BBC
Books
ISBN
978-1-40591-179-5
Written
by Moray Laing
Reviewed
by DJ Forrest
The Official 50th
Anniversary Annual is jam packed full of exciting pages full of facts, fiction,
quizzes and games. There’s enough to
keep any Time Lord in the making amused for hours. It already had me at the front cover, and the
story The 50 Year Delay had me captivated till the last word.
The 50 Year Delay is a
very short story and tells of a young man called Ryan who has rushed down to
the tube station in order to catch the train to Kennington via Charing Cross,
only to discover that the train isn’t due for 50 years. Something is in the tunnel and it’s not a
train although it soon becomes apparent what it is. The Doctor lands the TARDIS on the platform
and instructs Ryan to remain behind the yellow line. There’s something else in the tunnels, and
again it’s not a train but it is something that is messing with time and
setting the trains back a good 50 years, but what is it?
The illustration on the
second page of the story is wonderfully bright and depicts the underground tube
station very well. It’s wonderful to see
the flash of colour from what comes out of the tunnel.
From the moment you turn
over the first page of the Annual you enter into the fiery vortex where two
cartoon characters can be seen, which is intriguing. Who are they and what episode are they from? Turn
to page 10 and you discover more monsters and discover there’s a lot of them
hiding within the pages of the annual, so for anyone who has children, or with
time to kill, hunting for the cartoon characters within the annual is a fun way
to spend a few minutes, or a few hours if you’re anything like me. There is so much to read, and its set out in
such a way to keep you entertained, it doesn’t dip in disappointment, there are
no moments through the annual where you feel cheated, or robbed of the money it
cost to buy it. There is so much to take
in, four pages of monsters, four pages of amazing facts about the Time Lord we
love, comic book stories with convincing Doctor and companion illustrations (I
always read those first).
Mazes, quizzes and games
including my favourite of them all, the Spot the Difference and this time you
have 50 differences to spot. All in all
there are 61 pages to entertain you with.
Moray Laing has been editor
of the Doctor Who Adventures magazine since (2006 – 2010, 2013 - ). DWA is the junior version of the Doctor Who
magazine and comes out monthly, although between the years 2008-2013 it came
out weekly. It’s aimed at the 6-13 year
olds but many adults (raises hand) still find it interesting and the competitions
are always worth entering. Who doesn’t
want a life size Dalek in their living room?
To be in with a chance
of winning a copy of the 50th Anniversary Annual, if you haven’t
purchased one already, just answer this one question:
What
creatures name means ‘the shadows that melt the flesh'?
Email your answer to us
no later than 20th March, winner will be announced in Issue 12.
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