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Tardis Sound Heard at Olympic Opening
Something “Doctor Who” at Olympic opening ceremony
The Tardis engines were briefly heard at the Olympic opening ceremony. Newspapers had reported the theme tune was on a list due to played at the event which evidently was untrue.
However videos taken by the public show that a montage of The Doctors was shown on a big screen at rehearsals.
Recorded TV Videos of the Tardis sound have been blocked.
Canuck
July 28th, 2012 - 3:05pmIn an interview, Boyle indicated that more of a Who reference was thought to be inappropriate given that Dr Who was created by a Canadian, not a Brit, and this would be confusing given that the last Olympics were in Canada.
Tony
July 28th, 2012 - 3:26pmAnd yet there were video clips from The Cosby Show? Please.
Simon
July 28th, 2012 - 7:27pmThat wasn’t the Cosby show. Try again.
Anonymous
July 28th, 2012 - 9:14pmThere were definitely clips of the Cosby show projected on the house during the whole teen romance bit.
Fox Moldur
July 29th, 2012 - 9:56amI hate Boyle now , it’s morembritsh than tea.
>_>
July 31st, 2012 - 11:01pmSource? Because if they included Mary Poppins, who was written by an Australian, they should’ve included the Doctor.
the doctor lol t.n
July 28th, 2012 - 1:02pmi think because of the dr.who ep fear her they coul of put the doctor on and the tardis and harry potter and voldermont fighting
the astronaut of death
July 28th, 2012 - 11:32amwhen the athlets were running to light the cloldron i was hoping they may fall over or somthing and david tennat would take over
the 13th Doctor
July 28th, 2012 - 2:45pmSame i saw that happening, THEY HAVE ALTERED TIME!!!!!
Dr Who!
July 28th, 2012 - 11:00amIt should of been Dr Who escorting the Queen not James Bond imagine The Queen in the TARDIS!!!!!!!
Desariella
July 28th, 2012 - 5:05pmThat would have been cool. She would have much preferred to arrive in the TARDIS then jumping from a helicopter.
thedaleksdeath
August 30th, 2012 - 8:34pmITS THE DOCTOR!!!!!!!!!
Alex
July 28th, 2012 - 10:36amseverly disappointed i expected to hear the theme tune, not 1 second of the tardis which you can barely even hear because of rubbish music playing aswell
booboo
July 28th, 2012 - 10:53amseems like the ceremony was cut short
Rooners
July 28th, 2012 - 12:16pm“Rubbish music”…haha…the song that was playing at the time is pretty much the best song ever to come out of this country….but I do share your disappointment…never believe the hype. At the end of the day, the Olympics is the biggest global event in the world of sport…and, despite recent recognition in the US, Doctor Who is pretty much unheard of outside of the UK…so I am actually suprised it featured at all.
booboo
July 28th, 2012 - 12:47pmFrom Edward Russell
A video montage which very briefly showed all 11 Doctors was approved but we were told it may not be included which was clearly the case.
apparently parts of the opening had to be cut short
Desariella
July 28th, 2012 - 5:07pmI find it ironic that the TARDIS arrived during Bohemian Rhapsody. Which, Matt and Karen and Arthur sang at Comic Con.
Coincidence?
I think not. The Doctor always says that there is no such thing as coincidences and everything happens for a reason.
Blaine
July 28th, 2012 - 8:08pm@Rooners
It should have nothing to do with the world. And actually, regardless of it being aired in other countries, Doctor Who is quite popular all over the world. Maybe not largely, but go on the internet and look around in Doctor Who forums and other places and you’ll find people from everywhere who love the show.
And regardless, the show is one of BRITAIN’S most beloved shows and has been airing for almost 50 years, either threw re-runs or actual series. It should have been given more recognition.
Katie
July 29th, 2012 - 12:02amI’m pretty sure I saw the fourth Doctor in the montage on the house, and I think they showed another of the older Doctors too.
I am American, but I was really hoping that as a British show, Doctor Who would have more recognition than it got. Maybe in the closing ceremonies…
DaveBo
July 30th, 2012 - 7:40amSomeone described Doc Who as “pretty much unheard of outside the UK.” I disagree. From the US. We were a significant bunch of fans in 1981, and I think there are a LOT more around after the recent serieses. Woot!
Desariella
August 1st, 2012 - 12:48amIn response to “Rooners July 28th, 2012: Doctor Who is pretty much unheard of outside of the UK”
What, are you serious? I live in Canada and I can tell you you are wrong. Doctor Who is big world wide.
CG
July 28th, 2012 - 10:35amIs it just me, but in Mr Beans dream, Matt Smith was at the front of the race along the beach?
dr who fan 4 ever
July 28th, 2012 - 11:42ami thought that aswell
Jerome CHAN
July 28th, 2012 - 12:41pmHe was, as I said in a previous comment. But it seems the dream wasn’t shown to everyone. Also,heonly appeared at the first few seconds, didn’t see him for the rest of the race.
Byron
July 28th, 2012 - 3:13pmYES! There was a guy who was very Matt Smith looking!
Desariella
July 28th, 2012 - 5:08pmI thoughts so at first, then I thought I was just seeing things. Does anyone know if it was?
Anonymous
July 28th, 2012 - 8:00pmIt wasn’t him, it did look like him but it wasn’t him.
Simon
July 28th, 2012 - 10:18amThe Doctor Who theme, along with a few others, WAS due to be played, but it was cut due to time constraints. The show over-ran so The Doctor Who theme, Coronation Street theme, Monty Python, Oasis’s Wonderwall song and one or two other bits were all dropped.
Danny Boyle was reported to be furious.
McGann is the Doctor.
July 28th, 2012 - 1:32pmWho is Danny Boyle ?
Desariella
July 28th, 2012 - 5:09pmToo bad. Would have been great. Maybe someone recorded a rehearsal and we can see the bit that was cut?
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
July 28th, 2012 - 9:56amI was honestly thinking that guy would go out of breath and David Tennant in full Doctor Who style would take over. Clever cauldron, though, wasn’t it?
I think for a show that’s 49 going on 50 they should have done something on a bigger scale, like… a TARDIS being behind the tree or something Doctor who related.
Romanadvoratrelundar
July 28th, 2012 - 10:16amNoticed the noise. The Doctor could’ve been there, who knows? You know how he likes being in the background!
The Time Lord of Doom
July 28th, 2012 - 9:36amWell that was dissapointing!!! Why would they put Harry Potter and not replace it with DW?? I heard the TARDIS, and I thought maybe it was on soon. But no, I wasted 3 hours of my life waiting for it. Ugh!!!! 👿 😥
thedarknight
July 28th, 2012 - 7:35amHonestly, I felt that the inclusion was the perfect nod to the Doctor. Those who know him have all immediately recognized his materialization. But to those who don’t know him, it was merely noise and not enough to warrant further thought. (I mean, all the companions come running from blocks away when the TARDIS lands in a city, yet no one else ever takes notice). Plus, The Doctor has never gone out of his way to grab the limelight. He (mostly) just observes. So I think that was Danny’s way of letting us, those in the know, know that the Doctor was indeed there, and that if he had to step in to stop any threat, then we will never have to know. Because that is the true Doctor, the silent guardian.
Adam
July 28th, 2012 - 9:30ami heard it while i was out the room but my mum and dad said they didnt hear it so i thought i imagined it
Desariella
July 28th, 2012 - 5:04pmI agree. True Doctor style. Those of us know him know he’s there.
Georgia
July 28th, 2012 - 5:24pm‘He has saved your lives thousands of times and you never even knew he was there’ – Martha Jones
Michael
July 29th, 2012 - 1:51pmAgreed. While it would have been incredible to have him land and emerge confused, or amazing to see him chasing Daleks around the arena, the subtle nod was absolutely perfect.
Jason doctorwhoone
July 28th, 2012 - 7:25amStuff the Olympics 😛
I only stayed up until 11.00am expecting to hear the Doctor Who theme with everyone their cheering the theme tune, not to just hear the Tardis englines go off and just leave it at that.
Christ I hope the next two weeks of this Olympic waste-of-time-and-more-importantly-MONEY just flies past at warp speed . . . . “Engage !!” 😀
Jason doctorwhoone
July 28th, 2012 - 7:26am11:00pm not am, Ive only just got up.
texastardis
July 28th, 2012 - 6:38amI was reviewing the recording I had.. I seem to hear a brief TARDIS sound right before they played The Who, My Generation.
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
July 28th, 2012 - 9:58amThe Who? Doctor Who? XD
crazy guy
July 28th, 2012 - 6:07amtold you this was going to be a disappointment i had the bloody newspapers when they get things wrong.
Anonymous
July 28th, 2012 - 6:22amGUYS OH MY GOD HE WAS THERE
BJWyler
July 28th, 2012 - 2:26amWatching it on American TV now. I would be sorely disappointed if it was just the TARDIS engine. I mean Doctor Who is an English staple as much as James Bond – and they had him escort the Queen and jump out of an Air Plane.
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
July 28th, 2012 - 10:03amThat bit was funny!
Boodleoo
July 28th, 2012 - 1:11amIt deffinatley wasn’t the 3D glasses aswell was it?
I
July 28th, 2012 - 12:53amI am so disappointed for many reasons. 1st none of the audience suddenly disappeared. 2nd We didnt meet doctor who, and 3rd there wasnt enough Harry Potter or Doctor Who!
ScottBarker
July 28th, 2012 - 12:55amIf I could ring Danny and quiz him I would
Commander Strax
August 12th, 2012 - 4:12pmeveryone whould quiz him.
ScottBarker
July 28th, 2012 - 12:53amEven a series 7 trailer rather than a queen vic trailer
ScottBarker
July 28th, 2012 - 12:50amHmm ..so just a TARDIS materialisation noise … I think someone needs a word with danny
booboo
July 28th, 2012 - 12:51amwas leaked in a news paper a while ago that the theme tune would be played – obviously they were wrong!
The Master
July 28th, 2012 - 1:00amI hate it when the News Papers release something to get our hopes up and then it never happens, I found a website that had a list of all the pieces of music that was supposed to be played in the ceremony and the doctor who theme was one of the pieces that was meant to be played 🙁
Duckter who
July 28th, 2012 - 12:35amWhen the crowd goes , tennant will run on. Everyone has disapperared ❗
ScottBarker
July 28th, 2012 - 12:49amWhats going on …where is my Daley invasion
duckter who
July 28th, 2012 - 11:08amHe took my name!
NOT REALLY, it’s me on my ipod lol 🙂
Jerome CHAN
July 28th, 2012 - 12:19amI’m pretty sure you could see Math Smith running at the beginning of Rowan Atkinson’s dream, not sure if anyone mentionned it…
Also, the guy singing the Beatle’s song looked a lot like David Tennant to me, but maybe I’m just paranoid.
Sandhya
July 28th, 2012 - 6:13ami thought it was him too!!! i think i might have scared my parents a bit when i screamed and pointed at the tv then though…
Anonymous
July 28th, 2012 - 6:55amThat was footage from the movie Bert and Dickie, during the Olympics in ’48
and the singer is Alex Turner, of Arctic Monkeys, that’s how he looks.
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
July 28th, 2012 - 10:05amI went, “Is that Matt Smith?” and my sister was thinking the same! Honestly, I do think it’s him! Plus he was a torch bearer.
Alex The Geek
July 28th, 2012 - 11:51amThat wasn’t Matt Smith or David Tennant. According to my mum and dad the bit in Mr Beans dream was from the film The Chariots Of Fire. Sorry to disapoint.
foreverdalek 1323
July 27th, 2012 - 11:50pmis the doctor who thing, after the torch is lit
dr who fan 4 ever
July 27th, 2012 - 11:32pmwhen is the dr who bit on
booboo
July 27th, 2012 - 11:33pmif it happens not for a while
Timey-winy-wibble-wobby
July 27th, 2012 - 11:26pmHopefully something will surprise us.
JayRobertVos.
July 27th, 2012 - 11:22pmI think Tennant will appear at the end of time. See what I did there..?
jonathanG
July 27th, 2012 - 11:02pmForget team GB where is Team Ponds?!
Jimbob
July 28th, 2012 - 12:24amNot team GB team DW
dr who who
July 27th, 2012 - 10:48pmany body know if dr who has made a appearence on the olympic opening ceromony or dose any body know when its on???
Adam waller
July 27th, 2012 - 10:50pmnow
dr who fan 4 ever
July 27th, 2012 - 10:47pmnothing dr who has happend except for the tardis noise also it was in the seventies when dr who was made in the sixties
dr who who
July 27th, 2012 - 10:49pmI also heard that, but was not shure if it was the tardis
GreenAnchorRedWaterfall
July 28th, 2012 - 10:07amI think it was going from the 70s to the 60s, hence the materialization noise.
BOOBOO JR
July 27th, 2012 - 10:44pmMy Dad was at the rehearsal for the Ceremony, and he said that the Doctor Who bit was mainly on one of the big screens, and that they didn’t show it on TV. So unless someone from the Whoniverse turns up to light the cauldron, it looks like that could be it 🙁
booboo
July 27th, 2012 - 10:46pmreally? I was expecting the theme tune at some point
BOOBOO JR
July 27th, 2012 - 10:49pmWell, him and the others who were there didn’t actually get to see everything, so there might be more. However, I wouldn’t get your hopes up.
Give me a Dalek any day
July 27th, 2012 - 10:55pmYou never know! Team GB could walk in with the theme tune in the background! 😉 Doubt that’ll happen!
booboo
July 27th, 2012 - 10:55pmvery good idea
BOOBOO JR
July 27th, 2012 - 10:58pmThat would be great! Still got a way to go though, we’re only on G!!!
SpaceBUZZlite
July 27th, 2012 - 10:28pmLol, days of excitement and speculation and we got a TARDIS noise……
Hmm so much for David tennant 🙁
SRM
July 27th, 2012 - 10:39pmI think the TARDIS noise is implying the Doctor has arrived, which means they may have David Tennant dressed as the Time Lord to light the fire after all! ;D
booboo
July 27th, 2012 - 10:40pmdont get your hopes up
SpaceBUZZlite
July 27th, 2012 - 10:45pm😀 let’s hope
thedoctor903
July 27th, 2012 - 11:01pmi dont think he will because it is normally an athelete who lights the flame not usually an actor.
BOOBOO JR
July 27th, 2012 - 11:04pmThere are rumors going round though that it may not be lit by an Olympian / Sportsman? This may not be true, we’ll just have to wait and see…
foreverdalek 1323
July 28th, 2012 - 12:06amcould the queen light it?
jonathanG
July 27th, 2012 - 10:01pmThey just played the TARDIS materialising noise, was that it?!
TorchwoodGuy05
July 27th, 2012 - 10:03pmIt felt so out of place.
booboo
July 27th, 2012 - 10:10pmno idea i thought there would be more
jonathanG
July 27th, 2012 - 10:11pmAgreed! Why would they play the tardis noise in a song from the 70s?
the doctor
July 27th, 2012 - 10:20pmYeah the tardis sound was in the seventies part
Give me a Dalek any day
July 27th, 2012 - 10:21pmSo, that was it?
booboo
July 27th, 2012 - 10:22pmdont think so
Jimbob
July 27th, 2012 - 10:26pmI heard it too but I think there’ll be more I reckon they’ll surprise us a bit later and well………… You know
doctor dredd67
July 27th, 2012 - 10:43pmdamn I missed it!
foreverdalek 1323
July 28th, 2012 - 12:39amgnope i guess i was wrong