Title cards/Doctor Who

A title card is a card which has either the episode title/writers name/episode number written on it. They are superimposed over the opening title sequence to identify these three things, during the classic series this was usually done live in the studio recording but nowadays its done in post-production. Over the years various fonts and animations have been used on the title cards. This galley show the episode title title card for each story of the series.

First Doctor
For Seasons 1, 2 and most of 3 each episode had its own title, so each episode title card is shown. For most William Hartnell episodes the title card was superimosed over the action instead of the opening titles. Font: Grotesque One Three Animation: Fade in, Fade out.

Second Doctor
While having the title card superimosed over the action was still the norm, starting from DW: The Macra Terror it started being superimosed over the opening titles for some episodes. During the Patrick Troughton era sereval stories had special film squences made for the title cards to be superimosed on to. In DW: The Ice Warriors where the title cards would appear burlrey, zoom out, become clear then disapper, over shots of glaciers and ice. In DW: The Wheel in Space they were superimposed over a mixture of the opening titles and shots of The Wheel. In DW: The Seeds of Death they were superimposed over shots of the Earth & Moon in space. And in DW: The War Games the were superimposed between shots of expolsions & gunfire, flashing in and out. Font: Eurostile (except DW: The Ice Warriors, The War Games) Animation: Fade in, Fade out.

Third Doctor
Font: Futura Bold

Fourth Doctor
Font: Futura Extra Bold, Font: Cantoria Bold

Fifth Doctor
Font: Helvetica Rounded Bold, (with Upper Case "G" and Lower Case "t", from VAG)

Sixth Doctor
Font: Helvetica Rounded Bold, (with Upper Case "G" and Lower Case "t", from VAG)

Seventh Doctor
For the first time in the shows history the episode title and writer’s credit appear on the same title card, this has now become the norm.

Font: Univers Light Ultra Condensed (story/writers credit), Eurostile Extended Bold ("by" credit in opening).

Tenth Doctor
Title Card fades in and out from 2005- 2009, in 2009 the title fades in, slightly zooms in and fades out.

Font: Futura Book

Eleventh Doctor
Title Card appears at the bottom for the first time since the 7th Doctor's era.