Who

Doctor Who, in my opinion, has a kind of unofficial reputation: Fun, a bit scary and patchy. In my books that's all OK. And the patchiness? Well, that just adds to the charm - it's endearing. When I was a kid it was the, famous, shaky Tardis walls and bad costumes. Now, although it's actually loads better, a series can't go by without a dodgy episode here and there. Like I said: Fun, a bit scary and patchy. But every now and then, it all comes together beautifully and you get a stonker of an episode. 

Our oldest, Noah, is a massive fan and so every week, without fail, selects the Doctor Who Adventures magazine. It's not a bad mag and pretty much lives up to that unofficial reputation: Fun, a bit…well you know.

And just like the show, every now and then, it all comes together. That's what happened in April. To coincide with the third (WWII-set) episode, Victory of the Daleks, the centre spread of the magazine featured this stonker. I was very impressed. None of the usual, OK-but-predictable, publicity shot from the episode or photomontage of Smith and Gillan in action pose. Instead we're treated to a really well executed period-style poster. Complete with suitably wonky type and hand-worked brush strokes. Like something straight out of the episode. I really hope they do more things like this.

Comments

[Mick Statham]

That is nice. Very much like this one though http://excessmemory.blogspot.com/2010/05/daleksvictory-through-extermination.html
I do prefer yours though, has a better WWII vibe.

[Johnny]

This is a lovely spread, thanks. Do you have any of the Dr Who annuals from the 70s? I've got one from 1977 that has some fab illustrations, mixing up line drawings, paint and some creepy psychedelia. Aces!

[Arthur]

A wonderful design. Great to see this gets attention in print as well, rather than just the PDF on the BBC site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s56d2 , halfway down on the right), or indeed the episode, where it features prominently between the 'Ironside' blueprints at around 6m12s in...