Doctor Who Theme 1 - "Televised" Version (1963-1967)

High Quality: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3dEHeWWE10g&fmt=18

I have had quite a few requests to upload my Doctor Who Theme collection onto YouTube. So here it is! Every Monday for the forseeable future, I will be uploading versions of the theme music, be they opening themes, closing themes or the whole thing. Obviously this will be in chronological order, so I'll be starting with the original theme from way back in 1963...

P.S. Before anyone asks, I am NOT able to send you any music file - sorry!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Doctor
• Who
• Theme
• Tune
• Delia
• Derbyshire
• Ron
• Grainer
• 1963
• William
• Hartnell
• Patrick
• Troughton
• Electrical

[GameAddictedGal]

I like it. I REALLY like it.

And why is televised in inverted commas?

[DarthJedi2005]

Because it is not the official title of the track. Due to the differing versions of the original theme, I organise them into "Televised" (the one used in the TV show between 1963 and 1966), "Full" (the remade one that was the basis for the reworking in 1966) and "Released" (the one that was commercially released in the 70s)

[greybowfalcona]

I wonder if this is done on a theremin?

[DarthJedi2005]

No it isn't. The main theme was created with an organ, orgmented through various types of analogue audio mixers. No digital in those days remember, everything was on tapes. I suppose you could call it one of the world's first synthesisers.

[blofeld39]

Now I know why the Master went so crazy over the four beats in his head... :-D

[LaNoteRouge]

@LaNoteRouge I meant 'home made' filters, sorry for the typos. Analog mixers would not produce any sound of their own.

Remember ! At the time synths were not even avalaible....

[LaNoteRouge]

@DarthJedi2005 Not what I read. From what I gathered, Delia Derbyshire made with various test generators and home 'home made' (understand BBS RW) recorded on tape and them some cutting and sticking of tapes...

[HarvestmanMan]

For anyone looking for the differences between the "televised" and "recorded" versions: if this song were divided into measures, the main melody would start in the fourth measure in the televised version and the third measure in the recorded version. This is assuming that each segment of notes, like from 0:00 to 0:04, is one measure.

[pokedudeavenger]

@DarthJedi2005 By 'orgmented', I presume you mean 'augmented'. Sorry.

[PrivatePikachu1]

All 11! Oh if Only we could have all 11 of The Doctors!

[DWFanAndIdents2011]

50 years of doctor who next year. Reminding you

[MrStarWarsandtrekfan]

Happy 48th to Doctor Who!

[MrAzulmagia]

@slappedbyabonzo It is the first ever made

[DarthJedi2005remixes]

@JustWickedSwede I never said it was. I was referring to the wider availablilty of digital synthesisers, which became promenant in the 70s/80s.

[JustWickedSwede]

@DarthJedi2005 Theremin is not digital x(