50 years of Who: What's your favourite intro?

Mr SetaMr Seta Posts: 380
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Mine is the final series of The 3rd Doctor, closely followed by the very similar one for the 4th Doctor's intro. Third spot would be the one used now. Amazing in that the old one can still be considered great & no computers were used -brilliant.
Speaking of computer generated starts & now thinking what's the worst -well that's easy -the intro to the 7th Doctor -cheap, tacky & cheesy (even if it was the latest technology around at the time), perfectly apt for the 7th Doctor's reign though.

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  • CELT1987CELT1987 Posts: 12,347
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    4th Doctor intro 1974-1980.
  • sithlord3ksithlord3k Posts: 548
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    The 5th Doctor intro (well it's the 4th and 6th Doctors intro as well)
  • mdtaukmdtauk Posts: 620
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    11's original titles, with the blue/purple swirly clouds, lightning and the fire tunnel
  • Pull2OpenPull2Open Posts: 15,138
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    1974 - 80 no contest
  • TardisSteveTardisSteve Posts: 8,077
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    7th doctor intro is my favorite

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nhemnHrIsg

    :)
  • TheSilentFezTheSilentFez Posts: 11,103
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    2010-2011 probably, but I do quite like Colin Baker's titles.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 26
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    2010 - 2011 is my favorite, worst would have to be 1987 - 1989 that was just terrible.
  • allen_whoallen_who Posts: 2,819
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    Poll needed along with youtube links to all the intros...

    but yeah for me early Tom Baker nailed it
  • CoalHillJanitorCoalHillJanitor Posts: 15,634
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    1963. Perfectly creepy and otherworldly.
  • Face Of JackFace Of Jack Posts: 7,181
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    Hard to put in order....but I think Jon Pertwees final series did it for me.....it was the first one to break away from the swirly 'howlaround' effects of the 60's/early 70's.
    The Neon Logo in the eighties was another big change.
    McCoy's version was longer - but too cartoony for my liking. The music didn't help either!
    The 2005 re-boot was excellent - but my favourite was the added drumbeats and other bits from The Christmas Invasion from thereon!!
    2010 - Present isn't a patch on any of those! Sounds more amateur to me :o
  • AbominationAbomination Posts: 6,483
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    The Eccleston ones were brilliant, though improved during Series 4 when the theme was slightly altered. I absolutely love the speed and adventure in that one. :D
  • AidanLunnAidanLunn Posts: 5,320
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    1970 - 1973. Wonderfully psychedelic and very horror-like. The dancing howlaround patterns reminding me of multicoloured flames.
  • rhynoGBrhynoGB Posts: 4,278
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    The 5th doctors intro, always makes me smile seeing it..he shared it with the 4th doctor i beileve and the 6th

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV_DPEtpjuI

    love it..my first memory of dr who this intro
  • ZeusZeus Posts: 10,459
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    AidanLunn wrote: »
    1970 - 1973. Wonderfully psychedelic and very horror-like. The dancing howlaround patterns reminding me of multicoloured flames.

    Yes I go with this too.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 903
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    2005.-2009.
  • JohnnyForgetJohnnyForget Posts: 24,061
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    1963. Perfectly creepy and otherworldly.

    This ^^^

    The Eccleston ones were brilliant,

    This ^^^ a close second.
  • krikkiter68krikkiter68 Posts: 272
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    Fourth Doctor 1974-1980. I love Hartnell's and Troughton's opening titles too.
  • ThamwetThamwet Posts: 2,036
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    I like the one that goes like this:

    dum dum dum
    dum dum dum
    dum dum dum
    dum dum dum

    dum dum dum
    dum dum dum
    dum dum dum
    dum dum dum

    dumdumdum
    dumdumdum
    dumdumdum
    dumdum
    dumdumdum
    dumdumdum
    dumdumdum

    woooooooooooooooooooooooooo
    oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
    dum dum dum
    duum duum dum
  • TEDRTEDR Posts: 3,413
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    Thamwet wrote: »
    I like the one that goes like this:

    You mean you don't know the lyrics? I'll help you out:

    Trav'lin through space
    Here he comes
    Look out you guys
    There he is now

    He is a guy
    From a far place
    He changes sometimes
    E.g. his face

    He's Who. Doctor Whooooo. Doc-doc-doc-Doctor Who.

    (EDIT: as to the original question? Right now I like Colin Baker's final sequence. Tom's main one is also a classic. And I still wish that bit at the end of The Time Meddler were an official title sequence)
  • BatmannequinBatmannequin Posts: 489
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    Jon's final season.

    Probably due to the three subsequent childhood Christmases when I got Planet of the Spiders, The Time Warrior and Death To The Daleks on videotape, it just never fails to give me an impossibly warm nostalic feeling of the pure joy of childhood whenever I see it.

    And since that feeling is exactly what Who is about, it just has to be that one.
  • joe_000joe_000 Posts: 525
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    Tom bakers first title sequence.. Brilliant with very scary version of the theme with the hissing at one point that scared the hell out of me ..then david tenants final series.
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