This has to be one of the best themes ever created for a TV show - so unlike anything else, and so strongly characteristic and appropriate to the show. Just hearing it brings back a lifetime of watching different incarnations of the show. And it seems to be extremely difficult to play on the theremin - this is probably the best attempt that I have heard.
My favourite version is from the concert at worldcon 2014 (although I might be biased, because that was the first time I saw this instrument, and saw it live...)
@@spoods4628 I thought the same thing. The original 60s theme didn't sound anything like this yes it was a theremin and yes she did have similar feeling of Doctor Who and she did have the basic toon but she use different pitches then weren't actually used in the original 60s series and she made it sound more techno as you mentioned and she played it too fast as well and she didn't use enough high pitch in her song and she didn't use the right what's the word she didn't play in the same key if you will as the original theremin toon for Doctor Who was played in in the 60s. but it had a definite feel of Doctor Who but it just wasn't the exact I was actually expecting her to play the original but it doesn't mean that she played a bad toon it just wasn't what I was expecting on the Doctor Who level but I saw her in another video teaching how to use the theremin and she's definitely good there's no doubt in that and don't get me wrong I'm not downing on her abilities to play the theremin because she can definitely play and she was even giving tips between the two theramin and theremini. she would walking back-and-forth between what sounds a normal theremin would reduce as opposed to a theremini. end you could definitely tell that she knows her stuff I just didn't think that that sounded much like the original Doctor Who theme song and it really didn't do a whole lot to add the psychedelic music video in the background that really didn't make up for the fact it just kinda still although you could tell that she was playing Doctor Who and it made it obvious having that video but she still lacked in sounding like the original unless she was trying to sound different but still keep notes of the original in the background . But if she was trying to go for the original 60s thing she lacked that she has the right toon down but she's in the wrong key if she's trying to be authentic unless she was intentionally trying to sound unique and take her own spin on that tune which is very possible but it's also hard to tell if she was in the wrong key or if she was trying to put her own spin on the toon but I personally think that I don't like her own spin if that's what she was doing I would prefer her to stick to the original keep it simple and don't try to overcomplicate it. I actually wanted it to be as exact as possible just because I had never seen it done before.I heard about theremin and what it does and I heard that the Doctor Who theme was done on a theremin or a synthesizer that can make a theremin sound. Probably was more that than the actual theremin just because the other instrumental sounds in the background the whole "doodoodoo-da-doodoodoo woo-wa-woooooo-woo-wa-wooooo" was probably ALL done on just one instrument. that makes it so much easier when you have a instrument that can play multiple sounds cutting down the time and the people that it's gonna require to play the music especially for the fact that if you know anything about the original show it was done in a broom closet sized stage. They weren't given a big enough budget to have a bigger space and even if they did nobody would give them a bigger space because everybody thought it was kind of a joke in the beginning. Nobody really took the show seriously at first so they had to do with what they had so it probably was played on one instrument that can do multiple sound making it easier not to have 80 people trying to get the tune right when they have so little space to produce the music. I assume it was probably done on one instrument probably a synthesizer that can make a theremin sound I mean after I saw the movie of how Doctor Who came about it makes me think that maybe they probably used that because it's easier on the budget easier not to have so many people etc.
OH MY GOSH!!!! The Doctor Who theme on a Theremin! NO WAY! It does an amazing job. I love the Theremin and Doctor Who. This video is AMAZING! Thanks Lydia! You're awesome!
It's curious. Why didn't Delia Derbyshire use one back in 1963 to make the theme. It would have made a lot of sense, because it has the sort of sound used in the actual theme. My suspicion is budgetary constraints.
Bender Graph - the Beach Boys used one in 1966 in "Good Vibrations" . . . that's the only pop music I can recall with a theremin, a strange instrument.
Sounds like Keff McColluch's version of the theme (where it would make sense that this weird sound he was using for the lead was an attempt to imitate a theremin's sound with a synth).
Liwiathan - almost . . . the instrument senses the positions of the musician's hands - one for volume, the other for pitch. Watch "A Brief History of the Theremin | Albert Glinsky" ua-cam.com/video/YNoR-SR5t1s/v-deo.html
The theremin produces an electromagnetic field and it works by detecting changes in this field. The rod on her right controls the pitch and the loop on her left controls the volume
@@polomordha actually that is a misconception, the theme was actuality created using magnetic tape recording and splicing them together www.dwtheme.com/derbyshire/1963
@@polomordha NO! (See other posts. The 1962 original did not use a Theremin - and according to some other posts here, later versions didn't either, though they did use synths.)
Prefer the hang drum myself . I was doing this 35 years ago just tuning half way in between radio stations with the dial long wave and medium wave , then I would record it , then re record it to make it echo ,things you do when you're bored lol
So much better then the show in 2021! This song will always bring back fond memories of watching the Doctor as a child with Tom Baker & then again with my kids from Christopher to Peter. Fond memories & good sci fi.
i found the other part to be highly intreuging. like when they started playing random notes and stuff... so yeah that is just my opinion. others would think that it is just a cluster of notes but others could argue that it is a form of art. like 20th century art or something. i suppose it is just based on your musical preference. :\ But back to what I wanted to say. i wouldn't go so far as to say it was awesome. it is by no means perfect. and actually you might realise i am just trolling now....
For all the You Gen this was the ORIGINAL (1960'2) Doctor Who theme (with Theremin) even the visuals are similar. Although they were in Black and White at the time.
The original 196x did NOT use a Theremin - oscillators and lots of recording tape. I don't think any of the later versions did either, though I think they did use synths.
The Theremin was invented for the sole purpose of getting people to say, "You should do the Doctor Who theme with that!"
I always thought it was invented so the Gov't could show the people accurate ID films of extraterrestrial incursions... _Or Was It?_
I got to hear the Doctor Who theme live in a really intimate setting on a theremin around 2015. It was truly incredible
That and the original Star Trek theme.
@@BenjaminWirtz. Wait, why was it invented again?
That's like saying the guitar was invented for the sole purpose of getting people to say "You should play wonderwall with that".
This has to be one of the best themes ever created for a TV show - so unlike anything else, and so strongly characteristic and appropriate to the show. Just hearing it brings back a lifetime of watching different incarnations of the show. And it seems to be extremely difficult to play on the theremin - this is probably the best attempt that I have heard.
My favourite version is from the concert at worldcon 2014 (although I might be biased, because that was the first time I saw this instrument, and saw it live...)
Instantly recognizable.
I don't even like Dr Who, but the theme is a work of genius. I think it was made using purely tapes of manipulated sound. No instruments involved
X-Files theme is the best for me, but I like Doctor Who as well.
Was about to comment that!! @@Funtoers
I love watching the theremin. It's so futuristic and trippy, perfect for playing sci-fi themes in.
not bad for something invented in 1920
It can do classical too - see Katice Illenyi.
Lydia is related to Leon Theremin. She is the grand-daughter of Theremin's first cousin!
Noice
Good to see that they're keeping it in the family.
If Murray Gold ever leaves Doctor Who the BBC must give Lydia a call, best version of the theme I've heard in years!
oof
He did now but they didn't call Lydia ;-;
@@99dazemusic didnt age well
Why hasn't this been done yet as the official theme? Have a orchestrated base with the melody on a theremin. It's perfect.
I'm pretty sure Murray used a thermin like instrument for the Series 8 theme actually :)
Cloister Productions
I read everywhere that it was a bunch of oboes playing the melody.
It doesn't sound like Dr. Who, it's too techno.
@@spoods4628 I thought the same thing. The original 60s theme didn't sound anything like this yes it was a theremin and yes she did have similar feeling of Doctor Who and she did have the basic toon but she use different pitches then weren't actually used in the original 60s series and she made it sound more techno as you mentioned and she played it too fast as well and she didn't use enough high pitch in her song and she didn't use the right what's the word she didn't play in the same key if you will as the original theremin toon for Doctor Who was played in in the 60s. but it had a definite feel of Doctor Who but it just wasn't the exact I was actually expecting her to play the original but it doesn't mean that she played a bad toon it just wasn't what I was expecting on the Doctor Who level but I saw her in another video teaching how to use the theremin and she's definitely good there's no doubt in that and don't get me wrong I'm not downing on her abilities to play the theremin because she can definitely play and she was even giving tips between the two theramin and theremini. she would walking back-and-forth between what sounds a normal theremin would reduce as opposed to a theremini. end you could definitely tell that she knows her stuff I just didn't think that that sounded much like the original Doctor Who theme song and it really didn't do a whole lot to add the psychedelic music video in the background that really didn't make up for the fact it just kinda still although you could tell that she was playing Doctor Who and it made it obvious having that video but she still lacked in sounding like the original unless she was trying to sound different but still keep notes of the original in the background . But if she was trying to go for the original 60s thing she lacked that she has the right toon down but she's in the wrong key if she's trying to be authentic unless she was intentionally trying to sound unique and take her own spin on that tune which is very possible but it's also hard to tell if she was in the wrong key or if she was trying to put her own spin on the toon but I personally think that I don't like her own spin if that's what she was doing I would prefer her to stick to the original keep it simple and don't try to overcomplicate it. I actually wanted it to be as exact as possible just because I had never seen it done before.I heard about theremin and what it does and I heard that the Doctor Who theme was done on a theremin or a synthesizer that can make a theremin sound. Probably was more that than the actual theremin just because the other instrumental sounds in the background the whole "doodoodoo-da-doodoodoo woo-wa-woooooo-woo-wa-wooooo" was probably ALL done on just one instrument. that makes it so much easier when you have a instrument that can play multiple sounds cutting down the time and the people that it's gonna require to play the music especially for the fact that if you know anything about the original show it was done in a broom closet sized stage. They weren't given a big enough budget to have a bigger space and even if they did nobody would give them a bigger space because everybody thought it was kind of a joke in the beginning. Nobody really took the show seriously at first so they had to do with what they had so it probably was played on one instrument that can do multiple sound making it easier not to have 80 people trying to get the tune right when they have so little space to produce the music. I assume it was probably done on one instrument probably a synthesizer that can make a theremin sound I mean after I saw the movie of how Doctor Who came about it makes me think that maybe they probably used that because it's easier on the budget easier not to have so many people etc.
Sounds like something outa the "Doctor Who Unbound" series to me for some reason
Wonderful & beautiful!
that,s very wibbly wobbly timey wimey that is to quote a loonatic with a blue box
Guy in lab coat: "I'm in a band. I play the keyboard!"
those for whom this is a perfect video, know WHO they are...
Dr Who’s theme is perfect for the theremin. This was great
Я слышала что тема доктора кто и была сыграна на терменвоксе
@@artellia no it was hand-assembled from generated electronic tones and sampled sounds by Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
OH MY GOSH!!!! The Doctor Who theme on a Theremin! NO WAY! It does an amazing job. I love the Theremin and Doctor Who. This video is AMAZING! Thanks Lydia! You're awesome!
Played like a true time lord
That was absolutely fantastic
The Theremin fits pretty well
Good thing you like it Doc.
If anybody is looking for a song with a great theremin solo, look at Lovely Head by Goldfrapp. Masterpiece
All the times i´ve seen her playing that song live it isn´t a theremin there, only she making the noises in a microphone filtered through a synth
I confirm it sounds like a theremin but waht you hear is her voice passing through a vintage korg ms20
Чудесно Лидия! Очень понравилось!) Успехов и удач!!!
I have only just seen this! Its bloody brilliant! WELL DONE!
This is amazing. Add a bit more guitar to the bassline and this could be the new theme tune.
Outstanding live performance~! Well done~!
Don't know if anyone's ever tried, but a theramin is a damn hard instrument to play. This is pretty impressive.
Nicely done. Quite enjoyed that.
Simply wonderful
This tune always gives me goosebumps!
Theremin- my respect
This version kicks sirius major astral....wowza!
Awesome I love Doctor Who I'm a true Whovian! I love the theme song and this is just awesome great
Science!
So cool, techy musicians, awesome.
I want her t-shirt and her theremin.
Check out the Theremini, it has a setting to stop the notes at scale values, is 299 dollars..
I have theremin for sell. Untouched!
As opposed to her clothes and her motorcycle? 🙂
You forgot to say please.
It's curious. Why didn't Delia Derbyshire use one back in 1963 to make the theme. It would have made a lot of sense, because it has the sort of sound used in the actual theme. My suspicion is budgetary constraints.
Bender Graph - the Beach Boys used one in 1966 in "Good Vibrations" . . . that's the only pop music I can recall with a theremin, a strange instrument.
Theremin is the sound of the Doctor
awesomeness. .....top stuff...
Wow You can really rock that Theremin !
The fact that in all those years the Radiophonic Workshop never thought to use a theremin for the Doctor Who theme astounds me
maybe they where expensive, they where a fairly underfunded division of the BBC, plus theremins are tough to learn
@@rendratvandonkereschrijver2912 Moog sold theremin kits back before they started making synthesizers.
Beautiful!
I am most definitely getting a theremin, now. Omg this is so much fun!
Have you seen their price?
Epic
wow awesome
Merveilleux !!!!!!!!!!! Great ! Great ! Great !!!!
That was amazing
BRAVO , c ,,,,heu ,,, ouf , top , et Beau , merci pour c performance
Я вижу как Вам очень нравится играть на терменвоксе ! Инструмент без границ ! I see how you enjoy playing the theremin! Tool without borders!
Sounds like Keff McColluch's version of the theme (where it would make sense that this weird sound he was using for the lead was an attempt to imitate a theremin's sound with a synth).
Hard to believe the theremin is almost a 100 years old, it has a sound that screams future.
and it was preform in ted, my dreams come true
They're playing the air?!
liwiathan it's really sound waves and electrons
Pirate Candy Sci-fi music
liwiathan meh
Liwiathan - almost . . . the instrument senses the positions of the musician's hands - one for volume, the other for pitch. Watch "A Brief History of the Theremin | Albert Glinsky" ua-cam.com/video/YNoR-SR5t1s/v-deo.html
@@piratecandy6310 technically in elector-magnetic fields that are being played
Fantastic!!
Браво,Лидия!!!!!!
Somebody needs to put this over the actual opening sequences of Doctor Who.
best instrument for dw theme
BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
So awesome.
Ultravox at its best!
Excelente intereprete del Theremin.
sublime!!!
Que genialidad ese instrumento
I love this
OMG i cant stop listening !!!!!!
Very nicely done. I hope this goes on TED.COM this is so nicely done, you are a talented thereminist.
It may be you can't hear it because it's in a different key than the show, but the theme is definitely there.
muy bello
0:30 the tune doesn’t go up, down, up
It goes up, down, down why do people always get that wrong
I love this rendition and the way Lydia behaves on stage. BTW: Anyone knows who is this divine guy in white coat? :)
What the heck is a theremin, how the heck do you play it? Crazy weird, but perfect for the Doctor Who theme! :-D
A. Katherine Suetterlin it’s something with radio waves, and you play it by moving your fingers between those waves
The theremin produces an electromagnetic field and it works by detecting changes in this field. The rod on her right controls the pitch and the loop on her left controls the volume
Originally played on a theremin
@@polomordha actually that is a misconception, the theme was actuality created using magnetic tape recording and splicing them together www.dwtheme.com/derbyshire/1963
@@polomordha NO! (See other posts. The 1962 original did not use a Theremin - and according to some other posts here, later versions didn't either, though they did use synths.)
Awesome wow.
this is boss
Wow... Great...
They should use this arrangement for the 12th doctor!
clara rockmore delia derbshire the great female pioneers of sound
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Es hermoso
Classical music.
For those who is from Riga - don't miss your chance to enjoy Lydia's concert facebook.com/events/1658331457733896/
Theremins remind me of holophones from futurama.. They're solid to play, but they sound badass as hell when you can play it.
Very good rendition, reminiscent of the 70's electronica.
I wonder what it would sound like if Kraftwerk covered it.
Prefer the hang drum myself . I was doing this 35 years ago just tuning half way in between radio stations with the dial long wave and medium wave , then I would record it , then re record it to make it echo ,things you do when you're bored lol
Pretty jazzy rendition. 😊
Музыка хорошая, и музыкантка симпатичная)
Cool!
Wow!!!
Right...
Nice.
I expected to sound a lot more like what I hear on TV.
Dr super O super 👌👏👏👏👏👏💥💥💥💥💥💯
Oh yeaaah
So much better then the show in 2021! This song will always bring back fond memories of watching the Doctor as a child with Tom Baker & then again with my kids from Christopher to Peter. Fond memories & good sci fi.
Amazon, just bought a Thermonin. Im so getting layed tonight.
Haha just like Sheldon cooper. This would be something he would do
yes they are because it is extremely hard to get perfect notes on a theremin even with alot of practice
Well done Google...well done
awe, so cute! using big boy words. good for you!
bravissimi!
great uncle to be exact :P
i found the other part to be highly intreuging. like when they started playing random notes and stuff... so yeah that is just my opinion. others would think that it is just a cluster of notes but others could argue that it is a form of art. like 20th century art or something. i suppose it is just based on your musical preference. :\ But back to what I wanted to say. i wouldn't go so far as to say it was awesome. it is by no means perfect. and actually you might realise i am just trolling now....
Dude in the laptop looks like Leonard Hofstadter
This should be the British national anthem. LOL
deila derbyshire. damn good cover and tribute.
YAZZZ
My mans playing the Mac Book
Reminds me of John Pertwee/Tom Baker theme
Co-composer Delia Derbyshire
For all the You Gen this was the ORIGINAL (1960'2) Doctor Who theme (with Theremin) even the visuals are similar. Although they were in Black and White at the time.
I don't think Delia used a Theremin for the Theme in the 60's...
The original 196x did NOT use a Theremin - oscillators and lots of recording tape. I don't think any of the later versions did either, though I think they did use synths.