Mark Ayres, Doctor Who, BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Now on Release!

A New Collection of Classic Doctor Who Music on Compact Disc

The New Releases

All original soundtracks!

Following years of research, international rescue and cataloguing, Composer/Producer Mark Ayres is mastering a whole new series of classic original Doctor Who music for Compact Disc, to be released through BBC Music.

The releases are planned as two complementary ranges. The first is a multi-volume set charting the programme's relationship with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Starting with the sound of the TARDIS taking off for the first time, we allow the Workshop's soundscapes to take us on a journey around the universe of Doctor Who. We follow the TARDIS to the Dalek home planet Skaro, hear the Cybermen attacking The Wheel in Space and terrorising the streets of London, follow the Sea Devils as they plan to take over the world, and then take an extended tour of the Doctor's later adventures, from The Leisure Hive to The Trial of a Timelord and beyond...

Alongside this range is a second series of releases showcasing the work of the many freelance composers whose music underscored the Doctor's travels down the years...Dudley Simpson, Tristram Cary, Mark Ayres (who?) and many others...

The releases will be attractively packaged with extensive sleeve notes. Additional information will be published on the internet.

Doctor Who - Terror of the Zygons & The Seeds of Doom
Music by Geoffrey Burgon

BBC Music WMSF 6020-2
Release date: 24th January 2000

This CD has been compiled and remastered by Mark Ayres from the composer's own tapes. With a running time of over 78 minutes, it is an essential addition to any fan's collection. Geoffrey Burgon also has a wide following for his concert works, and his "serious" audience will find these early television works of great interest, as will the wider community of film and television music enthusiasts.

The CD is packaged with a 6-page booklet. Please click here for additional information on this release, including extensive "virtual sleeve notes"!

Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Volume One - The Early Years

BBC Music WMSF 6023-2
Due for release 29th May 2000

The TARDIS takes off for the first time; a first visit to Skaro (home of the Daleks);
Cybermen stalk the streets of London as Yeti invade the underground, and the Doctor faces trial by his own people!

Music and sound effects from the early years of Doctor Who (1963-1979).

For expanded sleeve notes, click here

Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Volume Two - New Beginnings

BBC Music WMSF 6024-2
Due for release 29th May 2000

More changes to the theme music, as the third Doctor faces exile to Earth and "The Sea Devils".

Music and sound effects from the middle years of Doctor Who (1970-1980)

For expanded sleeve notes, click here

The series continues with:

Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Volume Three - The Leisure Hive
Volume Four - Meglos and Full Circle

New technology and a new direction for the show see the Radiophonic Workshop being put in sole charge of the music and special sound content of Doctor Who.

Released March 2002

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Who is Dr Who

Following the success of RPM records' "Who is Dr Who" (click here for more details), we are currently working on a second volume for release later in 2002.

The BBC Radio Collection

I continue to produce a series of compact disc releases for BBC Worldwide featuring the "missing" Doctor Who episodes, those stories for which the film prints are lost. Using off-air audio recordings and narration written by Sue Cowley and Michael Stevens, we try to help these lost adventures live on through the medium of sound. Narrators include Frazer Hines, Peter Purves, and Anneke Wills. Releases for 2002 include The Faceless Ones, The Smugglers, and The Enemy of the World.

N.B. This information is subject to change!
Please see the small print

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For some background history on these new releases and the source of the recordings please click here.

If you have any comments on the contents of this page, mail me: Mark_Ayres@compuserve.com.

For further details of other Doctor Who-related releases, and other music by Mark Ayres, please see the
Doctor Who Compact Disc Catalogue and Mark Ayres's Discography.

Please also see the Mark Ayres Doctor Who Pages