Mark Ayres

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Mark Ayres

Mark Ayres is an electronic musician, composer and audio engineer. Ayres studied music and electronics at Keele University. He also worked as a sound engineer at TV-am between 1982 and 1987. As a television composer, he became known for providing incidental music on the original series of Doctor Who. Ayres's work on broadcast Doctor Who was during Sylvester McCoy's era as the Seventh Doctor, com…

Known For

Doctor Who at the PromsDoctor Who at the Proms · 2013
Doctor Who at the Proms
★ 8.02013
MovieMusicTV Movie
Doctor Who returns to the Proms to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the popular BBC series. As well as showcasing Murray Gold’s music from the past eight years, the concert also journeys back to the early days of Doctor Who and the groundbreaking work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Featuring special guests from the series, big screens and a host of monsters ready to invade the Royal Albert Hall, this is not the year to be exterminated!
PROBE: The Zero ImperativePROBE: The Zero Imperative · 1994
PROBE: The Zero Imperative
★ 7.21994
MovieScience FictionAction
Former UNIT luminary Liz Shaw and her assistant Bayliss are investigating a series of bizarre murders, all committed near a soon-to-be-closed psychiatric hospital. When the hospital is unexpectedly reprieved by rich Industrialist Peter Russell events seem to move out of Liz's control. Are the incumbent director of the clinic, Doctor Dove and his predecessor Doctor O'Kane harboring the killer? What is the centuries-old horror hidden in the grounds? And what exactly is the secret of room zero?
Doctor Who: The Curse of FenricDoctor Who: The Curse of Fenric · 1989
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric
★ 8.41989
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
The Doctor and Ace arrive at a secret military base during World War II, where an ancient evil from the Doctor's past prepares to make his final deadly move. As hideous vampires rise from the sea and Russian commandoes begin to close in, they are confronted not only with a mystery from the distant past but also a terrifying vision of mankind's future...
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal DeathDoctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death · 1999
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death
★ 7.51999
MovieComedyScience Fiction
Before the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master.
The Ties That Bind UsThe Ties That Bind Us · 2008
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
MovieDocumentaryScience Fiction
A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable SnowmanThunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman · 2015
Thunderbirds 1965: The Abominable Snowman
2015
MovieScience FictionFamily
In the Himalayas, Last Penelope and Parker investigate a series of kidnappings attributed to the Abominable Snowman, only to find themselves in the clutches of the Hood!
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing ThunderbirdsThunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds · 2015
Thunderbirds 1965: Introducing Thunderbirds
2015
MovieScience FictionFamily
International Rescue founder Jeff Tracy takes his new agents, Lady Penelope and Parker, on a tour of his family's island, where his sons demonstrate their amazing Thunderbird machines.
Doctor Who: ShadaDoctor Who: Shada · 2017
Doctor Who: Shada
★ 7.12017
MovieScience FictionAdventure
The Doctor visits his old Time Lord friend Chronotis in Cambridge, 1979. But the ruthless Skagra has also arrived to retrieve a book that will help unlock one of the Time Lords' greatest secrets: what is Shada? Filming for this story was never finished, and in this version the unfilmed material is completed via animation.

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Doctor Who: The Daleks in ColourDoctor Who: The Daleks in Colour · 2023
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour
★ 6.62023
MovieScience FictionDrama
The very first crew of the TARDIS land in a petrified forest on an alien planet. Determined to explore, the Doctor leads his companions into the metal city, where they discover danger at every corner and what will become his deadliest enemy... the mutant Daleks. It's time to encounter the Daleks once again, but this time in a way you've never seen them before. Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, the seven original episodes of the first Dalek story have received a cosmic makeover, dazzlingly colourised and woven together into a 75-minute blockbuster with brand-new sound and a brand-new score created by Mark Ayres. The Daleks has been gloriously updated, whilst ensuring the original story remains as thrilling as it was in 1963.

Sound Designer

Shakedown: Return of the SontaransShakedown: Return of the Sontarans · 1994
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
★ 6.41994
MovieScience FictionAction
The space solar yacht Tiger Moth under the command of no-nonsense Captain Lisa Deranne is on a cruise taking some rich misfits on a voyage through space. Unfortunately on their travels they have picked a stowaway, a shape-changing Rutan, a race that has been at war with another race, the Sontarans, since the dawn of time. The Rutan has important news regarding the war and the Sontarans, and upon hearing the news, attack the Tiger Moth and take it over. The Rutan hides itself among the crew and one by one the Sontarans and the human crew are murdered by the Rutan. The Sontarans plan to destroy all life on the Tiger Moth. Can Lisa find out who the Rutan is before the Sontarans destroy her ship and her life?...

Producer