The Dream Masters (short story)

The Dream Masters was the second short story and second release exclusively published in The Dr Who Annual 1968 in September 1967 by World Distributors.^[1] The story featured the Second Doctor), Ben and Polly.

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*The Dr Who Annual* 1968
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Like many early Doctor Who print stories, both comic and prose, the Doctor is referred to as "Doctor Who" or "Dr. Who". The word "doctor" is not even seen as a proper noun here when used on its own to refer to the character.
As with other stories in the 1968 annual, the Doctor refers to Ben and Polly as "my children", or, individually, "my child", "my girl", or "my boy". Uncharacteristic of the Troughton Doctor, this seems to be a hold-over from the Hartnell interpretation; there was simply too little time between when Troughton took over and this annual had to go to print for the annual's editors to understand Troughton's approach to the role.
As in other illustrated stories throughout the annual, the Doctor is shown here wearing his stovepipe hat — another indicator of just how early this annual went to press.