Artist Andrew Skilleter has just announced his new Doctor Who Art Calendar 2023, with signed, limited editions available to order direct from his official web site.

Reproduced from the original art, the 26-page, landscape format calendar features images classic series Doctors and companions, and is offered at £15 plus shipping.

“We’ve kept the price the same in order to make this affordable, even though these cost double to produce,” says Andrew, “so you know you are getting something special.”

Andrew Skilleter is a long-time UK illustrator of many things, with a track record spanning decades using primarily traditional techniques. It was his childhood dream to be an illustrator, his early influence being the cream of the British picture strip artists who flourished in the golden age of comics that was all over by the end of the 1960s. 

He is best known for his long professional association with Doctor Who and the BBC while maintaining a busy illustrative career mainly illustrating works of mystery and imagination, his work for the broadcaster including the Radio Collection covers such as The Chronicles of Narnia, Journey Into Space and Tolkein. He also worked with other BBC departments, including visual entertainment and exhibitions and the Radio Times. 

Andrew’s distinctive Doctor Who art dominated the 1980s and continued into the 1990s, and included over 40 covers for the Target Books Doctor Who novelisations, the much loved Who Dares Poster Prints, the official Doctor Who calendars, the Cybermen book with Cyber Leader David Banks, the iconic “Five Doctors” cover for Radio Times, Doctor Who BBC VHS covers and the Doctor Who Virgin New Adventures covers.

His artwork has previously been collected in Blacklight, celebrating 15 years of his Doctor Who art, published by Virgin in 1995 and a collection of his Dalek art, Exterminart! in 2021. He’s now working on Illuminart, a trilogy of books featuring not only most of his Doctor Who art but also selected pieces from his numerous SciFi and Fantasy work. The first volume, out in October, is available to pre-order now.

Outside of Who, Andrew has produced hundreds of covers for adult, teenage and children’s books across numerous genres. His work has also encompassed the illustration of many books, magazines, CDs and Audio, TV and Video. Genres and series include the Gerry Anderson shows, Dan Dare, Star Wars, Tripods, Earthsearch, and Journey into Space.

With John Peel, he launched the Doctor Omega Chronicles and is the creator of a new heroine, Miss Amelia Midnite who features in a ongoing personal project. He publishes his own art collections including the Doctor Who Art Calendar each year and continues with private commissions and selling his original art.  Enquiries welcome.

• The Doctor Who Art Calendar 2023 is available to pre-order here direct from Andrew’s official web site

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.

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