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|name= Attack of the Daleks
|image = Attack of the Daleks (comic story).jpg
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|series = ''[[TV Comic]] Annual'' stories
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|doctor = Second Doctor
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|companions= [[John Who|John]], [[Gillian Who|Gillian]]
|companions= [[John and Gillian]]
|enemy = [[Red Dalek (Attack of the Daleks)|Red Dalek]]
|enemy= [[Dalek]]s
|setting= An [[Planet (Attack of the Daleks)|unnamed planet]]
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|publication = ''[[TV Comic Annual 1968]]''
|publication= TV Comic Annual 1968
|release date= 1 January 1968
|release date= [[1968]]
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|format = Comic - 4 pages
|format= Comic - 4 pages
|prev = Kingdom of the Animals (comic story)
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|next = Pursued by the Trods (comic story)
|next= Pursued by the Trods (comic story)
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'''''Attack of the Daleks''''' was a [[Second Doctor comic stories|Second Doctor comic story]] first published in ''[[TV Comic Annual 1968]]''.


== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The TARDIS arrives on an alien planet: just the place for the Doctor to test out his pedal-copter! Whilst flying, one of the blades breaks and his grandchildren and he fly out of control, crashing on a rocky outcrop. As they crash they see [[Dalek]]s. The Doctor, John and Gillian use the shattered pieces of rocks around them to attack the Daleks. The Doctor, John and Gillian use a large boulder to stop the Daleks from following them and use the Dalek's space craft to return to the TARDIS.
The TARDIS arrives on an alien planet: just the place for the Doctor to test out his pedal-copter! Whilst flying, one of the blades breaks and his grandchildren and he fly out of control, crashing on a rocky outcrop. As they crash they see [[Dalek]]s. The Doctor, John and Gillian use the shattered pieces of rocks around them to attack the Daleks. The Doctor, John and Gillian use a large boulder to stop the Daleks from following them and use the Dalek's space craft to return to the TARDIS.


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Second Doctor]]
* [[Second Doctor]]
:* The Doctor is able to fly the Daleks' spacecraft.
* [[John Who]]
* [[Gillian Who]]
* [[Red Dalek (Attack of the Daleks)|Red Dalek]]
* [[Asymmetrical Dalek]]s


* [[John and Gillian]]
== Worldbuilding ==
:* Gillian at first doubts the Doctor's pedal-copter will fly.
 
* [[Dalek]]s
 
== References ==
=== Daleks ===
* The Daleks refer to their [[gunstick]]s as "exterminators".
* The Daleks refer to their [[gunstick]]s as "exterminators".
* The [[Dalek]]s use exterminator rays.
* Gillian at first doubts the Doctor's [[pedal-copter]] will fly.
 
=== Vehicles ===
* The Doctor has recently built a [[pedal-copter]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
The original story has no clear title, only the words "Doctor Who and the Daleks", which may be intended to be merely logos.
* Likely due to the artist's unfamiliarity with the televised Daleks' design, the Daleks in this story are a [[Asymmetrical Dalek|unique variant]], with colour schemes not seen anywhere else and, most strikingly, one single oversized [[luminosity discharger]] each, rather than the familiar two.
* The story's original printing has no clear title, only the words "Doctor Who and the Daleks", which are merely logos representing a crossover between the ''Doctor Who'' and ''[[The Daleks (series)|The Daleks]]'' franchises.
* This story marked the last appearance of the Daleks in any major capacity until [[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Daleks (TV story)}}, more than four years later.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* The Doctor is wearing his hat, as he does in [[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]''.
* The Doctor previously fought asymmetrical Daleks on [[Zaos]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Daleks Invade Zaos (short story)|Daleks Invade Zaos]]''.
 
== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|tvcomic2.htm#A1|Attack of the Daleks}}
{{dwrefguide|tvcomic2.htm#A1|Attack of the Daleks}}
{{Second Doctor TVC comics}}
{{Second Doctor TVC comics}}
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{{Dalek comic stories}}
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[[Category:Dalek comic stories]]
[[Category:Dalek comic stories]]
[[Category:Second Doctor TVC comic stories]]
[[Category:Second Doctor TVC Annual comic stories]]
[[Category:1968 comic stories]]
[[Category:1968 comic stories]]
[[Category:One part comics]]

Latest revision as of 06:51, 27 July 2024

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Attack of the Daleks was a Second Doctor comic story first published in TV Comic Annual 1968.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The TARDIS arrives on an alien planet: just the place for the Doctor to test out his pedal-copter! Whilst flying, one of the blades breaks and his grandchildren and he fly out of control, crashing on a rocky outcrop. As they crash they see Daleks. The Doctor, John and Gillian use the shattered pieces of rocks around them to attack the Daleks. The Doctor, John and Gillian use a large boulder to stop the Daleks from following them and use the Dalek's space craft to return to the TARDIS.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Daleks refer to their gunsticks as "exterminators".
  • Gillian at first doubts the Doctor's pedal-copter will fly.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Likely due to the artist's unfamiliarity with the televised Daleks' design, the Daleks in this story are a unique variant, with colour schemes not seen anywhere else and, most strikingly, one single oversized luminosity discharger each, rather than the familiar two.
  • The story's original printing has no clear title, only the words "Doctor Who and the Daleks", which are merely logos representing a crossover between the Doctor Who and The Daleks franchises.
  • This story marked the last appearance of the Daleks in any major capacity until TV: Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Day of the Daleks (TV story)"], more than four years later.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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