Doctor Who Spanning Spine

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I didn't see the news until today, but Peter Capaldi has announced that he will no longer be the Doctor after the current season. Look for updates to this set coming very soon.

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And there we have it. Peter Capaldi's first and second seasons as The Doctor. The final Capaldi cover will be added once that season has aired.

[shortylong]

Thank you for a fantasic cover set :-)

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Originally Posted by shortylong | View Post » Thank you for a fantasic cover set :-)

You're welcome! It was a lot of work, but it was fun!

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Updated to now include Peter Capaldi's final season.

In the past, the BBC has created a new Doctor Who logo roughly with each new Doctor. This fact has played heavily into the spine design for this set. The fact that the BBC did not change the logo significantly between Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi led me to use a fan-created logo that is different enough from Smith's and close enough to Capaldi's that it works for the set. Now that we have a new Doctor and new creative team after this year, I would be incredibly happy if they also come up with a new logo. I don't think they realize the problems they cause for me when they break their patterns!

[shortylong]

whats the best software to print these out on, especially the 12 disk cover ??

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Originally Posted by shortylong | View Post » whats the best software to print these out on, especially the 12 disk cover ??

I open them in Photoshop and then save them as PDF. Then I use Adobe Acrobat reader to print them. All of these covers except the Paul McGann one (which is volume 27) will need to be printed on legal (US) sized paper (11" x 14"). Make sure that in the pdf print options, scaling is set to "none" (acrobat by default will scale the image to fit the paper, and then it will be too big to fit in the case). If you are printing at home on an inkjet printer, use the highest-quality glossy paper that is available for your printer (although finding it in legal size will be a challenge).

I prefer to take it to an office supply store and have them print it on their giant, expensive laser printers on plain legal paper. They come out amazing. If you have access to a relatively new color laser printer other than at an office supply store, that works too, of course.

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Well, here is some news that will impact this cover set. The background is that in 1980, the BBC never finished filming the final story of season 17 due to labor strikes. Because of this, that story is not included in the listings in the back of this cover set. The news is that the BBC has announced that they will be completing this episode with animation, voiced by the original actors. It will be a simple thing to add one story title to the back of one cover. Less simple is the fact that I have numbered the stories, and now all of the numbering after this story will be off by one. *sigh*

[fsurfer]

We are talking about Shada so you could add as an extra to the cover as it was never aired

It is not included in the episode or story counts as it was not broadcast

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Originally Posted by fsurfer | View Post » We are talking about Shada so you could add as an extra to the cover as it was never aired

Good point! Thanks for the idea; that's probably what I'll do!