Titan Comics covers - Ten by ten

This week sees issue ten of the New Adventures With The Tenth Doctor from Titan Comics.

There’s the usual graphic art cover, but I have found a photo variant with another previously unpublished image of The Doctor in his brown suit.

Again I think they have plundered the left over images from the joint photocall with Catherine Tate for series four, cutting her out of the picture and replacing her with their own companion!

Although the angle of David’s head is different and his had is in his pocket, you can see a lot of the creases on his suit match perfectly.

I imagine the image used on the comic cover was original rejected as David is look far too down his nose at us - which is not a good look!

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Titan Comic covers - Free Comic Book Day special

The past couple of covers for Titan Comics’ New Adventures With The Tenth Doctor have been a bit disappointing as they haven’t had any photo variants.
So far the photo variant covers have been a gold mine of previously unpublished images from the Tenth Doctor publicity shoots.

This weekend sees Free Comic Book Day, and there is a special issue from Titan with all three of their Doctors sharing the cover.

The image of the Tenth Doctor is cleverly cut from an early series four photo, which unedited is shared with Catherine Tate as Donna Nobel.

Ironically it was one of the rare times two actors were photographed alongside each other, rather than being shot separately and composted together later.

The Titan cover unpicks this!

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Titan comic covers issue 7 - candid camera

This week sees issue eight of the New Adventures With The Tenth Doctor comic from Titan Comics.

Unlike the last issue (which had a photo variant cover of a weeping angel), there is a subscription photo cover variant worth mentioning.

The image used is quite a candid image of David in his brown suit with the Hechter tie.

This matches the series four photocall with Catherine Tate as Donna Noble, during which a number of solo shots were taken as well.

The shot is handy as a reference image, as it almost gives a side view of the suit, without David’s arm getting too much in the way.

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Titan comic covers issue 5 - photo cover variant

This week is issue five of Titan Comics’ New Adventures With The Tenth Doctor.
I didn’t report on last month’s issue as it didn’t have any covers worth mentioning, but this issue does have an image worth flagging up.

It has the usual graphic art cover, but for subscribers only there is a second photo variant.

The photo cover version has a nice picture of David in full costume, taken from the archive of publicity stills used for The End Of Time in 2009.
The pose is the same, but the hang of the coat and suit is ever so slightly different - and here we see it head to toe for the first time.

Other shots from this shoot appeared on the DVD packaging for the series four specials.

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Titan Comic covers issue 3 - nothing special

The thirds issue of Titan Comics’ New Adventures With The Tenth Doctor is out this week.

Aside from the two graphic art covers, and there is a subscription only photo cover to collect.

Unlike the previous issues it’s not an unseen image from the archive, but a cut out previously used in a composite picture used to launch series three with Martha Jones.

The colour has been played around with too, so it’s not great reference material this time. Pity.

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Titan comic covers - New York ComicCon special

Titan comics first two issues of New Adventures With The Tenth Doctor gave us a couple of previously unseen portraits of The Doctor.

This month, to coincide with New York ComicCon, they are issuing a number of convention exclusive variant covers, including one for The Tenth Doctor.

This exclusive cover uses a shot of David in his blue suit with the Nina Ricci tie from a round of publicity stills associated with mid series four.

The specific image used was previously composited with a portrait of Frema to publicise The Sontaran Stratagem.

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Titan comic covers issue 2 - another rare unseen image

Last month’s launch issue of Titan Comic’s New Adventures With The Tenth Doctor treated us to a previously unseen photo portrait.

Issue two is out this month, and aside from a number of alternative graphic art covers, there is another photo based version using another previously unseen image.

I think this image dates to a shoot done during the latter part of series four.
He is wearing the same shirt (though its hard to see the tie) and he’s holding his trusty sonic.
Also, if you look closely at David’s hair, there is a distinct single point to his fringe which seems to match.

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Titan Comic covers - ComicCon specials

The launch of Titan Comics’ New Adventures With The Tenth Doctor graphic novels series seems to have gone into overdrive, with multiple cover variants to be had.

Last month’s San Deigo ComicCon often has convention exclusives, and Titan Comics jumped on the band wagon with not one but two sets are variants.
Both versions join with the New Adventures With The Eleventh Doctor to make a single panoramic image.

The first variant has The Doctor in his blue suit, worn with the burgundy shirt and Keno tie, wielding his trusty sonic in a pose I haven’t personally seen before.

This combination relates to the series four two part story Silence In The Library.

David’s hair seems to match the composites with Alex Kingston as River Song as show here.

I think the second variant (which was only available at the BBC Shop stand) originates from the photoshoot at the start of series four with Catherine Tate’s Donna Noble.

This too is an image I don’t recall being published before - probably due to its pose being so candid in nature.

Again, if you look at David’s hair it matches the photo shown here.

FOOTNOTE

Not to be out done, Forbidden Planet in the UK had their very own variant based on the BBC Shop version.

Using the same background, it has yet another previously unpublished image from the series four photoshoot.
Note again how David’s hair matches the sample shot above.

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Titan comic covers issue 1 - unseen 10th Doctor photo

I was reading some of the Doctor Who news feeds recently, and something caught my eye.

As cosplayers we are always on the look out for good quality, unembellished photo reference to get those costume details spot on.
The launch of each new series is accompanied by such images, and we pour over them for the insight they give.

Well, this month Titan Comics are launching a range of New Adventures With The Tenth Doctor graphic novels and the cover of issue one has a real nice image of David in costume - an image I don’t recall seeing before.

What we often forget is that for every image we did get to see, there is likely a dozen shots not for public view where the actor isn’t quite looking their best, or the pose just doesn’t fit with what the publicity people want us to see at that time.

The first issue has a number of alternative covers, which are all graphic based.



But for one of the covers it seems Titan Comics have gained access to some of these previously unseen photoshoot images. I hope we get some more gems on the coming issues.

Issue one has an image of David in the blue suit, with the Kenzo tie and burgundy shirt.

Aside from the glasses, this matches publicity portraits to accompany the series four two part story, Silence In The Library.

He’s in an unusual stance - maybe a little off the wall and not entirely in the style of David’s typical poses as the Tenth Doctor.




FOOTNOTE
No sooner has this first issue hit newsstands (and sold out) there is already an exclusive cover variant of the Tenth Doctor conjoining with the Eleventh Doctor to make a single, and very clever image.

Remembering that these poses are from photoshoots taken several years apart, they are very cleverly chosen to create what appears to be a single photocall with both actors together.

It has you wondering what David was leaning on to get this pose.

Again, check out his fringe and how it matches the sample shown here.

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