Doctor Who Storybook 2007: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story SMW

|image = DWSB2007.jpg

|doctor = Tenth Doctor

|companions = [[Rose Tyler]]

|release date = 1 July 2006

|publisher = Panini UK

|format = Hardback; 78 pages

|series =''[[Doctor Who Storybook]]s''

|next = Doctor Who Storybook 2008

|series2 = Panini annual publications

|prev2 = Doctor Who Annual 2006

}}The '''''Doctor Who Storybook 2007''''' was published in 2006.

: Eight brand new illustrated adventures for the Doctor and Rose!

: Includes writers from the BAFTA winning BBC One Series.

: Thilling Adventures in Time and Space!

=== Comic strip story ===

* ''[[Opera of Doom! (comic story)|Opera of Doom!]]'' by [[Jonathan Morris]]

=== Text stories ===

* ''[[Cuckoo-Spit (short story)|Cuckoo-Spit]]'' by [[Mark Gatiss]]

* ''[[The Cat Came Back (short story)|The Cat Came Back]]'' by [[Gareth Roberts]]

* ''[[Once Upon a Time (DWS short story)|Once Upon a Time]]'' by [[Tom MacRae]]

* ''[[Gravestone House (short story)|Gravestone House]]'' by [[Justin Richards]]

* ''[[Untitled (short story)|Untitled]]'' by [[Robert Shearman]]

* ''[[No One Died (short story)|No One Died]]'' by [[Nicholas Briggs]]

* ''[[Corner of the Eye (short story)|Corner of the Eye]]'' by [[Steven Moffat]]

* [[A Letter from the Doctor (Storybook 2007)|A Letter from the Doctor]]

* Following the runaway success of the [[Doctor Who Annual 2006]] (from [[Panini Comics]]), the [[BBC]], keen to market the Doctor Who brand itself, renegotiated the Annual rights.

* The BBC had earlier that year launched its own fortnightly magazine title ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'' aimed at the young person's market, while Panini's monthly title, ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' was aimed at older readers, having itself matured from its weekly comic format for children. Doctor Who was in the unique position of offering ''two'' regular television tie-in comic-strip/magazines. To appeal to both audiences, the decision to issue the license to produce two annuals, was made. Panini were granted the license to produce a hardback annual that concentrated solely on fiction for an older age group than the one published by BBC Children's Books. To distinguish between the titles the BBC retained the rights to publish the Doctor Who Official Annual 2007, while Panini published the Doctor Who Storybook. Both titles included a full page advert for their respective regular titles.

* To avoid making the Storybook any less "official" than the BBC's offering, the Storybook was allowed to use the BBC logo on the cover and a box stating "Published with permission of the BBC" appeared on the back.

* The introduction, by way of "A letter from the Doctor", is a direct lift from the first and very early issues of Doctor Who Weekly (as ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' was formerly known as), even down to the Doctor's signature at the end. This time around the letter was, as dictated to by [[Russell T Davies]].

* The Storybook was issued with a dustcover that inside the front flap had a short piece "The Changing Face of Doctor Who" and in the back flap had a short piece on each of the featured writers accompanied by a small photo.