I’d probably have to say the first Sixth Doctor titles used for Twin Dilemma and season 22. I adore the Howell theme ans I love the starfield, but I never really enjoyed the onion sort of effect on the faces, replacing that with coloured lights coming out is a much nicer visual.
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This is a difficult choice. I’ll always love the 2005 version simply because it was my first one, plus I find it so fast and exciting. For me, an intro has to include a time tunnel.
The newest title sequence would be my favourite but it has some unforced errors such as the weird cutting, the PNG logo, and the sound sync issues - yes I just recently watched this YouTube video about it. I hope they can fix it even more for Season Two.
Shoutout also to the Eleventh Doctor’s first intro - I love the cloudy tunnel, the lightening, it’s my favourite “Icon” for the show (the DW forming a TARDIS is genius, I wish they’d kept that forever), and a banging tune, only let down by the fact that I don’t like the text of the logo much, and also I miss the bit from the 2005 version where the TARDIS stops and the camera goes around it - love that!
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Thanx for sharing the video link.
Never noticed myself but maybe felt it. Very interesting stuff. 
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I really love the very first sequence, I think it just feels so otherworldly! I’m also really fond of Season 11’s titles, and I of course have to shout out The Trial of a Time Lord for guessing the lesbian flag colors several decades before it was made LOL.
As for nuwho, I have a lot of nostalgia for 9’s titles, but I think 13’s era is my favorite (nuwho) version of the opening. Like the original, it has a decidedly eerie vibe that really enjoy.
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Here’s an interesting video discussing the music theory behind each variant of the theme.
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I just watched that last night! Great video. I didn’t realize how much 2005 takes from 1963 in the intro music
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The Hartnell one. It’s excellent, the Original Score is just great and still fits so well with it. Love the Visuals!
Cheating but any of the Series 7A ones. All of them are bad, I don’t like them at all. Maybe even the one from 14/15, the Visuals are really jarring and feel wonky at best.
The Time War Theme, while not having Visuals, it’s just kinda exist…? It’s not bad at all, but not very memorable for me.
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I had hoped that they’d bring back an updated version of the Tom Baker titles, to go with the diamond logo.
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