Think back to June 2010. The air was filled with the sound of World Cup vuvuzelas and Dizzee Rascal. UK cinemas were set to welcome Hot Tub Time Machine. The shine had only recently worn off everybody’s crush on Nick Clegg. And beavers were being bred wild in Scotland for the first time in 400 years. Mad times. Mad times.
Into those mad times, came a mad man with a box. In April 2010, Matt Smith made his debut as Doctor Who’s Eleventh Doctor, with new showrunner Steven Moffat in tow. There were cracks in the universe and Rory dying and Vincent Van Gogh and James Cordon and a Pandorica. The Tardis exploded. A lot. Then just 24 hours after Eleven restored the universe in Series 5 finale ‘The Big Bang’, he also closed Glastonbury Festival.
It was an unusual moment, and a great one. Matt Smith certainly looked like he was enjoying himself.
Into those mad times, came a mad man with a box. In April 2010, Matt Smith made his debut as Doctor Who’s Eleventh Doctor, with new showrunner Steven Moffat in tow. There were cracks in the universe and Rory dying and Vincent Van Gogh and James Cordon and a Pandorica. The Tardis exploded. A lot. Then just 24 hours after Eleven restored the universe in Series 5 finale ‘The Big Bang’, he also closed Glastonbury Festival.
It was an unusual moment, and a great one. Matt Smith certainly looked like he was enjoying himself.
- 6/24/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
Veteran filmmakers Michael Relph and Basil Dearden try a hip ‘n’ flip costume comedy about an 1899 consortium that’s the equivalent of Murder Inc.: Killings for hire done with veddy proper civility and good taste. The charming Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg lead a notable cast — Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, Beryl Reid, Clive Revill — through mayhem-filled chases in several European capitals. Tossed off in tongue-in-cheek style, it’s shallow but cute, and if you like the stars it can be a lark. Its saving grace is the spirited Ms. Rigg.
The Assassination Bureau
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1969 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / The Assassination Bureau Limited / Street Date October 29, 2021 / Available from [Imprint] or Amazon /
Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell, Beryl Reid, Clive Revill, Kenneth Griffith, Vernon Dobtcheff, Annabella Incontrera, Jess Conrad, George Coulouris.
Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth
Art Director: Michael Relph
Film...
The Assassination Bureau
Region-Free Blu-ray
Viavision [Imprint] 86
1969 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 110 min. / The Assassination Bureau Limited / Street Date October 29, 2021 / Available from [Imprint] or Amazon /
Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas, Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, Warren Mitchell, Beryl Reid, Clive Revill, Kenneth Griffith, Vernon Dobtcheff, Annabella Incontrera, Jess Conrad, George Coulouris.
Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth
Art Director: Michael Relph
Film...
- 11/21/2021
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Doctor Who is the most iconic theme of any British TV series ever, right? Well, not anymore, as a new national poll has seen a different show pinch the top spot to be crowned the UK’s favorite theme. And that show is Sherlock.
Classic FM, the BFI and Radio Times collaborated on this recent poll, asking Brits for their personal picks for the best theme in English TV history, and when the results came back in, Sherlock was the surprise first choice. Of course, Doctor Who nabbed the second spot instead and if you’re interested, here’s the full list – mostly comprising classic British shows from decades past.
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Classic FM, the BFI and Radio Times collaborated on this recent poll, asking Brits for their personal picks for the best theme in English TV history, and when the results came back in, Sherlock was the surprise first choice. Of course, Doctor Who nabbed the second spot instead and if you’re interested, here’s the full list – mostly comprising classic British shows from decades past.
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- 4/15/2019
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
Alex Westthorp Apr 5, 2019
For its 40th anniversary, we revisit Roald Dahl's classic series that kept us guessing and inspired some modern anthology greats...
Tales Of The Unexpected was an anthology series of imaginative and compelling dramas each with a "twist in the tale" produced for the ITV network by Anglia Television. Anthology series on British television had been decidedly sci-fi orientated, hitherto, with the BBC series Out Of The Unknown (1965-71) capitalizing on the imported success of the granddaddy of them all, Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone. The story has it that Anglia's Drama supremo Sir John Woolf had a chance meeting with Roald Dahl, master of macabre tall stories, at a Christmas party in 1976. Dahl asked Woolf, "How would you like to make a television series of my stories?" Woolf immediately saw the potential and commissioned Dahl to adapt some of his best stories for a series...
For its 40th anniversary, we revisit Roald Dahl's classic series that kept us guessing and inspired some modern anthology greats...
Tales Of The Unexpected was an anthology series of imaginative and compelling dramas each with a "twist in the tale" produced for the ITV network by Anglia Television. Anthology series on British television had been decidedly sci-fi orientated, hitherto, with the BBC series Out Of The Unknown (1965-71) capitalizing on the imported success of the granddaddy of them all, Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone. The story has it that Anglia's Drama supremo Sir John Woolf had a chance meeting with Roald Dahl, master of macabre tall stories, at a Christmas party in 1976. Dahl asked Woolf, "How would you like to make a television series of my stories?" Woolf immediately saw the potential and commissioned Dahl to adapt some of his best stories for a series...
- 4/5/2019
- Den of Geek
This past Friday marked 55 years to the day when Doctor Who first arrived on British television screens. Over the past half a century, the sci-fi show has always changed with the times – take Jodie Whittaker’s casting as the first female Doctor in season 11, for example – and constantly regenerated itself.
There’s no better way to make that clear than in this awesome supercut from the official Doctor Who YouTube channel which features every single title sequence in the show’s history in an 11 minute video. You can relive the eeriness of the First Doctor’s opening from 1963 right through to the synths of the 1980s and the throwback theme of today’s version by watching it below.
We say every single title sequence, but for the sake of brevity the video leaves out a few one-off openings from over the years. For instance, every episode in the first half...
There’s no better way to make that clear than in this awesome supercut from the official Doctor Who YouTube channel which features every single title sequence in the show’s history in an 11 minute video. You can relive the eeriness of the First Doctor’s opening from 1963 right through to the synths of the 1980s and the throwback theme of today’s version by watching it below.
We say every single title sequence, but for the sake of brevity the video leaves out a few one-off openings from over the years. For instance, every episode in the first half...
- 11/26/2018
- by Christian Bone
- We Got This Covered
By Darren Allison
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes
Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic and London Music Works, this comprehensive 6 CD collection features music from the latest Sci-Fi blockbusters; from Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Blade Runner 2049, all the way back to 1950s classics The Day The Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.
This release brings together the best selection of science fiction music spanning almost a century, through a thorough overview of musical styles, themes and techniques. It spotlights music from Hollywood heavyweights and classically trained legends, electronic experimenters (Bebe & Louis Barron, Vangelis) and jazz-influenced composers to the new generation, who combine orchestral sounds with electronics
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes is released in both physical and digital format on 31st August 2018.
The Invasion
Don Harper’s soundtrack to the 8-part Doctor Who story The Invasion was made and transmitted in 1968 starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor.
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes
Performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic and London Music Works, this comprehensive 6 CD collection features music from the latest Sci-Fi blockbusters; from Ready Player One, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Blade Runner 2049, all the way back to 1950s classics The Day The Earth Stood Still and Forbidden Planet.
This release brings together the best selection of science fiction music spanning almost a century, through a thorough overview of musical styles, themes and techniques. It spotlights music from Hollywood heavyweights and classically trained legends, electronic experimenters (Bebe & Louis Barron, Vangelis) and jazz-influenced composers to the new generation, who combine orchestral sounds with electronics
100 Greatest Science Fiction Themes is released in both physical and digital format on 31st August 2018.
The Invasion
Don Harper’s soundtrack to the 8-part Doctor Who story The Invasion was made and transmitted in 1968 starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor.
- 8/22/2018
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
By Darren Allison
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After some 47 years there is still something about Ron Grainer’s score for The Omega Man (1971) (SILLP1561) that continues to withstand the test of time. Whilst the film might arguably appear to be a little dated these days, Grainer’s music lives on to uphold and support its continuing cult status. It’s perhaps no surprise then that Silva Screen Records have decided to release its first ever double vinyl pressing exclusively in time for Record Store Day UK, which is 21 April 2018.
The Omega Man is an eclectic mix of styles ranging from mellow jazz, traditional lounge, and romantic mood setters to excellent dramatic action themes that feature contemporary, modern instrumentation including synthesisers and haunting water chimes. Everything is here. It remains a defining example of just how good film music used to be, full of strong melody and executed with perfect orchestration.
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After some 47 years there is still something about Ron Grainer’s score for The Omega Man (1971) (SILLP1561) that continues to withstand the test of time. Whilst the film might arguably appear to be a little dated these days, Grainer’s music lives on to uphold and support its continuing cult status. It’s perhaps no surprise then that Silva Screen Records have decided to release its first ever double vinyl pressing exclusively in time for Record Store Day UK, which is 21 April 2018.
The Omega Man is an eclectic mix of styles ranging from mellow jazz, traditional lounge, and romantic mood setters to excellent dramatic action themes that feature contemporary, modern instrumentation including synthesisers and haunting water chimes. Everything is here. It remains a defining example of just how good film music used to be, full of strong melody and executed with perfect orchestration.
- 4/18/2018
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Jamie Andrew Sep 29, 2017
Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner was imaginative, unfathomable, and years ahead of its time...
It’s fifty years this month since The Prisoner premiered on British screens, bringing with it blazers, badges and mind-bending bad guys. The show ran for a mere two years, two truncated seasons and seventeen episodes, but its surreal imagery, iconic catchphrases, cerebral plots and absolutely bonkers ending have earned it a perennial place in our cultural consciousness.
See related Star Trek: Discovery episode 2 review - Battle At The Binary Star Star Trek: Discovery episode 1 review - The Vulcan Hello Star Trek Discovery: take our special quiz here!
It's truly an odd-beast, quintessentially sixties in some respects, timeless in others. It's hard to describe or define it as any one thing: it's a spy show that isn't a spy show; it's an action show with bigger...
Now celebrating its 50th anniversary, Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner was imaginative, unfathomable, and years ahead of its time...
It’s fifty years this month since The Prisoner premiered on British screens, bringing with it blazers, badges and mind-bending bad guys. The show ran for a mere two years, two truncated seasons and seventeen episodes, but its surreal imagery, iconic catchphrases, cerebral plots and absolutely bonkers ending have earned it a perennial place in our cultural consciousness.
See related Star Trek: Discovery episode 2 review - Battle At The Binary Star Star Trek: Discovery episode 1 review - The Vulcan Hello Star Trek Discovery: take our special quiz here!
It's truly an odd-beast, quintessentially sixties in some respects, timeless in others. It's hard to describe or define it as any one thing: it's a spy show that isn't a spy show; it's an action show with bigger...
- 9/28/2017
- Den of Geek
Shock takes a look and listen to Ron Grainer’s lush score for 1971’s The Omega Man. Though it was rather faithfully adapted in 1964 with the Richard Matheson scripted (though credited under his pseudonym Logan Swanson) Italian/Us co-production The Last Man On Earth and then, decades later as the irreverently plotted but effective in tone…
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- 2/5/2016
- by Chris Alexander
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Christian Cawley is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
Here’s a beautiful segment from a Doctor Who DVD which has been uploaded to the official YouTube channel, with Delia Derbyshire, Dick Mills and more discussing how Ron Grainer’s iconic theme tune was brought to electronic life. It’s thanks to DVD extras like this – Masters of Sound, which features as an extra on the...
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Here’s a beautiful segment from a Doctor Who DVD which has been uploaded to the official YouTube channel, with Delia Derbyshire, Dick Mills and more discussing how Ron Grainer’s iconic theme tune was brought to electronic life. It’s thanks to DVD extras like this – Masters of Sound, which features as an extra on the...
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- 4/28/2015
- by Christian Cawley
- Kasterborous.com
Join Digital Spy's TV Editor Morgan Jeffery for a blog delving into the very best in science-fiction, fantasy and cult television.
9 Things that Doctor Who series 9 must deliver
Doctor Who has only been off our screens a little while and already we're dreaming of the next series. Christmas is coming, of course, but Steven Moffat and company are by now well underway on work for the ninth full series since 2005.
Beyond Moffat's continued involvement (and Peter Capaldi's), details are scarce about what to expect from the next batch of episodes. So while we're still able to indulge in rampant speculation, here are 9 things we want to see when the Doctor returns to our screens.
1. More Missy
Post-grand reveal, did anyone else feel that the manic Missy - though magnificently portrayed by Michelle Gomez - ended up a little neglected in a finale episode that also had to resolve a Cyberman Invasion of Earth,...
9 Things that Doctor Who series 9 must deliver
Doctor Who has only been off our screens a little while and already we're dreaming of the next series. Christmas is coming, of course, but Steven Moffat and company are by now well underway on work for the ninth full series since 2005.
Beyond Moffat's continued involvement (and Peter Capaldi's), details are scarce about what to expect from the next batch of episodes. So while we're still able to indulge in rampant speculation, here are 9 things we want to see when the Doctor returns to our screens.
1. More Missy
Post-grand reveal, did anyone else feel that the manic Missy - though magnificently portrayed by Michelle Gomez - ended up a little neglected in a finale episode that also had to resolve a Cyberman Invasion of Earth,...
- 11/26/2014
- Digital Spy
David Arnold has ruled out composing music for Doctor Who despite his close working relationship with Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
Arnold arranged a new version of the Doctor Who theme in 2001 for the Eighth Doctor audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.
The musical world of Doctor Who: From Ron Grainer to The Klf
Together with Michael Price, Arnold composes the music for Moffat and Gatiss's Sherlock on the BBC.
"It was weird when I did the Big Finish one," Arnold told Digital Spy ahead of his collaboration with Ella Eyre for the Bose Urban Conductor immersive live experience.
"Mark Gatiss I've known for years and years and years. This was pre-the Russell T Davies resurgence of popularity.
"Doctor Who was kind of dead in the water in a way, as far as TV was concerned, after Michael Grade had announced that it would never happen again."
He continued:...
Arnold arranged a new version of the Doctor Who theme in 2001 for the Eighth Doctor audio dramas from Big Finish Productions.
The musical world of Doctor Who: From Ron Grainer to The Klf
Together with Michael Price, Arnold composes the music for Moffat and Gatiss's Sherlock on the BBC.
"It was weird when I did the Big Finish one," Arnold told Digital Spy ahead of his collaboration with Ella Eyre for the Bose Urban Conductor immersive live experience.
"Mark Gatiss I've known for years and years and years. This was pre-the Russell T Davies resurgence of popularity.
"Doctor Who was kind of dead in the water in a way, as far as TV was concerned, after Michael Grade had announced that it would never happen again."
He continued:...
- 9/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Doctor Who Confidential is returning. Sort of.
The show appears to have been given a second life under the new guise of Doctor Who Extra, which will be exclusive to iPlayer.
Doctor Who re-viewed: 11 Doctors, 11 debut adventures
Doctor Who series 8: The Thick of It's Chris Addison to star in finale
BBC Three companion show Doctor Who Confidential, which brought viewers behind-the-scenes action from the sci-fi series, was dropped in 2011 due to budget cuts and a focus on original commissions.
Doctor Who Extra will follow a similar format as Confidential, following Peter Capaldi "every step of the way throughout the creation of his first season as the Doctor".
The show will have exclusive access to Capaldi and Jenna Coleman as well as the show's guest stars such as Frank Skinner, Keeley Hawes, Michelle Gomez, Ben Miller and Foxes.
The musical world of Doctor Who from Ron Grainer to The...
The show appears to have been given a second life under the new guise of Doctor Who Extra, which will be exclusive to iPlayer.
Doctor Who re-viewed: 11 Doctors, 11 debut adventures
Doctor Who series 8: The Thick of It's Chris Addison to star in finale
BBC Three companion show Doctor Who Confidential, which brought viewers behind-the-scenes action from the sci-fi series, was dropped in 2011 due to budget cuts and a focus on original commissions.
Doctor Who Extra will follow a similar format as Confidential, following Peter Capaldi "every step of the way throughout the creation of his first season as the Doctor".
The show will have exclusive access to Capaldi and Jenna Coleman as well as the show's guest stars such as Frank Skinner, Keeley Hawes, Michelle Gomez, Ben Miller and Foxes.
The musical world of Doctor Who from Ron Grainer to The...
- 8/20/2014
- Digital Spy
Digital Spy presents Doctor Who Week - seven days of special features celebrating the return of the world's favourite sci-fi series, and the arrival of a brand new Doctor - on August 23.
We've known he was coming since August 2013 - and he's officially been our Doctor since Christmas - but in a mere three days, Doctor Who fans will finally get the chance to size up Peter Capaldi's debut as a new, "more mysterious" Time Lord.
Between 1963 and 2014, the show's had 11 stabs at introducing a new Doctor - so before Steven Moffat's 'Deep Breath' is unveiled to the general public, let's take a look back at those other attempts - from the awesome to the audacious to the seriously misjudged.
The musical world of Doctor Who: From Ron Grainer to The Klf
An Unearthly Child
Aired November 23-December 14, 1963
Doctor Who fans accustomed to David Tennant...
We've known he was coming since August 2013 - and he's officially been our Doctor since Christmas - but in a mere three days, Doctor Who fans will finally get the chance to size up Peter Capaldi's debut as a new, "more mysterious" Time Lord.
Between 1963 and 2014, the show's had 11 stabs at introducing a new Doctor - so before Steven Moffat's 'Deep Breath' is unveiled to the general public, let's take a look back at those other attempts - from the awesome to the audacious to the seriously misjudged.
The musical world of Doctor Who: From Ron Grainer to The Klf
An Unearthly Child
Aired November 23-December 14, 1963
Doctor Who fans accustomed to David Tennant...
- 8/20/2014
- Digital Spy
Digital Spy presents Doctor Who Week - seven days of special features celebrating the return of the world's favourite sci-fi series, and the arrival of a brand new Doctor - on August 23.
You don't need a classic theme for a great TV show, but as programmes from M*A*S*H and The X-Files to The Wire and Buffy The Vampire Slayer have shown, it certainly doesn't hurt.
Below, we take a look at the history of the revolutionary Doctor Who theme and also explore how the show has intertwined with the wider world of pop.
'Doctor Who Theme' [Original Version] - The Radiophonic Workshop (1963)
"Did I write that?" Ron Grainer apparently asked on hearing the completed version of the original theme crafted by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop. "Most of it," Delia Derbyshire kindly replied.
Grainer attempted to get Derbyshire a co-writing credit but the policy of the time was to keep Workshop members anonymous,...
You don't need a classic theme for a great TV show, but as programmes from M*A*S*H and The X-Files to The Wire and Buffy The Vampire Slayer have shown, it certainly doesn't hurt.
Below, we take a look at the history of the revolutionary Doctor Who theme and also explore how the show has intertwined with the wider world of pop.
'Doctor Who Theme' [Original Version] - The Radiophonic Workshop (1963)
"Did I write that?" Ron Grainer apparently asked on hearing the completed version of the original theme crafted by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop. "Most of it," Delia Derbyshire kindly replied.
Grainer attempted to get Derbyshire a co-writing credit but the policy of the time was to keep Workshop members anonymous,...
- 8/19/2014
- Digital Spy
Jonathan Appleton is a writer at Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews - All the latest Doctor Who news and reviews with our weekly podKast, features and interviews, and a long-running forum.
A pair of compositions from electronic music innovator Delia Derbyshire are about to be released on vinyl in a special collector’s edition. Derbyshire, one of the great unsung heroes of the creation of Doctor Who, is best known for her brilliant and enduring realisation of Ron Grainer’s theme but this was just one of the
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A pair of compositions from electronic music innovator Delia Derbyshire are about to be released on vinyl in a special collector’s edition. Derbyshire, one of the great unsung heroes of the creation of Doctor Who, is best known for her brilliant and enduring realisation of Ron Grainer’s theme but this was just one of the
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- 7/31/2014
- by Jonathan Appleton
- Kasterborous.com
As we ponder how series 8's music will sound, Jeff digs out ten inventive takes on the Doctor Who theme...
Feature
With series eight’s Deep Breath fast approaching, there are questions all Dw fans will be asking – perhaps none as pressing as “What new bag of tricks will Murray Gold be bringing to the theme song?” While we all wait with bated breath, why not take a gander at these variations on Ron Grainer’s immortal work?
Doctor Who Theme – Gallifrey Remixes (Dominic Glynn and Syzygy)
Dominic Glynn’s theme from Trial Of A Timelord is an 80s effort that’s worn well for this writer, particularly the way Glynn sneaks in a new array of far-out soundscapes. This remix, originally performed at L.A.’s Gallifrey One convention, features four upgrades of Glynn’s ‘Trial’ theme, as produced with Syzygy (a.k.a. Justin Mackay). It takes a...
Feature
With series eight’s Deep Breath fast approaching, there are questions all Dw fans will be asking – perhaps none as pressing as “What new bag of tricks will Murray Gold be bringing to the theme song?” While we all wait with bated breath, why not take a gander at these variations on Ron Grainer’s immortal work?
Doctor Who Theme – Gallifrey Remixes (Dominic Glynn and Syzygy)
Dominic Glynn’s theme from Trial Of A Timelord is an 80s effort that’s worn well for this writer, particularly the way Glynn sneaks in a new array of far-out soundscapes. This remix, originally performed at L.A.’s Gallifrey One convention, features four upgrades of Glynn’s ‘Trial’ theme, as produced with Syzygy (a.k.a. Justin Mackay). It takes a...
- 7/20/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The sad passing of actress Alexandra Bastedo earlier this month saw many recalling and celebrating her work on '60s spy-fi series The Champions - just one entry in the canon of cult programme makers Itc Entertainment.
Though it also branched out into film production - with the likes of 1976's The Eagle Has Landed and 1982's The Dark Crystal - Itc was best known throughout the 1960s and '70s for its raft of cult TV programming, with shows like The Champions making an indelible screen icon of Bastedo and others like her.
These shows are now world-renowned - The Saint, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds - but the team behind them still go sadly unsung.
This week, the Week in Geek is looking to redress the balance with a fond tribute to Itc Entertainment - one of the UK's very best, most influential production teams.
Sherlock: The Problem of the Vanishing Detective
Doctor Who,...
Though it also branched out into film production - with the likes of 1976's The Eagle Has Landed and 1982's The Dark Crystal - Itc was best known throughout the 1960s and '70s for its raft of cult TV programming, with shows like The Champions making an indelible screen icon of Bastedo and others like her.
These shows are now world-renowned - The Saint, The Prisoner, Thunderbirds - but the team behind them still go sadly unsung.
This week, the Week in Geek is looking to redress the balance with a fond tribute to Itc Entertainment - one of the UK's very best, most influential production teams.
Sherlock: The Problem of the Vanishing Detective
Doctor Who,...
- 1/21/2014
- Digital Spy
It has been a half century since we first walked through the doors of the Tardis and started our long love affair with a renegade Gallifreyan who called himself The Doctor. Over the years we have witnessed many changes to the program, from not only The Doctor himself, but also in the companions, story styles, sets, visual effects, and many other facets. But one of the biggest changes of the program has been in the music that accompanies the episodes. As musical styles and budgets changed, so did the soundtrack for the program. Now Silva Screen Records has released Doctor Who: The 50th Anniversary Collection, a 2-disc journey through the history of Doctor Who.
The soundtrack begins with Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire's original theme, which was used for the opening for the show from its start in 1963 until 1970. The theme was created using a single plucked string, white...
The soundtrack begins with Ron Grainer & Delia Derbyshire's original theme, which was used for the opening for the show from its start in 1963 until 1970. The theme was created using a single plucked string, white...
- 12/25/2013
- Shadowlocked
Music Composed by: Various Artists
Formats: Digital Download
Number of Discs: 2 (45 tracks, approx. 2 hour 37 minutes)
Label: Silva Screen Records
Overview:
Fifty years, 11 Doctors and 45 tracks, this is the release that Doctor Who fans have been waiting for.
Assembled after years of research and trawls through dusty archives and libraries it’s a compilation of the very special music that has accompanied the Doctor over his travels through time and space from William Hartnell in 1963 to present day Matt Smith.
From Ron Grainer’s iconic theme realized by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire to Murray Gold’s orchestral tapestries, this is a sci-fi musical saga.
The esteemed collection of composers featured include Tristram Cary, Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson, Geoffrey Burgon, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Dominic Glynn, John Debney and more.
The set includes liner notes from Doctor Who composer Mark Ayres on the history of...
Formats: Digital Download
Number of Discs: 2 (45 tracks, approx. 2 hour 37 minutes)
Label: Silva Screen Records
Overview:
Fifty years, 11 Doctors and 45 tracks, this is the release that Doctor Who fans have been waiting for.
Assembled after years of research and trawls through dusty archives and libraries it’s a compilation of the very special music that has accompanied the Doctor over his travels through time and space from William Hartnell in 1963 to present day Matt Smith.
From Ron Grainer’s iconic theme realized by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s Delia Derbyshire to Murray Gold’s orchestral tapestries, this is a sci-fi musical saga.
The esteemed collection of composers featured include Tristram Cary, Brian Hodgson, Dudley Simpson, Geoffrey Burgon, Paddy Kingsland, Roger Limb, Malcolm Clarke, Keff McCulloch, Dominic Glynn, John Debney and more.
The set includes liner notes from Doctor Who composer Mark Ayres on the history of...
- 12/23/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Feature Andrew Blair 19 Nov 2013 - 06:39
In this week of Doctor Who celebration, Andrew salutes just a few of the individuals whose talent and hard work made the show what it is...
In the history of Doctor Who there are many names in the end credits that always seem to stand out. For some reason, I always look out for Alec Wheal in Eighties Who credits or, since 2005, the Script Editor. Over the years there have been hundreds of unsung contributors behind the scenes, and this article seeks to celebrate a handful of those who put in one helluva slog for our benefit.
Oh, and in researching this article I discovered that Dorka Nieradzik – who worked on Logopolis, Revelation of the Daleks and Silver Nemesis to name but a few – now appears to be Clive Owen's personal Hair and Make Up Artist.
It's not really relevant or anything, but...
In this week of Doctor Who celebration, Andrew salutes just a few of the individuals whose talent and hard work made the show what it is...
In the history of Doctor Who there are many names in the end credits that always seem to stand out. For some reason, I always look out for Alec Wheal in Eighties Who credits or, since 2005, the Script Editor. Over the years there have been hundreds of unsung contributors behind the scenes, and this article seeks to celebrate a handful of those who put in one helluva slog for our benefit.
Oh, and in researching this article I discovered that Dorka Nieradzik – who worked on Logopolis, Revelation of the Daleks and Silver Nemesis to name but a few – now appears to be Clive Owen's personal Hair and Make Up Artist.
It's not really relevant or anything, but...
- 11/19/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The Doctor Who Title Sequence is a strange beast, it has changed almost as much as its titular character over the last 50 years. Since 2005 alone we have had 3 variations. Like the Doctor himself everyone has their favourite. The signature image that symbolises the adventures that are about to unfold. We have had variations on time tunnels, star fields and psychedelic swirls, each testing the ingenuity of their creators and anchoring the eras in the time in which they were produced.
Similarly the theme, created by Delia Derbyshire during many nights in the Radiophonic Workshop and written by Ron Grainer on a torn off piece of paper of all things. The theme has essentially remained the same at its core but has had many different reworkings.
Speaking of which, honourary mention must go to the group Orbital for turning a cult theme into an epic modern tune which wouldn’t be...
Similarly the theme, created by Delia Derbyshire during many nights in the Radiophonic Workshop and written by Ron Grainer on a torn off piece of paper of all things. The theme has essentially remained the same at its core but has had many different reworkings.
Speaking of which, honourary mention must go to the group Orbital for turning a cult theme into an epic modern tune which wouldn’t be...
- 10/20/2013
- by Jonathon Carley
- Obsessed with Film
Feature Andrew Blair 11 Apr 2013 - 07:00
Andrew talks us through ten things he hopes to see in Syfy's in-development reboot of Terry Nation's Blake's 7...
The immediate problem any remake of Terry Nation’s dystopian space opera faces is that of the Battlestar Galactica in the room, disguised as an elephant (but does it know it’s an elephant?).
Blake’s 7 managed to broadcast its lead character being framed as a paedophile, the execution of a large gang of political dissenters by the police, and the swift despatch of an investigating legal official (and his partner) by state-endorsed assassination. All this in its first episode, broadcast on a Monday evening on BBC One at 7.45pm. Bang Goes the Theory is on at that time now.
Then we have, arguably, its best characters: lip-purser and anti-hero legend Ker Avon. Bring him back now and you’ve got to convince at...
Andrew talks us through ten things he hopes to see in Syfy's in-development reboot of Terry Nation's Blake's 7...
The immediate problem any remake of Terry Nation’s dystopian space opera faces is that of the Battlestar Galactica in the room, disguised as an elephant (but does it know it’s an elephant?).
Blake’s 7 managed to broadcast its lead character being framed as a paedophile, the execution of a large gang of political dissenters by the police, and the swift despatch of an investigating legal official (and his partner) by state-endorsed assassination. All this in its first episode, broadcast on a Monday evening on BBC One at 7.45pm. Bang Goes the Theory is on at that time now.
Then we have, arguably, its best characters: lip-purser and anti-hero legend Ker Avon. Bring him back now and you’ve got to convince at...
- 4/10/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
As long-time fans of Sound on Sight may know, many of us here are more than a little fond of Doctor Who. Not only does the Incomparable Kate Kulzick write a column covering the current series but for almost two years now we have been hosting our very own Doctor Who podcast dedicated to reviewing the good, the bad and the just plain weird of both New and Classic Who. In other words, our beloved website has slowly and rather deliberately been transformed into a virtual hive of Who, which is only fitting for such a venerable television institution that will turn fifty later this year.
It wasn’t always easy being a Whovian, especially growing up in Montreal, which is hardly a bastion of British broadcasting. For years I was the only Who fan I knew; I’m not saying that watching the show was illegal, but chances were...
It wasn’t always easy being a Whovian, especially growing up in Montreal, which is hardly a bastion of British broadcasting. For years I was the only Who fan I knew; I’m not saying that watching the show was illegal, but chances were...
- 3/25/2013
- by Derek Gladu
- SoundOnSight
Doctor Who is well known for its theme. The original signature track was created by Delia Derbyshire and Ron Grainer at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, and it had the most beautiful yet haunting sound to it at the same time. There was no face in the opening credits in the beginning. The series wouldn’t do this until Patrick Troughton took over as the Doctor in 1966. Frankly, the face is what makes the theme what it is as well, not just the music.
Throughout the years, the music and background has changed and so have the faces. From 2005 until 2011 there were no faces in the theme sequence. Until 2012, assuming because the 50th anniversary was coming up, Steven Moffat and the production team decided to bring back the Doctor’s face. Some of the newer fans thought this theme sequence was horrid, while the classic fans squealed with glee just to...
Throughout the years, the music and background has changed and so have the faces. From 2005 until 2011 there were no faces in the theme sequence. Until 2012, assuming because the 50th anniversary was coming up, Steven Moffat and the production team decided to bring back the Doctor’s face. Some of the newer fans thought this theme sequence was horrid, while the classic fans squealed with glee just to...
- 3/15/2013
- by Gwyn
- Obsessed with Film
Last week we showed you a tiny bit of the cool blue-ish revamped interior of the Tardis that will be unveiled during the Doctor Who Christmas Special next Tuesday. Now we have much more to gaze upon longingly and adoringly, as apparently Matt Smith is encouraging us to do, in the picture below. Behold:
It looks a little less busy, a little more streamlined, but let’s not forget this earlier glimpse that’s aimed just a little higher in the control room, with the really gorgeous Gallifreyan designs:
The spiffed-up interior and of course the new companion aren’t the only things premiering during the Christmas episode. Here’s an update from the BBC One Doctor Who Blog (broadcast times are of course UK):
Something cold, something new…
Not only will we be treated to a ‘new’ Tardis during The Snowmen (Christmas Day at 5.15pm), but the episode...
It looks a little less busy, a little more streamlined, but let’s not forget this earlier glimpse that’s aimed just a little higher in the control room, with the really gorgeous Gallifreyan designs:
The spiffed-up interior and of course the new companion aren’t the only things premiering during the Christmas episode. Here’s an update from the BBC One Doctor Who Blog (broadcast times are of course UK):
Something cold, something new…
Not only will we be treated to a ‘new’ Tardis during The Snowmen (Christmas Day at 5.15pm), but the episode...
- 12/19/2012
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
The BBC has confirmed that Doctor Who will debut a revamped theme tune and title sequence this Christmas. The sci-fi drama returns to BBC One on Christmas Day with festive special 'The Snowmen'. In a post on the show's official site, viewers are promised a "wonderfully dramatic and striking" new title sequence, while the new theme is described as "thrilling", "powerful" and "scary", whilst still remaining "true to the original" Ron Grainer composition. It was previously confirmed that 'The Snowmen' - penned by Steven Moffat - will introduce a new interior design for the Doctor's Tardis.
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- 12/17/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Doctor Who from 2005 onwards hasn’t often had to worry too much about poor special effects. Given a devoted teams at The Mill and Millennium FX and a decent, if not exactly lavish, budget from the BBC, most of the time whatever Russell T. Davies and now Steven Moffat and co can dream up, the rest of the team can convincingly realise. But it wasn’t always so. In the 1960s, the budget was around £2000 an episode and many recordings were attempted in the tiny Lime Grove studios. Small wonder that several special effects shots fell short of the mark, even by the standards of the day.
But despite the willingness of modern, and usually snide, TV companies to mockingly reshow these embarrassing old clips, the fact is that from 1963-1989, Doctor Who created some innovative images which completely defied the microscopic budgets they were working with. In this article,...
But despite the willingness of modern, and usually snide, TV companies to mockingly reshow these embarrassing old clips, the fact is that from 1963-1989, Doctor Who created some innovative images which completely defied the microscopic budgets they were working with. In this article,...
- 2/28/2012
- by Tom Salinsky
- Obsessed with Film
On November 23, 1963, Doctor Who made its first appearance on the BBC. I’ve written previously about the power that that first story, “An Unearthly Child,” still has. The BBC Archive offers a fascinating look at the origins of the show at The Genesis of Doctor Who. There are photos, like this one of Delia Derbyshire, who performed Ron Grainer’s theme music “by using tape loops and electronic feedback to make a completely alien sound”:...
- 11/23/2010
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Matt Smith appeared as a special guest with Orbital at the Glastonbury Festival last weekend. A day after his first series of Doctor Who ended on the BBC, the star joined the electronic duo to close the Other Stage on Sunday, June 27. The actor introduced the group's version of 'Doctor Who Theme' and proceeded to don light glasses and join in the performance of the Ron Grainer and Delia Derbyshire tune. "Yes, Glastonbury," Smith said to the crowd. "So, (more)...
- 6/28/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Doctor Who fans are angry about the show's new theme tune, according to reports. The sci-fi drama, which underwent a major revamp this year, introduced new titles and music to coincide with the changes. The Daily Mail reports that 70 fans so far have complained to the BBC over the new sequence, which was composed by Ron Grainer, and differs drastically from the 1963 arrangement. However, (more)...
- 4/18/2010
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
The BBC is today celebrating the 75th Anniversary of its Maida Vale studios, best known to Doctor Who fans as the home of the Radiophonic Workshop. A series of programmes being broadcast across the entire BBC radio network will celebrate the role the studios have had in the cultural life of the country, many including music from the classic series of Doctor Who.
The Radiophone Workshop was involved with the series from the very start when, in 1963 the unit were given the task of realising composer Ron Grainer's theme tune for the upcoming television series. Working in Maida Vale, Delia Derbyshire created the sound which has become one of the most recognisable themes in British television.. The Workshop was responsible for most of the sound effects used in the series throughout it's entire run and it was in these studios that such iconic sounds as the Tardis materialisation and...
The Radiophone Workshop was involved with the series from the very start when, in 1963 the unit were given the task of realising composer Ron Grainer's theme tune for the upcoming television series. Working in Maida Vale, Delia Derbyshire created the sound which has become one of the most recognisable themes in British television.. The Workshop was responsible for most of the sound effects used in the series throughout it's entire run and it was in these studios that such iconic sounds as the Tardis materialisation and...
- 10/30/2009
- by Marcus
- The Doctor Who News Page
I Don't know if there are any other retro soundtrack fanatics out there or not but this news fills this collector with all kinds of giddiness. See, Ron Gainer's original soundtrack for the 1971 version of Richard Matheson's "I am Legend," Omega Man, has been an extremely rare and in demand album with collectors for years, getting massive dollars from ebay sales and resulting in all kinds of bootlegs.
Needless to say the soundtrack was one of the best things about the somewhat dated film. The 2-cd set has been re-issued by Film Score Monthly and features a newly reconstructed master, a six-panel fold-out booklet as well as new commentary prepared for this edition.
Head on through the break to listen to a particularly kick ass track called "Surprise Party."
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Surprise Party - Ron Grainer...
Needless to say the soundtrack was one of the best things about the somewhat dated film. The 2-cd set has been re-issued by Film Score Monthly and features a newly reconstructed master, a six-panel fold-out booklet as well as new commentary prepared for this edition.
Head on through the break to listen to a particularly kick ass track called "Surprise Party."
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Surprise Party - Ron Grainer...
- 2/16/2009
- QuietEarth.us
- Quick Links > The Prisoner > Christopher Nolan > The Prestige > The Dark Knight > The Prisoner: Theme Music After almost 4 decades, the 1967 television classic The Prisoner may finally be making it to the big screen. Universal Studios is reportedly nearing a deal with Christopher Nolan, best known for Memento and Insomnia, to bring the UK cult classic to theaters, perhaps as early as 2007. The studio reports that they plan to have Nolan begin production on a contemporized film version of the show after he completes The Dark Knight the sequel to the hit Batman Begins which is set to begin production at Universal in early 2007. In 1967 Patrick McGoohan devised a cold war saga for the UK television service Itc. The premise comprised the kidnapping of a former covert agent, played by McGoohan, who is taken by government officials to a resort community known simply as “The Village”. There he is stripped of his identity,
- 8/11/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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