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Doctor Who Annuals #20
Doctor Who Annual 1985: 21st Year Anniversary Issue
Text Stories: Battle Planet, Day of the Dragon, The Real Hereward, The Deadly Weed, Vorton's Revenge, The Time Savers, The Mystery of the Rings
Behind the Scenes: The Designer by Brenda Apsley (interview with Tony Burrough), Special Effects by Brenda Apsley.
Notes: The year '1985' only appears on the spine. A front cover banner identifies the annual as the '21st Year Anniversary Issue'. Mel Powell replaced Glenn Rix as the resident artist. The cover for this annual was originally to have been a photographic montage of the six Doctors put together by Ron Smethurst. The Doctor's companion was Peri, and the Master appeared in The Time Savers.
Behind the Scenes: The Designer by Brenda Apsley (interview with Tony Burrough), Special Effects by Brenda Apsley.
Notes: The year '1985' only appears on the spine. A front cover banner identifies the annual as the '21st Year Anniversary Issue'. Mel Powell replaced Glenn Rix as the resident artist. The cover for this annual was originally to have been a photographic montage of the six Doctors put together by Ron Smethurst. The Doctor's companion was Peri, and the Master appeared in The Time Savers.
64 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1984
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September 4, 2017
Oh it's pretty unsophisticated when it comes to the storytelling, but to a young "Doctor Who" fan it was a lot of fictional and non-fictional goodness to gobble up in one ecstatic go. This is feel good nostalgia reading, brining up fond memories of a simpler, more innocent age.
August 6, 2011
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Most kids would have been reading this annual, featuring the Sixth Doctor as played by Colin Baker, after the bizarre and unsettling experience of watching the new bloke in The Twin Dilemma several months before, and in the hope that in the new season due to begin in January the Doctor would start to behave, y'know, nicely. This annual would have reassured those kids; seven fairly unexceptional stories, one featuring the Master and several other Time Lords, one set in the eleventh century with a historical twist (and no sfnal elements other than the presence of the Doctor and Peri). There are two behind-the-scenes features on set design and special effects, no comics, no games, no factual filler items. It is the way the annuals have been going since JNT took over but it does feel like a bit of a reboot, given the new Doctor being featured here. The artwork is solid but not gorgeous.
Most kids would have been reading this annual, featuring the Sixth Doctor as played by Colin Baker, after the bizarre and unsettling experience of watching the new bloke in The Twin Dilemma several months before, and in the hope that in the new season due to begin in January the Doctor would start to behave, y'know, nicely. This annual would have reassured those kids; seven fairly unexceptional stories, one featuring the Master and several other Time Lords, one set in the eleventh century with a historical twist (and no sfnal elements other than the presence of the Doctor and Peri). There are two behind-the-scenes features on set design and special effects, no comics, no games, no factual filler items. It is the way the annuals have been going since JNT took over but it does feel like a bit of a reboot, given the new Doctor being featured here. The artwork is solid but not gorgeous.
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