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|image = The Dalek World The Log of Joe.jpg | |image = The Dalek World The Log of Joe.jpg | ||
|series = [[Dalek annual]]s | |series = [[Dalek annual]]s | ||
| | |team = [[Rod Marlow]] | ||
|enemy = [[Skaro City Dalek]]s | |||
|enemy = [[Dalek]]s | |||
|setting = [[Esmera]], [[16 October|16]] - [[18 October]] [[2612]] | |setting = [[Esmera]], [[16 October|16]] - [[18 October]] [[2612]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = David Whitaker, Terry Nation | ||
|editor = | |editor = | ||
|artist = | |artist = | ||
|colourist = | |colourist = | ||
|lettering = | |lettering = | ||
| | |anthology = The Dalek World | ||
|release date = | |release date = 11 October 1965 | ||
|publisher = Souvenir Press | |publisher = Souvenir Press | ||
|format = | |format = | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
' | Captain [[Rod Marlow]] is ordered to investigate [[Dalek]] activity on the planet [[Esmera]], as it is believed that they are constructing [[Interferer Beams]] to block [[Earth]]'s radio signals. He finds six incomplete interferer machines at an abandoned construction site, then leaves for another sweep of the planet. However, upon returning to the site, he finds the machines fully completed. Confused, he attempts to leave in his ship, but gets into difficulty and is forced to evacuate. | ||
Upon returning to the site, Marlow finds an [[Orbitus]] robot, and deduces what happened: the Daleks had begun construction on the Interferer Beams, but were forced to abandon Esmera after the humans discovered them, leaving the Orbitus behind and programming it to complete the machines. He re-programs the Orbitus to destroy the Interferer Beams, then departs with it. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Dalek]]s | * [[Dalek]]s | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Rod Marlow mentions that [[Meric Scrivener]] is his superior. | * Rod Marlow mentions that [[Meric Scrivener]] is his superior. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * This story leads directly into [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Orbitus (comic story)|The Orbitus]]''. | ||
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