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{{Infobox Annual|
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name=Doctor Who Annual 1969|
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{{Infobox Story SMW
series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]|
|image = Annual69.jpg
release date=[[1969]]|
|doctor = Second Doctor
publisher=[[World Distributors]]|
|companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]]
isbn=|
|release date = September 1968
format=Hardback|
|publisher = World Distributors
prev=Doctor Who Annual 1968|
|price = 12s6d (62.5 new pence)
next=Doctor Who Annual 1970|
|release number = 4
|format = Hardback; 96 pages
|series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]
|prev = Doctor Who Annual 1968
|next = Doctor Who Annual 1970
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was the fourth ''[[Doctor Who]]'' annual published by [[World Distributors]]. It was released in September 1968.
== Overview ==
* Release Number: 4
* Publisher: [[World Distributors]]
* Released in September [[1968]]
* Priced: 12s 6d
* Format Hardback; 96 pages
* Featured Doctor: The [[Second Doctor]]
* Featured companions: [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]], [[Polly Wright|Polly]]
* Featured enemies:


== Contents ==
== Contents ==
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! width="2.5%" |
! width="10%" |<div id="block" class="row-yellow"></div>
| align="left" |Short story
!
! width="10%" |<div id="block" class="row-green"></div>
| align="left" |Comic
|}


=== Text Stories ===
* [[Lords of the Galaxy]]
* [[Follow the Phantoms]]
* [[Mastermind of Space]]
* [[The Celestial Toyshop]]
* [[Valley of Dragons]]
* [[Planet from Nowhere]]
* [[Happy as Queeg]]
* [[World of Ice]]
* [[The Microtron Men]]
* [[Death to Mufl]]


=== Comic strip stories ===
{| {{prettytable}}
* [[Atoms Infinite]]
! #
* [[Freedom by Fire]]
! Source
! Type
! Featuring
! Notes
|- class="row-yellow"
! 1
|''[[Lords of the Galaxy (short story)|Lords of the Galaxy]]''
|Short story
|[[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]], [[Saurian (Lords of the Galaxy)|Saurian]]s
|
|-
! 2
|Space Quiz
|Game
|
|
|- class="row-yellow"
! 3
|''[[Follow the Phantoms (short story)|Follow the Phantoms]]''
|Short story
|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
|Read by [[Frazer Hines]] in ''[[The Sinister Sponge & Other Stories]]''
|-
! 4
|Star Facts
|rowspan=2|Feature
|
|
|-
! 5
|About the Moon
|
|
|- class="row-yellow"
! 6
|''[[Mastermind of Space (short story)|Mastermind of Space]]''
|Short story
|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
|Read by [[John Leeson]] in ''[[The Planet of Dust & Other Stories]]''
|-
! 7
|''[[The Unknown World Under the Sea (feature)|The Unknown World Under the Sea]]''
|Feature
|
|
|- class="row-green"
! 8
|''[[Freedom by Fire (comic story)|Freedom by Fire]]''
|Comic
|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
|
|- class="row-yellow"
! 9
|''[[The Celestial Toyshop (short story)|The Celestial Toyshop]]''
|Short story
|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
|
|-
! 10
|Space Dictionary
|Feature
|
|
|-
! 11
|''[[Journey from Hades (game)|Journey from Hades]]''
|rowspan=2|Game
|
|
|-
! 12
|Space Special
|
|
|- class="row-yellow"
! 13
|''[[Valley of Dragons (short story)|Valley of Dragons]]''
|Short story
|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
|
|-
! 14
|Our Solar System
|Feature
|
|
|- class="row-yellow"
! 15
|''[[Planet from Nowhere (short story)|Planet from Nowhere]]''
|rowspan=2|Short story
|rowspan=2|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
|
|- class="row-yellow"
! 16
|''[[Happy as Queeg (short story)|Happy as Queeg]]''
|
|-
! 17
|Space Panorama
|Feature
|
|- class="row-green"
! 18
|''[[Atoms Infinite (comic story)|Atoms Infinite]]''
|Comic
|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
|
|-
! 19
|Doctor Who's Planet Quiz
|Game
|
|
|- class="row-yellow"
! 20
|''[[World of Ice (short story)|World of Ice]]''
|Short story
|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria, [[Morog]]s, [[Cogwen]]s
|
|-
! 21
|''[[Men in Space (feature)|Men in Space]]''
|rowspan=3|Feature
|
|
|-
! 22
|''[[Listen to the Stars (feature)|Listen to the Stars]]''
|
|
|-
! 23
|The Mysteries of Space
|Second Doctor
|
|- class="row-yellow"
! 24
|''[[The Microtron Men (short story)|The Microtron Men]]''
|Short story
|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
|
|-
! 25
|''[[Looking Back (feature)|Looking Back]]''
|Feature
|
|
|- class="row-yellow"
! 26
|''[[Death to Mufl (short story)|Death to Mufl]]''
|Short story
|Second Doctor
|
|-
! 27
|''[[Pioneers of Flight]]''
|Feature
|
|
|}


=== Features ===
== Additional notes ==
To be added
[[File:Natarls Doctor Who Annual 1969.jpg|thumb|Natarls]]
 
* The book was printed in England by [[Jarrold & Sons Ltd.]], Norwich.
=== Puzzles ===
* [[The Doctor]] is referred to throughout as "Dr Who".
To be added
* [[Walter Howarth]]'s cover of this annual was heavily based on George Wilson's cover for ''Space Family Robinson: Lost in Space'' #23 (August 1967).<ref>[https://downthetubes.net/unearthed-an-unexpected-doctor-who-comics-crossover-with-lost-in-space/ Unearthed: An unexpected Doctor Who comics crossover with Lost in Space!]</ref>
* The cover illustrations depict the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], [[Cyber-Controller]] and [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]], but they do not appear inside the annual.
* [[Natarl]]s from the film {{wi|Battle in Outer Space}} (1959) appear in the artwork of the inside cover.


== Additional notes ==
=== Shades of Ben and Polly? ===
* [[The Doctor]] is referred to throughout as '''Dr Who'''.
It seems likely that the first four stories in the annual would have originally featured [[Polly Wright]] and [[Ben Jackson]] instead of [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Victoria Waterfield]], with a plethora of evidence that their characters were edited out of these stories. As well as Jamie and Victorias' general behaviour and appearance more closely reflecting that of their predecessors, several anachronisms point to Polly and Ben being the companions in the annual as originally conceived.
* The cover illustrations depict the [[Cyberman (Mondas)|Cybermen]], [[Cyber-Controller]] and [[Robot Yeti|Yeti]], but they do not appear inside the Annual.
* In ''[[Lords of the Galaxy (short story)|Lords of the Galaxy]]'', Victoria, despite being from the [[1860s]], worries about having landed in the middle of [[World War Three]].
* In ''[[Follow the Phantoms (short story)|Follow the Phantoms]]'', Victoria suggests that [[Ziita]]'s people are like [[film star]]s, while Jamie is lambasted by the Doctor for using the Earth expression "on the blink".
* In ''[[Freedom by Fire (comic story)|Freedom by Fire]]'', Victoria is referred to as "Polly" while Jamie possesses a [[penknife|pen-knife]].
From ''[[The Celestial Toyshop (short story)|The Celestial Toyshop]]'' onwards, the illustrations more closely resemble Victoria and Jamie, and the distinctive mannerisms of the two characters are apparent.


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== Footnotes ==
{{reflist}}


[[Category:Doctor Who annuals]]
[[Category:Doctor Who annuals]]

Latest revision as of 02:42, 21 July 2024

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The Dr Who Annual 1969 was the fourth Doctor Who annual published by World Distributors. It was released in September 1968.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

 Short story
Comic


# Source Type Featuring Notes
1 Lords of the Galaxy Short story Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria, Saurians
2 Space Quiz Game
3 Follow the Phantoms Short story Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria Read by Frazer Hines in The Sinister Sponge & Other Stories
4 Star Facts Feature
5 About the Moon
6 Mastermind of Space Short story Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria Read by John Leeson in The Planet of Dust & Other Stories
7 The Unknown World Under the Sea Feature
8 Freedom by Fire Comic Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
9 The Celestial Toyshop Short story Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
10 Space Dictionary Feature
11 Journey from Hades Game
12 Space Special
13 Valley of Dragons Short story Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
14 Our Solar System Feature
15 Planet from Nowhere Short story Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
16 Happy as Queeg
17 Space Panorama Feature
18 Atoms Infinite Comic Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
19 Doctor Who's Planet Quiz Game
20 World of Ice Short story Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria, Morogs, Cogwens
21 Men in Space Feature
22 Listen to the Stars
23 The Mysteries of Space Second Doctor
24 The Microtron Men Short story Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
25 Looking Back Feature
26 Death to Mufl Short story Second Doctor
27 Pioneers of Flight Feature

Additional notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Natarls

Shades of Ben and Polly?[[edit] | [edit source]]

It seems likely that the first four stories in the annual would have originally featured Polly Wright and Ben Jackson instead of Jamie McCrimmon and Victoria Waterfield, with a plethora of evidence that their characters were edited out of these stories. As well as Jamie and Victorias' general behaviour and appearance more closely reflecting that of their predecessors, several anachronisms point to Polly and Ben being the companions in the annual as originally conceived.

From The Celestial Toyshop onwards, the illustrations more closely resemble Victoria and Jamie, and the distinctive mannerisms of the two characters are apparent.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Unearthed: An unexpected Doctor Who comics crossover with Lost in Space!
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