Bernard Lodge
Bernard Lodge | |
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| Born | 1933 (age 92–93) |
| Alma mater | Royal College of Arts |
| Known for | Motion graphics |
| Notable work | Title sequence design for Doctor Who |
| Website | www |
Bernard Lodge (born 1933) is a British graphic designer. He worked for the BBC from 1959 to 1977 before launching a freelance career. He has been described by the Open University as a pioneer of graphic design in television.[1]
Career
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 Video: Doctor Who Title Sequences 1963 - 2025 (BBC) - A compilation of Doctor Who title sequences, including Lodge's work to 1980 |
Lodge attended the Royal College of Art and joined the BBC graphics department.[2] He is known for his work on the science-fiction television series Doctor Who, for which he designed the first four series logos and engineered the first five title sequences. The earliest versions were generated using the 'howlround' technique. Lodge began to experiment with slit-scan photography techniques that has been developed by Douglas Trumbull to generate the Stargate sequence in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. In 1973, he used this technique to generate a new title sequence for Doctor Who, creating a "time tunnel" effect.[3][4] Lodge's designs were used on Doctor Who until 1980, when Sid Sutton was appointed as the designer of a new title sequence by incoming producer John Nathan-Turner.
After leaving the BBC, Lodge worked on films, including Ridley Scott's Alien and Blade Runner.[2]
Since retiring, Lodge has written and illustrated children’s books, and works in woodcut and linocut printmaking.[3]
Awards
[edit]Several of Lodge's title designs in the 1960s and 1970s won awards from Design and Art Direction. In 1974, Lodge won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Graphics, becoming one of the first people involved in Doctor Who to win an award for his work.[3][2]
Filmography
[edit]Lodge designed title sequences for a range of noted productions:[3]
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1961 | Picture Parade | |
| 1961 | Wednesday Magazine | |
| 1961 | Walk a Crooked Mile | |
| 1962 | The Net | |
| 1963 | Teletale | |
| 1963 | Festival | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | revisions in 1967, 1970, 1973 and 1974 |
| 1964 | Detective | |
| 1964 | Catch Hand | |
| 1964 | The Master of Santiago | |
| 1965 | Tea Party | |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown | |
| 1965 | Man Alive | |
| 1966 | The Late Show | |
| 1966 | Freewheel | |
| 1966 | Francis Durbridge Presents - Bat Out of Hell | |
| 1966 | Adam Adamant Lives! | |
| 1966 | 24 Hours | |
| 1968 | Panorama | |
| 1968 | The Tennis Elbow Foot Game | |
| 1972 | The Commanders | |
| 1972 | The Man Who Was Hunting Himself | |
| 1973 | Password | |
| 1982 | Sportsnight | |
| 1975 | Ten From the Twenties | |
| 1975 | On the Move | |
| 1975 | North and South | |
| 1975 | I Didn't Know You Cared | |
| 1975 | Wessex Tales | |
| 1975 | The Love School | |
| 1976 | Playhouse - The Mind Beyond | |
| 1977 | Marie Curie | |
| 1977 | The World About Us |
| Date | Title | Notes |
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| 1979 | Alien | Visual effects |
| 1982 | Blade Runner | Visual effects |
References
[edit]- ^ "On-screen graphic design: The early years of television". The Open University. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ a b c Peters, Tony (11 November 2013). "Meet Bernard Lodge, the man behind the Doctor Who titles". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Bernard Lodge". www.ravensbourne.ac.uk. Ravensbourne University London. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
- ^ Macdonald, Iain; Williams, Paula (17 April 2025). "6. Doctor Who". Designing the BBC: A History of Motion Graphics. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 77–84. ISBN 978-1-350-38226-8. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
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