Since the 1970s, there have been many official and unofficial Doctor Who and related spin-offs released on audio, as LPs, audio cassettes, audio CDs and MP3 CDs. Recordings here are listed by their original release date. Original audio plays by Big Finish Productions are listed separately here.
Television Soundtracks
editIn 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 (i.e. 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 (with the exception of The Macra Terror, which used the original narration by Colin Baker). Another difference is that all of 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 possible due to availability, from surviving films. From 1999–2004 these recordings were released under the "BBC Radio Collection" banner, and starting in 2004 they have been released under the "BBC Audio" banner, with a slightly different look to the outer case 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.
| Story # | Title | Narrator | Format | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 016 | The Daleks | David Graham | 7" | April 1966 | An abridged recording of "The Planet of Decision", Episode 6 of The Chase. Released by Century 21 Records. |
| 078 | Genesis of the Daleks | Tom Baker | LP | October 1979 | An abridged version of the soundtrack. Reissued on cassette on 7 November 1988 (along with Slipback, see below) Reissued again on CD in a revised and expanded version with Exploration Earth: The Time Machine on 2 July 2001. (see below) |
| 034 | The Macra Terror | Colin Baker | 2-Cassette | 6 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 | Tom Baker | 2-Cassette | 6 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. |
| 037 | The Tomb of the Cybermen | Jon Pertwee | 2-cassette | 7 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 | Tom Baker | 2-cassette | 2 August 1993 | |
| 042 | Fury from the Deep | Tom Baker | 2-cassette | 4 October 1993 | |
| 022 | The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve | Peter Purves | 2-cassette 2-CD |
2 August 1999 | This release also used The Massacre title. Reissued in the Adventures in History box set with The Highlanders and The Myth Makers on 4 August 2003 |
| 041 | The Web of Fear | Frazer Hines | 3-CD | 6 March 2000 | Reissued in the Yeti Attack box set with The Abominable Snowmen on 7 July 2003. Reissued on Mp3-CD with The Abominable Snowmen on 7 April 2003. |
| 018 | Galaxy 4 | Peter Purves | 2-CD | 5 June 2000 | |
| 031 | The Highlanders | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 7 August 2000 | Reissued in the Adventures in History box set with The Myth Makers and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve on 4 August 2003 |
| 034 | The Macra Terror | Colin Baker | 2-CD | 7 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 | Peter Purves | 2-CD | 8 January 2001 | Reissued in the Adventures in History box set with The Highlanders and The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve on 4 August 2003 |
| 033 | The Moonbase | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 2 April 2001 | |
| 024 | The Celestial Toymaker | Peter Purves | 2-CD | 2 April 2001 | |
| 038 | The Abominable Snowmen | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 2 July 2001 | Reissued in the Yeti Attack box set with The Web of Fear on 7 July 2003. Reissued on Mp3-CD with The Web of Fear on 7 April 2003. |
| 021 | The Daleks' Master Plan | Peter Purves | 5-CD | 22 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. Reissued on Mp3-CD on 7 April 2003 |
| 035 | The Faceless Ones | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 4 February 2002 | |
| 028 | The Smugglers | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | 6 May 2002 | |
| 040 | The Enemy of the World | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 5 August 2002 | |
| 026 | The Savages | Peter Purves | 2-CD | 11 November 2002 | |
| 049 | The Space Pirates | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 3 February 2003 | |
| 004 | Marco Polo | William Russell | 3-CD | 3 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. |
| 030 | The Power of the Daleks | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | 3 November 2003 | Part of The Daleks limited tin release with The Eveil of the Daleks and My Life as a Dalek. Released individually on 2 August 2004. Reissued on a "Reconstructed John Cura's "tele-snaps" to illustrate the serial when played on a home computer on 20 June 2005. |
| 036 | The Evil of the Daleks | Frazer Hines | 3-CD | 3 November 2003 | Part of The Daleks limited tin release with The Power of the Daleks and My Life as a Dalek. Released individually on 2 August 2004. 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. |
| 042 | Fury from the Deep | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 2 February 2004 | |
| 043 | The Wheel in Space | Wendy Padbury | 2-CD | 3 May 2004 | |
| 029 | The Tenth Planet | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | 1 November 2004 | Released in the limted The Cybermen tin with The Invasion and The Origins of the Cybermen. Bonus interview with Anneke Wills. Released individually on 9 January 2006 |
| 046 | The Invasion | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 1 November 2004 | Released in the limted The Cybermen tin with The Tenth Planet and The Origins of the Cybermen. Bonus interview with Frazer Hines. Released individually on 9 January 2006 |
| 032 | The Underwater Menace | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | 7 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. |
| 014 | The Crusade | William Russell | 2-CD | 2 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. |
| 039 | The Ice Warriors | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 1 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. |
| 008 | The Reign of Terror | Carole Ann Ford | 2-CD | 6 February 2006 | Bonus interview with Carole Ann Ford |
| 037 | The Tomb of the Cybermen | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 1 May 2006 | Bonus interview with Frazer Hines |
| 023 | The Ark | Peter Purves | 2-CD | 7 August 2006 | Bonus interview with Peter Purves |
| 052 | Doctor Who and the Silurians | Caroline John | 3-CD | 6 November 2006 | Bonus Interview with Caroline John. Released in the Monsters on Earth limited edtition tin with The Sea Devils and Warriors of the Deep. Released individually on 7 January 2008 |
| 062 | The Sea Devils | Katy Manning | 2-CD | 6 November 2006 | Bonus Interview with Katy Manning. Released in the Monsters on Earth limited edtition tin with Doctor Who and the Silurians and Warriors of the Deep. Released individually on 7 January 2008 |
| 131 | Warriors of the Deep | Janet Fielding | 2-CD | 6 November 2006 | Bonus Interview with Janet Fielding. Released in the Monsters on Earth limited edtition tin with Doctor Who and the Silurians and The Sea Devils. Released individually on 7 January 2008 |
| 025 | The Gunfighters | Peter Purves | 2-CD | 5 February 2007 | Bonus interview with Peter Purves. Also includes a special 10-minute music segment, "The Ballad of the Last Chance Salooon" by Tristam Cary |
| 044 | The Dominators | Wendy Padbury | 2-CD | 7 May 2007 | Bonus interview with Wendy Padbury |
| 027 | The War Machines | Anneke Wills | 2-CD | 6 August 2007 | Bonus interview with Anneke Wills |
| 061 | The Curse of Peladon | Katy Manning | 2-CD | 5 November 2007 | Bonus interview with Katy Manning |
| 073 | The Monster of Peladon | Elisabeth Sladen | 2-CD | 3 March 2008 | Bonus interview with Elisabeth Sladen |
| 012 | The Romans | William Russell | 2-CD | 22 May 2008 | Bonus archive radio items that look at the real-life Nero and the life and career of William Hartnell |
| 007 | The Sensorites | William Russell | 2-CD | 10 July 2008 | Bonus interview with William Russell |
| 047 | The Krotons | Frazer Hines | 2-CD | 13 November 2008 | Bonus interview with Frazer Hines |
| 056 | The Mind of Evil | TBA | 2-CD | 12 February 2009 |
Audio Drama
edit| Title | Writer | Doctor | Format | Company | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who and the Pescatons | Victor Pemberton | Fourth Doctor | LP | Decca | July 1976 | Reissued on CD in 1991 by Silva Screen Records. Reissued on CD with a bonus interview CD with Elisabeth Sladen on 3 January 2005 by BBC Audio. |
| Slipback | Eric Saward | Sixth Doctor | Cassette | BBC Audio | 7 November 1988 | Released with Genesis of the Daleks (see above). Reissued on CD on 8 January 2001 |
| The Paradise of Death | Barry Letts | Third Doctor | Cassette | BBC Audio | 7 November 1993 | Reissued on 2-CD on 6 March 2000 |
| The Ghosts of N-Space | Barry Letts | Third Doctor | Cassette | BBC Audio | 19 February 1996 | Reissued on 3-CD 5 June 2000 |
| Exploration Earth: The Time Machine | Bernard Venables | Fourth Doctor | CD | BBC Audio | 2 July 2001 | Released with the CD reissue of Genesis of the Daleks |
| Death Comes to Time | Colin Meek | Seventh Doctor | 3-CD | BBC Audio | 28 October 2002 | Edited/modifed version of the webcast. Bonus outtakes and interviews on disc 3. Special edition including the original webcast with illustrations released on MP3-CD 7 April 2003. |
| Real Time | Gary Russell | Sixth Doctor | 2-CD | Big Finish | 12 December 2002 | Commissioned, produced by Big Finish for, and webcast on the official BBC Doctor Who website. |
| Shada | Douglas Adams | Eighth Doctor | 2-CD | Big Finish | December 2003 | New recording of the incomplete Douglas Adams story, commissioned, produced by Big Finish for, and webcast on the official BBC Doctor Who website. |
| Doctor Who at the BBC: The Plays | various | n/a | 2-CD | BBC Audio | 4 September 2006 | Contains Regenerations by Daragh Carville, Blue Veils and Golden Sands by Martyn Wade, and Dalek, I Love You by Colin Sharpe |
Documentary/Non-Fiction
edit| Title | Format | Company | Release Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor Who at the BBC | 2-CD | BBC Audio | 1 September 2003 | Contains 30 Years, originally broadcast on 20 November 1993 for Doctor Who's 30th anniversary, presented by Nicholas Courtney and a series of radio clips from 1972-2002, presented by Elisabeth Sladen. |
| My Life as a Dalek | CD | BBC Audio | 3 November 2003 | Presented by Mark Gatiss. Exclusively released in the limited edition Dalek tin with the soundtracks of The Power of the Daleks and The Evil of the Daleks |
| Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 2 | 2-CD | BBC Audio | 6 September 2004 | A variety of BBC Radio and TV clips from 1967-2003, presented by Elisabeth Sladen. |
| Project: Who? | 2-CD | BBC Audio | 2 May 2005 | Release of BBC Radio 2 programme narrated by Anthony Head, with behind-the-scenes information on the new series. Contains thirty minutes of previously unreleased material |
| Doctor Who at the BBC Volume 3 | 2-CD | BBC Audio | 5 September 2005 | Contains BBC TV and Radio items related to Doctor Who from 1974 through 2005, presented by Elisabeth Sladen |
| Doctor Who: The Dalek Conquests | 2-CD | BBC Audio | 1 May 2006 | Written, directed and narrated by Nicholas Briggs. An original account of the history of the Daleks, from their creation through their attempts at conquering the universe. The discs feature audio clips from the TV series, and short Dalek scenes performed by Briggs. |
| Doctor Who at the BBC - The Tenth Doctor | 2-CD | BBC Audio | 3 September 2007 | Presented by Elisabeth Sladen |