Strange though it may seem, Issue 323’s Vervoid cover caused some unexpected trouble for Clayton...
“It was the only one of my covers to cause any controversy,” he reveals. “From what I remember, the buyers at WH Smith contacted us to express concern that the cover was inappropriately adult in content. We didn’t really understand what they were talking about – the Vervoids hardly topped the list of most terrifying Doctor Who monsters – until a representative explained that someone at Smiths had thought the image was of…” Clay suppresses a laugh, “a lady’s, er, private areas!”