Doctor Who & The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

About this episode

This episode explores the impact of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop on sound design, featuring insights from composer Mark Ayres.

What does a time machine sound like? Or a magic carpet? For the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, that was just another day at the office. For 40 years, this oddball collective of engineers and composers pushed the boundaries of sound design, crafting eerie atmospheres, quirky jingles, and the iconic audio of Doctor Who. In this episode, we explore the rise and fall of this pioneering studio with composer and archivist Mark Ayres, and uncover how these sonic wizards shaped the future of sound. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by ⁠Defacto Sound⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow The Radiophonic Workshop band on Instagram and Bandcamp. Visit ⁠⁠⁠quo.com/20k⁠⁠⁠ for 20% of your first 6 months of business phone software. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month Shopify trial at ⁠⁠⁠shopify.com/20k⁠⁠⁠. Get 20% off your LALAL.AI subscription using promo code 20K…

People in this episode

Host: Dallas Taylor

Guest: Mark Ayres

Topics covered

• sound design
• Doctor Who
• BBC Radiophonic Workshop
• music history
• audio innovation

Keywords

• sound design
• Doctor Who
• BBC Radiophonic Workshop
• Mark Ayres
• audio innovation
• music history
• sound effects

Sponsors

LALAL.AI, Hello Fresh, Shopify, quo.com

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radiophonic Workshop, megaphone.fm

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