The Krotons
Brian Hodgson was a member of the Workshop working closely with the seminal figure of Delia Derbyshire. As the original sound effects creator for Doctor Who he was responsible for the chilling Dalek voices and the powerhouse sound of the TARDIS lifting off (created by running a back door key for his mother’s house along the bass string of a gutted piano and treating it electronically). His highly innovative techniques are fully on display on this collection of ‘special sounds’ that provided the background to The Krotons, broadcast in December 1968/January 1969.
The TARDIS arrives on the unnamed planet of the Gonds, who are ruled and taught in a form of self-perpetuating slavery by the alien Krotons – crystalline beings whose ship, the Dynatrope, crash-landed there thousands of years earlier after being damaged in a space battle.
| Track no. | Track |
|---|---|
| 1 | Doctor Who (New Opening theme, 1967) |
| 2 | The Learning Hall |
| 3 | Door Opens |
| 4 | Entry Into The Machine |
| 5 | TARDIS (New Landing) |
| 6 | Wasteland Atmosphere |
| 7 | Machine And City theme |
| 8 | Machine Exterior |
| 9 | Panels Open |
| 10 | Dispersal UNIT |
| 11 | Sting |
| 12 | Selris’ House |
| 13 | Machine Interior |
| 14 | Snake Bleeps Low |
| 15 | Silver Hose (The Snake) |
| 16 | Snake Bleeps High |
| 17 | Teaching Machine Hums |
| 18 | Forcefield |
| 19 | Burning Light |
| 20 | Birth of A Kroton |
| 21 | Kroton theme |
| 22 | Kroton Dies |
| 23 | Link – Rising Hum |
| 24 | Kroton Dies – (Alternative) |
Total running time: TBA
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