30th Anniversary Calendar

The 30th Anniversary Calendar was a Doctor Who calendar released in 1992 for the year 1993.
This calendar was notable for its unique artwork that was at times significantly more violent than the show itself. It also showed orignal ideas not seen on-screen: The Voord without their suits, the internal robotics of the Robot Yeti, Silurians killing an "ape-creature", and a Wirrn breeding colony.
The calendar also saw the rare inclusion of artwork for a non-television story, in this instance the novel Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible of the Virgin New Adventures.
== Credits ==
* Line artwork: Lee Sullivan
* Ace photograph: David J. Howe
* Concept: David J. Howe
* Design and layout: Mark Stammers
* Text: David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker, with thanks to Andrew Pixley
== Months ==
Artwork	Month 	Title 	Artist 	Description
 	January 	Capture of the Island 	Colin Howard 	The planet Marinus' inhabitants are ruled by The Conscience of Marinus, a machine housed in a pyramid on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of corrosive acid. The evil Voord decide to take control of the machine and thus the planet, and invade the island clad in protective rubber suits. Meanwhile one of their members discovers a strange blue box. (TV: The Keys of Marinus)
 	February 	Unstoppable 	Lee Edwards 	Deep beneath the London streets, an alien intelligence is plotting its invasion of Earth. The disembodied voice creates powerful robots to do its bidding and disguise themselves as Yeti, the mytholological creatures which inhabit the wastelands of Tibet, the location of the first attempted invasion. The Yeti roam the dark and eerie underground tunnels and passages, protecting their controller until the time is right. (TV: The Invasion)
 	March 	Masters of Earth 	Colin Howard 	Aeons ago, the reptiles were the rules of Earth, keeping a species of ape-like creatures are pets and fodder. A rogue planet, set on a collision course with the Earth forced the reptiles into hibernation until the Earth became habitable again. But the expected impact never came. The Earth's gravitational field captured the approaching planet, and put it into orbit. The reptiles slept on and the Earth gained a moon. Many millenia later, a group of humans, decendants [sic] of the early ape-creatures, disturbed the dormant Silurians, who immediately began to make plans to take control of their former world. (TV: Doctor Who and the Silurians)
 	April 	The Summoning 	Alistair Hughes	Deep in the crypt of an old church, an ancient amoral being in summoned, apparently by black magic. This is Azal, last of the Daemons, [sic] an ancient rate who saw the development of humanity as an experiment. The magic is the last remnant of the Daemons' psyonic science, and their form strikes terror into all who see them - for it is that of the Devil. (TV: The Dæmons)
 	May 	Breeding Colony 	Colin Howard 	Humanity had settled on the planet Andromeda, but soon found themselves prey to a race of giant wasp-like creatures, the Wirrn. The Wirrns used humans as breeding stock for their young, laying eggs in their bodies which were absorbed into the emryonic Wirrn as they grew. Tracking the Queen Wirrn down to her lair, an orbiting space station, a task force find themselves confronted with their worst nightmare. (TV: The Ark in Space)
 	June 	Clone Warrior 	Paul Vyse 	The Sontaran race is one of the most evil and deadly in the galaxy. Cloned warriors, developed to fight and win their squat and bulky appearance belies their great knowlege of tactics and battle. They know no mercy, existing only to further the cause of the great Sontaran race. (TV: The Time Warrior)
 	July 	The Vervoid 	Brian Hudd 	Secreted in the superstructure of a huge space-liner, the Vervoid waits for victims to pass by. This plant-race hatched from pods, and rapidly built up a human compost heap as they worked their way through the passengers and crew of the space-liner. (TV: Terror of the Vervoids)
 	August 	Trapped in the Time Corridor	Lee Sullivan 	The Daleks finally managed to get the Doctor right where they want him, caught in a time corridor. They transfer the end of the corridor to their own planet, Skaro, where the Emperor watches as the assembled Daleks prepare to destroy their nemesis once and for all.
 	September	Cat's Cradle 	Pete Wallbank 	Ace is trapped in a nightmare world ruled by the Process, a strange leech-like creature. Both the Doctor and the TARDIS have disappeared, leaving Ace with only a silver cat and the Phazels for company. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Time's Crucible)
 	October 	Thrill of the Hunt 	Mark Oldroyd 	On the planet of the Cheetah People, a hunt is in progress. Cheetas on horseback and on foot track the terrified human they have kidnapped from Earth. Scenting blood, the pack leader snarls into the air - let the sport commence! (TV: Survival)
 	November 	The Seven Doctors 	Alister Pearson	Seven into one. The many face of the Doctor together with his space/time craft the TARDIS. Celebrating 30 years of adventure, thrills and chills on televison, in books and in comics with the Doctor as our guide.
 	December 	The Awakening 	Colin Howard 	Deep the frozen tombs on Telos, something stirs. The temperature slowly rises and the dreaded Cybermen awake from their sleep of centuries to once again tread the planet's surface. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen)
== External links ==
* Doctor Who 30th Anniversary Calendar 1993 review | New Zealand Doctor Who Fan Club
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