Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle was the final installment in the Mark Ayres

Mark Ayres

Mark Ayres is a television composer who is best known for his work on Doctor Who.Ayres's work on broadcast Doctor Who was during Sylvester McCoy's era as the Seventh Doctor, comprising The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Ghost Light, and The Curse of Fenric.Ayres was hired after he sent producer John...

 compiled series of releases of BBC Radiophonic Workshop

BBC Radiophonic Workshop

The BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio, and was closed in March 1998, although much of its traditional work had already been outsourced by 1995. It was based in the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in Delaware...

 music. It featured music, by Peter Howell

Peter Howell

Peter Howell is a musician and composer. He is best known for his work on Doctor Who as a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop....

 and Paddy Kingsland

Paddy Kingsland

Paddy Kingsland is a composer of electronic music best known for his incidental music for science fiction series on BBC radio and television whilst working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Educated at Eggars Grammar School, Alton, in Hampshire, he joined the BBC as a tape editor before moving on to...

, for the 1980 Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

serials "Meglos

Meglos

* Working titles for this story included The Golden Pentangle and The Last Zolfa-Thuran.* This is one of only two multi-part stories to feature all credited cast members in all episodes, the other being The Edge of Destruction....

" and "Full Circle

Full Circle (Doctor Who)

Full Circle is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 25 October to 15 November 1980...

". It was the first full releases of both scores, although some sound effects from the serials appeared on the previous volume

Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive

Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 3: The Leisure Hive was the third in a series of compilations showcasing the BBC Radiophonic Workshop's work on the science-fiction programme Doctor Who. The album focused mainly on the Peter Howell synthesiser score for the 1980 serial "The Leisure...

.

"Meglos

Meglos

* Working titles for this story included The Golden Pentangle and The Last Zolfa-Thuran.* This is one of only two multi-part stories to feature all credited cast members in all episodes, the other being The Edge of Destruction....

"

1. Paddy Kingsland
   Paddy Kingsland
   Paddy Kingsland is a composer of electronic music best known for his incidental music for science fiction series on BBC radio and television whilst working at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Educated at Eggars Grammar School, Alton, in Hampshire, he joined the BBC as a tape editor before moving on to...
   
    - "Burnout on Walkway 9"
2. Paddy Kingsland - "The Deons"
3. Paddy Kingsland - "K9 Repaired"
4. Paddy Kingsland - "The Screens of Zolpha-Thura"
5. Paddy Kingsland - "The Last Zolpha-Thuran"
6. Paddy Kingsland - "Chronic Hysteresis"
7. Peter Howell - "To Tigella"
8. Peter Howell - "The Deon Oath"
9. Peter Howell - "The Power Room"
10. Peter Howell - "The Bell Plants"
11. Peter Howell - "Meglos"
12. Peter Howell - "'She's Seen Too Much!'"
13. Peter Howell - "The Dodecahedron"
14. Peter Howell - "The Ultimate Impossibility"
15. Peter Howell - "The Deons Take Command"
16. Peter Howell - "Earthling"
17. Peter Howell - "Sacrifice"
18. Peter Howell - "Other Lives to Save"
19. Peter Howell - "Countdown"

"Full Circle

Full Circle (Doctor Who)

Full Circle is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 25 October to 15 November 1980...

" (by Paddy Kingsland)

1. "Summons to Gallifrey"
2. "Alzarius / The Outlers"
3. "The System Files / Adric"
4. "Mistfall"
5. "The Starliner"
6. "Decider Deceased"
7. "Adric Finds the TARDIS"
8. "Starliner Sealed"
9. "The Giants Leave the Swamp"
10. "K9 on a Mission / Third Decider"
11. "TARDIS Taken"
12. "The Marshchild / K9 Loses His Head"
13. "The Spiders I"
14. "The Spiders II"
15. "A Little Patience"
16. "Romana Comatose"
17. "The Bookroom"
18. "The Experiment"
19. "The Work of Maintenance"
20. "Marshmen I"
21. "Blue Veins"
22. "Marshmen II"
23. "No Return"
24. "Oxygen"
25. "Full Circle / The Deciders Decide"
    
    
26. Peter Howell - "Doctor Who: Closing Theme
    Doctor Who theme music
    The Doctor Who theme is a piece of music composed by Ron Grainer and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Created in 1963, it was one of the first electronic music signature tunes for television and after nearly five decades remains one of the most easily...
    
    "

Equipment

Equipment used on this compilation includes:

• Yamaha CS-80
  Yamaha CS-80
  The Yamaha CS-80 was a polyphonic analog synthesizer released in 1977. It supports true 8-voice polyphony as well as a primitive settings memory based on a bank of micropotentiometers , and exceptionally complete performer expression features, such...
  
  
• EMS
  Electronic Music Studios (London) Ltd
  Electronic Music Studios Ltd. is a synthesizer company formed in 1969 by Dr. Peter Zinovieff, Tristram Cary and David Cockerell....
  
   Vocoder
• Roland Jupiter-4
  Roland Jupiter-4
  The Roland Jupiter 4 was an analog synthesizer manufactured by the Roland Corporation of Japan between 1978 and 1981. It was notable as the company's first self-contained polyphonic synthesizer, and for containing digital control of analog circuits , allowing for such features as programmable...
  
  
• Roland CR-78
  Roland CR-78
  The Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 is a drum machine launched in 1978. Although primitive by today's standards, the CR-78 represented an important advance in drum machine technology at the time...
  
  
• Oberheim OB-X
  Oberheim OB-X
  The Oberheim OB-X is an analog polyphonic synthesizer. It was the first Oberheim synthesizer that was created with internal prewired modules and not with the bulky SEM modules. Because of this, it was more functional for live performance, and therefore more portable. It was introduced in 1979 and...
  
  
• Yamaha
  Yamaha (manufacturer)
  is a multinational corporation and conglomerate based in Japan with a wide range of products and services, predominantly musical instruments, electronics, motorcycles and power sports equipment.-History:...
  
  SY-2

External links

• Producer's press release
• Album information