The look of 1980s Doctor Who was largely down to Sutton. <\/p>
Sid Sutton, the graphic designer who created the Doctor Who title sequences used between 1980 and 1986, has died.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n His death was announced by book publisher Ten Acre Films on social media, with many fans sharing their condolences for the late designer.<\/span><\/p>\n Ten Acre Films, which worked with Sutton on its upcoming charity bookazine Adventures in Type and Space: A Celebration of Classic Doctor Who Title Sequences, wrote<\/a>: \u201cWe were sad to receive news that Doctor Who title sequence designer Sid Sutton died in September.<\/p>\n \u201cSid was generous and enthusiastic when contributing to our Adventures in Type and Space project earlier in the year and we\u2019ll be dedicating the magazine to his memory.\u201d<\/p>\n Sutton joined the BBC in 1961 and spent many years working in the graphic design department, <\/span>during which time he designed and directed many well known title sequences for programmes includes <\/span>Pennies from Heaven, Shoestring, Butterflies, Bergerac, Play for Today, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n He also created the neon-style logo and starfield title sequences used on Doctor Who<\/a> on every episode from\u00a0The Leisure Hive<\/a> in 1980 to The Trial of a Time Lord<\/a> in 1986.<\/p>\n Back in August, Radio Times<\/strong> published rare photographs of the 1980s Doctor Who production team<\/a> from the magazine\u2019s archive, including one of Sutton holding up the <\/span>specially posed shots of Tom Baker and Peter Davison seen in the titles (above).<\/span><\/p>\n He said in 1983: <\/span>\u201cI came up with the idea of a moving galaxy which formed the face of the Doctor. It was a tricky sequence because it involves shooting on the same piece of film over 40 times.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Tributes have been flooding in for Sutton following the sad news of Sutton\u2019s passing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n