Bernard Lodge
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Bernard Lodge is a British
designer best known for his work on the BBC
television series Doctor Who
. He designed the first four series logos, and designed and engineered the first five title sequences. These include the 'howlaround' versions and the 'slit-scan
' time tunnel ones. His designs were used until 1981 when Sid Sutton
was appointed as the new designer by producer John Nathan-Turner
.
United Kingdom
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designer best known for his work on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. He designed the first four series logos, and designed and engineered the first five title sequences. These include the 'howlaround' versions and the 'slit-scan
Slit-scan photography
The slit-scan photography technique is a photographic and cinematographic process where a moveable slide, into which a slit has been cut, is inserted between the camera and the subject to be photographed.-Use in cinematography:...
' time tunnel ones. His designs were used until 1981 when Sid Sutton
Sid Sutton
Sid Sutton is a British graphic designer most famous for designing the Doctor Who title sequences from 1981 until 1986.The title sequences for Doctor Who were the starfield versions and were used from The Leisure Hive until the end of The Trial of a Time Lord...
was appointed as the new designer by producer John Nathan-Turner
John Nathan-Turner
John Nathan-Turner was the ninth producer of the long-running BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, from 1980 until it was effectively cancelled in 1989...
.