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

14. The Seventh Doctor (1987-1989)

Seventh Doctor Who Titles
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Right off the bat, the Seventh Doctor's title sequence gets brownie points for it's purple colour scheme but unfortunately the rest of the sequence is a little forgettable in comparison to the majority of the others.  

One element that absolutely fits with the cheeky charm of the Seventh Doctor is the image of Sylvester McCoy winking at the viewer and it must, also, be commended for attempting something different, with the TARDIS caught in some sort of bubble and the re-imagining of the logo to lean more into the 80s 3D tech hype. 

While the technology used was, undoubtably, impressive for the time, the entire sequence does feel a little slow paced compared to those that came before and it's hard not to see the computer generated space rocks as anything other than three pieces of scrunched up paper flying through the air. 

A perfectly fine title sequence, but not one destined to be remembered forevermore. 

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