Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 4: Meglos & Full Circle is the final installment in the Mark Ayres compiled series of releases of BBC Radiophonic Workshop music. It featured music, by Peter Howell and Paddy Kingsland, for the 1980 Doctor Who serials Meglos and Full Circle. It was the first full releases of both scores, although some sound effects from the serials appeared on the previous volume.
Track listing Track # Artist Track name Stories used in1Peter Howell "Doctor Who: Opening Theme"various2Paddy Kingsland"Burnout on Walkway 9"Meglos3"The Deons"4"K9 Repaired"5"The Screens of Zolpha-Thura"6"The Last Zolpha-Thuran"7"Chronic Hysteresis"8Peter Howell"To Tigella"9"The Deon Oath"10"The Power Room"11"The Bell Plants"12"Meglos"13"'She's Seen Too Much!'"14"The Dodecahedron"15"The Ultimate Impossibility"16"The Deons Take Command"17"Earthling"18"Sacrifice"19"Other Lives to Save"20"Countdown"21Paddy Kingsland"Summons to Gallifrey"Full Circle22"Alzarius / The Outlers"23"The System Files / Adric"24"Mistfall"25"The Starliner"26"Decider Deceased"27"Adric Finds the TARDIS"28"Starliner Sealed"29"The Giants Leave the Swamp"30"K9 on a Mission / Third Decider"31"TARDIS Taken"32"The Marshchild / K9 Loses His Head"33"The Spiders I"34"The Spiders II"35"A Little Patience"36"Romana Comatose"37"The Bookroom"38"The Experiment"39"The Work of Maintenance"40"Marshmen I"41"Blue Veins"42"Marshmen II"43"No Return"44"Oxygen"45"Full Circle / The Deciders Decide"46Peter Howell"Doctor Who: Closing Theme"variousSource:
Equipment Equipment used on this compilation includes: Yamaha CS-80 EMS Vocoder Roland Jupiter-4 Roland CR-78 Oberheim OB-X Yamaha SY-2
Reception In his review for Notes, Louis Niebur opined that the score "written in 1980 during the recording of his music for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Full Circle betrays the popular tendencies of Paddy Kingsland's style in his use of the electric guitar and a Roland CR78 drum machine, but the characteristic sounds of the Roland SY2 and Oberheim OBX synthesizers also give his tracks that distinctive 'space age' quality. As Doctor Who's music gained prominence in the show's production, so the scores themselves grew in ambitiousness, becoming more cinematic."
See also
Music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop List of Doctor Who music releases
References
Further reading
External links Doctor Who At The BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Volume 4: Meglos And Full Circle at Discogs Doctor Who, Vol. 4: Meglos and Full Circle at AllMusic