100 Dalek Bagatelles Must Be Won!
100 Dalek Bagatelles Must Be Won! was a 21 competition printed in TV Century 21 focusing heavily, as the name suggests, around the Daleks.
The competition was started in TV21 52 where the rules and prizes were outlined. It was set largely in-universe by referencing and building upon the Dalek-Mechanoid tensions which had been growing in The Daleks comic strip since Eve of War. Due to this premise, the competition stuck with the current status quo of the 2060s Dalek invasion of Earth as seen in The Daleks strip, being humanity's monitoring of Skaro and the Daleks instead of any direct interaction between the two factions, something previously depicted in other TV21 competitions and promotional material.
For a chance of winning, readers had to identify the nine mistakes which had been made in a message sent to the Daleks' planet of Skaro telling them of an invasion, as well as list the six features of the magazine they liked best in order of preference. The closing date was 20 January 1966. It was stated that the entries would then be put together with the entrants of the first hundred correct solutions selected at random being declared the winners.
The winners were rewarded with a Dalek Bagatelle each. It does not appear as if the names of the winners or the correct solutions were ever printed in the magazine.
Original message[[edit] | [edit source]]
Mechano*ds are invading the Dalek planet of S/aro. Alert all Daleks at once! Every effort must be made to stoop th& invasion. D'leks must report to Control Tower for further information from Dake@ emprorer. M"chano*ds must be defeated...
