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'''''City of the Daleks''''' was a full-colour, painted comic story that detailed [[Jeff Stone]]'s reconnaissance mission to [[Skaro]]. Though short on plot, it afforded an incredibly rich view of [[Dalek]] society, culture and technology. Written when ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' was the only televised story of which the public were aware, it offered the first in-depth exploration of the Dalek capital city. | '''''City of the Daleks''''' was a full-colour, painted comic story that detailed [[Jeff Stone]]'s reconnaissance mission to [[Skaro]]. Though short on plot, it afforded an incredibly rich view of [[Dalek]] society, culture and technology. Written when ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' was the only televised story of which the public were aware, it offered the first in-depth exploration of the Dalek capital city. | ||
Despite the fact that almost every panel contained new information about the Daleks, few of those innovations were carried forward in the Dalek mythos. This does, however, feature the debut of the [[Dalek lie detector]], which would eventually plague [[Romana II]] in ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]''. | Despite the fact that almost every panel contained new information about the Daleks, few of those innovations were carried forward in the Dalek mythos. This does, however, feature the debut of the [[Dalek lie detector]], which would eventually plague [[Romana II]] in ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]''. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
This story is extremely short on plot. It literally is as simple as "Jeff Stone walks around the Dalek city". But it's very, very long on details about Dalek society, culture and technology. Here are some of the highlights: | This story is extremely short on plot. It literally is as simple as "Jeff Stone walks around the Dalek city". But it's very, very long on details about Dalek society, culture and technology. Here are some of the highlights: | ||
* The city is awash with lifts that work via pressurised gas — very similar to the kind of technology employed by the [[Silurian]] tribe in ''[[The Hungry Earth]]'' | * The city is awash with lifts that work via pressurised gas — very similar to the kind of technology employed by the [[Silurian]] tribe in ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'' | ||
* The city uses [[nuclear power plant]]s. | * The city uses [[nuclear power plant]]s. | ||
* Daleks require great amounts of vegetative matter. When mature, the plants are pulverised and turned into a gas form that Daleks then absorb through an intake valve. In essence, the story claims that Daleks are vegetarians. | * Daleks require great amounts of vegetative matter. When mature, the plants are pulverised and turned into a gas form that Daleks then absorb through an intake valve. In essence, the story claims that Daleks are vegetarians. | ||
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[[Category:Stories set on Skaro]] | [[Category:Stories set on Skaro]] | ||
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