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'''''Doctor Who Annual 1986''''' was the twentieth [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]. It was the final annual published by [[World Distributors]] and it was released in [[August (releases)|1985]]. | '''''Doctor Who Annual 1986''''' was the twentieth [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annual]]. It was the final annual published by [[World Distributors]] and it was released in [[August (releases)|August]] [[1985 (releases)|1985]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:40, 13 November 2024
Doctor Who Annual 1986 was the twentieth Doctor Who annual. It was the final annual published by World Distributors and it was released in August 1985.
Contents[[edit] | [edit source]]
Text stories[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Fellowship of Quan
- Time Wake
- Interface
- Beauty and the Beast
- Retribution
- Davarrk's Experiment
- The Radio Waves
Features[[edit] | [edit source]]
- `Behind the Scenes at Doctor Who: Make-Up` interview with Dorka Nieradzik by Brenda Aspley
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.
