Doctor Who from 2005 onwards hasn’t often had to worry too much about poor special effects. Given a devoted teams at The Mill and Millennium FX and a decent, if not exactly lavish, budget from the BBC, most of the time whatever Russell T. Davies and now Steven Moffat and co can dream up, the rest of the team can convincingly realise. But it wasn’t always so. In the 1960s, the budget was around £2000 an episode and many recordings were attempted in the tiny Lime Grove studios. Small wonder that several special effects shots fell short of the mark, even by the standards of the day.
But despite the willingness of modern, and usually snide, TV companies to mockingly reshow these embarrassing old clips, the fact is that from 1963-1989, Doctor Who created some innovative images which completely defied the microscopic budgets they were working with. In this article,...
But despite the willingness of modern, and usually snide, TV companies to mockingly reshow these embarrassing old clips, the fact is that from 1963-1989, Doctor Who created some innovative images which completely defied the microscopic budgets they were working with. In this article,...
- 2/28/2012
- by Tom Salinsky
- Obsessed with Film
Enter Sarah Jane Smith, and the kind of Sontaran that made the race firm favourites in Doctor Who...
The first thing that hits you in The Time Warrior is the brand spanking new titles. The familiar time tunnel effect and the diamond logo make their debuts here, and it’s a joy to behold. The great thing is that hardly any other contemporary TV programmes could boast such an innovative set of titles. In 1973, most shows started with just a title card superimposed over the action (Steptoe And Son or Are You Being Served, for example) or a collection of montage clips (Bruce Forsyth’s Generation Game or The Goodies). About the closest you could get to the greatness of the Doctor Who titles is Monty Python’s Flying Circus or The Tomorrow People (although in this case the titles were the only good thing, apart from Dudley Simpson’s...
The first thing that hits you in The Time Warrior is the brand spanking new titles. The familiar time tunnel effect and the diamond logo make their debuts here, and it’s a joy to behold. The great thing is that hardly any other contemporary TV programmes could boast such an innovative set of titles. In 1973, most shows started with just a title card superimposed over the action (Steptoe And Son or Are You Being Served, for example) or a collection of montage clips (Bruce Forsyth’s Generation Game or The Goodies). About the closest you could get to the greatness of the Doctor Who titles is Monty Python’s Flying Circus or The Tomorrow People (although in this case the titles were the only good thing, apart from Dudley Simpson’s...
- 8/27/2010
- by admin@shadowlocked.com (John Bensalhia)
- Shadowlocked
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