Doctor Who: 11 Nostalgic Theme Tunes Of The New Generation

2. This Is Gallifrey

http://youtu.be/k-SBNgu1hO4 It was so often that the Ninth and Tenth Doctors retrospected to their home planet with a sense of longing and remorse. And when this theme is introduced, it seems as if the Doctor is unlocking memories that were gathering dust among his amassing library of knowledge. When the strings rise to a crescendo and the trumpets blast, a ponderous Doctor with a distant look in his eyes remembers the majesty of Gallifrey, with its burnt orange skies, cascading plains, and radiant citadel surrounded in a transparent globe. Abruptly, this flaunting melody is reduced to an eerie silence, pierced by the shimmering sound of a violin playing discordant slurs. It brings the Doctor to the present - Gallifrey is now a graveyard of ash and long forgotten times drifting in space (or so he thinks). During the oboe€™s solo, the song becomes more of a sentimental tribute to Gallifrey, filled with promise, as if the theme is an affectionate eulogy without words. Then, everything dissolves and, amid the silence of the orchestra, the flute plays innocently. Its simplicity is that of a child€™s lullaby meandering while a cradle, swaddling a young Time Lord, is gently rocked back and forth... This is Gallifrey relays the Doctor€™s emotional journey through the past, his past, the fleeting moments he spent on Gallifrey and the impossible decision he made on the day everything was lost. And perhaps it expresses the Doctor€™s tireless hope that he might be given another chance, and that Gallifrey will fall no more.