The twenty-fourth season of British science fiction television series
Doctor Who began on 7 September 1987 with Sylvester McCoy's first
story Time and the Rani, and ended with Dragonfire.Colin Baker was
originally due to reprise his role as the Sixth Doctor prior to his
dismissal at the request of Michael Grade, who said that a 24th season
would only happen if a new actor took the title role. Baker was
offered the chance to film a single four-part story ending in his
character's demise, but he declined (as he did not want to miss out on
other work in the meantime), instead offering to do the entirety of
the season and leave the show at its conclusion. The BBC never
responded to his letter. A new logo for the series was introduced with
this season along with a new opening credits sequence that moved away
from the "starfield" motif introduced in 1980. As with the opening
sequence from the Sixth Doctor era, the Seventh Doctor's opening does
not use a static image of the Doctor, but rather one with limited
animation: the image of the Doctor starts as a scowl, then fades to a
wink followed by a smile. McCoy wears makeup that gives his face and
hair a silver/grey appearance. Episode four mistakenly uses an early
version of this sequence, which gives the Doctor's face a shadowy look
which producer John Nathan-Turner felt was not prominent enough.Keff
McCulloch arranged the new opening theme. It was used until the end of
the regular run of the series. The new theme arrangement marked the
first time since the First Doctor's era that the theme's "middle
eight" section was regularly heard during the opening credits (the
previous two arrangements used the middle eight during the closing
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