Last year designer and dedicated Whovian Stuart Manning created a
poster to accompany every single episode, exclusively for RadioTimes.com. They proved so popular that we've asked him to the same
for series nine. This week's was inspired by the Doctor's musical
predilections – as Stuart explains.
"I thought it would be fun to base this poster on my original design
for Peter Capaldi's opener Deep Breath," he says. "So I made the focal
point a new profile silhouette of the Doctor, updated with his hoody,
shades and ever-increasing Jon Pertwee bouffant, showing how far this
Doctor has come from the stern patrician figure seen in his opening
story.
"The Magician's Apprentice got me thinking of playing cards, which
was a good way to incorporate the profile with a shot of Missy as the
Doctor's literal flip side.
"The design itself is inspired mostly by US gig posters, drawing on
the Doctor's new electric guitar and reinvention as the universe's
oldest rocker. As the kick-off to a new series, I like to think of this
as the first stop on the tour – a big, fun opening riff with the Doctor
playing up to the crowds. Gallifrey via Vegas somehow seemed to fit the
bill."
No comments:
Post a Comment