The Doctor Who art of Tom Webster

By John Freeman on August 22, 2020

Here’s Tom Webster’s full cover for the upcoming Diary of River Song audio drama release, due in January 2021 from Big Finish.

This upcoming package, available to pre-order here, finds Professor River Song her tech skills tested in encounters with robotic friends and foes.

Over the course of four episodes River will battle Mechonoids on an ice world, meet K9 in a ‘forever home’, and help a treasured android friend discover her destiny in the stars.

Combining illustration and colourisation, Tom has created a huge range of eye-catching covers for Big Finish. Here are just a few, without text…

• Follow Tom Webster on Twitter, where he reveals some of the secrets of how he creates his work @tomwebsta

Diary of River Song Volume 8

Available to pre-order here

8.1 Slight Glimpses of Tomorrow by James Goss
8.2 A Brave New World by Tracy Ann Baines
8.3 A Forever Home by Alfie Shaw
8.4 Queen of the Mechonoids by Jonathan Morris

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.