Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Delia Derbyshire (May 5, 1937 - July 3, 2001) was a pioneer of electronic music. She is perhaps best known for "realising" Ron Grainer's theme to the British science fiction television series Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Ron Grainer was so amazed by her rendition of his original theme that he attempted to get her a co-composer credit, but this was prevented by BBC bureaucracy. Derbyshire's interpretation of Grainer's theme used electronic oscillators and tape editing to create an eerie and genuinely unearthly sound that was quite unlike anything that had been heard before or since. More recent synthesizer versions were condemned by Doctor Who fans as poor imitations. Some of her most acclaimed work was done in the 1960s in collaboration with the British artist and playwright Barry Bermange, for the Third Programme (the radio station which later evolved into BBC Radio 3)[1]. See also: Peter Zinovieff External links deliaderbyshire.org Delia Derbyshire's obituary by Brian Hodgson in The Guardian, dated July 7, 2001 Internet Movie Database Entry: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0220262/ This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.