The Design of Classic Doctor Who Title Cards

While designing a one-off t-shirt for a holiday gift, I stumbled across this amazing page on the Doctor Who Wiki about the design of the show’s title cards. It’s a pretty thorough resource and includes the typefaces used for the titles — like Grotesque, Eurostile, Futura, Della Robbia, and OPTI Formula One.

I put together a few representative samples from episodes featuring the first four Doctors, after which the designs get less interesting IMO. Enjoy.

See also a video of All Doctor Who Title Sequences: 1963-2023.

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