That Doctor Who Sound

That Doctor Who Sound - Into The Music - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 14/11/2013 15:41 http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/intothemusic/that-dr-who-sound/5071184 That Doctor Who Sound Listen now Download audio Saturday 9 November 2013 4:05PM As part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of the TV series Doctor Who, Into The Music focuses on it’s equally famous and enduring musical theme and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop that created it. IMAGE: DAPHNE ORAM, ONE OF THE CO-FOUNDERS OF THE BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP This Workshop is legendary and has had a signiﬁcant impact on subsequent generations of musicians working across different musical genres, from beats and electronic music to mainstream pop and rock. It was set up in 1958 to create sound effects and music for radio and TV, including the landmark Doctor Who theme, and in these early years, prior to the development of synthesizers, the small team worked with tone generators and early magnetic tape technology to create a new vocabulary of sound. They were working at the same time as some of the key university based contemporary http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/intothemusic/that-dr-who-sound/5071184 Page 1 of 3 That Doctor Who Sound - Into The Music - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 14/11/2013 15:41 electronic music studios on the continent and in the USA, but this small unit's primary focus was on underscoring radio and TV programs rather than creating new music compositions and as such, they pioneered the use of electronic music in the media. It's worth also noting that a signiﬁcant number of women were employed in the Workshop, including Delia Derbyshire, famous for creating the sound of the Doctor Who theme, Daphne Oram who co-founded the Workshop, Glynis Jones and Elizabeth Parker. YouTube: Delia Derbyshire demonstrating how she worked Throughout its near forty year history, the Radiophonic Workshop created thousands of hours of music and sound effects - everything from children’s television programs, TV intermission signals, scoring nature documentaries, like Attenborough’s Life on Earth, to Doctor Who’s forerunner, the alien hunting, rocket-building, Professor Bernard Quatermass. Generations of kids all around the world heard these strange electronic sounds and the impact that this had, has taken some years to unfold, and often in the most interesting ways! That Dr Who Sound explores some of these interesting relationships and looks at the unusual group of talented women who created soundscapes and compositions in the Workshop; we also trace the mystery of Pink Floyd’s disappearing Doctor Who theme, http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/intothemusic/that-dr-who-sound/5071184 Page 2 of 3 That Doctor Who Sound - Into The Music - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 14/11/2013 15:41 the talking walls of Bush House and how Genesis of the Daleks inadvertently assisted the birth of techno. The program features music by Pink Floyd, Belbury Poly, Pet Shop Boys, Howlround, Peter Howell, Dalek I, Ray Cathode, the Delia Darlings, and Model 500, as well as original interviews with workshop members, music writers, and the 'descendants' themselves—musicians creating music in the spirit of the workshop. 122 4 0 Share Email Like Tweet Related INTERACTIVE:BBC documentary on the Radiophonic Workshop Further Information A history of the Dr. Who Theme The Closing of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Early BBC Radiophonic work Credits PresenterRobbie Buck ProducerIain Wilson WriterIain Wilson Sound EngineerMark Don / Louis Mitchell Executive ProducerCathy Peters Comments (1) Add your comment Mich Foster : 14 Nov 2013 12:02:31am Fascinating program, especially on the Doctor Who aspects. It certainly gave me a greater appreciation of the creation of the Dr Who theme, and how it changed over time. Reply Alert moderator http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/intothemusic/that-dr-who-sound/5071184 Page 3 of 3.

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