What if Doctor Who Wasn't Cancelled? | Richard Griffiths Doctor Opening + Closing Titles (1993)

[@BoctorPink]

This looks absolutely gorgeous & so true to that early 90s BBC aesthetic. Brilliant work!

[@caedenide8721]

This looks pretty authentic.

[@schwardo]

Love this! My only critiques would be that the titles at 0:35 probably could be centered in the middle of the screen, since the doctor who logo doesn't appear simultaneously, thus not making it necessary to shift them down. Secondly around 1:55, maybe keeping the logo at a lower opacity, or darker brightness until the Producer credit is gone could make that a bit easier to read. Just my 2 cents as a graphic designer / editor. This definitely looks very authentic, great job!

[@theunknowneditor63]

Thank you very much! Always nice to have constructive criticism. I was going to center the text for the episode title but I decided to instead put them at the bottom so that the white text didn't get washed out by the glowing nebula. Ultimately, I could have added a black box around them to make it work, which I probably should have done in hindsight, but I also wanted to sort of show off the nebula by itself a little bit. You're spot on with that second point though, it's definitely difficult to read the producer credit. Cheers for the feedback!

[@peterdixon7734]

Richard Griffiths? If only! "I'm terribly tired, Monty." "You've said that already...twice."

[@theindependantcartoonist]

I'm a big fan of the static nature of the intro, how it's just panning shots of space. Very atmospheric, reminds me of a couple old 2000s science shows they used to show kids at school

[@stuhh]

Richard Griffiths as The Doctor and Julia Sawalha as the companion. 😀 But I wonder if they would have had a second male companion, in the style of Harry Sullivan, to handle the action scenes. 🤔 Anyway, facinating speculation.

[@ethanstoeckel3901]

They should, maybe add a teenage boy or an android. Now that would be interesting. Who knows. I wish their was a universe where I could see the Richeard Griffiths episodes and the final season for Sylvester Mccoy in season 27.

[@mikethcz]

This is probably the best intro I have seen in a while.

[@WimpyKelv12]

All the panning of still grainy stock images makes this feel like a workprint version or proof of concept mockup of the titles rather than a final product. Also I like that you actually show a bit of the show after the titles and before the credits, nobody does that and it helps add a bit of verisimilitude.

[@theunknowneditor63]

For a low budget show in 1993, panning grainy stock images probably isn't too far from what they wouldn't gone with, but then you could argue either way

[@WimpyKelv12]

@@theunknowneditor63 Even if the budget was still slashed by then (a lot of people speculate the budget would’ve been restored to, if not exceeded what it was before the 6th and 7th Doctor’s eras, if the show had regained some more popularity), the show still had dignity and a requirement to meet professional standards. I mean, they were still able to pull off some fairly impressive effects during the 6th and 7th Doctor’s eras in spite of the reduced budgets. I mean, this is quite a downgrade from the impressive (for its time) CGI of the previous intro. Heck, they probably would’ve been able to do even better for cheaper considering how much more ubiquitous and probably cheaper CGI was by 1993.

[@theunknowneditor63]

@@WimpyKelv12 fair enough.

[@adamaitken4918]

This is brilliant makes me wish griffiths had been the doctor

[@joebloggs5977]

This really really good, very convincing since it has that nice old-school analogue feel to it. Most of the fanmade Doctor Who 1990s videos on yourtube look very fake in using more 2000s style music and CG graphics but the limitations and simplicity of this one make it feel like something the BBC could actually have made. Did you get your Griffiths footage from "Pie in the Sky"? Also "Transit" is a fantastic novel and I wish it were on the TV show very much

[@theunknowneditor63]

Thanks very much! Yes, I did use footage from Pie in the Sky, as it would have been the same time Richard would have played the Doctor. My research into clips from the show really made me appreciate Griffiths as an actor more as well. Ahh, he'd have been such an amazing Doctor.

[@esmerat]

i know you did the morbius doctors, have you made ones for the curse of fatal death doctors? i really like this and it feels so real, but after richard griffiths my alternate timeline mostly goes with them, i imagine richard e grant’s theme would be similar to the scream of the shalka theme too. if you haven’t then i’d love to see that!

[@ethanstoeckel3901]

I'd love to see that on VHS

[@PhilDrury]

Close enough, but I prefer the idea of a random guy who has david tennant faceon a dr robotnik body.

[@theunknowneditor63]

@@PhilDrury Give me your Christmas presents right now.

[@JRP90]

Stunning work! I think you've nailed this on the head here... ;)

[@supermarioewan0865]

Link to the theme arrangement please?

[@theunknowneditor63]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aH27dGluqKxnopYsi=ftGVzH_6RTY7Ftl5

[@nategames-kj9ff]

nice video do you do commissions??????

[@regforeman]

This is awesome

[@ZernoxII]

What footage was used for the tardis at the start?

[@theunknowneditor63]

@@ZernoxII search out space

[@mikethcz]

What does he say 1:00

[@theunknowneditor63]

He says "Poor Mike." It's a line that he says in the clip I used from Pie in the Sky, but I added the character of 'Mike' in the end credits to suggest some narrative sense.

[@ianbannister8404]

This is so feckin well put together it’s the cutting edge of AI CGI amazing well done😊😅

[@ember.mp3]

ok you’ve done it this is the most realistic one the vhs filter the effects everythig

[@theunknowneditor63]

lmao, I didn't even use a vhs filter!

[@ember.mp3]

shit i dunno what to call it, how tv broadcasts looked in the 70s-90s or vhs filter can never find the right word

[@theunknowneditor63]

@ember.mp3 I think it's just the aesthetic. I used old 70s space documentary footage for the space stuff and then modified them with lighting and vortexes to give a more 90s look, so it's probably that.

[@ember.mp3]

yea aesthetic was what I was looking for just looks exactly what it wouldve looked looked like from the space footage to the search out space tardis

[@ZernoxII]

Could you make a clean version? :3

[@doctorfreddy20productions]

Also, kinda want this to be a series

[@doctorfreddy20productions]

could you make a clean version?

[@MajikButton]

if doctor who was never cancelled, “nuwho” would be a lotttt more whimsy like classic who

[@vitaliylomanoff1759]

What Footage Is It?

[@vitaliylomanoff1759]

On Start Of Episode And End Of Episode?

[@theunknowneditor63]

Transit, Episode three. I forced my way into an alternative universe.

[@vitaliylomanoff1759]

The Scene From REAL One.

[@vitaliylomanoff1759]

Your So Wrong.

[@vitaliylomanoff1759]

I Can't Find The Source Scene On My KZbin, Could You Help Me Please?

[@Theeighthdoctor1996]

I got a good idea for one of his companions a young craig fairbrass as marcus lethbridge stewart or helen baxendale as the daughter of susan foreman

[@isthisthingoH_NO]

Way better than mine

[@stephenmcavoy9925]

Pie in the Sky thinking😂

[@AlexzanderNichols-be8zw]

I have soo much questions So what number doctor is he

[@theunknowneditor63]

@@AlexzanderNichols-be8zw 8. This is an alternative timeline

[@purefoldnz3070]

and thank god it was cancelled!!! The world wasnt ready for Uncle Vernon as Dr who.

[@theunknowneditor63]

I don't know... I've seen Richard in Pie in the Sky and I think he would have been fantastic. Don't be so hasty to judge actors by their other roles. They are meant to act differently in differently roles, that's their job.

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@theunknowneditor63 I completely disagree. If Dr Who continued into the 90s with an even lower budget it might have been a disaster and actually been outright cancelled instead of just a hiatus. I internally cringe when thinking of a BBC 90s Who. Dr Who needed to go away for awhile and grow and evolve. Sometimes to love a thing it has to leave for a bit. And it came back to be one of the biggest shows in the world.

[@theunknowneditor63]

@purefoldnz3070 I never said that Doctor Who should never have been cancelled. I agree that it was a necessity for the success of the revived series, you're completely right there. It needed to evolve. All I said was that Richard Griffiths would have made a good Doctor.

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@theunknowneditor63 he was a good actor for sure but would he had fit doctor who? I guess we will never know.

[@purefoldnz3070]

@@theunknowneditor63 I think it was great that while Dr Who went away it was Red Dwarf that took up the torch for BBC sci fi in the 90s and what a glorious series it was.

[@ethankim6456]

Only if...

[@creepytime3999]

but it wasn't, its still going. Our new era isnt a reboot, its a continuation. people dont get that, A reboot would be if they completely went back to the first doctor and changed everything we knew about it which they didn't they kept it the same with minor changes.

[@theunknowneditor63]

Just because it was a continuation doesn't mean it can't have been cancelled and then brought back.

[@creepytime3999]

@@theunknowneditor63 but its not a reboot clearly. if it were a reboot they would reboot it back to the first doctor.

[@theunknowneditor63]

@@creepytime3999 I didn't say it was a reboot. I said it was a continuation of the original series that was cancelled in '89.