Trailer Maker was a video editing tool and game launched on c. 2 May 2008 on the Doctor Who website.
Users could create their own ultimate Doctor Who trailer, using a mix of video clips (including raw green screen footage), images, sound effects and music tracks from the second and third series of the BBC Wales era.[1][2]
The trailers could have maximum length of 30 seconds and were stored on the website for six months. Each saved trailer was given a unique code, so that users could share their creations with friends and family. Users were welcomed with a video message from David Tennant and Catherine Tate. Most of the music and sound effects have never seen a commercial release. Video clips from Series 4 were added in the weeks after transmission.[3][4]
That autumn, due to popular demand, a selection of clips from Series 1 were also added.[5] There were also requests from users for specific clips to be added, however due to legal reasons only footage from Doctor Who promotional material was allowed.[6]
Around the end of 2012, the BBC One Doctor Who website discontinued hosting of Trailer Maker, along with Comic Maker, phasing out its old material to make room for "new games and innovative content" during the 50th anniversary year of the series. [7]
Content
After the applications' final update in April 2009 the clips available were organised thus:
| Intro Clips | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Runtime | Episode |
| David & Catherine | 00'18" | n/a |
| Help Video | 03'18" | n/a |
Video Effects
| Greenscreen | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Runtime | Episode |
| Judoon 1 | 00'08" | Smith and Jones |
| Judoon 2 | 00'08" | Smith and Jones |
| Judoon 3 | 00'08" | Smith and Jones |
| Judoon 4 | 00'08" | Smith and Jones |
| Graske | 00'08" | Attack of the Graske |
| Heavenly Host 1 | 00'12" | Voyage of the Damned |
| Heavenly Host 2 | 00'12" | Voyage of the Damned |
| Weeping Angel | 00'21" | Blink |
| Titles and Effects | ||
| Name | Runtime | Episode |
| Website | 00'07" | n/a |
| Logo 1 | 00'05" | n/a |
| Logo 2 | 00'06" | multiple |
| Static | 00'05" | n/a |
| David Tennant | 00'03" | multiple |
| David Morrissey | 00'03" | The Next Doctor |
| Michelle Ryan | 00'03" | Planet of the Dead |
| Catherine Tate | 00'03" | multiple |
| Freema Agyeman | 00'02" | multiple |
| John Barrowman | 00'02" | multiple |
| Kylie Minogue | 00'02" | Voyage of the Damned |
| Christopher Eccleston | 00'04" | multiple |
| Billie Piper | 00'04" | multiple |
| Black | 00'05" | n/a |
| White | 00'05" | n/a |
Videos
| The Doctor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Runtime | Episode |
| Tritovore | 00'07" | Planet of the Dead |
| The Two Doctors | 00'05" | The Next Doctor |
| The Next Doctor | 00'07" | The Next Doctor |
| Regeneration | 00'09" | The Stolen Earth |
| Midnight | 00'08" | Midnight |
| Library Core | 00'08" | Forest of the Dead |
| Doctor's Daughter | 00'07" | The Doctor's Daughter |
| I'm The Doctor | 00'11" | Voyage of the Damned |
| Come With Me | 00'07" | The Fires of Pompeii |
| Argh! | 00'07" | Human Nature |
| Don't Blink | 00'07" | Blink |
| It's Not Smith | 00'07" | Smith and Jones |
| Cybermen | 00'06" | Rise of the Cybermen |
| Face Of Boe | 00'07" | New Earth |
| Ninth Doctor: The End | 00'08" | The End of the World |
| Ninth Doctor: Lose You | 00'05" | World War Three |
| Ninth Doctor: Hologram | 00'09" | The Parting of the Ways |
| Monsters & Villains | ||
| Name | Runtime | Episode |
| Davros: Victory | 00'10" | Journey's End |
| Davros: Atoms | 00'08" | Journey's End |
| Sky Silvestry | 00'07" | Midnight |
| Vashta Nerada | 00'07" | Forest of the Dead |
| General Staal | 00'08" | The Poison Sky |
| Ood | 00'04" | Planet of the Ood |
| Sontarans | 00'08" | The Sontaran Stratagem |
| Heavenly Hosts | 00'07" | Voyage of the Damned |
| Pyrovile | 00'04" | The Fires of Pompeii |
| Miss Foster | 00'05" | Partners in Crime |
| The Master | 00'07" | The Sound of Drums |
| Weeping Angels | 00'06" | Blink |
| Scarecrows | 00'07" | Human Nature |
| Lazarus | 00'08" | The Lazarus Experiment |
| Daleks | 00'07" | Evolution of the Daleks |
| Witches | 00'07" | The Shakespeare Code |
| Judoon | 00'07" | Smith and Jones |
| Cybermen | 00'07" | Doomsday |
| Daleks/Cybermen 1 | 00'06" | Doomsday |
| Daleks/Cybermen 2 | 00'07" | Doomsday |
| Abzorbaloff | 00'05" | Love & Monsters |
| Clockwork Droids | 00'05" | The Girl in the Fireplace |
| Krillitanes | 00'07" | School Reunion |
| The Face of Boe | 00'07" | Gridlock |
| Sycorax | 00'07" | The Christmas Invasion |
| Harriet Jones | 00'07" | The Christmas Invasion |
| Cassandra | 00'06" | The End of the World |
| Gelth | 00'08" | The Unquiet Dead |
| Slitheen: Unzip | 00'08" | Aliens of London |
| Henry Van Statten | 00'02" | Dalek |
| Dalek | 00'09" | Dalek |
| The Editor | 00'09" | The Long Game |
| Reapers | 00'07" | Father's Day |
| The Empty Child | 00'08" | The Empty Child |
| Mummy | 00'06" | The Doctor Dances |
| Slitheen: Skin | 00'07" | Boom Town |
| Dalek Emperor | 00'07" | The Parting of the Ways |
| Companions | ||
| Name | Runtime | Episode |
| Rose: Trouble | 00'09" | The Stolen Earth |
| Rose: The Darkness | 00'08" | Turn Left |
| Donna: Activate | 00'09" | Turn Left |
| River Song | 00'08" | Silence in the Library |
| Jenny | 00'08" | The Doctor's Daughter |
| Astrid: Smash! | 00'05" | Voyage of the Damned |
| Donna: A Mate | 00'06" | Partners in Crime |
| Donna: It's Me | 00'08" | Partners in Crime |
| Captain Jack: And You | 00'06" | Utopia |
| Captain Jack: Doctor! | 00'07" | Utopia |
| Boe: Find Him | 00'07" | Gridlock |
| Martha: The Kiss | 00'06" | Smith and Jones |
| Martha: Back To Earth | 00'06" | The Sontaran Stratagem |
| Mickey: Run | 00'08" | Boom Town |
| Mickey: Attack | 00'09" | World War Three |
| Rose: Crying | 00'08" | Father's Day |
| Captain Jack: Criminal | 00'08" | The Empty Child |
| Rose: Doctor Dances | 00'05" | The Doctor Dances |
| Captain Jack: Image | 00'06" | Bad Wolf |
| Other | ||
| Name | Runtime | Episode |
| Planet of the Dead | 00'08" | Planet of the Dead |
| Dalek Saucer | 00'05" | The Stolen Earth |
| Library Breached | 00'08" | Silence in the Library |
| UNIT Advance | 00'08" | The Poison Sky |
| Titles - Vortex | 00'05" | multiple |
| Shakespearean London | 00'04" | The Shakespeare Code |
| Earth | 00'08" | The Christmas Invasion |
| Black Hole | 00'06" | The Impossible Planet |
| Airship | 00'04" | Rise of the Cybermen |
| New Earth | 00'03" | New Earth |
| TARDIS Crash | 00'04" | The Christmas Invasion |
| Titanic | 00'03" | Voyage of the Damned |
| Ood-Sphere | 00'04" | Planet of the Ood |
| Brain Spike | 00'08" | The Long Game |
| The Controller | 00'04" | Bad Wolf |
| Window Smash | 00'02" | The Christmas Invasion |
| Sycorax Ship | 00'05" | The Christmas Invasion |
| Ship Crash | 00'05" | Aliens of London |
| War torn London | 00'05" | The Empty Child |
| Cardiff Bay | 00'04" | Boom Town |
| Opened Rift | 00'02" | Boom Town |
| Gwyneth | 00'07" | The Unquiet Dead |
Two clips, both from the same episode, seem to have disappeared prior to this point:
| Name | Runtime | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Vespiform | 00'08" | The Unicorn and the Wasp |
| Agatha Christie | 00'06" | The Unicorn and the Wasp |
Sounds
| Audio & FX | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Runtime | Notes |
| The Doctor - Not just a Time Lord | 00'06" | Dialogue from Gridlock. |
| Dalek - Exterminate | 00'02" | Dialogue. |
| Dalek - Alarm | 00'07" | |
| Dalek - Bridge | 00'15" | |
| TARDIS - Hum | 00'17" | |
| TARDIS - Land | 00'22" | |
| TARDIS - Take Off | 00'26" | |
| Security Protocol | 00'08" | Dialogue from Blink. |
| Sonic Screwdriver | 00'03" | |
| Title - Scream | 00'03" | |
| Explosion Glass | 00'06" | |
| Explosion 1 | 00'04" | |
| Explosion 2 | 00'07" | |
| Vortex | 00'31" | |
Music
| Music | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name | Runtime | Notes |
| Dramatic | 00'30" | Unreleased cue from Utopia. Variant of "The Futurekind". |
| Action 1 | 00'30" | Unreleased cue from Utopia. |
| Action 2 | 00'30" | Unreleased cue from Utopia. Variant of "The Futurekind" & "All the Strange, Strange Creatures". |
| Sinister | 00'30" | Unreleased cue from 42. |
| Sad | 00'30" | Unreleased cue from Human Nature. |
| Haunting | 00'30" | Unreleased cue from The Sound of Drums. Variant of "The Doctor Forever". |
Footnotes
- ↑ Trailer Maker. bbc.co.uk (29 April 2008). Retrieved on 7 Janruary 2019.
- ↑ Create your own Doctor Who trailer. BBC Press Office (7 May 2008). Retrieved on 7 Janruary 2019.
- ↑ Trailer Maker. bbc.co.uk (23 May 2008). Retrieved on 16 Janruary 2019.
- ↑ Rose joins the Trailer Maker. bbc.co.uk (30 June 2008). Retrieved on 16 Janruary 2019.
- ↑ Trailer Maker Time Warp. bbc.co.uk (21 October 2008). Retrieved on 16 Janruary 2019.
- ↑ FAQ: Trailer Maker. bbc.co.uk (29 August 2008). Retrieved on 18 July 2020.
- ↑ Comic Maker & Trailer Maker. BBC - Doctor Who (2012). Retrieved on 17 August 2014. “The Doctor Who Comic Maker and Trailer Maker applications are no longer available.”