Doctor Who - Series ten on Target

I have to say that series ten is one of my favourite series of Nu-Who. In fact, it's a close second only to series four. 

The first episode takes the show back to square one again - something a series that has run as long as Doctor Who has to do occasionally. I love this aspect and the wittily titled The Pilot is a strong opener for Peter Capaldi's final series. In some respects, this freshness offsets the build up to his departure with Pearl Mackie's Bill offering new takes on old companion tropes through the entire run. 

Favourite episodes are many but I would pick out the aforementioned The Pilot, together with The Eaters of Light (A straightforward self-contained historical mystery with some great character moments) and World Enough and Time (a story that mixes humour and tragedy in exactly the same way that the adventures in series eight didn't.) 

My primary issue with the series though comes with the trilogy of episodes concerning the Monks. It starts off with the imaginative Extremis and promptly goes hill as the Monks' plot is revealed and implemented. The first two stories come across as dual scene-setting prologues setting the scene for a bigger adventure. But this final part deals with the crisis too quickly and desperately needed a second episode to flesh out life under the Monks' control before resolving the situation.

On a personal note, I had a heart attack on the Saturday that Oxygen was broadcast. Ironic that - being stuck in casualty on real oxygen whilst the episode went out. 

Ho hum. Life is a beautiful irony. 

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Target Capaldi - The complete series ten

With Doctor Who series ten now well and truly over, I've been tidying up my Target covers and they are presented here all in one place with clean versions of the artwork. Some of the clean versions have minor differences and reflect the way I 'adapt' the artwork to fit the text. 

I've also included a slightly different version of the one for Extremis. It has a better image of Joseph Long's Pope. Photos of him weren't released by the BBC until after the episode aired for some reason. 

I hope you like them.

Target: Capaldi - series ten - part one

The first three episodes of Peter Capaldi's final complete series as TV's DrWHO have now aired.

It's another revamp for the covers as well...

Looking Ahead To Doctor Who Series 10

Having recently returned to doing some Target book covers following a break, my fingers got a bit itchy to do something new... so here's a preliminary cover for the first episode of Doctor Who series 10. 

No blurb for it as I know bugger all about the story's content. 

And yes, it is THAT still of Pearl Mackie! 

It reminds me of the unused cover for the original series' The Twin Dilemma which was just an Andrew Skilleter painting of Colin Baker on a starry background. 

Or the generic photo of Peter Davison used on his first novelisation The Visitation... 

But at least mine makes a tiny effort to reflect the story title. Bill does have a little star in her eye. My, that's got to smart...!

The complete range of my faux Target book covers - from An Unearthly Child to The Husbands of River Song is accessed by clicking here.

The most recent series featuring Peter Capaldi is accessed by clicking here.