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|series = [[DWM backup comic stories]] | |series = [[DWM backup comic stories]] | ||
|doctor= Fourth Doctor | |doctor = Fourth Doctor | ||
|main character= | |main character = | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = | ||
|enemy= [[Skaro City Dalek]]s | |enemy = [[Skaro City Dalek]]s | ||
|setting= [[Anhaut]] | |setting = [[Anhaut]] | ||
|editor= [[Dez Skinn]] | |editor = [[Dez Skinn]] | ||
|writer= Steve Moore | |writer = Steve Moore | ||
|artist= [[Paul Neary]] and [[David Lloyd]] | |artist = [[Paul Neary]] and [[David Lloyd]] | ||
|colourist= [[Paul Vyse]] ([[DWCC 23]] and [[DWCC 24|24]]) | |colourist = [[Paul Vyse]] ([[DWCC 23]] and [[DWCC 24|24]]) | ||
|letterer= | |letterer = | ||
|publication= [[DWM 1]]-[[DWM 4|4]] | |publication = [[DWM 1]]-[[DWM 4|4]] | ||
|release date= 11 October - 1 November 1979 | |release date = 11 October - 1 November 1979 | ||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |publisher = Marvel Comics | ||
|reprint = DW84 1 | |reprint = DW84 1 | ||
|reprint2=DWCC 23 | |reprint2 = DWCC 23 | ||
|reprint3 = DWCC 24 | |reprint3 = DWCC 24 | ||
|reprint4=Daleks: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection | |reprint4 = Daleks: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection | ||
|format= Comic | |format = Comic | ||
|next= Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman (comic story) | |next = Throwback: The Soul of a Cyberman (comic story) | ||
|epcount = 4 | |epcount = 4 | ||
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'''''The Return of the Daleks''''', also known as '''''Return of the Daleks''''' in later issues, was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]''. It was written by [[Steve Moore]]. | '''''The Return of the Daleks''''', also known as '''''Return of the Daleks''''' in later issues, was a comic story published in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine|Doctor Who Weekly]]''. It was written by [[Steve Moore]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:44, 4 July 2024
- You may be looking for the disambiguation page or the graphic novel of the same name.
The Return of the Daleks, also known as Return of the Daleks in later issues, was a comic story published in Doctor Who Weekly. It was written by Steve Moore.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Fourth Doctor relates a story which, according to him, happened "long ago" on the planet Anhaut, and displayed a somewhat different chain of event from the usual pattern of the Daleks' destructive rampage through the cosmos.
The Doctor's story begins as, drawing on an eight-hundred-year-old tale from Anhaut's past, Glax decides to retell the legend of the Daleks' defeat by General Nor-Din and revive a flagging hologram-movie industry. Drawn by the film's publicity, the actual Daleks are smuggled to Anhaut (disguised as a cargo of machine tools) by their female slave Kuay to exact their revenge. Glax and the film's star actor, Hok Nepo, take Riders into the deserts of Vaksh, seeking a clue to the Daleks' earlier defeat.
They are followed by Kuay, who is actually a Dalek slave. In a concealed weapons chamber, a holographic image of an aged Nor-Din is about to reveal how to destroy the Daleks, but is destroyed by Kuay, who summons her masters. The Daleks release Kuay from their control before arriving. Turning against her masters, she uses the Dalek implant to activate Nor-Din's weapon, a crystal helmet which attacks the Daleks' minds by magnifying the desire to win from the mind essence of a thousand men, but drains the user's youth whilst doing so. In doing so, Kuay sacrifices her own life and the Daleks are defeated once more.
Leaving Kuay's body in the chamber, Glax and Hok depart. However, while Hok never wants to see another Dalek, Glax is outlining plans for a new movie, which he himself could star in...
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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The story was called The Return of the Daleks for Part One, and is therefore the title adopted here; while Parts Two to Four were Return of the Daleks.
- The final two pages of Part Four were inadvertently printed in reverse order in some copies of Doctor Who Weekly Issue 4. This mistake was corrected for all subsequent reprints.
- Part Three was the only instalment of the story to be numbered.
Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Publication with page count and closing captions
- DWM 1 (4 pages)
- DWM 2 (4 pages) Next week: The Daleks Attack!
- DWM 3 (4 pages) To be continued
- DWM 4 (4 pages) The End.
Reprints[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Coloured and reprinted by Marvel in DW84 1.
- Coloured and reprinted in DWCC 23 & 24.
- Reprinted by Panini Comics in Daleks: The Ultimate Comic Strip Collection in 2022.
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