Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Classic Doctor Who novels re-branding - the fifth Doctor

For Peter Davison's term as Dr Who, I've completely re-done the logo. Collectors of old pop compilation LP records will no doubt recognise its origins. I wanted something that spat 'the eighties' and I think I've got that. 

Some people hate it, but they tend to be the ones who don't get the fact I'm attempting to recreate something akin to the decades that the episodes were originally transmitted. I'd have to say that I'd have been appalled if they had gone for something like that at the time. 

In most cases, the strap line on each cover highlights some of the tantalising questions asked in the Radio Times listings during the show's first run. I will admit that I got a bit carried away and started making my own up as the covers went on...

Anyhow, I hope you enjoy this bumper crop of covers...



















Tuesday, 26 January 2016

The Tom Baker Years - Classic Doctor Who novels rebranded...

This is some more housekeeping. Regular visitors to this blog will know that I've now produced new retro-style book covers for all of Tom Baker's Doctor Who adventures. 

As is my want, I've not put them on the site in chronological order for the simple reason I did not create them in an specific order.

This post contains links to all of the seasons... in their proper order!!!


Season twelve - Robot to Revenge of the Cybermen
















Season thirteen - Terror of the Zygons to The Seeds of Doom
















Season fourteen - The Masque of Mandragora to The Talons of Weng Chiang
















Season fifteen - The Horror of Fang Rock to The Invasion of Time
















Season sixteen - The Ribos Operation to The Armageddon Factor
















Season seventeen - Destiny of the Daleks to The Horns of Nimon
















Season eighteen - The Leisure Hive to Logopolis

Classic Doctor Who novels re-branding - season eighteen

I have to be honest that I did consider a new branding of the novels to coincide with the new direction that Doctor Who took with its eighteenth season but I felt it would only detract from the continuity of all of the Tom Baker covers I've now done. 

These are the final ones... all 41 stories have now been dissected and Photoshopped into alternate covers. 

Hopefully, I'll start tackling the 80s shortly... but not today. My head hurts and I need a mug of tea and couple of paracetamol! 








Classic Doctor Who novels re-branding - season fifteen

Graham Williams takes over as the new producer of Doctor Who but the covers remain the same... 







Friday, 22 January 2016

Classic Doctor Who novels re-branding - season sixteen

Moving back a year, here's the classic Key to Time season. 

I'm quite pleased with all of these for a change. There's a nice mix of silliness and drama in all of these covers.

I will also point out that the 'thing' that is menacing the rig on The Power of Kroll cover is a screen capture of Kroll - suitably re-tinted and blown up in Photoshop. It isn't anything else whatever you may think...