These are the original widescreen versions of the profile pics that I put together for each of the Doctor Whos as featured in the 'Doctors Assemble' video written by James Goss and produced by Emily Cook.
I hope you like them.
Thank you to Emily for asking me to do them in the first place.
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For some reason, I did a few Target book covers for the thirteenth Doctor that returned to the original 1974 design. I was reasonably pleased with the outcome of some of them. So much so, that I uploaded three of them to my RedBubble store .
Later in the year, I returned to the idea and did the rest of Jodie Whittaker's premiere series. (I will upload those additional ones shortly for completeness.)
So when it came to producing covers for series 12, it was a no-brainer that I'd return to this early style.
Despite the lack of photographic material available both before and (surprisingly) after each episode was broadcast, I managed to complete each piece on time - some were even tweeted before the episodes aired. Spoiler-free of course.
Here are the Target book covers in order. I'll some variants in a later post.
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Just before Christmas, I had an idea to do an update of the 1976 Doctor Who Monster Book featuring Jodie Whittaker's first series as the Doctor.
I managed to do a cover quite easily - fudged with a circa-Matt Smith Cyberman (remember the Cyber Warriors and the Cyber Lords hadn't been revealed back then.)
The original book included black and white versions of many of the original Target book covers used to flesh out the sparse text. So I also created some Target-inspired artwork to illustrate this new version. I even managed to get as far as writing up and laying out a few pages before the festive holiday.
Then the new series started and I was presented was a quandary - should I keep to the original idea and just feature JW's first season or should I expand it to include the 2020 one too? Given the amount of new monsters debuting this series, I decided to put it on hiatus for a bit. (I was also busy doing proper Target book covers for the new episodes as they aired!)
I will return to it shortly but will no doubt have to redo the cover to include some newer elements... which is a pity really as I quite like it as it is.
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The ever active Big Finish Twitter account is always asking its followers which TV shows they would like to see the company bring to audio next. Each time they do, it sets me off thinking of the most inappropriate properties to get that treatment.
I did a few covers last year and posted them... but since then, I did three more.
You'll never get these made by Big Finish...
Ever...
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There were two 'special' Target books published in the late 70s. Edited by the late Terrance Dicks, "The Adventures of K9 and other Mechanical Creatures' and 'Terry Nation's (sic) Dalek Special' were large paperbacks fully illustrated with facts, stories and puzzles from your favourite TV sci-fi show. I couldn't tell you whether they actually sold shed-loads but they were the only two. There were no more...
Until now...
Here a selections of further 'specials' that could've been but weren't... probably for good reason.
And if you didn't like them, you can get stuffed... with the amazing Doctor Who Taxidermy Book !
With my own convention season over, I can now get back to updating the blog.
Here's a further selection of spin-off annuals for Doctor Who - companions, villains and monsters this time! One or two familiar designs along with original period ones.
Hope you like them. Let me know on the Twitter - @andydrewz - any further suggestions from the classic series - the odder, the better!
