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{{Infobox Story | {{Infobox Story SMW | ||
|image = Genesis new panel.jpg | |image = Genesis new panel.jpg | ||
|main character = [[Narrator (The Dalek Tapes)|Narrator]] | |main character = [[Narrator (The Dalek Tapes)|Narrator]] | ||
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|setting = [[Planet (The Dalek Tapes)|Planet]] | |setting = [[Planet (The Dalek Tapes)|Planet]] | ||
|publication = [[DWM 33]] - [[DWM 42|42]] | |publication = [[DWM 33]] - [[DWM 42|42]] | ||
|release date = | |release date = 15 May - 24 July 1980 | ||
|cover date = | |cover date = 21 May - 31 July 1980 | ||
|publisher = Marvel Comics UK | |publisher = Marvel Comics UK | ||
}} | |series = ''[[The Daleks (series)|The Daleks]]'' comics | ||
'''''The Dalek Tapes''''' was the name given to the linking narration of a series of reprints published by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' | |prev = The Daleks (comic story) | ||
|next = Return of the Elders (comic story) | |||
}}'''''The Dalek Tapes''''' was the name given to the linking narration of a series of reprints published by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' of the first seven stories in ''[[The Daleks (series)|The Daleks]]'', beginning with ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'' and concluding with ''[[The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story)|The Menace of the Monstrons]]''. | |||
The | The [[Narrator (The Dalek Tapes)|narrator]] served as the guide through the fictitious [[Dalek Tapes]] which told of early [[Dalek]] history. Each story was assigned a tape number as part of the linking narrative. | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
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Tape one told of the [[creation of the Daleks]] by their [[Humanoid Dalek|humanoid ancestors]]. Each of the succeeding tapes told of a different adventure concluding with tape seven and the Daleks' encounter with the [[Monstron]]s. At the end of the last tape, the [[Narrator (The Dalek Tapes)|narrator]] assured the listener that after this event the Daleks continued to spread their [[evil]] throughout the galaxy in their quest for domination. | Tape one told of the [[creation of the Daleks]] by their [[Humanoid Dalek|humanoid ancestors]]. Each of the succeeding tapes told of a different adventure concluding with tape seven and the Daleks' encounter with the [[Monstron]]s. At the end of the last tape, the [[Narrator (The Dalek Tapes)|narrator]] assured the listener that after this event the Daleks continued to spread their [[evil]] throughout the galaxy in their quest for domination. | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Zolfian]]'s murder of [[Drenz]] takes place in the year [[2003]]. | * [[Zolfian]]'s murder of [[Drenz]] takes place in the year [[2003]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* As | * As linking material for ''[[The Daleks (series)|The Daleks]]'', ''The Dalek Tapes'' is one of few stories to acknowledge the [[creation of the Daleks]] as depicted in ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]''. As a different version of events had since been broadcast in ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' some years prior, the added context of old, decaying tapes and a potentially unreliable narrator was intended to cast doubt on the original Dalek origin story in favour of the [[Davros]]-centric version. | ||
* Although the new material is largely prose, a single new panel featuring [[Skaro]] from orbit in what would have been the second part of ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'' was also added. | * Although the new material is largely prose, a single new panel featuring [[Skaro]] from orbit in what would have been the second part of ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'' was also added. | ||
* The dating of the first part of ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'' to [[2003]] originates from ''[[The Dalek Book]]''. | * The dating of the first part of ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'' to [[2003]] originates from ''[[The Dalek Book]]''. | ||
* [[DWM 43]] promised a continuation of ''The Dalek Tapes'' on its cover with ''[[Eve of War (comic story)|Eve of War]]'' but the story was not contained within the issue. When the reprinting of ''The Dalek Chronicles'' did | * [[DWM 43]] promised a continuation of ''The Dalek Tapes'' on its cover with ''[[Eve of War (comic story)|Eve of War]]'', but the story was not contained within the issue. When the reprinting of ''The Dalek Chronicles'' did resume in [[DWM 53]], it was not under the guise of a collection of [[Dalek Tapes]]. | ||
* The Dalek Tapes were occasionally referenced in the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s letter to readers of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' and surmising of the issue's content located in the contents section. The fact he has knowledge of the tapes indicate the unspecified [[incarnation]] of the Doctor who discovered the tapes were one of the first four. Additionally, in [[DWM 36]] he noted the events of the tapes were "safely out of | * ''The Dalek Tapes'' were occasionally referenced in the [[Fourth Doctor]]'s letter to readers of ''Doctor Who Magazine'' and surmising of the issue's content located in the contents section. The fact he has knowledge of the tapes indicate the unspecified [[incarnation]] of the Doctor who discovered the tapes were one of the first four. Additionally, in [[DWM 36]], he noted the events of the tapes were "safely out of harm's way" and "a long way in the past" from his perspective. | ||
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