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'''Ron Grainer''' ([[11 August (people)|11 August]] [[1922 (people)|1922]]-[[21 February (people)|21 February]] [[1981 (people)|1981]]<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40757966/ron-grainer Find a Grave]</ref>) was an Australian [[composer]] who worked for the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] in 1963.
'''Ron Grainer''' ([[11 August (people)|11 August]] [[1922 (people)|1922]]-[[21 February (people)|21 February]] [[1981 (people)|1981]]<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40757966/ron-grainer Find a Grave]</ref>) was an Australian [[composer]] who worked for the [[BBC]] in 1963.


After [[Desmond Briscoe]] recommended Grainer to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production team, he wrote the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]]/score, which [[Delia Derbyshire]] went on to perform. He has been credited in every ''Doctor Who'' episode in the original and new series except for the [[Doctor Who (TV story)|1996 television movie]].
After [[Desmond Briscoe]] recommended Grainer to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' production team, he wrote the [[Doctor Who theme|''Doctor Who'' theme]]/score, which [[Delia Derbyshire]] went on to perform.


== Career ==
He also wrote the theme music for other noted series such as {{wi|Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret}}, {{wi|Steptoe and Son}}, {{wi|Man in a Suitcase}}, {{wi|The Prisoner}} and {{wi|Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple}}. His film credits include {{wi|The Omega Man}}.
He also wrote the theme music for other noted series such as {{wi|Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret}}, {{wi|Steptoe and Son}}, {{wi|Man in a Suitcase}}, {{wi|The Prisoner}} and {{wi|Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple}}. His film credits include {{wi|The Omega Man}}.


== Legacy ==
He is still constantly credited for "original theme" in ''Doctor Who'' after his death.
He is still constantly credited for "original theme" in ''Doctor Who'' after his death.
== On Screen Credits for ''Doctor Who'' ==
=== <u>''Season 1 (1963-1964)''</u> ===
* An Unearthly Child
* The Daleks
* The Edge of Destruction
* Marco Polo
* The Keys of Marinus
* The Aztecs
* The Sensorites
* The Reign of Terror
=== ''<u>Season 2 (1964-1965)</u>'' ===
* Planet of Giants
* The Dalek Invasion of Earth
* The Rescue
* The Romans
* The Web Planet
* The Crusade
* The Space Museum
* The Chase
* The Time Meddler
=== <u>''Season 3 (1965-1966)''</u> ===
* Galaxy 4
* Mission to the Unknown
* The Myth Makers
* The Daleks' Master Plan
* The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
* The Ark
* The Celestial Toymaker
* The Gunfighters
* The Savages
* The War Machines
=== <u>''Season 4 (1966-1967)''</u> ===
* 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
=== <u>''Season 5 (1967-1968)''</u> ===
* The Tomb of the Cybermen
* The Abominable Snowmen
* The Ice Warriors
* The Enemy of the World
* The Web of Fear
* Fury from the Deep
* The Wheel in Space
=== <u>''Season 6 (1968-1969)''</u> ===
* The Dominators
* The Mind Robber
* The Invasion
* The Krotons
* The Seeds of Death
* The Space Pirates
* The War Games
=== <u>''Season 7 (1970)''</u> ===
* Spearhead from Space
* Doctor Who and the Silurians
* The Ambassadors of Death
* Inferno
=== <u>''Season 8 (1971)''</u> ===
* Terror of the Autons
* The Mind of Evil
* The Claws of Axos
* Colony in Space
* The Daemons
=== <u>''Season 9 (1972)''</u> ===
* Day of the Daleks
* The Curse of Peladon
* The Sea Devils
* The Mutants
* The Time Monster
=== <u>''Season 10 (1972-1973)''</u> ===
* The Three Doctors
* Carnival of Monsters
* Frontier in Space
* Planet of the Daleks
* The Green Death
=== <u>''Season 11 (1973-1974)''</u> ===
* The Time Warrior
* Invasion of the Dinosaurs
* Death to the Daleks
* The Monster of Peladon
* Planet of the Spiders
=== <u>''Season 12 (1974-1975)''</u> ===
* Robot
* The Ark in Space
* The Sontaran Experiment
* Genesis of the Daleks
* Revenge of the Cybermen
=== <u>''Season 13 (1975-1976)''</u> ===
* Terror of the Zygons
* Planet of Evil
* Pyramids of Mars
* The Android Invasion
* The Brain of Morbius
* The Seeds of Doom
=== <u>''Season 14 (1976-1977)''</u> ===
* The Masque of Mandragora
* The Hand of Fear
* The Deadly Assassin
* The Face of Evil
* The Robots of Death
* The Talons of Weng-Chiang
=== <u>''20th Anniversary Special (1983)''</u> ===
* The Five Doctors
=== <u>''Season 21 (1984)''</u> ===
* The Awakening
* Frontios
* Resurrection of the Daleks
* Planet of Fire
* The Caves of Androzani
* The Twin Dilemma
=== <u>''Season 22 (1985)''</u> ===
* Attack of the Cybermen
* Vengeance on Varos
* The Mark of the Rani
* The Two Doctors
* Timelash
* Revelation of the Daleks
=== <u>''The Trial of a Time Lord (1986)''</u> ===
* The Mysterious Planet
* Mindwarp
* Terror of the Vervoids
* The Ultimate Foe
=== <u>''Season 24 (1987)''</u> ===
* Time and the Rani
* Paradise Towers
* Delta and the Bannermen
* Dragonfire
=== <u>''Season 25 (1988-1989)''</u> ===
* Remembrance of the Daleks
* The Happiness Patrol
* Silver Nemesis
* The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
=== <u>''Season 26 (1989)''</u> ===
* Battlefield
* Ghost Light
* The Curse of Fenric
* Survival
=== <u>''Series 1 (2005)''</u> ===
* Rose
(THIS IS NOT YET COMPLETED)<br />


== External links ==
== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Grammy Award nominees]]
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Ron Grainer (11 August 1922-21 February 1981[1]) was an Australian composer who worked for the BBC in 1963.

After Desmond Briscoe recommended Grainer to the Doctor Who production team, he wrote the Doctor Who theme/score, which Delia Derbyshire went on to perform.

Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

He also wrote the theme music for other noted series such as Maigret, Steptoe and Son, Man in a Suitcase, The Prisoner and Paul Temple. His film credits include The Omega Man.

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

He is still constantly credited for "original theme" in Doctor Who after his death.

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]