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In 1963, Delia Derbyshire hand built the Doctor Who theme using only
tape loops, oscillators, filters, and razor blades, long before techno
existed.

https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2028084564204060882

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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 techbros trying to replace content with AI-shit they "control"
don't understand listeners want a performer they can admire, a painter
that impresses. The human behind the product is essential.
AI-generated anything is worthless: images, video, music. Garbage.

The creativity and talent behind this theme is really great.
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On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 19:43:18 -0700, Retrograde
<fungus@amongus.com.invalid> wrote:

AI-generated anything is worthless: images, video, music. Garbage.

The Ballad of Steven Miller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v49Pxsshz1o
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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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On Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:39:27 GMT
"Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

Retrograde wrote:

On Sun, 01 Mar 2026 21:56:31 -0600
JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

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.

I'd agree with you about the newer stuff. I found this on Youtube,
provides every opening sequence of the series over the decades. You
can really note the difference in the 1980s and beyond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAjd-p-6sXI&list=RDHAjd-p-6sXI&start_radio=1&pp=ygUQZG9jdG9yIHdobyB0aGVtZaAHAQ%3D%3D

The earliest versions are sublime: understated, and really evocative
somehow of time/space travel. Good stuff. How did I miss out on this?
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Retrograde wrote:

On Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:39:27 GMT
"Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

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.

I'd agree with you about the newer stuff. I found this on
Youtube, provides every opening sequence of the series over
the decades. You can really note the difference in the 1980s
and beyond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAjd-p-6sXI&list=RDHAjd-p-6sXI&start_radio=1&pp=ygUQZG9jdG9yIHdobyB0aGVtZaAHAQ%3D%3D

The earliest versions are sublime: understated, and really
evocative somehow of time/space travel. Good stuff. How did
I miss out on this?

The Doctor Who theme was so iconic the band Orbital also covered
it many years ago (As "Doctor ?") and rocked the dance clubs
with it...

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