
Person
Brian Hodgson
Sound · Born 1938-01-01
Biography
Brian Hodgson (born June 1938) is a former sound engineer who 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.
Known for

Doctor Who
Special Sound Effects

Out of the Unknown
Original Music Composer

The Tomorrow People
Original Music Composer

Doctor Who: The Chase
Special Sound Effects

The Tempest
Original Music Composer

Doctor Who: The Krotons
Original Music Composer

Apocalypse Clarkson
Music

The Legend of Hell House
Original Music Composer

Doctor Who: Inferno
Special Sound Effects

Boy and Bicycle
Sound Recordist
Filmography
- 2021Doctor Who: The Evil of the DaleksSpecial Sound Effects
- 2019Doctor Who: The Macra TerrorSpecial Sound Effects
- 2017Doctor Who: ShadaSpecial Sound Effects
- 2014Return of the Unknown
- 2010Shawcraft: The Original Monster MakersSpecial Sound Effects
- 2010Warriors of Mars
- 2009Roger Delgado: The MasterSpecial Sound Effects
- 2009Shades of Grey
- 2009The Delian ModeSelf
- 2006The Dalek TapesSpecial Sound Effects
- 2006Creation of the DaleksHimself
- 2006Doctor Who: OriginsSelf
- 2006Inside the Spaceship: The Story of the TARDISSelf
- 2006Masters of SoundSelf (archive footage)
- 2006Over the Edge: The Story of 'The Edge of Destruction'Self
- 2005Clarkson: Heaven and HellOriginal Music Composer
- 2004Clarkson: Hot MetalOriginal Music Composer
- 2003The Story of Doctor Who
- 2003Clarkson: Shoot-OutOriginal Music Composer
- 2003The Alchemists of SoundSelf
- 1997Apocalypse ClarksonMusic
- 1983Doctor Who: The Five DoctorsSpecial Sound Effects
- 1979The TempestOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The Legend of Hell HouseOriginal Music Composer
- 1973The Tomorrow PeopleOriginal Music Composer
- 1973Doctor Who: Carnival of MonstersSpecial Sound Effects
- 1972Doctor Who: The Sea DevilsSpecial Sound Effects
- 1972Doctor Who: Day of the DaleksSpecial Sound Effects
- 1970Doctor Who: InfernoSpecial Sound Effects
- 1970Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of DeathSpecial Sound Effects
- 1969Doctor Who: The War GamesSpecial Sound Effects
- 1969Doctor Who: The Space PiratesSpecial Sound Effects
- 1969Doctor Who: The KrotonsOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Doctor Who: The InvasionSpecial Sound Effects
- 1968Doctor Who: The Wheel in SpaceOriginal Music Composer
- 1968Doctor Who: The Enemy of the WorldSpecial Sound Effects
- 1967Doctor Who: The Ice WarriorsSpecial Sound Effects
- 1967Doctor Who: The Tomb of the CybermenSpecial Sound Effects
- 1967Doctor Who: The Evil of the DaleksSpecial Sound Effects
- 1967Doctor Who: The Macra TerrorSpecial Sound Effects
- 1967Doctor Who: The Underwater MenaceSpecial Sound Effects
- 1966Doctor Who: The Power of the DaleksSpecial Sound Effects
- 1966The Machine StopsOriginal Music Composer
- 1966Doctor Who: The Celestial ToymakerSpecial Sound Effects
- 1966Doctor Who: The ArkSpecial Sound Effects
- 1966Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's EveSpecial Sound Effects
- 1965Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master PlanSpecial Sound Effects
- 1965Doctor Who: The Myth MakersSpecial Sound Effects
- 1965The Dead PastSound Effects
- 1965Doctor Who: Mission to the UnknownSpecial Sound Effects
- 1965Out of the UnknownOriginal Music Composer
- 1965Doctor Who: The ChaseSpecial Sound Effects
- 1965Doctor Who: The Space MuseumSpecial Sound Effects
- 1965Doctor Who: The CrusadeSpecial Sound Effects
- 1965Boy and BicycleSound Recordist
- 1964Doctor Who: Planet of GiantsSpecial Sound Effects
- 1964Doctor Who: The Reign of TerrorSpecial Sound Effects
- 1964Doctor Who: Marco PoloSpecial Sound Effects
- 1964Doctor Who: The Edge of DestructionSpecial Sound Effects
- 1963Doctor Who: An Unearthly ChildSpecial Sound Effects
- 1963Doctor WhoSpecial Sound Effects
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