DOCTOR WHO: REVENGE OF THE CYBERMEN

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!”

Mark Ayres - compiler and producer

Doctor Who – Revenge of the Cybermen

PART ONE

1 Doctor Who - Opening Title Theme 0.45

2 Return to Nerva Beacon 2.02

3 Can Anyone Hear Me? 0.36

4 Cybermat / Unspool / Plague 1.53

5 Cybership I 0.23

6 Searching Kellman's Room 1.05

7 Sarah vs Cybermat Part 1 0.31

PART TWO

8 Sarah vs Cybermat Part 2 0.18

9 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