 In the early 1980s the Australian bush band Bullamakanka adapted the theme for their track "Ballad of Doctor Who", which paid homage to the series and its place in the ABC's early-evening weekday schedule and was released by BBC Records in November 1983.Also significant for his musical contribution to "Doctor Who" is Australian composer Dudley Simpson, who wrote the incidental music for a great number of stories during the 1960s and 1970s.On his retirement in the 1980s he returned to Australia and has appeared at numerous Australian Doctor Who-related events.