Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Volume Two - New Beginnings (1970-1980)

• Compact Disc Tracklisting and Credits
• Programme notes The CD comes with an illustrated booklet; an abridged version of the text is reproduced here.
• Additional Programme Notes
• Annotated Tracklist Additional internet-only programme notes, including a word on the remastering and a complete tracklist of the CD with track-by-track annotations as appropriate.
• The Sea Devils - Music Cue Sheet A full breakdown of Malcolm Clarke's score as used on the original episodes.
• The Sea Devils Suite A note detailing which bits of The Sea Devils score were previously released on the BBC LP Doctor Who - The Music.

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Compact Disc Tracklisting & Credits

1	Doctor Who (Opening Title Theme, 1970) (0'46)	Music, effects, atmospheres and ambiences from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Composed and realised by Ron Grainer, Delia Derbyshire, Brian Hodgson, Malcolm Clarke, Dick Mills, Dudley Simpson, Peter Howell & Paddy Kingsland. 49 Tracks Disc Duration: 78:19 1, 12 composed by Ron Grainer, realised by Delia Derbyshire 2, 7, 9, 11 composed and realised by Brian Hodgson 3-4 composed and realised by Delia Derbyshire 5, 6, 8, 10 composed by Dudley Simpson realised by Brian Hodgson 13-37 composed and realised by Malcolm Clarke 38 composed by Ron Grainer (TARDIS sound by Brian Hodgson), realised by Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson with Paddy Kingsland 39 composed by Ron Grainer realised by Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson with Paddy Kingsland 40-46 composed and realised by Dick Mills 47-48 composed and realised by Peter Howell 49 composed by Ron Grainer, arranged and realised by Peter Howell All tracks produced at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop All tracks published by BBC Music except: 1, 12, 38, 39, 49 Warner Chappell 5, 6, 8, 10 Dudley Simpson (MCPS/PRS) Compiled, produced and digitally remastered for compact disc by Mark Ayres Original mono and stereo recordings digitally remastered. The sound quality may vary.
"INFERNO" (Serial DDD)
2	TARDIS Control On & Warp Transfer (0'22)
3	Blue Veils & Golden Sands (3'25)
4	The Delian Mode (5'33)
"THE MIND OF EVIL" (Serial FFF)
5	The Master's Theme (0'43)
6	Dover Castle (0'30)
7	Keller Machine Appears/Vanishes (0'23)
8	Keller Machine Theme (0'42)
"THE CLAWS OF AXOS" (Serial GGG)
9	Brain Centre Atmosphere (0'21)
10	The Axons Approach (1'45)
11	TARDIS lands (0'22)
12	Doctor Who (Closing Title Theme, 1970) (1'13)
"THE SEA DEVILS" (Serial LLL)
13	The Prison (1'19)
14	The Master (2'05)
15	The Naval Base (1'28)
16	The Sea Fort (2'13)
17	Stranded (2'39)
18	The Sea Devil (2'43)
19	The Master at Large (3'04)
20	Air-Conditioning Problem (0'48)
21	Duel (1'44)
22	The Master's Plan (1'31)
23	The Submarine (1'52)
24	Jo Frees the Doctor (1'11)
25	Rock Bottom (1'15)
26	The Beach (1'57)
27	The Minefield (0'23)
28	Devil Underwater (1'18)
29	The Doctor and Jo on the Run (0'35)
30	The Sea Devils Take the Prison (3'24)
31	The Diving-Bell (1'23)
32	Mr Walker's War (3'05)
33	Torpedo (1'28)
34	Attack in Force (2'02)
35	Ventilation Shaft (1'20)
36	Sea Chase (2'06)
37	Escape (0'46)
38	Doctor Who (Stereo Version, 1972) (2'21)
39	Doctor Who (Delaware Version, 1972) (2'08)
SOUND EFFECTS SELECTION (1974-1979)
40	Aggedor's Temple Atmosphere, Peladon ("The Monster of Peladon", YYY) (0'59)
41	Metebelis III Atmosphere ("Planet of the Spiders", ZZZ) (1'51)
42	Nerva Beacon Infrastructure & T-Mat Couch ("The Ark in Space", 4C) (1'42)
43	The Planet Karn ("The Brain of Morbius", 4K) (1'43)
44	The Shrine of the Sisterhood of Karn ("The Brain of Morbius", 4K) (1'13)
45	The Mandragora Helix ("The Masque of Mandragora", 4M) (0'46)
46	Nova Device Countdown & Explosion ("Destiny of the Daleks", 5J) (0'12)
PETER HOWELL DEMOS (for "The Horns of Nimon" Part Two, 1980):
47	Demo 1 (1'13)
48	Demo 2 (1'07)
49	Doctor Who (New Theme, 1980) (2'42)

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Programme Notes

The CD comes with an illustrated booklet; an abridged version of the text is reproduced here.

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop was a unique facility. Over its 40-year history it pioneered techniques and inspired a generation of programme makers, demonstrating with every project the importance and value of intelligent creative use of sound.

This series of discs showcases the contribution made by the Workshop to Doctor Who, as a programme their biggest client, and the world's longest-running television science fiction series.

Doctor Who entered the 1970's (and its seventh season) with a bang. Patrick Troughton, the second Doctor, had moved on and was replaced by Jon Pertwee. To facilitate this plotwise, the Doctor had his appearance changed and was exiled to Earth by the Time Lords for having interfered in the affairs of other races. This was also convenient as far as production went: filming on Earth in the 20th Century is much cheaper than filming on alien planets on the other side of the Galaxy. And for the first time, the series was produced in colour.

To celebrate these changes, a new edit of Ron Grainer's theme music was commissioned (track 1). This version (the stutter start would be dropped from season 10) would serve most episodes until 1980. After a few weeks, producer Barry Letts ordered a new set of closing titles to match, introducing the "scream" into the titles and standardising the lengths at 40" (never used - see Vol.1), 52" (see our Terror of the Zygons CD), and 1'12" (track 12 here).

Please also see A History of the Doctor Who Theme.

By now, freelancer Dudley Simpson was very much the "house" composer on the show. He produced many of his scores at the Workshop with the help of Brian Hodgson; ten minutes of electronic music a week for a drama series was both a novelty and a considerable achievement at the time. Some examples are included here, all produced entirely on a single EMS VCS3 (the Delaware would soon become the instrument of choice).

But Dudley did not score every adventure, and in 1972 director Michael Bryant requested the services of the Radiophonic Workshop's Malcolm Clarke to provide the music for The Sea Devils, which becomes the centrepiece of this recording. It was realised almost entirely on the Delaware, the massive modular analogue synthesiser that occupied an entire room and with which Malcolm had a particular affinity. Although based around the standard chromatic scale (and programmed using the Delaware's keyboard), the music frequently eschews conventional tonality and replaces even remotely-recognisable timbre with a palette of weird pulsings and semi-random noise. Whatever your tastes, it's striking work that helps turn this adventure into something really special, and is undoubtedly some of the most uncompromising electronic music ever to feature in mainstream popular entertainment.

A selection of Dick Mills's atmospheric backgrounds zaps us through time into Tom Baker's reign as the Doctor and to late-1979, when John Nathan-Turner took over as producer. He wished to give the programme a complete makeover, and the music was an area he decided to change. To see if the idea of getting the Workshop to take on sole responsibility would work, he first requested some demos, and Peter Howell's two offerings, composed to the opening scenes of The Horns of Nimon, Part Two, are presented here. The Workshop got the job, and Howell set to work immediately on revamping the theme tune before tackling his first full score for the series - both would finally debut in August 1980.

Mark Ayres

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Additional Programme Notes

I should make some comments on the remastering of these recordings.

Most of the original tapes are in mono, except tracks 38, 39 & 49 which are in stereo. And, wanting the listener to hear the recordings as originally created (barring noise, clicks and hum, which I've tried to remove), I've left many of the mono tracks in mono.

However, I decided to present The Sea Devils and Peter Howell's demos in stereo-enhanced versions. I thought long and hard about this, as I'm aware that purists like recordings to be in their original form (and I also feel that many "pseudo stereo" processes sound very poor, muddy the sound, and offer terrible mono compatibility). But there is no doubt in my mind that, to modern ears, stereo sounds more natural. In the case of The Sea Devils especially, something needed to be done: Malcolm Clarke deliberately left the masters almost completely "dry", only using reverberation (generally the spring-line unit built into the Delaware) as an effect. It was his intention that reverberation would be added in the dub, yet it wasn't. And playing the masters back now, I felt that dry, high level, high frequency triangle waves from a point source could be more painful than entertaining! So I decided to add a sympathetic stereo effect and some stereo ambience, a decision supported by both Malcolm Clarke and, for the demos, Peter Howell. The process I have used (developed by Michael Gerzon for Waves) works on a frequency distribution method, is phase-coherent, almost entirely neutral (when used "properly"!) and offers excellent mono compatibility. The upshot of this is that, if you want to hear the recordings faithfully in their original mono, all you have to do is just that - listen in mono (make sure it's "true" mono, not just one side of the stereo; the "mono" button on decent stereo systems will do this, or you could feed your CD player into your portable TV for a really authentic effect!). On The Sea Devils especially, I feel that the stereo processing is something of a revelation, unpicking some of the denser textures and making it much easier to tell what's going on.

One word of warning. Apart from processing as described above and some gentle noise-reduction, I've left The Sea Devils pretty much alone. This means that I've allowed the digital format to reproduce faithfully the considerable dynamic and frequency range present on the masters. So be wary of playing this CD at too high volume!

And so, to the notes.

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Annotated Track List

Some tracks contain more than one sound, marked by "index points" (displayed on players that read them) and indicated here, where necessary, in square brackets with the corresponding track time. For The Sea Devils, a brief description of the original function of each track is given. For a detailed analysis of the music in the adventure, showing which bits were used and which bits were not, and where on the CD each cue is to be found, see the The Sea Devils - Music Cue Sheet .

1	Doctor Who (Opening Title Theme, 1970) (0'46)	New version of the theme music prepared for the start of Jon Pertwee's first season in 1970. The stuttered start would later be dropped, otherwise this version opened the programme (with a few exceptions) until 1980. Please also see A History of the Doctor Who Theme.
"INFERNO" (Serial DDD)
2	TARDIS Control On & Warp Transfer (0'22)	Sound effects by Brian Hodgson
3	Blue Veils & Golden Sands (3'25)	Inferno was the last Doctor Who adventure not to have an original score composed for it. Two tracks by Delia Derbyshire were used as stock music, taken from an internally-released "library" record, BBC Radiophonic Music (later commercially released on BBC Records, REC 25M, 1971). Here, they have been newly-transferred and remastered from the original album tapes.
4	The Delian Mode (5'33)
"THE MIND OF EVIL" (Serial FFF)
5	The Master's Theme (0'43)	By this time, 1971, Dudley Simpson was firmly ensconced (barring strong personal preference by an individual director) as the house composer on Doctor Who. And for this entire season, he collaborated on his scores at the Radiophonic Workshop, with Brian Hodgson "realising" the music initially on an EMS VCS3 synthesiser, and later on the Synthi 100 "Delaware". Here is Dudley's theme for the Doctor's arch-enemy, The Master. Both the villain and the theme appeared in every story this season. This particular cue comes from Episode 2, about 9.25 in.
6	Dover Castle (0'30)	Another of Dudley's cues from this story. This one became part of one of EMS's promotional showreels for their synthesisers. The cue title actually refers to the filming location, rather than the fictional setting (Stangmore Prison). The cue features in Episode 5, at 17.07, where it underscores a discussion about potatoes (you'll have to see the story!) and Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart's arrival at the prison.
7	Keller Machine Appears/Vanishes (0'23)	Sound effects by Brian Hodgson
8	Keller Machine Theme (0'42)	Dudley Simpson's Keller Machine theme, here as used at the Episode 3 cliffhanger and again at the start of Episode 4. As Minds of Evil, this cue appeared on the BBC Radiophonic Workshop album 21 in 1979.
"THE CLAWS OF AXOS" (Serial GGG)
9	Brain Centre Atmosphere (0'21)	Inside the Axon ship; sound effect by Brian Hodgson
10	The Axons Approach (1'45)	Music cue by Dudley Simpson (the only surviving music from this story), realised by Brian Hodgson. From Episode 3, at about 13.54. This cue also featured on the EMS promotional disk, but with the end missing. Here it is reproduced complete.
11	TARDIS lands (0'22)	A new TARDIS landing variation, and the one that endured longest! Descending sparks lead into key-scrape groans, proceeding quickly to a final cutout "thump".
12	Doctor Who (Closing Title Theme, 1970) (1'13)	Closing title theme, 1970 long version. See also A History of the Doctor Who Theme.
"THE SEA DEVILS" (Serial LLL)		This was the first Doctor Who story to feature a music score written to picture by a Radiophonic Workshop composer and credited as such. (Whilst Brian Hodgson's effects frequently functioned as music during 1968-9, they were credited as "Special Sounds", and were not recognised as music on the programme cuesheets).
13	The Prison (1'19)	A Sea Devil attacks the radio operator on HMS Pevensey Castle; the Doctor & Jo in boat on their way to the Master's island prison. [2; 0.49] The Doctor & Jo arrive on island and get into car. Establish prison.
14	The Master (2'05)	Dr and Jo arrive at the prison; [2; 0.20] The Master attempts to hypnotise guard. [3; 0.52] The Doctor & Jo are shown in to the Master's cell. [4; 1.21] The Doctor reminisces about the Master. [5; 1.36] The Doctor and Jo leave the prison.
15	The Naval Base (1'28)	The Doctor hands over money to the boatman in return for borrowing the boat, and leaves for the naval base. [2; 0.46] Spotted by Captain Hart, the Doctor arrives at the Naval base. [3; 1.09] The Doctor examines the lifeboat and is detained by the sailors.
16	The Sea Fort (2'13)	The Master and Trenchard look at the map; establish Sea Fort. [2; 0.17] Worried maintenance men on Fort. [3; 0.38] Men on Fort attacked. (Much of this last cue was unused in the final episode)
17	Stranded (2'39)	The Doctor and Jo arrive at the Sea Fort and climb up ladder. [0.28] The Doctor and Jo are on the Sea Fort and their borrowed boat is destroyed; to end of Episode 1. (Much of this last cue was unused in the final episode)
18	The Sea Devil (2'43)	Start of Episode 2: The deranged Clark is carried away, Sea Devil appears in the background. [2; 0.17] The Doctor goes looking for radios and meets a Sea Devil. He runs back to the cabin and rigs the door to give the Sea Devil an electric shock. He and Jo chase the injured creature and it jumps into the sea. (Much of this last cue was unused in the final episode)
19	The Master at Large (3'04)	Hart reacts to Blythe's comment that Clark is babbling about "Sea Devils"; Trenchard arrives at the Naval base and the Master gets out of the car. [2; 0.42] The Master in naval stores. [3; 1.13] The Master is confronted by the Petty Officer in the stores and attacks him after failing to hypnotise him; Trenchard with Doctor, Jo and Hart. (N.B. a large part of this final cue, between opening sting and hypnotism, are not used in dub).
20	Air-Conditioning Problem (0'48)	The Master covers the camera in his cell, then summons the guard (claiming that there is a problem with the air-conditioning) and knocks him out.
21	Duel (1'44)	The Doctor enters the Master's cell; the Master produces a gun. They fight. The Doctor, besting the Master, turns his back; the Master throws a knife at the Doctor's back (end of Episode 2).
22	The Master's Plan (1'31)	Episode 3: Guards try to detain Jo as she leaves the prison, but she escapes. [2; 0.21] Trenchard reacts to the news that Jo is at loose in the grounds of the prison; Jo hides then runs back towards the prison. [3; 0.41] The Master tells the Doctor of his plans to contact the Sea Devils. (Only the final few seconds of this cue are used in final dub; the music originally entered on the Master's line "You really think I care what Trenchard thinks?").
23	The Submarine (1'52)	Submarine at sea. [2; 0.17] Submarine at sea. It dives, and the submariners discuss their prey ("we'll know when we find it"). [3; 0.58] The submarine makes sonar contact with something underwater.
24	Jo Frees the Doctor (1'11)	Security car searching; Jo in grounds. (The first few seconds are unused in the final dub). [2; 0.58] After the guard has been called into the cell, Jo appears from behind the door and she and the Doctor make their escape.
25	Rock Bottom (1'15)	The Submarine is becalmed and sinks to the bottom of the sea; the Sea Devils board (out of vision). (The middle section - after the sub hits the bottom until voice messages start coming in from the forward section of the boat - not used in final dub).
26	The Beach (1'57)	The Doctor and Jo are spotted making their escape towards the beach. [2; 0.15] The Doctor and Jo reach the cliff; a security car drives along the beach as the Dr and Jo fetch a rope; Trenchard and the Master follow them as they climb down the cliff; they are cornered on the beach; Doctor and Jo at beach; use rope to climb down. [3; 1.24] The Doctor and Jo see the minefield sign; Sea Devil emerges from the waves (end of Episode 3)
27	The Minefield (0'23)	Start of Episode 4: Close up of mine as the Doctor and Jo continue through the minefield
28	Devil Underwater (1'18)	The Submarine is immobilised; the Sea Devils board
29	The Doctor and Jo on the Run (0'35)	The Doctor and Jo in the prison grounds as security guards search for them
30	The Sea Devils Take the Prison (3'24)	The Master starts his communication device and the Sea Devils emerge from the sea. [2; 0.44] Trenchard on the telephone in his office ("No, I can't tell you what's wrong"); the Sea Devils invade the Prison. (This cue was scored continuously throughout the assault until Trenchard meets the guard - "What's happening man?!" - but only some sections are used in the final dub). [3; 2.49] After "I shall attend to the security of my prisoner - go on, man, move!", Trenchard is confronted by Sea Devils; they enter the Master's cell; Trenchard lies dead outside.
31	The Diving-Bell (1'23)	The Doctor, Jo and Hart travel to the Frigate. [2; 1.00] Jo looks inside empty the diving bell (end of Episode 4).
32	Mr Walker's War (3'05)	Warships converge on the area. [2; 0.25] The Doctor and the chief Sea Devil come to an agreement; the Warships ready their weapons. [3; 0.58] "Commence attack" - the Navy attacks the Sea Devils. [4; 1.42] The Naval bombardment continues and the Sea Devil base is hit; the Master turns Sea Devils to his side. Some of this music is borrowed from Malcolm Clarke's previous score for a BBC Schools' Radio production of The War of the Worlds (1971).
33	Torpedo (1'28)	Submariners react to morse message and overpower the Sea Devils to take back submarine. [2; 0.29] After torpedoes fired - the submarine escapes and surfaces. The Master and the Sea Devils decide to attack the humans.
34	Attack in Force (2'02)	The Sea Devils surface and attack the Naval base. [2; 0.47] Start of Episode 6; cliffhanger reprise - Jo spots the Sea Devils; the Naval base is captured by the Master and the Sea Devils.
35	Ventilation Shaft (1'20)	Jo disappears into ventilation shaft; she escapes and makes her way to the Naval stores. [2; 1.05] Jo runs down corridor; a Sea Devil enters the stores (Master and Doctor preparing for test of machine).
36	Sea Chase (2'06)	The Doctor spots the Master escaping and follows; jet-boat chase; the Sea Devils go back into the sea; the jet-boats are beached and the Doctor finds himself surrounded by Sea Devils.
37	Escape (0'46)	A stretcher is removed from the hovercraft; the Master escapes.
38	Doctor Who (Stereo Version, 1972) (2'21)	This stereo version of the original theme music was prepared in November 1972 for Jack Aistrop of BBC Enterprises. It was done by taking the original theme master (Track 1 on Volume One of this series), giving it a pseudo-stereo effect (literally by delaying one side of the stereo - a common technique!) and adding the cliffhanger "scream" to the start and the TARDIS takeoff to the middle. It was released as a single by BBC Records in April 1973 (BBC RESL 11), backed by a Paddy Kingsland composition, Reg. It has since become the standard version of the "classic" theme for album and CD reissue. This copy is taken direct from the original master, which also contains a number of alternative experimental versions of the theme...
39	Doctor Who (Delaware Version, 1972) (2'08)	The "Delaware" version of the theme was produced in June 1972 for use on the 1973 season. It was deemed not to be a great success, and was removed from all final versions of that year's episodes. The original master, containing opening and closing titles versions, is missing. Yet in November 1972, when the master for track 38 (above) was prepared, it wasn't known for certain which theme version would be used on the season, so the same master tape contains numerous versions of the theme for possible release, including some stereo versions of the Delaware theme. The best of those is reproduced here. (This track was previously released on the BBC's Thirty Years at the Radiophonic Workshop CD in 1993, taken from a cassette copy recovered from fan circles. The copy presented here is taken from the original master, which turned up during my research and cataloguing). See also A History of the Doctor Who Theme.
SOUND EFFECTS SELECTION (1974-1979)
40	Aggedor's Temple Atmosphere, Peladon ("The Monster of Peladon", YYY) (0'59)	Dick Mills took over as sound effects maestro when Brian Hodgson left the Workshop in 1972, and became the programme's most-credited contributor of any kind. Over the years he produced many very inventive sounds, and a suite of some of his ambient backgrounds is presented here. (Further sounds will be released on future volumes in this series, while a true sound effects collection is planned).
41	Metebelis III Atmosphere ("Planet of the Spiders", ZZZ) (1'51)
42	Nerva Beacon Infrastructure & T-Mat Couch ("The Ark in Space", 4C) (1'42)
43	The Planet Karn ("The Brain of Morbius", 4K) (1'43)
44	The Shrine of the Sisterhood of Karn ("The Brain of Morbius", 4K) (1'13)
45	The Mandragora Helix ("The Masque of Mandragora", 4M) (0'46)
46	Nova Device Countdown & Explosion ("Destiny of the Daleks", 5J) (0'12)
PETER HOWELL DEMOS (for "The Horns of Nimon" Part Two, 1980):		Two demos produced by Peter Howell as part of the Workshop's "pitch" to take over complete responsibility for all the programme's music and special sound requirements from 1980. Paddy Kingsland also produced a demo, but this has not been found. The two tracks featured here were composed to the opening scenes of The Horns of Nimon Part Two, which had already been completed with a score by Dudley Simpson. The reel, when I found it at the Workshop, was just labelled "Doctor Who Demo", and not listed in the library catalogue. It took some detective work to discover exactly what the reel was and for which scenes the cues were written. I think I've got it right!
47	Demo 1 (1'13)	This cue might be called "The Asteroid" or "Good Dog". It starts immediately on the cut out of the opening titles as the Doctor talks to K9. Most of this scene was actually left unscored in the previously broadcast version of this episode.
48	Demo 2 (1'07)	"Cricket Ball" or "Spin and Slice" might be appropriate titles for this cue. It starts soon after the previous cue dies away, just after K9 says "Time to impact now 58 seconds dead" and continues until after the TARDIS bounces off the asteroid; sync is very tight on this one.
49	Doctor Who (New Theme, 1980) (2'42)	Part of the brief for the 1980 season of Doctor Who was for Peter Howell to come up with a new version of the theme. He did ample justice to it with this recording, presented here in its full-length stereo single release version (again taken straight from the original master). See also A History of the Doctor Who Theme.

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The Sea Devils - Music Cue Sheet

The following table lists each music cue used in the original episodes, whether it's a reuse or treatment of another cue, and cross-references to the CD. You'll notice that not every cue is on the CD. This is of course mainly down to time constraints.

The fields:

• Ep(isode), Cue and Start. The episode number in which a cue appears and cue number as given on the master reels. Time is the approximate start time of each cue from the start of the episode in which it appears.
• Dur (Duration) Length of cue
• Tk/Ind. The track and index point on the CD where you can find this cue.

Ep.	Cue	Start	Cue Note	Dur.	Tk/Ind.
1	1	00:54	A Sea Devil attacks the radio operator on HMS Pevensey Castle; the Doctor & Jo in boat on their way to the Master's island prison. Segue to next cue 1m2	00:48	13/1
1	2	01:42	The Doctor & Jo arrive on island and get into car. Establish prison.	00:33	13/2
1	3	02:21	Dr and Jo arrive at the prison	00:29	14/1
1	4	04:29	The Master attempts to hypnotise guard	00:50	14/2 (slightly edited)
1	5	05:30	The Doctor & Jo are shown in to the Master's cell	00:30	14/3
1	6	08:23	The Doctor reminisces about the Master	00:15	14/4
1	7	08:56	The Doctor and Jo leave the prison	00:29	14/5
1	8	11:32	The Doctor hands over money to the boatman in return for borrowing the boat, and leaves for the naval base	00:47	15/1
1	9	12:34	Spotted by Captain Hart, the Doctor arrives at the Naval base	00:25	15/2
1	10	13:12	The Doctor examines the lifeboat and is detained by the sailors	00:19	15/3
1	11	13:40	Jo hands note to man for bike. Shortened sting from start of 1m8	00:04
1	12	15:36	The Master and Trenchard look at the map; establish Sea Fort	00:21	16/1
1	13	16:23	Worried maintenance men on Fort. (End sting cut in from m1- and reused frequently throughout the score!)	00:26	16/2
1	14	18:08	Men on Fort attacked. Cue originally started on cut to scene in crew room, but the first 32" are unused in final dub, so music is faded in at the start of the next scene as Hickman goes to investigate the noise. A section from 52"-1'18" (as Clark runs from crew room after hearing Hickman scream) also not used	01:34	16/3
1	15	20:50	The Doctor and Jo arrive at the Sea Fort and climb up ladder. Cue is one continuous track with m16 following (also reused, at half speed, as 4m10)	00:28	17/1
1	16	21:20	The Doctor and Jo are on the Sea Fort and their borrowed boat is destroyed; to end of episode. Note that the final 40" of this cue (after the destruction of the boat and the appearance of the Sea Devil under the stairs) is unused in the final dub	02:12	17/2
2	1	00:26	Start of episode - deranged Clark approaches. Unused in final dub. The cue uses musical material from middle of 1m14	00:17
2	2	00:53	Clark is carried away, Sea Devil appears in the background. The cue is repeated as 4m12 (with added reverberation)	00:19	18/1
2	3	02:48	The Doctor goes looking for radios and meets a Sea Devil. He runs back to the cabin and rigs the door to give the Sea Devil an electric shock. He and Jo chase the injured creature and it jumps into the sea. A short section (3.25-3.38 programme time) as the Doctor returns to the cabin is unused, and again before the Dr and Jo follow injured Sea Devil (4.39-4.48 programme time).	02:27	18/2
2	4	09:29	Hart reacts to Blythe's comment that Clark is babbling about "Sea Devils"; Trenchard arrives at the Naval base and the Master gets out of the car; the Master, dressed as a Naval Officer, takes a salute. N.B. The middle section (as Trenchard knocks on side of vehicle) and end of this cue (the Master takes salute) not used in final dub	01:12	19/1
2	5a	11:13	Trenchard enters Hart's office and discusses golf with Captain Hart. This cue unused in final dub (would have continued straight to 5b). This music was later reused for Malcolm's "August 2026 (There Will Come Soft Rains)" in 1976, but with additional overdubs.	00:56
2	5b	12:09	The Master in naval stores. Continues directly to 5c. Music is repeated as 2m7	00:30	19/2
2	5c	12:40	The Master is confronted by the Petty Officer in the stores and attacks him after failing to hypnotise him; Trenchard with Doctor, Jo and Hart. N.B. a large part of this cue (between opening sting and hypnotism) are not used in dub. The Trenchard material is repeated from the unused 5a	01:54	19/3 (slightly edited)
2	6	14:51	Jo spots the Master from Hart's window	00:15
2	7	15:33	Trenchard leaves the base. Music repeated from 5b	00:30	(19/2)
2	8	16:43	Jo and the Doctor arrive back at the prison. Repeat of 1m3 with an extra synth overdub at end (as Trenchard tries to knock the ball into the glass)	00:27
2	9	19:12	The Master covers the camera in his cell, then summons the guard and knocks him out	00:49	20
2	10	20:18	The Doctor, practising golf shots in Trenchard's office, knocks the ball straight into the glass	00:03
2	11a	21:13	The Doctor enters the Master's cell; the Master produces a gun. Continues directly to 2m11b	00:40	21/1
2	11b	21:58	The Doctor kicks the Master's gun from his hand, and sword fight starts. Continues to 11c	00:37	21/1
2	11c	22:36	Fight continues (after "that's Government property") and moves into cell; the Doctor gains the upper hand	00:27	21/2
2	11d	23:08	Fight continues after the Doctor throws a sword to the Master; Doctor gets upper hand again and knocks the Master over the table. Continues directly to m12	00:16	21/3
2	12	23:24	The Doctor mocks the Master and turns away. Cut direct to m13	00:12	21/4
2	13	23:36	The Master throws the knife at the Doctor	00:02	21/5
3	1	00:28	The Doctor kicks the Master's gun from his hand, and sword fight starts. Copy of 2m11b; continues to m1a	00:37	(21/1)
3	1b	01:08	Doctor and Master fight. Copied from 2m11c, 2m11d, 2m12, 2m13.	01:03	(21/2-5)
3	2	03:09	Guards try to detain Jo as she leaves the prison, but she escapes. Cue 1m3 again, with added pre-echo and extra synth overdub at the end	00:24	22/1
3	3	05:10	Trenchard reacts to the news that Jo is at loose in the grounds of the prison; Jo hides then runs back towards the prison	00:23	22/2
3	4	06:09	The Master dismisses Trenchard and returns to his magnifier	00:15
3	5	08:32	The Master tells the Doctor of his plans to contact the Sea Devils. Only the final few seconds of this cue are used in final dub (the music originally entered on the Master's line "You really think I care what Trenchard thinks?")	00:48	22/3
3	6	09:22	Submarine at sea	00:18	23/1
3	7	10:08	Submarine at sea. It dives, and the submariners discuss their prey ("we'll know when we find it")	00:42	23/2
3	8	11:14	Having been summoned by Trenchard, the Master takes his machine and leaves his cell	00:07
3	9a	11:29	Security car searching; Jo in grounds. The first few seconds are unused in the final dub. Originally continued direct to 9b	00:32	24/1
3	9b	12:01	Trenchard with the Master ("Captain Hart's car's been spotted heading for the main gate"); Jo makes contact with the Doctor through the cell window. Only the middle section of this cue used in dub (originally continued from 9a), the very start is unused, as is a section which accompanied Jo's signing to the Doctor	00:48	24/1 (edited)
3	10	13:00	Jo outside the Prison; she climbs in through a window and nears the cell where the Doctor is held	01:05
3	11	14:23	As the Doctor calls the guard into the cell, Jo creeps in and hides behind the door	00:36
3	12	16:35	Starts after Hart leaves Trenchard's office; the submarine makes noisy sonar contact with something underwater	00:54	23/3
3	13	18:56	After the guard has been called into the cell, Jo appears from behind the door and she and the Doctor make their escape	00:11	24/2
3	14	19:38	The Submarine is becalmed and sinks to the bottom of the sea; the Sea Devils board (out of vision). The middle section (after the sub hits the bottom until voice messages start coming in from the forward section of the boat) not used in final dub	01:16	25
3	15	20:59	The Doctor and Jo are spotted making their escape towards the beach	00:15	26/1
3	16	21:36	Doctor and Jo reach beach, climb down. Master summons Sea Devil. The Doctor and Jo see the minefield sign; Sea Devil emerges from the waves (end of episode). N.B. Overdub bubbling effects for Master section is missing.	01:58	26/2-3

4	1	00:27	Doctor and Jo on Beach; Sea Devil emerges from waves. Copied from end of 3m16	00:43	(26/3)
4	2	01:23	The Sea Devil walks up the beach; the Doctor and Jo head for the minefield	00:24
4	3	02:39	Close up of mine as the Doctor and Jo continue through the minefield	00:24	27
4	4	04:06	Comes in at end of scene as Hart demands "a full-scale search, right away": the Submarine is immobilised; the Sea Devils board	01:19	28
4	5	06:13	The Doctor and Jo in the prison grounds as security guards search for them	00:35	29
4	6	07:19	On board the submarine: the Sea Devil indicates the course to the prison; the crew discuss whether to attack the creatures	00:59
4	7	11:38	The Master starts his communication device and the Sea Devils emerge from the sea	00:44	30/1
4	8	12:24	Trenchard on the telephone in his office ("No, I can't tell you what's wrong"); the Sea Devils invade the Prison. The cue was scored continuous throughout the assault until Trenchard meets the guard ("What's happening man?!"), but only some sections are used in the final dub. (Producer Barry Letts felt much of it sounded like an off-stage gun battle and so was confusing to viewers - in fact it probably works better when punctuating the action as it now does)	02:07	30/2
4	8a	14:49	After "I shall attend to the security of my prisoner - go on, man, move!", Trenchard is confronted by Sea Devils; they enter the Master's cell; Trenchard lies dead outside.	00:33	30/3
4	9	15:50	The Doctor, Jo and Hart arrive at the Prison and find the dead Trenchard. The start of cue is a copy of 1m3, the second section is 2m6	00:33
4	10	17:23	The Doctor, Jo and Hart travel to the Frigate. Cue is a copy of 1m15, at half speed	00:59	31/1
4	11		Use of cue unknown; does not appear in final dub. Possibly written for moment as Jo questions the Doctor's need to go to the sea bed	00:10
4	12	21:17	The Doctor in the diving bell sees the Sea Devil outside. (Repeat of 2m2 with added reverberation)	00:15	(18/1)
4	13	22:41	Jo looks inside empty the diving bell (end of episode). Cue is variation on the end of 3m16	00:23	(26/3)
5	1	01:19	Cliffhanger reprise: Jo looks inside empty diving bell. Copied up from 4m13	00:23	(26/3)
5	2	05:20	The Master tells the Sea Devils, "The Doctor is your deadly enemy, he must be destroyed"	00:08
5	3	06:32	After Walker's "Murder? War always is my dear! Where on Earth's that girl with my toast?" - Warships converge on the area. (Some of the music from the war cues is borrowed from Malcolm Clarke's previous score for a BBC Schools' Radio production of The War of the Worlds (1971)).	00:28	32/1
5	4	08:37	The Doctor and the chief Sea Devil come to an agreement; the Warships ready their weapons	00:33	32/2
5	5	09:43	"Commence attack" - the Navy attacks the Sea Devils	00:44	32/3
5	6	10:36	The Doctor: "If you'll release the submarine and its crew, yes"; the Naval bombardment continues and the Sea Devil base is hit; the Master turns Sea Devils to his side	01:25	32/4
5	7	12:49	"Dead" Sea Devils on water	00:04
5	8	14:22	After the Master says, "We shall attack their base"	00:05
5	9	16:20	"It's your turn - you've got to do what it says there." Submariners react to morse message and overpower the Sea Devils to take back submarine	00:27	33/1
5	10	17:14	The submarine backs out of the cavern; the Sea Devils activate the force field; submarine tries to break free; the Doctor suggests firing a torpedo; the submarine starts losing power	01:52
5	11	19:20	After torpedoes fired - the submarine escapes and surfaces. The Master and the Sea Devils decide to attack the humans	00:57	33/2
5	12	21:28	After "You have just made them angry. Very, very angry" - the Sea Devils surface and attack the Naval base. This is a copy of 4m7 with some added overdubs	00:50	34/1
5	13	23:39	As the Doctor, Jo and Hart leave the base, Jo spots the Sea Devils (end of episode)	00:11
6	1	00:42	Cliffhanger reprise - Jo spots the Sea Devils; the Naval base is captured by the Master and the Sea Devils	01:15	34/2
6	2	02:24	After the Master's "...not if you value the life of every man on this base" - Hart and Walker with defunct radio	00:11
6	3	03:37	Hart undoing hatch; Master and Sea Devil	00:12
6	4	05:24	Jo disappears into ventilation shaft; she escapes and makes her way to the Naval stores	01:08	35/1
6	5	07:14	Jo leaves Doctor to plan his "diversion"; she hides as the Sea Devils pass	00:17	(35/2)
6	6	07:38	Jo runs down corridor; a Sea Devil enters the stores (Master and Doctor preparing for test of machine). This cue is a near repeat of 6m5, the difference being that the Synthi program runs slightly faster	00:14	35/2
6	7	07:58	Test of machine	01:46
6	8	12:06	Shot Sea Devil falls from roof	00:11
6	9	13:18	Left in the Naval stores, the Master hypnotises the guard and knocks him out. This is a repeat of hypnotism music from episode 2m5c, with an added "sting" at the end	00:17
6	10	14:11	The Doctor spots the Master escaping and follows; jet-boat chase; the Sea Devils go back into the sea; the jet-boats are beached and the Doctor finds himself surrounded by Sea Devils	02:05	36
6	11	16:48	After Walker's "I'm going to request that we launch a nuclear strike. Now!"	00:04
6	12	18:08	The Doctor and the Master are led away, the Master protesting "I helped you!"; taskforce on way to strike	00:18
6	13	21:58	In the Sea Devils base, the Machine about to explode ("The Device is causing the power to overload")	00:24
6	14	23:38	A stretcher is removed from the hovercraft; the Master escapes	00:45	37

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The Sea Devils Suite

In 1983, BBC Records released an LP entitled Doctor Who - The Music (REH 462). This was reissued in slightly revised form on CD as Earthshock - Classic Music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume One by Silva Screen Records (FILMCD 709) in 1992. Both of these releases contained a track entitled The Sea Devils, being a suite from the score. With a running time of 5.19, it consisted of the following cues:

• 1m1 (start)
• 1m3
• 1m4 (start missing)
• 1m8, long crossfade into...
• 1m2
• 2m5a (with some additional overdubs - probably taken from the music's reuse as part of Malcolm Clarke's "August 2026 (There Will Come Soft Rains)" in 1976)
• 2m5b
• 2m9 (just the double "sting" from the middle of this cue)
• Sea Devils' Base Atmosphere (by Brian Hodgson)
• 3m14
• 3m16

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