The Thick of It coincidentally ended up occurring only two days after Peter Capaldi was announced as the new star of "Doctor Who". (Even more coincidental, a cast commentary included as part of a photo gallery featurette for the episode "Rise of the Nutters" included in the DVD set, recorded several years earlier, has several cast members jokingly deciding to start a rumour that Capaldi is to be the next Doctor.) "The Thick of It: The Scripts", a book containing the scripts from the first two series and the 2007 specials, was published on 1 September 2007. A tie-in book, "The Thick Of It:
Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980 Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980 Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 2: New Beginnings 1970–1980 is the second in a series of compilations of BBC Radiophonic Workshop music from "Doctor Who". The album collected various incidental music from the 1970s including, for the first time, the complete Malcolm Clarke score for the 1972 serial "The Sea Devils", only the second scored completely by the Radiophonic Workshop. The compilation also featured a few of Dudley Simpson's compositions as realised by Brian Hodgson, some Delia Derbyshire music as featured in "Inferno", two Peter