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


== Contents ==
== Contents ==
=== Text stories ===
{| style="width:60%;font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Verdana, 'URW Gothic L', 'Nimbus Sans L', 'sans-serif'"
* ''[[Lords of the Galaxy (short story)|Lords of the Galaxy]]''
! width="2.5%" |
* ''[[Follow the Phantoms (short story)|Follow the Phantoms]]''
! width="10%" |<div id="block" class="row-yellow"></div>
* ''[[Mastermind of Space (short story)|Mastermind of Space]]''
| align="left" |Short story
* ''[[The Celestial Toyshop (short story)|The Celestial Toyshop]]''
!
* ''[[Valley of Dragons (short story)|Valley of Dragons]]''
! width="10%" |<div id="block" class="row-green"></div>
* ''[[Planet from Nowhere (short story)|Planet from Nowhere]]''
| align="left" |Comic
* ''[[Happy as Queeg (short story)|Happy as Queeg]]''
|}
* ''[[World of Ice (short story)|World of Ice]]''
* ''[[The Microtron Men (short story)|The Microtron Men]]''
* ''[[Death to Mufl (short story)|Death to Mufl]]''


=== Comic strip stories ===
* ''[[Atoms Infinite (comic story)|Atoms Infinite]]''
* ''[[Freedom by Fire (comic story)|Freedom by Fire]]''


=== Features ===
{| {{prettytable}}
* Star Facts
! #
* About the Moon
! Source
* The Unknown World Under the Sea
! Type
* Space Dictionary
! Featuring
* Our Solar System
! Notes
* Space Panorama
|- class="row-yellow"
* Men in Space
! 1
* Looking Back
|''[[Lords of the Galaxy (short story)|Lords of the Galaxy]]''
* [[Pioneers of Flight (short story)|Pioneers of Flight]]
|Short story
 
|[[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]], [[Saurian (Lords of the Galaxy)|Saurians]]
=== Puzzles ===
|
* Space Quiz
|-
* Return from Hades
! 2
* Space Special
|Space Quiz
* Dr. Who's Planet Quiz
|Game
* The Mysteries of Space
|
|
|- 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
|
|
|}


== Additional notes ==
== Additional notes ==
[[File:Natarls Doctor Who Annual 1969.jpg|thumb|Natarls]]
* The book was printed in [[England]] by [[Jarrold & Sons Ltd.]], [[Norwich]].
* [[The Doctor]] is referred to throughout as "Dr Who".
* [[The Doctor]] is referred to throughout as "Dr Who".
* [[Walter Howarth]]'s cover of this annual was heavily based on George Wilson's cover for ''Space Family Robinson: Lost in Space'' #23 ([[August (releases)|August]] [[1967 (releases)|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.
* 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.
=== Shades of Ben and Polly? ===
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.
* 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.
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 03:21, 13 November 2024

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