![]() ![]() Andy saw it and later offered me a try-out. I bought the first one and loved it so much so that I felt the urge to create some fan art. I’ve been really fortunate with my association with the Lethbridge-Stewart books. This caused quite the headache when trying to draw Lethbridge-Stewart’s service revolver, as I’d chosen an angle that I couldn’t find any reference of, so had to piece it together as best I could. ![]() ![]() I’m a big believer in reference material you can guarantee that if you get something wrong someone will always notice. Fortunately, I have one (too small for me, unfortunately) but it fits a polystyrene bust I have (don’t ask!). I find it can be quite tricky to get right in the way it sits on the head as the angles look wrong. I do like the Scots Guard hat (glengarry) so am pleased I was able to paint it. What better than showing him running into battle, urging his men forward? The breaking ice behind him hints at a location for the story, and there is a clue to another location for the keen Doctor Who fan. Lethbridge-Stewart was always a hands-on sort and Andy asked for him to be in action mode. The scale of the creature is helped with the poor Minke victim, though I did move the ship closer than in the story for visual impact. She painted strange, fantasy hybrid creatures that had an otherworldly colour palette perfect for this subject, I felt. Way back when, when I was at school, a favourite artist of mine was Rowena Morrill, who sadly died a couple of years ago. The description of the sea monster is vivid and when I sat down to design it, I was influenced by one artist in particular. This cover was slightly different to my earlier ones in that rather than an idea of what the story elements were, I was given a passage of the novel to illustrate. It’s apt, I feel, that these characters in particular should return, tying John Peel’s contributions to the series in nice little bow. I hope it will be equally surprising and exciting for the long-time readers of the range, to see things coming full circle. So it was a nice surprise when characters from b dw titleoth John's The Grandfather Infestation and On His Majesty’s National Service made an appearance. We’d planned these final books some time ago, and I’d forgotten some of the smaller details, since obviously I had worked on many titles in the meantime. This book, like the previous Spheres of Influence, is a step towards that end… To the end I worked alongside the authors of the final series to develop stories that would see the transition take place, show the fans why it was necessary for UNIT to be set-up to protect not just the UK, but the world itself. With the end in sight, we knew we had to prepare the way for Lethbridge-Stewart to become the Brigadier, and for his transfer from the Fifth to UNIT. More often than not, in fact, it requires little or no rewrites, usually a few touch-up edits. He’s an old hand at novel writing, and without fail always delivers a strong first draft. ![]()
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