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Title cards for Doctor Who have either the episode title, writer's name or episode number superimposed over the opening title sequence or initial sequences of the episode.

The following sub-sections have galleries illustrating the changes in font and format that the Doctor Who title card has gone through, from the earliest title cards where each episode had an individual title, to the 1980s, through to today, where each title card became more uniform as post-production methods became far more controlled.

First Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

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 superimposed over the action instead of the opening titles.

Font: Grotesque from Stephenson Blake (or variant).^{[note 1]}

Animation: Fade in, Fade out.

"The Pilot Episode"
"An Unearthly Child"
"The Cave of Skulls"
"The Forest of Fear"
"The Firemaker"
"The Dead Planet"
"The Survivors"
"The Escape"
"The Ambush"
"The Expedition"
"The Ordeal"
"The Rescue"
"The Edge of Destruction"
"The Brink of Disaster"
Marco Polo: Reconstruction
"The Sea of Death"
"The Velvet Web"
"The Screaming Jungle"
"The Snows of Terror"
"Sentence of Death"
"The Keys of Marinus"
"The Temple of Evil"
"The Warriors of Death"
"The Bride of Sacrifice"
"The Day of Darkness"
"Strangers in Space"
"The Unwilling Warriors"
"Hidden Danger"
"A Race Against Death"
"Kidnap"
"A Desperate Venture"
"A Land of Fear"
"Guests of Madame Guillotine"
"A Change of Identity"
"Prisoners of Conciergerie"
"Planet of Giants"
"Dangerous Journey"
"Crisis"
"World's End"
"The Daleks"
"Day of Reckoning"
"The End of Tomorrow"
"The Waking Ally"
"Flashpoint"
"The Powerful Enemy"
""Desperate Measures" ^[+]Part of The Rescue, Loading...{"namedep":"Desperate Measures (2)","1":"The Rescue (TV story)"}"
"The Slave Traders"
"All Roads Lead to Rome"
"Conspiracy"
"Inferno"
"The Web Planet"
"The Zarbi"
"Escape to Danger"
"Crater of Needles"
"Invasion"
"The Centre"
"The Lion"
"The Knight of Jaffa"
"The Wheel of Fortune"
"The Warlords"
"The Space Museum"
"The Dimensions of Time"
"The Search"
"The Final Phase"
"The Executioners"
"The Death of Time"
"Flight Through Eternity"
"Journey into Terror"
"The Death of Doctor Who"
"The Planet of Decision"
"The Watcher"
"The Meddling Monk"
"A Battle of Wits"
"Checkmate"
"Air Lock"
"Day of Armageddon"
"Counter Plot"
"Escape Switch"
"The Steel Sky"
"The Plague"
"The Return"
"The Bomb"
"The Final Test"
"A Holiday for the Doctor"
"Don't Shoot the Pianist"
"Johnny Ringo"
"The O.K. Corral"

Beginning with TV: The Savages each story had an overall title followed by an episode number.

For TV: The War Machines a special computer-style font was used, with each letter appearing one at a time, while flashing in and out of negative. TV: The Tenth Planet had the title card appear and disappear amongst numerous letters.

Font: Grotesque One Three (TV: The Savages, The Smugglers) / Eurostile (TV: The Tenth Planet onwards)

Animation: Fade in, Fade out.

Initially, DVD releases for early First Doctor stories each had a special title card at the beginning.

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Daleks in Colour
"The Tyrant of France" (animated black & white version)
"A Bargain of Necessity" (animated black & white version)
"Four Hundred Dawns" (animated colour version)
"Trap of Steel" (animated colour version)
"Air Lock" (animated colour version)
"The Exploding Planet" (animated colour version)
Mission to the Unknown (2019 recreation)
The Tenth Planet Episode 4 (animated black & white version)

Second Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

While having the title card superimposed over the action was still the norm, starting from TV: The Macra Terror it started being superimposed over the opening titles for some episodes.

During the Patrick Troughton era, several stories had special film sequences made for the title cards to be superimposed on to. In TV: The Ice Warriors where the title cards would appear blurry, zoom out, become clear then disappear, over shots of glaciers and ice. In TV: The Wheel in Space they were superimposed over a mixture of the opening titles and shots of The Wheel. In TV: The Seeds of Death they were superimposed over shots of the Earth & Moon in space. And in TV: The War Games the were superimposed between shots of explosions & gunfire, flashing in and out.

Font: Eurostile (except TV: The Ice Warriors, The War Games)

Animation: Fade in, Fade out.

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Power of the Daleks (2016 animated black & white version)
The Power of the Daleks (2016 animated colour version)
The Power of the Daleks (2020 animated black & white version)
The Underwater Menace (animated colour version)
The Macra Terror (animated colour version)
The Faceless Ones (animated colour version)
The Evil of the Daleks (animated colour version)
The Abominable Snowmen (animated colour version)
The Web of Fear Episode 3 (animated colour version)
Fury from the Deep (animated colour version)
The Wheel in Space Episode 1 (animated colour minisode)

Third Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Starting with TV: Spearhead from Space the title card is superimposed over the opening titles, with TV: Inferno the only exception where the title card was superimposed over shots of a volcano erupting, with it appearing burly, zooming out, become clear then disappearing.

Font: Futura Bold (until TV: The Green Death) / Futura Extra Bold (TV: The Time Warrior onwards)

Animation: Fade in, Disappear. (Exceptions: TV: Spearhead from Space started small and zoomed in towards the camera. Appeared and Disappeared. TV: The Ambassadors of Death which used a unique format: hard cut to the words "The Ambassadors", zoom towards the camera, then "of Death" appearing with a "sting" sound effect.)

Spearhead from Space
Doctor Who and the Silurians
The Ambassadors of Death
Inferno
Terror of the Autons
The Mind of Evil
The Claws of Axos
Colony in Space
The Dæmons
Day of the Daleks
The Curse of Peladon
The Sea Devils
The Mutants
The Time Monster
The Three Doctors
Carnival of Monsters
Frontier in Space
Planet of the Daleks
The Green Death
The Time Warrior
Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episode 1
Invasion of the Dinosaurs Episodes 2-6
Death to the Daleks
The Monster of Peladon
Planet of the Spiders

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Vampire from Space (original title of The Claws of Axos)

Fourth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Font: Futura Extra Bold (until TV: The Seeds of Doom) / Della Robbia Bold (TV: The Masque of Mandragora - TV: The Horns of Nimon) / OPTI Formula One but can be substituted with Helvetica Rounded Bold with Upper Case "G" & Lower Case "t", from VAG (TV: The Leisure Hive onwards)

Animation: Appear, Disappear (TV: Robot – TV: The Horns of Nimon) / Fade in, Fade Out (TV: The Leisure Hive onwards)

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Fifth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Font: OPTI Formula One but can be substituted with Helvetica Rounded Bold with Upper Case "G" & Lower Case "t", from VAG

Animation: Fade in, Fade Out.

Sixth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Font: OPTI Formula One but can be substituted with Helvetica Rounded Bold with Upper Case "G" & Lower Case "t", from VAG

Animation: Fade in, Fade Out.

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

A Fix with Sontarans (1)
A Fix with Sontarans (2)
A Fix with Sontarans (3)
Terror of the Vervoids (2019 Special Edition)

Seventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

For the first time in the show's history, the episode title and writer's credit appear on the same title card, a setup which has now become the norm.

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

Animation: Fade in, Fade Out.

Dimensions in Time [[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who returned in 1993 for TV: Dimensions in Time. While the story used the same title sequence, the typography on the title card and writer's credit was notably distinct.

Dimensions in Time

Eighth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Font: Post Antiqua

The Night of the Doctor, though an Eighth Doctor story, borrows the Series 7B title card format used by the Eleventh Doctor in a darker vortex effect.

Doctor Who

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Shada
The Night of the Doctor

Ninth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Font: Futura Book Animation: Fades in/Fades out

Tenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Title Card fades in and out from 2005-2009. During 2009 the title fades in, slightly zooms in and fades out. Font: Futura Book

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Eleventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

From The Eleventh Hour to The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, the title caption appears at the bottom for the first time since Season 26. The font is SF Movie Poster and the text blurs in, grows slightly, and blurs out.

From Asylum of the Daleks onwards, the title and writer centred again with greater spacing, and with a filamentous animation. The font used is Contax Bold Small Caps, and has a mottled effect.

The title card for The Day of the Doctor appears across the scene of the Doctor and Clara entering the museum. This is due to the episode making use of the original 1963 title sequence, which did not use traditional title cards.

The Eleventh Hour
The Beast Below
Victory of the Daleks
The Time of Angels
Flesh and Stone
The Vampires of Venice
Amy's Choice
The Hungry Earth
Cold Blood
Vincent and the Doctor
The Lodger
The Pandorica Opens
The Big Bang
A Christmas Carol
The Impossible Astronaut
Day of the Moon
The Curse of the Black Spot
The Doctor's Wife
The Rebel Flesh
The Almost People
A Good Man Goes to War
Let's Kill Hitler
Night Terrors
The Girl Who Waited
The God Complex
Closing Time
The Wedding of River Song
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Asylum of the Daleks
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
A Town Called Mercy
The Power of Three
The Angels Take Manhattan
The Snowmen
The Bells of Saint John
The Rings of Akhaten
Cold War
Hide
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
The Crimson Horror
Nightmare in Silver
The Name of the Doctor
The Day of the Doctor
The Time of the Doctor

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Doctor Who at the Proms (2010)
Space (TV version)
Space (DVD version)
Time (TV version)
Time (DVD version)
Death Is the Only Answer
Bad Night
Good Night
First Night
Last Night
Up All Night
Good as Gold
Pond Life
Asylum of the Daleks Prequel
The Making of the Gunslinger
P.S.
The Great Detective
Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (1)
Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (2)
The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (1)
The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (2)
The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later
She Said, He Said: A Prequel (1)
She Said, He Said: A Prequel (2)
Clarence and the Whispermen
Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)
Clara and the TARDIS
Rain Gods
The Inforarium
The Last Day
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Twelfth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Font: Heroic Condensed Medium

Style: Series 8: Typeface fluctuates between lowercase (Episodes 1-4) and uppercase episode titles (Episodes 5-12) and writing credits. Series 9: Typeface standardised to lowercase lettering for both episode title and writing credit, the latter now being preceded by a 'Written by...' credit. Series 10: Typeface for episode title and writer's credit has become entirely capitalised, with the spacing between each letter being expanded. The writing credit has once again lost its preceding 'Written by...' writing credit, now abbreviated to 'by...' presented on a separate line to the writing credit.

Animation: Series 8-9 (Deep Breath - The Return of Doctor Mysterio) - the title card appears behind the TARDIS as it shuffles off screen. Series 10 (The Pilot - The Doctor Falls) - the title card fades in using a blurred fade effect - with the episode title appearing first, followed shortly by the writer's credit. Twice Upon a Time used the same animation from Series 8-9.

Sleep No More removes the traditional title sequence in favour of a fluctuation of numbers and letters forming the series title and character names. Instead the title appears at the beginning of the end credits.

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

Dark Water/Death in Heaven omnibus
The Doctor's Meditation
Prologue
The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar omnibus

Thirteenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Font: Axiforma

The Woman Who Fell to Earth has no title sequence; instead, the episode, writer, series producer and director's names appear in the beginning of the end credits sequence. From The Ghost Monument onwards, these names appear in the opening titles; the series producer and director's names appear after the logo, and the episode title and writer's name appear after a light flash on the title sequence, with a golden texture, slowly scaling down while the theme music ends.

Resolution returned to the format of The Woman Who Fell to Earth, by forgoing the title sequence and featuring the title at the beginning of the end credits.

Also different for The Woman Who Fell to Earth and the New Year Special is that the titles appear in white texture.

Series 12 returned to the format used in majority of the previous series, with the addition of Part One and Part Two appearing with the Spyfall card.

Series 13, called Doctor Who: Flux, would use the same format, however with Chapter [number] added in smaller writing above the title itself. The 2022 specials removed this new addition.

Miscellaneous[[edit] | [edit source]]

All the accompanying Case Files followed a similar style, except the text was smaller and completely golden. The Case Files were discontinued following Resolution.

Fourteenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Font: Town 10 Display Medium

Fifteenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

Font: Town 10 Display Medium

73 Yards abandons the title sequence. However, unlike The Woman Who Fell to Earth and Resolution from Series 11, the title, writer and cast and crew names appear across the first scene of the episode, similar to The Day of the Doctor.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

↑
The foundry Stephenson Blake closed in the 1990s. Their designs included a grotesque from the 19th century similar to the one used in the First Doctor title cards and credits. Today equivalents include:
- Bureau Grot (formerly Grotesque) by Font Bureau (1989)
  - Weight Comp Book (formerly One Three).
- Grotesque No 9 by URW++ (2000)
  - Available weight is bolder.
- Grotesque 6 by Émilie Rigaud (2010)
  - Available variants are not compressed.
- Brezel by MilieuGrotesque (2011)
  - Available variants are not compressed.

[1] The foundry Stephenson Blake closed in the 1990s. Their designs included a grotesque from the 19th century similar to the one used in the First Doctor title cards and credits. Today equivalents include:
Bureau Grot (formerly Grotesque) by Font Bureau (1989)
Weight Comp Book (formerly One Three).

Grotesque No 9 by URW++ (2000)
Available weight is bolder.

Grotesque 6 by Émilie Rigaud (2010)
Available variants are not compressed.

Brezel by MilieuGrotesque (2011)
Available variants are not compressed.

[2] Bureau Grot (formerly Grotesque) by Font Bureau (1989)
Weight Comp Book (formerly One Three).

[3] Weight Comp Book (formerly One Three).

[4] Grotesque No 9 by URW++ (2000)
Available weight is bolder.

[5] Available weight is bolder.

[6] Grotesque 6 by Émilie Rigaud (2010)
Available variants are not compressed.

[7] Available variants are not compressed.

[8] Brezel by MilieuGrotesque (2011)
Available variants are not compressed.

[9] Available variants are not compressed.

[note 1]

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 === First Doctor ===
-For [[Season 1|Seasons 1]], [[Season 2|2]] and most of [[Season 3|3]], each episode had its own title, so each episode title card is shown. For most [[William Hartnell]] episodes the title card was superimposed over the action instead of the opening titles.
+For [[Season 1 (Doctor Who 1963)|Seasons 1]], [[Season 2 (Doctor Who 1963)|2]] and most of [[Season 3 (Doctor Who 1963)|3]], each episode had its own title, so each episode title card is shown. For most [[William Hartnell]] episodes the title card was superimposed over the action instead of the opening titles.
 Font: Grotesque from Stephenson Blake (or variant).<ref group="note">The foundry Stephenson Blake closed in the 1990s. Their designs included a grotesque from the 19th century similar to the one used in the First Doctor title cards and credits. Today equivalents include:
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 tcdalekinvasion6.JPG|"[[Flashpoint (episode)|Flashpoint]]"
 tcrescue1.JPG|"[[The Powerful Enemy]]"
-tcrescue2.JPG|"[[Desperate Measures]]"
+tcrescue2.JPG|"{{cite source|The Rescue (TV story)|namedep=Desperate Measures (2)}}"
 tcromans1.JPG|"[[The Slave Traders]]"
 tcromans2.JPG|"[[All Roads Lead to Rome]]"
@@ Line 135: / Line 135: @@
 The_Web_Planet_DVD_title_card.jpg|''[[The Web Planet (TV story)|The Web Planet]]''
 The_Time_Meddler_DVD_title_card.jpg|''[[The Time Meddler (TV story)|The Time Meddler]]''
+</gallery>
+==== Miscellaneous ====
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="120">
+The Daleks in Colour title card.jpg|''[[The Daleks in Colour (TV story)|The Daleks in Colour]]''
+The Reign of Terror Episode 4 animated Title Card (black & white).jpg|"[[The Tyrant of France]]" (animated black & white version)
+The Reign of Terror Episode 5 animated Title Card (black & white).jpg|"[[A Bargain of Necessity]]" (animated black & white version)
+Galaxy 4 Episode 1 animated Title Card (colour).jpg|"[[Four Hundred Dawns]]" (animated colour version)
+Galaxy 4 Episode 2 animated Title Card (colour).jpg|"[[Trap of Steel]]" (animated colour version)
+Galaxy 4 Episode 3 animated Title Card (colour).jpg|"[[Air Lock]]" (animated colour version)
+Galaxy 4 Episode 4 animated Title Card (colour).jpg|"[[The Exploding Planet]]" (animated colour version)
+Mission to the Unknown (webcast) Title Card.jpg|''[[Mission to the Unknown (webcast)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' (2019 recreation)
+The Tenth Planet Episode 4 animated Title Card (black & white).jpg|''[[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|The Tenth Planet]]'' Episode 4 (animated black & white version)
 </gallery>
@@ Line 156: / Line 169: @@
 Tcsnowmen.JPG|''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]''
 The Ice Warriors - Title Card.jpg|''[[The Ice Warriors (TV story)|The Ice Warriors]]''
-Tcenemyworld.JPG|''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the world]]''
+Tcenemyworld.JPG|''[[The Enemy of the World (TV story)|The Enemy of the World]]''
 Tcwebfear.JPG|''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]''
 Tcfuryfromthedeep.jpg|''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]''
@@ Line 167: / Line 180: @@
 Tcspacepirates.JPG|''[[The Space Pirates (TV story)|The Space Pirates]]''
 Tcwargames.JPG|''[[The War Games (TV story)|The War Games]]''
+</gallery>
+==== Miscellaneous ====
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="120">
+The Power of the Daleks animated (2016 b&w) Title Card.jpg|''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'' (2016 animated black & white version)
+The Power of the Daleks animated (2016 colour) Title Card.jpg|''The Power of the Daleks'' (2016 animated colour version)
+The Power of the Daleks animated (2020 b&w) Title Card.jpg|''The Power of the Daleks'' (2020 animated black & white version)
+The Underwater Menace animated Title Card (colour).jpg|''[[The Underwater Menace (TV story)|The Underwater Menace]]'' (animated colour version)
+The Macra Terror animated Title Card (colour).jpg|''[[The Macra Terror (TV story)|The Macra Terror]]'' (animated colour version)
+The Faceless Ones animated Title Card (colour).jpg|''[[The Faceless Ones (TV story)|The Faceless Ones]]'' (animated colour version)
+The Evil of the Daleks animated Title Card (colour).jpg|''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'' (animated colour version)
+The Abominable Snowmen animated Title Card (colour).jpg|''[[The Abominable Snowmen (TV story)|The Abominable Snowmen]]'' (animated colour version)
+The Web of Fear animated Episode 3 Title Card (colour).jpg|''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'' Episode 3 (animated colour version)
+Fury from the Deep animated Title Card (colour).jpg|''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]'' (animated colour version)
+The Wheel in Space Episode 1 (home video) Title Card.jpg|''[[The Wheel in Space (TV story)|The Wheel in Space]]'' [[The Wheel in Space: Episode 1 (home video)|Episode 1]] (animated colour minisode)
 </gallery>
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 The Mind of Evil - Title Card.jpg|''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]''
 tcaxos.JPG|''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''
-The_Vampire_from_Space_title_card.jpg|Original title of ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]''
 Colony in Space - Title Card.jpg|''[[Colony in Space (TV story)|Colony in Space]]''
 The-deamons-title-card.jpg|''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]''
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 tcgreendeath.JPG|''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]''
 tctimewarrior.JPG|''[[The Time Warrior (TV story)|The Time Warrior]]''
-Invasion-of-the-dinosaurs-1-title-card.jpg|Episode 1 of ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''
+Invasion-of-the-dinosaurs-1-title-card.jpg|''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'' Episode 1
-Invasion-of-the-dinosaurs-2-6-title-card.jpg|Episodes 2-6 of ''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]''
+Invasion-of-the-dinosaurs-2-6-title-card.jpg|''[[Invasion of the Dinosaurs (TV story)|Invasion of the Dinosaurs]]'' Episodes 2-6
 Death-to-the-daleks-title-card.jpg|''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]''
 tcpeladon2.JPG|''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]''
 Planet-of-the-spiders-title-card.jpg|''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]''
+</gallery>
+==== Miscellaneous ====
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="120">
+The_Vampire_from_Space_title_card.jpg|''The Vampire from Space'' (original title of ''The Claws of Axos'')
 </gallery>
@@ Line 210: / Line 242: @@
 <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="120">
 tcrobot.JPG|''[[Robot (TV story)|Robot]]''
-Tcarkinspace alternative.jpg|Episode 1 of ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]''
+Tcarkinspace alternative.jpg|''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'' Episode 1
-tcarkspace.JPG|Episodes 2-4 of ''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]''
+tcarkspace.JPG|''[[The Ark in Space (TV story)|The Ark in Space]]'' Episodes 2-4
 tcsontaranexperiment.JPG|''[[The Sontaran Experiment (TV story)|The Sontaran Experiment]]''
 tcgenesisdaleks.JPG|''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]''
@@ Line 255: / Line 287: @@
 ==== Miscellaneous ====
-<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" columns="3">
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="120">
+Disney Time title card 1.png|''[[Disney Time (TV story)|Disney Time]]''
+Disney Time title card 2.png|"Introduced by [[Tom Baker]]"
 Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful title card.jpg|''[[Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful (TV story)|Dr. Who For Keep Australia Beautiful]]''
 </gallery>
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 A_Fix_with_Sontarans_title_card_2.jpg|''A Fix with Sontarans'' (2)
 A_Fix_with_Sontarans_title_card_3.jpg|''A Fix with Sontarans'' (3)
+Terror of the Vervoids (2019 Special Edition) title card.jpg|''[[Terror of the Vervoids (home video)|Terror of the Vervoids]]'' (2019 Special Edition)
 </gallery>
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 tcfeneric.JPG|''[[The Curse of Fenric (TV story)|The Curse of Fenric]]''
 tcsurvival.JPG|''[[Survival (TV story)|Survival]]''
+</gallery>
+==== ''Dimensions in Time '' ====
+''[[Doctor Who]]'' returned in [[1993 (releases)|1993]] for [[TV]]: ''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''. While the story used the same title sequence, the typography on the title card and writer's credit was notably distinct.
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" widths="120">
+Dimensions in Time title card.jpg|''[[Dimensions in Time (TV story)|Dimensions in Time]]''
 </gallery>
@@ Line 332: / Line 374: @@
 Font: [https://fontsgeek.com/fonts/Post-Antiqua-BE-Regular Post Antiqua]
-''The Night of the Doctor'', though an [[Eighth Doctor]] story, borrows the [[Series 7 (Doctor Who)|series 7b]] title card format used by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in a darker vortex effect.
+''The Night of the Doctor'', though an [[Eighth Doctor]] story, borrows the [[Series 7 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 7B]] title card format used by the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in a darker vortex effect.
 <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
-Doctor Who (Eighth Doctor) title card.jpg|''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''
+Doctor Who TV Movie Titles.jpg|''[[Doctor Who (TV story)|Doctor Who]]''
 </gallery>
@@ Line 430: / Line 472: @@
 Dreamland Episode 5 title card.JPG|''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' Episode 5
 Dreamland Episode 6 title card.JPG|''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' Episode 6
-Dreamland TC.jpg|''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' Omnibus
+Dreamland TC.jpg|''[[Dreamland (TV story)|Dreamland]]'' omnibus
 The Genuine Article title card.jpg|''[[The Genuine Article (webcast)|The Genuine Article]]''
 </gallery>
-===Eleventh Doctor ===
+=== Eleventh Doctor ===
-From ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' to ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', the title caption appears at the bottom for the first time since [[Season 26]]. The font is [https://www.dafont.com/sf-movie-poster.font SF Movie Poster] and the text blurs in, grows slightly, and blurs out.
+From ''[[The Eleventh Hour (TV story)|The Eleventh Hour]]'' to ''[[The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe (TV story)|The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe]]'', the title caption appears at the bottom for the first time since [[Season 26 (Doctor Who 1963)|Season 26]]. The font is [https://www.dafont.com/sf-movie-poster.font SF Movie Poster] and the text blurs in, grows slightly, and blurs out.
 From ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'' onwards, the title and writer centred again with greater spacing, and with a filamentous animation. The font used is [http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typeinnovations/contax-pro/75-bold-sc/ Contax Bold Small Caps], and has a mottled effect.
+The title card for ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'' appears across the scene of the Doctor and Clara entering the museum. This is due to the episode making use of the original [[1963 (releases)|1963]] title sequence, which did not use traditional title cards.
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 </gallery>
-====Miscellaneous====
+==== Miscellaneous ====
 <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" columns="3">
 Doctor_Who_at_the_Proms_2010_title_card.jpg|''[[Doctor Who at the Proms (2010)]]''
-Space_title_card.jpg|''[[Space (TV story)|Space]] (TV version)''
+Space_title_card.jpg|''[[Space (TV story)|Space]]'' (TV version)
-Space_title_card_DVD_version.jpg|''Space (DVD version)''
+Space_title_card_DVD_version.jpg|''Space'' (DVD version)
-Time_title_card.jpg|''[[Time (TV story)|Time]] (TV version)''
+Time_title_card.jpg|''[[Time (TV story)|Time]]'' (TV version)
-Time_title_card_DVD_version.jpg|''Time (DVD version)''
+Time_title_card_DVD_version.jpg|''Time'' (DVD version)
 Death_Is_the_Only_Answer_title_card.jpg|''[[Death Is the Only Answer (TV story)|Death Is the Only Answer]]''
 Bad_Night_title_card.jpg|''[[Bad Night (home video)|Bad Night]]''
@@ Line 503: / Line 547: @@
 Asylum_prequel_title.JPG|''[[Asylum of the Daleks Prequel (webcast)|Asylum of the Daleks Prequel]]''
 Making_of_gunslinger_titlecard.JPG|''[[The Making of the Gunslinger]]''
-Vastra_Investigates_title_card_1.jpg|''[[Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (webcast)|Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel]]''
+P.S. webcast Title Card.jpg|''[[P.S. (webcast)|P.S.]]''
-Vastra_Investigates_title_card_2.jpg|''Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel''
 The_Great_Detective_title_card.jpg|''[[The Great Detective (TV story)|The Great Detective]]''
-The_Bells_of_Saint_John_A_Prequel_title_card_1.jpg|''[[The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)|The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel]]''
+Vastra_Investigates_title_card_1.jpg|''[[Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel (webcast)|Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel]]'' (1)
-The_Bells_of_Saint_John_A_Prequel_title_card_2.jpg|''The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel''
+Vastra_Investigates_title_card_2.jpg|''Vastra Investigates: A Christmas Prequel'' (2)
+The_Bells_of_Saint_John_A_Prequel_title_card_1.jpg|''[[The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel (webcast)|The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel]]'' (1)
+The_Bells_of_Saint_John_A_Prequel_title_card_2.jpg|''The Bells of Saint John: A Prequel'' (2)
 The_Battle_of_Demons_Run-_Two_Days_Later_title_card_1.jpg|''[[The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later (webcast)|The Battle of Demons Run: Two Days Later]]''
-She_Said,_He_Said_title_card_1.jpg|''[[She Said, He Said: A Prequel (webcast)|She Said, He Said: A Prequel]]''
+She_Said,_He_Said_title_card_1.jpg|''[[She Said, He Said: A Prequel (webcast)|She Said, He Said: A Prequel]]'' (1)
-She_Said,_He_Said_title_card_2.jpg|''She Said, He Said: A Prequel''
+She_Said,_He_Said_title_card_2.jpg|''She Said, He Said: A Prequel'' (2)
 Clarence_and_the_Whispermen_title_card_1.jpg|''[[Clarence and the Whispermen (home video)|Clarence and the Whispermen]]''
 Doctor Who at the Proms 2013 title card.jpg|''[[Doctor Who at the Proms (2013)]]''
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 Style: Series 8: Typeface fluctuates between lowercase (Episodes 1-4) and uppercase episode titles (Episodes 5-12) and writing credits. Series 9: Typeface standardised to lowercase lettering for both episode title and writing credit, the latter now being preceded by a 'Written by...' credit. Series 10: Typeface for episode title and writer's credit has become entirely capitalised, with the spacing between each letter being expanded. The writing credit has once again lost its preceding 'Written by...' writing credit, now abbreviated to 'by...' presented on a separate line to the writing credit.
-Animation: Series 8-9 (''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]] - [[The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)|The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]'') - the title card appears behind the TARDIS as it shuffles off screen. Series 10 (''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]] - [[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') - the title card fades in using a blurred fade effect - with the episode title appearing first, followed shortly by the writer's credit. ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' used the same animation from Series 8-9.<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
+Animation: Series 8-9 (''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]] - [[The Return of Doctor Mysterio (TV story)|The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]'') - the title card appears behind the TARDIS as it shuffles off screen. Series 10 (''[[The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot]] - [[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') - the title card fades in using a blurred fade effect - with the episode title appearing first, followed shortly by the writer's credit. ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'' used the same animation from Series 8-9.
+''[[Sleep No More (TV story)|Sleep No More]]'' removes the traditional title sequence in favour of a fluctuation of numbers and letters forming the series title and character names. Instead the title appears at the beginning of the end credits.
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
 Deep Breath title card.jpeg|''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]''
 Into the DalekbyPHIL FORD and STEVEN MOFFAT.jpg|''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]''
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 </gallery>
-====Miscellaneous====
+==== Miscellaneous ====
 <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" columns="3">
+Dark Water & Death in Heaven Title Card.jpg|''Dark Water''/''Death in Heaven'' omnibus
 The Doctor's Mediation title card.jpg|''[[The Doctor's Meditation (TV story)|The Doctor's Meditation]]''
 Series 9 - Prologue title card.jpg|''[[Prologue (webcast)|Prologue]]''
+The Witch's Familiar omnibus title card.jpg|''The Magician's Apprentice''/''The Witch's Familiar'' omnibus
 </gallery>
-===Thirteenth Doctor ===
+=== Thirteenth Doctor ===
 Font: [http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/kastelov/axiforma/ Axiforma]
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 Also different for ''The Woman Who Fell to Earth'' and the [[New Year Special]] is that the titles appear in white texture.
-[[Series 12 (Doctor Who)|Series 12]] returned to the format used in majority of the previous series, with the addition of ''Part One'' and ''Part Two'' appearing with the ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'' card.
+[[Series 12 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 12]] returned to the format used in majority of the previous series, with the addition of ''Part One'' and ''Part Two'' appearing with the ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'' card.
-[[Series 13 (Doctor Who)|Series 13]], called ''Doctor Who: Flux'', would use the same format, However with ''Chapter [number]'' added to it.
+[[Series 13 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 13]], called ''Doctor Who: Flux'', would use the same format, however with ''Chapter [number]'' added in smaller writing above the title itself. The [[Series 13 (Doctor Who 2005)#2022 Specials|2022 specials]] removed this new addition.
 <gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
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 </gallery>
-====Miscellaneous====
+==== Miscellaneous ====
 All the accompanying [[Case File]]s followed a similar style, except the text was smaller and completely golden.
 The Case Files were discontinued following ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]''.
-<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" columns="3">
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true">
 CaseFileOneTitleCard.jpg|''[[Case File One]]''
 CaseFileTwoTitleCard.jpg|''[[Case File Two]]''
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 </gallery>
-==Notes==
+=== Fourteenth Doctor ===
+Font: [https://www.myfonts.com/products/10-display-medium-town-249612 Town 10 Display Medium]
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" columns="3">
+The Star Beast Title Card.jpg|''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]''
+Wild Blue Yonder Title Card.jpg|''[[Wild Blue Yonder (TV story)|Wild Blue Yonder]]''
+The Giggle Title Card.jpg|''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]''
+</gallery>
+=== Fifteenth Doctor ===
+Font: [https://www.myfonts.com/products/10-display-medium-town-249612 Town 10 Display Medium]
+''[[73 Yards (TV story)|73 Yards]]'' abandons the title sequence. However, unlike ''[[The Woman Who Fell to Earth (TV story)|The Woman Who Fell to Earth]]'' and ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'' from [[Series 11 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 11]], the title, writer and cast and crew names appear across the first scene of the episode, similar to ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]''.
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" hideaddbutton="true" columns="3">
+The Church on Ruby Road Title Card.jpg|''[[The Church on Ruby Road (TV story)|The Church on Ruby Road]]''
+Space Babies Title Card.jpg|''[[Space Babies (TV story)|Space Babies]]''
+The Devil's Chord Title Card.jpg|''[[The Devil's Chord (TV story)|The Devil's Chord]]''
+Boom Title Card.jpg|''[[Boom (TV story)|Boom]]''
+Yards Title Card.jpg|''[[73 Yards (TV story)|73 Yards]]''
+Dot and Bubble Title Card.jpg|''[[Dot and Bubble (TV story)|Dot and Bubble]]''
+Rogue Title Card.jpg|''[[Rogue (TV story)|Rogue]]''
+The Legend of Ruby Sunday Title Card.jpg|''[[The Legend of Ruby Sunday (TV story)|The Legend of Ruby Sunday]]''
+Empire of Death Title Card.jpg|''[[Empire of Death (TV story)|Empire of Death]]''
+</gallery>
+== Notes ==
 <references group="note" />
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