2009 Misinformation Guide

2009 The Doctor Who Misinformation Guide

upload date: 7 Apr 2009 at 23:20 GMT

running time: 03:58

soundtrack: (1) Doctor Who theme; (2) 'I Am A Dalek' by Art Attacks (1978);

(3) Miss Marple theme - composed by Ron Goodwin;

(4) 'Carry On Doctor' theme - composed by Eric Rogers

status: LIVE

It is available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJPhhaXiUTE

For April Fools Day 2009 I created this little piece of silliness. I had no idea it would prove to be so popular, with around 85,000 views.

There was no script - I merely sat at the microphone and spouted complete nonsense. One point of note is that I actually cast John Hurt as the Doctor four years before he really got the job! He appears as the Doctor's fourth incarnation "Tom Baxter", dressed like Quentin Crisp.

I retain the original 1.2 GB avi file plus all the original voice-over recordings and photoshopped imagery. It is probably the video I retain the most original material for.

Below are two excerpts from the original audio recordings of the narration