Doctor Who Logo

Shockingly (at least, for me), the BBC have just revealed that cult favourite Doctor Who is to get a new logo from 2010.

Before:


After:


Now I'm not a crazy Doctor Who fanatic, but I have watched much of the show since its return in 2005, and I have always been fond of the current, warm, organic looking logo. Although it has been criticised for looking slightly too delicate, I think it looks like a modern sci-fi logo should. Though it has always reminded me slightly of the Farscape one -



I'm not so keen on the new logo for a few reasons...

1. It lacks depth. The old logo looked as if it could have housed millions of galaxies within it, or as if it was alive, or on fire! The new one looks cold, bleak and metallic in comparison.

2. It looks too retro. I can't see kids (the show's main audience) taking to the new logo as much as its predecessor.

3. It looks messy. The tardis "DW" is not so bad on its own, but when put next to the Doctor Who slab serif text AND the BBC logo (which seems to have crept its way into the show's official logo), it's just too much. Hopefully the titles won't feature all of these elements together on the same screen.

4. Lens flares.

Perhaps it will grow on me, but on first impressions I'm not that impressed!