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|image        = Doctor Who 1986.jpg
|image        = Doctor Who 1986.jpg
|series       = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]
|doctor       = Sixth Doctor
|release date = [[August (releases)|August]] [[1985 (releases)|1985]]
|companions  = [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
|featuring    = [[The Master (The Creation of Camelot)|The Master]]
|release date = August 1985
|publisher    = World Distributors  
|publisher    = World Distributors  
|isbn        = ISBN 07-235-6747-6
|isbn        = ISBN 07-235-6747-6
|format      = hardback 64 pages  
|price        = £3.25
|release number = 20
|format      = Hardback; 64 pages
|series      = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]
|prev        = Doctor Who Annual 1985
|prev        = Doctor Who Annual 1985
|next        = Doctor Who Annual 2006
|next        = Doctor Who Annual 2006
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was the twentieth and final ''[[Doctor Who]]'' annual published by [[World Distributors]]. It was released in August 1985.
'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was the twentieth and final ''[[Doctor Who]]'' annual published by [[World Distributors]]. It was released in August 1985.
== Overview ==
: Release Number 20
: Publisher [[World Distributors]]
: Released in August 1985
: Priced £3.25
: Format Hardback 64 pages
: Featured Doctor: The [[Sixth Doctor]]
: Featured Companions: [[Peri Brown|Peri]]
: Featured Enemies: [[The Master (The Creation of Camelot)|The Master]]


== Contents ==
== Contents ==

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Doctor Who Annual 1986 was the twentieth and final Doctor Who annual published by World Distributors. It was released in August 1985.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

Text stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

Features[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • Unusually, at the expense of new content, this annual featured three full-page colour publicity shots of the Sixth Doctor taken at his costume launch, showing him with the TARDIS, fishing, and with a multi-coloured umbrella (hastily provided to protect the costume from rain during the photocall).
  • This was to be the last of the regular annuals published by World Distributors.
  • Both John Nathan-Turner and the publishers, World Distributors, had become increasingly frustrated with each other, along with the show's 18-month hiatus (resulting in no new Doctor Who on television) and a reported decline in sales the previous year. The decision was reached that the license to publish the Doctor Who Annual would not be renewed.
  • World Distributors did publish a further bumper sized volume (entitled Doctor Who Special: Journey Through Time), which featured reprinted pages from previous annuals and The Amazing World of Doctor Who book. This was similar to their earlier Adventures in Time and Space volume.
  • It was to be many years before there was another Doctor Who annual. It was not published by World Distributors.
  • For five of the in-between years (1991-1995) Marvel UK (publishers of Doctor Who Magazine) published a regular Doctor Who Yearbook which followed a format similar to the annuals, offering a mix of text stories, comic strip stories and features. These were significantly different from annuals in one respect. They did not review the year in question. Instead, they offered a mix of stories from every Doctor's era.