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|image = The Dalek Outer Space Book Don.jpg | |image = The Dalek Outer Space Book Don.jpg | ||
|doctor = | |doctor = | ||
|companions = | |companions = | ||
|enemy = [[Dalek]] | |enemy = [[Gold Dalek (The Dalek Trap)|Gold Dalek]] | ||
|setting | |setting = | ||
|writer = | |writer = Brad Ashton, Terry Nation | ||
|editor = | |editor = | ||
|artist = | |artist = | ||
|colourist = | |colourist = | ||
|letterer | |letterer = | ||
| | |anthology = The Dalek Outer Space Book | ||
|release date = | |release date = 8 September 1966 | ||
|publisher = Panther Books | |publisher = Panther Books | ||
|format | |format = Colour, 9 pages | ||
|next | |epcount = 1 | ||
}}'''''The Dalek Trap''''' was | |series = [[Dalek annual]]s | ||
|prev = Dalek Saturn Probe (short story) | |||
|next = The Outlaw Planet (short story) | |||
}}{{comic stub}} | |||
{{you may|The Dalek Trap (audio story)|n1=the audio story}} | |||
'''''The Dalek Trap''''' was a comic story original to ''[[The Dalek Outer Space Book]]'', a [[Dalek annual]] of the 1960s. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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What they've not avoided are more mysteries. Suddenly, their viewscreen fills with the image of another spacecraft. The only problem is that Don recognises it as a ship that went missing more than three hundred years ago. Attempts to raise its crew fail, but it's flying so close to Don's ship that he needs to get control of it before his ship is damaged. | What they've not avoided are more mysteries. Suddenly, their viewscreen fills with the image of another spacecraft. The only problem is that Don recognises it as a ship that went missing more than three hundred years ago. Attempts to raise its crew fail, but it's flying so close to Don's ship that he needs to get control of it before his ship is damaged. | ||
Don and Zec initiate docking procedures and are soon onboard the ancient vessel. No sooner have they transferred over than its controls spark to life. No one's in the ship, but it's now rapidly exiting the area. Too late, Don and Zec understand it was all a trap. Before they know it, they're on [[Skaro]], forced to do the bidding of the [[Golden Dalek]]. To demonstrate why they must accept the mission, he tortures them with [[plasmoral constrictive gas]]. After they recover, they get their orders. Don and Zec are to go to the depths of the planet to find the rare mineral, [[doranium]]. It's in a tight spot the Daleks simply don't have the agility to reach. Doranium, it turns out, will give Dalek weaponry enough power to reach targets vast distances away. Essentially, doranium is a miracle power source that will make the Daleks invincible. | Don and Zec initiate docking procedures and are soon onboard the ancient vessel. No sooner have they transferred over than its controls spark to life. No one's in the ship, but it's now rapidly exiting the area. Too late, Don and Zec understand it was all a trap. Before they know it, they're on [[Skaro]], forced to do the bidding of the [[Dalek Prime|Golden Dalek]]. To demonstrate why they must accept the mission, he tortures them with [[plasmoral constrictive gas]]. After they recover, they get their orders. Don and Zec are to go to the depths of the planet to find the rare mineral, [[doranium]]. It's in a tight spot the Daleks simply don't have the agility to reach. Doranium, it turns out, will give Dalek weaponry enough power to reach targets vast distances away. Essentially, doranium is a miracle power source that will make the Daleks invincible. | ||
Still, the duo have very little choice but to help their foes. They go on a very long hike down to the strata of Skaro's crust that contains the mineral, until the [[Valley of Rocks]]. The precise spot of the doranium vein is directly beneath a brand new Dalek space station. This gives Don an idea. Since doranium is naturally electric, he can short it out with his [[water]] bottle, allowing them to pass to the surface of Skaro through a pre-existing hole in the doranium strata. At the same time, the resulting electric explosion weakens the foundations of the Dalek space station. It falls into the now-open doranium pit and explodes. The doranium's natural electricity has now been exhausted and the mineral is useless. | Still, the duo have very little choice but to help their foes. They go on a very long hike down to the strata of Skaro's crust that contains the mineral, until the [[Valley of Rocks]]. The precise spot of the doranium vein is directly beneath a brand new Dalek space station. This gives Don an idea. Since doranium is naturally electric, he can short it out with his [[water]] bottle, allowing them to pass to the surface of Skaro through a pre-existing hole in the doranium strata. At the same time, the resulting electric explosion weakens the foundations of the Dalek space station. It falls into the now-open doranium pit and explodes. The doranium's natural electricity has now been exhausted and the mineral is useless. | ||
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* [[Space Pilot Commander]] [[Don Morais]] | * [[Space Pilot Commander]] [[Don Morais]] | ||
* [[Zec]] | * [[Zec]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Gold Dalek (The Dalek Trap)|Gold Dalek]] | ||
* [[Black Dalek Leader|Black Dalek]] | |||
* [[Red Dalek Leader|Red Dalek]] | |||
* [[Dalek]]s | * [[Dalek]]s | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Doranium]] is a mineral charged with electricity power, usable as | * [[Doranium]] is a mineral charged with electricity power, usable as propellant. It is found in a stratum beneath the surface of Skaro, in the [[valley of Rocks]]. | ||
* Zec risks sinking in [[quicksand]]. | * Zec risks sinking in [[quicksand]]. | ||
* [[Spaceship One]] disappeared three hundred years before the time of Don and Zec. | * [[Spaceship One]] disappeared three hundred years before the time of Don and Zec. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | [[File:Golden Dalek.jpg|thumb|The Golden Dalek.]] | ||
* This saw the first appearance of a [[gold Dalek]] variant. | |||
* The Gold Dalek the [[Dalek Emperor]], which was also called the "[[Dalek Prime|Golden Dalek]]" elsewhere in ''[[The Dalek Outer Space Book]]''. However, it was drawn in the shape of a [[Dalek drone|standard Dalek]]. There is no time setting given for when ''The Dalek Trap'' takes place, or any connections to other stories, so any inconsistencies are ultimately avoided. | |||
* Like several other stories in ''[[The Dalek Outer Space Book]]'', this story contains a splash panel serving as a "Feature" in its own right, but which is also part of the narrative: a map of the underground of the planet [[Skaro]], given the title ''The Strata of Skaro''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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