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|image= Planet of the Daleks.jpg | |image= Planet of the Daleks.jpg | ||
|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | |series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]] | ||
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|enemy= [[Dalek]]s | |enemy= [[Dalek]]s | ||
|setting= [[Skaro]] | |setting= [[Skaro]] | ||
|writer= | |writer= Dennis Hooper | ||
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | |artist= [[Gerry Haylock]] | ||
|editor= | |editor= | ||
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|letterer= | |letterer= | ||
|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 55-62 | |publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 55-62 | ||
|release date= | |release date= 4 March - 22 April 1972 | ||
|publisher= Polystyle | |publisher= Polystyle | ||
|reprint = DWCC 6 | |reprint = DWCC 6 | ||
|format= Comic | |format= Comic | ||
|epcount = 8 | |epcount = 8 | ||
|prev= Sub Zero (comic story) | |prev= *Sub Zero (comic story) | ||
|next= A Stitch in Time (TVA comic story){{!}}A Stitch in Time | |next= A Stitch in Time (TVA comic story){{!}}A Stitch in Time | ||
}}{{comic stub}} | }}{{comic stub}} | ||
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== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
A burglar, Finney, attempts to steal the TARDIS. Accidentally causing a fire, the Doctor use the Ship to escape with Finney. The TARDIS is drawn to the Dalek's home planet by their time vector machine where the Doctor is apparently transformed into a humanoid Dalek. However, the Doctor is in fact unharmed and attempts to destroy the Daleks by piloting the TARDIS into a star. When the attempt fails, the Doctor and Finney escape into the wilderness of the Dalek's home world but find themselves trapped between the creatures and a giant prehistoric beast. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* "[[Finney]]" | * "[[Finney]]" | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The Daleks have [[dinosaur]]-like creatures on the planet of their base-of-operations. | * The Daleks have [[dinosaur]]-like creatures on the planet of their base-of-operations. | ||
* The Doctor believes that plunging the TARDIS into the heart of a sun will kill everyone onboard. | * The Doctor believes that plunging the TARDIS into the heart of a sun will kill everyone onboard. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The story never makes explicit which planet features as the Daleks' base-of-operations. The implication of previous stories is Skaro, but the living jungle vegetation stands at odds with its depiction in [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''. The planet's biome, if not for the presence of dinosaurs, resembles that of [[Mechanus]], [[Kembel]] and [[Mira (planet)|Mira]]. | * The story never makes explicit which planet features as the Daleks' base-of-operations. The implication of previous stories is Skaro, but the living jungle vegetation stands at odds with its depiction in [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]''. The planet's biome, if not for the presence of dinosaurs, resembles that of [[Mechanus]], [[Kembel]] and [[Mira (planet)|Mira]]. | ||
* Picking up right after the events of ''[[Sub Zero (comic story)|*Sub Zero]]'', the final issue of which was released the previous week, ''The Planet of the Daleks'' creates a very rare instance of one Dalek story immediately following another one. The [[Doctor Who|TV series]] later did something similar with ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'' in 1973. | * Picking up right after the events of ''[[*Sub Zero (comic story)|*Sub Zero]]'', the final issue of which was released the previous week, ''The Planet of the Daleks'' creates a very rare instance of one Dalek story immediately following another one. The [[Doctor Who|TV series]] later did something similar with ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'' and ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'' in 1973. | ||
* From Issue 59, the strip is extended to three pages. The first appears on the front cover in colour, with the second and third in black-and-white. | |||
=== Original print details === | |||
(Publication with page count and closing captions) | |||
* TVA 55 (2 pages) More Next Week! | |||
* TVA 56 (2 pages) More next week! | |||
* TVA 57 (2 pages) More Next Week! | |||
* TVA 58 (2 pages) Will Dr. Who join with the Daleks to destroy Earth? Find out in Next Week's Countdown! | |||
* TVA 59 (3 pages) Will Dr. Who survive the searing heat of the Sun? Find out in next week's exciting adventure! | |||
* TVA 60 (3 pages) Discover if Dr. Who has a chance for survival in next week's TV ACTION! | |||
* TVA 61 (3 pages) Can Dr. Who stem the Dalek advance with a Dinosaur charge? See TV ACTION next week! | |||
* TVA 62 (3 pages) Another new Dr. Who Story next week! | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The Daleks seek revenge after the Doctor destroyed their Earth invasion force from [[Antarctica]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sub Zero (comic story)|*Sub Zero]]'') | * The Daleks seek revenge after the Doctor destroyed their Earth invasion force from [[Antarctica]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[*Sub Zero (comic story)|*Sub Zero]]'') | ||
* The Daleks plot to turn the Doctor into a [[humanoid Dalek]]. The methods employed to transform the Doctor mimic those employed during their efforts to discover the [[Dalek factor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') and their Antarctic-based invasion. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sub Zero (comic story)|*Sub Zero]]'') | * The Daleks plot to turn the Doctor into a [[humanoid Dalek]]. The methods employed to transform the Doctor mimic those employed during their efforts to discover the [[Dalek factor]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') and their Antarctic-based invasion. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[*Sub Zero (comic story)|*Sub Zero]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:43, 4 July 2024
- You may be looking for the television story.
The Planet of the Daleks was a Third Doctor comic story published in TV Action.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
A burglar, Finney, attempts to steal the TARDIS. Accidentally causing a fire, the Doctor use the Ship to escape with Finney. The TARDIS is drawn to the Dalek's home planet by their time vector machine where the Doctor is apparently transformed into a humanoid Dalek. However, the Doctor is in fact unharmed and attempts to destroy the Daleks by piloting the TARDIS into a star. When the attempt fails, the Doctor and Finney escape into the wilderness of the Dalek's home world but find themselves trapped between the creatures and a giant prehistoric beast.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Daleks have dinosaur-like creatures on the planet of their base-of-operations.
- The Doctor believes that plunging the TARDIS into the heart of a sun will kill everyone onboard.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The story never makes explicit which planet features as the Daleks' base-of-operations. The implication of previous stories is Skaro, but the living jungle vegetation stands at odds with its depiction in TV: The Daleks and TV: The Evil of the Daleks. The planet's biome, if not for the presence of dinosaurs, resembles that of Mechanus, Kembel and Mira.
- Picking up right after the events of *Sub Zero, the final issue of which was released the previous week, The Planet of the Daleks creates a very rare instance of one Dalek story immediately following another one. The TV series later did something similar with Frontier in Space and Planet of the Daleks in 1973.
- From Issue 59, the strip is extended to three pages. The first appears on the front cover in colour, with the second and third in black-and-white.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
- TVA 55 (2 pages) More Next Week!
- TVA 56 (2 pages) More next week!
- TVA 57 (2 pages) More Next Week!
- TVA 58 (2 pages) Will Dr. Who join with the Daleks to destroy Earth? Find out in Next Week's Countdown!
- TVA 59 (3 pages) Will Dr. Who survive the searing heat of the Sun? Find out in next week's exciting adventure!
- TVA 60 (3 pages) Discover if Dr. Who has a chance for survival in next week's TV ACTION!
- TVA 61 (3 pages) Can Dr. Who stem the Dalek advance with a Dinosaur charge? See TV ACTION next week!
- TVA 62 (3 pages) Another new Dr. Who Story next week!
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Daleks seek revenge after the Doctor destroyed their Earth invasion force from Antarctica. (COMIC: *Sub Zero)
- The Daleks plot to turn the Doctor into a humanoid Dalek. The methods employed to transform the Doctor mimic those employed during their efforts to discover the Dalek factor (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) and their Antarctic-based invasion. (COMIC: *Sub Zero)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
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