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Delia Derbyshire

Cut ups, mash-ups, circuit bending, tape-mangling and, oh yeah, the Dr. Who theme.

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One of the true innovators of electronic music. And yes, she’s the person who “realised” (arranged, performed) the Doctor Who theme.

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From wikipedia: “In August 1962 she assisted composer Luciano Berio at a two-week summer school at Dartington Hall, for which she borrowed several dozen items of equipment from the BBC. One of her first works, and the most widely known, was her 1963 electronic realization of a score by Ron Grainer for the theme tune of the Doctor Who series, one of the first television themes to be created and produced by entirely electronic means.”

SUPER LEGIT.

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Doctor Who Docu-drama Special to Acknowledge Delia Derbyshire, Uncredited Composer of the Doctor Who Theme

If you think all this parallel news about the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special about the folks who brought the first season of Doctor Who to television and the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special that is actually an episode of Doctor Who is annoying, just try being a person whose job it is to tell the difference between the two. In any case, the BBC is producing a sort of docu-drama about the real-life genesis of Doctor Who, and according to the Independent, it’ll give some long awaited credit where credit is due.

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