Dr. Who Theme from the BBC TV Series Realised by Delia Derbyshire & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

[DMP13ily]

So, I was bored and decided to look up my own first name on Google (Delia). Scrolling past the stupid store name repeated again and again, I came to Delia Derbyshire. I was curious, so I clicked on it. It turns out she helped make the Doctor Who theme AND ironically, I've been addicted to Doctor Who for a while now.

[animationdude56]

@DMP13ily lol :D

[deepfield23]

O_O omg..

this is a masterpiece. perfect.

[GNeuman]

Absolutely timeless.........The best version ever. RIP Delia........

[1994jeep]

Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer had the BEST BEST BEST Doctor Who theme by far... All the rest are just bad copies!!!!

[ostgur]

Muse speculating on this catchy tune in Uprising

[HarvestmanMan]

DOCTOR WHO 45.

DO WANT.

[djpablo718]

love it!!!

[ddgregoryy]

Delia is God.

[emanueljoab]

@ddgregoryy Goddess.

[ddgregoryy]

@emanueljoab True.

[rockisheaven]

The fact that Doctor Who is supposed to be a "cult show"--and yet its theme is one of the most recognizable of all time--should speak to the power of this song.

[starion34]

extraordinary. even with the technology we have had since i don't beleive this has been surpassed.

[mp3dmp3d]

modern electronic music owes this woman so much.

[knobhead1972]

just the best - imagine what she could achieve today!

[nativesun]

@mp3dmp3d Amen, mp3....amen! Modern Electronic Music..shoot, Science Fiction Fans PERIOD owe Delia Derbyshire a whole HELLUVA lot!!!!!!

[Rlotpir1972]

@mp3dmp3d Moog synthesizer?

[AbrahamMegchun]

muse came almost 35 years late with Uprising

[jabezscratch]

Classic. The original is still the best. Haunting. Mysterious.  Capitvating. Otherworldly.

[ironbrewdoctor]

it sounds better in stereo if you ask me, it's not messed about with by modern technologies.

[eleven38]

@ironbrewdoctor eh? at the time it was cutting edge modern technology which was used to create it

[colt79sigma]

@ mistie710 - this version is taken from the vinyl single you see in the "video"

[SeanElGatoTelevision]

The original 1965 single on Decca is the straight original mono recording.

The BBC single seen here is rechanneled sterero ("electronically reprocessed..." with some overdubbing).

[mistie710]

Sounds good though the version that appeared on the Radiophonic "21" collection didn't have a bridge or second chorus nor did it have the TARDIS overdubbed on it. Since that album protests that it took its material from the original archive, can I assume that this is more than just a "electronically reprocessed for stereo" version?

[AnthonyUK]

It was actually a bad edit version created but never used that they stuck on the 21 album

[mistie710]

@AnthonyUK Sounds likely, though Delia is reported not to have liked the various reprocessed versions that were released at various times following the original. The 21 version, as with all tracks on that album, came from the archive but that doesn't mean that they were the finished article in all cases.

[AnthonyUK]

This wasn't originally stereo to start with, the original tapes for the theme were mono;but it was stipulated that in this single release that it would be, so stereo processing techniques(much like the electronically reprocessed stereo LP's of the time)were used for it faking a stereo effect from the original material.

[XjimmyXdarknessX]

win

[Bleeter]

Hah! Stereo!

[colt79sigma]

Y - Reg?

[ChokingHorror]

Nice one. Can you post the b-side - Reg?