Destiny of the Daleks

As soon as I heard 'Destiny' was coming out on DVD, I recalled an image of a group of Movellans standing pointing their guns, and pretty much instantly decided on one of my two-panel covers: the Movellans and Doctor in one, Davros and the Daleks in the other. Finding said shot proved trickier! I was convinced it was in 'The Doctor Who Technical Manual' but was quickly proved wrong. A hunt through my collection of Who hardbacks eventually turned it up in Peter Haining's 'Doctor Who - The Time Travellers' Guide'. What the Technical Manual did have was one of several shots of the Daleks in their control room, which I knew I wanted for the top panel, so it wasn't a wasted look. Davros came from issue 99 of DWM, which left only the Doctor to find. From memory, I could only think of shots of him and Romana or the one of them running from the Movellan ship, none of which was suitable. But trusty Tragical History Tour provided a couple of photos of the Doc in the TARDIS repairing K-9's brain. The best body shot had him looking at a slightly downward angle, so I replaced his head with another at a better angle. After that, the cover came together very simply, with just some straightforward cutting out and compositing of extra Daleks and Movellans into their respective panels.

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