A wise (and modest) man once said that if what you want isn't out there, then make it yourself. Or something to that effect.
Inspired by this, here is an affectionately tongue-in-cheek set of character cards for the Doctor Who serial Ghost Light, my favourite of the McCoy era, using the format of the classic Weetabix 1977 promotion.
As Ghost Light was televised in 1989 the style is slightly updated, whilst staying faithful to the original layout. Photographic stills are used, mainly because the drawing skills that got me into art college have long been lost due to decades of Mac-monkeydom. The character figures have a heavy white outline similar to the style used on the Star Trek The Motion Picture promotional cards also released by Weetabix in 1979.
These could use some more work but I've had to drastically reduce my daily screen time due to eyesight issues following a deadline-induced case of Bell's Palsy last year. No more going-to-press days for now, nor the 'staring at a screen for 14 hour hours straight' that this inevitably often entailed. I guess the near thirty years of tight turnarounds and tricky clients finally caught up with me.
With regards to a game the cards would be part of, this would of course focus on thwarting the sinister plans of the evolution-obsessed visitors. Just don't get sent to Java!
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