Doctor Who Annual

The first Doctor Who Annual was published by World Distributors in 1965, and featured text stories and comic strips starring the original Doctor as played by William Hartnell. A second Hartnell annual followed the following year, with the 1967 annual marking the debut of Patrick Troughton's second Doctor. After a further two Troughton annuals in 1968 and 1969, third Doctor Jon Pertwee appeared in the 1970 annual, but no annual was released in 1971; instead, the next annual was cover dated 1973 and released in late 1972 (this was the first annual with a cover date). World published two more third Doctor annuals dated 1974 and 1975, then annuals featuring fourth Doctor Tom Baker dated 1976-1982 (the 1982 book also featuring some text stories starring incoming fifth Doctor Peter Davison, though only his head was shown in pictures as his costume had yet to debut on TV). Two more fifth Doctor annuals were issued dated 1983 and 1984, and sixth Doctor Colin Baker featured in the 1985-1986 books. After this, World published no more Doctor Who annuals, though Marvel UK released Doctor Who Yearbooks in the same format from 1992-1996. In late 2005 BBC Books released a 2006 Doctor Who Annual to tie-in to the newly relaunched series, and they have published one ever since, with Doctor Who Storybook Annuals also being released every year since 2007 by Panini UK, who now publish Doctor Who Magazine. In addittion, Woirld Distributors also published an oversized compilation of stories from earlier annuals (titled simply 'Doctor Who') in 1981 and Galley Press released a second one, 'Doctor Who Special: Journey Through Time' in 1986. Several Doctor Who spinoff annuals have also been produced, notably the K9 Annual in 1983 (published by World) and three Dalek 'annuals'in the sixties, 'The Dalek Book' (1964), 'The Dalek World' (1965) and 'The Dalek Outer Space Book' (1966) (all three published by Souvenir Press) with another four (all titled 'Terry Nation's Dalek Annual') published by World from 1975-1978 (though all dated the following year, meaning that the covers show 1976-1979).