PDA Cover Competition Group 16

[Paul Clement]

The 16th Group of the PDA Cover Competition beging with three new covers for you to choose from.

[Paul Clement]

It's got to be Ten Little Aliens.

[Andrew Curnow]

Euch, what an uninspiring bunch. I shall have to mull it over and come back! Even that McCoy shot is a bad choice - isn't that him from the "Hartnell Years" photoshoot?

[Dirk Gently]

It's a close run thing between Ten Little Aliens & City at World's End for me, but I've gone for the latter as I like the look a little better. Storm Harvest is really poor.

[Stuart Wallis]

Since models were made for the first two covers, and the third one was drawn, it's nice to see that some effort was put into all the covers in this round. It's a good bit of artwork on World's End that wins it for me though.

[Andrew Curnow]

Normally this round would be chosen on my 'including a Who element' criteria, but I can't bring myself to vote for "Storm Harvest" because of that Sly pic. "Ten Little Aliens" is nice enough, but if you've seen one ugly face you've seen 'em all, so I'd have liked some other elements on there other than just four ugly mugs. So, despite its lack of anything Who-y, I'm going for the rather nicely rendered spaceship & planetsfest that is "City At World's End". So there.

[Pip Madeley]

We'll start with the worst - Storm Harvest. Kudos to Mike Tucker for going to the great lengths of creating a real model of the monster especially for the cover artwork, but it's let down by the amateurish BlackPhotoSheep. Ten Little Aliens would be a winner in any other round, but I've gone for City At World's End, as it's a gorgeous bit of imagery. And I've read that book, so that adds added nostalgia.

[Dave Tudor]

They're all fairly good, without being spectacular, but City At World's End is the best of the bunch, featuring a nice bit of artwork. Call me old fashioned, but I much prefer to see a painting than a piece of photoshopping, however skillfully it's executed.

(Watch now as I contradict myself on future rounds! )

[Milky Tears]

I went for Ten Little Aliens.

Think they live on the end of my road.

[Stuart Wallis]

I think you've mentioned the Cretinby family before - nice people but odd. Do they still have that pet lampstand?

[Milky Tears]

I think Younger Brother Cretinby married the lampstand!

[Lord President]

Ten Little Aliens is both creepy and wierd, a combination that is guaranteed to get my vote any time!