# Dr. Who Prom

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-prom/574605>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 14, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-prom/574605 "2011-03-14T01:03:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-prom/574605/1 "2011-03-14T01:03:51Z")

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There was a concert, shortly after the Latest Doctor premiered. You can see it here:

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4OdkPNhCFw)

In short, it’s got some Great music from last season and I’d LOVE to purchase a high quality version…but I canna find it!

iTunes, Amazon, [BBC One - Doctor Who](http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw)

Nothing. ☹

Don’t tell me I have to illegally rip a crappy Youtube version…please.

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**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-prom/574605/2 "2011-03-14T13:37:45Z")

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This prom is available on DVD, the Doctor Who Chistmas Carol. Also there have been a number of Doctor who soundtrack albums with the music.  
There was a previous Doctor Who prom, that is on the Doctor Who complete specials DVD with the episode the Next Doctor.

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-prom/574605/3 "2011-03-14T13:50:13Z")

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So what’s the significance of the word Prom? In the US it’s a highschool Dance the kids go to (stereotypically with underage drinking and virginity loss)…which isn’t exactly the same thing. 😉

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**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-prom/574605/4 "2011-03-14T14:04:09Z")

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> **[BBC Proms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Proms)**
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> The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London. The 2023 Proms season is running from Friday 14 July to Saturday 9 September. The Proms were founded in 1895, and are now organised and broadcast by the BBC. Each season consists of concerts in the Royal Albert Hall, chamber music con Pr...

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**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-prom/574605/5 "2011-03-15T07:13:14Z")

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> [@Unintentionally\_Blank](#):
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> So what’s the significance of the word Prom?

Promenade concert.