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| | |image = The Dalek World The Mechanical Planet 1.jpg | ||
|series = [[Dalek annual]]s | |||
|series | |doctor = | ||
|doctor | |main character=[[Jay (The Mechanical Planet)|Jay]], [[Gregg (The Mechanical Planet)|Gregg]] | ||
| | |enemy = [[Golden Emperor]] | ||
|enemy | |setting = | ||
|setting | |writer = David Whitaker, Terry Nation | ||
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|editor | |artist = | ||
|artist | |colourist = | ||
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|letterer | |anthology = The Dalek World | ||
| | |release date = 11 October 1965 | ||
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|publisher = Souvenir Press | |publisher = Souvenir Press | ||
|format = Colour, 11 pages | |format = Colour, 11 pages | ||
|prev | |epcount = 1 | ||
|next | |prev = Battle for the Moon (comic story) | ||
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was | |next = The Secret Struggle (short story) | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a comic story original to ''[[The Dalek World]]'', a [[Dalek annual]] of the 1960s. | |||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
An artificial planet has been destroying spacecraft and poses a potential threat to [[Earth]]'s solar system, | An artificial planet has been destroying spacecraft and poses a potential threat to [[Earth]]'s solar system, under-defended after two centuries of peace with the [[Dalek]]s. Planetary representatives meet with the [[Dalek Emperor]], who proposes that the Daleks be rearmed so they can defeat the rogue planet. The representative named [[Brit Sovard]] urges them not to create a new danger to stop another danger, but he is outvoted. | ||
Jay and Gregg are among the humans who rearm the Daleks from the space vault orbiting [[Skaro]] where the Dalek weaponry has been stored. They accompany the Emperor in his ship as the Dalek fleet encounters the planet. The Daleks study the planet, find a weakness, and destroy it. Then the Emperor tells Jay and Gregg to warn Earth and the other planets that they will be conquered by the rearmed Daleks. | Jay and Gregg are among the humans who rearm the Daleks from the space vault orbiting [[Skaro]] where the Dalek weaponry has been stored. They accompany the Emperor in his ship as the Dalek fleet encounters the planet. The Daleks study the planet, find a weakness, and destroy it. Then the Emperor tells Jay and Gregg to warn Earth and the other planets that they will be conquered by the rearmed Daleks. | ||
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* [[Dalek]]s | * [[Dalek]]s | ||
* [[Dalek Emperor]] | * [[Dalek Emperor]] | ||
* [[Brit Sovard]] | |||
* [[Jay (The Mechanical Planet)|Jay]] | * [[Jay (The Mechanical Planet)|Jay]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Gregg (The Mechanical Planet)|Gregg]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The [[ | * Sovard is an anagram of [[Davros]]. | ||
* This story was adapted into an [[The Mechanical Planet (audio story)|unofficial 16-minute audio drama]] by [[Magic Bullet Productions]] which given away free with issue 3 of the fanzine ''[[Vworp Vworp!]]'' in March 2017. The characters of Jay and Gregg were replaced by a single female character named Esra Valdis, and [[David Graham]] returned to voice the Daleks, including the [[Dalek Prime|Golden Emperor]].<ref>https://thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2017/04/07/reviewed-the-mechanical-planet-a-tale-from-the-dalek-chronicles/</ref> | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * The Daleks will find that the Mechanical Planet came from [[Mechanus]], [[homeworld]] of the [[Mechonoid]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The World That Waits (comic story)|The World That Waits]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:39, 13 January 2024
The Mechanical Planet was a comic story original to The Dalek World, a Dalek annual of the 1960s.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
An artificial planet has been destroying spacecraft and poses a potential threat to Earth's solar system, under-defended after two centuries of peace with the Daleks. Planetary representatives meet with the Dalek Emperor, who proposes that the Daleks be rearmed so they can defeat the rogue planet. The representative named Brit Sovard urges them not to create a new danger to stop another danger, but he is outvoted.
Jay and Gregg are among the humans who rearm the Daleks from the space vault orbiting Skaro where the Dalek weaponry has been stored. They accompany the Emperor in his ship as the Dalek fleet encounters the planet. The Daleks study the planet, find a weakness, and destroy it. Then the Emperor tells Jay and Gregg to warn Earth and the other planets that they will be conquered by the rearmed Daleks.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Sovard is an anagram of Davros.
- This story was adapted into an unofficial 16-minute audio drama by Magic Bullet Productions which given away free with issue 3 of the fanzine Vworp Vworp! in March 2017. The characters of Jay and Gregg were replaced by a single female character named Esra Valdis, and David Graham returned to voice the Daleks, including the Golden Emperor.[1]
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Daleks will find that the Mechanical Planet came from Mechanus, homeworld of the Mechonoids. (COMIC: The World That Waits)
