@PurpleMetaKnight2000 Could Dr. Oho be his real name? I'm new to the show and not sure if they've exposed his real name. But I did notice it in the intro like you did. Very interesting. :)
WHAT THE?! HOW COULD A WOMEN BE THAT CLEVER?! i should really know my english...I Mean Cmon People, Some Think That Derbyshire Was A MAn BUT DERBYSHIRE IS A WOMAN PEOPLE! I MEAN, DONT YOU KNOW ANY ENGLISH?!!
I hope the next version of the theme looks back to Derbyshire for more inspiration. I like the current one but all the new ones miss out on some of the great parts and musical ideas Grainer/Derbyshire's original had.
Anyone else agree that the way how lack of special effects made with computer and such crap really fed the production team's mind and imagination, making Doctor Who a damn good series?
@Styroksipaprika You are so right. Nowadays they can cover up a crap script with mountains of CGI. The funny thing is, I think the old villains - Daleks, Cybermen etc - are still the best. Also, I wish when making the new series they would spend less on CGI and give us more shows, rather than just 13 CGI-laden shows.
@sp1midholm No one cares about your petty complaints. In reality, we as fan should be thank full it is still running as the oldest bbc series so far. Also your likes and dislikes in terms of the CGI is all subjective, some people like it, like those that start from season 5. So keep your whining and distaste from the youtube comment posts.
Hmmm. You do realize that criticizing the show and the plot is a time honored privilege and pastime of REAL sci-fi fans, right? What fan community do you belong to where there is nary a critical word against the property, whilst still ordering the entire DVD collection? I call troll! ;-P
@metroidprime4 your probably the only person on youtube who would say that i wrote he was bad on his regen saying i was happy and youtube told me to take it down for so many flags and thumbs down bloody gay tennant people because if they only love him there not fans
what is their definition of Doctor Who? 2005 onwards? if it wasn't for the 1960's stuff or it's history I would be watching the crap they have on TV Today, it's not a patch on this!
Recently I started watching from the beginning....yep Unearthly Child etc. Once one makes allowances for the film conventions of the time, you see the awesomeness of the show's vision. Many fans know "regeneration" was just a convenient ruse to continue the story with a different actor when Hartnell's health failed. The dialog after is interesting--Polly and Ben complain about Troughton not being the "proper doctor"--exactly the words Rose Tyler used when Tennant replaced Eccleston. ;-)
Sorry! Didn't see your comment until now! Unless I pm and forgot lol...You can find them online, but look for torrents now. There were loads of them at Tardismedia on Dailymotion, but they've been moved I think...
@jennyinthepark You do? I just wish they'd call the series something else, like: Doctor Who The Next Generation or Coupling in Outer Space. Check out my spoofs. Are you aware that your YT pic is of River Song?
Not sure what your point is. I love some of the new stuff, yes I'm a mad River Song fan, but the new stuff only works because of it's roots. Well the good new stuff. When I said "I'm not too hard on RTD on this point", the point I was referring to was including echos from the past, like "not being the proper Doctor". As for your spoof titles, I actually agree with some of this, "Coupling in Outer Space.', lol. There's been a bit too much fan service for my taste and weak plots.
I still find it fascinating that Delia Derbyshire accomplished this without a synthesizer. The sheer patience it took to splice all those individual pieces of tape and run them through analog oscillators is something that I know I do not possess. Timeless magic.
i like this version of the song but i hate the graphics - on thr box set "The Beginning" which is the first three storys on the disc with the pilot episode on it they have a REALLY LONG version of this song and they have REALLY ANNOYING graphics there is just a bunch of random ones - it bugs me!
This is definitely the best theme song of all time - not only was it way ahead of its time by at least 20 years, it's mind blowing when you consider that this was hand made.
i don't really get how this music ust 2 scar ppl ok far enough it sounds weird they had the 100 grates scary moments and this intro can in the low 40s and i could not beleave it
@BossRoss999 It's the episodes that were scary. Kids were scared by the episode content and conditioned to associate the music with it, like how Pavlov's dogs salivated at the sound of a bell.
@Feisty1967 I think it was because these intros were made by pointing a camera at a tv showing what's being recorded to cause video feedback then they put a mirror in the middle to make it look the same on both sides. I may be wrong though
One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.
@BowTiesRCool No it was what he said to his Grandaughter Susan just before leaving her on 22nd century earth at the end of the story The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
@stvsafiria Yet, some of you may wonder, "wait, if William Hartnell died in 1975, then how did his Doctor appear in the telemovie 'The Five Doctors?'" Well, truth is, he didn't. He was replaced by Richard Hurndall, though he died of a heart attack 5 months after the first airdate of the telemovie.
" One day , i shall come back , yes i shall come back . Until then , there must be no regreats , no tears , no axieties . Just go forward in all your beliefs , and prove to me that i am not mistaken in mine " . . . .
When I first saw this, I was 4 years old in 1969. My brother placed me in front of the tv with the volume full on. It induced an epileptic fit in me. My parents were furious with my brother. Just recently, my mother told me the name of the tablet I had to take for 2 years, Phenobarbitol. Which if you Google is an anti convulsant. This tune still sends shivers down my spine.
I love the new series of Doctor Who Matt Smith is a great Doctor but i really wish they would bring back this theme its classic and the best Doctor Who theme.
Well, they didn't know what they had on their hands at the time! It's the same as someone destorying the dead sea scrolls or black paint being tossed on the mona lisa.
@yesimstuntdude The BBC destroyed master copies of ALL of the episodes, but kept many film copies, still less than half. Many have been recovered, but 2/5 of the 60s episodes are still lost.
@yesimstuntdude There were 253 episodes made during the 60s. 108 episodes are currently lost in their visual form. Full audio exists for all of these but the episodes themselves do not. Although many clips exist but they are rarely more than one minute in an episode.
@Yetaxa Well, perhaps I haven't gotten to the ones they destroyed yet, but I've watched about the first 25 so far, and only 3 of them were partially destroyed. And on those 3 it was more like 10-30 minutes not destroyed. Also, I highly doubt 253 episodes were made during the 60s alone. Perhaps you are referring to each part of an episode as being one full episode?
@yesimstuntdude Yes that is what I am referring to as there are many serials that are incomplete (ie different parts being lost) and out of the 50 serials made in the 60s 23 are fully complete, although most of them are in the 1st, 2nd and 6th season. In the 4th and 5th only one full serial exists.
@avi8r1 The BBC didn't have much space, and they never knew that the series would be such a big hit, and it wasn't just Dr Who that was lost, many other shows were too!
I was very sad when I saw the Hartnell go--even tho I knew it was coming, lol. There's something timeless about him--and there are parts of Tennant's performance that echo that. Everyone knows Tennant was a mad Who fan--I'm sure he MADE sure he was aware of ALL of his character as he played the part.
@avi8r1 Doctor who was not the only show to have some of its epidoes destroyed, dad's army, steptoe and son and Z-cars have been victims of the BBC junking policy.
@rubino83 Yes but so far as I know BBC Enterprises destroyed the film copies on the assumption that the BBC held master copies. The master copies were destroyed on the assumption that BBC Enterprises held film copies...
Bad communication that's I blame it on. They should have checked that copies existed before wiping them.
@HarvestmanMan lol u dont know about this trust me it happened iv been a fan of the show before it got brought back in 2005 even tho im only 19 they have all the audio from every episode rho
@HarvestmanMan lol trust me it happened and ur wrong about wut u said they do have every bit of audio from every episode how long have u been a fan cus most people who have been a fan for a long time know about this
@avi8r1 Back then they never knew the show was to become a big success! And they didn't have much room to store footage... So they didn't have much choice!
It was a miracle. They did a lot of manual cutting and editing and only had a primitive industrial synthesizer. They couldn't mix it the way we do now since multi-tape machines didn't exist back then. Instead, they played all the layers at once on several audio players.
An irony is that Delia Derbyshire - the simply amazing woman who realised this theme - actually quit the BBC Radiophonic Workshop shortly after introduction of the first primitive Moog synthesisers to the workshop, because - get this - she didn't actually like synthesisers and what it was doing to the creativity in music at all.
So, not only did they not have the technology, but Delia positively didn't want it when it did show up.
The BBC discovered some of Delia's "lost tapes" recently and one of them, from the late '60s, sounds uncannily and eerily like a '90s dance track.
Google "Delia Derbyshire lost tapes" and there's a BBC news article which has a sample of it embedded on the page - so you can hear it for yourself.
You know how people say "she was ahead of her time"? When talking about Delia, it's quite literally true, not just a metaphor. She was messing around with dance music over 20 years too early.
Kamikamiohh is correct, it was done with videcon tube type cameras, not digital. I remember doing it with my first video camera, you can only try it and see how it goes, nothing lost. Point a good camera at the screen showing the video feed from the camera, Play around with the zoom and focus, move the camera closer and further away fron the screen. Show us what happened. :-) Good luck.
It says "Doctor Oho" from 0:12 to 0:15
Tamagotchiv45 1 month ago
@BowTiesRCool His last line were something like "It's far from being all over" and "Keep warm"
rtuckerivey 1 month ago
I just started watching from the beginning and I absolutely love it. It's my first time watchin' stuff in black and white XD
AnigaClub 2 months ago
Happy 48th Doctor Who
MrStarWarsandtrekfan 2 months ago 4
I absolutely love this version!
Crispolivia 2 months ago
howcome the W in "Who starts off as an O? 0:11
lucaschamberlain67 3 months ago
@lucaschamberlain67 The opposite is also true. A mirror effect probably.
NilsMcCloud 3 months ago
@lucaschamberlain67 it starts off in reverse(which you can barly see) then it is regular
doctorwhosuperfan11 2 months ago
This is on Forbidden planets website!!!1!!
terriblethomas101 3 months ago
First aired the day after John F. Kennedy was assassinated..... bonkers that it's still going to this day.
celt67 3 months ago
It looks like a vagina in the beginning.
FreemanLambda 3 months ago
I am thinking about actually reimagining this using an 8-bit version of the theme by @saethiad.
ThePuzzledboy 5 months ago
0:14
DOCTR OHO?
PurpleMetaKnight2000 5 months ago
@PurpleMetaKnight2000 Could Dr. Oho be his real name? I'm new to the show and not sure if they've exposed his real name. But I did notice it in the intro like you did. Very interesting. :)
GoofballLtG 5 months ago
WHAT THE?! HOW COULD A WOMEN BE THAT CLEVER?! i should really know my english...I Mean Cmon People, Some Think That Derbyshire Was A MAn BUT DERBYSHIRE IS A WOMAN PEOPLE! I MEAN, DONT YOU KNOW ANY ENGLISH?!!
worldsbiggestbastard 6 months ago
I Think Derbyshire Should Be The Main Composer For All The Docors. He Rocked. Curse BBC For Firing Him!!
worldsbiggestbastard 6 months ago
@worldsbiggestbastard Delia Derbyshire was a woman.
SnifflyWhale 6 months ago
La migliore di tutte le serie tv del mondo, in Italia non si fara mai niente del genere.. pur troppo!!!
mugioi 8 months ago
to be honest, this is far the best theme music.
crzmovie 9 months ago 2
man, hyperspace never looked so freaky
SuperShadow781 9 months ago 2
I hope the next version of the theme looks back to Derbyshire for more inspiration. I like the current one but all the new ones miss out on some of the great parts and musical ideas Grainer/Derbyshire's original had.
tehcosmicexplorer08 9 months ago
I can't believe this is still going after nearly 50 years!
rjconnolly64 9 months ago 4
I love this opening. It's so creepy!
1darkwingotaku 9 months ago
Bring back the dum de dum in the doctor who theme. As if they hadnt destroyed doctor who enough by bringing it back.
drwhomasterfan 10 months ago
@drwhomasterfan
yes. they wont because they hate dr who.
Ibringthetruth1 9 months ago
MASTERPIECE!
AliJalal93 11 months ago
WOW! The opening for the first doctor? Cool!
SteevDragon67 11 months ago 2
Anyone else agree that the way how lack of special effects made with computer and such crap really fed the production team's mind and imagination, making Doctor Who a damn good series?
Styroksipaprika 11 months ago 23
@Styroksipaprika You are so right. Nowadays they can cover up a crap script with mountains of CGI. The funny thing is, I think the old villains - Daleks, Cybermen etc - are still the best. Also, I wish when making the new series they would spend less on CGI and give us more shows, rather than just 13 CGI-laden shows.
sp1midholm 7 months ago 2
@sp1midholm No one cares about your petty complaints. In reality, we as fan should be thank full it is still running as the oldest bbc series so far. Also your likes and dislikes in terms of the CGI is all subjective, some people like it, like those that start from season 5. So keep your whining and distaste from the youtube comment posts.
crazidillo2 4 months ago
@crazidillo2
Hmmm. You do realize that criticizing the show and the plot is a time honored privilege and pastime of REAL sci-fi fans, right? What fan community do you belong to where there is nary a critical word against the property, whilst still ordering the entire DVD collection? I call troll! ;-P
jennyinthepark 3 months ago
so so good...
transitaautomatic 11 months ago
Matt Smith reminds me of Tom Baker -- my two favorite Doctors ever! (:
Aiicyla 1 year ago
6 people are david tennent fanboys.
metroidprime4 1 year ago
@metroidprime4 and wankers
martang66 1 year ago
@metroidprime4 your probably the only person on youtube who would say that i wrote he was bad on his regen saying i was happy and youtube told me to take it down for so many flags and thumbs down bloody gay tennant people because if they only love him there not fans
BigFanofBarnif85 1 year ago
i think the 6 people who dis like this verison of the greatest theme of all time have never live
BADWOLF200501 1 year ago
what is their definition of Doctor Who? 2005 onwards? if it wasn't for the 1960's stuff or it's history I would be watching the crap they have on TV Today, it's not a patch on this!
E9ODOC7890 1 year ago
wibbly wobbly...timey whimey.
Thrashler 1 year ago
Recently I started watching from the beginning....yep Unearthly Child etc. Once one makes allowances for the film conventions of the time, you see the awesomeness of the show's vision. Many fans know "regeneration" was just a convenient ruse to continue the story with a different actor when Hartnell's health failed. The dialog after is interesting--Polly and Ben complain about Troughton not being the "proper doctor"--exactly the words Rose Tyler used when Tennant replaced Eccleston. ;-)
jennyinthepark 1 year ago 51
@jennyinthepark
Where did oyu see all those doctor who episodes, the old ones i can not find online
crazidillo2 4 months ago
@crazidillo2
Sorry! Didn't see your comment until now! Unless I pm and forgot lol...You can find them online, but look for torrents now. There were loads of them at Tardismedia on Dailymotion, but they've been moved I think...
jennyinthepark 2 months ago
@jennyinthepark I dunno, tbh, I still like Tennant best out of all the new ones. But Tom Baker will always be my favorite =p
YoungTeufelhunden 3 months ago
@jennyinthepark RTD was always great at being unoriginal.
LegoDaleks 2 months ago
@LegoDaleks
I'm not too hard on RTD on this point. I like it when the new writers respect and integrate continuity. Really wish they'd do it more.
jennyinthepark 2 months ago
@jennyinthepark You do? I just wish they'd call the series something else, like: Doctor Who The Next Generation or Coupling in Outer Space. Check out my spoofs. Are you aware that your YT pic is of River Song?
LegoDaleks 2 months ago
@LegoDaleks
Not sure what your point is. I love some of the new stuff, yes I'm a mad River Song fan, but the new stuff only works because of it's roots. Well the good new stuff. When I said "I'm not too hard on RTD on this point", the point I was referring to was including echos from the past, like "not being the proper Doctor". As for your spoof titles, I actually agree with some of this, "Coupling in Outer Space.', lol. There's been a bit too much fan service for my taste and weak plots.
jennyinthepark 2 months ago
It always says DR OHO at the beginning, why is this?
Feisty1967 1 year ago
@Feisty1967 @unbudginggp It's supposed to be a mirror-like effect.
J0hnnyH4ck3r 1 year ago
Need to hide behind sofa again!
quantumpurr58 1 year ago
Doctor OhO
unbudgingp 1 year ago
47 years
piplupsingularity 1 year ago
@piplupsingularity i know its hard to beleave isn't it
BossRoss999 1 year ago
This old opening was much better than what would come later, it's as beckoning as it's surreal.
darthteej1 1 year ago
@darthteej1 Very True.
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doctorwhoone 1 year ago
I still find it fascinating that Delia Derbyshire accomplished this without a synthesizer. The sheer patience it took to splice all those individual pieces of tape and run them through analog oscillators is something that I know I do not possess. Timeless magic.
lothartheterrible 1 year ago 4
Didn't Patrick Troughton get this intro for a few episodes?
allnewtpir 1 year ago
@allnewtpir He did!
rjconnolly64 1 year ago
OHO!
That's the trouble with howlaround!
jamiemacrimmon 1 year ago
i like this version of the song but i hate the graphics - on thr box set "The Beginning" which is the first three storys on the disc with the pilot episode on it they have a REALLY LONG version of this song and they have REALLY ANNOYING graphics there is just a bunch of random ones - it bugs me!
BowTiesareCool12 1 year ago
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WoYendor 1 year ago
5 people are cybermen.
zunevsipod1 1 year ago
cool sounds
likeorient 1 year ago
This is definitely the best theme song of all time - not only was it way ahead of its time by at least 20 years, it's mind blowing when you consider that this was hand made.
Supermunch2000 1 year ago
can i use this
Whoosh555 1 year ago
i don't really get how this music ust 2 scar ppl ok far enough it sounds weird they had the 100 grates scary moments and this intro can in the low 40s and i could not beleave it
BossRoss999 1 year ago
@BossRoss999 It's the episodes that were scary. Kids were scared by the episode content and conditioned to associate the music with it, like how Pavlov's dogs salivated at the sound of a bell.
LordBifford 1 year ago
One of these days I'm gonna cut you into little pieces
morrigangoule 1 year ago
This is the best Doctor Who ever, and the best theme song too. :)
neatania 1 year ago
This still sounds amazing. It must've sounded really freaky in 1963. Delia Derbyshire was brilliant.
twb176 1 year ago
Scared the shit out of me as a kid.
PowderPinkandSweet 1 year ago
This version is actually really beautiful.
PS3Worshipper 1 year ago
it's essentially the first MOD music
Kargaroc286 1 year ago
Best version
baryldrummer 1 year ago
Delia Derrbyshire was right when she said nobody came close to her original version. This is still THE best Dr.Who theme.
Khayman71 1 year ago
wow not so old at all its good
Clubpenguin729Minus 1 year ago
Why does it say Dr OHO at the beginning?
Feisty1967 1 year ago
@Feisty1967 I think it was because these intros were made by pointing a camera at a tv showing what's being recorded to cause video feedback then they put a mirror in the middle to make it look the same on both sides. I may be wrong though
Chev427BB 1 year ago 2
One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in all your beliefs and prove to me that I am not mistaken in mine.
R.I.P. William Hartnell 1908-1975
stvsafiria 1 year ago 127
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nitsuj008 1 year ago
@nitsuj008 Watch that scene again.
TheKetsuban 1 year ago
@TheKetsuban I always thought it was mind, nver mind on my comment
nitsuj008 1 year ago
@stvsafiria was that his last lines?
BowTiesRCool 10 months ago
@BowTiesRCool No it was what he said to his Grandaughter Susan just before leaving her on 22nd century earth at the end of the story The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
Yetaxa 10 months ago
@stvsafiria Yet, some of you may wonder, "wait, if William Hartnell died in 1975, then how did his Doctor appear in the telemovie 'The Five Doctors?'" Well, truth is, he didn't. He was replaced by Richard Hurndall, though he died of a heart attack 5 months after the first airdate of the telemovie.
TheStormfam 6 months ago
@stvsafiria THAT'S WILLIAM HARTNELL YOU, SIR!
PurpleMetaKnight2000 5 months ago
" One day , i shall come back , yes i shall come back . Until then , there must be no regreats , no tears , no axieties . Just go forward in all your beliefs , and prove to me that i am not mistaken in mine " . . . .
DOCTOR WHO - 1963 , 2010 , and FORVER !!!!!
doctorwhoone 1 year ago 2
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@doctorwhoone Until the Doctor runs out of lives lol.
Red23791 1 year ago
When I first saw this, I was 4 years old in 1969. My brother placed me in front of the tv with the volume full on. It induced an epileptic fit in me. My parents were furious with my brother. Just recently, my mother told me the name of the tablet I had to take for 2 years, Phenobarbitol. Which if you Google is an anti convulsant. This tune still sends shivers down my spine.
wild14me 1 year ago
WOWWWWWWWWW this is like from another planet!!!Doctor Who forever!!!
jbarroso22 1 year ago
7th doctors theme is the best theme, thumbs up if you agree
alphamonster123 1 year ago
It was so sad, there was a 5 doctors episode special, william hartnell died before that.
JackOfBlades434 1 year ago
Ladies and gentlemen of the world, the oldest, most established, most diverse and epic science fiction series EVER!
Made in Blighty, don'tcherknow. : )
SimonB198207 1 year ago
I love the new series of Doctor Who Matt Smith is a great Doctor but i really wish they would bring back this theme its classic and the best Doctor Who theme.
DrWhovian87 1 year ago
it was way ahead of its time
sportandmovies 1 year ago
This makes an epic ringtone.
ArthurAllblack 1 year ago
@ArthurAllblack Agreed. Got the 'Evolution' version. Yanno all the themes mushed together. Love it. Only ever hear the '63 version.
Misfittelevision 1 year ago
damn, still scares me today lol
noobhitter 1 year ago
Why Doctor "OHO"?
SammEater 1 year ago
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the original and the best. is a shame that Murray gold destroyed the theme with his orchestral crap!, shame on you murray gold, I hope you die!!.
seploud 1 year ago
@seploud Whats this all aboot?
YoDarrell 1 year ago
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person9144 1 year ago
man the BBC were a bunch of wankers for destroying most of these episodes
avi8r1 1 year ago 123
@avi8r1 Too right m8 and it wasent just Dr Who that was destroyed. Rent a Ghost, Dads Army etc etc.
robuk1981 1 year ago
@avi8r1
Well, they didn't know what they had on their hands at the time! It's the same as someone destorying the dead sea scrolls or black paint being tossed on the mona lisa.
southport97 1 year ago
@avi8r1
They destroyed episodes?
matzoball101 1 year ago
@avi8r1 What? They didn't destroy MOST of the episodes, only a few.
yesimstuntdude 1 year ago
@yesimstuntdude The BBC destroyed master copies of ALL of the episodes, but kept many film copies, still less than half. Many have been recovered, but 2/5 of the 60s episodes are still lost.
Yetaxa 1 year ago
@Yetaxa Uh, no. Only about ONE fifth of the episodes were lost, and even those were only lost partially. Considering I've seen them, you know...
yesimstuntdude 1 year ago
@yesimstuntdude There were 253 episodes made during the 60s. 108 episodes are currently lost in their visual form. Full audio exists for all of these but the episodes themselves do not. Although many clips exist but they are rarely more than one minute in an episode.
Yetaxa 1 year ago
@Yetaxa Well, perhaps I haven't gotten to the ones they destroyed yet, but I've watched about the first 25 so far, and only 3 of them were partially destroyed. And on those 3 it was more like 10-30 minutes not destroyed. Also, I highly doubt 253 episodes were made during the 60s alone. Perhaps you are referring to each part of an episode as being one full episode?
yesimstuntdude 1 year ago
@yesimstuntdude Yes that is what I am referring to as there are many serials that are incomplete (ie different parts being lost) and out of the 50 serials made in the 60s 23 are fully complete, although most of them are in the 1st, 2nd and 6th season. In the 4th and 5th only one full serial exists.
Yetaxa 1 year ago
@avi8r1 The BBC didn't have much space, and they never knew that the series would be such a big hit, and it wasn't just Dr Who that was lost, many other shows were too!
(But yeah, it is annoying that they were lost!)
sipodge 1 year ago
@avi8r1 it was the frickin actor's unions that made them do it
TheMetaMoss 1 year ago
@avi8r1 the 9th and 10th doctor episodes appear in watch now
ravage657 1 year ago
@avi8r1 i mean Watch, its a channel
ravage657 1 year ago
@avi8r1
This. This. And This.
jennyinthepark 1 year ago
I was very sad when I saw the Hartnell go--even tho I knew it was coming, lol. There's something timeless about him--and there are parts of Tennant's performance that echo that. Everyone knows Tennant was a mad Who fan--I'm sure he MADE sure he was aware of ALL of his character as he played the part.
jennyinthepark 1 year ago
@avi8r1 I agree they are.
E9ODOC7890 1 year ago
@avi8r1 Doctor who was not the only show to have some of its epidoes destroyed, dad's army, steptoe and son and Z-cars have been victims of the BBC junking policy.
LDman95 1 year ago
@LDman95
caused by unions who didn't want reruns airing. Stupid idiots.
Ibringthetruth1 1 year ago
@avi8r1 Hey, cut them some slack. It was the 60s. Who could have thought that anyone might want to... see a show more than once.
rubino83 1 year ago 3
@rubino83 Yes but so far as I know BBC Enterprises destroyed the film copies on the assumption that the BBC held master copies. The master copies were destroyed on the assumption that BBC Enterprises held film copies...
Bad communication that's I blame it on. They should have checked that copies existed before wiping them.
Yetaxa 1 year ago
@Yetaxa The majority of the files where also destroyed in a warehouse fire.
SnJester 1 year ago
@SnJester I thought it was just common practice back then, to wipe tapes after they were broadcast.
Aletheophile 11 months ago
@Aletheophile In those days there were no home videos or DVDs so they never anticipated that market.
sp1midholm 7 months ago
@SnJester No, I think they were all wiped or dumped.
HarvestmanMan 4 months ago
@HarvestmanMan Some where yes but there was also a warehouse fire at some point that wiped a lot of them out as well
SnJester 4 months ago
@SnJester I've never heard anything about this so-called warehouse fire. Where did you get this information?
HarvestmanMan 4 months ago
@HarvestmanMan lol u dont know about this trust me it happened iv been a fan of the show before it got brought back in 2005 even tho im only 19 they have all the audio from every episode rho
diehippie9000 2 months ago
@diehippie9000 That is absolutely untrue. There are some episodes that have completely vanished for the time being.
Also until you show me a source for this so-called warehouse fire, I call bullshit.
HarvestmanMan 2 months ago
@HarvestmanMan lol trust me it happened and ur wrong about wut u said they do have every bit of audio from every episode how long have u been a fan cus most people who have been a fan for a long time know about this
diehippie9000 2 months ago
@diehippie9000 Cool, you're a Whovian of REAl Who? So am I, check out my spoofs of crappy series 5.
LegoDaleks 2 months ago
@LegoDaleks lol ok then lol
diehippie9000 2 months ago
@avi8r1 Back then they never knew the show was to become a big success! And they didn't have much room to store footage... So they didn't have much choice!
sipodge 11 months ago
Now if only they could fix the lettering to not say Doctor Oho for those three seconds before the O changes to a W. :-D
PeromyscusLeucopus 1 year ago
This theme is INSTANTLY recognisable!
u could play it to a picture of, for example, Batman, and u'd know what it was!
SonicMusic01 1 year ago
best tv intro ever
DeathSlayer2 1 year ago 3
The original and the best.
edzeppelin1984 1 year ago 3
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david tennant is the best better than the cardboard sets online at justdoctorwho-dot-com
wideemissary240 1 year ago
SPOOOOOOOOOKY!!!!!!!!!
TheJulianify 1 year ago
I didn't think they would've had the technology to make that kind of music in 1963.
quirpco 1 year ago
They didn't, that's why it's awesome :D
DeathSlayer2 1 year ago
It was a miracle. They did a lot of manual cutting and editing and only had a primitive industrial synthesizer. They couldn't mix it the way we do now since multi-tape machines didn't exist back then. Instead, they played all the layers at once on several audio players.
KingLashiec 1 year ago 4
Well, it all paid off because it sounds fantastic!
quirpco 1 year ago 2
An irony is that Delia Derbyshire - the simply amazing woman who realised this theme - actually quit the BBC Radiophonic Workshop shortly after introduction of the first primitive Moog synthesisers to the workshop, because - get this - she didn't actually like synthesisers and what it was doing to the creativity in music at all.
So, not only did they not have the technology, but Delia positively didn't want it when it did show up.
KlaxonCow 1 year ago
The BBC discovered some of Delia's "lost tapes" recently and one of them, from the late '60s, sounds uncannily and eerily like a '90s dance track.
Google "Delia Derbyshire lost tapes" and there's a BBC news article which has a sample of it embedded on the page - so you can hear it for yourself.
You know how people say "she was ahead of her time"? When talking about Delia, it's quite literally true, not just a metaphor. She was messing around with dance music over 20 years too early.
KlaxonCow 1 year ago
DOCTOR OHO always gets me ^_^
thatenglishkid 1 year ago 3
@thatenglishkid
Someone should do a new title version spoof to say Doctor Oho with the new intro. ;-P
PeromyscusLeucopus 1 year ago
@PeromyscusLeucopus Doctor Oho is Japanese version
thedeadlyrabbit 1 year ago
@PeromyscusLeucopus Actually, Doctor Who Magazine used to have a little one-panel joke comic in every issue called "Doctor Oho". :-P
NyeTunes 1 year ago
Strange how it sounds so similar to the theme as it is now, yet so different!
LeonSKennedy828 1 year ago
that music is so freaky , im shitting to go to sleep now
stebolian 1 year ago
In my opinion the best doctor ever has got to be david tennant
MultiCelt 1 year ago
Gee, judging from the minus two on your comment, I'm guessing your opinion isn't held very highly ^_^
TheOnComingStorm121 1 year ago
man I wonder why you have minus one?
Shut Up!!
MultiCelt 1 year ago
@TheOnComingStorm121 no your opinion isn't at least not by me and theonecomingstorm so that cancels out his 2- OK
longbowgah 1 year ago
Cause you minus'd me cause I was saying what everyones thinking...That Tennant was by no means the best Doctor...
TheOnComingStorm121 1 year ago 2
The start of the opening never fails to give me goosebumps, there's something I find eerie about it; love it, but eerie.
annamcnarin 1 year ago 2
This is the best sounding intro.
Ibringthetruth1 2 years ago
i cant find the full version of this tune
ITzHaZzA666 2 years ago
my top 5 hartnell eps:
1) The Daleks' Master Plan
2) Planet of Giants
3) The Dalek Invasion of Earth
4) The Tenth Planet
5) The War Machines
(i've seen the clipped non-existing episodes for certain picks above)
mueltrickson 2 years ago
Kamikamiohh is correct, it was done with videcon tube type cameras, not digital. I remember doing it with my first video camera, you can only try it and see how it goes, nothing lost. Point a good camera at the screen showing the video feed from the camera, Play around with the zoom and focus, move the camera closer and further away fron the screen. Show us what happened. :-) Good luck.
vk3ukf 2 years ago
Now I can see where all their budget went. Impressive for the 60's
TheFluffyDuck 2 years ago 3
I'd rank it best opening credits for TV for the 60s and the "Dr. No" for the best opening credits for movies in the 60s.
LyleBennet 2 years ago
@08trickj
its using a camera recording the screen it is recording simultaniously then shining a light in to it and moving it
then mirroring it or whatever
then adding titles etc
kamikamiohhh 2 years ago
NIGHTMARES BEGIN HERE
geofree1984 2 years ago
RIP William Hartnell
Sp33dWave1 2 years ago 21
@Sp33dWave1 the doctor almost died and regenerted!
TheEZPAXIIChannel 1 year ago
is this available on one of the dvds?
HartnellTroughton108 2 years ago
My favorite title sequence, and one of my favorite Doctors as well.
bbqplatypus318 2 years ago 3
the orginal theme music!
deadman00 2 years ago
It sure does!
kingfishertom 2 years ago
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David Tennant THE best doctor EVER! Deal with it!!!!!!
OhLookItsMauve 2 years ago
they hvnt yet showed the 11th doctor
ImNoobA1 2 years ago
when the logo appears why is it
DOCTOR OHO
and then changes to
DOCTOR WHO
dalekcaan4 2 years ago
it's because the logo is back to front then it's normal
BADWOLF200501 2 years ago 3
haha quite rite
ImNoobA1 2 years ago