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|name=Doctor Who Annual 2006
|image       = DWANNUAL2006.jpg|Doctor Who Annual 2006
|image=DWANNUAL2006.jpg|Doctor Who Annual 2006
|doctor      = Ninth Doctor
|series=[[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]
|companions  = [[Rose Tyler]]
|release date= [[September (releases)|September]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
|release date = September 2005
|publisher= Panini UK
|publisher   = Panini UK
|isbn= ISBN 1-904419-73-9 (UK edition)<br />ISBN 0-7333-1748-0 (Australian edition)
|isbn         = ISBN 1-904419-73-9 (UK edition)<br />ISBN 0-7333-1748-0 (Australian edition)
|format= hardback 62 pages  
|price        = £6.99
|prev=none
|release number = 1
|next=Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007
|format       = Hardback; 62 pages
|series      = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]
|prev         = Doctor Who Annual 1986
|next         = Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007
|series2      = Panini annual publications
|next2        = Doctor Who Storybook 2007
}}
}}
The '''''Doctor Who Annual 2006''''' was released in September [[2005 (releases)|2005]].
The '''''Doctor Who Annual 2006''''' was released in September [[2005 (releases)|2005]].
== Overview ==
: Release Number 1
: Publisher [[Panini]], UK
: Released in September 2005
: ISBN: 1-904419-73-9
: Priced £6.99
: Format Hardback 62 pages
: Featured Doctor:the [[Ninth Doctor]]
: Featured Companions: [[Rose Tyler]]
: Featured Enemies: to be added


== Contents ==
== Contents ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
=== Features ===
|-
* Who's Who (The nine faces of the Doctor) by [[Philip MacDonald]] and [[Stephen James Walker]]
! # || Source || Main character(s) || Featuring || Notes
* Meet the Doctor by [[Russell T Davies]]
|-
* Meet Rose by [[Russell T Davies]]
! 1
* Doctor Who: Behind the Scenes (A look at the production of Season One) by [[Benjamin Cook]]
| ''[[Who's Who? (feature)|Who's Who?]]''
* Inside the [[TARDIS]] by [[Gareth Roberts]]
| N/A
 
| N/A
=== Comic strip story ===
| Out-of-universe article.<br>Written by [[Philip MacDonald]] and [[Stephen James Walker]].
* ''[[Mr Nobody]]''
|-
 
! 2
=== Text stories ===
| ''[[Robot Rose (game)|Robot Rose]]''
* ''[[Doctor vs Doctor]]'' by [[Gareth Roberts]]
| [[Ninth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]]
: Illustrations by [[Andy Walker]]
|
* ''[[The Masks of Makassar]]'' by [[Paul Cornell]]
| rowspan="2" | Written by [[Justin Richards]] and [[Gareth Roberts]].
: Illustrations by [[Martin Geraghty]]
|-
* ''[[Pitter-Patter]]'' by [[Robert Shearman]]
! 3
: Illustrations by [[Daryl Joyce]]
| ''[[TARDIS Teaser (game)|TARDIS Teaser]]''
* ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'' by [[Steven Moffat]]
| Ninth Doctor, Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
: Illustrations by [[Martin Geraghty]]
| [[Bronze Dalek|Daleks]]
 
|-
=== Additional features ===
! 4
* Puzzle: Robot Rose / [[TARDIS]] teaser
| ''[[Doctor vs Doctor (short story)|Doctor vs Doctor]]''
* Puzzle: The Van Statten Code / UNIT Initiation Test / Lost Luggage
| Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler
|
| Written by Gareth Roberts.
|-
! 5
| ''[[Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 feature)|Meet the Doctor]]''
| Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler
| Daleks, [[Time Lord]]s, [[Romana II|Romana]]
| Written by [[Russell T Davies]].
|-
! 6
| ''[[The Masks of Makassar (short story)|The Masks of Makassar]]''
| Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler
|
| Written by [[Paul Cornell]].
|-
! 7
| ''[[Mr Nobody (comic story)|Mr Nobody]]''
| Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler
|
| Written by [[Scott Gray]].
|-
! 8
| ''[[The Van Statten Code (game)|The Van Statten Code]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]]
|
| rowspan="3" | Written by Justin Richards and Gareth Roberts.
|-
! 9
| ''[[U.N.I.T. Initiation Test (game)|U.N.I.T. Initiation Test]]''
|
|-
! 10
| ''[[Lost Luggage (game)|Lost Luggage]]''
| Ninth Doctor
|
|-
! 11
| ''[[Meet Rose (feature)|Meet Rose]]''
| Rose Tyler
| [[Pete Tyler]], [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Shareen Costello]], [[Mickey Smith]], [[Jimmy Stone]], Ninth Doctor
| Written by Russell T Davies.
|-
! 12
| ''[[Pitter-patter (short story)|Pitter-patter]]''
| Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler
|
| Written by [[Robert Shearman]].
|-
! 13
| [[Doctor Who: Behind the scenes (feature)|''Doctor Who'': Behind the scenes]]
| N/A
| N/A
| Out-of-universe article.<br>Written by [[Benjamin Cook]].
|-
! 14
| ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]''
| Ninth Doctor
| [[Sally Sparrow (What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow)|Sally Sparrow]]
| Later adapted into ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]''.<br>Written by [[Steven Moffat]].
|-
! 15
| ''[[Inside the TARDIS (feature)|Inside the TARDIS]]''
| Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler
|
| Written by [[Gareth Roberts]].
|-
|}


=== Accredited credits ===
=== Accredited credits ===
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* Frontispiece illustration by [[Alister Pearson]]
* Frontispiece illustration by [[Alister Pearson]]
* Puzzles by [[Justin Richards]] and [[Gareth Roberts]]
* Puzzles by [[Justin Richards]] and [[Gareth Roberts]]
* Puzzle Page illustrations by [[Ben Morris]]
* Puzzle Page illustrations by [[Ben Morris (illustrator)|Ben Morris]]
* With thanks to: [[Russell T Davies]], [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[James Clarkson]], [[Ian Grutchfield]], [[Francine Holdgate]], [[Nick Pegg]], [[James Hawes]], [[Kate Beharrell]], [[Richard Hollis]], [[Rosemarie Harrison]].
* With thanks to: [[Russell T Davies]], [[Tom Spilsbury]], [[James Clarkson]], [[Ian Grutchfield]], [[Francine Holdgate]], [[Nick Pegg]], [[James Hawes]], [[Kate Beharrell]], [[Richard Hollis]], [[Rosemarie Harrison]].


== Additional notes ==
== Additional notes ==
* With the new series on television proving such a success, it was not surprising that 2005 also saw the return of the [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]].
* With the new series on television proving such a success, it was not surprising that 2005 also saw the return of the [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]].
* Once again the license to publish the title was picked up by the publishers of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', with [[Panini]] having now taken over the title and rights from [[Marvel UK]].
* Once again the license to publish the title was picked up by the publishers of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', with [[Panini Comics]] having now taken over the title and rights from [[Marvel UK]].
* The Annual was the usual mix of comic strip, text, features and puzzles and was a great success in publishing terms: so successful, in fact that by the following year two titles were released that fit the definition of Annuals (i.e. a hardback book, published around September and intended for the Christmas merchandising market, with a limited shelf life and often, but not necessarily, year dated on the cover).
* The Annual was the usual mix of comic strip, short stories, features and puzzles, and was a great success{{fact}} in publishing terms: so successful, in fact that by the following year two titles were released that fit the definition of Annuals (i.e. a hardback book, published around September and intended for the Christmas merchandising market, with a limited shelf life and often, but not necessarily, year dated on the cover).
* The following year would see the publication of the ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007]]'', published by [[BBC Books|BBC Book]] and the ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2007]]'', published by [[Panini]]. While the latter presented a series of short illustrated fiction stories, the former concentrated on the lighter side of activities, games, puzzles and a reprinted comic strip story from ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'', and was aimed at a younger audience.
* The following year would see the publication of the ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007]]'', published by [[BBC Books]] and the ''[[Doctor Who Storybook 2007]]'', published by Panini. While the latter presented a series of short illustrated fiction stories, the former concentrated on the lighter side of activities, games, puzzles and a reprinted comic strip story from ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'', and was aimed at a younger audience.
* [[Russell T Davies]]' contributions to this Annual are significant. As well as offering a full biography of [[Rose Tyler]], Russell gives an overview of the Ninth Doctor and perhaps more significantly, his involvement in the [[Last Great Time War]] and its legend.
* [[Russell T Davies]]'s contributions to this Annual are significant. As well as offering a full biography of [[Rose Tyler]] which detailed many elements only alluded to on television, Russell gives an overview of the Ninth Doctor and perhaps more significantly, his involvement in the [[Last Great Time War]] and its legend. Later, in the TV story ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', it was established that the Doctor that did much of the fighting was the [[War Doctor]] portrayed by [[John Hurt]] (although the Ninth Doctor, and 13 incarnations in total, are also crucially involved in the explosion that preceded the Doctor's solitary existence in the 2005-present revival).
:* "On the planet [[Crafe Tec Heydra]], is a mountain, on the side of which is a crude record of an invisible War. Told in carvings and hieroglphs, it tells of two warring races (one flesh, the other metal), a fearsome explosion, and a solitary stranger walking away from the wreckage. Beneath the stranger is a phrase scratched in stone that translates as: 'You are not alone'!" (Source: written by [[Russell T Davies]])
 
* Another significant contribution to be found in this annual, comes from the writer [[Steven Moffat]], whose tale of Sally Sparrow's Christmas Holiday was reworked to become the 2007 story [[TV]]: ''[[Blink]]''. In this Doctor-lite story, an older version of Sally Sparrow was the lead character, receiving a message from the Doctor caught in the past.
{{quote|On the planet [[Crafe Tec Heydra]], is a mountain, on the side of which is a crude record of an invisible War. Told in carvings and hieroglphs, it tells of two warring races (one flesh, the other metal), a fearsome explosion, and a solitary stranger walking away from the wreckage. Beneath the stranger is a phrase scratched in stone that translates as: 'You are not alone'!|[[Russell T Davies]]}}
* The Annual also made a reference to the [[Big Finish]] audio story ''[[The Apocalypse Element]]'' as one of the key moments leading up to the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] between the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Dalek]]s, referred to only as "the Etra Prime Incident".
 
* Another significant contribution to be found in this annual, comes from the writer [[Steven Moffat]], whose tale ''[[What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow (short story)|What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow]]'' was reworked to become the 2007 episode ''[[Blink (TV story)|Blink]]''. In this Doctor-lite story, a new, distinct version of Sally Sparrow was the lead character, receiving a message from the Doctor caught in the past.
* The Annual also made a reference to the [[Big Finish]] audio drama ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'' as one of the key moments leading up to the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]] between the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Dalek]]s, referred to only as "the [[Etra Prime Incident]]".
* Some of the Time War events involving [[the Animus]] and the [[Eternal]]s mentioned there were later used in the novel ''[[A Brief History of Time Lords (novel)|A Brief History of Time Lords]]''.


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Latest revision as of 21:15, 5 September 2024

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The Doctor Who Annual 2006 was released in September 2005.

Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Source Main character(s) Featuring Notes
1 Who's Who? N/A N/A Out-of-universe article.
Written by Philip MacDonald and Stephen James Walker.
2 Robot Rose Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler Written by Justin Richards and Gareth Roberts.
3 TARDIS Teaser Ninth Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness Daleks
4 Doctor vs Doctor Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler Written by Gareth Roberts.
5 Meet the Doctor Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler Daleks, Time Lords, Romana Written by Russell T Davies.
6 The Masks of Makassar Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler Written by Paul Cornell.
7 Mr Nobody Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler Written by Scott Gray.
8 The Van Statten Code UNIT Written by Justin Richards and Gareth Roberts.
9 U.N.I.T. Initiation Test
10 Lost Luggage Ninth Doctor
11 Meet Rose Rose Tyler Pete Tyler, Jackie Tyler, Shareen Costello, Mickey Smith, Jimmy Stone, Ninth Doctor Written by Russell T Davies.
12 Pitter-patter Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler Written by Robert Shearman.
13 Doctor Who: Behind the scenes N/A N/A Out-of-universe article.
Written by Benjamin Cook.
14 What I Did on My Christmas Holidays by Sally Sparrow Ninth Doctor Sally Sparrow Later adapted into Blink.
Written by Steven Moffat.
15 Inside the TARDIS Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler Written by Gareth Roberts.

Accredited credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

  • With the new series on television proving such a success, it was not surprising that 2005 also saw the return of the Doctor Who annual.
  • Once again the license to publish the title was picked up by the publishers of Doctor Who Magazine, with Panini Comics having now taken over the title and rights from Marvel UK.
  • The Annual was the usual mix of comic strip, short stories, features and puzzles, and was a great success[source needed] in publishing terms: so successful, in fact that by the following year two titles were released that fit the definition of Annuals (i.e. a hardback book, published around September and intended for the Christmas merchandising market, with a limited shelf life and often, but not necessarily, year dated on the cover).
  • The following year would see the publication of the Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007, published by BBC Books and the Doctor Who Storybook 2007, published by Panini. While the latter presented a series of short illustrated fiction stories, the former concentrated on the lighter side of activities, games, puzzles and a reprinted comic strip story from Doctor Who Adventures, and was aimed at a younger audience.
  • Russell T Davies's contributions to this Annual are significant. As well as offering a full biography of Rose Tyler which detailed many elements only alluded to on television, Russell gives an overview of the Ninth Doctor and perhaps more significantly, his involvement in the Last Great Time War and its legend. Later, in the TV story The Day of the Doctor, it was established that the Doctor that did much of the fighting was the War Doctor portrayed by John Hurt (although the Ninth Doctor, and 13 incarnations in total, are also crucially involved in the explosion that preceded the Doctor's solitary existence in the 2005-present revival).

On the planet Crafe Tec Heydra, is a mountain, on the side of which is a crude record of an invisible War. Told in carvings and hieroglphs, it tells of two warring races (one flesh, the other metal), a fearsome explosion, and a solitary stranger walking away from the wreckage. Beneath the stranger is a phrase scratched in stone that translates as: 'You are not alone'!Russell T Davies

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