Dudley George Simpson (4 October 1922 – 4 November 2017) was an Australian composer and conductor.
He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years and worked as a composer on British television.
He worked on the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he composed incidental music during the 1960s and 1970s.
When Simpson died aged 95 in 2017, The Guardian wrote that he was "at his most prolific as the creator of incidental music for Doctor Who in the 1960s and 1970s, contributing to 62 stories over almost 300 episodes – more than any other composer.
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Among his television work was the music for Moonstrike (1963), theme music for The Last of the Mohicans (1971), theme music for The Brothers (1972), The Tomorrow People (1973), Moonbase 3 (1973), The Ascent of Man (1973) and Blake's 7 (1978).
He also composed music for several plays from the BBC Television Shakespeare series.
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe arrive on an unnamed planet. At first believing themselves in the midst of World War I, they realise it to be one of many War Zones overseen by the War Lords, who have kidnapped large numbers of human soldiers to form the greatest army the universe has ever seen. At the helm of this plot is the War Chief, another renegade Time Lord like the Doctor. The creeping realisation sets in that the Doctor cannot solve this problem alone, and that his days of wandering may be at an end...
While the Doctor plays the Trilogic Game, Steven and Dodo are forced to play seemingly childish but ultimately dangerous games with the aim of being reunited and getting back to the Tardis. This brand new animated version has been created using the original audio recordings.
Presented by “voice of the Daleks” Nicholas Briggs and Robert Dick, these six documentaries are the best in-depth interviews with Philip Hinchcliffe (Producer), Christopher H. Bidmead (Script Editor), John Black (Director) and Mat Irvine (Visual Effects Designer) ever undertaken! Also, special productions featuring the Costume Design Team of Richard Gregory, June Hudson, Dee Robson and Roland Warne, plus the Music and Sound Team of Dudley Simpson and Dick Mills!
Presented by “voice of the Daleks” Nicholas Briggs, these six documentaries are the best in-depth interviews with Bob Baker & Dave Martin (writers), Robert Sloman (writer), Louis Marks (writer), Tim Combe (director) and Dudley Simpson (composer) ever undertaken! Plus special productions featuring actors Sonny Caldinez, Shirley Cooklin, Prentis Hancock and David Spenser!
The original 1967 master recordings of ‘The Macra Terror’ were lost soon after the programme’s original transmission. However, audio-only recordings have survived and have been used here to create a brand new fully animated reconstruction of this lost classic.
A brief history of the Ice Warriors in Doctor Who by the people who designed and brought them to life.
After the destruction of his home, Sutkeh the Destroyer struggles to find work and acceptance in an unforgiving world.
Having subdued the Goths, warrior Titus Andronicus returns to Rome to bury his sons, with Gothic Queen Tamora and her retinue as captives. The newly-dead Roman Emperor's two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, are competing for their father's title. According to Roman custom, Titus sacrifices Tamora's eldest son to the Gods; having the deciding vote, he also chooses Saturninus as Emperor. Both acts have tragic consequences.
The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies. Leontes exiles his newborn daughter Perdita, who is raised by shepherds for sixteen years and falls in love with the son of Leontes' friend. When Perdita returns home, a statue of Hermione "comes to life", and everyone is reconciled.
Melvyn Bragg presents this 1977 documentary about Doctor Who from BBC2's 'The Lively Arts' strand, featuring extensive behind-the-scenes coverage of the making of The Talons of Weng-Chiang and looking back at the history of the programme and its psychological impact on the viewers, particularly children.
A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.