1st Doctor
Doctor Who Annuals
Strips and stories featuring the First Doctor

 

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Annual 1966
Annual 1966

  • Released: September 1965
The Lair of the Zarbi Supremo 1st Doctor
The Zarbi moves Vortis into our solar system and the Doctor, with the help of the Menoptra, have to prevent an invasion of Earth.

Time-Placement: This is the second visit of the Doctor to Vortis.

The Sons of the Crab 1st Doctor
The Doctor travels to the planet Wengrol, in the Crab Nebula, where he finds himself subjected to the studies of the native Yends which are suffering from constant mutations.

Time-Placement: The Doctor's trip to the Crab Nebula is the farthest the TARDIS has ever made to this point, making it one of the earliest adventures. Likely just after Time and Relative.

The Lost Ones 1st Doctor
The Doctor travels to Vortis where he meets survivors of the Atlantis.

Time-Placement: This is the first visit of the Doctor to Vortis.

The Monsters from Earth 1st Doctor, Tony and Amy
The TARDIS mistakenly materialises in 1966 London where the Doctor is joined by two children -- Tony and Amy Barker -- and their dog, who hide in the TARDIS during a game of hide-and-seek..

They then materialises on the Sense-Sphere where they encounter primitives Sensorites feeding criminals to the spider-like Zilgan.

After their adventure, the Doctor promise to return the children to their proper time.

Time-Placement: Before his later visit in The Sensorites.

Peril in Mechanistria 1st Doctor
The Doctor travels to a world of enslaved men ruled by machines. He travels to the past with one of the slave to prevent the machines taking control.

Time-Placement: There are references to the Daleks, but since the Doctor never heard of them prior to The Daleks, this adventure must takes place afterwards. The 1st Doctor is said to have travelled alone for a time after dropping Susan back to the 22nd century following the events in The Five Doctors and before returning to fetch Steven.

The Fishmen of Kandalinga 1st Doctor
The Doctor travels to Kandalinga where he encounters a group of Voord, exiled from Marinus, who are enslaving its inhabitants.

Time-Placement: After the The Keys of Marinus. The 1st Doctor is said to have travelled alone for a time after dropping Susan back to the 22nd century following the events in The Five Doctors and before returning to fetch Steven.

 

Comic strips in blue
Short stories in black



Annual 1967
Annual 1967

  • Released: September 1966
The Cloud Exiles 1st Doctor
The Doctor stops a robot rebellion and helps the cloud-like Ethereals to regain their bodies.

Time-Placement: In publication order after the last stories of the Annual 1966.

The Sons of Grekk 1st Doctor
The Doctor helps a race of peaceful to fight the evil Deemon and his sons of Grekk.

Time-Placement: In publication order after the last stories of the Annual 1966.

Terror on Tiro 1st Doctor
The Doctor travels to Tiro and helps freeing the Staggs from the tyranny of the evil Klarimo.

Time-Placement: In publication order after the last stories of the Annual 1966.

Mission for Duh 1st Doctor
The Doctor travels to the planet Birr where he encouters the Rostrows who need his help to repain their ship.

The Doctor realizes they have mistakently taken prisoner some of the native plant-like Verdants and that the ship is held in a forcefield.

Along one of the Rostrow engineers, Duh, they head off to find the Verdants leader and make peace.

Time-Placement: In publication order after the last stories of the Annual 1966.

The Devil Birds of Corbo 1st Doctor, Jack, Dot, Strong, Shelly, Chertzog and Hill
On Corbo, the Doctor helps stranded space explorers to fight robot birds, then takes them with him to return them to Earth.

Time-Placement: In publication order after the last stories of the Annual 1966.

The Plathings of Fo 1st Doctor, Jack, Dot, Strong, Shelly, Chertzog and Hill
On Rhoos, the Doctor helps the inabitants to get rid of Fo, a space cyclops.

At the ends of the story, the Doctor plans to return his companion to Earth.

Time-Placement: Follows directly The Devil Birds of Corbo.

Justice of the Glacians 1st Doctor
The Doctor fights a tyrant who imprisoned peaceful aliens in ice to become ruler of the planet Bruhl.

Time-Placement: In publication order after the last stories of the Annual 1966.

Ten Fathoms Pirates 1st Doctor
The Doctor meets underwater pirates who have captured the TARDIS.

Time-Placement: In publication order after the last stories of the Annual 1966.

 

Invasion From Space
Invasion From Space

  • Released: January 1966
Doctor Who and the Invasion From Space1st Doctor, George, Helen, Alan and Ida
The Doctor is joined at the beginning of the story by the Mortimer family who is fleeing the Great Fire of London.

They then lands on a spaceship driven by a super-computer and carrying survivors from Andromeda who are planning an invasion of our galaxy.

Time-Placement: Arbitrary, in publication order after the last stories of the Annual 1966.

Note: This is a 60-page illustrated novella published by World Distributors.












 

 
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