The Dr Who Annual 1976

The Dr Who Annual 1976 was the tenth Doctor Who annual published by World Distributors. It was published in September 1975. This was the first annual to feature the Fourth Doctor on the cover.

	Fourth Doctor
	Sarah Jane Smith, Harry Sullivan, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, John Benton
	World Distributors
	£1.00
	September 1975
	Hardback; 64 pages
	ISBN 07-235-0320-6
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All stories within the annual are reflective of the Doctor/companion line up of the Fourth Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan that had been present in the television stories throughout 1975, however shortly after this annual was published Terror of the Zygons was broadcast with Harry Sullivan remaining on Earth as the Doctor and Sarah depart in the TARDIS.

Contents

Text stories

• A New Life
• The Hospitality on Hankus
• The Sinister Sponge
• Avast There!
• The Mission

Comic strip story

• The Psychic Jungle
• Neuronic Nightmare

Features

• Peculiar Plant Killers!
• Fit To Be An Astronaut
• Great Jumping Jupiter!
• Space Talk
• Dressed for the Job!
• Stories in the Stars
• It's A Fact!
• Thanks to Space Research
• ABC of Space

Puzzles

• Puzzling Planets
• The Plasmoid Jungle
• Moonstruck!
• A Galaxy of Stars
• Spaceword

Additional notes

Perhaps the most puzzling illustration in the book; of Harry, the Doctor, and Sarah Jane.

• The Doctor is referred to throughout as "Dr Who" or "Doctor Who".
• The comic strip stories and illustrations are provided by Paul Crompton.
• The photographic cover uses a publicity shot of the Fourth Doctor.
• A Dutch edition of this annual was also available. The content was the same as the UK edition, but did not feature the Spaceword puzzle.
• Many of the illustrations in the book were based on early promotional photos of Tom Baker after being cast as the Doctor. Other illustrations do not resemble the characters portrayed at all - most notably those of Sarah. The illustrators, who often were given little in terms of reference material, consistently depict Harry as possessing a moustache.
• A PDF of this annual was made available as a special feature on the Genesis of the Daleks DVD release.