Doctor Who: 30 Years at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop | ||||
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Released | 5 July 1993 | |||
Recorded | 1963–1989, 1993 | |||
Genre | Electronic music, Sound effects | |||
Length | 69:49 | |||
Label | BBC Enterprises | |||
BBC Radiophonic Workshop chronology | ||||
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Doctor Who soundtrack chronology | ||||
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Doctor Who:30 Years at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop is a 1993 album celebrating the 30th anniversary of popular BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who ,which had been taken off the air four years previous. The compilation featured a selection of sound-effects and atmospheres from throughout the history of the programme as well as a sample of music from the 1993 BBC Radio production "The Paradise of Death". It also collected four versions of the memorable theme music,including the first official release of the unused 1972 "Delaware" version.
Track # | Artist | Track name | Stories used in |
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1 | Delia Derbyshire | "Original Theme" | Various |
2 | Brian Hodgson | "TARDIS Exterior" | |
3 | "TARDIS Take-off" | ||
4 | "Sensorites In Laboratory" | The Sensorites | |
5 | "Slyther on the Move" | The Dalek Invasion of Earth | |
6 | "Death Of A Mirebeast" | The Chase | |
7 | "Mechanoid" | ||
8 | "Dalek Spaceship Takes Off" | ||
9 | "Dalek Spaceship Lands" | ||
10 | "Chumblie Constant Run" | Galaxy 4 | |
11 | "Chumblie At Rest" | ||
12 | "Chumblie Dies" | ||
13 | "Few Fishpeople" | The Underwater Menace | |
14 | Delia Derbyshire | "Signature Tune –A New Beginning" | Various |
15 | Brian Hodgson | "Propaganda Sleep Machine" | The Macra Terror |
16 | "Macra Control and Macra" | ||
17 | "Destruction of the Daleks" | The Evil of the Daleks | |
18 | "Cobweb Mutates" | The Web of Fear | |
19 | "Yeti Growls,Roars and Dies" | ||
20 | "Four Yetis Signalling" | ||
21 | "Cybermats Attracter to Ship" | The Wheel in Space | |
22 | "Start of the Cyber Invasion" | ||
23 | "Birth of the Cybermats" | ||
24 | "Cybermat Killed by Special Sound" | ||
25 | "Quarks Chuckle" | The Dominators | |
26 | "Quark Kills" | ||
27 | "Quark Goes Berserk and Explodes" | ||
28 | "Kroton Theme with Birth and Death of a Kroton" | The Krotons | |
29 | "Original Sonic Screwdriver" | The War Games | |
30 | "Time Zone" | ||
31 | "Sidrat Control" | ||
32 | "Factory with Mechanical and Physiological Autons and Auton guns" | Spearhead from Space | |
33 | Delia Derbyshire &Brian Hodgson with Paddy Kingsland | "Signature Tune (The Delaware Version)" | Never used in the series |
34 | Brian Hodgson | "TARDIS Lands" | Various |
35 | Dick Mills | "Threat to Sarah" | The Sontaran Experiment |
36 | "Sonic Screwdriver (Multi-Purpose Mode)" | Various | |
37 | "Wirrn in the Infrastructure" | The Ark in Space | |
38 | "Void" | The Masque of Mandragora | |
39 | "Shuttle Landing Sequence" | The Invisible Enemy | |
40 | "Fendahl Shuffle and Slobber" | Image of the Fendahl | |
41 | "Vardan Materialises and Shimmers" | The Invasion of Time | |
42 | "K9 Probe and Gun" | ||
43 | "TARDIS Doors" | ||
44 | "White Guardian's Windbells" | The Ribos Operation | |
45 | Elizabeth Parker | "An Ogri About" | The Stones of Blood |
46 | "Pouring Crystals" | ||
47 | Dick Mills | "Attack on War Room" | The Armageddon Factor |
48 | "Doctor's Repair to TARDIS' Central Column Fails" | The Horns of Nimon | |
49 | "Foamasi Voices" | The Leisure Hive | |
50 | "Doors" | Meglos | |
51 | "Reactivation and Laboratory Rises" | ||
52 | "Dodecahedron Beams" | ||
53 | "Marshmen Emerge from the Mistfall" | Full Circle | |
54 | "Timewinds" | Warriors' Gate | |
55 | "TARDIS Landing Bleep" | Various | |
56 | "Cloister Bell" | Castrovalva | |
57 | "March of the Victims" | Terminus | |
58 | "Search,Capture and Display Dolls" | The Five Doctors | |
59 | "Scrolls Self-Destruct" | ||
60 | "Borusa Destroyed" | ||
61 | "Myrka Passes" | Warriors of the Deep | |
62 | "Sea-Devils Energising Chamber inside Silurian Rock" | ||
63 | "Exploding River of Mud" | The Caves of Androzani | |
64 | Elizabeth Parker | "Timelash Music Suite" | Timelash |
65 | Dick Mills | "Tissue Compression Eliminator" | The Trial of a Time Lord |
66 | "Limbo Atrophier" | ||
67 | "Drinks Machine" | Paradise Towers | |
68 | "Transformer Machine" | Delta and the Bannermen | |
69 | "Sonic Cone Switch On and Detonate" | ||
70 | "Bees" | ||
71 | "Singing Trees with Dragon Shots and Two Nitro-9 Bombs" | Dragonfire | |
72 | "Confuser Machine" | Remembrance of the Daleks | |
73 | "Baseball Bat Hits Daleks" | ||
74 | "Big Dalek Gun" | ||
75 | "Doctor In Time Tunnel" | The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | |
76 | "Cybership Lands,Doors Open" | Silver Nemesis | |
77 | "Statue" | ||
78 | "Execution Sequence" | The Happiness Patrol | |
79 | "Letters Burnt On Crypt Wall" | The Curse of Fenric | |
80 | "Phial Breaks,Gas Escapes" | ||
81 | "Energy Bursts" | Battlefield | |
82 | "Bessie Drives Off" | ||
83 | "Transmaterialisation" | Survival | |
84 | "Light Petrifies Victims" | Ghost Light | |
85 | "Bird Nightmare" | ||
86 | "Sphere" | Shada | |
87 | Peter Howell | "Paradise of Death" | The Paradise of Death |
88 | "Closing Theme" | Various |
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