tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post4421316617099056449..comments2024-02-28T17:50:10.303+00:00Comments on LUCID FRENZY JUNIOR: THE 'DOCTOR WHO' CREDIT SEQUENCE – A CLASSIC OF IT'S TIMEGavin Burrowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-27943956956201358062013-11-18T17:33:23.065+00:002013-11-18T17:33:23.065+00:00Thanks for the comments!
Whittso, by parallel you...Thanks for the comments!<br /><br />Whittso, by parallel you mean barometer? I think how well it works depends on how big a scale you look at it from, the further back you stand the better. What's most striking to me is the star field appearing in later Baker, just when the best Doctor was at his worst. It's certainly not a precise fit, as I acknowledged in the piece.<br /><br />I'd argue the revival credit sequence was never as good as the original. Though perhaps for a different reason to steady degeneration. Adding elements, such as backstories for the companion, sometimes did and sometimes didn't work. Regardless, it ws probably something the revival needed to do to prevent it just being a re-enactment. But the original sequence had an elegant simplicity where you <i>can't</i> add without detracting. Adding the strings to the theme just sums it up. It's like taking the Acropolis and building an extension.<br /><br />And to my eyes it degenerated from there pretty evenly. The current sequence, with the clouds and the lightning bolts… my money wouldn't be on that at all.Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-8106382517421114572013-11-18T14:00:26.838+00:002013-11-18T14:00:26.838+00:00Doesn't really work as a parallel though, does...Doesn't really work as a parallel though, does it? I mean the programme has gone up and down in quality, with a really big trough through the Saward era, whereas the title sequence did variations on brilliantly abstract, followed by variations on boring starfields. And the revival has had an ok title sequence, but never really brilliant (although the most recent one is best, for my money). Whittsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10770513918297685396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4202625234167413814.post-74274509945062657792013-11-18T08:49:05.777+00:002013-11-18T08:49:05.777+00:00Totally agree about the quality of the credit sequ...Totally agree about the quality of the credit sequences reflecting the series' general quality. And I love that "like Hendrix’s guitar only done visually"!Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082197948948958365noreply@blogger.com