Trailer Maker

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2008 alternate promo image.
2008 promo image.

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]

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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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

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[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. Trailer Maker. bbc.co.uk (29 April 2008). Retrieved on 7 Janruary 2019.
  2. Create your own Doctor Who trailer. BBC Press Office (7 May 2008). Retrieved on 7 Janruary 2019.
  3. Trailer Maker. bbc.co.uk (23 May 2008). Retrieved on 16 Janruary 2019.
  4. Rose joins the Trailer Maker. bbc.co.uk (30 June 2008). Retrieved on 16 Janruary 2019.
  5. Trailer Maker Time Warp. bbc.co.uk (21 October 2008). Retrieved on 16 Janruary 2019.
  6. FAQ: Trailer Maker. bbc.co.uk (29 August 2008). Retrieved on 18 July 2020.
  7. 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.”