{"id":43128,"date":"2024-05-14T21:52:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T19:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e8453258-7984-4c2c-8d85-d52499dd1c7e"},"modified":"2024-05-21T23:39:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T21:39:58","slug":"doctor-who-theme-tune-who-composed-the-seriess-memorable-theme-music","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/doctor-who-theme-tune-who-composed-the-seriess-memorable-theme-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Who theme tune: who composed the series’s memorable theme music?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Published: Tuesday, 14 May 2024 at 19:52 PM<\/p>

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Although Australian composer Ron Grainer wrote the theme tune to Dr Who<\/em>, it owes its unique sound to Delia Derbyshire.<\/strong><\/p>

Working out of the BBC\u2019s \u2018Radiophonic Workshop\u2019, originally devoted to creating radio sound effects, Derbyshire created what became a groundbreaking piece of electronic music before the age of the keyboard synthesizer.<\/p>

She achieved it by crafting an intricate patchwork of sounds, including white noise, oscillations and a single plucked string, that were put on tape and sped up, slowed down or played backwards before being layered into a final mix. Despite her contribution, Derbyshire was not given a co-composing credit for the Doctor Who <\/em>theme tune or any royalties, despite Ron Grainer\u2019s belief that she should get at least half.<\/p>

The Doctor Who<\/em> theme tune through time<\/h2>

Since its inception in 1963 the theme tune to Doctor Who <\/em>has become one of the most familiar pieces of screen music ever written. And it has followed The Doctor on adventures ever since… <\/p>