List of Doctor Who Audio Releases - Television Soundtracks

Television Soundtracks

In 1966, an abridged recording of episode 6 of The Chase was released with narration on a 7" record. In 1979, the BBC released an abridged version of Genesis of the Daleks. In 1992 a brief series began releasing audio versions of missing stories from the archives, with link narration provided by one of the actors who played the Doctor. The soundtracks that were known to exist at the time were not the optimal audio quality and the range only released a few stories. A second series of "Lost Episode" soundtrack releases began in 1999. This series differed from earlier releases by having "linking" narration (to describe action and other sequences that were originally visual) read by an actor or actress who had played a companion in the original serial, rather than one of the actors who played the Doctor (except The Macra Terror, which used the original narration by Colin Baker). Another difference is that all the later releases were remastered for release by Mark Ayres from tapes recorded "off-air" at the original time of broadcast, or, when necessary, due to quality and possibly availability, from surviving films. From 1999 to 2004, these recordings were released under the "BBC Radio Collection" banner, and, starting in 2004, they have been released under the "BBC Audio" banner, with different outer packaging. The series was officially completed in 2006 with the release of The Reign of Terror; however, a rerelease of the soundtrack for The Tomb of the Cybermen was produced, and was followed by new audio productions of available serials. All have been released by the BBC unless otherwise noted.

This list is in order by release date and can be sorted by TV story number (see List of Doctor Who serials), title, narrator or format.

Story # Title Doctor Narrator Format release date Notes
016 The Daleks 1First Doctor Graham, DavidDavid Graham 7" 1966-04-01April 1966 An abridged recording of "The Planet of Decision", Episode 6 of The Chase. Released by Century 21 Records.
078 Genesis of the Daleks 4Fourth Doctor Baker, TomTom Baker LP 1979-10-01October 1979 An abridged version of the soundtrack.

Reissues

  • 7 November 1988 (cassette, along with Slipback, see below)
  • 2 July 2001 (CD, in a revised and expanded version with Exploration Earth: The Time Machine -see below)
  • 29 April 2010 (free CD with that day's edition of The Daily Telegraph newspaper)
  • 3 February 2011 (CD in a "facsimile" edition of the original LP edit replicating the original LP artwork)
034 The Macra Terror 2Second Doctor Baker, ColinColin Baker 2-Cassette 1992-07-066 July 1992 The narration is the same as later used on the 2000 CD edition but a poorer quality version of the original soundtrack was all that was available in 1992.
036 The Evil of the Daleks 2Second Doctor Baker, TomTom Baker 2-Cassette 1992-07-066 July 1992 This release cut two scenes set in a coffee bar, in which music by The Seekers and The Beatles could be heard playing in the background. Unlike the releases of 1993, Tom Baker does not perform his narration "in character" as the Doctor.
037 The Tomb of the Cybermen 2Second Doctor Pertwee, JonJon Pertwee 2-cassette 1993-07-077 June 1993 This release was prepared prior to the rediscovery of the television episodes for the stories and so not released in 1992. Due to contractual obligations it was released in 1993.
030 The Power of the Daleks 2Second Doctor Baker, TomTom Baker 2-cassette 1993-08-022 August 1993 Tom Baker performs his narration "in character" as the Doctor relating a past story in his life.
042 Fury from the Deep 2Second Doctor Baker, TomTom Baker 2-cassette 1993-10-044 October 1993 Tom Baker performs his narration "in character" as the Doctor relating a past story in his life.
022 The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve 1First Doctor Purves, PeterPeter Purves 2-cassette
2-CD		 1999-08-022 August 1999 This release also used The Massacre title.

Reissues

  • 4 August 2003 (CD, Adventures in History box set with The Myth Makers and The Highlanders)
  • 3 February 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two: 1965–1966 boxset)
041 The Web of Fear 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 3-CD 2000-03-066 March 2000 Reissues
  • 7 April 2003 (Mp3-CD with The Abominable Snowmen)
  • 7 July 2003 (CD, Yeti Attack box set with The Abominable Snowmen)
  • 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset)
018 Galaxy 4 1First Doctor Purves, PeterPeter Purves 2-CD 2000-06-055 June 2000 Reissues
  • 5 August 2010 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One: 1964–1965 boxset)
031 The Highlanders 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2000-08-077 August 2000 Reissues
  • 4 August 2003 (CD, Adventures in History box set with The Myth Makers and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve)
  • 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset)
034 The Macra Terror 2Second Doctor Baker, ColinColin Baker 2-CD 2000-08-077 August 2000 The narration is the same as on the 1992 audio cassette edition but a better quality version of the original soundtrack is used.
020 The Myth Makers 1First Doctor Purves, PeterPeter Purves 2-CD 2001-01-088 January 2001 Reissues
  • 4 August 2003 (CD, Adventures in History box set with The Highlanders and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve)
  • 5 August 2010 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One: 1964–1965 boxset)
033 The Moonbase 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2001-04-022 April 2001 Reissues
  • 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset)
024 The Celestial Toymaker 1First Doctor Purves, PeterPeter Purves 2-CD 2001-04-022 April 2001 Reissues
  • 3 February 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two: 1965–1966 boxset)
038 The Abominable Snowmen 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2001-07-022 July 2001 Reissues
  • 7 April 2003 (Mp3-CD with The Web of Fear)
  • 7 July 2003 (CD, Yeti Attack box set with The Web of Fear)
  • 2 February 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset)
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021		 The Daleks' Master Plan 1First Doctor Purves, PeterPeter Purves 5-CD 2001-10-2222 October 2001 Disc one contains "Mission to the Unknown" and also has a bonus data track, consisting of MP3 files of the episode soundtracks without narration, copies of the linking narration script in PDF format, and MP3 copies of sound clips before and after audio restoration.

Reissues

  • 7 April 2003 (Mp3-CD)
  • 3 February 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two: 1965–1966 boxset)
035 The Faceless Ones 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2002-02-044 February 2002 Reissues
  • 2 February 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset)
028 The Smugglers 1First Doctor Wills, AnnekeAnneke Wills 2-CD 2002-05-066 May 2002 Reissues
  • 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset)
040 The Enemy of the World 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2002-08-055 August 2002 Reissues
  • 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset)
026 The Savages 1First Doctor Purves, PeterPeter Purves 2-CD 2002-11-1111 November 2002 Reissues
  • 3 February 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Two: 1965–1966 boxset)
049 The Space Pirates 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2003-02-033 February 2003 Reissues
  • 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset)
004 Marco Polo 1First Doctor Russell, WilliamWilliam Russell 3-CD 2003-11-033 November 2003 A printed bonus is an included map of Cathay (China) similar to the one originally shown on screen while Marco Polo narrates his travel journal, and explaining historical inaccuracies between real locations and locations used in the serial. The first disc in the set contains data as well as audio; the data includes MP3 files of the soundtracks without additional narration, PDF files of the narration scripts, and computer wallpaper versions of the aforementioned map of Cathay.

Reissues

  • 5 August 2010 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One: 1964–1965 boxset).
030 The Power of the Daleks 2Second Doctor Wills, AnnekeAnneke Wills 2-CD 2003-11-033 November 2003 Part of The Daleks limited tin release with The Evil of the Daleks and My Life as a Dalek.

Reissues

  • 2 August 2004 (CD, individual release)
  • 20 June 2005 ("Reconstructed with John Cura's "tele-snaps" to illustrate the serial when played on a home computer)
  • 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset)
036 The Evil of the Daleks 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 3-CD 2003-11-033 November 2003 Part of The Daleks limited tin release with The Power of the Daleks and My Life as a Dalek. This was the first time that complete versions of all seven episodes appeared unedited in audio form. The previous release had to cut a scene set in a coffee bar with a Beatles song playing in the background. Mark Ayres discusses in a Doctor Who Magazine interview in issue 336 how a rights clearance was not only simply unfeasible due to cost, but that the rights owner would not issue a clearance under any circumstances. Mark goes on to describe how he painstakingly was able to use another song in the background instead (later revealed to be a song by the Dave Clark Five), digitally inserting the one over the other.

Reissues

  • 2 August 2004 (CD, individual release)
  • 2 February 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset)
042 Fury from the Deep 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2004-02-022 February 2004 Reissues
  • 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset)
043 The Wheel in Space 2Second Doctor Padbury, WendyWendy Padbury 2-CD 2004-05-033 May 2004 Reissues
  • 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset)
029 The Tenth Planet 1First Doctor Wills, AnnekeAnneke Wills 2-CD 2004-11-011 November 2004 Released in the limited The Cybermen tin with The Invasion and The Origins of the Cybermen. Bonus interview with Anneke Wills.

Reissues

  • 9 January 2006 (CD, individual release)
  • 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset)
046 The Invasion 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 3-CD 2004-11-011 November 2004 Released in the limited The Cybermen tin with The Tenth Planet and The Origins of the Cybermen. Bonus interview with Frazer Hines.

Reissues

  • 9 January 2006 (CD, individual release)
  • 2 August 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Five: 1967–1969 boxset)
032 The Underwater Menace 2Second Doctor Wills, AnnekeAnneke Wills 2-CD 2005-02-077 February 2005 Bonus interview with Anneke Wills. Inner CD card can be reversed so that the case's spine will match the style of the earlier BBC Radio Collection releases on a shelf.

Reissues

  • 4 August 2011 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Three: 1966–1967 boxset)
014 The Crusade 1First Doctor Russell, WilliamWilliam Russell 2-CD 2005-05-022 May 2005 Bonus interview with William Russell. Inner CD card can be reversed so that the case's spine will match the style of the earlier BBC Radio Collection releases on a shelf.

Reissues

  • 5 August 2010(CD, The Lost TV Episodes Collection 1 boxset with the bonus interview moved to a separate CD.)
039 The Ice Warriors 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2005-08-011 August 2005 Bonus interview with Frazer Hines (the interview is split into two parts, one part on each disc). Inner CD card can be reversed so that the case's spine will match the style of the earlier BBC Radio Collection releases on a shelf.

Reissues

  • 2 February 2012 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset)
008 The Reign of Terror 1First Doctor Ford, Carole AnnCarole Ann Ford 2-CD 2006-02-066 February 2006 Bonus interview with Carole Ann Ford.

Reissues

  • 5 August 2010 (CD, in The Lost TV Episodes Collection One: 1964–1965 boxset) with the bonus interview moved to a separate CD.)
037 The Tomb of the Cybermen 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2006-05-011 May 2006 Bonus interview with Frazer Hines
023 The Ark 1First Doctor Purves, PeterPeter Purves 2-CD 2006-08-077 August 2006 Bonus interview with Peter Purves
052 Doctor Who and the Silurians 3Third Doctor John, CarolineCaroline John 3-CD 2006-11-066 November 2006 Bonus Interview with Caroline John. Released in the Monsters on Earth limited edition tin with The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep.

Reissues

  • 7 January 2008 (CD, individual release)
062 The Sea Devils 3Third Doctor Manning, KatyKaty Manning 2-CD 2006-11-066 November 2006 Bonus Interview with Katy Manning. Released in the Monsters on Earth limited edition tin with Doctor Who and the Silurians and Warriors of the Deep.

Reissues

  • 7 January 2008 (CD, individual release)
130 Warriors of the Deep 5Fifth Doctor Fielding, JanetJanet Fielding 2-CD 2006-11-066 November 2006 Bonus Interview with Janet Fielding. Released in the Monsters on Earth limited edition tin with Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Sea Devils.

Reissues

  • 7 January 2008 (CD, individual release)
025 The Gunfighters 1First Doctor Purves, PeterPeter Purves 2-CD 2007-02-055 February 2007 Bonus interview with Peter Purves. Also includes a special 10-minute music segment, "The Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon" by Tristram Cary
044 The Dominators 2Second Doctor Padbury, WendyWendy Padbury 2-CD 2007-05-077 May 2007 Bonus interview with Wendy Padbury
027 The War Machines 1First Doctor Wills, AnnekeAnneke Wills 2-CD 2007-08-066 August 2007 Bonus interview with Anneke Wills
061 The Curse of Peladon 3Third Doctor Manning, KatyKaty Manning 2-CD 2007-11-055 November 2007 Bonus interview with Katy Manning
073 The Monster of Peladon 3Third Doctor Sladen, ElisabethElisabeth Sladen 2-CD 2008-03-033 March 2008 Bonus interview with Elisabeth Sladen
012 The Romans 1First Doctor Russell, WilliamWilliam Russell 2-CD 2008-05-2222 May 2008 Bonus archive radio items that look at the real-life Nero and the life and career of William Hartnell
007 The Sensorites 1First Doctor Russell, WilliamWilliam Russell 2-CD 2008-07-1010 July 2008 Bonus interview with William Russell
047 The Krotons 2Second Doctor Hines, FrazerFrazer Hines 2-CD 2008-11-1313 November 2008 Bonus interview with Frazer Hines
056 The Mind of Evil 3Third Doctor Franklin, RichardRichard Franklin 2-CD 2009-02-1212 February 2009 Bonus interview with Richard Franklin
015 The Space Museum 1First Doctor O'Brien, MaureenMaureen O'Brien 2-CD 2009-05-077 May 2009 Bonus interview with Maureen O'Brien; this interview was reissued in the The Lost TV Episodes Collection One: 1964–1965 boxset.
053 The Ambassadors of Death 3Third Doctor John, CarolineCaroline John 3-CD 2009-08-066 August 2009 Bonus interview with Caroline John
019 "Mission to the Unknown" 1First Doctor Purves, PeterPeter Purves CD 2010-012010 Released on its own as a giveaway with The Daily Telegraph
034 The Macra Terror 2Second Doctor Wills, AnnekeAnneke Wills 2-CD 2012-02-022 February 2012 Remastered with new narration. Available only in the The Lost TV Episodes Collection Four: 1967 boxset
092 Horror of Fang Rock 4Fourth Doctor Jameson, LouiseLouise Jameson 2-CD 2012-09-066 September 2012 Bonus interview with Louise Jameson
099 The Pirate Planet 4Fourth Doctor Leeson, JohnJohn Leeson 2-CD 2012-10-044 October 2012 Bonus interview with John Leeson
104 Destiny of the Daleks 4Fourth Doctor Ward, LallaLalla Ward 2-CD 2012-11-055 November 2012 Bonus interview with Lalla Ward
105 City of Death 4Fourth Doctor Ward, LallaLalla Ward CD 2012-12-066 December 2012 Bonus interview with Lalla Ward

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