Dave Ladkin

Dave Ladkin

Dave Ladkin is a freelance 3D artist, who has contributed to a number of cover artworks on official BBC and Big Finish Productions releases.

He designed, built and rendered the Torchwood Archive building, featured in Big Finish's Torchwood 10th anniversary release The Torchwood Archive in 2016.

He assisted Gavin Rymill with 3D models for use in his illustrations in the TARDIS Type 40 Instruction Manual, (in particular the 1960's TARDIS Console), in 2018.

He spent a month building a 3D model of Space Station Zenobia, from The Trial of a Time Lord, for use in Lee Binding's artwork for the Season 23 The Collection Blu-ray boxset, in 2019.

He rendered the three small Daleks on the cover of the First Doctor Adventures: Volume Four boxset from Big Finish Productions, released in 2020.

He designed, built and rendered the Dalek Time Squad (including the Dalek Emperor) featured in Lee Binding's artwork for the Time Lord Victorious series of releases, in 2020. These designs would go on to appear in the Daleks! web series on the official BBC YouTube channel, the Comic Creator mobile phone app, as figurines from Eaglemoss Collections, and appearing in the immersive theatre production Doctor Wo: Time Fracture.

He assisted with completing the 3D model of the Dalek city exterior, as seen in Episode 6 and 7 of the 2021 animated version of The Evil of The Daleks.

He assisted Gavin Rymil with the Season 20 Console 3D model, featured in The Collection: Season 20 Blu-ray menu.

He supplied the 3D model Junk Mail robot shown in The Collection: Season 25 boxset artwork, and the animated menu. He also doubled as the Seventh Doctor's left leg, appearing on-screen in the special edition of The Greatest Show in the Galaxy.