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"Auld Lang Syne" was a song typically related to New Years.
It was once mentioned by Alan Wood. (PROSE: Snowman in Manhattan [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW.)
Whilst Grace Holloway did not like the song, the Eighth Doctor said that he had a fondness for all things Scottish. (PROSE: The Novel of the Film [+]Gary Russell, adapted from Doctor Who (Matthew Jacobs), BBC Books novelisations (BBC Books, 1996).)
After they said their goodbyes to the Ninth Doctor, the Litherland family sand Auld Lang Syne to celebrate New Year's Eve. (AUDIO: Auld Lang Syne [+]Tim Foley, Back to Earth (The Ninth Doctor Adventures, Big Finish Productions, 2022).)
As a new dawn approached during the Christmas Armistice in 1914, the British and German soldiers sang Auld Lang Syne. (TV: Twice Upon a Time [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2017 (BBC One, 2017).)
On the New Years in 2025, the Fifteenth Doctor and Anita Benn discussed the meaning of Auld Lang Syne, the Doctor telling her that it meant times long past and not forgetting old friends. Much later that year, on Christmas, he was forced to leave her, but left for her a Christmas card delivered to her by an employee of the Time Hotel, who had been given by him a recommendation for her to join. Inside the card was the message "for Auld Lang Syne." (TV: Joy to the World [+]Steven Moffat, Doctor Who Christmas Special 2024 (BBC One and Disney+, 2024).)
Behind the scenes
- The trailer for the 2022 New Year Special Eve of the Daleks [+]Chris Chibnall, Doctor Who New Year Special 2022 (BBC One, 2022)., released on 5 December 2021 following Doctor Who: Flux [+]Error: Code 2 - no data stored in variables, cache or SMW., used a version of Auld Lang Syne as the soundtrack.