# Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980

Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980 is the second in a series of compilations of BBC Radiophonic Workshop music from Doctor Who. The album collected various incidental music from the 1970s including, for the first time, the complete Malcolm Clarke score for the 1972 serial The Sea Devils, only the second scored completely by the Radiophonic Workshop. The compilation also featured a few of Dudley Simpson's compositions as realised by Brian Hodgson, some Delia Derbyshire music as featured in Inferno, two Peter Howell demos from 1979 and a selection of Dick Mills' sound effects from the era.

## Track listing

| Track # | Artist | Track name | Stories used in |
| 1 | Delia Derbyshire | "Doctor Who (Opening Title Theme, 1970)" | various |
| 2 | Brian Hodgson | "TARDIS Control On & Warp Transfer" | Inferno |
| 3 | Delia Derbyshire | "Blue Veils & Golden Sands" | Inferno |
| 4 | Delia Derbyshire | "The Delian Mode" | Inferno |
| 5 | Brian Hodgson | "The Master's Theme" (composed by Dudley Simpson) | The Mind of Evil |
| 6 | Brian Hodgson | "Dover Castle" (composed by Dudley Simpson) | The Mind of Evil |
| 7 | Brian Hodgson | "Keller Machine Appears / Vanishes" | The Mind of Evil |
| 8 | Brian Hodgson | "Keller Machine Theme" (composed by Dudley Simpson) | The Mind of Evil |
| 9 | Brian Hodgson | "Brain Centre Atmosphere" | The Claws of Axos |
| 10 | Brian Hodgson | "The Axons Approach" (composed by Dudley Simpson) | The Claws of Axos |
| 11 | Brian Hodgson | "TARDIS Lands" | The Claws of Axos |
| 12 | Delia Derbyshire | "Doctor Who (Closing Title Theme, 1970)" | various |
| 13 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Prison" | The Sea Devils |
| 14 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Master" | The Sea Devils |
| 15 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Naval Base" | The Sea Devils |
| 16 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Sea Fort" | The Sea Devils |
| 17 | Malcolm Clarke | "Stranded" | The Sea Devils |
| 18 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Sea Devil" | The Sea Devils |
| 19 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Master at Large" | The Sea Devils |
| 20 | Malcolm Clarke | "Air-Conditioning Problem" | The Sea Devils |
| 21 | Malcolm Clarke | "Duel" | The Sea Devils |
| 22 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Master's Plan" | The Sea Devils |
| 23 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Submarine" | The Sea Devils |
| 24 | Malcolm Clarke | "Jo Frees the Doctor" | The Sea Devils |
| 25 | Malcolm Clarke | "Rock Bottom" | The Sea Devils |
| 26 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Beach" | The Sea Devils |
| 27 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Minefield" | The Sea Devils |
| 28 | Malcolm Clarke | "Devil Underwater" | The Sea Devils |
| 29 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Doctor and Jo on the Run" | The Sea Devils |
| 30 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Sea Devils Take the Prison" | The Sea Devils |
| 31 | Malcolm Clarke | "The Diving-Bell" | The Sea Devils |
| 32 | Malcolm Clarke | "Mr Walker's War" | The Sea Devils |
| 33 | Malcolm Clarke | "Torpedo" | The Sea Devils |
| 34 | Malcolm Clarke | "Attack in Force" | The Sea Devils |
| 35 | Malcolm Clarke | "Ventilation Shaft" | The Sea Devils |
| 36 | Malcolm Clarke | "Sea Chase" | The Sea Devils |
| 37 | Malcolm Clarke | "Escape" | The Sea Devils |
| 38 | Delia Derbyshire | "Doctor Who (Stereo Version, 1972)" | single release |
| 39 | Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson with Paddy Kingsland | "Doctor Who (Delaware Version, 1972)" | — |
| 40 | Dick Mills | "Aggedor's Temple Atmosphere, Peladon" | The Monster of Peladon (sound effects) |
| 41 | Dick Mills | "Metebelis III Atmosphere" | Planet of the Spiders (sound effects) |
| 42 | Dick Mills | "Nerva Beacon Infrastructure & T-Mat Couch" | The Ark in Space (sound effects) |
| 43 | Dick Mills | "The Planet Karn" | The Brain of Morbius (sound effects) |
| 44 | Dick Mills | "The Shrine of the Sisterhood of Karn" | The Brain of Morbius (sound effects) |
| 45 | Dick Mills | "The Mandragora Helix" | The Masque of Mandragora (sound effects) |
| 46 | Dick Mills | "Nova Device Countdown & Explosion" | Destiny of the Daleks (sound effects) |
| 47 | Peter Howell | "Demo 1" | 1979 demos for The Horns of Nimon |
| 48 | Peter Howell | "Demo 2" | 1979 demos for The Horns of Nimon |
| 49 | Peter Howell | "Doctor Who (New Theme, 1980)" | various |
| Source: ||||

## Reception

In his review for Notes, Louis Niebur wrote that "the second volume, with the inclusion of Malcolm Clarke's The Sea Devils score, as well as selections from three other stories ... contrasted to Clarke's anarchic score, Dudley Simpson's music for The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos show what happens when the synthesizer is treated as just another orchestral instrument. Simpson was to become the primary composer for the program throughout the 1970s, but his decision in the early 1970s to 'perform' his music entirely on the EMS VCS3, leads on this recording to some hilariously dated sounds, a frequent problem with early analog synthesizer music, and his are among the least successful tracks on this CD. By 1972, Simpson had begun composing for traditional instruments in combination with electronics provided by Brian Hodgson and Dick Mills of the Radiophonic Workshop, an arrangement that lasted nearly seven years. At the end of the decade the Doctor Who production team was looking to change the sound of the program again and asked if the Radiophonic Workshop could start providing them with entirely electronic scores on a full time basis."