1st Doctor TV Soundtracks

Doctor Who: The TV Episodes Collection

Six classic Doctor Who TV soundtrack adventures starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor. 
 
 In 'The Sensorites' the Doctor and his friends visit an alien society with dark secrets. 
 
 In 'The Romans' Ian and Barbara are sold into slavery in First Century Rome, and the Doctor encounters Nero! 
 
 In 'The Space Museum' the travellers must work to avert a terrible potential future for themselves. 
 
 In 'The Ark' the Doctor, Steven and Dodo encounter the last humans to flee Earth with their alien servants, the Monoids. 
 
 In 'The Gunfighters' the TARDIS crewmembers try to avoid getting caught in crossfire at the OK Corral. 
 
 In 'The War Machines' the TARDIS lands in London, 1966, to find the brand new Post Office Tower being controlled by sinister supercomputer. 
 
 Each story has additional linking narration, and there are bonus interviews with William Russell, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves and Anneke Wills.

A 1st Doctor novelisation

Doctor Who: The Space Museum

An unabridged reading of this novelisation of a classic 1965 TV serial featuring the First Doctor, as played on TV by William Hartnell.

This range of classic Target audiobooks continues to go from strength to strength…

Glyn Jones (1931—2014) was a South African actor, writer and director. 
He wrote one serial, The Space Museum, for BBC TV's Doctor Who series, and also appeared on screen as a character in the 1975 serial The Sontaran Experiment. He wrote many other film and TV scripts, as well as writing for the stage and, late in life, a series of detective novels.

An unabridged reading of this novelisation of a classic 1965 TV serial featuring the First Doctor, as played on TV by William Hartnell. The TARDIS materialises on what, at first sight, appears to be a dry and lifeless planet serving only as a graveyard for spaceships. The Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki discover a magnificent museum housing relics from every corner of the galaxy. These have been assembled by the Moroks, a race of cruel conquerors who have invaded the planet Xeros and enslaved its inhabitants. Upon further exploration the TARDIS crew seem to stumble upon the impossible: for suddenly, facing them in an exhibit case, they find...themselves! Duration: 5 hours approx.

Doctor Who Collection 6: The TV Episodes

Six Doctor Who adventures starring William Hartnell as the First Doctor - plus extra bonus material.

Overall the highlights here are the work of the original cast members in bridging the action with narration, which adds a depth to the television scripts that was often lacking... if you’re looking for an alternative take on familiar adventures, or simply want the flexibility that audios offer, then this box-set is your answer.

Peter R. Newman was a playwright whose most famous work was Yesterday’s Enemies, a Second World War story set in the Burmese jungle. It was was inspired by his experiences in the RAF and intelligence corps in the war, and was screened by BBC TV in October 1958 and subsequently remade by Hammer Films. Newman only wrote one serial for Doctor Who, The Sensorites, which was also his last television credit. Suffering from writer’s block, he became a porter at the Tate Gallery, where he worked until his death in 1975. 
 
Dennis Spooner was script editor of Doctor Who during the William Hartnell era, and wrote several stories for the show, including The Reign of Terror and The Romans. He also wrote for the Gerry Anderson series' Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray and Thunderbirds, and co-created five espionage series' including Man in a Suitcase, Department S and The Adventurer. Spooner also created the cult detective series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). He died in September 1986. 
 
Glyn Jones was an actor, playwright and author who was born in Durban, South Africa. He moved to England after leaving university, took a job with the Sunday Times and started writing plays. In 1964, he was commissioned by Doctor Who story editor David Whitaker to develop a four-part serial. This would become The Space Museum, Jones’ only story for Doctor Who (though he later appeared in the 1975 Doctor Who serial The Sontaran Experiment). Among his other TV credits are the children’s series The Magnificent Six and ½ and Here Come the Double Deckers! He also wrote over twenty plays, six novels featuring private eye Thornton King and an autobiography, No Official Umbrella. He died in Crete in April 2014. 
 
Paul Erickson wrote only one script for Doctor Who – The Ark. He was then married to Lesley Scott, and asked that she be given a writing credit for the script, despite not having written any of it. Erickson wrote scripts for many other TV programmes, including The Saint and Paul Temple, and several films including Find the Lady and Kill Her Gently. He also wrote the Target novelisation of The Ark. He died in 1991. 
 
Donald Cotton contributed two scripts to Doctor Who: The Myth Makers and The Gunfighters. After helping to develop the BBC series Adam Adamant Lives!, he decided to concentrate on theatre, and was a successful playwright and actor throughout the Sixties and Seventies. He retired from acting in 1981, but continued his writing career into the Eighties. He novelised his Doctor Who scripts for Target books, as well as Dennis Spooner’s The Romans. Donald Cotton died in January 2000. 
 
Ian Stuart Black was an author and screenwriter, best known for his creation of the TV series Danger Man, starring Patrick McGoohan. Black wrote three serials for Doctor Who – The Savages, The War Machines (from an idea by Kit Pedler) and The Macra Terror – and novelised the stories for Target Books. He also wrote several non-genre novels, one of which, The High Bright Sun, was made into a film starring Dirk Bogarde. Ian Stuart Black died in 1997.

These classic soundtrack adventures, with additional linking narration, have all been remastered and include bonus interviews with William Russell, Maureen O'Brien, Peter Purves and Anneke Wills. The Sensorites: the Doctor and friends meet the alien Sensorites... The Romans: in first-century Rome, Ian and Barbara are sold into slavery and the Doctor encounters Nero... The Space Museum: the Doctor and his companions see a terrible potential future... The Ark: the Doctor, Steven and Dodo come face-to-face with the last humans and their servants, the Monoids... The Gunfighters: 1881, Tombstone. The TARDIS crew are in trouble, as they try to avoid getting caught in the crossfire at the OK Corral... The War Machines: The TARDIS lands in London in 1966 - only to find that the brand new Post Office Tower is home to a monstrous supercomputer. This box set also contains bonus PDF files of the original TV scripts. 
 
13 CDs. 12 hrs 30 mins.

Doctor Who: The Space Museum (TV Soundtrack)

When the Doctor and his companions Ian, Barbara and Vicki enter a museum on the planet Xeros, they are astonished to find themselves displayed as exhibits! The TARDIS has jumped a 'time track' and offered them a glimpse of what the future could hold... The native Xerons are planning a rebellion against the occupying force of the Moroks who have invaded their world. The Doctor and his friends struggle not only to survive in the midst of battle, but to help change the future sufficiently to ensure their own freedom! Maureen O'Brien, who played Vicki in the story, provides linking narration for this intriguing 1965 BBC TV adventure. In a bonus interview, she also recalls her time as a regular companion in Doctor Who.

Glyn Jones

Terrance Dicks

Douglas Adams

James Goss

Robert Holmes

Maureen O'Brien

Richard Franklin

Lalla Ward

Colin Baker

Nicholas Briggs

1st, 3rd, 4th & 6th Doctor Novelisations

Four exciting novelisations of classic TV stories in which the Doctor and his companions traverse the Fourth Dimension. 
 
 In Doctor Who: The Space Museum, by Glyn Jones, the TARDIS jumps a time-track, allowing its occupants to witness themselves as exhibits in a glass case: a future they must avoid at all costs. 
 
 In Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks, by Terrance Dicks, a 20th Century peace conference is threatened by guerillas from the future, intent on changing the course of history. 
 
 In Doctor Who: City of Death, by Douglas Adams and James Goss, the Doctor and Romana witness dangerous fractures in time whilst on holiday in Paris, and must determine the cause. 
 
 In Doctor Who: The Two Doctors, by Robert Holmes, a set of temporal experiments concern the Time Lords enough to dispatch the Second Doctor on a mission; when it goes wrong, it seems only the Sixth Doctor can save him! 
 
 Maureen O'Brien, Richard Franklin, Lalla Ward and Colin Baker read these classic tales, originally published as Target Books paperbacks, with Nicholas Briggs as the Voice of the Daleks. 
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