The Official Doctor Who Annual 2013


 * Not to be confused with IDW's 2013 Doctor Who Annual.

 was the British Doctor Who annual published by BBC Children's Books. As with all British annuals, it was actually published in the year prior the cover date prior to the broadcast of Series Seven broadcast in 2012.

Overview

 * Release Number 7
 * Publisher BBC Children's Books,UK
 * Released in August 2012
 * ISBN: 978-1-40590-844-3
 * Priced £7.99 (UK)
 * Format Hardback 64 pages
 * Featured Doctor: Eleventh Doctor
 * Featured Companions: Danny and Abby (in the comic strips)

Comic strip story

 * The Zentrabot Invasion by Jason Loborik, illustrated by John Ross and coloured by James Offredi
 * The Tomb of Shemura by Jason Loborik, illustrated by John Ross and coloured by James Offredi

Text Stories/Fiction

 * Lorna's Escape by Jason Loborik, illustrated by Lee Sullivan

Features

 * Back into the Shadows…
 * Servants of the Silence!
 * Mels’ Diary
 * Toybox Terrors!
 * Teselecta Data Bank
 * Secrets of the TARDIS
 * The Doctor’s Army
 * Welcome to Nightmare Hotel
 * The Cyber Files
 * The Life and Times of River Song
 * Forest of Fear
 * Dorium’s Prophecy

Additional features

 * Puzzle: Spot the Difference
 * Puzzle Guess Who?
 * Activity: Draw the Doctor’s Nightmare
 * Puzzle: Peg Doll Mash-up!
 * Puzzle: Crossword
 * Quiz: The Eleventh Doctor Super Quiz
 * Escape the Minotaur!
 * Shadow Match

Credits

 * Writer and Editor: Jason Loborik
 * Designer: Jason McEvoy

Additional Notes

 * Priced at £7.99, (UK) this Annual had a page count reduced from the previous year’s bumper release.
 * Frontispiece shows the TARDIS in flight through the Vortex
 * Also included is a page advertising Doctor Who Adventures and an ad for Doctor Who The Official Dictionary coming soon!
 * The text story Lorna's Escape recounts Lorna Bucket’s first encounter with the Doctor before meeting him again at Demon's Run.