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Keith Goodnight

It was a copyright thing: for whatever reason, the TARDIS dematerialization sound is copyrighted by the Radiophonic Workshop as a musical track rather than a sound effect. Or at least so I recall from a Dr Who Magzine article long, long ago.

Josef Schiltz

The anniversary record BBC Radiophonic Workshop 21, released in 1979, was the first time us Whovians got the whole TARDIS take-off effect for our very own. Oddly, the console room, the viewer and the door sound were on the Doctor Who Effects album, but the take-off was omitted.

Keith Goodnight

In the early days of the series, the TARDIS sound effect was only heard when the ship departed; arrivals were silent. There's an interesting NewWho/Classic connection to the particular episode when they first played the sound for the TARDIS' arrival-- but describing it will have to wait until y'all get there. A different bit of trivia: when they do introduce the sound effect for materialization, they just play the original dematerialization sound backwards. That's still how it is to this day.