Peter Howell & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Doctor Who - The Five Doctors (Original Television Soundtrack)
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 2018 album Doctor Who - The Five Doctors (Original Television Soundtrack).
Music from Doctor Who - The Five Doctors (Original Television Soundtrack)
Gear Used On Doctor Who - The Five Doctors (Original Television Soundtrack)
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Peter Howell & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Doctor Who - The Five Doctors (Original Television Soundtrack) (2018). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
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Studio Equipment used by Peter Howell on Doctor Who - The Five Doctors (Original Television Soundtrack)
Countryman Type 968 Phase Shifter
A defective unit was used for the "end explosion" in the 1980 Doctor Who theme, as demonstrated in this excerpt of the February 2, 1982 episode of The Music Arcade at 5:22. An ARP Odyssey MKIII was run through it to produce the sound.
Tim Whitnall: Peter, what's this over here? It looks very old-fashioned to me.
Peter Howell: Well, it is rather, but it's a very useful little box. It's a phase unit that I used for the end explosion. Let's just turn it on. [Turns on the 968, which rings twice. Switches to the ARP Odyssey.] Let's get a sound out of this... That was the old sound we had... [Plays an explosion sound on the ARP Odyssey.] Well, that's a fairly normal explode that's coming out of there. If we put it through this box, we'll see that it's got a sort of fireworks sound with it. [Plays the "end explosion" sound on the ARP Odyssey.] And although this box actually isn't working very well—in fact, it's gone wrong—I think it makes a very good noise anyway, and we never throw anything away at the Workshop.
