The Worlds of Doctor Who is a compilation CD consisting of musical excerpts from 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...

episode soundtracks, coupled with music from some of the independent spin-off productions for Reeltime Pictures

Reeltime Pictures

Reeltime Pictures is a British multimedia film and video production company founded in 1984 by Keith Barnfather.It is known for its many documentaries about the long-running television series Doctor Who and in particular for The Myth Makers, a series of interviews with people associated with the...

, some original music and several versions of the Doctor Who theme. Most tracks (which included a mixture of original soundtrack recordings and newer performances) had been previously issued, with three tracks being released for the first time: 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...

' main title music to the documentary Return to Devil's End, and two arrangements of the Doctor Who theme by Mark Lambert and Ian Hu, the second of which includes a guest performance (on the musical spoons) by Sylvester McCoy

Sylvester McCoy

Sylvester McCoy is a Scottish actor. As a comic act and busker he appeared regularly on stage and on BBC Children's television in the 1970s and 80s, but is best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1987 to...

. The original theme arrangements by Delia Derbyshire

Delia Derbyshire

Delia Ann Derbyshire was an English musician and composer of electronic music and musique concrète. She is best known for her electronic realisation of Ron Grainer's theme music to the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and for her work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.-Early...

 and 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....

 are also included.

The liner notes are by Gary Russell

Gary Russell

Gary James Russell is a freelance writer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs in other media...

. The album was compiled and edited by 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...

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Track listing

Track	Title	Composer	Previously released on
1	"Doctor Who"	Ron Grainer Ron Grainer Ronald Erle “Ron” Grainer was an Australian-born composer who worked for most of his professional career in the United Kingdom. He is mostly remembered for his film and television music.- Biography :...  arr. Mark Lambert and Ian Hu	Previously Unreleased
2	"TARDIS - Doctor Who"	Ron Grainer realised by Delia Derbyshire Delia Derbyshire Delia Ann Derbyshire was an English musician and composer of electronic music and musique concrète. She is best known for her electronic realisation of Ron Grainer's theme music to the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and for her work with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.-Early...	Doctor Who - The Music Doctor Who - The Music Doctor Who – The Music was a 1983 compilation of music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop featuring incidental music from the popular science-fiction television series Doctor Who. The album was the first full-length to feature solely music from the programme. The collection was produced by Workshop...
3	"The World of Doctor Who"	Dudley Simpson Dudley Simpson Dudley Simpson is an Australian television composer who is best known for his work on Doctor Who.Prior to leaving Australia, Simpson composed for the Borovansky Ballet Company, forerunner to the Australian Ballet. Among his early television work was the music for Moonstrike...
4	"The Sea Devils"	Malcolm Clarke Malcolm Clarke Malcolm Clarke was a British composer, and a member of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop for 25 years from 1969 to 1994.Clarke proved somewhat controversial when he joined the workshop, due to his views that Radiophonic music should be, in his words, "fine art," a philosophy that was not shared by...
5	"The Ark in Space"	Dudley Simpson arr. Heathcliff Blair	Doctor Who - Pyramids of Mars
6	"Pyramids of Mars"	Dudley Simpson arr. Heathcliff Blair
7	"The Brain of Morbius"	Dudley Simpson arr. Heathcliff Blair
8	"Doctor Who theme"	Ron Grainer arr. 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....	Doctor Who - The Music
9	"Meglos"	Peter Howell
10	"The Five Doctors"	Peter Howell	Doctor Who - The Music II Doctor Who - The Music II Doctor Who – The Music II was the follow-up to 1983's Doctor Who - The Music. Once again it featured a selection of BBC Radiophonic Workshop music from the popular series. The compilation was made up of material recorded since its predecessor, including music from Workshop newcomer Jonathan Gibbs...
11	"The Caves of Androzani"	Roger Limb Roger Limb Roger Limb is a British composer, specialising in electronic music. He is best known for his work on the television series Doctor Who whilst at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. He joined the BBC as a studio manager, before going on to become a television announcer. In 1972 he left this position to...
12	"Myth Makers theme"	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...	Myths and Other Legends Myths and Other Legends Myths and Other Legends is an album of music from Reeltime Pictures series of Myth Makers documentary videos on the BBC television series Doctor Who...
13	"Doctor Who - Terror Version"	Ron Grainer arr. Dominic Glynn Dominic Glynn Dominic Glynn is a British composer, known for his arrangement of the Doctor Who theme music which served as the series' theme for Season 23 of the programme...	Doctor Who: Variations on a Theme
14	"Terror in Totters Lane"	Mark Ayres	Myths and Other Legends
15	"The Greatest Show in the Galaxy"	Mark Ayres	Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
16	"Ghost Light"	Mark Ayres	Doctor Who: Ghost Light
17	"The Curse of Fenric"	Mark Ayres	Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
18	"Return to Devil's End Main Theme"	Mark Ayres	Previously Unreleased
19	"Doctor Who"	Ron Grainer arr. Mark Lambert and Ian Hu, feat. Sylvester McCoy Sylvester McCoy Sylvester McCoy is a Scottish actor. As a comic act and busker he appeared regularly on stage and on BBC Children's television in the 1970s and 80s, but is best known for playing the seventh incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1987 to...

Suite edited by Mark Ayres from his own soundtrack release


Edited by Mark Ayres from the original suite