0:00:02 > 0:00:03'This is Absolute Genius.
0:00:03 > 0:00:07'So sit down, buckle up and get ready for take-off!
0:00:07 > 0:00:11'Each show, we'll introduce you to a different genius,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14'an amazing person who had a genius idea
0:00:14 > 0:00:16'which shaped the world.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18'And they will inspire us
0:00:18 > 0:00:22'to come up with our own genius idea at the end of each show.
0:00:22 > 0:00:23'But will it be any good?
0:00:23 > 0:00:27'Will it be any good? It will be... Absolute Genius!
0:00:29 > 0:00:33'And on today's show, get ready for an out-of-this-world experience...
0:00:33 > 0:00:35'Because today's absolute genius helped create
0:00:35 > 0:00:38'one of the biggest stars in the galaxy!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40'But just who are we talking about?'
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Today we're going to introduce you to a genius with a difference.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18A real trailblazer,
0:01:18 > 0:01:22who helped revolutionise the way that modern music was made.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26Pioneering techniques that produced sounds we'd never heard before.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30And she produced possibly one of the most famous pieces of music
0:01:30 > 0:01:31in this country...
0:01:31 > 0:01:33..if not the world!
0:01:33 > 0:01:34Or even the universe!
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I bet you know what we're talking about now!
0:01:37 > 0:01:39MUSIC: Doctor Who Theme
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Today's genius helped create
0:01:43 > 0:01:46the most iconic TV theme tune of all time - Doctor Who.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48What did you say?
0:01:48 > 0:01:52And when Doctor Who hit our screens back in 1963, it was the first time
0:01:52 > 0:01:55that most people had ever heard electronic music.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57It was groundbreaking!
0:01:57 > 0:02:00But she didn't just come up with a catchy tune - in fact,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03she didn't even write it - it was the way she made it
0:02:03 > 0:02:06and the way she made it sound that was absolute genius,
0:02:06 > 0:02:09and has had an impact on music to this very day.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14Ladies and Gentlemen... we give you... Delia Derbyshire!
0:02:14 > 0:02:16Hello, chaps!
0:02:16 > 0:02:17Inspired by her genius,
0:02:17 > 0:02:20we'll be coming up with our own genius idea later on...
0:02:20 > 0:02:24'..When we make our own music in a rather eyebrow-raising way!'
0:02:25 > 0:02:30But now, let's find out a little bit more about the good lady herself.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32This is a journey into sound.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Born in 1937, Delia grew up during World War Two,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43and would lie awake at night listening to the alien sounds
0:02:43 > 0:02:47of air raid sirens and the crackling of buildings on fire.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50These strange sounds would inspire her later work.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Delia loved music,
0:02:52 > 0:02:55but music back then was very traditional, played by orchestras,
0:02:55 > 0:02:59and nothing like the electronic tunes that she'd go on to create.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Along with music, maths was her other passion
0:03:02 > 0:03:05and she graduated with a degree in, yep, you guessed it,
0:03:05 > 0:03:07maths and music from Cambridge University.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10First, there's the simplest sound of all, which is a sound wave.
0:03:12 > 0:03:13Delia was fascinated by sound,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17but to understand why her genius still affects the way
0:03:17 > 0:03:20music is made today, we wanted to know just what sound is
0:03:20 > 0:03:22in the first place...
0:03:22 > 0:03:25and who better to tell us than our resident genius Fran,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29who has a habit of popping up, just when you most need her?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31So, Fran, we're here to learn about sound.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Can you explain it in a simple form?
0:03:32 > 0:03:36OK, well, let's start at beginning. Do you know what a sound is?
0:03:36 > 0:03:41- Something that...- Is it like a frequency? Like waves?- Um...
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- No. No.- We don't know.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47OK, well, a sound is basically just a vibration -
0:03:47 > 0:03:51if you make something vibrate, it'll make the air around it vibrate
0:03:51 > 0:03:53and that is what we hear as a sound.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54- That's it?- That's it.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58So are you telling me anything from dropping a knife on the floor
0:03:58 > 0:04:00to a cow going moo is just a vibration?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Just a vibration,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05and that vibration is passed through the air as a sound wave.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09'To demonstrate, Fran had set up a Rubens' Tube - a metal pipe
0:04:09 > 0:04:12'with dozens of holes in it, connected to a gas supply
0:04:12 > 0:04:14'that you light... a bit like a barbecue.'
0:04:16 > 0:04:17- Hello!- Wow.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20You say it's like a barbecue - mine doesn't do that.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22At the moment, it's not really doing much -
0:04:22 > 0:04:25all the flames are the same height, but in a moment
0:04:25 > 0:04:26I'll pop a speaker on the end
0:04:26 > 0:04:29that has a single tone going through, so just one note,
0:04:29 > 0:04:34and that's going to make the air inside the tube and the flames
0:04:34 > 0:04:35vibrate in a certain way,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38and we should be able to see the sound wave.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- All the different heights? How weird.- Hopefully.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43You should be able to hear the tone.
0:04:43 > 0:04:44TONE BEEPS
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Yes, I can see it! Bouncy.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up, down.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55So this a high frequency, which means it's like a high pitch,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59and all high frequency means is it's got quite a few lumps.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01So you can change it to a lower tone?
0:05:01 > 0:05:05- Yeah, a lower frequency.- Which will have fewer bumps?- Hopefully!
0:05:05 > 0:05:06LOWER TONE
0:05:06 > 0:05:09So you can hear it going lower and lower.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13So all the sounds we hear are just caused by different frequencies
0:05:13 > 0:05:16and different amounts of it vibrating.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20So our ear is picking up these different frequencies
0:05:20 > 0:05:23and it turns into the sounds that we recognise on a daily basis?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Yep.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28'We'd seen the Rubens' Tube in action with single tones, but what
0:05:28 > 0:05:33'about with a whole tune? What about the Doctor Who theme tune?'
0:05:33 > 0:05:34That's absolutely bizarre.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36MUSIC: Doctor Who Theme
0:05:38 > 0:05:42It's not picking up all the notes, just some of them, but still,
0:05:42 > 0:05:43they're dancing.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46It's got the main bass line. # Diggity ding, diggity ding... #
0:05:46 > 0:05:48'It certainly did,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51'and there was only one thing to do at a time like this...
0:05:51 > 0:05:52'and that was dance.'
0:05:56 > 0:05:58That's enough of that - it's not about dancing,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01it's about Delia, and having finished university, she got
0:06:01 > 0:06:05a job at the BBC in a new department called the Radiophonic Workshop.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08The workshop's purpose was to provide unusual music
0:06:08 > 0:06:11and sound effects for TV and radio.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14Of course, shows had used music and sound long before the workshop
0:06:14 > 0:06:17existed, but it all tended to be much more traditional.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Allow us to demonstrate.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
0:06:23 > 0:06:27Time now for the afternoon play from the BBC.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32We find our gallant hero Mr Chiselbottom walking
0:06:32 > 0:06:35gallantly up the driveway after a hard day at work.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37GRAVEL CRUNCHES
0:06:37 > 0:06:38DOOR BANGS
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Jill! I'm home!
0:06:40 > 0:06:43- HIGH PITCH:- Oh, hello, darling. How was your day?
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Marvellous, thank you. I went to the market.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- Ooh, did you see anything nice? - Yes. I bought a horse. Called Brian.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- Brian the horse?- Yes. Lovely beast. Magnificent tail.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00- Oh, darling, how marvellous. I do love you. Give us a kiss.- And I you.
0:07:03 > 0:07:04KISSES SQUEAK
0:07:06 > 0:07:09- Darling, where is Brian? - He should be here any minute.
0:07:09 > 0:07:13Oh, listen, I can hear him galloping up the drive.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15COCONUT CLOPS
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Stop this! Coconuts. Shoe on hands?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22Cravat? Silly, isn't it?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Those were just some very basic effects, but it's amazing how
0:07:28 > 0:07:33creative you can be. Here's our top five TV and film sound effects!
0:07:33 > 0:07:37Five - the sound of birds flapping their wings can made by someone
0:07:37 > 0:07:39beating a pillow.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41Four - a vampire sliding the lid off his stone coffin
0:07:41 > 0:07:45is actually someone sliding the lid off a ceramic toilet!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Three - opening and closing an umbrella
0:07:47 > 0:07:49makes the sound of an elephant waving its ears.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Two - the sound of a welly squelching in the mud
0:07:54 > 0:07:57can be made by spreading jam all over your face.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Only joking, we made that one up!
0:08:00 > 0:08:03And at one, to make the sound of a fire crackling, simply take a
0:08:03 > 0:08:07packet of crisps, eat them all, and then scrunch up the empty packet.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Genius!
0:08:09 > 0:08:13Traditional sound effects like these were very effective,
0:08:13 > 0:08:17and are still used today, in radio plays to Hollywood movies.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20But, by the early 1960s, TV programmes were getting more
0:08:20 > 0:08:24adventurous and needed sounds and music to match.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Back then, space travel was new and exciting, the public was
0:08:27 > 0:08:31fascinated by the idea of new worlds and life on other planets.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34It seemed like science fiction was turning into science fact.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37And all this was happening at the same time as Doctor Who was
0:08:37 > 0:08:39launched, and that's why it was so popular.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43But programmes about aliens needed alien sounds.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45Thankfully, though, new technology
0:08:45 > 0:08:49meant that by the time Doctor Who was ready to hit our screens,
0:08:49 > 0:08:52there was a brand new generation of young, new musicians,
0:08:52 > 0:08:54and Delia was one of these people,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57and they were able to treat music in a very special way.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01And these geniuses were Delia and the Radiophonic Workshoppers!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The Radiophonic's genius idea was to make music
0:09:05 > 0:09:09and sounds effects that no one in the world had ever heard before.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Using unusual recording equipment, they created strange sounds,
0:09:12 > 0:09:15such as the sound of space ships, monsters and aliens,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19and, of course, the sound of the TARDIS.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25But how did they create these out-of-this-world sounds?
0:09:25 > 0:09:29They used electronic machines that made weird beeps and had weird names
0:09:29 > 0:09:33like oscillators and wobbulators, but that wasn't all Delia used...
0:09:33 > 0:09:37We spend quite a lot of time trying to invent new sounds that
0:09:37 > 0:09:40don't exist already, that can't be produced by musical instruments.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43If the sound we want exists already, in real life, say,
0:09:43 > 0:09:47we can go and record it. The sound I want for the rhythm of this piece
0:09:47 > 0:09:50needs to be a very short, dry, hollow, wooden sound
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I can get from this.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55NOTE RINGS
0:09:55 > 0:09:58Having got the sound she wanted, Delia then used it in her music.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Sounds like these are called "found sounds" because you went out
0:10:03 > 0:10:05and found them!
0:10:05 > 0:10:09The other thing Delia used was audio tape, a new-ish piece of technology
0:10:09 > 0:10:13that allowed you to play around with sounds in a way you couldn't before.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16To find out more, we thought we'd better head to
0:10:16 > 0:10:18the Radiophonic Workshop itself.
0:10:18 > 0:10:22'Now, we had no idea where it was, but I knew just who to ask...'
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Whereabouts is this Radiophonic Workshop then? Chicago? Hawaii?
0:10:28 > 0:10:30He's not going to tell you - he's a waxwork.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32It's in a place called London.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33I love London!
0:10:36 > 0:10:39London, home of the Queen, home of the Prime Minister
0:10:39 > 0:10:42and home of the Radiophonic Workshop,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46based at the BBC's world famous Maida Vale studios.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Anyone who's anyone has played here, from the Beatles to Pink -
0:10:49 > 0:10:51and it's where Radio 1 record the Live Lounge.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Now, even though the Radiophonics department was one of the smallest
0:10:56 > 0:11:00in the BBC, it was also possibly one of the most exciting,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03and it all happened within this very, very long corridor,
0:11:03 > 0:11:04and behind these doors.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07Just think, behind these doors are all the buttons, the tapes,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- the reels, you can press any button...!- I can't wait!
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Hmmm... looks like we're a bit late.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- Yeah.- It's an office, isn't it?
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- Bit boring, really, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22'Unfortunately, the Radiophonic Workshop closed down in 1998.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26'By then, you could make all those sounds on computers.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29'After being unfunny with the photocopier, we thought we'd
0:11:29 > 0:11:32'better carry on looking for some old radiophonic machines -
0:11:32 > 0:11:34'and guess what? We found some!
0:11:34 > 0:11:37'We didn't really know where to begin, though.'
0:11:37 > 0:11:38No, still don't get it.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40'We needed some serious help...
0:11:40 > 0:11:42Is this really important tape?
0:11:42 > 0:11:44'..And we found it,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47'in the form of genius composer Mark Ayres,
0:11:47 > 0:11:49'who worked at the Radiophonic Workshop
0:11:49 > 0:11:52'before it closed and even knew Delia.'
0:11:52 > 0:11:55We've been looking around the building at all these machines.
0:11:55 > 0:11:56What do they actually do?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Well, these machines, these are quarter-inch tape machines,
0:11:59 > 0:12:02and they play back and record - or record and then play back -
0:12:02 > 0:12:05sound on quarter-inch tape. This is quarter-inch tape.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08On here I've got a very simple tone, one note.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09TONE BEEPS
0:12:09 > 0:12:13If I double the speed of the tape machine, it's gone up an octave.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15If I halve the speed of the tape machine...
0:12:15 > 0:12:19it's gone down an octave. Now, if I play it and start
0:12:19 > 0:12:20varying the speed while we do it...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22TONE OSCILLATES
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Ah, so you can actually make a tune by just...
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Just by going faster and slower.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30And that's the start of making music with tape.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33'And what a start it was -
0:12:33 > 0:12:36'but Mark was about to pull something out the bag that would
0:12:36 > 0:12:37'blow our minds.'
0:12:37 > 0:12:40There you go, have a moment, chaps. Guess what that is?
0:12:40 > 0:12:42What is it? Let's have a look. Doctor Who...
0:12:42 > 0:12:45- That is the original master tape.- Original theme tune?!
0:12:45 > 0:12:49- Wow.- This is it from back in the day? What year was this from?- 1963.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51- 1963!- Wow.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54'We were holding in our hands some TV gold,
0:12:54 > 0:12:59'and, more importantly, it was the exact reel that Delia herself
0:12:59 > 0:13:02'had made - it even had her hand writing on it!'
0:13:02 > 0:13:03Don't drop it!
0:13:03 > 0:13:05'Surely it wouldn't still work though?'
0:13:08 > 0:13:11MUSIC: Doctor Who Theme
0:13:11 > 0:13:12'Of course it did!'
0:13:12 > 0:13:14That sounds like the tone I was playing with earlier.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Absolutely - done exactly the same way, varying the speed
0:13:17 > 0:13:19and adding some echo.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22'But there was a lot more to making music on tape than that,
0:13:22 > 0:13:25'because you couldn't just cut and paste bits of music to other
0:13:25 > 0:13:28'bits of music to make a tune... Well, you could,
0:13:28 > 0:13:30'in fact that's exactly what you did back then,
0:13:30 > 0:13:32'but for real, not on a computer.'
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Let's do a simple rhythm like "dum bada dum bada".
0:13:34 > 0:13:36And seeing as we're here, with the Doctor Who bass line,
0:13:36 > 0:13:38let's have one of Delia's notes.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- So hit play and record on that machine for me.- At the same time?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Yep. Good, excellent. Play this.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46RHYTHMIC TONES
0:13:48 > 0:13:50That's all right, hit stop, that's all we need.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52It's now recorded from there...
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Yeah.- ..onto this.- Onto that machine.
0:13:54 > 0:13:58'So, we'd copied a few notes from the original Doctor Who theme
0:13:58 > 0:14:02'onto a blank reel of tape, but all we really wanted was one single note
0:14:02 > 0:14:04'which we could use to make our simple tune.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09'And to isolate that one note we needed a razor blade!'
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Other way.- No, the other way! No!
0:14:12 > 0:14:13SHRIEKING
0:14:13 > 0:14:15- That way.- Oh, that way!
0:14:15 > 0:14:18'Yes, we were literally going to cut it out
0:14:18 > 0:14:21'and stick it onto some more blank tape to make a brand new loop.'
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Here's our note.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27One, two, three, four. One, two, three, four.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30'Having done that, we could then play it at different speeds
0:14:30 > 0:14:33'to get different notes, each time recording from one machine
0:14:33 > 0:14:35'to another until we had our tune!'
0:14:35 > 0:14:38TUNE PLAYS
0:14:40 > 0:14:42(RAPS) Dick, Dom and Mark, we're splicing
0:14:42 > 0:14:44We're splicing the tapes round and round
0:14:44 > 0:14:47- Dick, Dom and Mark, we're splicing! - He's very good.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50'Well, I hope you enjoyed that, because it took us
0:14:50 > 0:14:52'well over an hour to make that one simple tune.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56Yeah, but how long do you think it'd take using modern methods though?
0:14:56 > 0:14:58HE PLAYS TUNE
0:14:59 > 0:15:00Oh.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04- Not even a minute of work. - Exactly the same thing.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07Yeah, but do you know what? I don't feel the passion in that.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- No.- I feel it when I hear that. - This is art.- This is art.
0:15:10 > 0:15:11It really is art.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14So, I think we've proved that without doubt Delia Derbyshire
0:15:14 > 0:15:16was a musical genius years ahead of her time.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18- and do you know what I'm thinking? - Nope.- Really?
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Of course I do! That we should make some music!
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Yes. We should make our version of the Dr Who theme tune,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- using some of Delia's methods.- Yes. - Do you know what else I'm thinking?
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Yes, and it's not suitable for now.
0:15:30 > 0:15:31Here's the plan.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Our mission - to create a Dick and Dom Doctor Who theme tune.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Our challenge - finding unusual sounds and using them
0:15:38 > 0:15:40just like Delia might have done.
0:15:40 > 0:15:44Our problem - sounds can be found everywhere but which ones
0:15:44 > 0:15:48should we choose to make sure that our theme tune is out of this world?
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- BURP! - Put that CD in, would you?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53We should start off by listening to some of her tracks for inspiration.
0:15:53 > 0:15:54That's a good idea.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58'We were loving listening to Delia's tracks and what struck us
0:15:58 > 0:16:00'was how modern lots of them felt.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02In fact, her music was
0:16:02 > 0:16:05so ahead of its time that it still inspires electro-music acts today.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08Like Orbital, who, with a little help from the Doctor,
0:16:08 > 0:16:12played their version of Delia's famous tune at a recent festival.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19That's insane. Do you remember how long it took us to make that loop?
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- Listen to that.- That tune is all from beeps.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24'We also loved the theme tune for the programme
0:16:24 > 0:16:29'Great Zoos Of the World - a track made entirely using animal noises.'
0:16:29 > 0:16:32The more you think about it, the more you think about how she was
0:16:32 > 0:16:35putting it together. Splices here, just to make these different sounds.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38This is going to be harder than we think to re-enact, you know.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40She trained in it for years and years
0:16:40 > 0:16:43and was also just a creative genius.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45The more you listen to, you can hear there's bit after bit.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48There's so many different noises in there. It'll take for ever.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51What? To create our own Doctor Who theme tune?
0:16:52 > 0:16:55Oh, well, at least we've got the inspiration.
0:16:55 > 0:16:58We kind of know what route we're going down. We've just got to
0:16:58 > 0:17:02find the noises then put it all together.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07- There's another problem though. - What?- Neither of us is that musical.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10'The truth was that although we love our music,
0:17:10 > 0:17:12'we're more about the dancing.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15'And that wasn't going to help us now.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19'No, what we needed was a modern-day Delia, and, guess what,
0:17:19 > 0:17:20'we found one!'
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Experimental musician Caro C, a lifelong Delia fan
0:17:25 > 0:17:28and electronic music maestro.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31- We want to recreate Delia's Doctor Who theme tune.- OK, right.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32In our own special way.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36Obviously not using the old machines she did cos that just took for ever.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40On thing we wanted to try and use is a little loop of reel tape
0:17:40 > 0:17:44that we took from the original Doctor Who track with Mark yesterday
0:17:44 > 0:17:48and include that. Is that possible? We've looked after it very well(!)
0:17:48 > 0:17:49Yeah, yeah.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54If there's any way of getting that from the state it's in to digital.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58- I don't know.- Well, luckily, I did record it on my phone.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01- I don't know if I can email that to you to use on the track.- Yes.
0:18:01 > 0:18:02So what kind of sounds are we looking for?
0:18:02 > 0:18:06Well, if you think about the track, it's obviously quite spacey,
0:18:06 > 0:18:08isn't it, that theme tune? So, I reckon you're looking for,
0:18:08 > 0:18:12if you can go to a junk shop or charity shop and find some objects.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14You're probably looking for quite metallic objects cos you
0:18:14 > 0:18:17want them to have a good ping or a good bong so we can use that.
0:18:17 > 0:18:21Like, for example, a big biscuit tin might be quite good for the bass.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Those sort of objects will give you a good resonant sample to start with.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28To give it our own style, we need something a bit different, I think.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32We'll make it a bit funny. What, comedy? It's weird, all right.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35One of the funniest things in the world is a pig. Can we use pigs?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Or a farm.- Why not?- Farm animals.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- OK, why not? - All right, let's go to the farm.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- OK.- See you later.- See you soon.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45'So we finally knew what to do!
0:18:45 > 0:18:47'We needed a farm and a charity shop.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50'but no harm in picking up some sounds on the way.'
0:18:55 > 0:18:59- HORNS BEEP - Yes! Yes! And all the way down.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Hoot your horn!
0:19:02 > 0:19:03Bogies!
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Street - done. Next up - charity shop.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- CLATTERING - Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24That's quite enough of that.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Right, we'll get this stuff in the car
0:19:27 > 0:19:30and go and find some more sounds.
0:19:30 > 0:19:31Hurry up, will you?
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Right, let's go and find some pig sounds.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38SNORT!
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- Hello, piggies.- Piggies.- Piggies.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Come on, bray, bray.
0:19:45 > 0:19:46HONKING
0:19:46 > 0:19:49SNUFFLING AND SQUEALING
0:19:49 > 0:19:50Are you having a scratch?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54SQUEALING
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Come on, sheep, make some noise.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58BAAA!
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Got some?
0:20:01 > 0:20:04You can't, you'll break your teeth, you naughty boy.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08'As Delia proved, and as we were finding out,
0:20:08 > 0:20:10'animals and music go together quite well
0:20:10 > 0:20:12'but that hasn't always been the case.'
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Here's the Not So Genius Idea.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20In 1977, Pink Floyd, a famous band influenced by Delia,
0:20:20 > 0:20:23released an album called Animals.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26The cover featured a giant inflatable pig,
0:20:26 > 0:20:29floating above London's Battersea Power Station.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30During the photo shoot,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33a strong burst of wind snapped the tether and the pig escaped!
0:20:33 > 0:20:36It disappeared, before startled airline pilots
0:20:36 > 0:20:38spotted it at 30,000 feet.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41It then crash-landed in a field full of cows.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43So pigs can fly, well, almost.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- Hi, Caro.- Hey.- Look, he's got it all.- Wow.- I've got it all.
0:20:49 > 0:20:52'Having lugged our new instruments back with us,
0:20:52 > 0:20:56'Caro suggested we play them again under her expert supervision.
0:20:56 > 0:20:57'So we did!'
0:20:57 > 0:21:00- Good, right, thumbs up. - Recording. Go.
0:21:00 > 0:21:01Drum stick.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07Dog bowl. Bottom of.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15CLATTERING
0:21:19 > 0:21:22SLOSHING WATER AND SLURPING
0:21:25 > 0:21:27TAPPING AND CLATTERING
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Got it? Right. I wonder what she can do with all of that.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Although it might look like we're just messing around,
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Caro was recording all the sounds and they,
0:21:42 > 0:21:45along with the other noises we'd gathered, would be what we'd
0:21:45 > 0:21:48use to make our version of the Doctor Who theme.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50So what can we do with the pig?
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- I'm feeling that the pig could work as the bass line.- Oh.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57'And with just a few clicks, Caro took a single oink
0:21:57 > 0:22:00'and turned it into the basic rhythm of our tune.'
0:22:00 > 0:22:01OINKING
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- Yeah?- Yes!
0:22:04 > 0:22:05Love that.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09So, basically, what you've done is linked the pig sound to this
0:22:09 > 0:22:12keyboard so, if we play down the bottom, it's a low pig.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15And if we play at the top, it's a high pig.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17'Now to play the Doctor Who bass line
0:22:17 > 0:22:20'like it's never been played before.'
0:22:20 > 0:22:22HE PLAYS DOCTOR WHO WITH PIG OINKS
0:22:26 > 0:22:28So that's the second most recognisable part
0:22:28 > 0:22:30of the Doctor Who theme tune.
0:22:30 > 0:22:32But the first, of course, is the big melody
0:22:32 > 0:22:35# Oooh-oooh-ooh! # What are we going to use for that?
0:22:35 > 0:22:37We're going to... I think we should use
0:22:37 > 0:22:39one of the pings on the metal bowls.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43'By adding some effects to the original ping, Caro was able
0:22:43 > 0:22:46'to create some incredible sounds.'
0:22:46 > 0:22:51- Oh. Yeah.- That's great. It is all so space-age.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54It was the perfect sound for the Doctor Who melody.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Yeah!
0:22:59 > 0:23:00There you go!
0:23:00 > 0:23:04'Of course, Delia's version had many different sounds
0:23:04 > 0:23:07'and we wanted to try to match that.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09'so it was time for the CD rack.'
0:23:12 > 0:23:16It's amazing. Now the physical object has gone,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18I hear that sound as a musical sound or a musical note
0:23:18 > 0:23:24- rather than something coming from an object.- Yeah.- That's crazy.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26- Like it. Like it. - Can you now loop that sound
0:23:26 > 0:23:31so it becomes a constant drone in the background of the tune?
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Yeah. Yeah.
0:23:37 > 0:23:40'What about our recording made with that single note from Delia's
0:23:40 > 0:23:42'original theme?'
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Here's what you actually did in the studio.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47SAMPLE PLAYS
0:23:55 > 0:23:56OINK! OINK!
0:23:56 > 0:23:58'We'd made a good start
0:23:58 > 0:24:01'but producing top quality music isn't easy.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03'It was time to knuckle down.'
0:24:03 > 0:24:06- That sounds really spacey, doesn't it?- Yeah, that's just what we need.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09'We were adding loops, reverb, echo, feedback and...
0:24:09 > 0:24:12'obnoxious crisp crunching?'
0:24:12 > 0:24:13CHOMP! CHOMP!
0:24:13 > 0:24:15What do you think you're doing over there?
0:24:15 > 0:24:18'Even with my little friend filling his face,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20'we were definitely getting there.'
0:24:24 > 0:24:28'And in a fraction of the time it took Delia to make her tune.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30'But there was something missing.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32'Ah, yes, more animal noises!'
0:24:34 > 0:24:35'It took a bit of persuading
0:24:35 > 0:24:38'but eventually we convinced Caro to add a few more.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43It's like someone stepping on a monkey.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46'And before you could say, "Dalek," we were done.'
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- Hey, there you go.- Thanks, Caro. - You're welcome.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52That only took us a day, but it took Delia Derbyshire
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- a month to do the original theme tune.- That's right.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57It did only take a day but it's been a very long, very tiring day.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01Thank you very much. But do you know what? I think we've nailed it.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05And so without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, the world premiere
0:25:05 > 0:25:11of the Dick and Dom vs Delia Derbyshire vs Doctor Who mash-up.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13DOCTOR WHO THEME PLAYS
0:25:28 > 0:25:29APPLAUSE
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Well done, boys.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35So, our tune was finished. But was it any good?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- Well, who better to ask than the Doctor himself?- Well, one of them!
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Our judge today played the doctor for three years,
0:25:41 > 0:25:46battled all manner of crazy enemies, like this weirdo - the Kandy Man.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51I like my volunteers to die with smiles on their faces.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55And he did it all whilst carrying his trusty umbrella,
0:25:55 > 0:25:58oh, and he's now the star of Hollywood blockbuster The Hobbit!
0:25:58 > 0:26:01Yes, it's Doctor turned wizard, Sylvester McCoy!
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Obviously, the Doctor is a very busy man but I think we've tracked
0:26:04 > 0:26:07him down. We've got hold of him. So, Doctor, are you there?
0:26:07 > 0:26:11Hello there, Dick and Dom. I see you.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16- Hello, how are you doing?- If music be the food of love, play on.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Give me excess of it.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19DOCTOR WHO THEME PLAYS Wow.
0:26:24 > 0:26:25My goodness! Baah!
0:26:30 > 0:26:32The big question is, cos we've put a lot of hard work into this,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36do you think our version is better than Delia's?
0:26:36 > 0:26:41Well, it is different. It is very sweet. It is very lovely, actually.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45But you can't really beat the original cos that was quite
0:26:45 > 0:26:49- an extraordinary, iconic piece of music.- Oh.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52- Well, to be fair, he has got a point.- Yeah. She is the genius.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54She is. Thank you very much, Doctor.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57- Good to see you.- Bye!- See you.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59Goodbye. Goodbye, nice talking with you.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Thank you for the listen to the lovely, sweet music. Aargh!
0:27:04 > 0:27:08So the Doctor, quite understandably, wasn't convinced.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Maybe he doesn't like pigs.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13So, we've travelled through space and travelled through time
0:27:13 > 0:27:17and made a tune to be proud of. Well, we're proud of it anyway.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20And hopefully Delia would have been proud with the way we made it.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23But what we have found out is that, Delia Derbyshire,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25you were an Absolute Genius!
0:27:25 > 0:27:26Thank you, boys.
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Aaargh!
0:27:34 > 0:27:35- CRUNCH! - Aargh!
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Bogies!
0:27:45 > 0:27:47It went right through me!
0:27:47 > 0:27:51- Don't wobble it.- I'm not doing anything.- Just stand still then.
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