Songs For Saturday: Doctor Who Edition

Welcome to my weekly musical post I call Songs For Saturday wherein I post videos for songs that I like.

Over the past weekends I've posted this feature, I have shown myself to have a rather eclectic taste in music.  

Since tomorrow is the season finale for Doctor Who, I though this week I will feature a selection of songs for a special Doctor Who Edition of Songs For Saturday. Today's songs will be performed by the stars of Doctor Who. 

First up is Jodie Whitaker. 

I first listened to this song with the expectation that this might be a cringe worthy curiosity. I was more than mildly surprised by how much I actually enjoyed listening to this.

Here's Jodie's cover of Coldplay's "Yellow".

The Doctor Who clips edited together for the accompanying video are wonderfully effective for this song. 

But the song itself?  Jodie's unique accent is distinctive as it adds a moving level of intimacy. 

Click this link right here for a clip from Graham Norton's show with Jodie and some background on this.  

Next up is Peter Capaldi. Part of Capaldi's experience was playing in a punk rock band back in the 1970s. One of his band mates was actor, comedian and TV host Craig Ferguson. Capaldi's ability to shred an electric guitar was incorporated into his version of the Doctor.

What we have next is the Doctor Who theme from Capaldi's era on the show with a guitar track added played by Peter Capaldi himself.

Who wanna hear more of Peter Capaldi on the guitar? Click on this link right here, dude for MORE! 

Next up is David Tennant performing West End Girls. 

Sorry, David, but that was a cringe worthy curiosity. But it was fun, wasn't it? 

A little background. Doctor Who and David Tennant fans know that David's real name is David McDonald. But when he became an actor, there was already a David McDonald out there somewhere so he needed a new name to perform under. So David adopted the last name of Tennant after Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys whose biggest hit was West End Girls.  

Actually, West End Girls by the Pet Shop Boys is a favorite song of mine. Click this link right here for their original if you want to compare it to David's version.  


I really cannot do a post of musical performances by Doctor Who stars without including this. Put together as a tribute to outgoing producers Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner, here is the Ballad of Russell and Julie by David Tennant, Catherine Tate and John Barrowman.   

Man, I miss these people on Doctor Who so much! 12 years later, this performance remains a lot of fun. 

OK, that's that for today's Songs For Saturday. Tomorrow is the season finale of Doctor Who and my write up on The Timeless Children will be posted on Monday.

Until next time, remember to be good to one another and to always keep the music alive.