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1967 Annual - William Hartnell

 

Doctor Who Annual 1967 was the Second Doctor Who Annual to be released and the Second Annual to feature William Hartnell as the Doctor.

 

Published by World Distributions it was released in September 1966. 

 

The front cover and spine simply say 'The Dr. Who Annual' with no mention of the year.


Like the first Annual the 1967 Annual features the First Doctor (William Hartnell) and has none of the shows companions. Again as with the first Annual The Doctor is referred to throughout as 'Dr. Who'.

 

Annual Information

 

Release - Number 2

Publisher - World Distributions

Released - September 1966

Format - Hardback - 96 Pages

Priced - 10s 6d

ISBN - None

 

Featured Enemies

Cover By - Walter Howarth

Internal Illustrations - Walter Howarth

Contents

 

The Cloud Exciles

  • Eleven Page story featuring The Doctor, Mitzog and Nalog. The Doctor reluctantly dematerialises the TARDIS from Earth, 2067, but is amazed to find it re-materialising in a near-identical landscape of grass and clouds. Venturing outside, he soon learns that he has not returned to Earth, as the atmosphere is too thin to breathe. He dons an atmospheric density jacket and ventures out again to take a sample of a low-lying cloud, baffled as to how clouds can form in such an atmosphere. The cloud is incandescent with energy: it surrounds him and he loses consciousness.

 

 

The Sons Of Grekk

 

  • A Ten Page story featuring The Doctor, Deemon, Swarf and Morag. The TARDIS materialises and the Doctor is amazed to find a pig's head filling the scanner screen. A closer look shows it is one of several dishes being carried by a spherical robot. After checking the environment is safe, he emerges to find himself in the wide corridor of a palatial building, hung with elaborate tapestries. He follows the smell of food and emerges on a gallery above a banqueting hall where men in metallic tunics feast

 

Terror On Trio

 

  • Eleven page story on the planet Tiro featuring The Doctor, Argon, Klario, The Staggs. The Tardis was damaged in the escape from The Sons of Grekk and arrives on the planet Tiro and checks the Fault Locator.

 

The Devil-Birds of Corbo

 

  • This Eleven page short story sees The Doctor land on the planet Corbo. Corbo is home to a humanoid race. Their bodies are covered with black feathers, to the point that only the eyes are visible.  However a Green Skinned Humanoid Race attempts to invade Corbo.

 

 

The Playthings of Fo

 

  • After rescuing the failed inter-galactic mission sent out by the Council of Earth and Mars, The Tardis brings The Doctor and his friends to the planet Rhoos. They materialise on a weird plain that turns out to be the hand of the evil Cyclops, Fo. As the Doctor and three of his companions (Hill, Shelley and Chertzog) fly around in their contra-gravity suits on a recce, they are captured by a mysterious spaceship. A Ten page story featureing The Doctor, Hill, Shelly, Chertzog, Harrol Strong, Dot Strong, Jack Strong, Fo, Ff'ni and The Kaarks.

 

Justice of the Glacians

 

  • A Ten page story that sees The Doctor arrive on the planet Bruhl.  Bruhl is inhabited by The Glacians, a Humanoid type of people who's bodies are covered in fur, except for their faces.  The Glacians wwere trapped in the ice by their evil ruler Rraprro.

 

Ten Fathom Pirates

 

  • A Nine page story that features The Doctor arriving on an un-named planet to be faced by a Skull and Crossbones Insignia. But what does it mean.

 

Comic Strip

Mission for Duh

  • A Five page Comic Strip set in Burr in which The Doctor encounter a noise-sensitive aliens.  The story features the characters Lahk, Duh and Phlege.

 

 

Puzzles

  • Escape From Planet X

 

 

 

 

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