Return of the Daleks (TVC comic story)

Return of the Daleks

Key crew

Writer:

Martin Asbury

Artist:

Martin Asbury

Release details

Number of parts:

Printed in:

TV Comic 1215-1222

Release date:

29 March - 17 May 1975

Reprinted in:

DWCC 17

Format:

Comic

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Return of the Daleks was a TV Comic story featuring the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.

Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Fourth Doctor becomes involved in a plot of the Daleks to replicate his TARDIS, with the help of Shazar, a Half-Time Lord.

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

A policeman asks if a pedestrian is part of "a certain TV programme" when he reports the TARDIS being in the road.
Daleks use galactic seconds, galactic days and galactic weeks.
The Doctor left Gallifrey because of curiosity.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Controversially, the home planet of the Time Lords is called Jewel, as opposed to the name Gallifrey that was previously established in The Time Warrior.
The line, "Every planet within that mighty swirl must become a Dalek world", is a poetic paraphrasing of a similar line in The Dalek World. It is directly quoted in the audio story Dalek War: Chapter Four.
The Chief Dalek's dome resembles that of the Dalek Supreme from TV: Planet of the Daleks.

Original print details[[edit] | [edit source]]

(Publication with page count and closing captions)

TVC 1215 (2 pages) Will the Daleks destroy the Doctor? See next week!
TVC 1216 (2 pages) Sarah-Jane's put to the test soon!
TVC 1217 (2 pages) Next week: the making of a time-fleet!
TVC 1218 (2 pages) The Doctor takes a desperate gamble soon!
TVC 1219 (2 pages) Can Shazar convince the Time Lords? See next week!
TVC 1220 (2 pages) Next week: the Doctor masterminds the Daleks' destruction!
TVC 1221 (2 pages) The Doctor creates a double-image soon!
TVC 1222 (2 pages) [No closing caption]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Chief Dalek declares that all planets in the galaxy will become Dalek worlds. (COMIC: The Mechanical Planet)
The Doctor is helped by the three Time Lords that assisted him during the First Omega Crisis. (TV: The Three Doctors)
The President alludes to the Doctor's trial and exile on Earth for violating the non-interference policy. (TV: The War Games)

Fourth Doctor TVC stories

1975

Weekly strip	Death Flower • Return of the Daleks • The Wreckers • The Emperor's Spy • The Sinister Sea • The Space Ghost • The Dalek Revenge

Specials	The Magic Box • Woden's Warriors • Doomcloud (reprint)

Stories feature Sarah-Jane

1976

Weekly strip	The Dalek Revenge • Virus • Treasure Trail • Hubert's Folly • Counter-Rotation • Mind Snatch • The Hoaxers • The Mutant Strain • Double Trouble • Dredger

Specials	Which Way Out? • The Tansbury Experiment

Stories feature Sarah-Jane, except The Mutant Strain and Double Trouble.

1977

Weekly strip	Dredger • The False Planet • The Fire Feeders • Kling Dynasty • The Orb • The Mutants • The Devil's Mouth • The Aqua-City

Specials	Master of the Blackhole • Jackals of Space • The Sky Warrior

Leela features from The Orb to The Aqua-City

1978

Weekly strip	The Aqua-City • The Snow Devils • The Space Garden • The Eerie Manor • Guardian of the Tomb • The Image Makers • The Duellists • The Amateur • The Magician • The Wanderers • The Metal-Eaters

Specials	The Sea Devil • Milena • The Unheard Voice (reprint)

All stories The Duellists onwards are reprints.

1979

Weekly strip	The Metal-Eaters • Moon Exploration • Size Control

All stories are reprints

Dalek comic stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek comic story" is one in which one living, authentic Dalek plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Dalek annuals

The Dalek Book	Dalek Planetarium • Invasion of the Daleks • The Oil Well • The Message of Mystery • City of the Daleks • The Humanoids • Monsters of Gurnian • Battle for the Moon

The Dalek World	The Mechanical Planet • Treasure of the Daleks • The Invisible Invaders • The World That Waits • Masters of the World

The Dalek Outer Space Book	The Dalek Trap • Sara Kingdom: Space Security Agent • The Super Sub • The Secret of the Emperor • The Brain Tappers

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976	Planet of Serpents • Flood!!!

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977	The Daleks

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978	The Human Bombs • Island of Horror

The Daleks

Genesis of Evil • Power Play • Duel of the Daleks • The Amaryll Challenge • The Penta Ray Factor • Plague of Death • The Menace of the Monstrons • Eve of War • The Archives of Phryne • The Rogue Planet • Impasse • The Terrorkon Harvest • Legacy of Yesteryear • Shadow of Humanity • The Emissaries of Jevo • The Road to Conflict

Give-a-Show Projectors

The Daleks Destroy the Zomites • The Defeat of the Daleks • The Daleks Are Foiled • Dr. Who and the Nerve Machine • Rescued from the Daleks

TV Comic

The Trodos Ambush • The Doctor Strikes Back • The Exterminator • Jungle Adventure • Attack of the Daleks • The Disintegrator • Return of the Daleks • The Dalek Revenge

TV Action

*Sub Zero • The Planet of the Daleks • The Threat from Beneath

Doctor Who Magazine

The Return of the Daleks • Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer • Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom • On the Icy Edge of the Galaxy... • Nemesis of the Daleks • Emperor of the Daleks! • Bringer of Darkness • Return of the Elders • Fire and Brimstone • Children of the Revolution • Liberation of the Daleks

The History Tour

Early Man: Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C. • The Bit Before the Middle Ages • The Doctor Who History Tour No. 10

Doctor Who Yearbooks

Metamorphosis • Untitled

Doctor Who:
Battles in Time

Carnage Zoo / Flight and Fury / The Living Ghosts / Extermination of the Daleks

BBC Graphic Novels

The Only Good Dalek • The Dalek Project

Dalek: The Astounding
Untold History of the
Greatest Enemies
of the Universe

Ambush • Safe Haven • Empire of the Daleks

Titan Comics

Harvest of the Daleks • Defender of the Daleks

Others

Daleks, invasión a la Tierra año 2150 • The Test of Time • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • A Stitch in Time • Tales of the Dark Times

Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list every appearance in every medium. Instead, we focus on comic appearances here, and invite you to explore a complete list of appearances elsewhere.

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