This year is the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who and the show has been subtly celebrating it all year.
The episodes have been good, but my favorite part by far as been the new and improved opening.
I find this aesthetically pleasing as a fan of the show and as a motion graphic artists.
These new textures are great mixing space with something that looks like blood.
Of course the money shot is adding the face of the actor back to the opening credits.
This makes me squee every time I see it. It’s such a perfect mix of old and new styles of the show and I hope they keep carrying it forward from now on.
On a related note, when I was looking for the opening to add to this blog I came across this fan made version that is honestly a little bit better.
Man, that’s awesome, I hope he finds success!
I really like that title sequence, too, but I find the version used in the actual shot a but cheap-looking and amateurish. In terms of graphical fidelity it looks like a step or two down from the previous one. Like all the elements of it are just 2D images animated seperately from each other.
And NeonVisual’s version is not abstract enough, with all those planets. Not to mention that, regardless of how talented he is, I once contacted him and he’s a real arrogant little git. Doesn’t accept even the most constructive of criticisms, and abuses copyright to protect himself like a film producer in Hollywood. It’s as if SOPA and PIPA were planned at his request.