![]() Indeed, it only aired for a couple of Australian episodes of ‘Carnival of Monsters’ and ‘Frontier in Space’. It feels like an incomplete mock-up for a proposed replacement title sequence – which is pretty much exactly what it was. The music has a bit of a LSD comedown, and ends up sounding like Geoff Love And His Orchestra would record for BBC Computers. In colour! With a fancy logo! And the birth of the diamond-shaped time tunnel thing!īut there’s a weird folded-paper thing in the middle of the screen! Seriously, hasn’t this annoyed anyone else? ![]() The version with Troughton’s face aired for ‘The Macra Terror’ (making 2017 the fiftieth anniversary of this version), this introduces the concept of rushing down a time tunnel. It might seem like stating the obvious to say that the credits of the Second Doctor serve as a bridge between the first and third, but this clearly has the active intention of freaking out the audience even more than the original, even with Troughton’s face peering out at them. ![]() This version of the credits remained in place for Patrick Troughton’s first four stories. There’s no face of the Doctor here, but it was pleasing to see a these opening credits return in the fiftieth anniversary story ‘The Day of the Doctor’. By this time next year, Doctor Who will have a new actor in the title role, possibly a new companion (if current rumours are to be believed), and certainly a new showrunner in the shape of Chris Chibnall, just as soon as he’s finished clearing up Broadchurch.Īnother major change is likely to happen once Season 11 kicks in, although it’s not one that has been chatted about in any great detail as yet – a new title sequence.īefore we speculate on what that will look like, here’s a run down of some of the greatest variations on one of the most iconic opening title sequences in television history…īrilliantly creepy and sinister – no musical instruments were harmed in the making of this sequence – all the foundations for the next fifty-plus years are laid here.
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