August 7th, 2018
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The Five Doctors Television Soundtrack CD UK Order Now
Available to order in the UK from www.amazon.co.uk
Available to order in the USA from www4.screenarchives.com
There is no UK listing at present.
The Five Doctors, made and transmitted as a 90-minute special in 1983, was the 20th anniversary outing for the good Doctor, seeing the incumbent Peter Davison joined by previous incarnations Richard Hurndall (standing in for the deceased William Hartnell), Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker. The latter declined to return in person so soon after he had left, so was represented by some footage from “lost” story ‘Shada’.
The music was composed by Peter Howell at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. It was, in accordance with normal practice at the time, mixed in mono, so is presented here within a subtle mono-compatible stereo image. The sound effects for the story were by Dick Mills, but Peter was anxious to include the Death Zone atmosphere as part of the score so – with Dick still working on a previous project for a while – created that effect himself. The story would later be edited into the standard 4 x 25m episode format for syndication, for which Peter provided some additional “cliff hanger” cues.
In 1995, producer Paul Vanezis was contracted by BBC Video to produce a “Special Edition” of the story, extended beyond the original length (as determined by the transmission slot) and featuring updated visual effects. It was also decided to mix it in Dolby Surround (later updated to full 5.1 surround for DVD) so Peter Howell was called in to rework the music. Both versions of the score are presented complete on this release.
1 Doctor Who – Opening Theme (The Five Doctors)
2 New Console
3 The Eye of Orion
4 Cosmic Angst
5 Melting Icebergs
6 Great Balls of Fire
7 My Other Selves
8 No Coordinates
9 Bus Stop
10 No Where, No Time
11 Dalek Alley and The Death Zone
12 Hand in the Wall
13 Who Are You?
14 The Dark Tower / My Best Enemy
15 The Game of Rassilon
16 Cybermen I
17 Below
18 Cybermen II
19 The Castellan Accused / Cybermen III
20 Raston Robot
21 Not the Mind Probe
22 Where There’s a Wind, There’s a Way
23 Cybermen vs Raston Robot
24 Above and Between
25 As Easy as Pi
26 Phantoms
27 The Tomb of Rassilon
28 Killing You Once was Never Enough
29 Oh, Borusa
30 Mindlock
31 Immortality
32 Doctor Who Closing Theme – The Five Doctors Edit
33 Death Zone Atmosphere
34 End of Episode 1 (Sarah Falls)
35 End of Episode 2 (Cybermen III variation)
36 End of Episode 3 (Nothing to Fear)
37 The Five Doctors Special Edition: Prologue (Premix)
38 Doctor Who – Opening Theme (The Five Doctors Special Edition)
39 The Five Doctors Special Edition: Prologue
40 The Eye of Orion / Cosmic Angst (Special Edition)
41 Melting Icebergs (Special Edition)
42 Great Balls of Fire (Special Edition)
43 My Other Selves (Special Edition)
44 Nothing Can Go Wrong (Special Edition)
45 Bus Stop (Special Edition)
46 No Where, No Time (Special Edition)
47 Enter Borusa (Special Edition)
48 Enter The Master (Special Edition)
49 Dalek Alley and The Death Zone (Special Edition)
50 Hand in the Wall (Special Edition)
51 Recall Signal (Special Edition)
52 Who Are You? / Tell Me All About It (Special Edition)
53 Thunderbolts (Special Edition)
54 The Dark Tower (Special Edition)
55 My Best Enemy (Special Edition)
56 The Game of Rassilon (Special Edition)
57 Cybermen I (Special Edition)
58 Below (Special Edition)
59 Cybermen II (Special Edition)
60 The Castellan Accused / Cybermen III (Special Edition)
61 Raston Robot (Special Edition)
62 Not the Mind Probe (Special Edition)
63 Where There’s a Wind, There’s a Way (Special Edition)
64 Cybermen vs Raston Robot (Special Edition)
65 Above and Between (Special Edition)
66 The Fortress of the Time Lords (Special Edition)
67 As Easy as Pi (Special Edition)
68 I Hope You’ve Got Your Sums Right / Phantoms (Special Edition)
69 The Tomb of Rassilon (Special Edition)
70 Killing You Once was Never Enough (Special Edition)
71 Oh, Borusa (Special Edition)
72 Mindlock (Special Edition)
73 Immortality (Special Edition)
74 Doctor Who Closing Theme – The Five Doctors Edit (Special Edition)
75 The Eye of Orion Atmosphere
76 Time Scoop
77 Transmat operates
78 Rassilon background
79 Borusa ring sequence
80 The Five Doctors Titles Zap
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Stanley
February 19th, 2019 - 3:52pmI really want more Classic Who soundtrack releases. For future releases I can see the following being released:
. A re-release of Heathcliff Blair’s adaptation of Dudley Simpson’s music for The Ark in Space, Genesis of the Daleks, Planet of Evil, Pyramids of Mars and The Brain of Morbius.
. Terror of the Zygons soundtrack by Geoffrey Burgon.
. The Seeds of Doom soundtrack by Geoffrey Burgon.
. The Daleks’ Master Plan soundtrack by Tristram Cary.
. The Mutants soundtrack by Tristram Cary.
. The Silurians by Carey Blyton.
. The Sea Devils by Malcolm Clarke.
. Death to the Daleks by Carey Blyton.
. Revenge of the Cybermen by Carey Blyton.
Even stories which used stock music, they released some before and if they started again than I would like:
. The Edge of Destruction soundtrack.
. The Web Planet and Galaxy 4 soundtrack by Les Structures Sonores.
. The Space Museum soundtrack.
. The Time Meddler soundtrack.
. Mission to the Unknown soundtrack (this could be released along with The Daleks’ Master Plan soundtarck as Mission’s soundtrack is only made up of synchro-stings by Trevor Duncan).
. The Massacre of St Bartholomew’s Eve soundtrack by Pierre Arvay.
. The War Machines soundtrack.
. A re-release of The Tenth Planets soundtrack.
. The Highlanders soundtrack.
. The Moonbase soundtrack.
. The Faceless Ones soundtrack (even though we still can’t identify some of the stings and the slow music for the Chameleons).
. Tomb of the Cybermen soundtrack.
. Enemy of the World soundtrack by Béla Bartók.
. The Web of Fear soundtrack.
. The Wheel in Space soundtrack.
. The Mind Robber soundtrack.
. Inferno soundtrack.
Also could we have the soundtrack’s of the stories composed by Dudley Simpson or any other music composer recreated as the original music tapes are lost. Stories like:
. An Unearthly Child / Marco Polo / The Keys of Marinus / The Aztecs / The Sensorites / The Reign of Terror / Planet of Giants / The Dalek Invasion of Earth / The Romans / The Crusade / The Chase / They Myth Makers / The Celestial Toymaker / The Savages.
. The Underwater Menace / The Macra Terror / Evil of the Daleks / The Ice Warriors / Fury from the Deep / The Seeds of Death / The Space Pirates / The War Games.
. Spearhead from Space / The Ambassadors of Death / Terror of the Autons / The Mind of Evil / The Claws of Axos / Colony in Space / The Dæmons / Day of the Daleks / The Curse of Peladon / The Time Monster / The Three Doctors / Carnival of Monsters / Frontier in Space / Planet of the Daleks / The Green Death / The Time Warrior / Invasion of the Dinosaurs / The Monster of Peladon / Planet of the Spiders.
. Robot / The Ark in Space / The Sontaran Experiment / Genesis of the Daleks / Planet of Evil / Pyramids of Mars / The Android Invasion / The Brain of Morbius / The Masque of Mandragora / The Hand of Fear / The Deadly Assassin / The Face of Evil / The Robots of Death / The Talons of Weng-Chiang / Horror of Fang Rock / The Invisible Enemy / Image of the Fendahl / The Sun Makers / Underworld / The Invasion of Time / The Ribos Operation / The Pirate Planet / The Stones of Blood / The Androids of Tara / The Power of Kroll / The Armageddon Factor / Destiny of the Daleks / City of Death / The Creature from the Pit / Nightmare of Eden / The Horns of Nimon / Shada.
LOOK AT ALL THE POSSIBILITY’S, BBC WORLDWIDE!!! SO MUCH MONEY!!!
The Flying Shark
February 19th, 2019 - 6:37pmThey’re meant to be doing a minimum of one soundtrack per Doctor, we’ve had stories from 1, 2, 5 and 7 released from memory so hopefully some from your list get released soon.
Stanley Gleed
February 19th, 2019 - 6:57pmIf there are supposed to be 1 story soundtrack per Dr, why does the 2nd Dr have 2 being The Invasion and The Krotons?
the4thdoc42
February 19th, 2019 - 7:52pmThe one release per Doctor limit is for the current wave of soundtracks (consisting so far of the recent sondtrack releases of The Daleks, Survival, The Invasion, and The Five Doctors)
DrWhoFanJ
January 9th, 2020 - 6:25pmThe Sun Makers has existed, and is coming soon!
Other stories on your list of missing scores, but that do actually exist are:
Fury from the Deep
The Seeds of Death
Shada
They could also do a The Smugglers soundtrack, since it would literally be just the TARDIS materialising and dematerialising effects!
philip shaw
September 13th, 2018 - 1:44pmAlways surprised why someone would buy the Vinyl version with 10 or more tracks missing over the expanded CD version…
Daniel
September 4th, 2018 - 4:11pmI got mine and the Invasion on Saturday I ordered them from Screenarchives.
booboo
September 5th, 2018 - 10:48amyes i saw its already out in the USA
timelord327
August 20th, 2018 - 1:16pmYou can order from the Silva Screen website now
Stevennn
August 7th, 2018 - 4:36pmIs this on Vinyl?
booboo
August 7th, 2018 - 4:37pmIt will be
Anonymous
August 7th, 2018 - 12:16amLovely cover. The only thing I would do is have the same colours on both sides (oranges, yellows and pinks)
Bentendo
August 5th, 2018 - 11:12pmThe artwork I would imagine is the same guy as who did the recent Doctor Who: The Collection Season 12 artwork. His use of colours and the logo are very nice and have a [no pun intended] timeless feel that I think won’t age over time.
J45ON96
August 6th, 2018 - 5:52amThe cover art for this is done by Clayton Hickman, long-time Doctor Who DVD range designer and all-round design genius. Check him out on twitter, he’s got a redbubble shop with loads of oblique Doctor Who designs (and more besides on it).
He didn’t, however, do the Season 12 set. That was done by Lee Binding, who recently did the Series 1 and 2 steelbooks 🙂
AT
August 4th, 2018 - 5:09pmThs cover is just a horrible mess, they’ve even manged to make the logo look more bland then usual.
Tyler Prescott
August 4th, 2018 - 6:56pmHow? It’s beautiful, and the logo works in black for once, as it stands out as the only thing in black.
Anonymous
August 5th, 2018 - 8:55pmIt’s better than a lot of the other soundtracks
AT
August 6th, 2018 - 8:40amTyler its not beautiful its a horrible mess, rubbish pictures of all 5 Doctors with a naff paint ball effect! Just looks terrible!
Tyler Prescott
August 16th, 2018 - 6:04pmOkay, well each to their own I guess.
Bryan Simcott
August 3rd, 2018 - 8:05pmThat cover is so beautiful.
That tracklist is so amazing
this would look nd sound stunning as an LP Vinyl
can we really do 80 tracks on one CD, i thought it was pushing it a bit.
this is a pre order as soon as Silva Screen catch up.
the ergon
August 3rd, 2018 - 7:16pmLoads of tracks on this. Are a lot of the sound effects and ambience tracks previously unreleased?
the ergon
August 3rd, 2018 - 7:25pmIt looks like its telling the whole story in incidental music and sound effects.Thats great.
TORCHWOODFAN1
August 3rd, 2018 - 7:09pmThis artist needs to do more for Doctor Who like right now!
Anonymous
August 3rd, 2018 - 7:17pmSame guy did a lot of the old DVD covers
TORCHWOODFAN1
August 3rd, 2018 - 9:49pmHe really is superb!
Anonymous
August 3rd, 2018 - 6:55pmDid I fall asleep and dream of beautiful cover for a five doctors soundtrack
however designed this, give them an award
the ergon
August 3rd, 2018 - 7:14pmClayton hickman. Nice splash of colour even if it Looks like an infant has been let loose with the paintpots.
Anonymous
August 3rd, 2018 - 9:32pmAbsolutely love his art on the DVDs
Great hope he does more dvds And CD as I will be buying this
MJS
August 3rd, 2018 - 6:34pmOh. Want. Need. The cover is gorgeous. I should have this!!!!