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(Was this stock footage of Earth orbit? I have a feeling it was a CG effect. Plus, before we see the Consciousness, there was the Auton bin and the flailing arms of Auton Mickey.)
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'''CGI''' or '''Computer-Generated Imagery''' is the field of modern animation in which pictures are developed by programs in enormously powerful computers, animated and then transferred to visual media for viewing. Its earliest examples date from the late 1960s and the Disney Company used it strikingly for the title sequence of ''The Black Hole'' in [[1979]]. In [[1989]], [[James Cameron]] used it to create the "water creatures'" in his film ''The Abyss''. In the years since, advances in computer power and programming have reduced the costs of CGI to the point where it is less expensive than traditional hand-drawn cel animation and modern animated movies usually use the computer techniques.
'''CGI''' or '''Computer-Generated Imagery''' is the field of modern animation in which pictures are developed by programs in powerful computers, animated and then transferred to visual media for viewing. The earliest example of a fully rendered computer generated sequence in ''Doctor Who'' occurs during the opening pre-title sequence of 1987's ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television story ''[[Time and the Rani (TV story)|Time and the Rani]]''. This sequence and the title sequence that followed it were created by [[CAL Video]] at a cost of £20,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/A907544|title=Doctor Who: Evolution of a Title Sequence|date of source= Dec 17, 2007|website name=h2g2|accessdate=12th April 2012}}</ref> This sequence included a computer-generated model of the TARDIS, the first time a three-dimensional CGI model of the police box had been created. Previous stories had featured a 2D computer drawn model, as in ''[[Logopolis (TV story)|Logopolis]]''.


Because CGI was prohibitively expensive for major movies until 1989, there are no known instances of it in the 1963-1989 ''[[Doctor Who]]''. It has been used extensively in the revived series, beginning with the [[title sequence]] and a zooming shot of [[Earth]] in the first episode of the modern series, ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]''.
In 1996 for the US/UK co-production of the ''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]'' television movie, another CGI based title sequence was created. Again a TARDIS/police box model was created for this sequence and a modified logo, based on the [[Season 7 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 7]] - [[Season 10 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 10]] logo.
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CGI or Computer-Generated Imagery is the field of modern animation in which pictures are developed by programs in powerful computers, animated and then transferred to visual media for viewing. The earliest example of a fully rendered computer generated sequence in Doctor Who occurs during the opening pre-title sequence of 1987's Doctor Who television story Time and the Rani. This sequence and the title sequence that followed it were created by CAL Video at a cost of £20,000.[1] This sequence included a computer-generated model of the TARDIS, the first time a three-dimensional CGI model of the police box had been created. Previous stories had featured a 2D computer drawn model, as in Logopolis.

In 1996 for the US/UK co-production of the Doctor Who television movie, another CGI based title sequence was created. Again a TARDIS/police box model was created for this sequence and a modified logo, based on the Season 7 - Season 10 logo.

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  1. ↑ Doctor Who: Evolution of a Title Sequence. h2g2 (Dec 17, 2007). Retrieved on 12th April 2012.
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