Ian Chesterton and the Lusts of the Slyther

The RT Dr. Who Tenth Anniversary Special - page nine

I was looking through my copy of the Radio Times Doctor Who Tenth Anniversary Special the other day - seeking out some inspiration for my vintage Target book covers. 

It's still a fun read. The episode guide, in particular, is a mine of misinformation and crimes against the written word. 

One peculiar sentence really struck me though. Buried deep within the synopsis for 'World's End' - better known these days as 'The Dalek Invasion of Earth', is a reference to Ian Chesterton facing "the lusts of the Slyther". The mind boggles - especially when one recalls the scenes in question in the broadcast version.

To make matters worse, the Slyther itself is described as "the Dalek's man-eating pet". Ouch on that possessive apostrophe too!

It didn't stop me from adding to the small collection of period spin-off novels featuring The Assistants of Doctor Who though...

Vintage Doctor Who Target Book Covers - season six

This is the final lot. No more now that I've reached the final black and white Patrick Troughton adventure. 

One of the main tasks I set myself when creating these period covers was to make the monochrome stories a little more colourful and give them all the same visual quality that the early Target novelisation covers. I don't plan to go further with them into the Jon Pertwee stories as I can't really see the point as the shows were not only made in colour but there's plenty more colour visual material available from them.

I hope you've enjoyed them and I'm glad you've put up with them for the past few weeks. 

Hopefully, I'll be back to the really silly stuff shortly... I have one or two made ideas but first I need a few days rest...

Thanks.

Doctor Who and the Zygon Inversion - Target book cover

Episode 8 of the current series of Doctor Who and the second book of the two-part trilogy in two volumes.

Vintage Doctor Who Target book covers - season five

Had a bit of stumbling block with one of these... but it's amazing what can turn up eventually. 

I shall say no more as it's Saturday evening and Doctor Who is on shortly. I need tea and a pee...

Thank you.

Vintage Doctor Who Target Book Covers - season four

We're onto Patrick Troughton's tenure as the Doctor now. Don't worry, I'll get back to the real silliness soon. 

I've had some lovely feedback from the previous posts and it's much appreciated. As I've said already, this is just a 'little' personal project I'm doing in my spare time to practice my Photoshop skills. I've not been at this long and am still learning. You can probably spot my early efforts in the designs and how some of the later covers become a little more sophisticated. I like this as it gives them more variety and some of the design tropes don't become repetitive when viewing the stories in broadcast order. 

At the time of writing this, I still have one from season five and half of season six to complete. Hopefully I won't get bored by it and the project unfinished. I have a very short attention span for these sort of things. With a bit of luck I'll have finished it by the weekend and can get back to the really silly stuff again...

Thank you for bearing with me.