Doctor Who: The Official Annual 2007

Doctor Who Annuals #28

by Jacqueline Rayner, Davey Moore, Adrian Salmon (Colorist)

* Meet the Doctor
* Friends Old and New
* Who Would You Be?
* Know Your Enemy: Cassandra
* Monster Hunt
* Mirror Image
* Know Your Enemy: Krillitanes
* Is Your Teacher an Alien?
* K-9's Cafe Confustion
* Doctor Ho Ho!
* Solar System
* Spacial Awarness
* Know Your Enemy: Ood
* The Torchwood Institute
* Police Box Party!
* Werewolf Attack!
* Which Alien Are You Most Like?
* Going Round In Circles
* Know Your Enemy: Slitheen
* Escape from Raxacoricofallapatorious
* Not Exactly Rocket Science
* Down the Rabbit Hole
* Make Your Own Time Capsule
* Know Your Enemy: Daleks
* Message Madness
* Doomsday!
* TARDIS Tracker
* Know Your Enemy: Cybermen
* Act Like a Time Lord
* Doctor Who Adventures

Genres: Doctor Who, Nonfiction, Childrens

64 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2006

About the author

Jacqueline Rayner is a best selling British author, best known for her work with the licensed fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.

Her first professional writing credit came when she adapted Paul Cornell's Virgin New Adventure novel Oh No It Isn't! for the audio format, the first release by Big Finish. (The novel featured the character of Bernice Summerfield and was part of a spin-off series from Doctor Who.) She went on to do five of the six Bernice Summerfield audio adaptations and further work for Big Finish before going to work for BBC Books on their Doctor Who lines.

Her first novels came in 2001, with the Eighth Doctor Adventures novel EarthWorld for BBC Books and the Bernice Summerfield novel The Squire's Crystal for Big Finish. Rayner has written several other Doctor Who spin-offs and was also for a period the executive producer for the BBC on the Big Finish range of Doctor Who audio dramas. She has also contributed to the audio range as a writer. In all, her Doctor Who and related work (Bernice Summerfield stories), consists of five novels, a number of short stories and four original audio plays.

Rayner has edited several anthologies of Doctor Who short stories, mainly for Big Finish, and done work for Doctor Who Magazine. Beyond Doctor Who, her work includes the children's television tie-in book Horses Like Blaze.

With the start of the new television series of Doctor Who in 2005 and a shift in the BBC's Doctor Who related book output, Rayner has become, along with Justin Richards and Stephen Cole, one of the regular authors of the BBC's New Series Adventures. She has also abridged several of the books to be made into audiobooks.

She was also a member of Doctor Who Magazine's original Time Team.

Reviews

[Róka · Rating 3 out of 5]

5/3,5

Tetszik a borítója, mert ötletes. (Ecclestonról vált át Tennantre, ahogy mozgatja az ember.) Ezeket a a kiadványokat elsősorban gyerekeknek szánják, úgyhogy próbálom ezt figyelembe venni az értékelésnél.

Ebben a kötetben több a játék, mint az információ – vannak benne játékok, amiket a könyvben kell megoldani, meg olyanok is, amik inkább tanácsokat adnak, hogyan viselkedj úgy, mint egy Time Lord vagy milyen egy Police Box Party. Ezek úgy jópofák, meg rendben is vannak, inkább az nem tetszett, hogy elég kevés az infó úgy általában, meg rettenetesen bénák a képregények. Mind a rajzolás, mind a történet… Persze értem én, 5-6 oldalban nem lehet korszakalkotót alkotni, no de azért mégis :)

Ezeket nem akarom arra fogni, hogy „jaj, de ez egy gyerekkönyv, ne várjak többet”, mert bizony van olyan annual, ami jobban sikerült és jobban is tetszett.

[Shadowsword · Rating 2 out of 5]

only for children, some quizzes, some monsters explained, a comic and story. little text many photos of the monsters. adults looking for info should buy how to be a timelord, inside story, brilliant book (only available for 2 years though) or companions companion. the best of the annuals, therefore a bad 2stars

[Midziak · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was lovely. Actually fun. Lots of games inside and but not a lot of stories and I was kind of hoping for more adventures.

[Finn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun little companion book with information, games and quizzes. Will keep young and old entertained (even when you're not that much of a Whovian).

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Haha it's cute. A couple of years ago I was in Barnes and Noble and saw David Tennant's face on the cover of a book (this one) and ran down the isle to get it! Seeing that it was him and was something having to do with Doctor Who I had to buy it. It's a fun information book. But it doesn't get to the heart of what is doctor who. It is just a bunch of little crafts and games not tons of ridiculous facts like I wanted.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice, but not WOW.

[Nayeli · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was published under BBC Children's Books. It's fun, kind of silly, and very different to 2006's annual. I reckon fans will enjoy it, but it was definitely written with kids in mind.

[Kristina Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full of fun activities and fascinating facts. There's some mind bending tricks you can try on friends as well as puzzles you can try yourself.

[Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun stories and highlights