Comment Faire Le Premier Générique De Doctor Who ? - Technical who

Welcome in Technical Who! Your show on Doctor Who's technical details. On the internet, you'll find tutorials on how to make nowadays titles. But back in 1963, computer-generated effects didn't exist! So... How did they do back then? In 1963, a new show was planned: Doctor Who. I guess you know it... As every good show, it needed a title sequence. But at the time, the BBC's budget was already small. The producer Verity Lambert had the idea to use film footage, showing howlaround effects. The "howlaround effect", as we call it in English is made by filming a screen showing what the camera's filming. It formed a series of deteriorated reflections making a kind of wave. Invented by Ben Palmer in the 1950s it was first used in "Amahl and the Night Visitors", and reused in future productions. Verity Lambert found the effect innovative, just like the show. The final version uses the BBC's footages to which new howlaround videos were added. To do so, the BBC hired graphic designer Bernard Lodge to make the titles fit Lambert's desires. Other sequences using a pen torch were then recorded to add the show's title. Lodge wanted to add the Doctor's face, but Verity Lambert judged this effect was too scary. These titles were used during Hartnell's era, and in a few Troughton's episodes. In 1967, new titles were used for the episode "The Macra Terror". The original method was improved, and Troughton's face added. So, let's try to do it too! Connect a camera to your television, boost the screen's light, and turn it to black and white. It will look like a kind of time vortex. As we're modern in Tardistory, we also used After Effects. Obviously, it wasn't there back in the 1960s. But technology is great! We added a title from the internet. You can also do it yourself and add Hartnell's face, to make Lodge jealous. Now, you know everything about 1963 titles, so, do it yourself! Show us your creations on Twitter, #technicalwho, or on Pepperpot's discord, room #tardistory. If you liked the video, suscribe to the channel. This video was inspired by one on the Doctor Who channel. You can get an eye on it, link's in the description. If you wonder how a particular effect was made, ask us in the comments, for a new episode of Technical Who! Goodbye! English subtitle: Florian Leoni