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delia derbyshire video

I grew up with a television series called Dr Who (the Tom Baker and  
Peter Davison era, for those of you who know it). The theme song is a  
pretty cool piece of electronic music and its totally lasted through  
the decades (written in 1963!). I knew nothing about the musician who  
"realized" the theme. I knew it was composed in 1963 by Ron Grainer,  
but apparently it was "realized" by Delia Derbyshire.

There is a clip on youtube showing her looping with tape machines  
which I though you would appreciate.

Video clip from a BBC doc about Delia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDX_CS3NsTk

Here's the Dr Who theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKg9tuSbXmk

I can't believe I never heard of her because she was amazing...maybe  
because she retired from composing in the 70's?