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=== Remnants of the invasion force ===

Even after the [[destruction]] of the [[Dalek Fleet]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'') and [[human]]ity's loss of the [[hyper-space communications scanner]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Information Service (TV21 122 short story)|Information Service]]'') the [[Universal Secret Service]] continued to monitor the dormant [[Dalek]] threat through more direct means. ''[[Contact 21]]'' Field Agent [[Nigel Rawlands]] was given a mission to inflitrate "an [[enemy]] organisation" and so, using his initiative, Rawlands designed and made a Dalek [[disguise]]. The outer [[casing]] of the disguise was indistinguishable from a real Dalek and Rawlands later reported that the mission was successfully accomplished. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Disguise (short story)|Dalek Disguise]]'')

At some point, the human [[Colony|colonists]] on [[Vulcan (Invasion of the Daleks)|Vulcan]] were threatened by a smaller-scale Dalek attack. Their success was prevented with help from the [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]], and [[Polly Wright]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') The Doctor concluded that the [[invasion]] in the [[22nd century]] had not yet taken place, apparently explaining why the colonists were unfamiliar with the threat of the Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') In [[2136]], [[Terri Willis]] told Ben that the Daleks were "just [[legend]]s". When Ben attempted to convince her he had really encountered them by mentioning Vulcan, Terri told him Vulcan itself was also "practically a legend". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'')

Having rebuilt from their previous failed attempt, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'') the Daleks launched [[22nd century Dalek invasion|another invasion]] in [[2157]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') Earth was bombarded by [[meteorite]]s which was first thought to be a result of a [[cosmic storm]] but shortly afterwards, people started dying from a [[plague]] sent by the Daleks via the meterorites. The majority of the [[population]] of [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [[South America]] died before a [[cure]] was found, severely weakening Earth's defences. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') The [[Terran Security Forces]] were easily defeated ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Sanction (novel)|The Final Sanction]]'') and [[New York City]] was completely destroyed. The Daleks ultimately held the Earth for a [[decade]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')

=== Inextricable connections to the world of Gerry Anderson's supermarionation ===

The most regular format for these crossovers were the cover stories, framed as the [[front page]] of an in-universe periodical which detailed the contents of the issue ahead as [[news]] stories. The Daleks shared the [[headline]]s with stories relating to ''Fireball XL5'' and ''Stingray'' both on ten occasions each and with ''Thunderbirds'' six times. Although there was little interaction between the stories, the relationship between the series was not understated. ''[[Tempest Awarded V.M. (short story)|Tempest Awarded V.M.]]'', for example, featured an image of a Dalek alongside a large [[colour]] [[photograph]] of [[Captain]] [[Troy Tempest]] of ''[[Stingray (ship)|Stingray]]''. The "Stop Press" panel at the conclusion of each part of ''The Daleks'' also provided crossovers between the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] and the supermarionation universe on an almost-weekly basis for all two [[year]]s that the strip was published in the magazine. Although the single panel sometimes hosted appearances from regular characters such as [[Penelope Creighton-Ward]] of ''Thunderbirds'', [[Wilbur Zero|Commander Zero]] of ''Fireball XL5'', and [[Phones Sheridan]] of ''Stingray'', they were often more peripherally centred. For example, despite the mention of the [[Canadian Forest Fire Patrol]] in ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phryne]]'', the organisation was not seen or heard from in the corresponding ''Thunderbirds'' story ''Blazing Danger''.

The most explicit narrative crossover between a ''Who'' and Anderson property came in [[TV21 28]] with the release of the short story ''[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!]]''. As the ''Lady Penelope Investigates'' mini-series usually featured interviews with fictionalised versions of celebrities and, as the title implied, one might expect a non-fictional look into the making of ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' but this is not the case. The cover story ''[[Peaceful Thals Ambushed! (short story)|Peaceful Thals Ambushed!]]'' made it clear the film was based on a [[Thal-Dalek battle|real-life event]] and the seriousness of the Dalek threat should it reach Earth was extremely evident. [[Parker (Mr. Steelman)|Parker]], another mainstay of ''Thunderbirds'', was terrified by Lady Penelope's suggestion that they would be having [[lunch]] "with the Daleks" and [[Roberta Tovey (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Roberta Tovey]] and [[Roy Castle (Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!)|Roy Castle]] both testified as to their fear of the Daleks, the latter openly admitting he was more scared than when he worked on [[horror]] [[film]]s.

There were also multiple instances of events happening in Anderson-based strips implicitly influencing [[human]]ity's response to the Dalek invasion. In the cover story ''[[Help Plea from Planet (short story)|Help Plea from Planet]]'', after a meeting of the [[World Security Council]] informed sources stated that no help would be sent to [[Oric]] should the Daleks invade despite the desperate pleas of the [[Oric leader]]. This decision was influenced by the ''Stingray'' story ''Arctic Weather Menace'' which both the preceding and succeeding DWU cover stories, ''[[World Weather Chaos! (short story)|World Weather Chaos!]]'' and ''[[World Emergency (short story)|World Emergency]]'', tied-in to. Those stories stated that mass [[flood]]ing and [[riot]]s in the aftermath of millions of [[refugee]]s being displaced resulted in the declaration of [[martial law]] in the northern hemisphere with the [[World President]] [[Nikita Bandranaik]] himself also heavily involved. These turn of events would have no doubt impacted the [[World Government]]'s ability to send troops to Oric as they were needed on home soil.

In a more broader sense, ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' as a whole was at the centre of another influential event. In preperation for the start of ''Captain Scarlet'' comic stories in conjunction with the start of the series on television, the cover story ''[[SPECTRUM is Green (short story)|SPECTRUM is Green]]'' was published on [[23 September (releases)|23 September]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]]. It revealed that the newly-formed [[SPECTRUM]] would take over all commitments of the [[Universal Secret Service]] on Earth, the real world reason for this being the replacement of ''[[21 (series)|Contact 21]]'' as the readers' interactive section of the magazine with ''SPECTRUM Shades''. In-universe, however, the USS became a crucial participant of the Dalek invasion when [[Agent 0031]] became the first victim of the conflict and continued to be so with regular reports coming into [[USS HQ]] regarding Dalek activity. Even after the conclusion of ''The Daleks'' strip in [[January (releases)|January]] 1967 and their chronological defeat in ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'', the USS still recieved sporadic reports on the Daleks. It goes without saying that it would have been SPECTRUM's duty to continue to recieve these reports but no more ever came. This is due to the comic story fittingly-titled ''[[SPECTRUM (comic story)|SPECTRUM]]'', which served as a [[prequel]] to the television series, in which [[Black (Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!)|Captain Black]] returns to Earth after a mission to [[Mars]] but promptly disappears immediately after SPECTRUM launches operations. In the first episode of the television series ''The Mysterons'', it was revealed that Black had fired upon the [[Mysteron City]], therefore unintentionally beginning the [[Mysteron War]], with Black himself used as an indestructible mouthpiece for the [[Mysteron]]s from then on. Understandably, the Mysteron threat becomes the main concern for the World Government and the Daleks, which were seemingly defeated in ''Return of the Elders'', are never mentioned in ''TV21'' again. In ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'', it is revealed that the Daleks were left to become mere [[legend]]s by [[2136]], presumably due to adminstrative flaws within SPECTRUM. The impact of ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' on ''Doctor Who'' [[canon]] can be taken to its logical conclusion; if the Daleks were not forgotten then humanity would have been able to stage a better resistance to or completely repel the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] as seen in the [[First Doctor]] story ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. As well as the substantial difference to Earth history this would have affected, it would also mean that [[Susan Foreman]] would not have left the [[TARDIS team]] to wed [[David Campbell]] at this juncture.