Doctor Who Annual 1978

 was the twelfth Doctor Who annual published by World Distributors. It was released on 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:

Text stories

 * The Sleeping Beast
 * The Sands of Tymus
 * A New Life
 * The Sea of Faces

Comic strip story

 * The Rival Robots
 * The Traitor

Features

 * Loony Laffs
 * Mythical Monsters!
 * Apollo Manned Mission Emblems
 * Space Names
 * The Life Crystal
 * Merry Dancers of the Skies
 * Science Lends a Hand
 * Dr Who Alphabet
 * Observing the Stars
 * Orbiting Telescope
 * It’s in the Stars

Puzzles

 * A Race Against Time
 * Celestial Squares
 * Mystery Messages
 * Arith-Mental Interrogation
 * If
 * Problems, Problems!
 * Peaceful Solution
 * Spaceword!
 * True or False?
 * Spot the Difference
 * Escape From the Green Volcano

Additional notes

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