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comic name= The Planet of the Daleks|
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|series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]]
series=[[TV Action|''TVA'' comic stories]]|
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|doctor= Third Doctor
doctor= [[Third Doctor]]|
|companions= "[[Finney]]"
companions= [[Finney]]|
|enemy= [[Dalek]]s
enemy= [[Dalek]]s|
|setting= [[Skaro]]
year= [[Skaro]]|
|writer= Dennis Hooper
writer= [[Dennis Hooper]]|
|artist= [[Gerry Haylock]]
artist= [[Gerry Haylock]]|
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|publication= ''[[TV Action]]'' 55-62
publication title= ''[[TV Action]]'' 55-62|
|release date= 4 March - 22 April 1972
publication dates= [[4 March]] - [[22 April]] [[1972]]|
|publisher= Polystyle
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|reprint = DWCC 6
format= Comic - 8 parts (20 pages) |
|format= Comic  
previous story= [[*Sub Zero]]|
|epcount = 8
next story= [[A Stitch in Time (comic story)|A Stitch in Time]]
|prev= *Sub Zero (comic story)
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|next= A Stitch in Time (TVA comic story){{!}}A Stitch in Time
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was a [[Third Doctor]] comic story published in ''[[TV Action]]''.
'''''{{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.
 
=== 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 plot to turn the Doctor into a humanoid Dalek. ([[DW]] : ''[[Evolution 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]]'')
== Timeline ==
* ''The Planet of the Daleks'' occurs after [[TVA]]: ''[[*Sub Zero]]''
* ''The Planet of the Daleks'' occurs before [[TVA]]: ''[[A Stitch in Time (comic story)|A Stitch in Time]]''


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{dwrefguide|tvaction3.htm#7|*The Planet of the Daleks (comic strip)}}
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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]]