Doctor Who Annual 1981

 was the fifteenth Doctor Who annual published by World Distributors. Beginning the year 1980, the annual, previously published each September, moved to August.

Overview

 * Release Number 15
 * Publisher World Distributors
 * Released in September 1980
 * Priced £1.95
 * Format Hardback 64 pages
 * Featured Doctor: The Fourth Doctor
 * Featured Companions: Romana II, K9 Mark II
 * Featured Enemies:

Text stories

 * Colony of Death
 * UFO - Fact or Fiction?
 * Alien Mind Games
 * A Midsummer's Nightmare
 * The Voton Terror
 * The Dogon and the White Dwarf
 * Sweet Flower of Uthe

Comic strip story

 * Every Dog Has His Day

Features

 * V is For
 * Space Satellites
 * Space Facts
 * Scanning the Skies
 * Tomorrow's Travel

Puzzles

 * The Centovian Problem

Additional notes

 * The photographic shot featuring the Fourth Doctor used on the cover is from The Armageddon Factor.
 * A digital copy of this issue was included on disc 1 of the 2017 Shada Blu-ray release.