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.
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.)
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).
Nice playing! Awesome tune, obviously :) and on the Ted Scene, that's what I call a win! What is the instrument the man is playing though? the one with both his hand vertical?
It's a Theremin. It was made by Leon Theremin, a Russian man, in 1920. People were so shocked when he presented it, they were silent. Eventually the audience broke out in applause shouting "encore!" He then whispered to his Theremin, "I suppose this means we're a hit." For some time the Theremin was very popular and used in horror movies and scary scenes because of it's almost supernatural sound. Now days, it is very rare because it is literally THE HARDEST INSTRUMENT TO PLAY. It is amazing!
The shape of the two aerials is pretty conventional, if one can say that of such a rare instrument; they look much the same as the one Katice Illenyi plays. Katice's one has knobs along one side and is boxy; the one here looks as if it has controls on a sloping top.
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.
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
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.
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
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...
Wonderful & beautiful!
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!
that,s very wibbly wobbly timey wimey that is to quote a loonatic with a blue box
That was absolutely fantastic
The Theremin fits pretty well
Good thing you like it Doc.
Played like a true time lord
Outstanding live performance~! Well done~!
I have only just seen this! Its bloody brilliant! WELL DONE!
Simply wonderful
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.
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!!!
So cool, techy musicians, awesome.
This tune always gives me goosebumps!
0:30 the tune doesn’t go up, down, up
It goes up, down, down why do people always get that wrong
awesomeness. .....top stuff...
This is amazing. Add a bit more guitar to the bassline and this could be the new theme tune.
Theremin- my respect
Merveilleux !!!!!!!!!!! Great ! Great ! Great !!!!
Awesome I love Doctor Who I'm a true Whovian! I love the theme song and this is just awesome great
Beautiful!
wow awesome
BRAVO , c ,,,,heu ,,, ouf , top , et Beau , merci pour c performance
I am most definitely getting a theremin, now. Omg this is so much fun!
Have you seen their price?
This version kicks sirius major astral....wowza!
Wow You can really rock that Theremin !
Epic
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.
That was amazing
Fantastic!!
Science!
So awesome.
Dr super O super 👌👏👏👏👏👏💥💥💥💥💥💯
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.
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.
Delia Derbyshire, 1937-2001 🌹🕊️. I wish she had been properly credited for it in her lifetime and could hear this performance. Perhaps she can.
sublime!!!
Que genialidad ese instrumento
Excelente intereprete del Theremin.
somebody know what brand & model this theremin is ????
it is a tVox tour, Russian model from 2001. Unfortunately not in production any more
@@tvoxmania your husband used to build those is that right ???
@@MrNicovdw yes, that s right. It was 20 years ago.
Very nicely done. I hope this goes on TED.COM this is so nicely done, you are a talented thereminist.
muy bello
Hard to believe the theremin is almost a 100 years old, it has a sound that screams future.
BRILLIANT!!!!!!!
Ultravox at its best!
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
OMG i cant stop listening !!!!!!
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.)
and it was preform in ted, my dreams come true
Awesome wow.
I love this rendition and the way Lydia behaves on stage. BTW: Anyone knows who is this divine guy in white coat? :)
Classical music.
Я вижу как Вам очень нравится играть на терменвоксе ! Инструмент без границ ! I see how you enjoy playing the theremin! Tool without borders!
Музыка хорошая, и музыкантка симпатичная)
Somebody needs to put this over the actual opening sequences of Doctor Who.
this is boss
Pretty jazzy rendition. 😊
Wow... Great...
clara rockmore delia derbshire the great female pioneers of sound
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Cool!
I love this
Браво,Лидия!!!!!!
best instrument for dw theme
Wow!!!
It may be you can't hear it because it's in a different key than the show, but the theme is definitely there.
Es hermoso
2:08 what is this guy playing?
i agree, what is it?
He's not playing anything - just drying his hands ;)
ftumschk
wait.. you're right, he is drying his hands!
LOL!
Jared Haught
He is summoning Satan
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).
bravissimi!
Theremin is the sound of the Doctor
Nice.
Nice playing! Awesome tune, obviously :) and on the Ted Scene, that's what I call a win!
What is the instrument the man is playing though? the one with both his hand vertical?
Oh yeaaah
Катушечник тоже классный. Что это за модель? TASCAM?
PVE1981 это Revox PR99 МК1.
Victor T.
MK II had "cooler" digital display.
deila derbyshire. damn good cover and tribute.
Very good rendition, reminiscent of the 70's electronica.
I wonder what it would sound like if Kraftwerk covered it.
awe, so cute! using big boy words. good for you!
great uncle to be exact :P
2:10 What is this instrument called?
It's a Theremin. It was made by Leon Theremin, a Russian man, in 1920. People were so shocked when he presented it, they were silent. Eventually the audience broke out in applause shouting "encore!" He then whispered to his Theremin, "I suppose this means we're a hit." For some time the Theremin was very popular and used in horror movies and scary scenes because of it's almost supernatural sound. Now days, it is very rare because it is literally THE HARDEST INSTRUMENT TO PLAY. It is amazing!
AmnesiaGirl99 Also, it was used in the movie Nosferatu!
AmnesiaGirl99 That's not a theremin, look at the timecode that personwhoesrandom123 mentioned.
it appears to be a kind of instrument like to the laser harp
Darude - Sandstorm
YAZZZ
I want to play this on my moog theremini but I don't know the chords
They should use this arrangement for the 12th doctor!
1:04 next doctor?
Theremins remind me of holophones from futurama.. They're solid to play, but they sound badass as hell when you can play it.
What kind of theremin is that? Is it a custom build? I haven't see one like that before.
The shape of the two aerials is pretty conventional, if one can say that of such a rare instrument; they look much the same as the one Katice Illenyi plays. Katice's one has knobs along one side and is boxy; the one here looks as if it has controls on a sloping top.
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
For those who is from Riga - don't miss your chance to enjoy Lydia's concert facebook.com/events/1658331457733896/
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.
Right...
I expected to sound a lot more like what I hear on TV.
Co-composer Delia Derbyshire