Summary: <br> Hosted by Dr. Lou & Dr. Phill, this podcast will sample music from the almost 50 year history of Doctor Who, discussing and debating the technical minutiae involved in the music, how it relates to the story, as well as explore the varied composers and musicians who have worked on the show.<br> “…I’ve been listening to all the podcasts, and just wanted to say what a fantastic series of shows. Thoroughly enjoyed them all, and learnt a lot of stuff I didn’t know about my fellow Who composers! Nice work!”<br> – Dominic Glynn, freelance composer on Doctor Who, 1986-1989 (The Mysterious Planet, The Ultimate Foe, The Happiness Patrol, Dragonfire & Survival)<br> UPCOMING GUESTS INCLUDE: 1980s Doctor Who Composers Mark Ayres & Dominic Glynn, BBC Radiophonic Workshop composers Peter Howell, Paddy Kingsland & Roger Limb; Big Finish composers Nicholas Briggs, Matthew Cochrane, Nigel Fairs and Alastair Lock, Doctor Who authors Simon Guerrier and Robert Shearman; as well as others including Toby Hadoke of Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf, Doctor Who Script Editor Gary Russell and podcasters from shows including the Doctor Who Podcast, the Flashing Blade Podcast, Hoo on Who, Radio Free Skaro and the Minute Doctor Who Podcast.<br> ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. LOU: I am an Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where I write about and teach classes on avant-garde and popular music of the post-war era, focusing on musics that bridge the categories of high and low culture in society through media technology. In other words, I write about pretty music made on complicated equipment used in television and radio. Most of my stuff tends to be about music in the UK, although I have also written about American science fiction. My most recent publication is a history of the BBC’s electronic music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, for Oxford University Press. Before becoming chair of the music department in Reno, I taught classes about television music, film music, music and gender, and popular music, as well as the more standard classical music history courses. After getting my undergraduate degree in singing from the University of Iowa, I spent a few hazy years bartending in nightclubs, listening to lots of dance music, and traveling as much as possible to England. Eventually, I decided I needed a career and did a Masters degree in musicology at the University of Texas at Austin, writing a thesis on music in Doctor Who. After that I moved to Los Angeles and did a PhD at UCLA in musicology, studying with Susan McClary and Philip Brett, among other amazing scholars. At UCLA I wrote what would become the first half of my Radiophonic history as my dissertation.<br> I also, like Dr. Phil, am a performer of early music. But unlike him, for me it is purely a dilettante pursuit. I have sung early music since 1989, and at UCLA was the director of their early music ensemble, Musica Humana. Upon moving to Reno, I founded REM (Reno Early Music), Reno’s premiere early music group. Actually, we are Reno’s only early music group. But it’s fun. I also run the Reno Time Team, a local group making our way through all of classic Doctor Who. For more information on Louis Niebur, visit <a href="http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/pages/bios/niebur.htm">http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/pages/bios/niebur.htm</a>, and for information on Reno Early Music, visit <a href="http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/boardman/music_REM.htm">http://wolfweb.unr.edu/homepage/boardman/music_REM.htm</a>. For more information on Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, visit <a href="http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/publications/special_sound.htm">http://www.unr.edu/cla/music/publications/special_sound.htm</a>.<br> ABOUT YOUR HOSTS – DR. PHILL: My name is Dr. Phillip Serna – you can call me Dr. Phill as many of my colleagues, friends and students do.
