List of Doctor Who composers

This is a list of composers for science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is sortable by a number of different criteria. The list defaults to ascending alphabetical order the composer's last name.

Doctor Who composers
Composer No.
stories		 First date First story Last date Last story
Segun Akinola 20 2018 "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" N/A N/A
Mark Ayres[lower-alpha 1] 3 1988 The Greatest Show in the Galaxy 1989 The Curse of Fenric
Richard Rodney Bennett 1 1964 The Aztecs 1964 The Aztecs
Carey Blyton 3 1970 Doctor Who and the Silurians 1975 Revenge of the Cybermen
Geoffrey Burgon 2 1975 Terror of the Zygons 1976 The Seeds of Doom
Tristram Cary[lower-alpha 2] 8 1963 The Daleks 1972 The Mutants
Francis Chagrin 1 1964 The Dalek Invasion of Earth 1964 The Dalek Invasion of Earth
Malcolm Clarke[lower-alpha 3] 7 1972 The Sea Devils 1986 Terror of the Vervoids
John Debney 1 1996 Doctor Who 1996 Doctor Who
Louis Febre 1 1996 Doctor Who 1996 Doctor Who
Jonathan Gibbs[lower-alpha 3] 4 1983 The King's Demons 1985 The Mark of the Rani
Dominic Glynn 5 1986 The Mysterious Planet 1989 Survival
Murray Gold 120 2005 "Rose" 2017 "Twice Upon a Time"
Don Harper 1 1968 The Invasion 1968 The Invasion
Richard Hartley 1 1986 Mindwarp 1986 Mindwarp
Brian Hodgson[lower-alpha 3] 2 1968 The Wheel in Space 1969 The Krotons
Peter Howell[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] 9 1980 The Leisure Hive 1985 The Two Doctors
Raymond Jones 2 1965 The Romans 1966 The Savages
Norman Kay 3 1963 An Unearthly Child 1964 The Sensorites
Paddy Kingsland[lower-alpha 3] 8 1980 Meglos 1984 Frontios
Roger Limb[lower-alpha 3] 8 1981 The Keeper of Traken 1985 Revelation of the Daleks
Keff McCulloch[lower-alpha 5] 6 1987 Time and the Rani 1989 Battlefield
Stanley Myers 1 1964 The Reign of Terror 1964 The Reign of Terror
Elizabeth Parker[lower-alpha 3] 1 1985 Timelash 1985 Timelash
Humphrey Searle 1 1965 The Myth Makers 1965 The Myth Makers
Dudley Simpson 62 1964 Planet of Giants 1980 The Horns of Nimon
John Sponsler 1 1996 Doctor Who 1996 Doctor Who

Stock music

Instead of using specially composed music, some serials were scored completely with pre-recorded stock music. Some of these serials used music by one composer as noted below.

Spinoff composers
Composer Spinoff title
Mark Ayres Wartime, Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans, P.R.O.B.E. (The Zero Imperative, The Devil of Winterborne, Unnatural Selection, Ghosts of Winterborne)
Nicholas Briggs Mindgame
Edmund Butt An Adventure in Space and Time
Christopher Elves K-9
Ben Foster Torchwood
Alan Glass White Witch of Devil's End
Linzi Gold White Witch of Devil's End
Murray Gold The Sarah Jane Adventures (theme tune), Torchwood (theme tune and incidental music)
Barry Gray Dr. Who and the Daleks, Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Peter Howell K-9 and Company
Erwin Keiles Downtime
Ian Levine K-9 and Company (theme tune), Downtime
Alistair Lock Auton Trilogy, Dæmos Rising, Zygon: When Being You Just Isn't Enough, Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Malcolm Lockyer Dr. Who and the Daleks
Bill McGuffie Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
Blair Mowat Class
Nigel Stock Downtime
Olivia Thomas P.R.O.B.E. (When to Die)
Fiachra Trench K-9 and Company (theme tune)
Dan Watts The Sarah Jane Adventures
Sam Watts The Sarah Jane Adventures

Notes
  1. Also composed music for the 2017 version of Shada
  2. Three serials credited to Cary (The Rescue, The Ark, and The Power of the Daleks) just reuse music originally recorded for The Daleks with no new music.
  3. Composed as part of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
  4. Also provided uncredited incidental music for Revenge of the Cybermen.
  5. Also composed music for the 1992 video release of Shada and the 1993 charity special Dimensions in Time
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