The BBC Radiophonic Workshop's long (and continuing) association with
the Doctor Who series began with the Signature Tune for the very first
programme. Ron Grainer provided the compositin notes and the Workshop did
the rest.
During the past twenty years, the Workshop has provided all the special
sounds and latterly the incidental music for the past three series. Most
famous sounds are, of course, the Tardis materialisation and dematerialisation
sounds (not an elephant in labour, but the strings of an old piano recorded
and treated) and the treatment of speech which produced the Dalek voices.
Brian Hodgeson was creator of the sounds for the first nine years, since
which time Dick Mills has continued the tradition still making full use
of the Workshop's synthesizers and acoustically recorded real sounds.
The incidental music is composed by Malcolm Clarke, Peter Howell and
Roger Limb on a shared basis over the series, which accounts for the varying
styles of composition but which are nevertheless just what the Doctor ordered.
Doctor Who - The Music
LP / Cassette
Recordings Produced by BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Co-ordinated by Dick Mills and John Walley
All titles BBC Copyright except "Doctor Who" signature
tune.
Cover Illustration: Iain McCaig
Art Direction: Mario Moscardini
Released 1983
LP: 811 933-1
Cassette: 811 933-4
