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On a hostile planet

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Delia created the sounds effects and music sequences for the BBC TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov's book The Naked Sun, directed by Rudolph Cartier for series 3 episode 7^[1] of the BBC TV series Out Of The Unknown in which "Detective Baley must solve a murder on the planet Solaria, where reclusive people have their every need attended to by robots."^[2]

It was filmed 23rd-26th July 1968 with studio recording on the 8th and 9th August and broadcast on BBC on 18th February 1969^[2] while Delia's notes say it was recorded on the 7-8-9th August.^[3]^[4]

Makeup

Three of Delia's musical sequences were renamed by the BBC in 1976 and released on Out Of This World (1976) and Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects, vol. 2 (1993):^[5]

Heat Haze (00:58)

Frozen Waste (01:08)

Icy Peak (00:46)

Extracts

Times refer to the audio of the BFI's DVD and page numbers to the rehearsal script (DD151706 to DD152242).

01. Prologue (00:33.50-00:40.00)
Made with three copies of what was later republished as Heat Haze. The overdubbed burst of the Radetsky March is played as Baley enters the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C.^[6]

02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion (03:59.50-07:13.00)

03. Making contact with Doctor Thool (09:08.50-09.36:50)

04. Making contact with Mrs Delmarre (12:59.80-13:03.50)

05. Dramatic crescendo (16:09.60-16:16:50)

06. Gruer is poisoned (18:28.62-18:37.95)

07. Scene change (26:02.00-26:04.50)

08. Contact with Doctor Leebig (27:46.00-27:52.50)

09. She hated her husband (29:54.65-30:02.32)

10. Landscape, peaceful and serene (30:02.30-34.04.30)

11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim (35:20.78-35:53.43)

12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note (36:15.50-36:40.80)

p.60    Scene 17: INT. THE PURPLE ROOM
        "MUSIC: Busy, high pitched note"
        ROBOTS: Contact Dr Leebig! Contact Dr Thool!

13. Removing the robot's arm (39:49.27-39:53.80)

14. Filler ()

15. Crash End (42:47.64-43:11.38)

p.69    Music: "CRASH - END"
        BALEY: You fool - it's a robot!

16. Epilogue (43:16.00-48:27.70)

p.69    TELECINE 6: Ext Solariam landscape. Day.
        BALEY and GLADIA meet.
        MUSIC: THE LANDSCAPE
               BUT IN A SAD, MINOR KEY
        BALEY: I'm seeing you?
        [...]
p.74    MUSIC: CRESCENDO SIMILAR TO PAGE 9
               BUT INCREASING TRIUMPHANTLY
               ENDS WITH A GREAT CLIMAX

Papers

All of Folder TRW 6891, containing the rehearsal script (DD151706 to DD152242)^[7] and the following:

DD152306: Letter from Rudolph Cartier to Desmond Briscoe dated 2 July 1968
DD152319: Handwritten notes
DD152409: "MASTERS: LIBRARY TAPE 1" 1-18
DD152422: "MASTERS: LIBRARY TAPE 1" 19-32
DD152445: "LIBRARY TAPE 2 - MASTER"
DD152500: Notes for sound creation
DD152547: List of musical elements M1 to M17
DD152604: List of musical elements M18 and M19 and notes
DD152618: Notes for effects M1-M17
DD152628: Notes for TK3, TK5, TK6 with precise timing
DD152646: Diagrammatic scores
DD152702: Notes "Tues 23rd "beautiful bird babies" technique/theory"
DD152714: Notes
DD152739: Schedule p.1 "FIRST RECORDING DAY: Thursday, 8th August"
DD152748: Schedule p.2 "FIRST RECORDING DAY: Thursday, 8th August"
DD152807: Schedule p.3 "SECOND RECORDING DAY: Friday, 9th August"
DD152816: Schedule p.4 "SECOND RECORDING DAY: Friday, 9th August"
DD081333: Delia's notes for The Living World, dated 30.10.68, mention Naked Sun tapes, maybe because it reused sounds from it

Availability

Broadcast on the BBC on 18th February 1969.^[4]
In the BBC Sound Archive on tape TRW 6891: "4 reels, master and makeup".^[8]
According to the Internet Movie Database, "This episode was wiped by the BBC and no copy of it is known to exist."^[9]
There is a reconstruction with the original sound on a DVD from the British Film institute, also available as a torrent.
The BBC Broadcast Archive contains a tape of the sound only:^[2]

Item: 2B00E8BFB_001
ID: LDP9232W
Title: OUT OF THE UNKNOWN: THE NAKED SUN
Broadcast: 18/02/69
Catalogue: LONPROG
Catalogue Page: 9894831
Item Duration: 00:49:32.000+01:00
Subject: Science fiction mystery drama 'The Naked Sun' by Isaac ASIMOV.
NB:ONLY SOUND REMAINS
Name: PATRICK, Roy; CARGILL, David; ASIMOV, Isaac (AUT); NOBLE, Trisha; HALLETT, Neil; LEIGH-HUNT, Ronald; STASSINO, Paul; MAXWELL, Paul; MULLER, Robert (SCR); ROBINSON, John; CARTIER, Rudolph (DIR); COLLINGS, David; JAEGER, Frederick; HICKS, John; BURRELL, Sheila; HARDY, Raymond; WEATHERUP, James (DGN); TAYLOR, Gerald; CHITTY, Erik; BROMLY, Alan (PRD); MARTIN, John Scott

There is a torrent of surviving Out of the Unknown episodes containing the reconstruction as Series 3 Episode 7.

References

↑ According to its torrent.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 BBC Archive page for Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun, moved to gettyimages
↑ DD152319
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 The Naked Sun: Adaptations on en.wikipedia.org
↑ DD073013 DD073025: Memo about renaming The Naked Sun effects for reissue on vinyl.
↑ Audio12, personal communication.
↑ The play was made according to the later "camera script", which omitted some sequences present in the rehearsal script. [Colin Cutler, personal communication].
↑ The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6891.
↑ Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun on imdb.com

External links

[1] According to its torrent.

[BBCarchive-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 BBC Archive page for Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun, moved to gettyimages

[3] DD152319

[wikipedia-4] 4.0 ^4.1 The Naked Sun: Adaptations on en.wikipedia.org

[5] DD073013 DD073025: Memo about renaming The Naked Sun effects for reissue on vinyl.

[6] Audio12, personal communication.

[7] The play was made according to the later "camera script", which omitted some sequences present in the rehearsal script. [Colin Cutler, personal communication].

[TLL-8] The Tape Library List's entry for TRW 6891.

[9] Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun on imdb.com

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 {{Thumb|On a hostile planet}}
-{{Thumb|The Naked Sun screenshot}}
+{{Thumb|The Naked Sun, screenshot 1|Screenshot}}
-Delia created the sounds effects and music sequences for the BBC TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov's book ''The Naked Sun'', directed by [[Rudolph Cartier]] for the BBC TV series ''[[Out Of The Unknown]]'' in which "Detective Baley must solve a murder on the planet Solaria, where reclusive people have their every need attended to by robots."<ref name=BBCarchive/>
+Delia created the sounds effects and music sequences for the BBC TV adaptation of Isaac Asimov's book ''The Naked Sun'', directed by [[Rudolph Cartier]] for series 3 episode 7<ref>According to [[:File:Out of the Unknown.torrent|its torrent]].</ref> of the BBC TV series ''[[Out Of The Unknown]]'' in which "Detective Baley must solve a murder on the planet Solaria, where reclusive people have their every need attended to by robots."<ref name=BBCarchive/>
 It was filmed 23rd-26th July 1968 with studio recording on the 8th and 9th August and broadcast on BBC on 18th February 1969<ref name=BBCarchive/> while Delia's notes say it was recorded on the 7-8-9th August.<ref>[[DD152319]]</ref><ref name=wikipedia/>
+<BR CLEAR=ALL>
+=Makeup=
+Three of Delia's musical sequences were renamed by the BBC in 1976 and released on ''[[Out Of This World]]'' (1976) and ''[[Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects, vol. 2]]'' (1993):<ref>[[DD073013]] [[DD073025]]: Memo about renaming ''The Naked Sun'' effects for reissue on vinyl.</ref>
+* [[Heat Haze]] (00:58)
+{{Spectrogallery|Heat Haze}}
+* [[Frozen Waste]] (01:08)
+{{Spectrogallery|Frozen Waste}}
+* [[Icy Peak]] (00:46)
+{{Spectrogallery|Icy Peak}}
 =Extracts=
-From the BFI's DVD.
+Times refer to the audio of the BFI's DVD and page numbers to the rehearsal script ([http://delia-derbyshire.net/papers/index.html#dd151706 DD151706 to DD152242]).
-* 01. Prologue (00:33.50-00:40.00)<BR>The music is three copies of what was later republished as ''[[Heat Haze]]''. The overdubbed burst of the Radetsky March is played as Baley enters the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C.<ref>Audio12, personal communication.</ref>
+* 01. Prologue (00:33.50-00:40.00)<BR>Made with three copies of what was later republished as ''[[Heat Haze]]''. The overdubbed burst of the Radetsky March is played as Baley enters the United States Department of Justice in Washington D.C.<ref>Audio12, personal communication.</ref>
 {{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 01. Prologue}}
 * 02. The Solarian Transport Capsule in motion (03:59.50-07:13.00)
@@ Line 29: / Line 38: @@
 * 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene (30:02.30-34.04.30)
 {{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 10. Landscape, peaceful and serene}}
+* 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim (35:20.78-35:53.43)
+{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 11. Earth contact from Undersecretary Minnim}}
+* 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note (36:15.50-36:40.80)
 <PRE>
 p.60    Scene 17: INT. THE PURPLE ROOM
          "MUSIC: Busy, high pitched note"
          ROBOTS: Contact Dr Leebig! Contact Dr Thool!
+</PRE>
+{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 12. Scene change + busy, high pitched note}}
+* 13. Removing the robot's arm (39:49.27-39:53.80)
+{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 13. Removing the robot's arm}}
+* 14. Filler ()
+{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 14. Filler}}
+* 15. Crash End (42:47.64-43:11.38)
+<PRE>
 p.69    Music: "CRASH - END"
          BALEY: You fool - it's a robot!
-        ...
+</PRE>
-        DANEEL:  Partner Elijah - the human is dead.
+{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 15. Crash End}}
-        TELECINE 6: Ext Solariam landscape. Day.
+* 16. Epilogue (43:16.00-48:27.70)
-         MUSIC: The landscape but in a sad, minor key.
+<PRE>
+p.69    TELECINE 6: Ext Solariam landscape. Day.
+        BALEY and GLADIA meet.
+         MUSIC: THE LANDSCAPE
+               BUT IN A SAD, MINOR KEY
          BALEY: I'm seeing you?
-         ...
+         [...]
-p.71    GLADIA: I'm not afraid ... your hand ...
+p.74    MUSIC: CRESCENDO SIMILAR TO PAGE 9
-        MUSIC ENDS GENTLY
-        End of telecine 7 and scene 20.
-p.74    (BALEY HAS STOOD UP AND STARTS TO
-         MOVE THE SLIDING CEILING PANELS)
-        MUSIC: CRESCENDO SIMILAR TO PAGE 9
                 BUT INCREASING TRIUMPHANTLY
-        ...
                 ENDS WITH A GREAT CLIMAX
 </PRE>
+{{Spectrogallery|The Naked Sun - 16. Epilogue}}
 =Papers=
@@ Line 79: / Line 96: @@
 =Availability=
 * Broadcast on the BBC on 18th February 1969.<ref name=wikipedia/>
+* In the BBC Sound Archive on tape [[TRW 6891]]: "4 reels, master and makeup".<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 6891]].</ref>
 * According to the Internet Movie Database, "This episode was wiped by the BBC and no copy of it is known to exist."<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280975/ ''Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun''] on imdb.com</ref>
-* In the BBC Sound Archive on tape [[TRW 6891]]: "4 reels, master and makeup".<ref name=TLL>The [[Tape Library List]]'s entry for [[TRW 6891]].</ref>
+* There is a reconstruction with the original sound on a [http://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-out-of-the-unknown.html DVD from the British Film institute], also available as [[:File:Out of the Unknown.torrent|a torrent]].
-* Three of Delia's musical sequences were renamed by the BBC in 1976 and released on ''[[Out Of This World]]'' (1976) and ''[[Essential Science Fiction Sound Effects, vol. 2]]'' (1993):<ref>[[DD073013]] [[DD073025]]: Memo about renaming ''The Naked Sun'' effects for reissue on vinyl.</ref>
-** [[Heat Haze]] (00:58)
-{{Spectrogallery|Heat Haze}}
-** [[Frozen Waste]] (01:08)
-{{Spectrogallery|Frozen Waste}}
-** [[Icy Peak]] (00:46)
-{{Spectrogallery|Icy Peak}}
-* Six fragments have survived as off-air recordings from when it was broadcast, of which one contains the tail of another of Delia's sounds for when, "On the planet Solaria, Baley – after passing out through exposure to the planets atmosphere - awakens in a house specially built for him by the Head of Solarian Security".<ref name=Cutler>[http://www.the-mausoleum-club.org.uk/Index/Gazette/Naked%20Sun%20(The).pdf ''OUT OF THE UNKNOWN: The Naked Sun''] article by Colin Cutler in ''The illustrated Gazzette''</ref>
-** The Naked Sun - Scene 4 [[File:The Naked Sun - Scene 4.ogg]]
-* There is a reconstruction with the original sound on a [http://shop.bfi.org.uk/pre-order-out-of-the-unknown.html DVD from the British Film institute].
-* The audio from the reconstruction DVD is available as [https://www.dropbox.com/s/js7e5n1xbzt37xd/The%20Naked%20Sun%20%28Audio%20from%20DVD%29.wav a 400MB WAV file on dropbox.com]
 * The BBC Broadcast Archive contains a tape of the sound only:<ref name=BBCarchive>[http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/gallery/clip/2B00E8BFB_001.do BBC Archive page for Out of the Unknown: The Naked Sun], moved to [http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/science-fiction-mystery-drama-the-naked-sun-by-filmati-di-cronaca/BBC_LDP9232W gettyimages]</ref>
   Item: 2B00E8BFB_001
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   NB:ONLY SOUND REMAINS
   Name: PATRICK, Roy; CARGILL, David; ASIMOV, Isaac (AUT); NOBLE, Trisha; HALLETT, Neil; LEIGH-HUNT, Ronald; STASSINO, Paul; MAXWELL, Paul; MULLER, Robert (SCR); ROBINSON, John; CARTIER, Rudolph (DIR); COLLINGS, David; JAEGER, Frederick; HICKS, John; BURRELL, Sheila; HARDY, Raymond; WEATHERUP, James (DGN); TAYLOR, Gerald; CHITTY, Erik; BROMLY, Alan (PRD); MARTIN, John Scott
+* There is [[:File:Out of the Unknown.torrent|a torrent]] of surviving ''Out of the Unknown'' episodes containing the reconstruction as Series 3 Episode 7.
+[[Category:Torrent]]
 =References=

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