Alister Pearson

Born on the Isle of Wight, Alister Pearson has created the covers for a large number of science fiction works including 22 out of 33 covers of the Virgin Missing Adventures, a series of Doctor Who spin-off novels, and also the covers for sixteen VHS releases of Doctor Who serials.

Career
Pearson's first two published pieces were actually among the many fan artwork illustrations which appeared in The Key to Time, a day-by-day history of the original series published to commemorate its 21st anniversary in 1985.

Pearson's first commissioned Doctor Who-related work consisted of cover illustrations for Doctor Who Magazine. He then created the cover for the Target novelisation of "The Underwater Menace." He later worked on several covers for the Missing Adventures published by Virgin in the 1990s. Most recently, he designed the cover for the Doctor Who Annual 2010 and Time's Champion.

Pearson is known for inserting initials into his artwork; his own ("AP" or "AJP") as well as those of his friends and colleagues in fandom.

Target covers

 * The Edge of Destruction
 * Planet of Giants
 * The Chase
 * Mission to the Unknown
 * The Daleks' Master Plan
 * The War Machines
 * The Smugglers
 * The Power of the Daleks
 * The Underwater Menace
 * The Evil of the Daleks
 * The Paradise of Death
 * Revenge of the Cybermen (1991 printing)
 * The Brain of Morbius (1991 printing)
 * The Robots of Death (1994 printing)
 * The Nightmare Fair (with Graeme Way)
 * The Ultimate Evil
 * Mission to Magnus
 * Mindwarp
 * The Ultimate Foe
 * Paradise Towers
 * Delta and the Bannermen
 * Dragonfire
 * Remembrance of the Daleks
 * The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
 * Silver Nemesis
 * The Happiness Patrol
 * Battlefield
 * Ghost Light
 * The Curse of Fenric
 * Survival

Virgin Missing Adventures covers

 * Venusian Lullaby
 * The Man in the Velvet Mask
 * The Ghosts of N-Space
 * Evolution
 * The Romance of Crime
 * Goth Opera
 * The Crystal Bucephalus
 * Lords of the Storm
 * Millennial Rites

BBC Video covers

 * An Unearthly Child
 * The War Games
 * The Mind Robber
 * The Dalek Invasion of Earth
 * The Web Planet
 * The Krotons
 * The Curse of Fenric
 * The Masque of Mandragora
 * The Three Doctors
 * Robot
 * The Tomb of the Cybermen
 * The Dæmons
 * Terror of the Autons
 * Remembrance of the Daleks
 * The Trial of a Time Lord

Doctor Who script covers

 * The Masters of Luxor
 * The Dæmons
 * The Power of the Daleks
 * Ghost Light
 * The Crusade
 * Galaxy Four

Other Doctor Who books

 * Time's Champion