Dr. Who Demonstration-BBCTV ‘Corners’
In this great vintage BBC video, Keff McCulloch shows Sophie Aldred how he recorded “latest” version of the classic Doctor Who theme.
Watch closely, and you’ll see all sorts of classic synthesizers in use.
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Tags: BBC, Dr. Who, history of electronic music, Prophet 5, Prophet synthesizer, Sequential Circuits, vintage keyboards, vintage synthesizer
Thanks for that, I think I saw it first time round also heheh.
Seriously, if someone gave me that kit list now I could throw out all my synths, plugins and computers!
Which version of the Dr Who theme is this?
It looks like something from the 80’s!
It’s from the late 80s. I think that theme was used from when Sylvester McCoy took over in 1987 until the show was cancelled in 1989.
It’s from the late 80s. I think that theme was used from when Sylvester McCoy took over in 1987 until the show was cancelled in 1989.
I looked at the video and thought that with Pro-53 and Pro Tools, I could do all that in my ageing Powerbook now.
Yup… this version by Keff McCulloch was commissioned for the episode “Time and the Rani” onwards until cancellation.
See Mark Ayres web page on the history of the theme (link to the specific paragraph referencing this version):
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Mark_ayres/DWTheme.htm#Later
For those who don’t know, Mark Ayres was the man responsible for saving the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s tape archives when it was finally closed down in 1998, and has been remastering a series of CDs of the RW output. He was also a composer working on the show in the Sylvester McCoy era.
See the excellent SoundOnSound article from April 08 on the history of the Radiophonic Workshop (which is now up on their site for free viewing… highly recommended).