Doctor Who Theme 4 - Full Version (1967-1980) 

You know this was her first one and the one we here for the first doctor was her second

Don't know if you have questions

Yes, it's definitely still the best and I think it always will be.

There was no gothic elements in the Troughton era

i hate the new scum

Certainly a great variation, but nothing beats the 1986 "Glynn" theme from Trial of a Timelord for me ;)

ironhidewatson the fourth doctor is my favorite too!!!!

Sir Equinox no

Sir Equinox there is no best, they were all good in their own way. If you mean they're your favourites then I don't mind, I have a favourite too.

ImperialJoe i love the 4th and 5th doctor but I also like the 9th 10th 11th and 12th Doctor

Technically this is the second doctor's theme since he had it first, and he was the only one that didn't have it shortened in the intro, 2 is my favorite doctor by the way

one of the first i watched was Attack of the Cybermen (explaining why i have a softer spot for it than i probably should)

Robot for me. My dad was having a 4th Doctor marathon and I decided to watch it with him

My first classic DW episode was The five doctors

"Pyramids of Mars" with Tom Baker is the first one I've seen which hooked me right away because I'm a horror fan. Robot mummies, creepy Egyptian gods, the early 1900s. Absolutely good stuff.

Leela is one of my favorite companions

You are entitled to your opinion, and I love Jon too - I really do! But I would think twice before calling him a better actor (in terms of dramatic range) than, for instance Patrick Troughton, Peter Davison and a number of 21st century alternatives. But I love Jon all the same.

​@@schubertuk What I liked about Jon is how he played against type. Before that he was generally known for comedic performances. He was also an excellent character actor. This allowed him to avoid being typecast, unlike a number of Doctors.

yes!

admittedly I love Troughton more

While I agree, I always thought that was supposed to be the Tardis engines.

the ending with a noise sound, god

drrob1963 It was not an intentional sound effect. It was caused by the magnetic tape of the theme master copy degrading over time. By 1979/1980 the degradation was so bad it pretty much forced the producers to re-record the theme.

@stephen noonan The stereo mix is a later re-recording/remastering of the origonal theme not the actual master copy. The original master which was made and used for the TV recording was made using open reel to reel tape and was recorded in mono as per the technology made available to the radiophonic workshop at the time, rememberthe funding for the BBC radiophonic workshop was minimal at best. There was little to no point using stereo sound as UK TV was broadcast in mono as standard. Stereo TV didn't even come out in the UK until 1989, pretty much after the classic series ended. It was also very likely they used reused reel to reel tape as well as per the policy of the cash strapped BBC at the time which would add to the deterioration of the sound quality... Furthermore use the evidence of your ears, Compare the sound of the themes from each of the first 4 Doctor's intros, even with the tweeks and edits made to the theme they all used the same master copy because re-recording costs money the producers of Dr Who didn't have in the 70s. Analog tape degrades, the hiss and whoosh which increases over time is a result of that...

The instrumental white noise rhythm track is three pieces of white noise recorded at different frequencies, reverb added, cut to three short lengths, joined together then the tape reversed and dubbed onto the theme tune.

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Low hanging fruit comment.

I honestly wish that when we finally have Faster Than Light capability travel that Tom Baker’s face just slowly forms and stares into our souls for breaking through space time.

Wrong theme bud

Yeah- for some reason, when they re-edited it for the Pertwee and Baker episodes, they muffled the heck out of it. Never understood why.

+RassilonTDavros The '70 Pertwee/T. Baker theme sounds muffled because it's a copy of the '67 Troughton theme, which itself is a copy of the original August '63 theme master tape. (Which is a separate mix from the televised '63 Hartnell titles.) Rather than completely reconstruct the theme each time a new one was commissioned, Delia Derbyshire would make a new copy of the original master tape/'67 theme master tape. Then, she would re-treat the copy to add all of the various sound effects, like the rising "spangles" that play over the intro. Each time this was done, the overall quality of the recording decreased a bit. It's basically the same thing that happens when you make photocopies of photocopies; each version is slightly less defined/clean than the one that came before. There's also some editing/mixing techniques used to shorten the theme. For example, the first half of the opening bassline is layered over the second half to create the more condensed lead-in to the theme (two repetitions as opposed to four). Also, there's some added delay and reverb to help segue into the looping outro. All of that adds up to a less-defined sound, though I don't think it hurts the '70 theme too much. Personally, I think that's the best opening the show ever had.

That bit weirded me out too when I first heard it ... it is spine chilling... and it only makes it onto a couple of episodes... Spearhead and the Silurians,. Fom Ambassadors on they got it edited to the two versions they found suitable, all the way up to Horns of Nimon

I started watching Doctor Who in 1971 too! One of my earliest recollections was "Mind Of Evil"! The Keller Machine was really creepy!

Tape, scissors and oscillators :) Very creative and original - especially for the 60's.

Written by the same guy who did that Tales of the Unexpected theme.

Jorge Luis Valerio Sandoval I think you misspelled. I believe you meant P-a-t-r-I-c-k T-r-o-u-g-h-t-o-n. Patrick Troughton.

+Ltresso12 This theme was also used in Tom Baker's era, but then they changed it to the Peter Howell arrangement in 1980.

havent you noticed with his hair and clothing, Peter Capaldi is kind of like a more modern Jon Pertwee

Jorge Luis Valerio Sandoval there is no best, they were all good in their own way.

I think more of Patrick Troughton when I listen to this.

I think more of Tom Baker.

I think of Partick

+theseus27 the modern dr who theme from 2005 had a prototype which is almost the same as this one

That's cool to know :)

you can listen to it on this guy's channel under the special playlist

That's great!! Many thanks =)

They did go a bit overboard with the modernization. 2005 was the best modern theme.

It's a very reasonable way of looking at it, and entirely justified when viewing the show from the 1980s since. But the Delia version of the theme was there for the first 16+ years [with very minor tweaks]; and for me - I always feel they made a huge mistake ditching it. Peter Howell's one is good in its own right (albeit without the horror aspect) - but all the rest are pale imitations.

Actually - this is misleading; Delia Derbyshire's superb and original rendition of the theme has very little electronics in it at all - it is a good 95% Musique Concrete, taking found sounds and then using tape manipulation effects (tape loops, reversing, speeding up, slowing down etc). Only a single electronic tone generator and a white noise generator were actually used as input (and then they were repitched by speeding up/slowing down tape loops). This - to me - makes the output even more impressive and explains why so many electronic rehashes come up so short when trying to imitate it. Delia DID do a fully electronic version of the theme (reluctantly, and she hated it) - but it was never officially used (except when accidentally released on one Pertwee episode).

Yes I have x

Sarah-Jane Smith you're dead

dalek caan She can be a Cyberman with Missy! ;)

Losplevon Tharlaz didnt think of that.

Well Im not.

thats 'cause that what it is 😉

@@andygozzo72 Additionally, we have a little variation in Melody 1.

And That Too

12 Daleks now

There are now 14, the others are likely Cybermen or Silurians, Autons would have loved it as it was as synth etic as they were

Yep

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@@jadenn.hernandez7784 💀I'm dead😂

+Trenton Bless (Wrestlemania489) Ron Grainer wrote the music....Grainer forever

I know that.

+Philip Williams You Know What Ron Grainer May Wrote The Theme But Delia Derbyshire Played Instrument So Derbyshire Forever

+Aliisan Tetik She should've been credited in the show.

+RassilonTDavros Agreed

1963 (with tweaks in 1967) - BUT yes - absolutely!

That made me smile!! :-) It started in 1963, not the late 1950s. But I can see how our low TV budgets and lack of colour (until the 1970s) - might give an American the impression the show is older than it actually is... ;-)

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