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Dudley Simpson

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Dudley Simpson

Born October 4, 1922 · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Died November 4, 2017 · aged 95

Dudley George Simpson (4 October 1922 – 4 November 2017) was an Australian composer and conductor. He was the Principal Conductor of the Royal Opera House orchestra for three years and worked as a composer on British television. He worked on the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who, for which he composed incidental music during the 1960s and 1970s. When Simpson died aged 95 in 2017, The Guardian …

Known For

The Legend of Hell HouseThe Legend of Hell House · 1973
The Legend of Hell House
★ 6.61973
MovieHorrorMystery
A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.
Doctor Who: Spearhead from SpaceDoctor Who: Spearhead from Space · 1970
Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space
★ 8.71970
MovieScience FictionDrama
The New Doctor arrives on Earth in the middle of a freak meteor shower. Faceless killer shop window dummies are coming to life and killing anything that comes into their path while Facsimiles are replacing top Military, Political and Civil leaders. The Nestene has come to invade the Earth. The convalescent Doctor teams up with Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Dr. Elizabeth Shaw of UNIT to thwart the Nestine's plans even as the invasion begins.
Doctor Who: RobotDoctor Who: Robot · 1975
Doctor Who: Robot
★ 7.11975
MovieScience FictionAdventure
The newly-regenerated Doctor helps UNIT battle a sentient robot being manipulated by a corrupt scientific organization.
Doctor Who: The Space PiratesDoctor Who: The Space Pirates · 1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
★ 5.21969
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe become victims of piracy when they materialise on a space beacon, minutes before it is blown to pieces. So begins their quest to be reunited with the TARDIS, whilst treading perilously across the paths of the Interstella Space Corps and a gang of murderous bandits. The eccentric prospector Milo Clancey gives the travellers passage in his ageing spaceship, but the old man is himself the focus of Space Corps investigations. Could he possibly be behind the destruction and salvage of so many beacons in the sector? What is the position of Madeleine Issigri, who runs her father's mining corporation on the planet Ta — and how might a locked room provide the answer to this mystery?
Doctor Who: The ChaseDoctor Who: The Chase · 1965
Doctor Who: The Chase
★ 6.91965
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.
Doctor Who: The DæmonsDoctor Who: The Dæmons · 1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
★ 7.61971
MovieScience FictionDrama
On the eve of May Day, dark elemental forces begin to disturb the village of Devil's End as the Master summons the demon Azal: unexplained murders, a stone gargoyle come to life, and a nigh-impenetrable infernal energy dome. With the Master fully prepared to destroy the Earth, the Doctor and UNIT - aided by a benevolent practitioner of witchcraft - battle the wicked rites of a secret science wielded by an alien from another world.
Doctor Who: Genesis of the DaleksDoctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks · 1975
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks
★ 8.91975
MovieScience FictionAdventure
The Time Lords dispatch the Doctor to the past of the planet Skaro on his deadliest adventure yet — to prevent the creation of the Daleks.
Blake's 7: OracBlake's 7: Orac · 1986
Blake's 7: Orac
1986
MovieScience FictionDrama
A spaceship crashes approaching the planet Cephlon and when the crew of the Liberator answer the distress call they find their own lives endangered. Blake is caught in a desperate race against time to save the lives of the crew and also find the mysterious ORAC. Once in Blake's possession, ORAC predicts the future of Blake and his crew by showing them an image of the Liberator blown to atoms in space. Blake is powerless to alter their inevitable destruction, and when the Liberator is seized by a hostile force, a series of terrifying events sets the prophecy in motion.

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Doctor Who: The Space PiratesDoctor Who: The Space Pirates · 1969
Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
★ 5.21969
MovieScience FictionDrama
The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe become victims of piracy when they materialise on a space beacon, minutes before it is blown to pieces. So begins their quest to be reunited with the TARDIS, whilst treading perilously across the paths of the Interstella Space Corps and a gang of murderous bandits. The eccentric prospector Milo Clancey gives the travellers passage in his ageing spaceship, but the old man is himself the focus of Space Corps investigations. Could he possibly be behind the destruction and salvage of so many beacons in the sector? What is the position of Madeleine Issigri, who runs her father's mining corporation on the planet Ta — and how might a locked room provide the answer to this mystery?

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