Doctor Who series 11 Target Books - part three

A week late with these... 
Nothing sinister. 
Just forgot. 
It's Christmas. 
I'm busy. 
Simple as that!

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Doctor Who series 11 Target Books - part two

The next three covers for series 11 of Doctor Who...

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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2018 on Blu ray...

In the absence of a Christmas special for TV's Doctor Who this year*, here's an artist's impression of what one might look like... 

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*There actually is one... however a.) It doesn't feature Christmas  and  b.) It's being broadcast the following week on New Year's Day.







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A few unofficial 60s Doctor Who LPs...

Someone brought up the subject of Russ Conway on Twitter last week and it reminded me of the LP we had when I was a toddler. "Russ Conway's Family Favourites" on which the popular pianist hammered out renditions of such standard melodies as "Keep Right On Till The End Of The Road", "MacNamara's Band" and other 'lost' delights from a bygone era. I seem to recall a scratch on the record during "MacNamara's Band" resulting in the last few notes repeating endlessly. That's what "MacNamara's Band" means to be... 

Anyhow, here's Russ Conway's collection of Doctor Who music what he recorded and released back in the late 60s. Like everything else on this blog, it's unavailable. 

As are the other two LPs...

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Doctor Who series 11 Target Books - part one

Well, the new series of TV's Dr Who is well underway and Jodie Whittaker is now a fully fledged Time Lord. The reaction seems to be overwhelmingly positive and certainly the ratings are very good. 

The series certainly needed a proper reboot (not just a new Doctor) and Chris Chibnall has given it a shot in the arm with a 'back-to-basics' approach to both the show's look and its storytelling. To me it feels fresh and stylish whilst at the same time holding on to those quintessential elements that makes the series unique amongst its peers. 

Change is good. Much as I loved Peter Capaldi's final run as the Doctor, the series itself was starting to become repetitive and formulaic. I might be 54 years old but I still have the attention-span of a teenager and get bored easily. 

I had planned to stop doing my Target book covers with Capaldi's final turn as the Doctor, and concentrate on more unique designs and stuffs. They had started to become a bit of a chore and repetitive. But for some reason, watching Jodie Whittaker's first episode fired up my creative juices and I decided (very much at the last minute) to carry on and do some more. 

There's also the challenge of the lack of pre-broadcast images and information which I actually like. It's like working under the same pressures as some of the artists on the original target covers worked under. (Remember The Five Doctors and Destiny of the Daleks covers?).

Here are the first four:

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