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Dick Mills

Dick Mills

Actor, Sound Department, Music Department

Born January 1, 1936 in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK

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Nothing in Dick Mills's background initially suggested a career in the entertainment industry. His father was a shipwright in the Royal Navy, his mother worked in a chemical firm. His first job, albeit briefly, was with a London-based insurance firm. Then along came national service and a two-year long stint as a wireless ground mechanic with the Royal Air Force. In 1958, Dick Mills joined the BBC as a recording engineer, eventually taking up a position at the Radiophonic Workshop in Maida Vale. The first productions he worked on were the TV miniseries Quatermass and the Pit (1958) and the radio program Song of a Quiet Street. From 1963, he was primarily involved in creating special sound effects for the iconic Doctor Who (1963) television series. He was part of the team which created the original theme music, alongside Ron Grainer who wrote it and Delia Derbyshire who did the electronic arrangement. In 1973, Mills replaced Brian Hodgson as chief sound effects creator for the series, a position he held until 1989. One of his best known effects was the so-called 'cloister bell' sound, usually heard when the TARDIS or its occupants were in peril. Others included Styre's Scouting Machine from The Destructors, the Sutekh Time Tunnel from Pyramids of Mars and the Dodecahedron Energy Beams from Meglos.

Mills retired in 1993. He later toured with a band called The Radiophonic Workshop, performing music from Doctor Who at British festivals and concerts. Also an avid collector and authority on tropical aquarium fish, he is a member of the Federation of British Aquatic Societies Council and has authored or co-authored numerous books on the subject.

In 2009, Mills was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science at Bradford University.

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Actor

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Type

Year

Neil Brand's Sound of TV TV Series2020Self - BBC Radiophonic Workshop

The Delian Mode Poster

The Delian Mode Documentary2009Self

Genesis of a Classic Documentary2006Self

Masters of Sound Poster

Masters of Sound Documentary2006Self

The One Show Poster

The One Show TV Series2006Self

The Alchemists of Sound Poster

The Alchemists of Sound Documentary2003Self

Timeshift Poster

Timeshift TV Series2002Self - BBC Radiophonic Workshop 1958-1993

Adventures in Space and Time Poster

Adventures in Space and Time Documentary1999Self

Pebble Mill at One Poster

Pebble Mill at One TV Series1972Self

The Lively Arts Poster

The Lively Arts TV Series1969Self

Doctor Who Poster

Doctor Who TV Series1963Dinosaur

Sound Department

10

Type

Year

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Documentary2007

Doctor Who Poster

Doctor Who TV Series2005

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time Poster

Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time TV Short1993

Captain Zep - Space Detective Poster

Captain Zep - Space Detective TV Series1983

K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend Poster

K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend TV Movie1981

The Twenty-First Century Show TV Movie1979

Moonbase 3 Poster

Moonbase 3 TV Series1973

The Two Ronnies Poster

The Two Ronnies TV Series1971

Doctor Who Poster

Doctor Who TV Series1963

Quatermass and the Pit Poster

Quatermass and the Pit Mini-Series1958

Music Department

3

The Two Ronnies Poster

The Two Ronnies TV Series1971

Play for Today Poster

Play for Today TV Series1970

Horizon TV Series1964

Thanks

1

The Alchemists of Sound Poster

The Alchemists of Sound Documentary2003

Other Crew

1

Resistance Is Useless Poster

Resistance Is Useless Documentary1992

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