Categories: Music

Party Like It’s 1999

Being a Time Lord gets you chicks!

Aside from the obvious reason of seeing Wendy, I wish I could go to

Boston this weekend to attend the Time Traveler Convention at MIT

taking place at 8:00 p.m. this Saturday.

Although the convention site makes a reference to a clever line by “Cat” from the webcomic Cat and Girl…

“Technically, you would need only one time traveller convention.” Click the picture to see the whole comic.

…there has already been one. Back in the late eighties, Spy

magazine put out an open invitation to time travellers to meet at their

offices for cocktails. Presumably, no chronal cruisers showed up.

Although I can’t attend — and neither can anyone who hasn’t RSVP’d

yet; the event is booked solid by people from the present — I’d like

to contribute by offering these two time-travel themed MP3s. Enjoy!

Doctorin’ the Tardis by The Timelords (who were really The KLF under another name). A proto-mash-up of the Doctor Who theme with Gary Glitter’s Rock and Roll, Part 2. [7.2 MB MP3]
Dr. Qui by musical comedian/comedic musician Bill Bailey. In this track Bill performs the Doctor Who
theme as Serge Gainsbourg would’ve done it. It helps if you know a

little French and are a little familiar with Serge’s work. [6.6 MB MP3]

Joey deVilla

Anonymous says:

May 12, 2005 at 8:09 am

It's really quite simple: You just go back in time to before the session was sold out and book your seat! Might as well take in the Spy Mag thing since you're out time cruisin anyway.

And if you can't do either, then why would you be wanting to attend a time traveller convention? To gawk? Really!

Mind you, the more I think about it, the more I think my idea may not work: If you've seen The Curse of Fatal Death (w/Rowan Atkins as the Dr), you'll realize the ticket pre-grabbing and organizer-bribing escapades will quickly escalate into an absurd gate-crashing.
Anonymous says:

July 1, 2006 at 1:37 pm

I'd never heard the Dr. Qui before. Wonderful! Thanks for sharing.