The Dalek Pocketbook and Space-Travellers Guide

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The Dalek Pocketbook and Space-Travellers Guide
Written by:	Terry Nation
Release date:	7 October 1965
Publisher:	Panther Books
ISBN:	None (predated ISBN)

The Dalek Pocketbook and Space Travellers Guide, published in 1965, was an early Doctor Who spin-off book written by Terry Nation and featuring his creations, the Daleks. The book was written in two parts: the first half was about the Daleks, while the second half was a non-fiction section about astronomy.

Publisher's summary

How does a Dalek obtain motive energy when it leaves its own planet? Can a Dalek swim? This is the book — the only book with all the answers, compiled and presented by Terry Nation, the man who discovered and translated the fantastic Dalek Chronicles.

Here, by arrangement with BBC tv, is a Dalek encyclopaedia and dictionary. The only Dalek reference book which includes anti-Dalek precautions and a completely authentic space-travellers' guide.

Contents

THE DALEK POCKETBOOK

• Questions and Answers from Terry Nation
• Dalography of Skaro
• Facts About Dalek City
• Dalek Weapons
• More Dalek and Space-Age Machines
• The Dalekode
• Dalek Dictionary
• Anatomy of a Dalek

THE SPACE TRAVELLERS GUIDE

• How Rockets Began
• Living in Space
• The Planets
• Oddities of Space

Notable features

Within the book is a map - "The Dalography of Skaro" detailing various land masses on the planet including one called "Darren".

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