Pianist emerges from TARDIS to play 'Doctor Who' theme song cover

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Brian Anthony Hernandez
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Let composer Sonya Belousova warp your senses with her powerful piano cover of Doctor Who's iconic theme song.

Flanked by the TARDIS and shrouded in smoke, the Russian pianist goes through several outfit changes while playing the tune on a beautiful TARDIS-colored piano in the video, above, which is premiering on Mashable.

"It is so recognizable, and yet it -- like the Doctor himself -- has gone through many modifications in its 50 years, so that presented a great opportunity for me to explore this theme musically in a completely new direction," Belousova told Mashable.

Tom Grey, a longtime fan of Doctor who since Tom Baker's fourth doctor, directed the video.

"We made the decision to use costuming elements from all 12 Doctors," Grey said. "It was certainly a challenge to put together feminized versions of every Doctor costume, but luckily there is a great Whovian cosplay community that has been incredibly supportive of us." Belousova added that they did more than 50 takes in the 12 costumes: "It nearly killed me."

Belousova, known on YouTube as Player:Piano, has also pounded the ivories to cover music from The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, The Legend of Zelda, Tetris and more.

The duo will also release a darker "I Am The Doctor" theme cover this year.

"It will be much more complex orchestration wise than just solo piano," Belousova said.

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