# Dr Who theme tune played on a pair of giant Tesla coils **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 7, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306 "2009-12-07T11:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/1 "2009-12-07T11:40:00Z")
For the Dr Who fans, or those who just like massive electrical arcs. [Clicky!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZLdguAzbwg&fmt=22#t=06m45s) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/2 "2009-12-07T11:43:06Z")
OK, that’s just plain cool. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/3 "2009-12-07T13:47:36Z")
Dude testing a Faraday suit to the [Imperial March](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJqoRaphiEk&feature=video_response) takes it a step further. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/4 "2009-12-07T13:52:54Z")
That is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. Period! I’m such a geek. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/5 "2009-12-07T16:23:29Z")
> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#): > > For the Dr Who fans, or those who just like massive electrical arcs. > > [Clicky!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZLdguAzbwg&fmt=22#t=06m45s) You make it sound like the two are mutually exclusive. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/6 "2009-12-07T20:36:41Z")
I’d prefer it without the background music, myself. Unless that is also somehow being created by the coils. Than that is absolutely amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/7 "2009-12-08T13:08:28Z")
We in the 21st Century not only [post=11170991]call lightning from the sky[/post], we make music with it. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/8 "2009-12-10T11:18:54Z")
Aww, that just rocks! Thanks for sharing it. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/9 "2009-12-10T16:26:10Z")
That is too cool for words! ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/10 "2009-12-10T17:06:27Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’d prefer it without the background music, myself. Unless that is also somehow being created by the coils. Than that is absolutely amazing! They are playing music through it (here’s a link to a [wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_tesla_coil) on the “singing Tesla coil”) and the drums are robotic and they use various other alternative gizmos to create the music, ETA: including some pre-recorded stuff and regular live instruments. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/11 "2009-12-10T17:24:10Z")
You can tell these things are really loud because of how long the reverb goes o after they stop. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/12 "2009-12-10T22:43:56Z")
I want that played at my funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/13 "2009-12-10T22:48:23Z")
Mine goes to 11. Would I be right in thinking that these devices are also crudely transmitting wideband AM radio renditions of the tune? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/14 "2009-12-12T01:41:50Z")
> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > They are playing music through it (here’s a link to a [wiki page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singing_tesla_coil) on the “singing Tesla coil”) and the drums are robotic and they use various other alternative gizmos to create the music, ETA: including some pre-recorded stuff and regular live instruments. I understand this. It’s the stuff in your ETA that I could do without. To my ears, they are drowning out the Tesla coils. And that’s the part I want to hear. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/15 "2009-12-12T04:38:00Z")
Cool clip, marred somewhat by the boring camera angle and almost nonexistent editing. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2009, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dr-who-theme-tune-played-on-a-pair-of-giant-tesla-coils/520306/16 "2009-12-12T05:02:29Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Cool clip, marred somewhat by the boring camera angle and almost nonexistent editing. Thank you, Victor Fleming. 🙂