Who is Dr Who
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Who is Dr Who is a compilation of novelty singles
relating to the BBC
television series Doctor Who
. Released in 2000, it features 18 tracks originally released between 1964 and 1973, including the show's theme tune
, The Go Go's "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With a Dalek", and "Who's Who" by child actress Roberta Tovey
, who starred in the sixties films Dr. Who and the Daleks
and Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 AD
.
Novelty song
A novelty song is a comical or nonsensical song, performed principally for its comical effect. Humorous songs, or those containing humorous elements, are not necessarily novelty songs. The term arose in Tin Pan Alley to describe one of the major divisions of popular music. The other two divisions...
relating to the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. Released in 2000, it features 18 tracks originally released between 1964 and 1973, including the show's theme tune
Doctor Who theme music
The Doctor Who theme is a piece of music composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Created in 1963, it was one of the first electronic music signature tunes for television and after nearly five decades remains one of the most easily...
, The Go Go's "I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With a Dalek", and "Who's Who" by child actress Roberta Tovey
Roberta Tovey
Roberta Tovey is an English actress and singer who has appeared in many films and television programmes. One of her better-known roles was that of Susan, the granddaughter of Dr. Who in the 1960s films Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD...
, who starred in the sixties films Dr. Who and the Daleks
Dr. Who and the Daleks
Dr. Who and the Daleks was the first of two Doctor Who films made in the 1960s. It was followed by Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D....
and Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 AD
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD
Daleks – Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. is the second of two films based on the British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. It was the sequel to Dr. Who and the Daleks , and starred Peter Cushing in his return to the role of the eccentric inventor and time traveller "Dr. Who". It also...
.
Track listing
Track # | Track name | Artist |
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1 | "Doctor Who (Original Theme)" | BBC Radiophonic Workshop BBC Radiophonic Workshop The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio, and was closed in March 1998, although much of its traditional work had already been outsourced by 1995. It was based in the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in Delaware... |
2 | "Dr. Who" | Eric Winstone Eric Winstone Eric Winstone was an English big band leader and composer.Playing piano in his spare time from a job as Westminster Gas and Coke Company led him to form his first band in 1935... and his Orchestra |
3 | "I'm Gonna Spend my Christmas With A Dalek" | The Go-Go's |
4 | "Landing of the Daleks" | The Earthlings |
5 | "March of the Robots" | |
6 | "Dance of the Daleks" | Jack Dorsey and Orchestra |
7 | "Who's Who" | Roberta Tovey Roberta Tovey Roberta Tovey is an English actress and singer who has appeared in many films and television programmes. One of her better-known roles was that of Susan, the granddaughter of Dr. Who in the 1960s films Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD... with Orchestra |
8 | "Not So Old" | |
9 | "The Eccentric Dr. Who" | Malcolm Lockyer Malcolm Lockyer Malcolm Lockyer was a film composer and conductor.In his early years he developed an interest in dance and from here gathered an interest in music. At the age of nineteen he became a musician in the Royal Air Force and in 1944 joined the Buddy Featherstonhaugh Sextet... Orchestra |
10 | "Daleks and Thals" | |
11 | "Fugue for Thought" | Bill McGuffie Bill McGuffie Bill McGuffie was a highly experienced pianist who went on to become a film composer and conductor. He also made several television appearances before this, most notably in Softly, Softly as a pub pianist.... |
12 | "Who's Dr Who?" | Frazer Hines Frazer Hines Frazer Hines is an English actor best known for his roles as Jamie McCrimmon in Doctor Who and Joe Sugden in Emmerdale. Hines was born in Horsforth, a civil parish of Leeds.-Acting career:... |
13 | "Punch and Judy Man" | |
14 | "Who is the Doctor" | Jon Pertwee Jon Pertwee John Devon Roland Pertwee , was an English actor. Pertwee is best known for his role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which he played the third incarnation of the Doctor from 1970 to 1974, and as the title character in the series Worzel Gummidge... |
15 | "Pure Mystery" | |
16 | "Dr. Who" | Don Harper Don Harper Don Harper was an Australian composer.Born in Melbourne in 1921, Don Harper showed an interest in music from an early age, learning to play the violin as a child... 's Homo Electronicus |
17 | "Landing of the Daleks (alt morse vsn)" | The Earthlings |
18 | "Time Traveller" | Frazer Hines |