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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire
TIL it took 50 years for Delia Derbyshire to be credited on-screen as creator of the original “Dr Who” theme music, due BBC policy to keep employees of the Radiophonic Workshop anonymous
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And I think it’s entirely fair to call her “creator” given what she did to Ron Grainer’s original composition. Even Grainer tried to give her a co-composer credit when he heard what she’d done to it.
“Doctor,” not “Dr.”
It’s his name, not his degree.
What a cool name, Delia Derbyshire.
More like she was a woman and they didn’t want to credit her