Sid Sutton

Sid Sutton
Born
Sidney Malcolm Sutton

(1939-08-23)23 August 1939
Hendon, Middlesex, England
Died27 June 2023(2023-06-27) (aged 83)
OccupationGraphic designer

Sidney Malcolm Sutton (23 August 1939[1] – 27 June 2023) was a British graphic designer most famous for designing the Doctor Who title sequences from 1980 until 1986.[2] He joined the BBC in 1961, as assistant to Tom Taylor.[3] In 1968 he was appointed Senior Designer for Presentation Graphics.[3]

In 1969 he designed the "rotating globe" ident for BBC television, which was used until 1984 at least.[3]

Sutton was seen on camera as a magician in the title sequence he made for the programme "For My Next Trick" in 1975.[3]

The title sequences for Doctor Who were the starfield versions and were used from The Leisure Hive until the end of The Trial of a Time Lord. For 1987's Time and the Rani, Oliver Elmes designed the titles.[2] Sutton also provided the cover designs for the earliest BBC VHS Video Doctor Who releases, including The Seeds of Death and Day of the Daleks. Sutton discusses his work in a short documentary, "Synthesizing Starfields", provided as an extra feature on the DVD release of the series The Leisure Hive.[4]

SVT1 and SVT2 logos, designed by Sutton, used from October 1980 to 7 January 1996.

Sutton also created logos for Sveriges Television, which appeared in October 1980.[5]

Immediately prior to his work on Doctor Who, he had been nominated for a BAFTA for his graphics on the Robert Banks Stewart-created Shoestring that was a precursor to Bergerac, another show for which he provided the titles.

An archive of his work for the BBC is held at Ravensbourne University London.[3]

Sutton died on 27 June 2023.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "The Stars Aligned", Doctor Who Magazine, No. 603, May 2024 (pg.46)
  2. ^ a b Landekic, Lola; Perkins, Will (26 November 2013). "Doctor Who: 50 Years of Main Title Design". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Sid Sutton". Ravensbourne University London. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  4. ^ "The Fourth Dimension". BBC. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Ny logotype för svensk tv" (pdf). Radio & Television (in Swedish). No. 10. October 1980. p. 20.
  6. ^ "Tribute to Sidney Malcolm Sutton, 1939 - 2023". Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Information".


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