Every Doctor Who Title Sequence Ranked Worst To Best (2025)

Heading into the 1980s, the Doctor Who title sequence got the full "disco" treatment. John Nathan-Turner commissioned a reimagining of the sequence which saw Delia Derbyshire's arrangement replaced by a new rendition by Peter Howell and a complete redesign for the visual elements. 

Taking heavy influence from the success of Star Wars, gone were the bright, trippy vibes of the 70s and in came a more simplistic approach featuring starfields and lens flares. The diamond logo was also replaced with a new neon tube-like design which, quite literally, screams "1980s" in neon lights. 

In keeping with those that came before, however, the new sequence still featured the faces of the Doctors appearing on screen, created by the stars aligning to form the image. Although, whoever chose the image for poor Tom Baker deserves to be sat on by the Abzorbaloff. 

While the sequence remained almost identical for the Tom Baker and Peter Davison version, it received an upgrade for Colin Baker's run. While the overall contents of the sequence remained the same, much more vibrancy was added. The starfield became much fuller and injected with much more colour, as did the neon logo. As for Colin Baker's image, animation was used to transition from a slight smile to a big cheesy grin. For the Sixth Doctor's final season, the Peter Howell theme was again replaced, this time with a version arranged by Dominic Glynn which, dare I say, sounds even more 80s than the previous one!

Very much a sequence of its time but when that time is the era of 1980s disco, that's one heck of a fun time, indeed!