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Decades before the first-ever female Doctor Who challenged perceptions that only a man could inhabit the role of Time Lord, an unknown composer was quietly realising the series\u2019 theme music at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. <\/p>
That theme, elaborating ideas by Ron Grainer, would create a sensation on inaugural transmission in 1963. It would go on to become one of the most recognisable and influential TV theme tunes<\/a><\/strong> of all time.\u00a0<\/p> Yet despite being lauded by many as one of the great pioneers of electronic music, its creator has only recently \u2013 and since her death \u2013 begun to be more widely recognised. Doctor Who<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is an early highlight of a career which saw her elegant musique concr\u00e8te<\/em> and electronic sound synthesis grace an astonishing range of media from drama and documentary to live theatre; experimental art to progressive rock. Collaborators and co-explorers included such diverse figures as Luciano Berio (whom she assisted at the 1962 Dartington Summer School), Roberto Gerhard, Yoko Ono and Paul McCartney.<\/p>