Doctor Who: Paul McGann Title Sequence

[@ciaran2745]

Every shot of this could be a desktop wallpaper

[@DonNeutron004]

Seriously I honestly thought the same!

[@tayavan3182]

I literally just made the image of the TARDIS framed by the setting sun my desktop wallpaper haha

[@ciaran2745]

@@tayavan3182 yeah I did the same when the trailer came out lol

[@sulphurous2656]

The hallmark of good animation!

[@SomeUsernameSomeoneElseTookIt]

0:05 would be a pretty lousy wallpaper

[@nakanokuma]

FFS, you managed to capture something that is uniquely Paul McGann's Doctor. This is understated, mythic, foreboding. Well done. Wish the BBC would take notice of superior efforts like this.

[@BenVacher]

Just imagine an 8th Doctor mini-series with the scale of The Mandalorian... beautifully done - Amazing work!

[@Mythic2099]

I think that’ll be a brilliant idea

[@jamesluna5914]

8th still looks good for the part

[@goodgrief8058]

Could you imagine it, Doctor Who but watchable and actually good.

[@salamipuddin4206]

This is the way.

[@ospreyphil8995]

The Doctorlorian

[@ratmanandtoasternuts8172]

If Netflix got the rights to make a high-budget eighth doctor spin-off I imagine the title would look a lot like this

[@techmaster1769]

You know what happened when the Americans tried to do Doctor Who...

[@maxkehm5080]

@@techmaster1769 Yeah but that was old Hollywood. The Streaming Services operate and act differently. Netflix especially has produced many international Products of high Quality. They helped German TV out of the Gutter and gave us some great british Programmes too. Netflix has also shown that they approach Source Material with a lot of Respect. I think this could work.

[@Upyrmum]

Yes my thoughts exactly. Imagine how awesome that would be tho!

[@everettrailfan]

That's oddly specific...

[@corvus1970]

@@techmaster1769 yes, which is how we got Paul McGann in the first place. The TV movie may have HUGE issues, but the casting of the Doctor wasn't one of them.

[@monosupreme1]

This is the kind of experimental stuff i want the BBC to be doing, hats off for doing something unique!

[@Atr8yu85]

Agreed, they just do the same intro all the time pretty much

[@jaycee_baron]

They spend too much time on Earth in the stories, as well.

[@Pat12379]

​@@jaycee_baronallways England aswell

[@DalekCaanOfSkaro]

The music sounded like the Doctor Who version of the Mandalorian theme

[@Bondoz007]

Don't you mean Mandalorian version of the Dr Who theme...

[@KV-zk1gz]

I'm gonna be honest the humming at the start gave me hunger games "Rue's Whistle" vibes

[@ospreyphil8995]

The Doctorlorian?

[@martymcfly1312]

@@ospreyphil8995 with K-9 as their version of Baby Yoda

[@DorneyGamer]

@@martymcfly1312 k-9 as a puppy?

[@tomhudnall1818]

this just makes the heartache of not having an eighth doctor time war miniseries even more painful

[@realmaximouse]

Listen to big finish. He’s got a whole bunch of Time War stuff

[@jamesluna5914]

@@realmaximouse i love his big finish work; it proves that he's fit for the role- he deserves more, he needs a TV series

[@plantainsame2049]

@@jamesluna5914 I agree he's great but why it wouldn't justify the budget it would take it will just be us fans watching it and would alienate new viewers which are very important as without them the show dies and we get books where the second doctor is shot in the head

[@OpenMawProductions]

@@plantainsame2049 It wouldn't have to do any of that at all. That's just presumption on your part. The same exact arguments were leveled against bringing it back in the 90s, and again in the early 2000s. "Nobody knows what Doctor Who is anymore! All the fans are old now. It's just some forgotten show from the 80s!" Yeah. People make that assumption all the time. You could very easily write an 8 part miniseries following Paul McGann's doctor. The first two episodes would act to fill the audience in on who what where when and why, and from there you'd have six stories to explore the start of, and follow through of the Time War.

[@plantainsame2049]

@@OpenMawProductions Says the genius responding to the ancient comment

[@eetu.pennanen]

"These titles, they fit perfectly!"

[@Valox]

That was so different and unique to anything I’ve ever seen before, fantastic job, loved the visuals and colours!!

[@David_Burgess27]

Thank you so much, that was very much the intention! I aimed to make it feel like a sequence you’d see on Amazon Prime/Netflix/HBO - something really stylised.

[@andypitchless]

@@David_Burgess27 Well, you succeeded.

[@Blackhawk19892]

The slow death of Gallifrey, the sun setting on an arrogant timelord empire. Absolutely perfect.

[@NCC-nk1tm]

This is a really good intro. Most fan intros I've seen just do the generic "TARDIS floats around and then title appears" thing, but this actually did something fresh. The simple color scheme, combined with the use of abstract backgrounds, made for a calm yet foreboding atmosphere. Your use of familiar imagery was pretty great too. The symmetry in your shot composition, like with the TARDIS and the Dalek, was excellent. None of it felt overwhelming or in your face. I also love the way you remixed the music. The older elements aren't just there for the sake of it. They're arranged to fit the tone of the intro. They add that older quality without feeling tacked on or plainly overlayed. Honestly, this might be one of my favorite Doctor Who intros just for how creative it is.

[@Fragile_Media]

The BBC and HBO would make a KILLING from a spin-off like this

[@CricketEngland]

Trouble is HBO only have streaming rights as in right to stream the series not make anything new

[@Fragile_Media]

@@CricketEngland That ABSOLUTELY needs to change.

[@fazedlocseryu5093]

@@Fragile_Media hbo is American, bbc is British, I’m sure the two company’s wouldn’t mix well

[@Fragile_Media]

@@fazedlocseryu5093 They literally produce TV shows together

[@Bobbyandmog]

*Coughs loudly* Fox And the BBC teaming up to make the 1996 movie *Coughs Loudly Again*

[@Finamajig]

It’s genuinely baffling that the BBC hasn’t thought to make a series like this

[@thefonzkiss]

They don’t have the talent unfortunately.

[@ajclements4627]

Ok, this needs to be used when the BBC gets its house in order with DW.

[@RobertWilke]

That sadly is going to take brain transplant there. The whole of BBC needs to be sacked and people put in that aren’t WOKE to the Nth degree. Only way that happens is if they have to compete. That happens when the tv charge is finally lifted.

[@conallcoulter697]

I can agree that they needa get their act together but I don't think wokeness is a problem with DW, it's always been like that and sure open commies have written for the classic show back in the day. It's just Chibbers is all about ham fisted exposition. Like it tells yiu how to feel but doesn't give you a reason to, souless is the word I'd use. The fucked the Doc over so bad, Jodie's such a cla actor but she has nothing to work with. I wish they went in the direction of a stern Mother or something and it's really insulting to the audience to give us bland as fuck characters (barr Ryan and Graham). It's a shame cause he wrote Boardchurch and thats unreal.

[@chrisdavie8163]

@Jason B. It's not just McGann. You need to replace the producer and get new writers who appreciate Classic Who and would take Classic Who and modernise it, not bastardise it like New Who has.

[@sola_is_chilling]

​@@RobertWilke tough, doctor who has always been "woke"

[@patricknewton3005]

The aesthetic and feel of this title sequence is dreamlike; probably the best title sequence I've seen.

[@patchworkfellow]

_“Just what the_ *Doctor* _ordered!”_

[@TRUSTeTMguest]

This joke makes me sick, I might need to see a, *doctor*

[@NICKatronMC]

*0:50** If this isn’t the most badass Dalek centric shot in any media in general...*

[@jenergomes]

I wouldn't say the most badass, but it is the most well portraited and beautiful image from a Dalek, and somehow I felt fear in some moments. New points of view, new approaches - new serious possibilities...!

[@NICKatronMC]

@@jenergomes Absolutely Agreeable, it looks so beautiful but provokes a sense of dread as the eyestalk encompasses Gallifrey

[@mylowpolygon6290]

One of the most imaginative titles i've seen in a while. The match cut between Gallifrey and the Sun is genius. And the Tardis take off shot is perfection and is extremely memorable. The shot of the sand dunes with the citadel in the distance is also extremely well done and feels really alien and otherworldly. The shots of the doctor are beautiful and can connote him being a traveller in time and space. The second shot can also represent the doctor turning his back on the universe with his face obscured by shadow representing his un-doctor-like behaviour during this period. The shot with Gallifrey in the Daleks eyestalk can represent the ambition to take Gallifrey. The vortex shot brilliantly done and really well suits the the tone of the titles and the time war. The colour closely resembles that of the 7b intro, perhaps being a call back to Night of the Doctor. My only criticism is the doctor shot is too similar to your previous sequences but overall its a really imaginative and creative titles, with a brilliant atmospheric tone. Also damn I predicted wrong!

[@spensirmclife6549]

The Dalek eyestalk being the vortex is genius

[@wesrumbelow2844]

this is easily one of the greatest intros i've seen on youtube (and I've seen A LOT)

[@QuetzalOvejasElectricas]

Wow this is beautiful!

[@Crasterius]

Grande Quetzal

[@misticaldreams]

beautiful, incredible, stunning. I definitely did not expect this level of quality from a fan made intro. I was blown the hell away the visuals the music the theme tune all of it to celebrate that one most forgotten incarnation, but as i see there is sooo much more to this

[@Merglet]

Pure genius. If D+ is seriously thinking about a McGann mini-series/series, they should offer you serious money for that opening sequence.

[@brendonleepowis7291]

Brilliant, so much darker, which it needs to be as Paul Mcgann's Doctor is on the brink & in the time war, There should be a Series or Film to promote this missing doctor, but who would write & Direct this important part of the Doctors life?

[@filthandfury]

Big Finish crew -- Paul Cornell, Nick Briggs, Robert Shearman, Matt Fitton, John Dorney, Mark Gatiss and James Goss

[@smalltv7478]

I just had to explain to my parents why I screamed in the middle of the night. Answer: this existed.

[@porygatto]

Of all the fanmade intros I've seen, this is my favourite! Very cool aesthetics, beautiful color palette, very different vibes from the actual series... Wow, I love it. Congratulations. :)

[@devlindecker]

I could watch this over and over again.

[@jenergomes]

I am watching this over and over again. I'm bewitched.

[@jameseiner]

I know we'll probably never get anything like this in live action tv, but it would just be so fitting for the longest running time travel show to be told out of order... Like i know the whole thing is not really in order anyways, but finally having 1-2 seasons of live action McGann would just be so perfect.

[@Ayrox]

If Jon Favreau took over Chris Chibnalls job:

[@MonoLith2049]

Ayrox we don't speak his name! He's now referred to as "the C word"

[@CricketEngland]

Bring back Russel T Davies and Mark Gatis after all no one could do anything worse than Chibnell

[@luminousbanjo]

Matches the melancholy tone of much of the Eighth Doctor extended universe stories quite well. Great job!

[@davidbeattie7746]

Hopefully Disney does a spin off with Paul as he deserves it

[@a5alzahra]

Stunning! This really show the calmness and seriousness of the eighth Doctor! Love it! It’s so fitting for him. And honestly love Paul McGann. Give the man his tv show! He’s great in the night of the Doctor and got me sold on him! And heard the audiobooks are amazing!

[@Merglet]

The audio dramas ARE amazing.

[@joshualewandowski829]

my favorite part of the whole thing is the distant and dystopian sounding Dun-----Dun-Dun------------Dun----Dun-Dun of the original theme. Letting us know that while this is still Doctor who, this is a wearier and desolate point in its history, essentially for the Titular Timelord himself

[@mrshubh101]

It kind of reminded me of The Sound of the Drums that the Master keeps hearing

[@theuberbob]

I don't often like these fan title sequences, but for some reason this really clicked with me. Great job!

[@drrob1963]

Great work - incorporating the image of a Dalek into the sequence is just perfect for a 'Time War' season!

[@TylerCWilliams]

This is just fantastic work!

[@Starfleet2269]

I wish Paul McGann would get his own series. It would be cool

[@Elios0000]

he did do a bunch of audio plays. so there is that at lest

[@chrisdavie8163]

@@Elios0000 It still doesn't really respect Paul McGann though. If he's the eighth Doctor then should have had his own TV run like the others. The BBC are to blame as always, they could make it within the next 12 months if the will was there.

[@xevishxenn7503]

That transition from planet to Dalek eye was sweet. Excellently done my good sir.

[@chrisdoyle8344]

Your sequence is outstanding! Love the colour scheme...

[@scuddersouth]

Wow! Beautiful, atmospheric, full of deep colour and a so promising. All we need is a tv series to go with it now. Brilliant!

[@rjmcallister1888]

Well done. Paul McGann deserved more than 96 minutes of screen time as the Doctor, though he's done quite well on audio.

[@harry.wilks9320]

I wish it said “The Night of the Doctor” at the end cos this would be the perfect opening for the eighth doctor’s final story

[@thespiritualfishlad4153]

me too

[@Elnont]

Come on Disney plus, you have doctor who now and it’s time to give one of the best doctors his on screen due after decades of owning it in audio form.

[@MJRookieForge]

If this was a series, it would need an intro like this. It's a different kind of Doctor Who. You'll still get adventure, sure. But the tone is very much set to have some darker moments. It's almost a western style. The law is running out, that sort of thing. The creativity and beauty of this is I want it more than ever now. I wish they'd give Paul one series. Just one at minimum. Why export new doctors when we have a chance to really explore one of the most underrated doctors? In a word, this piece is Perfection.

[@QuackersAhoy]

This needs made NOW!! A 6 to 8 part mini series showing the events that kicked off the Time War would be absolutely epic

[@TheFreetimefreak]

Well this is absolutely amazing! The music, the colors, the images... Definitely the best title that I saw on KZbin! Great work, I want more 👏

[@tardiselliottrailers]

Magnificent, great to see some love for Paul to, one of my highest rated Doctors :D

[@future057]

When the BBC gets their show ship-shape they need to hire you for the titles. This work is absolutely incredible and so atmospheric. Thank you for making this mind blowing work free!

[@DB_137]

Paul McGann! Ah, now I get the reference from Night of the Doctor, in the initial trailer! XD Brilliant job mate!

[@HOTD108_]

What reference?

[@geoffpulham5032]

Absolutely love the way the time tunnel builds out of a Dalek eyepiece. That is truly inspired.

[@ghstudios5087]

This is freaking beautiful! I especially love the color scheme

[@davidallan1098]

That was great, nice to see a fresh take on the titles and music too. The visual of the Dalek was a good idea something that could change season to season with story arcs and such.

[@NICKatronMC]

The color vibrance, the goddamn compositing, the direction of where you placed specific elements and objects, and the chilling yet soothing music This is non-exaggeratingly the most visually impressive thing I’ve seen since I found Astartes, godsend

[@David_Burgess27]

Thank you 🙏

[@ZakEmber]

A huge contrast to this Doctor's initial theme in the TV movie/pilot, which was heavily orchestrated and pretty bombastic. It's a nice reflection of how this Doctor starts with a life of adventure but ends slogged down in the worst war imaginable. I especially the like the guitar part at the start which hints at the full phrase, but cuts it short... a piece of this Doctor's life is missing at this point, and (for me) this version of the theme hints that he's lost parts of himself. Paul McGann and the TV movie was my first introduction to the Doctor, so I always have a soft spot for this iteration.

[@ianwong8380]

I am actually straight-up obsessed with this version of the title sequence - the scoring and the visuals are exactly perfect and this feels entirely and absolutely up-to-date. It gives DW that sort of brooding cool that would take the show to a whole new level, honestly

[@EzraAlexander]

Every so often I come back to watch this and visualise what this show would be like. Superb work!

[@OkMakuTree]

This looks amazing, the BBC would be lucky to have this as one of their official openings for Doctor Who!

[@MaciekN71]

When I saw the title of this video I screamed. This is gorgeous, fantastic, brilliant!

[@RayMooseZarak]

Genuine Chills watching this , McGann is a treasure that should be used before its too late, to fill in some of the gaps in series runs with some one offs or two parters. This is beautifully crafted & would look great on the BBC at the start of that show.

[@mannysilver211]

This one oozes with foreshadowing.If this was a series it would be the 8th doctor constantly being confronted with the question:Is war truely always avoidable?That would lead up to him eventually becoming the war-doctor.

[@Harveyc_Harveyc_]

The one we've all been waiting for!!! And here it is

[@BonnibelVA]

two years later i am BACK to say how much i still love this! my god!!!!

[@Barnabybright]

Absolutely incredible work. This is so good that the BBC or Netflix should commission a high-end series around it, just to use it

[@wraivus1034]

Absolute perfection! If he ever got his series (as he should of) this would be it! Much love man, keep up the great work!

[@rnadomj]

0:22 chills

[@minibruh]

I love it this is one of the best fanmade drwho things I've ever seen

[@oremstale8558]

FINALLY!!!! this is even better than i imagined - and my hopes were high!

[@mtaj7]

This was SO GOOD! I haven't watched Doctor Who for 2 years now, and feel that it has gone on a constant down-hill since Tennant. Paul Mcgann could have rocked with his own series, and these titles really give me the feels! well done, and thank you

[@Tedds]

Beautiful through and through. Particularly enjoyed the little nod to the Arnold theme at the end.

[@enikata7349]

If the BBC made a series around the 8th doctor I would so watch it. Your title screen encapsulates what the stories could be about so well :)

[@BrainComm487]

Oh wow, I love this. I can totally see this being a promo for Big Finish. Quite simple but very evocative, and wonderful use of the classic themes. (I was honestly expecting a reprise of the Movie theme)

[@UltramarineFox]

This composition is absolutely gorgeous, I must have watched it a dozen times, I love it.

[@lordofcheeze2512]

Given that his run intersected with the Time War, it would have to be for a more mature audience, and this more ominous opening conveys that maturity and dark tones very well

[@rudigoodman2535]

This is genuinely exquisite. Keep this up because remember the Capaldi title sequence was heavily inspired by a KZbin artist's work.

[@LunaTrimming]

This is so much better than any of the latest Doctor Who title sequences. Amazing work! The BBC need more talented people like yourself.

[@triem23]

Love this. Moody, evocative and *different*! Well edited, great color work. Wonderful theme arrangement. One of the best fan titles I've ever seen!

[@David_Burgess27]

Thank you so much! :')

[@Spectahman2.0]

It's really hard to believe McGann is only a year younger than Peter Capaldi, I hope they give at least one more special before he joins the classic doctors of being too old

[@VitalSoundsMedia]

Every shot, transition and hit of each note play so well together, I feel like I’ve experienced something so unique that it’s become something brand new, you are a genius my good sir, and I have high respects for your work, stay awesome.

[@darkmaster83]

its funny you created this David, Steven Moffat gave a concept to do a Doctor Who series featuring Mcgann but BBC said no appearently.

[@TheJeremyHolloway]

Supposedly, Moffat went to BigFinish when they first were awarded their license and asked about writing Eighth Doctor stories but they didn't have permission at the time to do those and he wasn't interested in writing for the "Classic" Doctors at the time. This allegedly happened in the second wilderness years between the TV Movie and NewWho. Moffat was also active on rec.arts.tv.drwho back then even though he was writing professionally for television.

[@darkmaster83]

@@TheJeremyHolloway Yeah, no wonder Moffat or BBC said no. Shame, Mcgann deserves it. Hes 61 now. or 60... he needs a series :/

[@TheRealUnkn0wn_289]

It's probably su to the tardis interior

[@Timelord007]

Awesome title sequence it gave me goosebumps, we need a Eighth Doctor season Paul McGann Doctor via Big Finish audios is awesome give him his own lives action series.

[@309JT]

This is the best version I've seen in ages! A refreshing change. Elements of mystery mixed with the old style Pertwee era intro. Love it.

[@andypitchless]

I've watched this a dozen times and it still gives me goosebumps.

[@abdulnagi485]

OMG This is amazing and so unique!!

[@williamtell29]

Loved that. The change of pace for the theme tune and the choice of visuals really made it stand out and made me want to watch a series with him in it.

[@derJOgelle]

*I NEED THIS!* (to become a real thing)! Magnificently jaw-droppingly beautiful! 💙💙

[@mattlarsen]

This is not only an amazing homage, it's a hundred times more tasteful than most credit sequences. It combines the elements of Dr. Who with the retroactive feeling of the pyrrhic victory of the Time War. Just excellent.

[@THEBIDSTUDIOS]

One word: Perfection. Nailed it mate.

[@YankeePendragon]

A magnificent piece of content creation. Though, honestly, I'm not convinced the whole time war was purely between the Daleks and Gallifrey. The 10th Doctor made mention of "The Nightmare Child" and assorted horrors, so where did they fit in? Nevertheless, love this and watch it often.

[@realGilby]

The BBC Logo at the start and the previously cryptic description made me think this was for something official and McGann was actually getting another story 😭

[@Alovon]

Could keep this intro hand have the midseason finale be Night of The Doctor (Extended). Then have the second half be a Actor playing a Younger War Doctor, proceeding and eventually aging into The War Doctor we see in Day of The Doctor (have his major aging be a sequence at the end, maybe flash-forwards with flashes of Day of The Doctor representing The Doctor's vague jumbled memory of the event, and waking up as The Ninth Doctor, thinking that the did use The Moment as the ending)

[@DerektheDalek]

It would be great if the BBC did mini series like this between seasons of the main show with Paul, David, Matt, Peter and even David Bradley or Jo Martin.

[@DerektheDalek]

FYI if you did a intro like this for David’s First Doctor or Jo’s Fugitive Doctor that would be awesome.

[@VForVuarrier]

How many times have you watched this? Me: Yes

[@MushroomHaterProductions]

This is cinematically majestic! Has a very Netflix feel to it, I must say, but awesomely done overall. 👏

[@SWDTeam]

Wow, that's just a work of art! The McGann box silhouette is very recognizable and absolutely beautiful.

[@David_Burgess27]

That box was rendered by Jonathan Picard, the chap who renders the TARDIS models for the Collection sets! Have a lookie: www.behance.net/JonathanPicard

[@carlinjack1]

There can only be one incredible VFX artist in the fandom at any one time, twas John Smith, but after he got his material on screen, now a new master rises...

[@David_Burgess27]

I would explode with joy, I think :D

[@carlinjack1]

@@David_Burgess27 you at least deserve a big finish trailer. I mean they're just so amazing!

[@mylowpolygon6290]

@@carlinjack1 he's done bf

[@EmTom44]

I love the black hole in the eye of the Dalek it looks so satisfying! Great job man!

[@QuetzalOvejasElectricas]

Can I use a fragment of this on my Doctor Who RPG game, please? I always give credit and I make no money out of it. Well, just a few cents. Or if I can pay you in any way (inside my limited budget) please just tell me.

[@David_Burgess27]

Sorry, I’d prefer if it wasn’t used

[@QuetzalOvejasElectricas]

@@David_Burgess27 Thanks for your reply and congratulations for your work!

[@localbottlecap]

That was incredible! Absolutely stunning, the colours and transitions were breathtaking, all the kudos to you!

[@neilingleson2626]

This is amazing. The BBC really missed an opportunity with McGann.

[@PopCultureArchivists]

OMFG PLEASE GIVE ME MORE I LOVE IT. We need this Doctor Who in our lives desperately.