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  • Splink!

  • That was when Dr Who was Dr Who.

  • God in this opening he looks creepy...

  • anyone else see the swirling 69? :)

  • @Ziolon Yes at 0:26. Funny the things you see when you look!

  • @drwho4evar :P indeed. nice user name, let's make it so :)

  • wow they had the best...stuff ;)...when they were editing this awesome intro for this series. "Legend-...wait for it...I hope you're not lactose intolerant because he comes the second word 'dary.'"

  • @LadyLillianContessa Or, maybe in the Vortex.

  • *Johnny Bravo voice* Trippy...

  • i know its not good for me but im just really tempted to star for long lengths of time

  • Love This Cous Of The Sutter On It

  • Oi! Where on Earth (says it like Oith) is the SECOND Jon Pertwee intro?

  • rip jon pertwee

  • My favorite time warp, doctor, and opening music will always be the original.

    RIP William Hartnell

  • I'm eleven! Tom Baker and Peter Davison are my favorites? How does that work? 

  • normally, colour television came out in the 60's and i've seen some 60's programes broadcasted in colour, but strangely, DW didn't came into colour until 1970.

  • @MegaMCM2

    The last black and white episodes were filmed in the spring of 1969 and BBC One didn't go colour until the autumn of 1969 when the first Pertwee episodes were filmed. Also the Pertwee episodes benefitted from being recorded at the Television Centre, which was a far more advanced studio facility than Lime Grove.

  • he was great as the dr.

  • ...And then you realize, that this Doctor, like the one before him and the one before that, was essentially a teenager in the body of an old man. Now it's the other way round.

  • @KingLofiOne apparently 750 is considered 'middle aged' for a timelord, so now that the doctor's 1103 he is probably considered an old man

  • @LadyLillianContessa Great comment! You get a thumbs up from me for that! Jon Pertwee was one of the best. =)

  • these psychedlics were very well orchestrated, indeed~!

    Pertwee & Baker on my Fav's- but I also Like the very first doctor- and I need to go watch some of those episodes~! Happy Time~Traveling Who Fans~!

  • @ValterraBlue72 Cheers!! I love the classic stories too!! =)

  • the intro looks like ur on drugs or sumthin lol

  • I must rush down to Radiolux and buy a colour TV!

  • @olivem100 Get one at Magpies !

  • if you sended this to me could i use it in a figure adventure. does it work in windows movie maker?

  • I've always wondered if Roger Waters ripped off the bass guitar riff and incorporated it into (Pink Floyd) 'One Of These Days'. Actually, I've been thinking that for many decades.

  • So much better than Matt Smith's intro.

  • I USED TO LOVE WATCHING THE OLD DOCTOR WHO SO FUCKING MUCH!! <3 Like if you think the new doctor who just absolutely is killed, honestly!

  • The beginning part sounds like my crappy electric heater starting up! haha

  • Why does the lettering always start off with Dr OHO? Has anyone else noticed this?

  • @Feisty1967 Because of the mirroring when getting some of the patterns.

  • Dr Who Jon Pertwee episode

  • Is it possible to download any Doctor Who title sequence for .avi, .wmv or anything compatible for Windows Movie Maker?

  • Too bad John Nathan-Turner destroyed the 4th doctor. Hell, JNT ruined everything he touched. I realize he was dealing with a BBC doing everything possible to get rid of the show. But JNT did more harm to the poor Doctor than the Master, Daleks, and Cybermen put together. Go back and watch Tom Baker's final season. It makes Trial of a Time Lord shine in comparison.

  • @zazozung Whoa, let's not say things we can't take back :p

  • My favourite Version....

    I always liked the stutter opening...

  • Why did John Nathan-Turner have to destroy such a wondeful TV show?

  • love the very begining with the loop 

  • is it me, or did the guy who made this opening spent too much time looking at lava lamps? lol

  • @cartmann94 probably hahaha

  • How did the poster acquire the base opening, without any story references?? I'm glad they did!

  • I like this theme, but the effects are really weird. Then again, most of the opening was probably produced to show that "OMG, we're in colour now!"

  • Tom and Jon were the best Doctors!!!

  • JON PERTWEE - BEST DOCTOR EVER !!!! [ sorry Tom and David !! ]

  • @doctorwhoone I second that. Jon "The Boss Man" Pertwee was THE Doctor!!!

  • @doctorwhoone While you are correct, Sir, I gotta say, this Matty chap's doing a hell of a job. :P

  • @TakunaNuva Yeah but i highly doubt many older fans [ and perhaps some of the younger ones of todays new generation of viewers ] are ever going to rank Matt as high up as the likes of Jon, Tom and David, i would rank Matt just above Patrick, i just cant stand his Doctor, all that " Oh my giddy Aunt ! " and the fact he just acts like a right coward hiding behind things or people [ like hiding behind the 3rd Doctor when Rassilon appears in the Five Doctors ].

  • @doctorwhoone Dude, I am an old fan, I grew up on Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and Peter Davison. :P Tbh, while I liked David Tennat at first, the immense amount of melodrama just ramped up the emo in the show and put me right off his Doctor; by the time he left, I already couldn't wait for him to leave (to be fair, Russel T Davies is a terrible writer, so it's not David's fault that the character was falling flat). Matt Smith, on the other hand, is like a breath of fresh air, to me. :P

  • The end bit of the theme is really annoying

  • Jon Pertwee, still my favorite Doctor, second favorite would be Tom Baker. I wish that I could have seen more episodes of the Patrick Troughton series, unfortunately so many were wiped that I can't follow the chronological order and character development of the show from that era. Unfortunately the series from the 1980s were a let down, there was potential in the three doctors from that era but bad scripts and bad decision making among the producers ruined the show.

  • can i use this

  • Love Jon Pertwee!

    He is one of my favourite doctors!

  • whoa... Psycadelic man!

  • Looks almost like the Doc had a massive LSD trip!

  • NoGuff david tennant sucks to this great doctor

  • This is brilliant stuff and it doesnt do that stupid Dr OHO thing at the beginning like the Hartnell opening.

  • @Feisty1967 Yes, CGI starts to wear a bit thin. It dazzles and amazes at first, but that soon wears off. The old titles (and music) still send a tingle up the spine!

  • He's no David Tennant.

  • @NoGuff David's no Jon Pertwee.

  • @NoGuff David Tennant was the worst Doctor! way to emotional! and horrible story lines! this is great Doctor who!

  • @LonesomePine369 i know right? the 10th doctor was too 'human' he didn't feel alien enough IMO. yes, he could understand humans and how they live but some1 who never knew the show wouldn't know he was alienat first sight, plus he was too clingy. not to say that he was a bad doctor but he wasn't the best...

  • @riaminal yea i total agree

  • classic!

  • I love these older openings for Doctor Who. :)

  • In the late 1970s when I was a little kid, after Sesame Street ended this would start an and I'll be honest here -- that opening theme scared the living shit right of me. O_O Scary!!

  • the best ones are the old ones. matt smiths theme is ok davids one was not my favourite. peter, john, tom and colin were best.

  • As a kid I used to find some of the classic who stories quite scary. The music had that menacing sound to it. The original series was darker than the new one.

  • @dalmain77 yeh more blood in the old one

  • The definitive Doctor Who theme and logo.

  • Don't you mean Doctor Oho?

  • @motherfan55 what the fuk nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­ooooooooooooooooooooo

  • Hey, it was the sixties (or was it the '80s.) all special effects were terrible back then.

  • @FuckYouLetMeLogIn Better than the corny cgi you get these days, which everyone takes for granted.

  • the 70s= golden age of who

  • Jon was the ultimate dr who but I guess it depends on when you watched the show. I was brought up with Troughton /Pertwee. Having said that the new shows are pretty good but still don't have the darker feel of the classic series..even if the sfx were cheap..the original title music sounds darker and more menacing

  • @lerxt42

    Well it doesn't entirely depend on who you grew up watching. I was born in 1991, so I grew up without a Doctor really. Anyways my point being is that my favourite Doctor era has to be with Jon Pertwee at the moment; I love his character and the stories and definitely the monsters e.g. Sea Devils, Autons, Silurians... etc. I don't particularly enjoy the new series as much as the classics. It isn't as haunting or as bizarre, and they tend to fill it full of drama and silly comedy.

  • @Red23791 yes I will agree about the new one. I just finished watching victory of the daleks and even though I enjoyed it I thought it was somewhat silly. The classis who was darker and even the theme gave me chills...unfortunately the sfx where horrible. I think the daleks have been featured too much as well and would like ice warriors and the nestene to come back again

  • Hmm. Was this theme designed to try to hypnotize people into buying Doctor Who merchandise?

  • @Drophyd167b That would have worked. So anyway, Opinions on the Moffat era thus far?

  • @Drophyd167b Well, I must congratulate you. You've got very good arguementative skills, whilst still remaining civil, something very rare in people of your age. I congratulate you. And I agree, the New series has it's good points, Blink is still one of my favourite episodes. But I just didn't like RTD's lackluster Finales.

  • The only Dr who titles that were matched to the music.

    IE-more accurately matched than some of the other titles used in the series.

  • Have you noticed a second before it starts you here the tune faintly before it starts?

  • Yes.

  • That was the bassline with a backward stutter start;Delia took a piece of the bassline and echoised it,then reversed that little bit of tape and spliced it onto the opening theme hence the du-du-du-du-du-du at the start.

  • himmate could you send me these

  • my top 5 pertwee (favorite doctor) eps:

    1) Inferno

    2) The Green Death

    3) Carnival of Monsters

    4) The Sea Devils

    5) Doctor Who and the Silurians

  • Inferno. Wow, what a story! I agree - Number 1.

  • those are my top 5 to

  • 0:05-0:07. Looks like Darth Vader!

  • I always thoguht that too!

  • lol and so it does!

  • @Malinth66 It does! I never noticed that! LOL!

  • @Malinth66 U only just realised :L

  • @Malinth66 probly were they got the idear from LOL

  • Yes, bring back the stutter.... and the whole Derbyshire theme with it!!!

  • It might indeed come back. Steven Moffat is a big fan of old Who. I read that the Doctor's face will be back in the Series 5 titles, so perhaps even more of the old-style titles will return.

  • Absolute classic; the best titles, music and Doctor. The new series needs this music and these titles.

  • I love how surreal the classic titles were.

  • That's my favourite title sequence in Doctor Who. I wished they'd used something like this when the series came back in 2005, but we got another boring tunnel.

  • I prefer Pertwee's first season titles, with the Stutter in the theme

  • same

  • Damn I like this opening, it's cool

  • Splendid fellows. all 11 of them

  • Jon Pertwee is  my favorite Doctor after Tom Baker

  • @bunnyhops44 Moron

  • I Loved that my favrouite Doctor.Who Intro ever, love it,love it,LOVE IT!

  • what was thAt?

  • do the other doctor who clean title with jon pertwee, the slit scan one.

  • Yeah, this was the 70s, alright.

  • actualy i think very late 60s

  • No I think the older version of the theme was better. Was more haunting/atmospheric. I agree with the point about the terrible special effects though.

  • @not3bad13 Aaaaah, but don't forget, they were good at the time. Your children may laugh at the special effects at the Doctor Who episodes you grew up watching.

  • @XtremeGoose Do you also laugh at the better scripts, better stories and less campy stupid, non-scientific season finale's that Russell T f**kwit dragged out?

    You're an idiot. And I'm sure all the classic fans here will agree with me.

  • @TheOnComingStorm121

    11 months?

    Im sure they do, and im sure all the current fans agree with me when i say your being nostalgic and anti-progressive. Your one of these people who can never accept change and move on.

    I enjoy good story and compelling characters and i dont mind any campiness whatsoever. Im not an idiot, I have my opinion and you have yours, but those who insult intelligence usually lack in it themselves.

  • @XtremeGoose I accept change when it's for the good. But Russell T Davies ruined Doctor who for me. He made it full of silly catchphrases, a sheer CHOKING amount of emotional scenes every 5 secodns, and completely removing the science fiction element all together. He even openly admitted he writes Doctor who as fantasy! Which is why I think Stephen Moffat is going to do a MUCH better job of handling Who than Davies did.

  • Nigo82

    the best version of the theme without question!! Murray Gold's theme doesn't even compare to this!!

  • I loathe Gold's theme. It's too fast paced adventure. The new scripts are awful too. XD

  • I love this version of the Pertwee theme - those extra little beats in the beginning are very cool.

  • I remember watching this Doctor (God bless jon pertwee soul) with my brother at 12:00 A.M. every night. Now the show is just stupid

  • Dick, I salute you :)

  • Jon Pertwee was/is my fave doc.

    R.I.P. Jon

  • Funy I just saw his son in the movie Equalibrium with Christian Bale...he plays the supreme dictator big brother type character in the movie

  • Its embarassing how scared i used to get whenever i used to listen to this. I was about seven and my heart would literally start pounding!!!

  • I remember seeing this in colour for the first time on TV. Was very unnerving.

  • My favorite Doctor of all time. The Three Doctors was my favorite series of episodes and that's what made me a huge Pertwee fan.

  • jon pertwee the best by a million miles,this theme is so much better than the jazzed up version they use now

  • Wow it sounds really great when you open this page in multiple windows so the music plays on top of itself.

  • THIS.

    This is when Dr. Who was great.

    David Tennant was always an amazing doctor.

    This new guy they have......I don't even want to think about how much I'm going to hate it now.

  • Splink indeed

  • Open the Podbay doors HAL. I'm afraid I can't do that Dave. Looks alot like Dave's trip thru the monolith to me.

  • It's like looking through a kaleidoscope! =)

  • the best Dr ever. i loved this era of DR who

  • i know this era of doctor who was good

  • RIP Jon!

  • I love the bit where it spins

  • Pertwee was the man. My 2nd favorite doctor besides Tennant (I know I'm a sheep). Pertwee gets much love and respect from me. A fantastic doctor.

  • I liked John Pertwee's Doctor..my second favorite. I like his style. He was stuck on Earth until he did a favor for the Time Lords in the Three Doctors serial.

  • his tardis boroke down

  • The third Doctor was the one stuck on Earth right, the one who worked with UNIT most of the time.

  • yh he was banished to earth and was forced to regenarte (second to third)

  • How do they force time lords to regenerate, don't they need to be hurt to do it

  • he broke some rule i think

  • But, did they hurt him so he was dying and had to regenerate, or can time lords regenerate whenever they want?

  • i think he was hurt as his body was sent though a time vortex to his tardis on earth so yes

  • Thnx. I thatepisode still around or is it lost. I know alot of the 1st and 2nd Doctor stories were deleted by the BBC

  • yes there still around its the last 2nd doctors nd connected to the first third doctors story

  • Its called the War Games and is apparently getting released on DVD soon

  • That episode ("The War Games") is still around. All ten parts of it exist.

  • Wow, 10 parts, you wouldn't get TV like that anymore, which is good and bad at the same time

  • Well, I mean, that wasn't the longest Who ever... "The Daleks Master Plan" (which no longer exists) was 12 episodes, 13 if you count 'Mission To The Unknown'. And of course, the king was "The Trial Of A Time Lord" at 14 episodes - an entire season.

  • 14 episodes! Jesus. Thats a mini series. And it was just 1 30 min episode a week? Did they have other Doctor Who stories that yar or was that it? I hear Torchwood will be doing something like that in its third series in 2009. Its going 2 b 1 dtory in 5 1 hour episodes broadcast everyday over a week on BBC One. 2006 BBC Three. 2008 BBC 2. 2009 BBC One. Wheres series 4 going 2 air?

  • No, that was it. "Trial" was 14 30-min episodes, which at that time took up a whole season.

  • Back then they had 25 mins but now we have 45 min episodes.

  • Don't forget the entire 1978 season was devoted to The Key to Time with the Fourth Doctor, Romana I and K-9. I think it was 24 episodes.

  • That's true, but the 1978 season was made of six serials, each a separate story loosely connected by the search for the Key to Time. Trial of a Timelord, despite the different production codes dividing it into four, was still one massive episode and credited as such, with every episode that season being 'Trial of a Timelord' Part One up to Part Fourteen.

  • Sorry, ignore this one.

  • That's true, but the 1978 season was made of six serials, each a separate story loosely connected by the search for the Key to Time. Trial of a Timelord, despite the different production codes dividing it into four, was still one massive episode and credited as such, with every episode that season being 'Trial of a Timelord' Part One up to Part Fourteen.

  • That's it, I'm just giving up.

  • lol

  • he was meddling with time so the time lords banished him to earth, a place where he would feel comfortable for the duration of his stay.

  • yep thats what i ment

  • the best Dr ever. i loved this era of DR who. i met elizabeth sladen on hols a couple of years ago too. great intro. thanks

  • Video feedback and candle flames! amazing!

  • I love the swirling and swirling and swirling at the end!

  • I have to say that this is my favourite version of the derbyshire theme, as it sounds like it is meant for an opening, as opposed to the older ones which just went into the middle 8 and just faded out.

  • this is the first series i saw on tele when i first heard the doctor who theme tune as a kid and i was always fascinated by it... the rhythm and the high pitched harmonic sound! it's incredible! Delia Derbyshire did a good job! a genius who kinda revolutionised todays modern music!

  • Best theme tune of any TV show ever. So haunting.

  • Who came up with idea for the opening stutter and the end loop. Its amazing espacially if you turn up the volume, put the video on full screen and stare into the vortex while the loop is on.

  • I love the stutter start, its sounds as if its building up to the theme :-)

  • The stutter start was the plucked string bassline echoed and reversed and spliced onto the opening titles music;they only did it for a number of episodes then reverted to the usual theme music start.

  • that's because the theme without the stutter start was dubbed onto the titles with the delaware theme used for the titles on Carnival of Monsters