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THE Doctor WHO ANNUAL 1979 by BBC (January 1, 1979) Hardcover
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February 5, 2026
Revisiting Doctor Who annuals on a wet January day, aged 60. I need to remember that I’m reading this as an adult, and not the 13 year old child I was (the intended audience).
The things I didn’t like about this annual include referring to the doctor as ‘Doctor Who’. I thought, by 1979, that we had gone beyond this. He’s ’the Doctor’. He’s not ‘Doctor Who’. Leela is almost superfluous - she has nothing to do any of these stories, apart from the last one ‘The Crocodiles From The Mist’ which, incidentally, is the best story. Also, in the artwork, Leela does not look like Leela. I’m wondering who the artist was using as a reference? The majority of the stories are okay, but the resolution is often too simple, convenient or silly. Or does not make sense. The conclusion to one story (Emsone’s Castle) is a straight rip of the conclusion to the Brain of Morbius.
That said, it was fun to revisit this annual. Thankfully, the stories generally got better as we progressed through the annual. And, if you ignore the poor likeness of Leela, the artwork is generally very good, and probably the best reason to purchase the annual.
The things I didn’t like about this annual include referring to the doctor as ‘Doctor Who’. I thought, by 1979, that we had gone beyond this. He’s ’the Doctor’. He’s not ‘Doctor Who’. Leela is almost superfluous - she has nothing to do any of these stories, apart from the last one ‘The Crocodiles From The Mist’ which, incidentally, is the best story. Also, in the artwork, Leela does not look like Leela. I’m wondering who the artist was using as a reference? The majority of the stories are okay, but the resolution is often too simple, convenient or silly. Or does not make sense. The conclusion to one story (Emsone’s Castle) is a straight rip of the conclusion to the Brain of Morbius.
That said, it was fun to revisit this annual. Thankfully, the stories generally got better as we progressed through the annual. And, if you ignore the poor likeness of Leela, the artwork is generally very good, and probably the best reason to purchase the annual.
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