Doctor Who: Earthshock
This is a CD reissue of a 1983 album simply titled Doctor Who – The Music, which was the first such soundtrack of the show’s customarily abstract electronic music. The majority of the music from that original album hails from the popular 1981-83 period including such pivotal episodes as The Keeper Of Traken and Earthshock, though additional material added to the disc represents the early 70s (particularly two original and very, very abstract musique concrete pieces created by Delia Derbyshire, the producer of the original Doctor Who theme). I do have a complaint about the album – it’s the intertwining of sound effects with the music. If I wanted to hear the TARDIS 
materializing, I’d dig out 30 Years At The Radiophonic Workshop or watch the show itself. The attempt at creating atmosphere manages simply to be distracting. Other than that, I heartily recommend this for Doctor Who fans, but with the abstract nature of some of the music, it may appeal only to dyed-in-the-wool Who fans.
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- Doctor Who theme – 1963-1979 version (2:39)
- The Sea-Devils (5:19)
- Meglos (1:42)
- The World of Doctor Who including the Master’s theme (2:40)
- Blue Veils and Golden Sands / from Inferno (3:28)
- Nyssa’s Theme (0:43)
- Kassia’s Wedding Music (0:49)
- The Threat of Melkur (0:55)
- Exploring the Lab (1:48)
- Nyssa is Hypnotised (1:00)
- The Leisure Hive (5:35)
- The Delian Mode / from Inferno (5:35)
- Omega Field Force (1:54)
- Ergon Threat (1:03)
- The Termination of the Doctor (2:10)
- Banqueting Music / from Warrior’s Gate (1:31)
- TSS Machine Attacked / from Kinda (1:07)
- Janissary Band / from Snakedance (0:18)
- Subterranean Caves (2:36)
- Requiem (0:39)
- March of the Cybermen (5:13)
- Doctor Who theme – reprise (1:52)
Released by: Silva Screen
Release date: 1991 (originally released in 1983)
Total running time: 50:36
