor - Murray Gold
 * Song for Fifty - Murray Gold
 * Vale Decem - Murray Gold
 * Doctor Who theme - Ron Grainer arr. Murray Gold

List of music
Interval (20 mins)

Cast

 * Madame Vastra / host - Neve McIntosh
 * Strax / host - Dan Starkey
 * The Eleventh Doctor / himself - Matt Smith
 * Clara Oswald / herself - Jenna Coleman
 * The Queen of Years - Kerry Ingram
 * Himself - Peter Davison
 * Herself - Carole Ann Ford
 * Dalek Voice - Nicholas Briggs
 * Lead Monster - Paul Kasey
 * Monsters - Simon Carew, Martin Challinor, Aidan Cook, Nathalie Cuzner, Jon Davey, Matthew Doman, Amber Doyle, Barbara Fadden, Kevin Hudson, Jamie Hill, Claudio Laurini, Marie McGonigle, Ruari Mears, Daisy Michie, Ross Mullan

Music crew

 * Music by Murray Gold
 * Doctor Who Theme - Ron Grainer
 * 'Classic' Doctor Who Medley:
 * Arr. Mark Ayres
 * Conductor and orchestrator:
 * Ben Foster
 * Vocalists:
 * Elin Manahan Thomas - Soprano
 * Allan Clayton - Tenor
 * Kerry Ingram - Treble
 * Lorne MacDougall
 * The BBC National Orchestra of Wales
 * Leader - Lesley Hatfield
 * The London Philharmonic Choir
 * Chorus Master - Neville Creed
 * Music preparation:
 * Dave Foster
 * Synthesizers & Electronic Effects
 * Mark Ayres
 * Peter Howell

Crew

 * Executive producer
 * Paul Bullock
 * Director
 * Rhodri Huw
 * Writer, producer and director
 * Paul Bullock
 * Doctor Who Proms Film
 * Writer - Steven Moffat
 * Director - Richard Senior
 * Producer - Denise Paul
 * For Doctor Who
 * Production Asset Manager - Stephen Nicholas
 * Drama Events Manager - James DeHaviland
 * Brand Account Manager - Edward Russell
 * Production Executive - Julie Scott
 * Executive Producers - Brian Minchin, Faith Penhale
 * Lead Writer & Executive Producer - Steven Moffat
 * Prosthetics and Creatures
 * Millennium FX
 * Make-Up
 * Christine Vidler
 * Costume Supervisor
 * Howard Burden
 * Documentary crew
 * Director/Camera - Martyn Stevens
 * Camera - Rob McDougall
 * Sound - Ian MacPherson
 * Cameras
 * Rob Barker, Dave Brice, Steve Coleman, Mark Faulkner, Paul Freeman, Lawrence Hall, Chris Hatcher, Liz Hillman, Chris Martin, Wayne Ratcliffe
 * Camera Supervisor
 * Vince Spooner
 * Vision Supervisor
 * Graeme Carter
 * Engineering Manager
 * Jeremy Turner
 * Screens
 * Craig Lawrence
 * Design Team
 * Rory Armstrong
 * Martin Christopher
 * Alan Henry
 * Lighting Gaffer
 * Paul Tibbles
 * Lighting Desk Operator
 * David Bishop
 * Event Manager, Royal Albert Hall
 * Steffy Jordan
 * BBC Assistant Concert Managers
 * Shaun Bajnoczk
 * Mary Cosgrave
 * Naomi Falkner
 * Charlotte Sandford
 * BBC Concert Managers
 * Tammy Daly
 * Helen Heslop
 * Floor Managers
 * Nick Carptenter
 * Donna Tait
 * Richard Wyn Jones
 * Production Team
 * Nicola Brown
 * Kelan Handley
 * Samira Johnson
 * Lowri Jones
 * Jamie Lynch
 * Sam Price
 * Eleri Selwood
 * Production Team Assistant
 * Stuart Laws
 * Production Coordinator
 * Llywela Jones
 * OB PA
 * Sue Perry Grech
 * Vision Mixer
 * Hillary Briegel
 * Screens Director
 * Sian Parry
 * Event Sound
 * Phil Wright
 * Concert Sound Supervisor
 * Huw Thomas
 * Dubbing Mixer
 * Tim Ricketts
 * Screen Sequence Editor
 * Mat Rees
 * Editors
 * Jeremy Lott
 * Geraint Pari-Huws
 * Keith Ware
 * Production Designer
 * Eryl Ellis
 * Lighting Director
 * Bernie Davis
 * Movement Director
 * Alisa Berk
 * Line Producer
 * Jo Marks

Ratings
to be added

Production errors

 * At one point, Neve McIntosh, playing Madame Vastra, mispronounces the name of Leopold Stokowski, though she catches herself and tries again.
 * Reportedly the synthesiser used during the performance of the Doctor Who Theme malfunctioned, resulting in it sounding slightly out of tune. As a result, the televised version of the Prom that aired on BBC One on 26 August 2013 used a different performance of the theme.

DVD and Blu-Ray release
The 2013 Doctor Who proms was released in both DVD and Blu-ray formats as part of the 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition box set. It was later released again in 2021 as part of the 50th Annversary Steelbook.