Composer

Composers on Doctor Who were typically the writers or creators of the title sequence Doctor Who theme music and the incidental music. During Doctor Who's initial run from 1963 through to 1989 there were several composers who each came to the programme from a different fields.

Doctor Who

 * Delia Derbyshire (1963)
 * Ron Grainer (1963-1989, composer of theme)
 * Brian Hodgson (1963-1973)
 * Dudley Simpson (1965-1980)
 * Malcolm Clarke (1972-1986)
 * Dick Mills (1973-1989)
 * Peter Howell (1975-1985)
 * Elizabeth Parker (1978-1985)
 * Paddy Kingsland (1980-1982 at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop; 1983-1984 as freelancer)
 * Roger Limb (1980-1985)
 * Jonathan Gibbs (1984-1985)
 * Dominic Glynn (1986-1989)
 * Mark Ayres (1988-1989)
 * John Debney (1996)
 * Murray Gold (2005-present)

K9 and Company

 * Ian Levine (1981)

Torchwood

 * Murray Gold (2006-2011)
 * Ben Foster (2006-2009)

The Sarah Jane Adventures

 * Murray Gold (2007-2011)

K9
to be added

Class

 * Blair Mowat (2016-present)