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Using his intimate knowledge of the planet, Shannon manages to separate the Daleks from each other and take them out, one by one. | Using his intimate knowledge of the planet, Shannon manages to separate the Daleks from each other and take them out, one by one. | ||
As Shannon stands on the threshold of the Dalek ship after his victory, he considers that he is about to become a hero back at headquarters | As Shannon stands on the threshold of the Dalek ship after his victory, he considers that he is about to become a hero back at headquarters, and imagines how his life is about to change as a result. Then Shannon finds some [[grenade]]s aboard, which he uses to destroy the ship, and returns to his life as a castaway — and a contented man. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The [[ADF]] is specifically mentioned in this story, though none of the ADF regulars appear. Shannon's status as an ADF pilot can be inferred from the fact that he believed an ADF search party would have looked for him for | * The [[ADF]] is specifically mentioned in this story, though none of the ADF regulars appear. Shannon's status as an ADF pilot can be inferred from the fact that he believed an ADF search party would have looked for him for six months before he would have been declared "missing in action", and from the fact that he remembers a "training officer's voice drilling facts" into his head about the Daleks. | ||
* This story claims that there is one tiny spot on a Dalek where a precise blow or projectile will render the creature incapacitated — rather like a [[Sontaran]] [[probic vent]]. This feature of Dalek anatomy certainly wasn't mentioned in any television story, and it isn't known to have recurred in stories in other media. | * This story claims that there is one tiny spot on a Dalek where a precise blow or projectile will render the creature incapacitated — rather like a [[Sontaran]] [[probic vent]]. This feature of Dalek anatomy certainly wasn't mentioned in any television story, and it isn't known to have recurred in stories in other media. | ||
