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New Series Logo to be unveiled on Oct 6

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23skidoo

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The BBC has announced that a new Doctor Who series logo will be unveiled tomorrow morning, Oct. 6:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/videos/video_new_logo

(Don't bother clicking the video link if you're not in the UK; like 99.9999% of the content on the BBC's Doctor Who site, it's been deemed suitable only for Brits. Check YouTube in a few hours as someone always uploads the "geolocked" videos.)

This comes as no surprise as the logo has often changed (or at least been modified) when there's a new Doctor.

It'll be interesting to see if there's any death threats over it like there were when the current logo was introduced (I'm not making that up - the BBC itself reported this fact back in early 2005).

I guess the next thing to find out will be if there'll be a new theme arrangement. Safe money is that there will be a new one. And just like tomorrow's new logo, it's safe money that half of fandom will love it and half will hate it. Such is the way of SF fandom these days.

Alex
 
Jax said:
Found this on you tube (fan made) but I thought it was pretty good. You-Tube
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It uses the Eighth Doctor logo (which in turn was a revision of the Third Doctor logo). It's the logo still in use by Big Finish and by BBC Video for its classic series DVDs. It'd be cool to see the current series adopt it too, but the BBC have always wanted the current series to have its own distinct branding, so I doubt it.

Question will be if it'll be square-shaped like the Eighth Doctor logo, or remain long and horizontal like the current one. My bet is long and horizontal because, while it's been something of a pain for laying out things like novel and comic book covers, it does better take advantage of the widescreen picture format. And now Doctor Who is being produced in HD they'd probably want to emphasize the widescreen aspect even more. On the other hand, Moffatt is a longtime fan (even longer-time than Davies, from what I hear) so something more traditional is possible.

I'm looking forward to whatever it is. It's always an exciting part of the show's ongoing rejuventation, just like regeneration and the occasional theme rearrangements.

Alex
 
I've always hated the modern logo. I do hope for something more traditional.
 
Shazam! said:
I've always hated the modern logo. I do hope for something more traditional.
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What does "traditional" mean?

It's not like there was some template off which all the previous logos were based. (Except for the TVM one when they were too lazy to come up with something new.)
 
Shazam! said:
I've always hated the modern logo. I do hope for something more traditional.
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Pfff! How much more traditional can you get?

doctorwhotaxilogo.jpg


:p
 
Never mind the logo, will Smith's face be in the credits? :lol:

Having correctly predicted Smith's outfit I'm going to try again with the logo...

Circular rather than elliptical, with Doctor above Who rather than side by side, so:

Doctor
Who

rather than;

Doctor Who

And the circle behind the wording will feature concentric circles to suggest a simplified vortex.

And if I'm remotely right I'll be amazed :D
 
If we're offering our predictions, I think we'll end up with a rather simple, yet distinctive logo, probably just plain black typography on a very light / white background.

Or, you know, not.
 
23skidoo said:
it does better take advantage of the widescreen picture format. And now Doctor Who is being produced in HD they'd probably want to emphasize the widescreen aspect even more.

Alex
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I don't know what this has to do with any thing, Doctor Who has always been broadcast in widescreen in the UK, as is almost everything. BBC have been broadcasting in Widescreen for over a decade.
 
Skutter(deceased) said:
23skidoo said:
it does better take advantage of the widescreen picture format. And now Doctor Who is being produced in HD they'd probably want to emphasize the widescreen aspect even more.

Alex
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I don't know what this has to do with any thing, Doctor Who has always been broadcast in widescreen in the UK, as is almost everything. BBC have been broadcasting in Widescreen for over a decade.
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You do know that Doctor Who aired for 26 years before widescreen TV broadcasts began. And the original series ended in 1989, long before widescreen broadcasts began in the UK or anywhere else on the planet. The 2005 logo (and its 2007 tweak) were the first DW logos ever created for widescreen viewing. That's OK, I know there are lots of folks who don't realize the show existed before 2005! ;)

Alex
 
23skidoo said:
Skutter(deceased) said:
23skidoo said:
it does better take advantage of the widescreen picture format. And now Doctor Who is being produced in HD they'd probably want to emphasize the widescreen aspect even more.

Alex
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I don't know what this has to do with any thing, Doctor Who has always been broadcast in widescreen in the UK, as is almost everything. BBC have been broadcasting in Widescreen for over a decade.
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You do know that Doctor Who aired for 26 years before widescreen TV broadcasts began. And the original series ended in 1989, long before widescreen broadcasts began in the UK or anywhere else on the planet. The 2005 logo (and its 2007 tweak) were the first DW logos ever created for widescreen viewing. That's OK, I know there are lots of folks who don't realize the show existed before 2005! ;)

Alex
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We are talking about the new show and the new logo, not the classic one and the various logos it had. It's not like because it's in HD it's suddenly got wider...
 
I certainly hope the newest version has the energy and style of the Davies-era opening credits. If they must bring back the tacky face-over-the-credits nonsense they'd better have figured out a more graphically sophisticated and appealing way to do it.
 
Dennis said:
I certainly hope the newest version has the energy and style of the Davies-era opening credits. If they must bring back the tacky face-over-the-credits nonsense they'd better have figured out a more graphically sophisticated and appealing way to do it.
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Agreed. I haven't been too much of a fan of the fan-made attempts to impose the face-over-the-credits on the modern Who opening.
 
I really like that fanmade bit...

With Smith's outfit looking the way it does, I'd venture to guess (or at least hope) the new logo will harken back to the older logos. And to be honest, I kinda hope it does.

Even though "my" Doctor Who was/is the 2005 show, I'm definitely all for doing a bit more of the "traditional" stuff. Get back to the basics.

After watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roACxMr4kBk&fmt=18

I definitely want to see them do something different, because I find that I really *don't* like the 2005 logo...

Joy
 
not missing much on the video anyways, just a montage of the previous logos, all very nice, seems like the website has put alot of work into this announcement of an announcement, is Moffatt making them that bored for news?
 
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