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|companions = [[Edward Anderson]], [[Mary Carter]] | |companions = [[Edward Anderson]], [[Mary Carter]] | ||
|enemy = [[Dalek]]s | |enemy = [[Dalek]]s | ||
|setting= [[France]], [[2017]] | |setting= [[France]], [[2017]]; [[Kent]] and [[France]], [[1917]] | ||
|writer = [[Justin Richards]] | |writer = [[Justin Richards]] | ||
|artist = [[Mike Collins]] | |artist = [[Mike Collins]] | ||
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'''''The Dalek Project''''' was [[BBC Books]]' second original graphic novel. Originally scheduled for publication in the autumn of | '''''The Dalek Project''''' was [[BBC Books]]' second original graphic novel. Originally scheduled for publication in the autumn of 2009, it originally featured the then-current [[Tenth Doctor]]. Due to some narrative similarities to the then-in-production ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'', however, its publication was delayed until September 2012 — by which time it had to be reworked so as to accommodate the [[Eleventh Doctor]]. | ||
== Publishers summary == | == Publishers summary == | ||
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* The Doctor speculates that [[Gavrilo Princip]] was conditioned by the Daleks to kill [[Franz Ferdinand|Archduke Ferdinand]] so that the world would be plunged into war, which the Daleks could use to their advantage as they advanced the [[Dalek Project]]. These suspicions are never confirmed. | * The Doctor speculates that [[Gavrilo Princip]] was conditioned by the Daleks to kill [[Franz Ferdinand|Archduke Ferdinand]] so that the world would be plunged into war, which the Daleks could use to their advantage as they advanced the [[Dalek Project]]. These suspicions are never confirmed. | ||
* The Doctor thinks he is on a [[jungle planet]] named [[Jungloria]] before realising that the plants are in fact [[British]] and that the area smells like [[Kent]]. | * The Doctor thinks he is on a [[jungle planet]] named [[Jungloria]] before realising that the plants are in fact [[British]] and that the area smells like [[Kent]]. | ||
* The Daleks counts in [[rel]]s | * The Daleks counts in [[rel]]s | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This may have been originally cancelled due to the episode | * This may have been originally cancelled due to the episode ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'' that was being filmed around the time this comic was due to be released. There are some similarities and differences between this and ''Victory of the Daleks'': | ||
** ''The Dalek Project'' was to be set during the [[First World War]] while ''Victory of the Daleks'' is set during the [[Second World War]] and features [[Winston Churchill]]. | ** ''The Dalek Project'' was to be set during the [[First World War]] while ''Victory of the Daleks'' is set during the [[Second World War]] and features [[Winston Churchill]]. | ||
* The Doctor is without a [[companion]] in this story. He is joined by [[Edward Anderson]] as a one-off companion. | * The Doctor is without a [[companion]] in this story. He is joined by [[Edward Anderson]] as a one-off companion. | ||
* This is the first story of the revived series to feature a [[Black Dalek]] as a rank. Other Black Daleks like [[Dalek Sec]] and [[Dalek X]] were individuals and it is unlikely other Daleks shared their status. | * This is the first story of the revived series to feature a [[Black Dalek]] as a rank. Other Black Daleks like [[Dalek Sec]] and [[Dalek X]] were individuals and it is unlikely other Daleks shared their status. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
