Brian Hodgson (born June 1938^[1]) provided the special sounds, or sound effects, for Doctor Who beginning with An Unearthly Child and ending with The Sea Devils, after which he was succeeded by Dick Mills, although he did return to work on Carnival of Monsters. He is credited with creating the distinctive sound of the TARDIS dematerialising, which has been used throughout the Doctor Who television series.

He also contributed to the DVD and Blu-ray audio commentaries and documentaries.

Career[]

His other major credits include the music and sound effects for The Tomorrow People and The Legend of Hell House.

He was originally trained as an actor. (DCOM: The Mutants)

Credits[]

Special Sounds[]

• An Unearthly Child
• The Daleks
• The Edge of Destruction
• Marco Polo
• The Keys of Marinus
• The Aztecs
• The Sensorites
• The Reign of Terror
• Planet Giants
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• The Rescue
• The Romans
• The Web Planet
• The Crusade
• The Space Museum
• The Chase
• The Time Meddler
• Galaxy 4
• Mission to the Unknown
• The Myth Makers
• The Daleks' Master Plan
• The Massacre
• The Ark
• The Celestial Toymaker
• The Gunfighters
• The Savages
• The War Machines
• The Smugglers
• The Tenth Planet
• The Power of the Daleks
• The Highlanders
• The Underwater Menace
• The Moonbase
• The Macra Terror
• The Faceless Ones
• The Evil of the Daleks
• The Tomb of the Cybermen
• The Abominable Snowmen
• The Ice Warriors
• The Enemy of the World
• The Web of Fear (Also Incidental Music - Uncredited)
• Fury from the Deep
• The Wheel in Space (Also Incidental Music - Uncredited)
• The Dominators (Also Incidental Music - Uncredited)
• The Mind Robber (Also Incidental Music - Uncredited)
• The Invasion
• The Krotons (Also Incidental Music - Uncredited)
• The Seeds of Death
• The Space Pirates
• The War Games
• Spearhead from Space
• Doctor Who and the Silurians
• The Ambassadors of Death
• Inferno (Also Stock Music - Uncredited)
• Terror of the Autons
• The Mind of Evil
• The Claws of Axos
• Colony in Space
• The Dæmons
• Day of the Daleks
• The Curse of Peladon
• The Sea Devils
• The Mutants
• The Time Monster
• Carnival of Monsters

Documentary appearances[]

• The Story of Doctor Who
• Doctor Who: Origins
• Over the Edge
• Inside the Spaceship
• Going Underground: The Making of The Web of Fear
• The Trouble with Chumblies
• Recharge and Equalise
• Shades of Grey
• The Peladon Saga

to be completed

Audio commentary[]

• Planet of Giants
• Galaxy 4
• The Underwater Menace
• The Moonbase
• The Abominable Snowmen
• The Web of Fear
• The Krotons
• The Mutants
• Carnival of Monsters

to be completed

External links[]

• Brian Hodgson at the Internet Movie Database

Footnotes[]