Track Listing

1. Doctor Who (Original Theme) An Unearthly Child (Pilot Episode)
2. Original Tardis Effects
3. Original Tardis Effects
4. Original Tardis Effects
5. Doctor Who (Original Titles Music) An Unearthly Child
6. Tardis Takeoff
7. The Daleks
8. The Daleks
9. The Daleks
10. The Daleks
11. The Daleks
12. The Edge Of Destruction
13. The Keys Of Marinus
14. The Sensorites
15. The Chase
16. The Chase
17. Galaxy Four
18. Galaxy Four
19. Galaxy Four
20. Galaxy Four
21. Galaxy Four
22. The Daleks' Masterplan
23. The Savages
24. The Tenth Planet
25. The Power Of The Daleks
26. The Power Of The Daleks
27. The Underwater Menace
28. The Macra Terror
29. The Macra Terror
30. The Macra Terror
31. The Macra Terror
32. The Macra Terror
33. Doctor Who (New Opening Theme, 1967)
34. The Wheel In Space
35. The Web Of Fear
36. Fury From The Deep
37. The Wheel In Space
38. The Wheel In Space
39. The Wheel In Space
40. The Wheel In Space
41. The Wheel In Space
42. The Wheel In Space
43. The Wheel In Space
44. The Wheel In Space
45. The Wheel In Space
46. The Wheel In Space
47. The Wheel In Space
48. The Wheel In Space
49. The Wheel In Space
50. The Wheel In Space
51. The Wheel In Space
52. The Dominators
53. The Dominators
54. The Dominators
55. The Dominators
56. The Dominators
57. The Dominators
58. The Mind Robber
59. The Mind Robber
60. The Mind Robber
61. The Invasion
62. The Invasion
63. The Invasion
64. The Krotons
65. The Krotons
66. The Krotons
67. The Krotons
68. The Krotons
69. The Space Pirates
70. The War Games
71. The War Games
72. The War Games
73. The War Games
74. The War Games
75. The War Games
76. Doctor Who (Closing Titles)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #39472 in Music
• Released on: 2005-05-23
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's been so easy to sympathetically think back on the series as budget-challenged chintz. Contemporary technology is like a comfort zone of superiority against TV of the past; what really mustn't be forgotten is how appreciated Dr. Who was in its day for technical innovation. And that's where this first volume comes in: the Hartnell and Troughton years-apart from being blessed with Ron Grainer's immortal theme--were often tracked with sourced library cues. The majority of playtime is thereby made up by the unique sound designers then resident at the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop (principally Brian Hodgson, Delia Derbyshire, and Dick Mills). While this hardly makes for any sort of light musical experience, it is nonetheless a fascinating record of electronic sound at its genesis. Twenty-two episodes are covered in various fashions, there's the old-piano-and-a-key "Original TARDIS Effect", but most importantly a chronicling of each stage of the Grainer theme. Preparing for the continuation on Volume Two is a final, unused rendition. --Paul Tonks

Customer Reviews

Hold on for an Audio Adventure in Space and Time!
This is a brilliant selection of many of the unearthly sound effects which were so essential to the success of the 60s Doctor Who adventures.

Highlights must be the superb swirling Dalek City sounds, the full TARDIS take-off and the various versions of the original "Who" theme tune, but there are countless other atmospheric tracks. Radiophonic Workshop "guardian" Mark Ayres has done a fantastic job in finding and restoring these cues to their present quality. There are also a few tantalizing segments of Dudley Simpson's early incidental music using the BBC's electronic organ and synthesizers.

Forget the repetitive and unimaginative sounds of Star Trek: The Next Money Grabbing Franchise, these are truly the most original and otherworldly special sounds you are likey to hear.

I highly recommend this release, and also its sequel, volume 2!

sound effects and theme music
Musician Mark Ayres has been working with the BBC on remastering a number of audio releases, as well as researching and cataloguing the output of the Radiophonic Workshop. There's little in the way of actual music by the Workshop from this time though Ayres has unearthered different and unreleased, albeit similar, variants on the theme music and a large number of background sound effects - some familiar, others less so. How about recreating a Dalek control room in your own bedroom - or perhaps a very unusual dinner party ambience!

The real deal
Listening to the original Dr Who theme on this compilation as originally intended by Delia Derbyshire et al made me realise why I do not like the present version of Who. New iWho s facile and flashy...too smooth and mechanical, whereas old Who was very organic....it was genuinely scarey & Delia's theme reflects this, the new synthed up theme is just plain awful. Buying this CD lead me further down the rabbit hole that is Delia's life...fascinating!