Peter Kirn of Create Digital Music lauds Coldcut’s remix of the Doctor Who theme tune. He correctly identifies it as the runner-up for best thing to ever come out of the BBC, second only to the BBC World News’ theme tune, “The Rave at the Dawn of the Apocalypse,” a common cut of which follows…

The Beeb actually has a long history of bad-ass theme tunes. Following is “Approaching Menace,” the scary theme tune to Mastermind, a quiz show modeled on Nazi interrogation techniques.

Other wonders from the radiophonic workshop at CDM: Doctor Who: Coldcut Remix and Celebrating the BBC [Create Digital Music]