‘The Pirate Planet’ and ‘Dead Air’ on Vinyl

Demon Music Group grant Fourth and Tenth Doctor stories vinyl releases

“The life force is dead! We’re all murderers!”

Demon Records presents the debut Doctor Who adventure by Douglas Adams – creator of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – starring Tom Baker as the Doctor.

On the hunt for the Key to Time, the Doctor, Romana and K9 materialise on the planet Calufrax – or do they? Entangled in local events, they are caught between the bombastic Captain – half-man, half-machine – and the sinister Mentiads. Someone is ransacking whole planets for their wealth, and just as the Doctor discovers who’s behind it another one comes under threat: Earth!

Presented across 2 x 140g Sky Demon Splatter vinyl discs, this 1978 TV soundtrack is narrated by John Leeson, the original Voice of K9. The supporting cast includes Mary Tamm as Romana with Bruce Purchase, Andrew Robertson, David Warwick and Rosalind Lloyd. Incidental music is composed by Dudley Simpson, and the familiar strains of the Doctor Who theme are courtesy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

The coloured vinyl LPs are presented in a fully illustrated gatefold sleeve showing cast and credits, and inner bags featuring complete episode billings.

Pre-order The Pirate Planet on vinyl here.

Exclusive to Record Store Day 2022 (23 April) is Dead Air,  the exclusive-to-audio Doctor Who adventure told by the Tenth Doctor himself, David Tennant, from the acclaimed hit BBC TV series.

  • Pressed on 140g ‘Sound Waves’ Green Vinyl
  • First time on vinyl
  • An exclusive-to-audio Doctor Who adventure told by the Tenth Doctor himself, David Tennant, from the acclaimed hit BBC TV series.
  • In 2020 David Tennant was voted the most popular Doctor of all time in a Radio Times poll of 50,000 Doctor Who fans.
  • Dead Air was voted Audiobook of the Year 2010 in a poll by audiobooks.co.uk.

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