Above: Delia Derbyshire’s tape reels for the original DWho theme played live!
Ron Grainer, the composer of the Doctor Who theme, which Derbyshire "realised", fought for dual credit for her, but was denied. On hearing the piece, Grainer is said to have remarked, "Did I write that?" Derbyshire replied, "Most of it." — The Independent
The BBC has now put all the classic Who themes/titles on its YouTube channel, so we don’t have to worry about 3rd-generation fuzzy uploads or YouTube taking these down any longer:
First Doctor 1963 (Seasons 1-3) arrangement 1
Second Doctor 1966 (Seasons 4-6) 2
Third Doctor 1970 (Seasons 7-10) 3
Third Doctor 1974 (Season 11) 3
Fourth Doctor 1975 (Season 12-17) 3
Fourth Doctor 1980 (Season 18) 4
Fifth Doctor 1982 (Season 19-21) 4
Sixth Doctor 1984 (Season 21-22) 4
Sixth Doctor 1986 (Season 23) 5
Seventh Doctor 1987 (Season 24-26 6
Eighth Doctor 1996 (Movie) 7
Also:
BF Eighth Doctor Theme | BF Light at the End Theme
Unofficial: Delaware arrangement, an unsuccessful experiment which Delia hated, used by Big Finish in The One Doctor. Scary: Ron Granier arrangement from “The Exciting Television Music of Ron Granier” anthology.
