Re: Doctor Who theme

From	"Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news>
Subject	Re: Doctor Who theme
Newsgroups	misc.news.internet.discuss, sci.misc
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Organization	Eweka Internet Services
Date	2026-03-05 12:39 +0000

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Retrograde wrote:

> On Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:56:31 -0600
> JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:
> 
> > In 1963, Delia Derbyshire hand built the Doctor Who theme
> > using only tape loops, oscillators, filters, and razor
> > blades, long before techno existed.
> 
> Doctor Who was never my thing. Have never watched a single
> episode, and didn't know the themesong.  So I checked it out.
> 
> Pretty damned good!  And using analog equipment.
> 
> The creativity and talent behind this theme is really great.

The theme is iconic to us fans. The BBC have kind of messed it 
up a bit in recent years with all the bombastic music around the
basic tune but the original Doctor Who theme (from 1963) and the
1967 and 1970 'tweaks' were truly brilliant pieces of work from
the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

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Doctor Who theme JAB <here@is.invalid> - 2026-03-01 21:56 -0600
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    Re: Doctor Who theme "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-03-05 12:39 +0000
      Re: Doctor Who theme Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> - 2026-03-05 06:28 -0700
        Re: Doctor Who theme "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> - 2026-03-05 13:56 +0000

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