Doctor Who The Official Annual 2009

Overview

 * Release Number 3
 * Publisher BBC Children's Books,UK
 * Released in August 2008
 * ISBN: 978-1-40590-427-8
 * Priced £6.99 (UK)
 * Format Hardback 94 pages
 * Featured Doctor: The Tenth Doctor
 * Featured Companions: Donna Noble
 * Featured Enemies: Various

Comic strip Story

 * The Greatest Mall in the Universe by Colin Brake
 * Illustrated by John Ross and coloured by James Offredi


 * The Time Sickness by Trevor Baxendale
 * Illustrated by John Ross and coloured by James Offredi


 * Death Disco by Alan Barnes
 * Illustrated by John Ross and coloured by James Offredi

Text Stories

 * Once Upon a Time by Justin Richards
 * Illustrated by John Ross and coloured by James Offredi


 * Most Beautiful Music by Justin Richards
 * Illustrated by John Ross and coloured by James Offredi

Features

 * 'The Adventure Continues' Written by Justin Richards
 * 'Know Your Companions' (Donna, Martha, Rose, Captain Jack Harkness, Mickey Smith and Sarah Jane Smith)
 * 'To the Doctor - a Daughter' by Justin Richards
 * 'The Sarah Jane Adventures cast and overview of series one Written by Rupert Laight
 * 'Alien A-Z' Written by Annabel Gibson
 * 'Battle for Survival' written by Justin Richards
 * 'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
 * 'What If? Written by Justin Richards
 * Posters (full page)
 * Partners in Crime
 * The Sarah Jane Adventures
 * Sontaran Sontar-ha!
 * The Library
 * Ood The Circle must be broken


 * Intergalactic Guide to Planets and Places:
 * Malcassairo
 * The Ood-Sphere
 * Pompeii
 * Messaline
 * Midnight


 * Know Your Enemy (full page feature):
 * Max Capricorn
 * Sontarans
 * The Hath
 * Adipose
 * Pyrovile
 * Vespiform
 * Davros

Additional features

 * Puzzle: Wordplay: Super Sonic
 * Puzzle: Monster Mash
 * Puzzle: Maze Trapped
 * Quiz: Time Lord True or False
 * Puzzle: Cosmic Crossword
 * Puzzle: Maze: Destination: Earth
 * Quiz: Where in the Universe are we?
 * Make: Ood T-shirt
 * Counter and Dice Game: Time Trap
 * 'Sonic' Drawing Page

Credits

 * Editor: to be added
 * Designer: to be added
 * Frontispiece uses graphics by (not stated)

Additional Notes

 * This year's release followed the format (and success), of recent years, with two releases: the Doctor Who The Official Annual 2009 (published by BBC Children's Books) AND the Doctor Who Storybook 2009 (published by Panini). While the latter presented a series of short illustrated fiction stories, the former concentrated on the lighter side of activities, games, puzzles and, once again, all new, comic strip stories.
 * Released in the UK following the fourth television series (with the Tenth Doctor) the cover featured a large shiny foil cover with the Tenth Doctor and the Supreme Dalek on the front and Davros on the back cover.
 * Of particular note is the increased page count, the addition of a third comic strip story, a second prose story, posters with an unobtrusive 'cut' line near the spine, pitched at a slightly older audience, more features than before including The Sarah Jane Adventures and ... best of all ... all for the same price as last year! This is destined to be a bigger seller than even last years!
 * Individual page credits are given on the title page but are not complete.