The final season of Game of Thrones is treating fans to a brand new title sequence that’s extremely different to anything they’ve seen before.The opening credits have long been designed to set the stage for what viewers are about to watch, featuring CG versions of the cities and structures that serve as playing fields for the characters scattered about Westeros.Each new season has featured an updated version of the titles that always play to Ramin Djawadi’s theme tune and season eight is no different.From 15p €0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras.However, considering the number of locations has dwindled now that almost all the characters are united for the battle against the Night King, the credits sequence has been filmed in a much different style. This was shocking but not because it was violent. During the last episode of season one, we saw former president George W Bush’s head on a spike. The directors have since confirmed that no subliminal political messaging was intended: they just needed an extra prosthetic heads and Bush’s was lying around. It's after offering the slaves of Meeren a chance of freedom that Daenerys first reveals her deadly side: "I am not your enemy. Your enemy is beside you. I do not bring you commands. I bring you a choice. And I bring your enemies what they deserve." Cue the crucifixion of the city's slaveowners and Daenerys announcing herself as queen of Meereen. Not that Breastfeeding should ever be a taboo subject on TV, but when the feeding child is 10 years old, well, there's obviously going to be some kind of uproar. The scene in question came in season one and some viewers could not handle the sight of Catelyn’s sister, Lysa, sitting on a throne with her near-adolescent son, Robin, attached at her breast. Watching people being tortured is a pretty common occurrence in Game of Thrones. Perhaps the most horrible method of all came in season two, when a bucket of rats was strapped to a man’s chest. Rather than just letting the rodents sit there, a torturer proceeded to heat up the bucket, leading to the rats having to eat their way through the man to escape. Although it feels like a long time ago, there was a time when Theon took control of Winterfell. During his governorship, Theon not only had two children killed (believing them to be the Starks), but beheaded Ser Rodrick Cassel himself. Unfortunately, the Greyjoy managed to botch the job, having to take four swings at Cassel until eventually just kicking off the head. Joffrey was a great villain, the writers doing an excellent job of making sure everyone who watched the show despised the child king. One of the most violent moments featuring the Lannister came during season three, when he decided to use the prostitute Ros as a living target. Vile. A brutal, if overdue, moment occurred in the season seven finale with Arya slitting the throat of Littlefinger, a character who has been playing his own game of thrones since the very first season. Having his life ended by the youngest daughter of Lady Catelyn Stark, the woman he loved, was likely not the way Lord Baelish expected to go. Joffrey’s death, in itself, was horrifying. To then witness Jaime rape his sister Cersei, as they argue next to their child, was utterly mortifying. What made the scene particularly controversial was that, in George RR Martin’s books, the moment between Jaime and Cersei was seemingly consensual. Showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss have yet to respond to the outrage that followed after the episode’s broadcast. While Theon may have been a smug arse, watching the Greyjoy being tortured for almost an entire season was not pleasant. The worst came when Ramsay, also a smug arse, decided to cut off Theon’s penis and send it to his family. Theon quickly became a shell of his former self and Ramsay renamed him Reek. In the dramatic season six finale, Cersei's deadly plan is put into motion, which minutes leads to the fiery death of Margaery Tyrell. Cut to King Tommen who, after learning of his wife's death, sets his crown down and calmly jumps out of the nearest window. Most fans may have seen this twist coming from a mile off, but those who didn't would have been left stunned after the Night King turned one of Daenerys's dragons into one of his own. As the deceased Viserion's eye opens, the future of Westeros looks a lot more uncertain. The smarmy Jaime Lannister AKA The Kingslayer was dealt an unexpected blow early into season three after his identity was discovered by a group of sell-swords. Their reaction? To cut off his hand. This moment marked a huge development in Jaime's character evolution. Fans knew a battle between Ramsay and Jon, two bastards, was coming. Exactly how things would go down, though, no one was quite ready for. The battle started with Rickon being allowed to run towards his brother, only for Ramsay to begin firing arrows at the young Stark. It was brutal. Then, during the battle, Jon looked to be losing. Luckily, Sansa and Littlefinger came to the rescue with the Knights of the Vale and things ended with Jon beating Ramsay to a pulp. Sansa ended up feeding Ramsay to the hounds – a moment of bloody justice. Tyrion Lannister broke bad in the season four finale after finding his beloved girlfriend Shae in bed with his hateful father, Tywin. The Tyrion fans met in season one would have silently sloped off into the shadows, but not this time: he strangles Shae to death and kills his own father with a crossbow as the senior Lannister sits on the toilet. A scene as dark as it is harrowing: the power-hungry Stannis Baratheon, inspired by Melisandre, burns his only daughter, Shireen, at the stake as a sacrifice to the Lord of Light. “For the Watch.” There were screams around the world as our hero Jon Snow was stabbed multiple times by members of the Night’s Watch. The last person to put the knife in? Ollie, Jon’s former protégé who murdered his Wildling partner Ygritte. It was almost Shakespearean. For months after, the fandom rabidly speculated over how/when the the Stark bastard would return. Thankfully, the Red Woman, using a little magic, brought him back within a couple of episodes – and those few traitors got their comeuppance. "The Door" retells Hodor's tragic time-bending story with a delicacy the show rarely manages. As he's torn apart by an army of wights, Hodor tries to "Hold the door" shut to save Meera and Bran, who wargs into a young version of Hodor, then known as Wylis. With Bran in his head, Wylis suffers a seizure, repeating their words – "Hold the door" – until they merge to become the one word he will be able to say for the remainder of his life: "Hodor". The Game of Thrones pilot episode may have happened aeons ago (the Stark children look so young ), but it still holds up. It's helped by the terrific final moment, which sets the tone perfectly: Bran catches Lannister siblings Jaime and Cersei having incestuous sex, so Jaime pushes him out of a Winterfell tower window. Sansa and Ramsay’s controversial wedding night has gone down as the most controversial scene in all of Game of Thrones. The episode, which came midway through season five, saw Ramsay brutally rape his new wife while a terrified Theon/Reek watched on. Some people vowed never to watch the show again. Everything was going Oberyn Martell’s way. Not only were fans lusting after Pedro Pascal’s character, but the Viper was fighting for the life of another fan-favourite, Tyrion Lannister. Of course, this is Games of Thrones, and Oberyn’s plans soon blew up in his face – literally. The warrior’s head ended up looking like a squashed watermelon after The Mountain crushed it. With Oberyn dead and Tyion’s fate seemingly doomed, the season four moment was a gut punch. For those uninitiated with George RR Martin's source material, the death of Ned Stark was unthinkable: Sean Bean was the main star and a leading charge for good in a show filled with villainous characters. Ned getting beheaded was a strike for the Lannisters and tipped off viewers to expect the unexpected. The Red Wedding has become a defining moment in modern pop culture. Never before had a television series risked showing a pregnant woman being stabbed in the stomach as her husband and mother-in-law watched on, only for them to be killed seconds later. Game of Thrones, staying true to the source material, went there, brutally murdering three major characters; Robb, Talisa and Catelyn Stark.The royal bloodbath sent shockwaves through the fandom and soon became bigger than Game of Thrones. Memes quickly began spreading like wildfire as the world restlessly talked about those five infamous minutes of terrifying television. After Catelyn’s neck was slit and the screen cut to black, television was never the same again. This was shocking but not because it was violent. During the last episode of season one, we saw former president George W Bush’s head on a spike. The directors have since confirmed that no subliminal political messaging was intended: they just needed an extra prosthetic heads and Bush’s was lying around. It's after offering the slaves of Meeren a chance of freedom that Daenerys first reveals her deadly side: "I am not your enemy. Your enemy is beside you. I do not bring you commands. I bring you a choice. And I bring your enemies what they deserve." Cue the crucifixion of the city's slaveowners and Daenerys announcing herself as queen of Meereen. Not that Breastfeeding should ever be a taboo subject on TV, but when the feeding child is 10 years old, well, there's obviously going to be some kind of uproar. The scene in question came in season one and some viewers could not handle the sight of Catelyn’s sister, Lysa, sitting on a throne with her near-adolescent son, Robin, attached at her breast. Watching people being tortured is a pretty common occurrence in Game of Thrones. Perhaps the most horrible method of all came in season two, when a bucket of rats was strapped to a man’s chest. Rather than just letting the rodents sit there, a torturer proceeded to heat up the bucket, leading to the rats having to eat their way through the man to escape. Although it feels like a long time ago, there was a time when Theon took control of Winterfell. During his governorship, Theon not only had two children killed (believing them to be the Starks), but beheaded Ser Rodrick Cassel himself. Unfortunately, the Greyjoy managed to botch the job, having to take four swings at Cassel until eventually just kicking off the head. Joffrey was a great villain, the writers doing an excellent job of making sure everyone who watched the show despised the child king. One of the most violent moments featuring the Lannister came during season three, when he decided to use the prostitute Ros as a living target. Vile. A brutal, if overdue, moment occurred in the season seven finale with Arya slitting the throat of Littlefinger, a character who has been playing his own game of thrones since the very first season. Having his life ended by the youngest daughter of Lady Catelyn Stark, the woman he loved, was likely not the way Lord Baelish expected to go. Joffrey’s death, in itself, was horrifying. To then witness Jaime rape his sister Cersei, as they argue next to their child, was utterly mortifying. What made the scene particularly controversial was that, in George RR Martin’s books, the moment between Jaime and Cersei was seemingly consensual. Showrunners David Benioff and DB Weiss have yet to respond to the outrage that followed after the episode’s broadcast. While Theon may have been a smug arse, watching the Greyjoy being tortured for almost an entire season was not pleasant. The worst came when Ramsay, also a smug arse, decided to cut off Theon’s penis and send it to his family. Theon quickly became a shell of his former self and Ramsay renamed him Reek. In the dramatic season six finale, Cersei's deadly plan is put into motion, which minutes leads to the fiery death of Margaery Tyrell. Cut to King Tommen who, after learning of his wife's death, sets his crown down and calmly jumps out of the nearest window. Most fans may have seen this twist coming from a mile off, but those who didn't would have been left stunned after the Night King turned one of Daenerys's dragons into one of his own. As the deceased Viserion's eye opens, the future of Westeros looks a lot more uncertain. The smarmy Jaime Lannister AKA The Kingslayer was dealt an unexpected blow early into season three after his identity was discovered by a group of sell-swords. Their reaction? To cut off his hand. This moment marked a huge development in Jaime's character evolution. Fans knew a battle between Ramsay and Jon, two bastards, was coming. Exactly how things would go down, though, no one was quite ready for. The battle started with Rickon being allowed to run towards his brother, only for Ramsay to begin firing arrows at the young Stark. It was brutal. Then, during the battle, Jon looked to be losing. Luckily, Sansa and Littlefinger came to the rescue with the Knights of the Vale and things ended with Jon beating Ramsay to a pulp. Sansa ended up feeding Ramsay to the hounds – a moment of bloody justice. Tyrion Lannister broke bad in the season four finale after finding his beloved girlfriend Shae in bed with his hateful father, Tywin. The Tyrion fans met in season one would have silently sloped off into the shadows, but not this time: he strangles Shae to death and kills his own father with a crossbow as the senior Lannister sits on the toilet. A scene as dark as it is harrowing: the power-hungry Stannis Baratheon, inspired by Melisandre, burns his only daughter, Shireen, at the stake as a sacrifice to the Lord of Light. “For the Watch.” There were screams around the world as our hero Jon Snow was stabbed multiple times by members of the Night’s Watch. The last person to put the knife in? Ollie, Jon’s former protégé who murdered his Wildling partner Ygritte. It was almost Shakespearean. For months after, the fandom rabidly speculated over how/when the the Stark bastard would return. Thankfully, the Red Woman, using a little magic, brought him back within a couple of episodes – and those few traitors got their comeuppance. "The Door" retells Hodor's tragic time-bending story with a delicacy the show rarely manages. As he's torn apart by an army of wights, Hodor tries to "Hold the door" shut to save Meera and Bran, who wargs into a young version of Hodor, then known as Wylis. With Bran in his head, Wylis suffers a seizure, repeating their words – "Hold the door" – until they merge to become the one word he will be able to say for the remainder of his life: "Hodor". The Game of Thrones pilot episode may have happened aeons ago (the Stark children look so young ), but it still holds up. It's helped by the terrific final moment, which sets the tone perfectly: Bran catches Lannister siblings Jaime and Cersei having incestuous sex, so Jaime pushes him out of a Winterfell tower window. Sansa and Ramsay’s controversial wedding night has gone down as the most controversial scene in all of Game of Thrones. The episode, which came midway through season five, saw Ramsay brutally rape his new wife while a terrified Theon/Reek watched on. Some people vowed never to watch the show again. Everything was going Oberyn Martell’s way. Not only were fans lusting after Pedro Pascal’s character, but the Viper was fighting for the life of another fan-favourite, Tyrion Lannister. Of course, this is Games of Thrones, and Oberyn’s plans soon blew up in his face – literally. The warrior’s head ended up looking like a squashed watermelon after The Mountain crushed it. With Oberyn dead and Tyion’s fate seemingly doomed, the season four moment was a gut punch. For those uninitiated with George RR Martin's source material, the death of Ned Stark was unthinkable: Sean Bean was the main star and a leading charge for good in a show filled with villainous characters. Ned getting beheaded was a strike for the Lannisters and tipped off viewers to expect the unexpected. The Red Wedding has become a defining moment in modern pop culture. Never before had a television series risked showing a pregnant woman being stabbed in the stomach as her husband and mother-in-law watched on, only for them to be killed seconds later. Game of Thrones, staying true to the source material, went there, brutally murdering three major characters; Robb, Talisa and Catelyn Stark.The royal bloodbath sent shockwaves through the fandom and soon became bigger than Game of Thrones. Memes quickly began spreading like wildfire as the world restlessly talked about those five infamous minutes of terrifying television. After Catelyn’s neck was slit and the screen cut to black, television was never the same again.Most notably, a lot of locations are covered in snow signifying that winter has indeed arrived. There is also a huge hole where the wall used to be – this is because ice dragon Viserion sent it tumbling down in the closing moments of season seven.For now, though, King’s Landing seems to remain untouched by the threat of the White Walkers – and the title sequence ends with the reminder of the thing the characters have been fighting over since the show began: the Iron Throne.