Composer Dudley Simpson has died at the age of 95. He died
in Australia on November 4th. Simpson was best remembered for his
work on the Dr. Who TV series. Dudley worked on at least 290 episodes, writing
the score to over 60 stories. His music provided the soundtrack to the majority
of the adventures of the first four Doctors as well as contributing some of the
most iconic TV Theme tunes, writing the title music for Blake's 7 and The
Tomorrow People. He also wrote the music for two classic British TV western
films “The Last of the Mohicans” (1971) and “Hawkeye”, the Pathfinder (1973). Simpson
retired in the 1990's and returned to his native Australia. He returned to the
UK in 2013 to help celebrate Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary
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