Track Listing

1. Doctor Who (Opening Title Theme, 1970) - Inferno (Serial Ddd)
2. Tardis Control On & Warp Transfer
3. Blue Veils & Golden Sands
4. The Delian Mode - The Mind Of Evil (Serial Fff)
5. The Master's Theme
6. Dover Castle
7. Keller Machine Appears/Vanishes
8. Keller Machine Theme - The Claws Of Axos (Serial Ggg)
9. Brain Centre Atmosphere
10. The Axons Approach
11. Tardis Lands
12. Doctor Who (Closing Title Theme, 1970) - The Sea Devils (Serial Lll)
13. Incidental Music
14. Incidental Music
15. Incidental Music
16. Incidental Music
17. Incidental Music
18. Incidental Music
19. Incidental Music
20. Incidental Music
21. Incidental Music
22. Incidental Music
23. Incidental Music
24. Incidental Music
25. Incidental Music
26. Incidental Music
27. Incidental Music
28. Incidental Music
29. Incidental Music
30. Incidental Music
31. Incidental Music
32. Incidental Music
33. Incidental Music
34. Incidental Music
35. Incidental Music
36. Incidental Music
37. Incidental Music
38. Doctor Who (Stereo Version, 1972)
39. Doctor Who (Delaware Version, 1972)
40. Aggedor's Temple Atmosphere, Peladon (Sound Effect)
41. Metebelis Iii Atmosphere (Sound Effect)
42. Nerva Beacon Infrastructure & T-Mat Couch (Sound Effect)
43. The Planet Karn (Sound Effect)
44. The Shrine Of The Sisterhood Of Karn (Sound Effect)
45. The Mandragora Helix (Sound Effect)
46. Nova Device Countdown & Explosion (Sound Effect)
47. Peter Howell Demo 1, 1980
48. Peter Howell Demo 2, 1980
49. Doctor Who (New Theme, 1980)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41053 in Music
• Released on: 2005-05-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack

Amazon.co.uk Review
Picking straight up from Volume One, the Pertwee years and the transition into the scarf-wearing Baker are covered. It was perhaps the greatest period of change for the series: colour, Earth-bound setting, a greater sense of continuity and behind-the-scenes, a ceaseless experimentation to be at the forefront of electronic music and sound design by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop. Chiefly responsible for the beeps and squeaks were Dudley Simpson and Brian Hodgson. Their work from "The Mind Of Evil" and "The Claws Of Axos", together with Delia Derbyshire's "Inferno", make up the album's first half. The chronology then passes on to Malcolm Clarke's revolutionary dabblings with the "Delaware" (a room-filling modular analogue synthesiser) for "The Sea Devils". Like Volume One, there's more electronic history than musical artistry to be appreciated, and this is especially true of the Sound Effects suite which includes great titles like "Nerva Beacon Infrastructure & T-Mat Couch". Finishing on the demos that landed Peter Howell further work in the show's third decade, the album closes with his long-lastingly stunning re-working of the classic title theme. --Paul Tonks

Customer Reviews

A new dimension of Doctor Who.
Supremely moody and eccentric; guaranteed to send one into a dream state - that's my easily considered summary of Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Composer Mark Ayres has done his duty in researching the different treatments of the Doctor Who signature tune, yet the albums promise and deliver much more.

I purchased these CDs on the strength of having a high quality copy of the theme music, whilst being open-minded about the other tracks of which I had only a moderate understanding. What a discovery these albums have been! Perhaps it's the sound reproduction from my own stereo; nevertheless, they open up, explore and hold high the many wonderful atmospheres and ambiences from the program's (aural) history.

Listening to the tracks in isolation from picture, they add a new dimension to Doctor Who. One is acutely aware of the sense of imagination that has gone into their production, something that is not always gleaned from a typical Doctor Who viewing. Alternative music buffs will delight in recognising some of the tones and structures now used in modern electronic compositions - here underlies the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's identity as a pioneer in its field.

Apart from the opening and closing titles music from 1970 and 1980, highlights of Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2 include Aggedor Temple and Metebelis III Atmospheres, Nerva Beacon Infrastructure and T-Mat Couch (very special) and The Planet Karn. These tracks inspire much more than the clashing symbols of orchestras so widely used in the big budget movies of today - their unadulterated richness and depth makes me proud to be a fan of Doctor Who.

Contributions from "The Mind of Evil" and "The Claws of Axos" demonstrate the adolescence of the music from the period, proving to me why I find these stories so compelling. Delia Derbyshire's compositions used for "Inferno" resonate as a kind of tasty prelude to Malcolm Clarke's uncompromising electronic weirdness for "The Sea Devils". The creativity of these tracks may have been controversial at the time, but today would no doubt be celebrated by the many pop bands and artistes who seek to "find themselves" in their music.

An ideal way to listen to these albums is out of doors (in the car perhaps), at night, under the stars. With the advantage of CD player technology you can arrange tracks to preference, creating your own audio adventure. If you've ever been inspired by the music of Doctor Who, then do yourself a favour and purchase these albums. You'll find they are just what the Doctor ordered!

The quintessential Dr Who music album
I bought this because I love analogue synths aswell the Dr WHO series. It is filled with 80 minutes of Radiophonic Workshop creativity. Early on the Delaware synth forms most of the 1971/72 seasons powerful sounds. You get about 25 pieces of sqwelchy LFO madness of the 'Sea Devils' story, aswell as other classic snippits. Each one lasts for an average of 90 seconds. It then proceeds through the seventies with general sounds, which aren't as memorable as the early seventies stuff. Still good though. It eventually finishes with 'still the best' Dr WHO theme by Peter Howell.

Ear Hurting but Classic, you can't deny
This soundtrack was always going to be predictable. In much the same way a score like Star Wars can be listened to independently and you know exactly what part of the film the music is for, this music does the same for the Sea Devils. The horrible pangs of music which you remember from watching this six part classic are all included, and thats what makes it great. Unless, of course, for some odd reason, you didn't like the silly music and pangs of electronic riffs in the series. These pangs and themes are strange and quite unlike any other music you've ever heard. And i cheer this fact. This album includes the music from Inferno, The Mind of Evil, The Claws of Axos and the Sea Devils, as well as three versions of the Who theme (1970s opening and closing, 1980s opening). Also included are various sound effects, great for use in home videos and amateur Doctor Who movies (i know i do). Whats sorely missing is The Ambassadors of Death and the Silurians. Why these episodes, which do have have great music riffs and themes, are excluded, eludes me. However, despite this, a great album.