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Doctorin' The TARDIS by The Timelords KLF Communications

Doctorin' The TARDIS by The Timelords
Doctorin' The TARDIS by The Timelords
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05/1988 KLF Communications UK

7" and 12" singles.  Written by Chinn and Chapman.  7" single has 'probably the most nauseating record in the world' written on it.  A mixture of Gary Glitter's Rock and Roll Part II, The Sweet's Blockbuster, the Doctor Who theme and samples from Genesis of the Daleks.  Single got to number 1 week on the Radio One chart for one week from 12 June 1988.  Two versions of the 12" single exist, one with a word bubble around the words at the bottom of the sleeve, and one without the balloon.  B - side Minimal, a slower instrumental version of the Doctor Who theme.  

The Timelords had further hit singles in the 1990s as The KLF (What Time Is Love?, 3AM Eternal, Last Train to Transcentral, America: What Time Is Love?, Justified and Ancient, Fuck the Millennnium) and one as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (It's Grim Up North).

REF: KLF003 / KLF003T /
NM: £8-£20
 
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06/1988 Phonovision Entertainments UK

Featured the 7" and 12" mixes of Doctorin' the Tardis plus the music videos.  CD Videos were a short lived format that featured up to 20 minutes of audio that could be played on a standard CD player and 5 minutes of video that could be played on compatible laserdisc players on a disc the size of a CD.

 
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06/1988 Possum Records Australia

7" and 12" singles.  B side - The Minimal.  12" also features an extended Club Mix.  The song reached number 2 in the Australian charts and number 1 in New Zealand.

REF: 7" 104919 / 12" TDS 482
 
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06/1988 DEMIX / Rough Trade Germany

7" and 12" singles.  B side - The Minimal.  12" also features an extended Club Mix.

REF: 7" 457004 / 12" TDS 451004
 
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06/1988 Spitfire / Blanco Y Negro Spain

7" picture sleeve.  B side - The Minimal.

REF: SP X/S 106
 
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06/1988 KLF Communications UK

12" limited edition black label for European export.

REF: KLF 123
 
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06/1988 Indisc Belgium

7" and 12" singles.  B side - The Minimal.  12" also features an extended Club Mix.  The song reached number 4 in the Belgian charts.  This may have been the release that reached number 21 in the Dutch charts.

REF: 12" KLF 003T
 
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07/1988 Sonet Grammofon Sweden

7" and 12" singles.  B side - The Minimal.  12" also features an extended Club Mix.  This may have been the release that reached number 10 in the Norwegian charts.

REF: T-20109
 
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07/1988 Virgin France France

7" and 12" singles.  B side - The Minimal.  12" also features an extended Club Mix.  The song reached number 10 in the French charts.

 
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12/1988 TVT Records USA

7", 12", CD and cassette singles.  B side - The Minimal.  12" also features an extended Club Mix.  Sticker on sleeve says 'features the Doctor Who theme'.  Reached number 66 on the US Billboard chart.  

In 1988 TVT released another, not Doctor Who related single, Burn the Beat by The Jams aka The Timelords.

REF: 7" TVT 4025 / 12" TVT 4020 / cassette TVT 4023 / CD 4024D3
 
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12/1988 TVT 

Cassette single. Contains 'Doctorin the TARDIS' and 'Gary in the TARDIS'. Actual release month unknown.

 
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1991 TVT Records USA

CD single featuring dance variations of the Doctor Who theme, popular with numerous US PBS stations for pledge break music from then on. This was also released as a picture sleeve 45 and as a vinyl 12"" single (TVT4020).  Also featured What Time Is Love? by The KLF.

REF: TVT4025-2
NM: £15
 
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1993 Somersault Canada

5 track CD single in paperboard sleeve.  Includes Gary in the Tardis and Gary Joins the JAMs

REF: SOMCD 736
 
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1993 Somersalt Canada

Four track cassette release.  Tracks - Doctorin' the TARDIS, Doctorin' the TARDIS (Minimal), Doctorin' the TARDIS (Club),  Gary in the TARDIS.  Tracks repeat on both sides.