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|image = Break-through!.jpg
|series=[[Dalek annual]] -<br />[[The Dalek Book]]|
|series = [[Dalek annual]]
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|main character=[[Jeff Stone|Jeff]], [[Andy Stone (The Dalek Book)|Andy]] and [[Mary Stone]]
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|featuring = [[Vel Karneen]]
|year=2400
|enemy = [[Skaro City Dalek]]s
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|setting = [[Skaro]], [[2400]]
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|prev=Monsters of Gurnian (comic story)
|anthology = The Dalek Book
|next=Battle for the Moon (comic story)
|publisher = Souvenir Press
|}}
|release date=30 June 1964
|prev = Monsters of Gurnian (comic story)
|next = Battle for the Moon (comic story)
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'''''Break-through!''''' was an illustrated short story in ''[[The Dalek Book]]'', a [[Dalek annual]] of the 1960s.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
After the [[Dalek]]s have been driven off the planets in [[Earth]]'s solar system, [[Jeff Stone]], [[Mary Stone]], and [[Andy Stone (The Dalek Book)|Andy Stone]] have accompanied the [[Space Army]] led by [[Vel Karneen]] to the planet [[Skaro]]. The Daleks have surrounded their planet with a magnetic field of neutral atoms. All attacks harmlessly bounce off the field. The field has two openings, one over each of Skaro's poles, which the Daleks vigorously defend.


After the [[Dalek]]s have been driven off the planets in [[Earth]]'s solar system, [[Jeff Stone]], [[Mary Stone]], and [[Andy Stone (The Dalek Book)|Andy Stone]] have accompanied the [[Space Army]] led by [[Vel Karneen]] to the planet [[Skaro]].  The Daleks have surrounded their planet with a magnetic field of neutral atoms.  All attacks harmlessly bounce off the field.  The field has two openings, one over each of Skaro's poles, which the Daleks vigorously defend. 
The field does not enclose the entire atmosphere of Skaro, so Jeff Stone realises that the field must have openings to access it. Stone has Karneen direct the Space Army to close off one opening and sends a message to the Daleks threatening to draw off their atmosphere through the other opening. The Daleks surrender and the Space Army prepares to land on Skaro.
 
The field does not enclose the entire atmosphere of Skaro, so Jeff Stone realises that the field must have openings to access it. Stone has Karneen direct the Space Army to close off one opening and sends a message to the Daleks threatening to draw off their atmosphere through the other opening. The Daleks surrender and the Space Army prepares to land on Skaro.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
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* [[Vel Karneen]]
* [[Vel Karneen]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
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* The Stones' spacecraft is named ''[[Revenge (spacecraft)|Revenge]]''.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* ''Break-through!'' is the only story dating the events in ''[[The Dalek Book]]''. It dates the Dalek invasions to [[2400]], nine years before the "[[Age of Universal Peace]]" which began in [[2409]].


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
 
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* Skaro is described as having twin suns.
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* ''Break-through!'' is the only story dating the events in ''[[The Dalek Book]]''.  It dates the Dalek invasions to [[2400]], nine years before the "Age of Universal Peace" which began in [[2409]].
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[[Category:Dalek short stories]]
[[Category:The Dalek Book short stories]]
[[Category:Sources set on Skaro]]
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Break-through! was an illustrated short story in The Dalek Book, a Dalek annual of the 1960s.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

After the Daleks have been driven off the planets in Earth's solar system, Jeff Stone, Mary Stone, and Andy Stone have accompanied the Space Army led by Vel Karneen to the planet Skaro. The Daleks have surrounded their planet with a magnetic field of neutral atoms. All attacks harmlessly bounce off the field. The field has two openings, one over each of Skaro's poles, which the Daleks vigorously defend.

The field does not enclose the entire atmosphere of Skaro, so Jeff Stone realises that the field must have openings to access it. Stone has Karneen direct the Space Army to close off one opening and sends a message to the Daleks threatening to draw off their atmosphere through the other opening. The Daleks surrender and the Space Army prepares to land on Skaro.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Stones' spacecraft is named Revenge.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added