Doctor Who Storybook
Doctor Who Storybooks were a series of annual publications published by Panini beginning in 2007. They were the brainchild of Clayton Hickman, who created the line as a response to BBC Worldwide's revocation of Panini's right to release a book branded as "the Doctor Who annual". Panini had proven with their Doctor Who Annual 2006 that there was indeed a market for Doctor Who annuals about the BBC Wales version of the show. Thus, Worldwide reserved the rights to use the title "Doctor Who annual" for BBC Books, but nevertheless allowed Panini to create an "annual-like" publication.
Thus, from 2007-2010 there were two annually-published Doctor Who books in the United Kingdom". The "Official Annual" series was printed by BBC Books, and tended to be aimed at a young audience, much like the old World Distributors annuals.
The Storybooks built on the formula seen in Panini's Doctor Who Annual 2006. Aimed at a slightly older crowd, each volume was mostly filled short narratives and comic strips — or, as the title implied, stories. These stories were written by people who had written or the television series or other licensed ranges arising from the BBC Wales series. Writers like Russell T Davies, Robert Shearman, Gareth Roberts, Mark Gatiss, Tom MacRae and Steven Moffat all contributed to the Storybooks.
