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companions= [[Finney]]|
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year= [[Skaro]]|
|setting= [[Skaro]]
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|writer= Dennis Hooper
artist= [[Gerry Haylock]]|
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publication title= [[TV Action]] 55-62|
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publication dates= [[4th March]] - [[22nd April]] [[1972]]|
|release date= 4 March - 22 April 1972
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|publisher= Polystyle
format= Comic - 8 parts (? pages) |
|reprint = DWCC 6
previous story= [[*Sub Zero]]|
|format= Comic  
next story= [[A Stitch in Time (comic strip)|A Stitch in Time]]|
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] comic story published in ''[[TV Action]]''.


==Summary==
== Summary ==
''to be added''
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 ==
*[[Third Doctor]]
* [[Third Doctor]]
*[[Finney]]
* "[[Finney]]"
*[[Dalek]]s


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* 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==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* 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.
* 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.


==Continuity==
=== Original print details ===
''to be added''


==Timeline==
(Publication with page count and closing captions)
*This story occurs after [[TVA]]: ''[[*Sub Zero]]''
*This story occurs before [[TVA]]: ''[[A Stitch in Time (comic strip)|A Stitch in Time]]


==External links==
* TVA 55 (2 pages) More Next Week!
''to be added''
* 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!


{{comic stub}}
== Continuity ==
[[Category:Third Doctor comic stories|Planet of the Daleks]]
* 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]]'')
 
== External links ==
{{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#7|The Planet of the Daleks}}
{{Third Doctor Polystyle comics}}
{{Dalek comic stories}}
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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]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Dalek comic stories
For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek comic story" is one in which one living, authentic Dalek plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.
Dalek annuals
The Dalek Book
The Dalek World
The Dalek
Outer Space Book
Terry Nation's Dalek
Annual 1976
Terry Nation's Dalek
Annual 1977
Terry Nation's Dalek
Annual 1978
The Daleks
Give-a-Show Projectors
TV Comic
TV Action
Doctor Who Magazine
The History Tour
Doctor Who Yearbooks
Doctor Who:
Battles in Time
BBC Graphic Novels
Dalek: The Astounding
Untold History of the
Greatest Enemies
of the Universe
Titan Comics
Others
Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list every appearance in every medium. Instead, we focus on comic appearances here, and invite you to explore a complete list of appearances elsewhere.
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