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Popular music in 'Doctor Who' #15 Episode: 'Black Orchid' (1982) (i) Artist: The Savoy Orpheans Titles: "The Charleston" / "Dinah" / "Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue" / "When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo" Notes: * The Savoy Orpheans were a British dance band of the 1920s who were resident at the Savoy Hotel in London, between 1923 and 1927 * At the time, Rupert D'Oyly Carte, owner of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and Savoy Hotel. described them as "probably the best-known band in Europe" * Although 'Black Orchid' is set in 1925, "When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo" wasn't actually written until 1927. Ooops! The Charleston Dinah Five Foot Two Eyes of Blue When Erastus Plays His Old Kazoo
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Popular music in 'Doctor Who' #16 Episode: 'Black Orchid' (1982) (ii) Artist: Savoy Havana Band Titles: "Pasadena" / "Show Me the Way to Go Home" Notes: * The Savoy Havana Band was a British dance band of the 1920s who had a residency at the Savoy Hotel, London, between 1921 and 1927 * Among the players was a young American saxophonist named Rudy Vallée. He would later became one of the first crooners, inspiring Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Perry Como. He was also an actor, who appeared as Lord Marmaduke Ffogg in three episodes of the 1960's 'Batman' television show * Another member of the ensemble was the pianist Billy Mayerl, who's composition 'Miss Up-to-Date' was sung and played by Cyril Ritchard in Hitchcock's 1929 film 'Blackmail' Pasadena Show Me the Way to Go Home
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'Doctor Who - The Paradise Of Death & The Ghosts of N-Space (Amazon Exclusive Edition) [VINYL]' - Pre-order available at Amazon UK - £89.99 Release date: February 28th "Available exclusively to Amazon and limited to 500 copies, this exclusive edition is pressed on 3LP x 12" 180g heavyweight space world Splatter vinyl and 3LP x 12" 180g heavyweight spectral Splatter vinyl "we shan't have any more trouble from that meddling Doctor!" Demon Records presents a double Bill of unique full-cast BBC Radio adventures for Jon pertwee as the third Doctor, based on the enduringly popular BBC TV series. The paradise of death reunites the Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and the brigadier for an adventure that takes them from hampstead heath to the far-flung planet of parrakon, where they face Dangers aplenty from the hostile freeth and tragan. In the Ghosts of n-space, which features Jon pertwee's final performance as the Doctor, the time Lord is in sicily where he discovers trouble in the form of spectral monsters from another dimension. Presented across 6 x 180g pieces of vinyl, these two fast-paced adventures were specially written for radio by former Doctor who producer & writer Barry Letts. Co-starring Elisabeth sladen and Nicholas on, both also feature the incidental music and Doctor who theme arrangement of Peter howell of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Among the supporting cast for the stories are Maurice denham, Sandra dickinson, Harold innocent, Peter Miles, Richard Pearce, Harry town and Stephen Thorne. Accompanying the coloured vinyl LPs are full episode billings, cast and credits, and six illustrated sleeves that form a superb double-sided artwork Montage. Dummedy-dum, dummedy-dum, dummedy-dum, dum-dum…. "
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Popular music in 'Doctor Who' #18 Episode: 'Revelation of the Daleks' (1985) (i) Artist: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Title: Fire Notes: * Played by the DJ at Tranquil Repose * Originally found on the 1967 LP 'Are You Experienced' * Due to copyright issues, the song was only included in the original television broadcast and not on the subsequent VHS and DVD releases. For the VHS edition, the Hendrix material was removed, leaving only the dialogue over a piece of music from the BBC library. A different piece of library music was used for the DVD release
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