This is a list of music releases from and relating to the BBC television series Doctor Who. It is split into two sections: One for soundtracks of music from the show and its spinoffs, and one for music relating to the series, mainly novelty or tribute records.
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There have been several LP and CD releases of music and sound effects over the years from the BBC television series Doctor Who by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, freelance composers, and stock music
| Title | Composer | Label | Format | Year of Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBC Sound Effects No. 19 - Doctor Who Sound Effects | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Records | LP/Cassette | 1978 | In mono, with sound effects from the Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker eras of Doctor Who. Reissued on CD in a "facsimile" edtion recreating the original artwork 2 February 2012[1] |
| BBC Sound Effects No. 26 - Sci-Fi Sound Effects | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Records | LP/Cassette | 1981 | Seventeen stereo sound effects, by Dick Mills, from Season Eighteen of Doctor Who were included on this release |
| Doctor Who - The Music | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Records | LP | 1983 | Reissued on CD by Silva Screen Records in 1992 as Earthshock – Classic Music From The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1 with bonus tracks |
| Doctor Who - The Music II | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Records | LP | 1985 | Reissued on CD by Silva Screen Records in 1992 as The Five Doctors – Classic Music From The BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2 with bonus tracks |
| Space Adventures - Music from 'Doctor Who' 1963–1968 | Stock music | Doctor Who Appreciation Society | Cassette | 1987 | Limited edition (300 copies) cassette release of stock music used in the series. Reissued on CD, expanded to cover through 1971, by the researcher Julian Knot in 1998, again in a limited issue of 300 copies. |
| Black Light - The Doctor Who Music of Dominic Glynn | Dominic Glynn | Doctor Who Appreciation Society | Cassette | 1988 | Music from The Mysterious Planet, The Ultimate Foe, and Dragonfire. Reissued on CD in 2003 |
| The Doctor Who 25th Anniversary Album | Keff McCulloch | BBC Records | LP/Cassette/CD | 1988 | Also includes versions of the Doctor Who Theme by Delia Derbyshire, Peter Howell, and Dominic Glynn. |
| The Corridor of Eternity - The Music of Paddy Kingsland | Paddy Kingsland | Doctor Who Appreciation Society | Cassette | 1990 | Music from Castrovalvaand Mawdryn Undead |
| Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric | Mark Ayres | Silva Screen Records | CD | 1991 | |
| Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Mark Ayres | Silva Screen Records | CD | 1992 | |
| Doctor Who: Ghost Light | Mark Ayres | Silva Screen Records | CD | 1993 | |
| Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars | Dudley Simpson | Silva Screen Records | CD | 1993 | Re-recorded from the original scores on synthesiser by Heathcliff Blair. |
| Doctor Who: 30 Years at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Enterprises | CD | 1993 | Compilation of sound effects, atmospheres, and music produced at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop |
| The Best of Doctor Who Volume 1 – The Five Doctors | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | Silva America | CD | 1993 | Compilation for select tracks from The Music and The Music II plus the "Terror Version" of the theme music from Variations on a Theme (see below) |
| The Best of Doctor Who Volume 2 – The Greatest Show in the Galaxy | Mark Ayres | Silva America | CD | 1994 | Compilation of edited highlights from Mark Ayres three scores released on Silva Screen plus the McCulloch arrangement of the theme music. |
| The Worlds of Doctor Who | various | Silva Screen Records | CD | 1994 | Compilation of Silva Screen's Doctor Who soundtrack output |
| Music from The Tomb of the Cybermen | Stock music | Via Satellite Records | CD | 1997 | Compilation of stock music used in this Doctor Who serial. |
| Doctor Who: Original Soundtrack Recording | John Debney, John Sponsler and Louis Febre | John Debney Productions | CD | 1997 | Music from the 1996 TV movie. Promotional CD release by the composer |
| Sherlock Holmes Meets Dr Who | Carey Blyton | Upbeat Classics | CD | 1999 | Contains new recordings of suites of music from Doctor Who and the Silurians, Death to the Daleks, and Revenge of the Cybermen |
| Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons | Geoffrey Burgon | BBC Music | CD | 2000 | Music from Terror of the Zygons and The Seeds of Doom. |
| Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1: The Early Years 1963–1969 | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Music | CD | 2000 | Reissued on Mute Records in 2005 |
| Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980 | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Music | CD | 2000 | Reissued on Mute Records in 2005 |
| Dr Who - Music from the Tenth Planet | Stock music | Ochre Records | CD | 2000 | |
| Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Music | CD | 2002 | |
| Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle | BBC Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Music | CD | 2002 | |
| Doctor Who: Devils' Planets - The Music of Tristram Cary | Tristram Cary | BBC Music | 2-CD | 2003 | Incidental music from The Daleks, The Daleks' Master Plan and The Mutants. |
| Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack | Murray Gold | Silva Screen Records | CD | 2006 | Music from series one and two, featuring two songs performed by Neil Hannon. |
| Doctor Who – The Gunfighters | Tristram Cary | BBC Audio | 2-CD | 2007 | This narrated soundtrack release included as an extra "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" composed for this story by Tristram Cary. |
| Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 3 | Murray Gold | Silva Screen Records | CD | 2007 | Featuring two songs performed by Yamit Mamo. |
| Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 4 | Murray Gold | Silva Screen Records | CD | 2008 | Features music selections from Voyage of the Damned and all of the Series 4 episodes originally broadcast in 2008 except for The Next Doctor Christmas Special. |
| Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 4: The Specials | Murray Gold | Silva Screen Records | 2-CD | 2010 | Features music selections from the Series 4 special episodes The Next Doctor, Planet of the Dead, The Waters of Mars, and The End of Time parts 1 & 2. |
| Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 5 | Murray Gold | Silva Screen Records | 2-CD | 2010 | |
| Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - A Christmas Carol | Murray Gold | Silva Screen Records | CD/Download | 2011 | Featuring Katherine Jenkins singing “Abigail’s Song”. |
| Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack - Series 6[2] | Murray Gold | Silva Screen Records | 2-CD | 2011 |
Music from the Big Finish range of audios
| Title | Composer | Label | Format | Year of Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who: Music from the New Audio Adventures – Volume I | Alistair Lock | Big Finish | CD | 2000 | Music from Phantasmagoria, The Fearmonger, The Marian Conspiracy, and The Spectre of Lanyon Moor |
| Doctor Who: Music from the New Audio Adventures – Volume II | Alistair Lock | Big Finish | CD | 2001 | Music from Last of the Titans, The Shadow of the Scourge and The Fires of Vulcan |
| Doctor Who: Music from the New Audio Adventures – Volume III | Russell Stone | Big Finish | CD | 2001 | Music from Red Dawn, Winter for the Adept, and The Holy Terror |
| Doctor Who: Music from the Eighth Doctor Audio Adventures | Alistair Lock, Nicholas Briggs, Russell Stone & William Allen | Big Finish | 2-CD | 2002 | Music from Storm Warning, Sword of Orion, The Stones of Venice, and Minuet in Hell, plus the Eighth Doctor Big Finish Theme |
| Doctor Who: Music from the Fifth Doctor Audio Adventures | Alistair Lock, David Darlington & Russell Stone | Big Finish | CD | 2002 | Music from Loups-Garoux, The Eye of the Scorpion, and Primeval |
| Doctor Who: Music from the Sixth Doctor Audio Adventures | Alistair Lock, Jim Mortimore & Jane Elphinstone | Big Finish | CD | 2002 | Music from Bloodtide, Project: Twilight, The One Doctor |
| Doctor Who: Music from the Excelis Audio Adventures | David Darlington | Big Finish | CD | 2002 | Music from Excelis Dawns, Excelis Rising, Excelis Decays, and The Plague Herds of Excelis |
| Doctor Who: Music from the Seventh Doctor Audio Adventures | Andy Hardwick, Jim Mortimore & Russell Stone | Big Finish | CD | 2003 | Music from Dust Breeding, The Rapture, and Bang-Bang-a-Boom! |
| Title | Composer | Label | Format | Year of Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myths and Other Legends | Mark Ayres | Metro Music | LP | 1990 | Ayres' music for Reeltime Pictures' Myth Makers series of Doctor Who interviews. Reissued expanded format on CD by Silva Screen Records in 1991 |
| Downtime: Original Soundtrack Recording | Ian Levine, Nigel Stock, &Erwin Keiles | Silva Screen Records | CD | 1995 | Music from the direct-to-video spinoff |
| Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans – Original Soundtrack Recording | Mark Ayres | Silva Screen Records | CD | 1996 | Music from the direct-to-video spinoff |
| Dæmos Rising: The Music | Alistair Lock | Reeltime | CD | 2004 | Music from the direct-to-DVD spinoff |
| Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack | Ben Foster and Murray Gold | Silva Screen Records | Download/CD | 2008 | Music from Series 1 and 2 of Torchwood |
| Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack - Children of Earth | Ben Foster | Silva Screen Records | Download/CD | 2009 | Music from Children of Earth |
| Dr. Who & the Daleks | Malcolm Lockyer and Bill McGuffie | Silva Screen | 2-CD | 2009 | Music from Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. with effects by Barry Gray |
| Dr. Who and the Daleks/Daleks Invasion of Earth 2150 A.D.[3] | Malcolm Lockyer and Bill McGuffie | Silva Screen | 7" EP | 2011 | Released on 16 April 2011 as part of Record Store Day. Side Two is a mini-adventure featuring the film's dialogue with music by Bill McGuffie |
Over the years, there have been music releases that did not feature in the series, but are related to Doctor Who, ranging from novelty spoofs to loving tributes to the series.
| Title | Artist | Label | Format | Year of Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Doctor Who is Gonna Fix It" | Bullamakanka | RCL Records (Australia) BBC/Gemcom (US) BBC Records(UK) |
7" | 1983 | |
| "Doctor in Distress" | Who Cares? | Record Shack | 7" 12" |
1985 | Charity single with proceeds going to Cancer Research created to raise awareness of the 1985 hiatus |
| "Doctorin' the Tardis" | The Timelords | KLF Communications(UK) TVT Records(US) |
7" 12" cassette CD |
1988 | |
| Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme | various | Metro Music | 12" Square CD |
1989 | This disc consists of four versions of the Doctor Who theme, arranged by Mark Ayres, Dominic Glynn and Keff McCulloch. Reissued in 1991 by Silva Screen. |
| CyberTech | Adrian Pack and Michael Fillis | Jump Cut | CD | 1994 | Music inspired by the series, including the Dimensions in Time version of the theme music |
| CyberTech Part II - Pharos | Adrian Pack and Michael Fillis | Jump Cut | CD | 1995 | Music inspired by the series and the New Adventures novels |
| Who is Dr Who | various | RPM | CD | 2000 | Compilation of novelty singles and related singles from 1964–1973 produced by Mark Ayres |
| Chameleon Circuit | Chameleon Circuit | DFTBA Records | CD, Download | 2009 | |
| Still Got Legs | Chameleon Circuit | DFTBA Records | CD, Download | 2011 |
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