Doctor Who Annual 1978

 was the twelfth Doctor Who annual published by World Distributors. It was released in September 1977.

Overview

 * Release Number 12
 * Publisher World Distributors
 * Released in September 1977
 * Priced £1.35
 * Format Hardback 64 pages
 * Featured Doctor: The Fourth Doctor, the Second Doctor (flashback cameo)
 * Featured Companions: Sarah Jane Smith
 * Featured Enemies:

Short stories

 * The Sleeping Beast
 * Mythical Monsters!
 * The Sands of Tymus
 * Mystery Message
 * A New Life
 * The Life Crystal
 * Science Lends a Hand
 * Arith-Mental Interrogation
 * Peaceful Solution
 * The Sea of Faces

Picture Stories

 * The Rival Robots
 * The Traitor

Other

 * Loony Laffs

Games

 * A Race Against Time!
 * "Celestial Squares" (quiz on real-world scientific information about the solar system)
 * Mystery Message - Associated puzzle
 * "Space Names" (quiz on the real-world names of various celestial bodies)
 * The Life Crystal - Associated brain-teaser
 * Arith-Mental Interrogation - Associated brain-teaser
 * Problems, Problems! - Three associated brain-teasers
 * "Spaceword" (crosswords puzzle)
 * Spot The Difference - "Spot the difference" game between two images of the Fourth Doctor in the TARDIS. On one, the TARDIS scanner shows Roger Delgado's, while the other shows Peter Butterworth's Meddling Monk.
 * Escape from the Green Volcano

Non-narrative features

 * Dr Who Alphabet

Documentary features

 * "Apollo Manned Mission Emblems" (feature on the American space program)
 * "If…" (feature on the relative sizes of celestial bodies in the real world)
 * "Merry Dancers of the Skies" (feature on the aurora borealis phenomenon)
 * "Observing the Stars" (feature on astronomical observation)
 * "Orbiting Telescope" (feature on orbiting telescopes)
 * "It's In The Stars" (feature on the light of the stars)

Additional notes

 * The Doctor, as is common with early Classic Who literature, is referred to as "Doctor Who" throughout the prose narratives included within this annual.