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Delia is credited at the PRS with the music for a story in the Doctor Who series called ''The Macra Terror'', broadcast from 11 March to 1 April 1967.<ref name=wikipedia/>
 
Delia is credited at the PRS with the music for a story in the Doctor Who series called ''The Macra Terror'', broadcast from 11 March to 1 April 1967.<ref name=wikipedia/>
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This includes [[Chromophone Band]], with which the series opens, and a range of strange musical backgrounds following the aliens' dictum "We regulate our day by music."
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Only stills and/or fragments of the TV series are known to exist.<ref name=wikipedia>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Macra_Terror Wikipedia's entry for The Macra Terror]</ref>
  
 
The Performing Right Society's list of works by Delia Ann Derbyshire has:
 
The Performing Right Society's list of works by Delia Ann Derbyshire has:
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* Broadcast from 11 March to 1 April 1967.<ref name=wikipedia/>
 
* Broadcast from 11 March to 1 April 1967.<ref name=wikipedia/>
 
* On tape [[TRW 604]]: "The Macra Terror (Music)" in the BBC Radiophonic Archive.
 
* On tape [[TRW 604]]: "The Macra Terror (Music)" in the BBC Radiophonic Archive.
* The BBC has lost the original footage but it has been reconstructed from off-air recordings by fans.<ref name=wikipedia>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Macra_Terror ''The Macra Terror'' on wikipedia]</ref>
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* The BBC has lost the original footage but it has been [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1p-q5pU18o reconstructed from off-air recordings by fans].<ref name=wikipedia/>
 
* Five tracks from the Doctor Who episode were released on [[Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Volume 1: The Early Years]]:
 
* Five tracks from the Doctor Who episode were released on [[Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - Volume 1: The Early Years]]:
 
** Heartbeat Chase
 
** Heartbeat Chase
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** Musak from "Time In Advance"
 
** Musak from "Time In Advance"
 
** Propaganda Sleep Machine
 
** Propaganda Sleep Machine
* The reconstruction is included in [[Doctor Who - The Complete Classic 26 Seasons Collection + Extras.torrent]] as S04E07.
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* Off-air recordings of the soundtrack exist thanks to contemporary fan efforts. In 1992 these were released on audio cassette, accompanied by linking narration from Colin Baker, remastered and re-released on CD in 2000.<ref name=wikipedia/>
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** in [[File:Doctor Who - The Macra Terror (BBC Radio, MP3).torrent]] (90 MB)
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* There is the same audio in the animated ''Loose Cannon'' reconstruction from photosnaps and the original sound track
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** as [[File:Doctor Who - The Macra Terror (Loose Cannon reconstruction).torrent|a (1.64 GB) torrent]]
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** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHPfgr3eIo on youtube.com]
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** in [[File:Doctor Who.torrent|the Doctor Who torrent]] as <BR><TT>Doctor Who/02 - Patrick Troughton/034 - The Macra Terror/*.avi</TT> (624 MB)
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** in [[File:Doctor Who - The Complete Classic 26 Seasons Collection + Extras.torrent]] as S04E07 (1.36 GB)
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** in [[File:Dr Who.torrent|the Dr Who torrent]] as<BR><TT>1967-0[34]?-?? - S04 E07 - The Macra Terror *.avi</TT> (658.3 MB)
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:02, 15 April 2020

The Macra Terror

Delia is credited at the PRS with the music for a story in the Doctor Who series called The Macra Terror, broadcast from 11 March to 1 April 1967.[1]

This includes Chromophone Band, with which the series opens, and a range of strange musical backgrounds following the aliens' dictum "We regulate our day by music."

Only stills and/or fragments of the TV series are known to exist.[1]

The Performing Right Society's list of works by Delia Ann Derbyshire has:

Title: The Macra Terror
Writer(s): Derbyshire Delia Ann; Hodgson Brian Garner
Publisher: BBC Worldwide Music
Creation date: 3 August 1999

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