Season One Trailer

Legendary Doctor Who Youtuber BabelColour has been doing his magic again. His latest work is a trailer for the very first series of Doctor Who, “season one” as it is known these days. There are thousands of fan-made trailers on YouTube but this one is special. Not only is it done in the style of New Who trailers, but the entire thing is in colour. BabelColour has colourised every single shot he uses in the trailer. The mind boggles at long this must have taken.

It got me thinking what the black and white era of Doctor Who would have looked like in colour. Rather excellent if this is anything to go by. I wonder if one day we will see completely colourised 60s episodes? Perhaps the technology needs to make the process a bit quicker first, but you never know.

Dematerialisation

It's always interesting when a fan made YouTube video does the round and this latest one sees user John Smith try a new take on dematerialisation. 

John Smith: "Since the TARDIS' dematerialisation effect has remained largely unchanged for the past fifty years, I thought it might be interesting to try out a new approach. So this is my attempt at capturing what travelling through time and space might look like from the point of view of the TARDIS- from take-off to landing, all in one shot."

 

I think this effect is superb, a really interesting idea. Usually we see the TARDIS dematerialise from the point of view of a passer by, rather than from someone following the TARDIS. I don't think it contradicts what dematerialisation is, but simply changes the perspective it is viewed from. It would be awesome to see this effect on the show. 

That said, I see a few issues with this effect. For one thing we hardly ever see the full journey in a Doctor Who episode. We might see the Doctor arrive or leave but not usually where he has been or gone. I also fear this only really works when the TARDIS is parked in an open space like a square or a forest as seen in the video. The Doctor seems to like his TARDIS parked up against a wall or in a cupboard. I don't think the effect would be anywhere near as exciting if we just saw the contents of a cupboard spin around. A great idea though and it is something that I think could be used on occasion, when it works to follow the TARDIS rather than see it arrive or leave.