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{{Infobox Annual|
{{Infobox Annual|
annual name=Doctor Who Annual 1986|
annual name=Doctor Who Annual 1986|
image=|
image=[[Image:Doctor_Who_1986.jpg|250px|]][[Doctor Who Annual 1986]]|
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Doctor Who Annual]]|
series=[[Doctor Who]] -<br/>[[Doctor Who Annual]]|
release date=[[1986]]|
release date= September [[1985]]|
publisher= [[World Distributors]] |
isbn= ISBN 7-235-6747-6|
format= hardback 64 pages |
previous annual=[[Doctor Who Annual 1985]]|
previous annual=[[Doctor Who Annual 1985]]|
next annual=[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]]|
next annual=[[Doctor Who Annual 2006]] (see also [[Doctor Who Yearbooks]])|
}}
}}


==Individual Stories==
=Overview=
*[[The Fellowship of Quan]]
: Release Number 20
*[[Time Wake]]
: Publisher [[World Distributors]]
*[[Interface]]
: Released in September [[1985]]
*[[Beauty and the Beast]]
: Priced £3.25
*[[Retribution]]
: Format Hardback 64 pages
*[[Darvarrk's Experiment]]
: Featured Doctor: The [[Sixth Doctor]]
*[[The Radio Waves]]
: Featured Companions:
: Featured Enemies:


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=Contents=


[[Category:Doctor Who Annuals]]
==Text Stories==
* [[The Fellowship of Quan]]
* [[Time Wake]]
* [[Interface]]
* [[Beauty and the Beast]]
* [[Retribution]]
* [[Davarrk’s Experiment]]
* [[The Radio Waves]]
 
==Comic Strip Story==
* None
 
==Features ==
* `Behind the Scenes at Doctor Who: Make-Up` interview with [[Dorka Nieradzik]] by [[Brenda Aspley]]
 
==Puzzles==
* None
 
=Additional Notes=
* 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 multicoloured umbrella).
*This was to be the last of the regular World Distributor published Annuals.
* Both [[John Nathan-Turner]] and the publishers [[World Distributors]] for various reasons had becomeg increasingly frustrated with each other, along with the shows 18 month hiatus (resulting in no new 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 was not renewed.
* World Distributors did however 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 [[Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space]] volume.
* It was to be many years before the Annual returned (in time for Christmas 2005 in fact).
* 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 similar format to the Annuals offering a mix of text stories, comic strip stories and features.
 
=External Links=
To be added
 
[[Category:Doctor Who Annuals]]

Revision as of 22:55, 24 August 2007


Overview

Release Number 20
Publisher World Distributors
Released in September 1985
Priced £3.25
Format Hardback 64 pages
Featured Doctor: The Sixth Doctor
Featured Companions:
Featured Enemies:

Contents

Text Stories

Comic Strip Story

  • None

Features

Puzzles

  • None

Additional Notes

  • 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 multicoloured umbrella).
  • This was to be the last of the regular World Distributor published Annuals.
  • Both John Nathan-Turner and the publishers World Distributors for various reasons had becomeg increasingly frustrated with each other, along with the shows 18 month hiatus (resulting in no new 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 was not renewed.
  • World Distributors did however 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 Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space volume.
  • It was to be many years before the Annual returned (in time for Christmas 2005 in fact).
  • 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 similar format to the Annuals offering a mix of text stories, comic strip stories and features.

External Links

To be added