In August 2008, Alex Day searched the web for “Time Lord Rock” – a subsection of music he thought would exist to celebrate the TV show Doctor Who – but got no results. Shortening the term to ‘Trock’, he introduced the concept to his YouTube viewers, launching the music with a self-penned song called An Awful Lot Of Running (inspired by the words of Jenny at the end of the 2008 episode ‘The Doctor’s Daughter’).

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