New Who Logo and Pikshurs

[carmen_lj]

So with all due Fear and Terror, I clicked on the link to the new Doctor Who logo and my first reaction was Not Of Hate, thus Much Relieved, yes. My second was "heh, that is a bit like the One True Monochrome logo, ain't it?" Obv that is a doubleplusgood point.

But, oh, it's a bit lolarious that they are still using lens flare like it's 1999. LENS FLARE IS NEITHER BIG NOR CLEVER. At least it is a bit hidden this time round.

Also the TARDIS DW amuses me ridiculously and thus yay. Visual puns FTW.

To conclude, it looks a bit like it could be the T-1000 in disguise. Can we pls be having season five now, yes?

(ETA: I dunno if you can see it outside the UK but: DEATH BY LENS FLARE.)

And there are like new pikshurs of Amy that are trying very hard to make me question my sexuality. Naturally, I am appalled. Here they are. The new Doctor dude is there too.

Comments

[rhipowered.livejournal.com]

I blame JJ Abrams for the resurgence of lens flares.

Glad I am not the only one who thinks the new logo is Rather Good, though.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

DARN HIM. Probably Who people will not decide lens flare is a suitable thing to throw at Every Bally Scene though.

[rhipowered.livejournal.com]

I am hoping teh Moff has moar sense than that.

[lheena.livejournal.com]

I'd like the lens flares a little better if they were actually well executed. ;_; C'mon, BBC!

(I like the logo itself, wat. :O )

[peeeeeeet.livejournal.com]

There's going to be plenty of old-school seventies knicker-flashes, isn't there? Goodoh.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

THE LOGO LOVES YOU PEEEEEEEET.

[peeeeeeet.livejournal.com]

Unrequited!

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I quite like it, actually. Strong. Simple. Easy for them to stamp on all kinds of things

[calapine.livejournal.com]

"Here is Hartnell's awesome logo; make it look like it is not forty years old. Kthxbi."

I approve of this, ys.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I like it a lot. The previous logo didn't do much for me, really.

[arjuna-lj.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm glad someone else likes it! Not quite the personality of Old School Logos, but a vast improvement on the last one :)

[sabotabby]

I can has Photoshop?

Okay, it's going to feel dated in a few years but whatevs. I kind of like it.

P.S. Tell me Amy is dressed up for Halloween and British cops don't actually dress like that.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

British police do not, AFAIK, have skirts that short, no.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Darn. If they did, I'd be over there people-watching in a heartbeat ;)

Re: New logo. I like the lens flare, because it's slightly dated. DW has always been an inch behind the tech curve, in a good way!

[abates.livejournal.com]

It looks kinda like the plot goes:
Doctor: "OK, we need you to dress up as a police woman!"
Amy: "Where are we going to get a British police woman uniform at this time of night?"
Doctor: "Look, there's a costume shop that's open! And they have a police woman's uniform!"
Amy: "... that's a fetish shop."
Doctor: "They also sell small icons for worship by primitive tribes? Seems like an odd mix. I thought they were just dildos."

[sabotabby]

I so so want this to be the plot.

(Except TARDIS costume room...sigh. Maybe it's a policewoman's uniform from the 51st century.)

[fyrdrakken]

So I was in the Brit Track costuming panel at Dragon*Con last month and there was a trio there in Life on Mars costumes, and "Annie Cartwright" announced that in fact she'd gotten the policewoman's hat from a UK site selling stripper gear, because it was apparently a popular costume theme...

[abates.livejournal.com]

Ha! That figures :)

[londonkds.livejournal.com]

I like the text part of the logo, but the combination of it and the TARDIS-shaped DW looks too complicated. Unless they're only going to use one bit at a time usually.

Why is she wearing the top half of a police uniform with a skirt that short?

[yuxonomei.livejournal.com]

i loves the TARDIS-ey bit the best - it appeals to my inner child.

The new set pics have finally got my blokey into Who, yay. He rolled his eyes when I told him to come and have a look and when he did, he was all "redhead lady with miles and miles of legs; when does it start?"

[calapine.livejournal.com]

Yes. I am trying to ignore the inner child who thinks lens flare makes everything COOL and FUTURE-Y though. That one makes me ashamed.

[nonelvis]

The lens flare is really Not Good, but I'm kind of in love with the TARDIS DW. Also, the ludicrously wide W in the logotype is bugging the crap out of me, but I will forgive that for the awesome design of the R.

On the whole, I don't think this logo is going to age well, but it's about 9000% less awful than it could have been, and feels all shiny and futuristic. Not bad at all, really.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

I want a bendy version of the TARDIS DW, like one of those annoying desktop toys. It is all irritatingly tactile looking and I want to poke at it!

[melodylemming.livejournal.com]

Police vest + miniskirt? She looks hot, but also kind of incongruous, yes?

Also, after seeing Matt Smith in Ten's suit, I'm thinking they created his Eleven costume to make him look less hot.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

Eh, I'm not a big fan, but I'm not gonna stop watching because of a logo like a couple of people on my flist! *rolls eyes* It's mostly the TARDIS DW and the lens flares that irk me. That's like a Graphic Design 101 lesson right there! The text and design by itself on the actual logo are perfectly fine.

[calapine.livejournal.com]

That's the sort of rule that would mean no Seven for me. Fenric totally worth godawful eighties thing of a logo, yah.

[pextheunalive.livejournal.com]

I thought the TARDIS DW was just for the debut pic. You mean it might actually appear on screen? To quote Colin, "Yuck!" ;)

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I have no clue if it'd appear onscreen! My personal hope is that the two are their own separate thing and they're only debuting them together. THEN I'd be onboard.

[gordon-r-d.livejournal.com]

Friend of a friend has said the Beeb's own Broadcast magazine says the TARDISey bit is for branding and merchandising and just the text bit is the actual logo.

[pextheunalive.livejournal.com]

Well, now that I could live with! Come to think of it, the DWTARDIS would look good on the side of a line of shiny new paperbacks. Then again, so would my name... :D

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

...people would stop watching because of the logo, of all things?

I mean, maybe if they were disgruntled at the existence of Eleven and Amy full stop, and were looking for an excuse to quit anyway, I could get that, but...you can fast-forward or squint through the opening credits, folks, they're not that long.

[jigglykat.livejournal.com]

My thoughts exactly.

[prettyquotable.livejournal.com]

Hee, that logo is so old school.

AMY AND ELEVEN ARE SO PRETTY OMG. I predict they will be fun to icon, haha.

LEGS LEGS LEGS.

[jayphoenix.livejournal.com]

Is it just me or does the logo seem to be aimed at a younger market? The look/feel reminded me more of Sarah Jane Adventures than it did Doctor Who.

... as for the flare at least there is a semblence of rational for it (stars, space, and all that ;o) ) in Doctor Who.

/defence of the flare :o)

[stunt-muppet.livejournal.com]

I think I'm coming round on the logo, but while I like the text I can't imagine the TARDIS textart actually appearing in an opening credits sequence. It looks more like a branding icon. A nifty branding icon, but still.

The fact that we are at last getting another miniskirted companion makes me CHEER GREATLY. And I think I kind of love Eleven a little bit already; he reminds me of a younger, shorter Four what with his faces and his poses and things. Also I find Karen Gillan far hotter than I did when they first released pictures of her in that flannel thing. Her costume suits her well. :)

[airie-fairy.livejournal.com]

The new logo is very monochrome. Except that...that THING on the side, which is sorta corny beyond humor and hideous. =(

I pray they don't overdo the lens flare. I do so like being able to look at the screen. *sidelong glare at the first quarter of Star Trek*

Is Amy a cop or a stripper? She looks nice. Makes me want my black mini back out of storage. And apparently Ten died in the brown suit. Eleven is working it, too.

[bubbles83.livejournal.com]

I like the logo. The text is all nifty and retro-y and I think the TARDIS part is cool.

[cesario.livejournal.com]

He's wearing Ten's outfit.

D:

I mean, I knew it was coming. But seeing it is still a bit...

*ehem* *pulls self together*

My bet is that Amy is an actress on a police drama when they meet.

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

I like it. It reminds me of Old School. Except I hope they don't use that ''DW'' in the actual credits.