Doctor Who Title Sequences Used Slit-Scan Photography Inspired by 2001
“The second Pertwee and first Tom Baker title sequences were generated with slit-scan photography, inspired by the travel effect used in 2001: A Space Odyssey. They are also ridiculously beautiful even after years of the season's release.”
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The second Jon Pertwee and the first Tom Baker Doctor Who title sequences were created using slit‑scan photography, a method inspired by the travel effect pioneered in *2001: A Space Odyssey*. The resulting visuals are still widely praised for their striking beauty decades after their original broadcast.
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- Doctor Who - version 5 slitscan (1974) | Ravensbourne University London
This was repeated for every frame, with the artwork behind the slit moving incrementally on each frame to generate the moving tunnel with the desired shape. In this sequence a circular slit made a circular tunnel, an outline slit of the Police telephone box made a Tardis-shaped tunnel and a diamond slit created a diamond-shaped tunnel for the new logo at the end of the sequence.
- Doctor Who (1973) | Ravensbourne University London
In this sequence a circular slit made a circular tunnel, an outline slit of Jon Pertwee gave a Doctor Who shaped tunnel and a diamond slit created a diamond shaped tunnel for the new logo at the end of the sequence. Each frame took about 30 seconds to expose.
- Slit-scan photography - Wikipedia
This type of effect was used in other films and television productions. Slit-scan was used by Bernard Lodge to create the Doctor Who title sequences for Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker used between December 1973 and January 1980. Slit-scan was also used in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) ...
- Slit-scan photography - HandWiki
For instance, slit-scan was used by Bernard Lodge to create the Doctor Who title sequences for Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker used between December 1973 and January 1980. Slit-scan was also used in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994) to create ...
- Doctor Who 1970 Title Sequence Test Footage : BBC : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
22 minutes b&w silent footage of the recording session for jon pertwee's title sequence
- h2g2 - Doctor Who: Evolution of a Title Sequence - Edited Entry
The result is that the slit 'paints or scans a perspective image of the pattern on that one frame. For subsequent frames the rostrum bench begins its pan from a different point, so, over a series of frames the pattern appears to move along the ...
- Doctor Who | The Title Screens Wiki | Fandom
January 1970 saw the introduction of colour to the show, as well as the third Doctor: Jon Pertwee. Accordingly, Bernard Lodge refreshed the titles again, retaining the "howlaround" effect once more and introducing a specifically-designed series logo. ... A completely new title sequence, once again designed by Bernard Lodge, was introduced in December 1973. This made use of a technique known as "slit-scan", first used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Replicating Bernard Lodge slit-scan titles
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