'And there in their hundreds are the lads that will never be old'

[tree_and_leaf]

Ninety years ago today, the Battle of the Somme began; the details are too well known to be rehearsed here. A miserable, sad business: sorrow for all those young men, both those who never came home and for those who did, is the dominant note, I think, albeit tinged with pride at the courage shown - and horror at what humanity can do. The best and worst in our natures lies so close together.

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Re: *puts her hands in her pockets and whistles*

[tree_and_leaf]

To each their own.

But I do genuinely think that the First Doctor theme was musically much better than the current, which is just a mess. Very possibly preferable to the 'eighties one, though (which IS the one I grew up with, so...)

Re: *puts her hands in her pockets and whistles*

[aervir.livejournal.com]

I should go and have a look around for the First Doctor theme as an MP3 then. I haven't heard it yet, as I haven't seen any of the Hartnell stuff so far.

Is it only me (tone-deaf as I am), or did they pick up on the 1980s version in the closing credits theme of the current season?

Re: *puts her hands in her pockets and whistles*

[tree_and_leaf]

I think the closing credits bit actually was written in the First Doctor era, but that they didn't always use it (depending on running time of episode, etc.)

I'm quite fond of Hartnell, and it's one of the few Who eras I have a ship for (Ian/Barbara, both of who were interesting companions)

Re: *puts her hands in her pockets and whistles*

[aervir.livejournal.com]

I I'm quite fond of Hartnell, and it's one of the few Who eras I have a ship for (Ian/Barbara, both of who were interesting companions).

Heh. I still think your suggestion that the next companion should be the Chestertons' grandkid would be a nice idea.

Delia Derbishire was a genius

[tree_and_leaf]

Am trying to remember where I found an MP3 for the First Doctor theme - I remember it was a bit of a struggle.

It's actually been quite influential on the development of electronic music - it's one of the earliest examples of 'pure' electronic music, and all done by an enthusiastic amatuer fiddling about with radio equipment (oscillators and the like) in a BBC basement in her lunchbreak.

It's wonderfully uncluttered, evocative and sounds, well, like nothing on earth, while still being melodic (as opposed to the modern arrangement, which sounds like rent-a-blockbuster). I bet it absolutely blew them away in 1963.

Tja, da kann man ja nur den FAZ-Artikel zitieren...

[aervir.livejournal.com]

"...proto-technohaft hallende Sirenenfuturität!" Na denn.

*g*