Target Cover Competition - Group 14

[Paul Clement]

[Pip Madeley]

My vote goes to Highlanders - a good likeness of Frazer Hines, and evocative of the story.

[Paul Clement]

Terror of the Vervoids looks far too cartoony for me. Dull and insipid, it's probably the worst cover of the group for me.

Highlanders is an excellent piece of artwork from Nick Spender. His likeness of Jamie is brilliant and the cover makes a fairly dull story seem quite exciting.

Death to the Daleks is a little on the bland side, though I do like the Dalek on fire. I would have liked to see a little more on the cover than just Bellal and the Dalek.

Carnival of Monsters is excellently done, but still remains one of my least favourite Achilleos covers because it looks a little dull. I'm also not keen on the black and white Pertwee either.

The Aztecs cover is another great piece of work by Nick Spender. It's just so beautifully drawn, and I love every aspect of it.

It's a tough choice between Aztecs and Highlanders, but Aztecs just gets my vote. I hope both go through though, as they are far and away the best two covers in this round.

[Larry]

have to agree with Paul, it's The Aztecs for me aswell.

[Dave Tudor]

Not a great group. I was torn between 'Carnival' and 'Highlanders', but in the end I went for the pretty good artwork of the latter.

[Andrew Curnow]

I like Bellal's Tommy Cooper impersonation, but even so the reprint of Death to the Daleks can't hope to compete with it's iconic predecessor.

I like the monster 'n' ship action on Carnival of Monsters, but why choose a picture of Pertwee looking so darned bored 'n' grumpy?

Terror of the Vervoids is nicely drawn, but a nicely drawn cartoon. I've also had it suggested to me that it looks a bit rude, but I just don't know what people mean by that.

That leaves The Highlanders, which is superbly-painted and is a good likeness of the actor from the TV show; and The Aztecs which is superbly-painted but isn't based on the TV show at all. Curiously, I don't think either has the right TARDIS on them (it looks like the Williams' Tom one to me). As an anorak I ought to dislike The Aztecs because it's a 'made up' Tlotoxl, but I don't - and I have to say I'm disappointed not to get a Troughton 'n' stovepipe pic on the front of The Highlanders.

So, I'm going for The Aztecs!!!!

[SiHart]

I don;t like any of them very much. I have gone for The Highlanders as the best of a dull bunch though.

I agree with Paul that Vervoids is far too cartoony. Death to the Daleks is really dull on a bland background, Carnival is fine, just not terribly exciting and The Aztecs seems to have someone with massive 80s hair pretending to be Tlotoxl in front of the Mid Tom TARDIS. It's just wrong.

Si xx

[Dirk Gently]

Terror of the Vervoids & Carnival of Monsters are just poor.
Highlanders, Death to the Daleks & Aztecs are good IMO but Aztecs has the wrong TARDIS so that's out & Highlanders is sightly better so that gets my vote.

[SiHart]

The Highlanders has the wrong TARDIS too!

Si xx

[Dirk Gently]

But I can hardly see it...and I can't change my vote. Not that it would make a lot of difference by the looks of it, voting for Death to the Daleks.

[Jonno]

A strong group for me, bar the awful Vervoids. Normally, I would have gone for one of the historicals, but nostalgia is going to sway my vote here and I go for Carnival. My book of it is now a little over 30 years old and it's resided in places like Scotland and Africa, and it was much read all those years ago when my collection was small. A fine read, and rarely for a Pertwee I wasn't too disappointed when I saw it in 1981 either.

[Wayne]

I'm not sure if i've seen that version of the 'Death to the Daleks' cover before, but i like it better than all the others.

[Jonno]

I thought I could rely on a fan for support!

Where's Ralph?

[Ralph]

I owned a copy of that Carnival target so nostalgia factor wins it for me

I don't see whats so great about that Highlander one

[Lord President]

I don't like the Highlanders' cover either, but the Carnival cover reminds me of those days gone by when I didn't own every episode of DW available, and the only way to enjoy pre-TB stories was to read the novelisations!

[Paul Clement]

Bugger, I've just realised that this should be Group 14.

[SiHart]

All changed Paul!

Si xx

[Paul Clement]

Cheers

[Stuart Wallis]

The Highlanders is just superbly painted.

The Highlanders has the wrong TARDIS too!

Quiet you!