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|image = Annual69.jpg
|image         = <gallery>
|doctor = Second Doctor
The Dr Who Annual 1969 (front).jpg|Front
|companions = [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]]
The Dr Who Annual 1969 (back).jpg|Back
|release date = September 1968
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|publisher = World Distributors
|doctor         = Second Doctor
|price = 12s6d (62.5 new pence)
|companions     = [[Jamie McCrimmon]], [[Victoria Waterfield]]
|release date   = September 1968
|publisher     = World Distributors
|price         = 12s6d (62.5 new pence)
|release number = 4
|release number = 4
|format = Hardback; 96 pages
|format         = Hardback; 96 pages
|series = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]
|series         = [[Doctor Who annual|''Doctor Who'' annuals]]
|prev = Doctor Who Annual 1968
|prev           = Doctor Who Annual 1968
|next = Doctor Who Annual 1970
|next           = Doctor Who Annual 1970
}}
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' was the fourth ''[[Doctor Who]]'' annual published by [[World Distributors]]. It was released in September 1968.
'''''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]].


== Contents ==
== Contents ==
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! Notes
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|''[[Lords of the Galaxy (short story)|Lords of the Galaxy]]''
|''[[Lords of the Galaxy (short story)|Lords of the Galaxy]]''
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|''[[Follow the Phantoms (short story)|Follow the Phantoms]]''
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|''[[Mastermind of Space (short story)|Mastermind of Space]]''
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|''[[Freedom by Fire (comic story)|Freedom by Fire]]''
|''[[Freedom by Fire (comic story)|Freedom by Fire]]''
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|Second Doctor, Jamie, Victoria
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|''[[The Celestial Toyshop (short story)|The Celestial Toyshop]]''
|''[[The Celestial Toyshop (short story)|The Celestial Toyshop]]''
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|''[[Valley of Dragons (short story)|Valley of Dragons]]''
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|''[[Planet from Nowhere (short story)|Planet from Nowhere]]''
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|''[[Happy as Queeg (short story)|Happy as Queeg]]''
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|''[[Atoms Infinite (comic story)|Atoms Infinite]]''
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|''[[World of Ice (short story)|World of Ice]]''
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|''[[The Microtron Men (short story)|The Microtron Men]]''
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|''[[Death to Mufl (short story)|Death to Mufl]]''
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== Additional notes ==
== Additional notes ==
[[File:Natarls Doctor Who Annual 1969.jpg|thumb|Natarls]]
[[File:Natarls Doctor Who Annual 1969.jpg|thumb|Natarls]]
* The book was printed in England by [[Jarrold & Sons Ltd.]], Norwich.
* 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 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>
* [[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.
* [[Natarl]]s from the film {{wi|Battle in Outer Space}} (1959) appear in the artwork of the inside cover.

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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

# 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

Natarls

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.

From The Celestial Toyshop onwards, the illustrations more closely resemble Victoria and Jamie, and the distinctive mannerisms of the two characters are apparent.

Footnotes