Dick Mills

Dick Mills

Known for: Crew
Biography: 1936-01-01 (88 years old)

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Dick Mills (born 1936) is a British sound engineer, specialising in electronic sound effects which he produced at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Mills was one of the original staff at the Radiophonic Workshop, joining in 1958 as a technical assistant. At first he was employed to handle the hardware of the Workshop but soon found himself recording effects. Some of his earliest, uncredited sound work was on the 1958 BBC science-fiction serial Quatermass and the Pit. Another of his prominent early recordings was the "Major Bloodnok's Stomach" sound effect, a significant part of the popular The Goon Show.

Although he recorded much in those early years, it is his later work on Doctor Who for which he is most remembered. In 1972, he took over from fellow BBC Radiophonic Workshop sound effects producer Brian Hodgson, whom he had sometimes previously assisted, and continued providing "special sound" for every episode of the programme, with the exception of two four-part stories, until it ended in 1989. He also provided special sound for the Doctor Who spin-off K-9 and Company. As such, he has the distinction of having more on-screen credits than anyone else in the history of the series. Owing to his technical know-how, he managed to bring to the position new methods of recording sound effects quicker than before. Besides his sound effects on Doctor Who, he also produced and compiled the first of the programme's music compilations, Doctor Who - The Music and Doctor Who - The Music II. Over the years, many of his own sound effects have also appeared on various compilations.

Other sound effects he provided included material for the cult series Moonbase 3, produced in 1973 by then-Doctor Who producer Barry Letts, and also occasionally sounds for The Two Ronnies.

Mills' work was acknowledged in a Doctor Who documentary broadcast on The Lively Arts in 1977. The same year, he appeared on the BBC's children's magazine programme Blue Peter to demonstrate how some of the Doctor Who effects were realised and how children could make their own sound effects at home. He also appeared in the 2004 BBC Radiophonic Workshop BBC Four documentary Alchemists of Sound.

He is also the author of many books on aquaria and tropical fish, as well as a former editor of The Aquarist and Pondkeeper magazine and a member of the Federation of British Aquatic Societies Council.

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Filmography

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Movies 55

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TV Shows 1

Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Shada

Doctor Who: Shada (2017)

Movie
Self
The Delian Mode

The Delian Mode (2009)

Movie
Self
Masters of Sound

Masters of Sound (2006)

Movie
The Alchemists of Sound

The Alchemists of Sound (2003)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Survival

Doctor Who: Survival (1989)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric

Doctor Who: The Curse of Fenric (1989)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Ghost Light

Doctor Who: Ghost Light (1989)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Dragonfire

Doctor Who: Dragonfire (1987)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen

Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (1987)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (1986)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids

Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (1986)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Mindwarp

Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet

Doctor Who: The Mysterious Planet (1986)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Revelation of the Daleks (1985)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Timelash

Doctor Who: Timelash (1985)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Two Doctors

Doctor Who: The Two Doctors (1985)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani

Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani (1985)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen

Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen (1985)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Time-Flight

Doctor Who: Time-Flight (1982)

Movie
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Doctor Who: Earthshock

Doctor Who: Earthshock (1982)

Movie
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Doctor Who: Black Orchid

Doctor Who: Black Orchid (1982)

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Doctor Who: The Visitation

Doctor Who: The Visitation (1982)

Movie
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Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday

Doctor Who: Four to Doomsday (1982)

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Doctor Who: Castrovalva

Doctor Who: Castrovalva (1982)

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

K-9 and Company: A Girl's Best Friend (1981)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Logopolis

Doctor Who: Logopolis (1981)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken

Doctor Who: The Keeper of Traken (1981)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate

Doctor Who: Warriors' Gate (1981)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: State of Decay

Doctor Who: State of Decay (1980)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Full Circle

Doctor Who: Full Circle (1980)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Meglos

Doctor Who: Meglos (1980)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (1980)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon

Doctor Who: The Horns of Nimon (1980)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden

Doctor Who: Nightmare of Eden (1979)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit

Doctor Who: The Creature from the Pit (1979)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: City of Death

Doctor Who: City of Death (1979)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks (1979)

Movie
Whose Doctor Who

Whose Doctor Who (1977)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Robots of Death

Doctor Who: The Robots of Death (1977)

Movie
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Doctor Who: The Face of Evil

Doctor Who: The Face of Evil (1977)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin

Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin (1976)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear

Doctor Who: The Hand of Fear (1976)

Movie
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Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora

Doctor Who: The Masque of Mandragora (1976)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen

Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Genesis of the Daleks (1975)

Movie
9
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment (1975)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Ark in Space

Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (1975)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Robot

Doctor Who: Robot (1975)

Movie
Sound
Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks

Doctor Who: Death to the Daleks (1974)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Green Death

Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks

Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks (1973)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space (1973)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (1973)

Movie
Special Sound Effects
Doctor Who

Doctor Who (1963)

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Information

Known For
Crew

Gender
Male

Birthday
1936-01-01 (88 years old)

Citizenships
United Kingdom


This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Image credit: Kevan Davis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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