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|image=Zegbattle.jpg | |image = Zegbattle.jpg | ||
|series=[[Daleks | |series =''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'' comics | ||
|number | |number = | ||
|reprint = DWM 35 | |||
|reprint= DWM 35 | |reprint2 = DWM 36 | ||
|reprint2=DWM 36 | |reprint3 = DWM 189 | ||
|reprint3=DWM 189 | |reprint4 = DWM 190 | ||
|reprint4=DWM 190 | |reprint5 = DWM 191 | ||
|reprint5=DWM 191 | |reprint6 = DWM 192 | ||
|reprint6=DWM 192 | |reprint7 = DWM 193 | ||
|reprint7=DWM 193 | |reprint8 = DWMS The Dalek Chronicles | ||
|reprint8=DWMS The Dalek Chronicles | |main character = [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]] | ||
| | |featuring = [[Black Dalek Leader|Black Dalek]] | ||
| | |enemy = [[Zeg]] | ||
|enemy=[[Zeg]] | |setting = [[Skaro]] | ||
|setting= [[Skaro]] | |writer = [[The Daleks (series)#Writers|unclear authorship]] | ||
|writer= [[ | |editor = [[Alan Fennell]] | ||
|editor=[[Alan Fennell]] | |artist = [[Richard Jennings]] | ||
|artist= [[Richard Jennings]] | |colourist = | ||
|colourist= | |letterer = | ||
|letterer= | |publication = [[TV Century 21]] [[TV21 11|11]]-[[TV21 17|17]] | ||
|publication= [[TV Century 21]] 11-17 | |release date = 3 April - 15 May 1965 | ||
|release date= | |publisher = City Magazines | ||
|publisher= City Magazines | |format = Comic | ||
|format= 7 | |epcount = 7 | ||
|prev= Power Play (comic story) | |prev = Power Play (comic story) | ||
|next= The Amaryll Challenge (comic story) | |next = The Amaryll Challenge (comic story) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Duel of the Daleks''''' was the third comic story in ''[[The | '''''Duel of the Daleks''''' was the third comic story in ''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'', published in [[TV Century 21]]. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
While the [[Dalek]] | While the [[Dalek Scientific Division|Dalek Scientist]] [[Zeg]] is working in the inventions [[factory]] on strengthening [[Dalekanium]], a [[Oquolloquox|fierce storm]] hits the [[Dalek City]] and a lightning strike damages Zeg's equipment. The ensuing explosion coats Zeg in the newly created metal. A team of [[Dalek drone|Dalek Drones]] and Dalek Scientists brings Zeg to the examination chamber, where they find his casing stronger, but are concerned by his claims of invincibility. They fire at him but can't destroy him. | ||
In the City Centre, the [[ | In the City Centre, the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]] speaks about the problems of metal fatigue slowing the space conquest programme when Zeg announces that his [[metalert]] is the key. He demands they make him the new Emperor on the basis of his greater strength. The [[Black Dalek Leader|Black Dalek]] is summoned to test Zeg's claim but even his [[gunstick]] can't destroy him. The Emperor puts the matter to the [[Brain Machine]], but popular support is already moving to Zeg. The Brain Machine declares that Zeg must prove his intelligence and the Emperor must prove his strength in a duel for leadership. | ||
The next day Zeg searches for the Emperor on the plain where they were to meet. When he reaches the [[ | The next day Zeg searches for the Emperor on the plain where they were to meet. When he reaches the [[Acid River]], the Emperor blasts away at the rock ledge beneath him. Zeg escapes the acid river unscathed and follows the Emperor's trail to the [[mercury (element)|mercury]] geysers, where he fires on his rival, who proves to be an inflatable facsimile. The Emperor has used the ruse to get Zeg within range of a geyser diverted towards him. | ||
Unaffected by the mercury, Zeg pursues the Emperor into the abandoned Dalek workshops. When the Emperor douses Zeg in liquid [[oxygen]] from one of the tanks, the cold cuts through him and he explodes. The Emperor promises the other Daleks that they will improve on Zeg's invention and take to the stars. | Unaffected by the mercury, Zeg pursues the Emperor into the abandoned Dalek workshops. When the Emperor douses Zeg in liquid [[oxygen]] from one of the tanks, the cold cuts through him and he explodes. The Emperor promises the other Daleks that they will improve on Zeg's invention and take to the stars. | ||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
* The [[ | * The [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]] | ||
* [[Zeg]] | * [[Zeg]] | ||
* [[Black Dalek]] | * [[Black Dalek Leader|Black Dalek]] | ||
* [[Penelope Creighton-Ward]] | |||
* [[Matthew Matic|Professor Matic]] | |||
* [[Jack Elson]] | |||
* [[Phones Sheridan]] | |||
* [[Samuel Shore|Commander Shore]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Oquolloquox]] | * [[Oquolloquox]] | ||
* [[Metalert]] | * [[Metalert]] | ||
* [[Brain Machine]] | * [[Brain Machine]] | ||
* [[Vep]], a unit of [[artificial sunlight]]. Twenty veps is described as incredible heat, eighty is blistering. | * [[Vep]], a unit of [[artificial sunlight]]. Twenty veps is described as incredible heat, eighty is blistering. | ||
* [[Meg (unit)|Meg]], a unit of time likely equal to one second, (''see [[rel]]'') | * [[Meg (unit)|Meg]], a unit of time likely equal to one second, (''see [[rel]]'') | ||
* [[Space Station K17]] reports the total destruction of [[Saharis]] which causes [[fear]]s to grow for the ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]'' crew. | |||
* Lady Penelope has signed up as one of ''[[TV 21]]''{{'}}s overseas correspondents. Her first major [[news]] story is set to appear in next [[week]]'s issue. | |||
* [[Space City]] are puzzled by Matic's [[radio]] report that [[Saharin]]s are seeking [[revenge]] for [[space]] attacks on Saharis in [[1987]] by [[Red Star module]]s launched in the [[1960s]]. | |||
* Acting on orders from [[Brent Cleever|Twenty One]], ''TV 21'' printed a [[secret]] bulletin. | |||
* The [[British government]] have denied knowledge of Lady Penelope's presence in [[Bereznik]] and have further stated that she is in no way connected with them. | |||
* Ships of the [[Solar System]]'s [[Eleventh Fleet]] have clashed with the [[Astran space fleet]]. Five ships are missing. | |||
* The Bereznik [[government]] has declared Lady Penelope a [[renegade]] and has offered a reward of 100,000 [[crownin]]s, [[Pound sterling|£]]20,000, for her capture, dead or alive. | |||
* [[Nikita Bandranaik|The President]] has issued [[secret]] orders to the [[space fleet]]. [[Steve Zodiac]] is believed to have been called to [[Unity City]] to see him. There are also [[rumour]]s the [[Astran ambassador (Ceasefire — But War Tension Mounts...)|Astran ambassador]] has been called to [[Unity House]]. | |||
* Jack Elson, ''[[TV 21]]''{{'}}s [[Unity City]] correspondent, has been [[arrest]]ed on the grounds of the President's private residence. He was attempting to follow up on the story behind Zodiac's mysterious visit to the President. | |||
* [[Marineville]] has received word from Phones, who is aboard ''[[Stingray (ship)|Stingray]]'', that he is about to engage a [[Titan Terror Fish]] in combat. [[Commander]] Shore has endorsed this action. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to | * Issue 3 sees the very first appearance of another series regular, the [[Black Dalek Leader]] (later distinguished as such in ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]''). The same Dalek later appeared on the TV series, becoming the first spin-off character to do so, with its role in ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' just over a month after the comic's release. It became a recurring character in both mediums, as well as in audio stories. The fact that both Daleks were one and the same was not established until the release of [[John Peel]]'s [[Target novelisation]]s many years later, however. | ||
* The concluding instalment sees the last use in ''The Daleks'' comic strip of the familiar spiked angular text for the Daleks' speech balloons. | |||
* In [[2004 (releases)|2004]], [[Altered Vistas]] released an animated adaptation of this story. | |||
== Reprints == | == Reprints == | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Magnetised sand | * Magnetised sand is used once again, this time as a defence against the elements. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Power Play (comic story)|Power Play]]'') | ||
* The Daleks | * The Daleks are working on space-flight after recovering the plans to the [[Krattorian]] vessel. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Power Play (comic story)|Power Play]]'') | ||
* Even before Zeg's challenge, the Emperor had been tested by the Brain Machine to validate his claim. This does not contradict ''[[Genesis of Evil]]'' in which he just made himself Emperor | * Even before Zeg's challenge, the Emperor had been tested by the Brain Machine to validate his claim. This does not contradict ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'', in which he just made himself Emperor. | ||
* The Emperor orders the conquest of space. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]'') | * The Emperor orders the conquest of space. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]'') | ||
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