With eight days left in the auction, the actual EMS VCS3 synthesiser used by John Baker at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to create the Doctor Who theme is already up to $US6000. There are some deep-pocketed Whovians out there.
It’s being sold on eBay after John Baker’s estate sold it after his death in 1997, and it’s apparently in very good condition, not having been used since the late ’70s. Will the winning bidder use it to create YouTube montages of his/her favourite Doctor Who clips with a spooky synth soundtrack? Compose mixed tapes to be sent to David Tennant? Or simply have their bank send statement after statement of unpaid credit card bills? [eBay via Retro To Go]
Angus
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 10:29 AMDidn’t Delia Derbyshire create the original theme from Ron Grainer’s composition?
Deepinder Cheema
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 1:36 PMDelia created the Dr Who theme using music concréte. The VCS3 hadn’t been invented nor did she use them. I think this is one of the reasons why she left the BBC RW
Lolsworthy
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 6:54 PMDavid Tennant?!
What a joke.
olearymo
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 10:14 PMDelia Derbyshire created the theme. John baker took/was given credit, because it was the 1960s and back then little ladies shouldn’t mess with big men’s jobs.