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sharc · Post by **sharc** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:53 pm

I suppose, if you're the British equivalent of a trekkie

- Even then ....no. Surely not

Post by **hubird** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:01 pm

not sure what's a 'trekkie'...(main stream follower or something?).

hm...Wiki says this:

The Daleks were created by writer Terry Nation (who intended them as an allegory of the Nazis) and BBC designer Raymond Cusick. The Daleks' début in the programme's second serial, The Daleks (1963–64), caused a tremendous reaction in the viewing figures and the public, putting Doctor Who on the cultural map. A Dalek appeared on a postage stamp celebrating British popular culture in 1999, photographed by Lord Snowdon.

and there's:

In the early 1970s, Jon Pertwee, who had played the Third Doctor, recorded a version of the Doctor Who theme with spoken lyrics, titled, "Who Is The Doctor". In 1988 the band The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (later known as The KLF) released the single "Doctorin' the Tardis" under the name The Timelords, which reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in Australia. Others who have covered or reinterpreted the theme include Orbital, Pink Floyd, the Australian string ensemble Fourplay, New Zealand punk band Blam Blam Blam, The Pogues, and the comedians Bill Bailey and Mitch Benn, and satirised on The Chaser's War on Everything. A reggae/ska version of the Dr Who theme tune was released on the Explosion label in 1969 by Bongo Herman and Les. The theme tune has also appeared on many compilation CDs and has made its way into mobile phone ring tones. Fans have also produced and distributed their own remixes of the theme.

Orbital?! that's something

sharc · Post by **sharc** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:09 am

not sure what's a 'trekkie'...(main stream follower or something?).

A Trekkie is an (over) enthusiastic fan of Star Trek. You know ....the ones who go to conventions dressed as Mr Spock; speak fluent klingon, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekkie

I'm sure there probably are similar forms of 'sub-culture' with regard to Doctor Who, but it's not part of 'everyday' culture, if you know what I mean.

Huub, if you've never seen Doctor Who, I'm not sure if I would recommend it (it's typically British and a bit eccentric), but the theme tune is definitely worth a listen - It's a classic. In fact, that's what I found most scary about Dr Who when I was a kid.

Post by **Neil B** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:22 am

There was a good documentary on UK tv some time ago about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (who made the Dr Who theme tune)
Fascinating to see miles of tapes looping up and down corridors and through doors (biggest mellotron ever?) and all the other tricks they used pre-synth days.

wayne · Post by **wayne** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:57 am

Here is an article about the theme.

I studied under Tristram Cary (who wrote later Dr Who music) in 1982 at Adelaide Uni - nice modulars, plenty tape-splice

Post by **hubird** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:08 am

sharc wrote:
but the theme tune is definitely worth a listen - It's a classic. In fact, that's what I found most scary about Dr Who when I was a kid.

then you must really be an audiophyle

H-Rave · Post by **H-Rave** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:23 am

Go onto stage6.com and in search type in doctor who.You'll get seom Idea

petal · Post by **petal** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:16 pm

sharc wrote:
A Trekkie is an (over) enthusiastic fan of Star Trek. You know ....the ones who go to conventions dressed as Mr Spock; speak fluent klingon, etc.

I wonder if an (over) enthusiastic fan of Creamware soundcards would be called a sharcy then?

sharc · Post by **sharc** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:24 pm

petal · Post by **petal** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:17 pm