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[Susan Foreman]

Popular music in 'Doctor Who' #38

Episode: 'Rise Of The Cybermen'
Artist: Tight Fit
Title: The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Notes:
* Played on a CD owned by Mr. Crane, and used to cover up the noise of homeless humans being converted into Cybermen
* The song is not credited at the end of the episode, and spoken dialogue only refers to it as 'track number 19'
* Originally written in the Zulu language in the 1920s, and recorded in the late 1930s as 'Mbube', the song is also known as 'Wimoweh'
* At least 50 versions of the song have been recorded and released
* The cover by Tight Fit was released as a single in January 1982, and spent three weeks at the top of the chart
* This version can be found on the 1982 album 'Tight Fit'

[Susan Foreman]

Pre-order available at Amazon Germany - €79.99

"Tomb of the Cybermen - Limited to 333 copies, Mediabook including lots of extras like a numbered autograph card of Frazer Hines. German Edition by Polyband (also includes English Audio)

There will also be a regular limited Mediabook excluding Autograph and the other stuff. The limited 333 copies Edition will be released 28th March. The regular edition one week later."

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Ghostly goings on in the 2015 story Under the Lake/ Before the Flood

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Ghostly goings on in the 2015 story Under the Lake/ Before the Flood

I wonder if they are planning on converting it into 3-D!

[Susan Foreman]

Popular music in 'Doctor Who' #39

Episode: 'The Impossible Planet'
Artist: Maurice Ravel
Title: Bolero
Notes:
* Heard during the excavation on Krop Tor
* Best remembered as the music for the gold medal winning performance from Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean at the 1984 winter Olympics
* The orchestral piece had it's world premier at the Paris Opéra on November 22nd, 1928

As seen in the programme

The full version

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Mary Tamm as Romana in The Stones of Blood (1978)

[trebor8273]

Season 12 got a limited re-release but that didn't last long as it sold out within a few days. Hoping some more stock turns up as placed it in basket and thought I had placed order but had not.

Edit

Still stock at zavvi, so ordered . When did they start charging for delivery ?

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/doctor.../11706501.html


HMV also have stock so will go for them instead.

https://store.hmv.com/store/film-tv/...tion-season-12

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

Season 12 got a limited re-release but that didn't last long as it sold out within a few days. Hoping some more stock turns up as placed it in basket and thought I had placed order but had not.

Edit

Still stock at zavvi, so ordered . When did they start charging for delivery ?

https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/doctor.../11706501.html


HMV also have stock so will go for them instead.


https://store.hmv.com/store/film-tv/...tion-season-12

I got my season 26 set from Argos. They always stock these.

It's not out until the end of March though so you can't buy it from them yet.

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I got my season 26 set from Argos. They always stock these.

It's not out until the end of March though so you can't buy it from them yet.

Really think they should restock all other season if nothing more than to screw the scalpers.

[Susan Foreman]

Popular music in 'Doctor Who' #40

Episode: 'Love And Monsters'
Artist: Elton John
Title: Daniel
Notes:
* A very brief excerpt is featured in the Elton Pope Vlog
* This stock footage appearance is one of the few occasions a well-known British musical performer had been featured in such a way. A similar cameo was used for the Beatles in the story The Chase
* Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, 'Daniel' was released in 1973. It reached #4 on the UK singles chart
* The song can be found on the 1973 album 'Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player'

As seen in the programme

The full version