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Silva Screen has confirmed to Sci-Fi Bulletin that two new Doctor Who soundtracks from the classic era are coming to CD: Revenge of the Cybermen, by Carey Blyton, and Time and the Rani, by Keff McCulloch.

Compiler and producer Mark Ayres exclusively told SFB, “Both these releases allow us to present previously unheard material that shed new light on the music. The alterations made to Carey’s score have led to it being rather misunderstood, which is a shame that I hope we can remedy here. Time and the Rani of course heralded an entirely new ‘pop’ approach to the incidental music. The previously unheard original demos of Keff’s theme arrangement are also fascinating for those with an interest in such things!”

Doctor Who: Revenge Of The Cybermen
Music by Carey Blyton with Peter Howell and The BBC Radiophonic Workshop

Doctor Who – Revenge Of The Cybermen was the season 12 finale first broadcast on April 19th 1975.

As with so much television music of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s, the original master tapes of Carey Blyton’s score for Revenge of the Cybermen were not retained. The only surviving copy is a set of four 7″, 7.5ips “composer’s copy” domestic 1/4-inch tape. It is from those digital transfers that this release is taken. Sadly, and to Carey’s obvious and understandable disappointment, the completed music did not meet with the complete approval of the production team, and much of it was not used. Peter Howell of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop added some electronic embellishments and arranged some additional cues for parts two and three but some of that was also left on the proverbial cutting room floor.

For this presentation, Carey’s original score is presented (and heard here for the first time) as written. This is followed by the additional, alternative, and “enhanced” cues, all of which were also on Carey Blyton’s tapes

“This is undoubtedly one of the most distinctive, mysterious, misunderstood, and even controversial scores in Doctor Who history, and it delights me to finally bring it, complete, to your ears!” notes Mark Ayres – compiler and producer.

Doctor Who: Time And The Rani
Music by Keff McCulloch

‘Doctor Who – Time And The Rani’ was the opening serial of season 24, first broadcast on September 7th, 1987. It marked the debut of Sylvester McCoy and featured CGI, very much in a basic form as the technology was still in development. It also debuted a new computer animated opening title sequence with a new synthesiser version of the theme created by Keff McCulloch.

The composer was invited to create incidental music for the series and became a regular member of the team also writing music for Delta And The Bannerman, Paradise Towers, Remembrance Of The Daleks, Silver Nemesis, Battlefield, Dimensions In Time and Shada.

Keff, Dominic Glynn and Mark Ayres were the composers for the last three years of Doctor Who on its original run that ended in 1989, the latter compiling and producing this release.

This title will be released on CD and available digitally to stream/download from November 24, 2023. Coming soon on vinyl.

Tracklists:

Revenge of the Cybermen

THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL CAREY BLYTON SCORE

PART ONE

01 Doctor Who – Opening Title Theme 0.45
02 Return to Nerva Beacon 2.02
03 Can Anyone Hear Me? 0.36
04 Cybermat / Unspool / Plague 1.53
05 Cybership I 0.23
06 Searching Kellman’s Room 1.05
07 Sarah vs Cybermat Part 1 0.31

PART TWO

08 Sarah vs Cybermat Part 2 0.18
09 Sabotage 0.42
10 It’s Happening All Over Again 0.11
11 The Skystriker 0.26
12 On Voga 0.40
13 Sarah and Harry Captured Part 1 0.47
14 Sarah and Harry Captured Part 2 0.10
15 Cybership II 0.19
16 Enter Vorus 0.08
17 Remote Control Threat 0.33
18 Tyrum and Vorus 0.37
19 One More Pull 0.17
20 Caves Chase 0.50
21 Caves Chase Continued 0.29
22 Surrounded 0.35
23 Boarding Party 0.59

PART THREE

24 The Beacon is Ours 0.41
25 Tyrum Fanfare 0.15
26 Prisoners 0.13
27 Fresh Orders 0.19
28 It Cannot Be Stopped 0.21
29 Loose Thinking / The Bomb 1.27
30 The Countdown Has Commenced 1.01
31 Cybermarch 1.27
32 Radarscope 0.23
33 Adventures on Voga 1.19
34 Rockfall 1.15

PART FOUR

35 Surface Party and Detonation 1.47
36 Nine Minutes 0.26
37 Cybermat vs Cybermen 0.44
38 The Biggest Bang in History? 0.45
39 Waltz – All’s Well That Ends Well 0.17
40 Doctor Who – Closing Title Theme (53” Version) 0.54

ALTERNATIVE AND SYNTHESISER CUES

PARTS ONE AND TWO

41 Sarah vs Cybermat (end of part 1 alternative) 0.20
42 Sarah vs Cybermat (start of part 2) 0.56
43 It’s Happening All Over Again (random organ) 0.06
44 Sarah and Harry Captured (alternative) 0.46
45 Put That Gun Down (synth cue) 0.20
46 Cybership II (alternative) 0.24
47 Remote Control Threat (alternative) 0.35
48 One More Pull (alternative) and Vogan Gunfight 0.58
49 Cybership III (synth cue) 0.17
50 Caves Chase (alternative) 1.20
51 Cybership IV (synth cue) 0.23
52 Caves Chase Continued (alternative) 0.36
53 Surrounded (alternative) 0.38
54 Boarding Party (end of Part 2 alternative) 0.25

PART THREE

55 Jelly Babies (synth cue) 0.10
56 Tyrum Fanfare (edited cue as used) 0.10
57 It Cannot Be Stopped (alternative) 0.37
58 Loose Thinking (alternative) 0.31
59 The Bomb (alternative) 0.19
60 The Countdown Has Commenced (alternative) 0.06
61 Looped Cybermarch 0.29
62 Looped Cybermarch with Synth 0.47
63 Adventures on Voga (synth cues) 1.07
64 The Red Zone (Random Organ) 0.06
65 Heartbeat Countdown I (synth cue) 1.25
66 Heartbeat Countdown II (synth cue) 1.09
67 Rockfall (alternative) 1.17

BONUS TRACKS

68 Session Tapes – Random Organ, Specimen Gong, Timps 3.08
69 Session Tapes – m42a & 42b (improvs) 1.58

Total Duration – 51m 54s

Time and the Rani

PART ONE

01 The Rani Takes the TARDIS (Sound Effects) 0.22
02 Leave the Girl, It’s the Man I Want 0.23
03 Doctor Who (Opening Theme) 0.54
04 Einstein 0.21
05 A Nice Nap 0.34
06 Urak and Ikona 1.12
07 The Death of Sarn 1.05
08 Bull in a Barbershop 0.24
09 Not Your Enemy 1.52
10 The Tetrap Eyrie (1) 0.46
11 Landscape 0.25
12 New Wardrobe 1.27
13 Mel and the Bubble Trap 1.04

PART TWO

14 Mel and the Bubble Trap (continued) 1.33
15 The Tetrap Eyrie (2) 0.44
16 Wait Here 0.56
17 Memory Like An Elephant 1.18
18 Faroon, Ikona and the Mourning 1.34
19 Urak Nets The Rani 1.39
20 Pulses 0.26
21 The Rani’s TARDIS 1.03
22 You’re a Time Lord 0.39
23 She’s Coming 0.29
24 Cliffhanger in the Eyrie 1.30

PART THREE

25 Doctor on the Loose (Part 1) 0.55
26 Doctor on the Loose (Parts 2-4) 1.28
27 Doctor on the Loose (Part 5 – The Bubble Trap) 0.33
28 Faroon Forlorn / Doctor on the Loose (Part 6) 0.46
29 Future Pleasure 4.58
30 Beez 0.47
31 Hologram Mel 1.29
32 Just the Expert 0.24
33 As Sentimental as He Is 0.17
34 Fixed Trajectory 0.48
35 Second Bluff 0.47
36 All as Planned 0.20
37 The Brain 2.08

PART FOUR

38 The Brain (reprise) 1.19
39 Dissidents to Heel 0.40
40 March of the Tetraps / Anklet Death 1.48
41 The Rani Explains 1.48
42 Urak Overhears 0.27
43 Loyhargil (1) 0.48
44 As You Snore So Shall You Sleep 0.38
45 Loyhargil (2) 0.14
46 Where there’s a Will 0.27
47 Loyhargil (3) 0.24
48 The Rani Leaves 0.20
49 Undoing The Rani 2.08
50 Fingers Crossed 0.21
51 Not Forgotten 0.54
52 Time and Tide Melts the Snowman 0.15
53 Doctor Who (Closing Theme) 1.13

BONUS TRACKS

54 Doctor Who 1987 2.40
55 The Death of Sarn (part, alternative version without rattle) 0.22
56 Two “stings” (1m10 and 1m12) 0.18
57 New Wardrobe (original mono mix without overdubs) 0.57
58 New Wardrobe (overdubs) 0.57
59 New Wardrobe (original mono TV mix as used) 0.58
60 She’s Coming (unused version 1) 0.43
61 Cliffhanger in the Eyrie (unused version 1) 1.30
62 Cliffhanger in the Eyrie (Part Two Reprise edit) 1.18
63 Future Pleasure (original master) 4.32
64 The Brain (25th Anniversary Album edit) 3.03
65 Doctor Who Theme 1987 (original demo) 2.54
66 Doctor Who Opening Title 1987 (original demo) 0.43
67 Doctor Who Closing Title 1987 (original demo) 1.16

Total Duration – 76m 05s