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|image = TV21 The Pentaray Factor.jpg | |image = TV21 The Pentaray Factor.jpg | ||
|series | |series=''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'' comics | ||
|doctor = | |doctor = | ||
|companions = | |companions = | ||
|main character = | |main character = | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = [[Jareth]] | ||
|enemy = [[Dalek]]s, [[Geltis]] | |enemy = [[Skaro City Dalek]]s, [[Geltis]] | ||
|setting = [[Bulos]], [[Solturis]] | |setting = [[Bulos]], [[Solturis]] | ||
|writer = [[ | |writer = [[The Daleks (series)#Writers|unclear authorship]] | ||
|editor = [[Alan Fennell]] | |editor = [[Alan Fennell]] | ||
|penciller = | |penciller = | ||
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|cover colourist = | |cover colourist = | ||
|publication = [[TV Century 21]] 25-32 | |publication = [[TV Century 21]] 25-32 | ||
| | |reprint =Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977 | ||
| | |reprint2 =DWCC 3 | ||
|reprint3 =DWMS The Dalek Chronicles | |||
|traded = | |traded = | ||
|release date = | |release date = 10 July - 28 August 1965 | ||
|cover date = | |cover date = | ||
|publisher = City Magazines | |publisher = City Magazines | ||
| | |format = Comic | ||
| | |epcount = 8 | ||
|prev = The Amaryll Challenge (comic story) | |prev = The Amaryll Challenge (comic story) | ||
|next = Plague of Death (comic story) | |next = Plague of Death (comic story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''', also known as '''''The Envoys of Evil''''', was a ''[[ | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''', also known as '''''The Envoys of Evil''''', was a ''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'' comic strip published in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' in [[1965 (releases)|1965]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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* [[Redlin]] | * [[Redlin]] | ||
* [[Dalek Emperor]] | * [[Dalek Emperor]] | ||
* [[ | * [[John Fisher|Lieutenant Fisher]] | ||
* [[Agent 009]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be | * ''[[TV 21]]''{{'}}s [[Correspondent (The Penta Ray Factor)|special correspondent]] for [[psychic]] affairs, which deal with happenings outside normal [[human]] experience, is sure that [[scientist]]s' claims of seeing [[ghost]]s are true. They go on to say that it would be odd if an old [[castle]] like [[Tracking Station 17]], with all its [[history]], was not haunted. | ||
* [[Lieutenant]] Fisher, stand-in [[controller]] at [[Marineville]], has ordered high speed fire launches to [[Tracking Station 17]] after recieving reports of [[explosion]]s in the [[computer]] room. | |||
* [[Space City]] reports that a May-day alert in [[area 23]] was picked up by a [[Mars|Martian]] [[radio]] [[observatory]]. ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|XL5]]'' is believed to be investigating. | |||
* People are fleeing from [[New York City|New York]] as [[animal]]s grow to fantastic size. Garbled reports from the [[Press Agency]] talk of [[frog]]s twenty-five [[Foot (unit)|feet]] high and mass [[battle]]s between twelve-foot [[rat]]s and twenty-foot [[cat]]s. The [[World Army]] is rushing [[tank]]s and troops to the area. | |||
* [[Hans Beula]] has broken the [[Universe]] 100 [[metre]]s record at the [[Astra Stadium]] on [[Venus]], recording a [[time]] of 8.7 [[second]]s. | |||
* A message from [[Senior Special Agent]] 009 begins "[[Cyanide]] sprang trap. [[Gun]] [[battle]] outside the [[Cathedral]]. Have followed the fleeing agent to a [[Yorkshire]] [[steel]] [[town]]". | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* While the story may be known as ''The Penta Ray Factor'', the actual device within the story is | * While the story may be known as ''The Penta Ray Factor'', the actual device within the story is called "Pentaray". | ||
* The Daleks are called back to [[Skaro]], leading into | * The story's fourth instalment does not feature the Daleks at all; they are only referred to in the Solturian characters' dialogue. This is the only time this happens in the whole run of ''The Daleks'' comic strip. | ||
* The Daleks are called back to [[Skaro]], leading into [[Plague of Death (comic story)|the next story]]. | |||
* During the final attack on Bulos, one Dalek orders the others to "ascend to hover position". Daleks would not do so on screen until ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''. | * During the final attack on Bulos, one Dalek orders the others to "ascend to [[hover position]]". Daleks would not do so on screen until ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' more than twenty years later. | ||
* The final page of ''The Penta Ray Factor'' was seen on the back of an in-universe issue of ''[[TV Century 21]]'' magazine in the ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]'' episode ''[[The Man from MI.5 (TV story)|The Man From MI.5]]''. | |||
* In [[2005 (releases)|2005]], [[Altered Vistas]] released an animated adaptation of this story. | |||
=== Reprints === | === Reprints === | ||
* [[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977]] as ''The Envoys of Evil'' | * [[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977]] as ''The Envoys of Evil'' | ||
* ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' [[DWM 37|37]]-[[DWM 39|39]] in black and white | * ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]'' [[DWM 37|37]]-[[DWM 39|39]] in black-and-white | ||
* ''[[Doctor Who Classic Comics]]'' [[DWCC 2|2]]-[[DWCC 3|3]] in colour | * ''[[Doctor Who Classic Comics]]'' [[DWCC 2|2]]-[[DWCC 3|3]] in colour | ||
* [[DWMS The Dalek Chronicles]] in colour as ''The Penta Ray Factor''. | * [[DWMS The Dalek Chronicles]] in colour as ''The Penta Ray Factor''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
''to be | * The Daleks invade [[Solturis]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]'') | ||
* The Emperor is called back to [[Skaro]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]'') | |||
* An in-universe version of this story would briefly be featured as an in-universe report in [[TV]]: ''[[The Man from MI.5 (TV story)|The Man from MI.5]]''. | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.daleklinks.co.uk/articles/the-dalek-chronicles/the-pentaray-factor Dalek Links - The Dalek Chronicles - '''''The Pentaray Factor'''''] | * [http://www.daleklinks.co.uk/articles/the-dalek-chronicles/the-pentaray-factor Dalek Links - The Dalek Chronicles - '''''The Pentaray Factor'''''] | ||
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