Best Doctor Who Theme?

[FreddyE]

Right now...BigFinish´s 8th Doctor Theme really grows on me.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Third Doctor's theme: driving, appropriately strange, ending with its off-putting electronic sting, as if to punctuate the Pertwee Doctor's world as being strange and dangerous.
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Seventh Doctor's theme: A new arrangement for a very different era for the character, but having the air
of the familiar, yet "alien" qualities, which supported the Sylvester McCoy Doctor's mix of human-like quality and the mysterious.

The more action-oriented closing credits of the Tenth Doctor's theme (e.g., heard at the end of "Doomsday") spoke to that Doctor's constantly peril-battered run--no closing notes of victory, or anything else with positive emotion.

This, and in my view the best of them all, just has that alien otherworldly vib about it...

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[Qonundrum]

In terms of sound composition only:

Troughton's got the best, Hartnell's next, Davison's after that, then Capaldi, after that is Colin Baker (Glynn), then McCoy, then the rest.

Honorable mention to the DVD reconstruction of Tom Baker's theme for the animated Shada, which involved taking the original sound elements from the 1960s and layering them (now digitally) to eliminate the multi-generational dullness and hiss the original 70s recording had. Though it almost sounds too different as a result!

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

I've really enjoyed Capaldi's, especially the electric guitar variant from "Before the Flood."

But any version of the theme from Seasons 1-17 is also good for me. It's such a classic that they barely changed it for nearly 2 decades.

 

[Mr Soak]

I don’t mind the end theme of The Five Doctors. The change from original to current theme is cool.

 

[tomalak301]

I still like the simplicity of seasons 1 and 2 of the new era. Capaldi's was decent too but I like the TARDIS flying through over the clock motief.

 

[matthunter]

It's not the best - I probably like Matt Smith's version the most though I love all of them - but I really like the one they did for The Day of the Doctor and am miffed it never made it onto a soundtrack release.

 

[FreddyE]

No matter which orchestration / arrangement of the theme...I´ve always liked the versions that include the middle 8 best.

 

[The Doctor]

The last Tennant theme. The opening stinger coupled with the orchestral arrangement is just perfect.

 

[Worf2DS9]

The Tom Baker 1974-1979 theme and title sequence, the Dr Who of my childhood.

The NuWho 2005 rearrangement - like a galloping horse rider grabbing you by the scruff of the neck and dragging you along for 30 seconds before dropping you at the start of the episode.

Ditto!

 

[kirk55555]

My favorite overall is the 2005-2007 theme, with Colin Baker's theme a close second.

 

[WraithDukat]

I always liked 7s theme.

 

[Professor Zoom]

Colin's is a big favorite for me, but, I have a big soft spot of Sly's. I love the Middle 8 portion of the theme, so, giving it a spotlight is lovely.