The Doctor Who title sequence has changed again to herald the beginning of the Peter Capaldi era.
The latest titles are based on a fan-made version created by Billy Hanshaw, a motion graphics professional based in Leeds. Hanshaw mostly works on TV commercials and corporate presentations, but decided to create his own version of the show’s titles to celebrate the arrival of the Time Lord’s latest incarnation, Peter Capaldi. He shared his version on YouTube where it has been viewed over 700,000 times!
Hanshaw’s titles were noticed by Radio Times and also came to the attention of Doctor Who’s showrunner Steven Moffat, who promptly commissioned him to work with BBC Wales to create the titles for the new series.
Steven Moffat, said:
Hanshaw created this title sequence, put it up on YouTube. I happened to cross it, and it was the only new title idea I’d seen since 1963. We got in touch with him, and said, okay, we’re going to do that one.
Having seen the new title sequence, Mike Nuttall, owner of the Planet Mondas site, wrote on facebook:
The title sequence for Doctor Who series 8 is all kinds of awesome !!!