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{{Update|"Know Your Enemy" originated in early issues of ''Doctor Who Weekly''. The 2007 run was clearly a reboot of the DWM feature, and the article should reflect this.}}
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{{Real world}}'''''Know Your Enemy''''' was a series of informational "fact files" about various enemies encountered by [[the Doctor]].


'''''Know Your Enemy''''' was a series of informational "fact files" about various enemies encountered by [[the Doctor]], published in several rebooted-series [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]. ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016]]'' renamed the series ''Black Archive'', though the content remained the same. The original name returned in [[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021|the 2021 annual]].
== History ==
=== UNIT Hotline ===
The series originated as part of the ''[[UNIT Hotline (series)|UNIT Hotline]]'' feature in early issues of ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' (later ''Doctor Who Monthly'' and ''Doctor Who Magazine'') from [[DWM 26|issue 26]] through [[DWM 47|issue 47]]. It then returned for the celebratory [[DWM 350|issue 350]].


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|-
!Annual
!Publication
!Feature
!Feature
!Featured enemies
!Featured enemy
|-
|''[[DWM 26]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.1 Dalek (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.1 Dalek]]''
|[[Dalek]]
|-
|''[[DWM 27]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.2 Ice Warrior (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.2 Ice Warrior]]''
|[[Ice Warrior]]
|-
|''[[DWM 28]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy Sontaran (feature)|Know Your Enemy Sontaran]]''
|[[Sontaran]]
|-
|''[[DWM 29]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.3 Voord (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.3 Voord]]''
|[[Voord]]
|-
|''[[DWM 30]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.4 Robot K~1 (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.4 Robot K~1]]''
|[[K1]]
|-
|''[[DWM 31]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.5 The Fish People (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.5 The Fish People]]''
|[[Fish person|Fish people]]
|-
|''[[DWM 32]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.6 Robots of Death (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.6 Robots of Death]]''
|[[Kaldor android|Robots of Death]]
|-
|''[[DWM 33]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.7 The Cybermen (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.7 The Cybermen]]''
|[[Cyberman|The Cybermen]]
|-
|''[[DWM 34]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.8 The Spiders (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.8 The Spiders]]''
|[[Eight Legs|The Spiders]]
|-
|''[[DWM 35]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.9 The Silurians (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.9 The Silurians]]''
|[[Silurian|The Silurians]]
|-
|''[[DWM 36]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.10 The Ogrons (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.10 The Ogrons]]''
|[[Ogron|The Ogrons]]
|-
|''[[DWM 37]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.11 Eldrad (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.11 Eldrad]]''
|[[Eldrad]]
|-
|''[[DWM 38]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.12 The Axons (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.12 The Axons]]''
|[[Axos|The Axons]]
|-
|''[[DWM 39]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.13 The War Machine (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.13 The War Machine]]''
|The [[War Machine]]
|-
|''[[DWM 40]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.14 Autons (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.14 Autons]]''
|[[Auton]]s
|-
|''[[DWM 41]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.15 Krynoids (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.15 Krynoids]]''
|[[Krynoid]]s
|-
|''[[DWM 42]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.15 Movellans (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.15 Movellans]]''
|[[Movellan]]s
|-
|''[[DWM 43]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.16 The Master (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.16 The Master]]''
|[[The Master]]
|-
|''[[DWM 44]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.17 The Nimon (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.17 The Nimon]]''
|[[Nimon|The Nimon]]
|-
|''[[DWM 45]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.18 The Mandrels (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.18 The Mandrels]]''
|The [[Mandrel]]s
|-
|''[[DWM 46]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy 19 Primords (feature)|Know Your Enemy 19 Primords]]''
|[[Primord]]s
|-
|''[[DWM 47]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy The Guardian (feature)|Know Your Enemy The Guardian]]''
|The [[Guardian (Colony in Space)|Guardian]]
|-
|''[[DWM 350]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy No.21 The Myrka (feature)|Know Your Enemy No.21 The Myrka]]''
|The [[Myrka]]
|-
|}
 
=== Timelines ===
In 1996, the [[Off Target]] feature in [[Scott Gray]]'s ''[[Timelines (feature)|Timelines]]'' page was replaced with the comedic ''Know Your Enemy - a cut-out-and-keep series''. After a short run, its place in ''Timelines'' was taken by ''[[The Clone Zone]]''.
 
It had a similar format to the original iteration, with several of the same regular subheadings ("Planet of origin", "History", and "Weaponry"). Additional subheadings included "Appearance", "Special abilities", "Weaknesses", "Current status", and the more comedic "Not to be confused with" (which compared the monsters to similar beings from pop culture) and "Menace rating".
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Publication
!Feature
!Featured enemy
|-
|[[DWM 239]]
|''[[File 467 The Voords (feature)|File 467 The Voords]]''
|[[Voord]]
|-
|[[DWM 240]]
|[[File 39 Axos (feature)|File 39 Axos]]''
|[[Axos]]
|-
|[[DWM 242]]
|''[[File 212 The Movellans (feature)|File 212 The Movellans]]''
|[[Movellan]]s
|}
 
=== Annuals ===
In the [[21st century]], the feature was continued in a handful of revival [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]. ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016]]'' renamed the series ''Black Archive'', though the content remained the same. The original name returned in [[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021|the 2021 annual]].
 
{| class="wikitable"
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!Publication
!Feature
!Featured enemy
|-
|-
|''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007]]''
|''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy (DWAN 2007 feature)|Know Your Enemy]]''
|''[[Know Your Enemy (DWAN 2007 feature)|Know Your Enemy]]''
|[[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Cassandra]], [[Krillitane]], [[Ood]], [[Slitheen]], [[Dalek]]s, [[Cybermen]]
|[[Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17|Cassandra]], [[Krillitane]], [[Ood]], [[Slitheen]], Daleks, Cybermen
|-
|-
|''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2008]]''
|''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2008]]''
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Know Your Enemy was a series of informational "fact files" about various enemies encountered by the Doctor.

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

UNIT Hotline[[edit] | [edit source]]

The series originated as part of the UNIT Hotline feature in early issues of Doctor Who Weekly (later Doctor Who Monthly and Doctor Who Magazine) from issue 26 through issue 47. It then returned for the celebratory issue 350.

Publication Feature Featured enemy
DWM 26 Know Your Enemy No.1 Dalek Dalek
DWM 27 Know Your Enemy No.2 Ice Warrior Ice Warrior
DWM 28 Know Your Enemy Sontaran Sontaran
DWM 29 Know Your Enemy No.3 Voord Voord
DWM 30 Know Your Enemy No.4 Robot K~1 K1
DWM 31 Know Your Enemy No.5 The Fish People Fish people
DWM 32 Know Your Enemy No.6 Robots of Death Robots of Death
DWM 33 Know Your Enemy No.7 The Cybermen The Cybermen
DWM 34 Know Your Enemy No.8 The Spiders The Spiders
DWM 35 Know Your Enemy No.9 The Silurians The Silurians
DWM 36 Know Your Enemy No.10 The Ogrons The Ogrons
DWM 37 Know Your Enemy No.11 Eldrad Eldrad
DWM 38 Know Your Enemy No.12 The Axons The Axons
DWM 39 Know Your Enemy No.13 The War Machine The War Machine
DWM 40 Know Your Enemy No.14 Autons Autons
DWM 41 Know Your Enemy No.15 Krynoids Krynoids
DWM 42 Know Your Enemy No.15 Movellans Movellans
DWM 43 Know Your Enemy No.16 The Master The Master
DWM 44 Know Your Enemy No.17 The Nimon The Nimon
DWM 45 Know Your Enemy No.18 The Mandrels The Mandrels
DWM 46 Know Your Enemy 19 Primords Primords
DWM 47 Know Your Enemy The Guardian The Guardian
DWM 350 Know Your Enemy No.21 The Myrka The Myrka

Timelines[[edit] | [edit source]]

In 1996, the Off Target feature in Scott Gray's Timelines page was replaced with the comedic Know Your Enemy - a cut-out-and-keep series. After a short run, its place in Timelines was taken by The Clone Zone.

It had a similar format to the original iteration, with several of the same regular subheadings ("Planet of origin", "History", and "Weaponry"). Additional subheadings included "Appearance", "Special abilities", "Weaknesses", "Current status", and the more comedic "Not to be confused with" (which compared the monsters to similar beings from pop culture) and "Menace rating".

Publication Feature Featured enemy
DWM 239 File 467 The Voords Voord
DWM 240 File 39 Axos Axos
DWM 242 File 212 The Movellans Movellans

Annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

In the 21st century, the feature was continued in a handful of revival Doctor Who annuals. Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016 renamed the series Black Archive, though the content remained the same. The original name returned in the 2021 annual.

Publication Feature Featured enemy
Doctor Who The Official Annual 2007 Know Your Enemy Cassandra, Krillitane, Ood, Slitheen, Daleks, Cybermen
Doctor Who The Official Annual 2008 Know Your Enemy Carrionites, Weeping Angels, Family of Blood, Slitheen, Judoon, Dalek Sec, Racnoss
Doctor Who The Official Annual 2009 Know Your Enemy Max Capricorn, Sontarans, Hath, Adipose, Pyroviles, Vespiform, Davros
Doctor Who The Official Annual 2011 Know Your Enemy Smilers, Daleks, Weeping Angels, Silurians, Vampires, Dream Lord
Doctor Who The Official Annual 2016 Black Archive Daleks, Foretold, Boneless, Cybermen, Dream crabs, Weeping Angels
Doctor Who The Official Annual 2021 Know Your Enemy Kasaavin, Dregs, Skithra, Reconnaissance Dalek, Judoon, Praxeus, Chagaska, Ashad, CyberMasters
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