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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image= PlagueofDeath-Spraying oil.jpg | |image= PlagueofDeath-Spraying oil.jpg | ||
|series=''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'' comics | |series=''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'' comics | ||
|main character= | |main character= | ||
|featuring= [[Dalek]]s | |featuring= [[Skaro City Dalek]]s | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= | ||
|setting= [[Skaro]] | |setting= [[Skaro]] | ||
|writer= [[ | |writer= [[The Daleks (series)#Writers|unclear authorship]] | ||
|artist= [[Richard Jennings]] | |artist= [[Richard Jennings]] | ||
|editor= [[Alan Fennell]] | |editor= [[Alan Fennell]] | ||
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|colourist= | |colourist= | ||
|publication= ''[[TV Century 21]]'' 33-39 | |publication= ''[[TV Century 21]]'' 33-39 | ||
|release date= | |release date= 4 September - 16 October 1965 | ||
|publisher= City Magazines | |publisher= City Magazines | ||
|reprint=DWCC 3 | |reprint = DWCC 3 | ||
| | |reprint2=DWCC 4 | ||
|format= Comic | |format= Comic | ||
|prev= The Penta Ray Factor (comic story) | |prev= The Penta Ray Factor (comic story) | ||
|next= The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story) | |next= The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story) | ||
|epcount = 7 | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Plague of Death''''' was a comic story printed in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' | '''''Plague of Death''''' was a ''[[The Daleks (series)|The Daleks]]'' comic story printed in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' in [[1965 (releases)|1965]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
While | While [[Dalek Prime|the Emperor]] leads the [[Dalek Fleet]] on a mission to conquer other [[planet]]s, the [[Black Dalek Leader|Black Dalek]] is left in charge of [[Skaro]]. During the testing of the [[Dalek]]s' [[Dalatomic beam missile]] machine, something goes wrong, creating a [[Radiation|radioactive]] cloud of rust that could spell disaster for the Daleks. Tests reveal that it could rust through even their [[metalert]] casing. The Daleks begin to panic but the Black Dalek calls for order. Meanwhile [[Desert]] Station GX.YUV is hit by the cloud and collapses. In response to the incident, the Black Dalek instructs Dalek patrols on [[hoverbout]]s to destroy the remains of the station but the cloud climbs up the patrols' rays of fire and they suffer some casualties. | ||
The Black Dalek consults the [[Brain Machine]] and it advises them to stop the rust cloud with magnets. While this is happening, a gale sends the cloud towards the [[Dalek City|City]]. The Daleks trap the cloud just in time and Daleks on hoverbouts separate the rust particles with [[oil]]. But as the Black Dalek leaves to begin repairs, another Daleks rusts away in front of it. The cloud has become a [[Rust plague|plague]]! Daleks begin killing other Daleks out of fear of catching the disease, while the Black Dalek notes that it seems strangely immune. The Emperor and the [[Dalek flying saucer|saucers]] return to help put an end to the crisis and an experiment reveals that the plague is not spread through contact with other victims — rather by one particular Dalek who contacts all the other Daleks. The Black Dalek! | The Black Dalek consults the [[Brain Machine]] and it advises them to stop the rust cloud with magnets. While this is happening, a gale sends the cloud towards the [[Dalek City|City]]. The Daleks trap the cloud just in time and Daleks on hoverbouts separate the rust particles with [[oil]]. But as the Black Dalek leaves to begin repairs, another Daleks rusts away in front of it. The cloud has become a [[Rust plague|plague]]! Daleks begin killing other Daleks out of fear of catching the disease, while the Black Dalek notes that it seems strangely immune. The Emperor and the [[Dalek flying saucer|saucers]] return to help put an end to the crisis and an experiment reveals that the plague is not spread through contact with other victims — rather by one particular Dalek who contacts all the other Daleks. The Black Dalek! | ||
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* [[Black Dalek Leader]] | * [[Black Dalek Leader]] | ||
* [[Dalek Emperor]] | * [[Dalek Emperor]] | ||
* [[Marina ( | * [[Marina (Curse of the Crustavons)|Marina]] | ||
* [[Steve Zodiac]] | * [[Steve Zodiac]] | ||
* [[Silas D. Hobblegrime]] | * [[Silas D. Hobblegrime]] | ||
* [[Agent 23]] | * [[Agent 23]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Black Dalek is taken to the [[recasting furnace]]. | * The Black Dalek is taken to the [[recasting furnace]]. | ||
* A [[Morse code|Morse]] message from Marina indicates that [[Troy Tempest]] and [[Phones Sheridan]] have successfully forced entry into [[Aquatraz]]. | * A [[Morse code|Morse]] message from Marina indicates that [[Troy Tempest]] and [[Phones Sheridan]] have successfully forced entry into [[Aquatraz]]. | ||
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* [[Colonel]] Zodiac reports from ''Fireball XL5'' that [[Robert the Robot]] has been smashed in an attack by strange [[Snowman|snowmen]]. | * [[Colonel]] Zodiac reports from ''Fireball XL5'' that [[Robert the Robot]] has been smashed in an attack by strange [[Snowman|snowmen]]. | ||
* Silas D. Hobblegrime has set a new [[Universe]] record for [[pole squatting]] at the [[New Crystal Palace]], [[Venus]]. He succeeded in sitting on top of a pole for three [[month]]s, two [[week]]s and five [[day]]s. | * Silas D. Hobblegrime has set a new [[Universe]] record for [[pole squatting]] at the [[New Crystal Palace]], [[Venus]]. He succeeded in sitting on top of a pole for three [[month]]s, two [[week]]s and five [[day]]s. | ||
* News from [[Washington]] indicates that sixty agents of [[Marine Commando Division]] have been dispatched to [[Triton]] to give aid to [[Senior Special Agent]] 23 who is searching for missing [[ | * News from [[Washington DC|Washington]] indicates that sixty agents of [[Marine Commando Division]] have been dispatched to [[Triton]] to give aid to [[Senior Special Agent]] 23 who is searching for missing [[Brent Cleever|Senior Special Agent 21]]. | ||
* Steve Zodiac further reports that ''Fireball''{{'}}s main boosters have exploded and that he is using auxillary motors to land on a [[space]] [[asteroid]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Excluding the spacecraft which appears at the story's end, only the Daleks are featured here as the protagonists. Showing emotions such as panic and regret, they are much more "sympathetic" characters here than they are in many other stories, including both previous and future chapters of ''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]''. | * Excluding the spacecraft which appears at the story's end, only the Daleks are featured here as the protagonists. Showing emotions such as panic and regret, they are much more "sympathetic" characters here than they are in many other stories, including both previous and future chapters of ''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]''. | ||
* The notion of Black | * The notion of the Black Dalek being too valuable to lose is raised again in ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|The Mutation of Time]]'', Volume 2 of [[John Peel]]'s [[Target Books|novelisation]] of ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''. The destruction of the Black Dalek on [[Kembel]] represents an irreparable loss for the [[Dalek Prime]], drawing links which help establish these Daleks as the same individuals. | ||
* In [[2005 (releases)|2005]], [[Altered Vistas]] released an animated adaptation of this story. | |||
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