Daleks Invade Zaos (short story)

Daleks Invade Zaos was a short story published in Dr Who's Space Adventure Book. It featured the Second Doctor.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor arrives on Zaos, home of the friendly Zaons. The Daleks have arrived in force, intending to use the planet as a base to attack Earth. The Doctor sends a distress signal to the Sky Ray Space Raiders. They arrive and help him make contact with the giant Astrobeetles, who assist in destroying the Daleks. Afterwards, the Space Raiders contact Earth for the parts the Doctor needs to repair his damaged TARDIS.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

• Second Doctor
• Arkadus
• Commander Clay
• Daleks
• Zaons
• Astrobeetles

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Second Doctor, drawn with the look of a dark-haired William Hartnell.

• In addition to its printing in Dr Who's Space Adventure Book, Daleks Invade Zaos was serialised across the backs of 36 trading cards included in the wrappers of Wall's Sky Ray ice lollies. Each card bore an illustration of the corresponding scene on its front, and Space Adventure Book included spaces for each illustration to be glued into place alongside the text of the story.
• While the BBC allowed the Second Doctor's costume to be shown, the Doctor could not resemble William Hartnell or Patrick Troughton. Artist Patrick Williams compromised by depicting the Doctor as a mixture of the two actors. ("Reach for the Sky", DWM 528)

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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