List of Doctor Who audio releases

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Since the 1970s, there have been many official and unofficial Doctor Who and related spin-offs released on audio, as LPs, audio cassettes, audio CDs and MP3 CDs. Recordings here are listed by their original release date. Original audio plays by Big Finish Productions are listed separately here.

Contents

[edit] The Missing Stories collection

In 1992 a brief series began releasing audio versions of missing stories from the archives, with link narration provided by one of the actors who played the Doctor. The soundtracks that were known to exist at the time were not the optimal audio quality and the range only released a few stories.

[edit] 1992

  • Soundtrack released on 2 cassette set
  • The narration is the same as later used on the 2000 CD edition but a poorer quality version of the original soundtrack was all that was available in 1992.
  • Linking narration by Colin Baker
  • Soundtrack released on 2 cassette set
  • Linking narration by Tom Baker
  • This release cut two scenes set in a coffee bar, in which music by The Seekers and The Beatles could be heard playing in the background.

[edit] 1993

  • Soundtrack released on 2 cassette set
  • Linking narration by Jon Pertwee
  • This release was prepared prior to the rediscovery of the television episodes for the stories and so not released in 1992. Due to contractual obligations it was released in 1993.
  • Soundtrack released on 2 cassette set
  • Linking narration by Tom Baker
  • Soundtrack released on 2 cassette set
  • Linking narration by Tom Baker

[edit] Audiobooks

The first Doctor Who audiobook was produced by the RNIB in 1978 and was available only to the registered blind through the RNIB and libraries. The first audiobook available to the general public was a Tom Baker reading of the State of Decay novelisation, released in 1981. From 1995 to 1997, recordings of the novelizations of seven Doctor Who serials and three sets of original short stories were released by the BBC on cassette. Each of the novelizations was read by the actor who had portrayed the Doctor in the respective serial. The short stories were read by various actors associated with the series, and can be found under Original Programmes, below. All of these recordings were re-released in the Tales from the TARDIS MP3-CD collections in 2004. Two new sets of audiobooks began publishing in 2005. The first consisted of novelizations of serials from the "Classic" Doctor Who era, the second series consists of original novels set in the David Tennant era.

[edit] 1978

  • Doctor Who

[edit] 1981

  • Tom Baker reads the novelization by Terrance Dicks. Released on cassette by Pickwick. Reissued on 2 cassettes by Ditto in 1985.[2]

[edit] 1995

  • Jon Pertwee reads the novelization by Terrance Dicks.

[edit] 1997

  • Peter Davison reads the novelization by Terrance Dicks.
  • Colin Baker reads the novelization by Philip Martin.

[edit] 2005

  • Doctor Who: Travels in Time and Space

[edit] 2006

[edit] 2007

Geoffrey Beevers reads this novelisation by Malcolm Hulke
  • Tom Baker reads this novelization by Terrance Dicks

[edit] 2008

  • Pest Control
An original audiobook read by David Tennant, not published in book form.[3]
Tom Baker reads this novelization by Terrance Dicks
Geoffrey Beevers reads this novelization by Malcolm Hulke
Stephen Thorne reads this novelization by Donald Cotton
Tom Baker reads this novelization by David Fisher
? reads this novelization by Barry Letts
Michael Cochrane reads this novelization by Terence Dudley
Caroline John reads this novelization by Terrance Dicks
  • The Pyramids of Mars
? reads this novelization by ?
Freema Agyeman reads this novelization by Simon Guerrier
Will Thorp reads this novelization by James Swallow

[edit] Year Unknown

  • Cybermen
David Banks reads his non-fictional book on the cybermen. Available only to the registered blind through the RNIB.
David Banks reads his New Adventures novel. Available only to the registered blind through the RNIB.

[edit] TV Soundtrack releases

Covers of four "Lost Episode" soundtracks released by the BBC Radio Collection.
Covers of four "Lost Episode" soundtracks released by the BBC Radio Collection.

A second series of "Lost Episode" soundtrack releases began in 1999. This series differed from earlier releases by having "linking" narration (i.e. narration to describe action and other sequences that were originally visual) read by an actor or actress who had played a companion in the original serial, rather than one of the actors who played the Doctor (with the exception of The Macra Terror, which used the original narration by Colin Baker). Another difference is that all of the later releases were remastered for release by Mark Ayres from tapes recorded "off-air" at the original time of broadcast, or, when necessary due to quality and possible due to availability, from surviving films. From 1999–2004 these recordings were released under the "BBC Radio Collection" banner, and starting in 2004 they have been released under the "BBC Audio" banner, with a slightly different look to the outer case packaging. The series was officially completed in 2006 with the release of The Reign of Terror, however, a rerelease of the soundtrack for The Tomb of the Cybermen was produced, and was followed by new audio productions of available serials.

[edit] 1999

  • Soundtrack released on double cassette and double CD (some CDs have a label for the cassettes)
  • Linking narration by Peter Purves

[edit] 2000

  • Soundtrack released on 3 CD set
  • Linking narration by Frazer Hines
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Frazer Hines
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • The narration is the same as on the 1992 audio cassette edition but a better quality version of the original soundtrack is used.
  • Linking narration by Colin Baker
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Peter Purves

[edit] 2001

  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Frazer Hines
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Peter Purves
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Peter Purves
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Frazer Hines
  • Soundtrack released on 5 CD set
  • Disc one contains Mission to the Unknown and also has a bonus data track, consisting of MP3 files of the episode soundtracks without narration, copies of the linking narration script in PDF format, and MP3 copies of sound clips before and after audio restoration
  • Linking narration by Peter Purves

[edit] 2002

  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Frazer Hines
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Peter Purves
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Anneke Wills
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Frazer Hines

[edit] 2003

The tins for the Doctor Who CD collectors tins released by the BBC Radio Collection (Dalek Tin) and by BBC Audio (Cybermen Tin).
The tins for the Doctor Who CD collectors tins released by the BBC Radio Collection (Dalek Tin) and by BBC Audio (Cybermen Tin).
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Frazer Hines
  • Adventures in History box set
  • Combines previous releases of The Myth Makers, The Highlanders and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
  • Yeti Attack box set
  • Combines previous releases of The Abominable Snowmen and The Web of Fear
  • Soundtrack released on 3 CD set
  • Linking narration by William Russell
  • A printed bonus is an included map of Cathay (China) similar to the one originally shown on screen while Marco Polo narrates his travel journal, and explaining historical inaccuracies between real locations and locations used in the serial.
  • The first disc in the set contains data as well as audio; the data includes MP3 files of the soundtracks without additional narration, PDF files of the narration scripts, and computer wallpaper versions of the aforementioned map of Cathay.
  • The Daleks Tin
  • Also released individually in 2004 on two CDs.
  • Linking narration by Anneke Wills
  • Also released individually in 2004 on three CDs.
  • Linking narration by Frazer Hines
  • This was the first time that complete versions of all seven episodes appeared unedited in audio form. The previous release had to cut a scene set in a coffee bar with a Beatles song playing in the background. Mark Ayres discusses in a Doctor Who Magazine interview in issue 336 how a rights clearance was not only simply unfeasible due to cost, but that the rights owner would not issue a clearance under any circumstances. Mark goes on to describe how he painstakingly was able to use another song in the background instead (later revealed to be a song by the Dave Clark Five), digitally inserting the one over the other.
  • My Life as a Dalek

[edit] 2004

  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Wendy Padbury
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by Frazer Hines
  • The Cybermen Tin (numbered limited edition)
  • Consists of 2 CDs, later released individually in January 2006
  • Linking narration by and bonus interview with Anneke Wills
  • Consists of 3 CDs, later released individually in January 2006
  • Linking narration by and bonus interview with Frazer Hines
  • The Origins of the Cybermen
  • Specially re-recorded for CD by David Banks. This was originally the first of four audios presenting Banks's book on the history of the Cybermen, collectively called "The ArcHive Tapes", released on cassette in the early 1990s by Silver Fist. The remaining segments were, in order, The Early Cybermen, The Cyber Nomads, and The Ultimate Cybermen.
  • Exclusive release within the collector's tin, will not be available separately.
  • The original five-and-a-half minute "in-character" introduction, with Banks utilizing his well-known Cyber Leader voice to set the mood prior to a normal-voiced recitation of the text, was not included on the CD release.

[edit] 2005

Covers of the final four entries in the "Lost Episode" collection, released by BBC Audio.
Covers of the final four entries in the "Lost Episode" collection, released by BBC Audio.
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set.
  • Linking narration by and bonus interview with Anneke Wills.
  • Inner CD card can be reversed so that the case's spine will match the style of the earlier BBC Radio Collection releases on a shelf.
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set with linking narration by William Russell.
  • Includes a bonus interview with William Russell.
  • Inner CD card can be reversed so that the case's spine will match the style of the earlier BBC Radio Collection releases on a shelf.
  • Soundtrack released on 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by and bonus interview with Frazer Hines (the interview is split into two parts, one part on each disc).
  • Inner CD card can be reversed so that the case's spine will match the style of the earlier BBC Radio Collection releases on a shelf.

[edit] 2006

  • Soundtrack released on a 2 CD set
  • Linking narration by and bonus interview with Carole Ann Ford
  • Soundtrack released on a 2 CD set on 1 May 2006
  • Linking narration by and bonus interview with Frazer Hines
  • Completely new version of a soundtrack recording originally produced before complete video copies of this serial were rediscovered in 1991.
  • While the serial The Ark is not technically lost, it is being produced in the same manner that the earlier television soundtracks were for lost Doctor Who stories.
  • Released on a two-CD set on 7 August 2006
  • Linking narration by and a bonus interview with Peter Purves
  • Monsters on Earth Limited Edition Tin
  • Consists of 2 CDs, later released individually on 7 January 2008
  • Linking narration by and bonus interview with Katy Manning

[edit] 2007

  • While the serial The Gunfighters is not technically lost, it is being produced in the same manner that the earlier television soundtracks were for lost Doctor Who stories.
  • Released on a two-CD set on 5 February 2007
  • Linking narration by and a bonus interview with Peter Purves
  • A special 10-minute bonus music segment is also included
  • While the serial The Dominators is not technically lost, it is being produced in the same manner that the earlier television soundtracks were for lost Doctor Who stories.
  • Released on a two-CD set on 7 May 2007
  • Linking narration by and a bonus interview with Wendy Padbury
  • While the serial The War Machines is not technically lost, it is being produced in the same manner that the earlier television soundtracks were for lost Doctor Who stories.
  • Released on a two-CD set on 6 August 2007
  • Linking narration by and a bonus interview with Anneke Wills
  • While the serial The Curse of Peladon is not technically lost, it is being produced in the same manner that the earlier television soundtracks were for lost Doctor Who stories.
  • Released on a two-CD set on 5 November 2007
  • Linking narration by and a bonus interview with Katy Manning

[edit] 2008

  • While the serial The Monster of Peladon is not technically lost, it is being produced in the same manner that the earlier television soundtracks were for lost Doctor Who stories.
  • Released on a two-CD set on 3 March 2008
  • Linking narration by and a bonus interview with Elisabeth Sladen
  • While the serial The Romans is not technically lost, it is being produced in the same manner that the earlier television soundtracks were for lost Doctor Who stories.
  • Released on a two-CD set on 22 May 2008
  • Linking narration by William Russell
  • Bonus archive radio items that look at the real-life Nero and the life and career of William Hartnell are also included
  • While the serial The Sensorites is not technically lost, it is being produced in the same manner that the earlier television soundtracks were for lost Doctor Who stories.
  • Scheduled to be released on a two-CD set on 10 July 2008
  • Linking narration by William Russell
  • While the serial The Krotons is not technically lost, it is being produced in the same manner that the earlier television soundtracks were for lost Doctor Who stories.
  • Scheduled to be released on a two-CD set on 6 November 2008
  • Linking narration by ?

[edit] Original programmes

[edit] 1976

[edit] 1978

  • This was an LP and cassette released by BBC Enterprises, in mono, with sound effects from the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker eras of Doctor Who.
  • One effect that does not appear on this recording is the sound of the TARDIS taking off and landing. As the BBC considers that to be a work of music, it appears only on a later musical soundtrack CD.

[edit] 1979

  • Originally released on LP, re-released on cassette in 1988 (along with Slipback, see below), re-released again on CD in a revised and expanded version in 2001. This is an abridged version of the television soundtrack, with narration by Tom Baker.
  • The CD version includes Exploration Earth: The Time Machine, originally transmitted on 4 October 1976 as part of "BBC Radio for Schools."

[edit] 1981

  • Seventeen stereo sound effects, by Dick Mills, from Season Eighteen of Doctor Who were included on this cassette/LP album release.

[edit] 1988

  • Broadcast in six parts on BBC Radio 4 in July and August 1985.
  • The recording was originally released on cassette in 1988 (along with Genesis of the Daleks, see above) and re-released on CD in 2001.
  • This is a six-part, original story by Eric Saward, starring Colin Baker as the Doctor, Nicola Bryant as Peri and Valentine Dyall as Slarn.

[edit] 1993

  • Broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 5 in August and September 1993.
  • The recording was originally released on cassette in 1993, re-released on a two CD set in 2000.
  • This is a five-part, original story by Barry Letts, starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor, Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith.

[edit] 1996

  • Broadcast weekly on BBC Radio 2 in January and February 1996.
  • The recording was originally released on cassette in 1996, re-released on a three CD set in 2000.
  • This is a six-part, original story by Barry Letts, starring Jon Pertwee as the Doctor, Nicholas Courtney as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Elisabeth Sladen as Sarah Jane Smith.

[edit] 1998

  • Short Trips
  • Out of the Darkness
  • 2 CDs containing three short stories read by Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant:
    • Moon Graffiti by Dave Stone from Doctor Who: More Short Trips
    • Wish You Were Here by Guy Clapperton from Doctor Who: Short Trips
    • Vigil by Michael Collier
  • Re-released on Tales from the TARDIS: Volume One MP3-CD in 2004.

[edit] 2002

  • Webcast on the official BBC Doctor Who website in 2001.
  • Originally conceived as a radio series, episodes 2-5 were commissioned after a successful "first ever" webcast in 2001 of the pilot programme.
  • The recording was released as a three CD set, with a slightly edited/modified audio from the original, in 2002.
  • Disc three also contains a series of outtakes and interviews.
  • The full colour booklet, illustrated by Lee Sullivan (who illustrated the RealPlayer animations that accompanied the original webcast), includes background information to the production and the characters and settings.
  • The front and back cover inserts can be reversed, so that artwork by Max Ellis or by Lee Sullivan can be displayed (the images are roughly the same, but are rendered in the two artists' distinctive styles).
  • Commissioned, produced for, and webcast on the official BBC Doctor Who website in 2002.
  • The recording was released as a two CD set, with interviews with cast members Richard Herring, Stewart Lee, Colin Baker and Yee Jee Tso in 2002.
  • Officially a Big Finish production: recording and eventual CD release were done by Big Finish.

[edit] 2003

  • Doctor Who at the BBC
  • Disc One contains 30 Years, originally broadcast on 20 November 1993 for Doctor Who's 30th anniversary, presented by Nicholas Courtney.
  • Disc Two is a series of radio clips from 1972-2002, presented by Elisabeth Sladen.
  • New recording of the incomplete Douglas Adams story, commissioned, produced for, and webcast on the official BBC Doctor Who website in 2003.
  • Officially a Big Finish production: recording and eventual 2 CD release were done by Big Finish.

[edit] 2004

  • Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2
  • The two discs in this set include a variety of BBC Radio and TV clips from 1967-2003, presented by Elisabeth Sladen.

[edit] 2005

  • Project: Who?
  • CD release of BBC Radio 2 programme narrated by Anthony Head, with behind-the-scenes information on the new series.
  • Disc One contains the episode Bigger on the Inside, originally broadcast on 22 March 2005.
  • Disc Two contains the episode Reverse the Polarity, originally broadcast on 29 March 2005.
  • The two discs contain thirty minutes of previously unreleased material.
  • Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 3

[edit] 2006

  • Doctor Who: The Dalek Conquests
  • Written, directed and narrated by Nicholas Briggs
  • Released on a two-CD set on 1 May 2006.
  • An original account of the history of the Daleks, from their creation through their attempts at conquering the universe. The discs feature audio clips from the TV series, and short Dalek scenes performed by Briggs.
  • Contains three original dramas, about real-life effects of Doctor Who on its fans and others. Released on a two-CD set on 4 September 2006.
  • "Regenerations", by Daragh Carville, originally transmitted on BBC Radio 3 on 1 December 2001.
  • "Blue Veils and Golden Sands", by Martyn Wade, originally transmitted on BBC Radio 4 on 13 December 2002 (an extract from this play appeared on the 2003 "Doctor Who at the BBC" set).
  • "Dalek, I Love You", by Colin Sharpe, originally transmitted on BBC 7 on 11 February 2006.

[edit] Soundtrack music

[edit] 1983

[edit] 1985

[edit] 1987

  • Space Adventures - Music from 'Doctor Who' 1963 - 1968
  • Limited edition (300 copies) cassette release of stock music used in the series.

[edit] 1988

[edit] 1991

  • This disc consists of the music for this Doctor Who serial, composed, arranged and performed by Mark Ayres, and includes another arrangement of the Doctor Who theme, also by Mark Ayres.

[edit] 1992

  • This disc consists of the music for this Doctor Who serial, composed, arranged and performed by Mark Ayres, and includes another arrangement of the Doctor Who theme, also by Mark Ayres.
  • Doctor Who: Earthshock - Classic Music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Volume 1
  • Doctor Who: The Five Doctors - Classic Music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, Volume 2

[edit] 1993

  • This disc consists of the music for this Doctor Who serial, composed, arranged and performed by Mark Ayres.
  • Doctor Who - Pyramids of Mars (Classic Music from the Tom Baker Era)
  • Music from the Tom Baker era of the series composed by Dudley Simpson and re-recorded from the original scores on synthesizer by Heathcliff Blair.
  • Compilation of sound effects, atmospheres, and music produced at the BBC Radiophonic Worksop

[edit] 1994

  • The Worlds of Doctor Who
  • Compilation of Silva Screen's Doctor Who soundtrack output

[edit] 1997

  • Compilation of stock music used in this Doctor Who serial.
  • Doctor Who: Original Soundtrack Recording
  • Music from the 1996 TV movie composed by John Debney, John Sponsler and Louis Febre. Promotional CD release by the composer

[edit] 1998

  • Space Adventures - Music from Doctor Who 1963-1971
  • Limited edition CD (300 copies) expanded reissue of the previous cassette release.

[edit] 2000

  • Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
  • This Disc contains the theme from 1963 and 1967, TARDIS effects (including the takeoff effect), and music from twenty-two Doctor Who serials.
  • This Disc contains the theme from 1970, the stereo and "Delaware" versions from 1972, and the theme arranged by Peter Howell (including his demo tracks) in 1980. This disc also contains music and sound effects from ten different serials.
  • Compilation of stock music used in this Doctor Who serial.

[edit] 2002

  • Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
  • This disc contains incidental music from The Leisure Hive along with sound effects from that serial and two others. It further includes both the 1980 version of the theme music, and a new 2002 stereo remix of the theme using the original 1963 synthesized elements.

[edit] 2003

  • Doctor Who: Devils' Planets - The Music of Tristram Cary

[edit] 2006

Soundtrack CD featuring thirty-one tracks of music from series one and two, composed by Murray Gold and featuring two songs performed by Neil Hannon.

[edit] 2007

  • Soundtrack CD featuring twenty-eight tracks of music from series three, composed by Murray Gold and featuring two songs performed by Yamit Mamo.

[edit] Related Music Releases

Over the years, there have been music releases that did not feature in the series, but are still related to Doctor Who

[edit] 1988

[edit] 1989

  • Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme

[edit] 2000

  • Who is Dr Who
  • Compilation of novelty singles and related singles from 1964-1973 produced by Mark Ayres

[edit] MP3 CDs

Covers for the MP3-CD releases of Tales from the TARDIS Volume One and Volume Two, Death Comes to Time: Special Edition and Doctor Who Reconstructed: The Power of the Daleks.
Covers for the MP3-CD releases of Tales from the TARDIS Volume One and Volume Two, Death Comes to Time: Special Edition and Doctor Who Reconstructed: The Power of the Daleks.

All of the MP3 files can be played in order on any compatible device, including home computers, and home audio equipment that is MP3 compatible. There are special 'viewers' and other material, depending on the disc, that can only be viewed on a computer.

[edit] 2003

  • This is a re-release of the 5 CD set that appeared in 2001.
  • This is a single MP3 CD release of two stories originally released individually.

[edit] 2004

  • This disc contains the complete audio programme of the 3 CD Death Comes to Time set released in 2002, including all five episodes, and the bonus audio-only material (outtakes, interviews, etc.)
  • This disc also contains video interviews that originally appeared on the BBC's Doctor Who website, behind the scenes video clips, and the complete original illustrations by Lee Sullivan that accompanied the audio in its original webcast format.
  • Tales from the Tardis Volume One
  • This disc consists of re-releases of material previously released on cassette and audio CD. For those using a computer to play the files, images from the original series are also included to correspond with readings from the novelizations of selected Doctor Who serials.
Contents:
  • The Curse of Peladon read by Jon Pertwee
  • Kinda read by Peter Davison
  • Attack of the Cybermen read by Colin Baker
  • Out of the Darkness read by Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant (three short stories featuring the Doctor and Peri, originally released on CD in 1998).
  • Short Trips read by Nicholas Courtney and Sophie Aldred (six short stories featuring Doctor Who characters)
  • Tales from the Tardis Volume Two
  • This disc consists of re-releases of material previously released on cassette. For those using a computer to play the files, images from the original series are also included to correspond with readings from the novelizations of selected Doctor Who serials.
Contents:

[edit] 2005

  • Doctor Who and the Daleks
  • This is a recording of the 1964 novelisation, written by David Whitaker, based on the second Doctor Who serial to be transmitted, and read in its entirety by William Russell.
  • The recording includes an interview with William Russell about his time on Doctor Who.
  • Contains the same audio programme as the 2003/2004 audio CD release as well as John Cura's "tele-snaps" to illustrate the serial when played on a home computer.
  • Booklet contains the same background information on the serial as the previous audio-only release, but includes an extra page about John Cura and the tele-snaps.
  • Photographs restored by James Goss.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Millennium Effect. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  2. ^ The Millennium Effect. Retrieved on 2007-12-13.
  3. ^ BBC Worldwide (2008-02-25). "David Tennant to read Doctor Who: Pest Control" (in English). Press release. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
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  • The TARDIS Library — Full guide to Doctor Who books, videos and audios. Includes an expanded listing of the above BBC audios, with cover images & user ratings/reviews.