New Doctor Who Title Sequence Fan Built Concept Video

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We all love a new Doctor Who title sequence, don’t we? In fact, we love them so much that when they’re really striking, the BBC Wales production team take notice, as seen with the clock-motif Series 8 titles, based on a sequence created by a fan.

In fact, it’s probably safe to say that this example of fan creations transcending their original intention and being used by the real show has lead to an increase in the quality – if not the volume – of fan-built title sequences.

One such example is by CloisterProductions, and you can see it above.

Designed around the idea of shards of glass, this sequence is partially inspired by Dark Eyes 4 but also has echoes of Primeval‘s anomalies. The creator of the video has given some detail to the planning process, which we’ve reproduced here; you may be surprised at how quickly it was put together:

I started the sequence back on November 16th. I rendered out a short test, of a glass vortex with the TARDIS spinning through it, simple enough. I then developed that idea, and over a couple of days had about 10 seconds finished. However, these 10 seconds of footage didn’t make it to the final product, for many reasons, but I hadn’t decided that at the time.

Next, I produced a section for the names, again not featured in the final thing, but remained fairly similar to what was included. I then produced the section for the logo and final section where the TARDIS spins and fractures the whole of the screen, both of these were included in the final sequence.

I then went back and, as I said, replaced the two sections I felt were lacking, firstly the name section. The unused name section had a nice, but bulky font, which I felt didn’t fit the sleek, precise feeling of ‘glass’, which led me to change it to a thinner typeface. The whole environment of a glass vortex, nebula and stars stayed virtually the same though, but with a few changes here and there.

I then decided, literally 4 days ago, that the first section had to be replaced too, as I previously mentioned. It was far too busy and had, to my misjudgement, way too much Trapcode Shine, and the TARDIS dominated most of the screen, which I wanted to also rectify. So whilst I was away from home for Christmas, I literally drew on a piece of lined paper what I felt could replace it, which was uploaded to my Facebook page, the link of which is down below. I drew layers of space, with fractures through every one of them, behind which were planets, nebula and stars. I was happy with the idea, and the next day when I arrived back home, I produced the new planet section which features at the beginning of the sequence, which has gone through a number of changes over the last few days. I have failed to mention the logo sequence in detail, mainly because there isn’t really much to it, aside from the logo being stacked, a suggestion passed to me by a good friend Ronan Goron, who you’ll notice in the ‘Special Thanks’ list at the end.

A number of friends gave me suggestions for the sequence, for which I am very grateful, but without a very close friend Ned Warren, who manages Gwylock1 (a channel which I co-manage), who produced a new theme rendition and also sound design for the titles and the post title sequence scene, the sequence certainly wouldn’t be as fluid as it is.

Remember, if you like the video, share it with your friends, and follow CloisterProductions on Facebook. We’re possibly liking it more than the real title sequence (it certaily has moments of brilliance) – but what do YOU  think?

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