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From: hughes@godzla.DEC (From the terminal of the Great Locksley Mendoza)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Original Dr Who theme
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Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 13:47:59 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun  1 13:47:59 1985
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There is a BBC record (21 Years of the Radiophonic Workshop) which has the 
oroginal Dr Who theme and the full length TARDIS take off - something 
rarely heard on the series these days. It also has a lot of other 
interesting thems and sound effects.

There is also BBC Space Themes with a more recent version, as well as a 
couple of other Dr Who records although the latter usually have butchered 
versions. I rather prefer the old version myself.

I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned or merely asked (the news 
feed to my node went into the time vortex for a few days), but here goes 
anyway:

The very first episode did not feature any opening theme music at all. I 
think it was used to close that episode (it was a LONG time ago and tapes I 
saw recently had the episodes edited together; the theme was definitely 
used at the end of ep 4).

The visual effects for the opening were used when the Doctor activates the 
TARDIS along with the full length sound effect. I think the producers 
decided that it just took too long in a 25 minute show (about 2 minutes) to 
use every time.

Gary Hughes
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