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| {{Infobox Conflict
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| |date = [[2065]]-[[2067]]
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| |location = The [[Solar System]]
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| |result = {{il|[[Human]] victory|[[Destruction]] of [[Colony Five]] on [[Titan]]|Near annihilation of all [[Dalek]] forces}}
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| |side1 = [[Dalek Empire]]
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| |side2 = {{il|[[World Government]]|[[Elder (Return of the Elders)|Elders]]}}
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| |leader1 = [[Dalek Prime]]
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| |leader2 = {{il|[[Nikita Bandranaik]]|[[Brent Cleever|Agent Twenty One]]|[[Trent (Return of the Elders)|Commander Trent]]|[[Kaslan]]}}
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| |strength1 = [[Dalek Fleet]]
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| |strength2 = {{il|[[Army-Air Force]]|[[Universal Secret Service]]}}
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| The '''2060s Dalek invasion of Earth''' was a conflict between the [[World Government]] of [[human]]ity and the [[Dalek Empire]]. Although [[Dalek]] and [[human]] forces directly clashed on several recorded occasions, the war was largely characterised by a lack of fighting. Within the [[solar system]], tensions gradually rose in official circles as [[news]] of the Daleks' technologicial advancements reached them. On [[Skaro]], the Daleks were guided by a directive to [[Invasion|invade]] and conquer the entire [[universe]] which, as they encountered more [[humanoid]] species, evolved into a specific desire to stamp out the quality which the [[Dalek Prime]] labelled "human spirit".
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| A blindspot for some time, the Daleks eventually discovered the location of [[Earth]] after a [[passenger]] [[spacecraft]] from the [[planet]] landed on Skaro. The [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor]] immediately launched [[Dalek Fleet|his fleet]] in preparation for the invasion. However, the culmination of multiple [[year]]s of hostility was foiled in most part by the outside involvement of the [[Elder (Return of the Elders)|Elders]], [[Telepathy|telepaths]] of great power who had seeded Earth in the [[distant past]]. Just [[Dalek flying saucer|one ship]] survived the onslaught, which carried the Emperor and his closest advisors, [[Black Dalek Leader|the Black Dalek]] and [[Red Dalek (Return of the Elders)|the Red Dalek]], who vowed as they fled to return for [[22nd century Dalek invasion|another oppurtunity]] to invade. [[Kaslan]], [[leader]] of the Elders, acknowledged this inevitability, telling [[Trent (Return of the Elders)|Commander Trent]] and his men that the Daleks would be resisted by "[[First Doctor|another]]" at some point in the [[future]].
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| == History ==
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| === Rise of the Daleks ===
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| On [[30 January]] [[2065]], ''[[TV 21]]'' issued its first [[news]] piece about [[Skaro]]. It stated that a [[neutron bomb]] had accidentally [[Explosion|exploded]] on the [[planet]], completely [[Destruction|destroying]] the [[Humanoid Dalek|Dalek]] [[capital city]] of [[Dalazar]]. [[War Lord]] [[Zolfian]] and [[scientist]] [[Yarvelling]] were reported to be the only survivors of the catastrophe. Further details about the story were available on the twentieth [[page]] of the publication. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stingray Attacked! (short story)|Stingray Attacked!]]'') It transpired that [[radiation]] from the bomb caused [[mutation]]s in the original race of [[Dalek]]s and that they retreated into Yarvelling's [[invention]], originally intended as a [[Dalek War Machine|War Machine]] but used as a [[casing]], to survive. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'') A [[photograph]] depicting one of the new Daleks accompanied the article. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stingray Attacked! (short story)|Stingray Attacked!]]'')
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| [[File:Dalek Prime Stingray Attacked.jpg|thumb|left|[[Earth]] recieves initial images of the [[Dalek Prime|first Dalek in existence]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stingray Attacked! (short story)|Stingray Attacked!]]'')]]
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| On [[13 February]], the [[Space Agency]] released a report revealing that only [[hour]]s after work on the [[Dalek City|new Dalek City]] had been completed, evidence of a [[spacecraft]] entering Skaro's [[atmosphere]] was picked up on the [[Electron Displacement Recorder]]. It also noted that the [[Dalek Emperor]] ordered "immediate evasive action". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fireball Surrenders! (short story)|Fireball Surrenders!]]'') A [[week]] later on [[20 February]], a [[Space News Agency]] report clarified that the Daleks had spread [[sand]] over their city as protection and [[camouflage]]. It also elaborated on the intent of the unidentified [[enemy]], claiming that the sole purpose of their mission appeared to be the [[mining]] of sand and that [[slave]]s were ordered to collect the very sand which covered the Dalek City. A statement indicating the Daleks were expected to make a counter-attack concluded the story. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Titan Declares War! (short story)|Titan Declares War!]]'') By [[13 March]], the Daleks were reported to have captured the hostile spacecraft which was identified as [[Krattorian]]. Further reports reaching the [[London]] [[office]] suggested that the slaves were progressing their plans to overthrow their "[[evil]] [[master]]" [[Kest]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Superjet Shot Down (short story)|Superjet Shot Down]]'')
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| On [[20 March]], the Space News Agency publicised the fact that the Daleks had discovered the missing link they needed to begin their conquest of [[space]]. For the first time, this [[information]] gave rise to concern in official [[circle]]s because, as communicated in the statement, if the Daleks managed to achieve their aims then the whole [[universe]] would be in [[danger]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Jungle Terror! (short story)|Jungle Terror!]]'') This revelation prompted the News Agency to develop methods in order to monitor Dalek activity on a more reliable basis; further reports were obtained in full [[colour]] via a [[hyper-space video-phone]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Power Play (comic story)|Power Play]]'')
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| On [[3 April]], the Space News Agency reported that the Dalek City was struck by [[lightning]]. This occurrence aroused much speculation on Earth because the Daleks were known to be experimenting with a particularly dangerous new [[metal]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stingray Hunts Aliens (short story)|Stingray Hunts Aliens]]'') On [[24 April]], the Agency released details on the events of the succeeding [[day]]s. The [[Brain Machine|Dalek Robot Brain]] ordered [[Zeg]] and the Emperor to fight a [[duel]] to the [[death]]. The situation arose when Zeg, a worker in the invention [[shop]], discovered a [[Metalert|new hardening metal]]. He offered to share his [[knowledge]] with the rest of his species providing he was made Emperor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Zodiac's Rescue Bid! (short story)|Zodiac's Rescue Bid!]]'') The hyper-space video-phone recorded that the Emperor won the duel when he crushed Zeg's casing with the extreme cold of [[liquid]] [[oxygen]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Duel of the Daleks (comic story)|Duel of the Daleks]]'')
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| [[File:From Howard Whitehead.jpg|thumb|[[Howard Whitehead]]'s plans for the creation of model [[Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From Howard Whitehead (short story)|From Howard Whitehead]]'')]]
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| Agent [[Graham Page]] of the [[Universal Secret Service]] discovered ''TV 21''{{'}}s Dalek-focused bulletins around this time, published weekly on [[Wednesday]] [[morning]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Graham Page (short story)|Graham Page]]'') Agent [[Howard Whitehead]] was also proactive in defending against the possible Dalek threat. He had an [[idea]] for how to make model Daleks, composed of such materials as [[plastic]] [[glass]], [[plasticine]], [[match]]sticks and [[wood]]. Whitehead sent the plans to [[Senior Special Agent]] [[Brent Cleever|Twenty One]] who commended him for using his [[brain]]. Twenty One also informed him that [[USS HQ|HQ]] used his [[blueprint]]s to create several models and that a mock [[battle]] was planned between them and their models of the [[World Government Army]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From Howard Whitehead (short story)|From Howard Whitehead]]'')
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| In [[Campden Town]], [[New London, Mars|New London]], [[Mars]], an amateur [[radio]] [[Astronomy|astronomer]] picked up a mysterious message. The message, which repeated over and over again, stated "All you have left is [[fear]]. The [[Dalek]]s are coming!". On [[22 May]], it was reported that the communication had filled the entire planet with speculation and alarm but that the [[signal]] had not yet been picked up by any astronomers on Earth. In any event, the Space News Agency assured the general public that the Daleks did not pose any threat because Skaro was so many millions of [[light year]]s away from the [[solar system]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Tempest Awarded V.M. (short story)|Tempest Awarded V.M.]]'')
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| === First contact ===
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| Agent [[Peter Ayliffe]], who was relatively new to the [[Universal Secret Service]], wrote to [[Brent Cleever|Twenty One]] to tell him of the [[Identicode]] he [[Invention|invented]] for the [[Dalek Emperor]]. Ayliffe requested that Twenty One print details of the Identicode if it pleased the Emperor so other Special Agents would be able to use it. Twenty One assigned [[Agent 0031]] to travel to [[Skaro]] and personally deliver the invention but, as Twenty One stated in his reply to Ayliffe, 0031 was never heard from again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From Special Agent Peter Ayliffe (short story)|From Special Agent Peter Ayliffe]]'')
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| Soon after this, Twenty One recieved a [[letter]] from Agent [[J. Webster]] which claimed that [[J. Webster's mother|their mother]] had "won" them a "[[Dalek Suit]]" the previous [[Wednesday]]. Although Twenty One congratulated Webster on the Dalek Suit, believing it to be simply a representation of a [[Dalek]], Webster exhibited several [[Behaviour|behavioural]] changes consistent with that of the genuine article. Webster asserted to have "bec[o]me a Dalek" to the extent of self-identifying as "Special Agent Dalek" and also admitted to making former "[[Friendship|pals]]" [[prisoner]]s and then [[Disintegration|disintegrating]] them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From J. Webster (short story)|From J. Webster]]'')
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| === The Daleks' conquest of space ===
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| The [[hyper-space video-phone]] recorded the [[Dalek]]s' attempted [[invasion]] and eventual [[destruction]] of [[Alvega]], [[Skaro]]'s closest neighbor. The [[Dalek Prime]] vowed from that point onwards that which they could not conquer they would destroy. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]'') On [[26 June]], [[Space Station KZ 24]] reported that the main [[Dalek Fleet]] had left Alvega and started heading in the general direction of the [[solar system]]. According to the laser beam interceptor operator on KZ 24, the [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor]] ordered part of his [[fleet]] to stay on Alvega while he led the rest to fresh conquests. Following the report, the [[Malagan Planet System]] of [[Andromeda (galaxy)|Galaxy Andromeda]] ordered the full [[mobilisation]] of its [[army]] in case of any attempted occupation. In their first act of direct hostility towards the Daleks, the Solar System pledged its full support for [[Malagan]] if needed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Daleks Seek New Conquests (short story)|Daleks Seek New Conquests]]'')
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| [[File:Castle and Linden read TV21.jpg|thumb|[[Roy Castle (Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!)|Roy Castle]] and [[Jennie Linden (Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!)|Jennie Linden]] read up on the [[Dalek]]s in ''[[TV 21]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!]]'')]]
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| As the Daleks continued to conquer, more people on [[Earth]] became aware of their presence with several agents of the [[Universal Secret Service]] mentioning them in their communications to [[Brent Cleever|Twenty One]]. [[Derek Connell]] knew reports on Dalek activity were obtained via [[hyper-space video-phone]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From D. Connell of Essex (short story)|From D. Connell of Essex]]'') and [[R. Miles]] noted these among a list of [[news]] stories they kept up with. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From R. Miles (short story)|From R. Miles]]'') [[J. Gray]] complimented ''[[TV 21]]'' on their coverage of the Daleks, agreeing that a [[headline]] feature to affirm their threat to [[human]]ity was a good idea. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[J. Gray (short story)|J. Gray]]'') The Daleks also took over [[Daleks in popular culture and mythology|large swathes of popular culture]] when a [[film]] called ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' was produced with [[Peter Cushing (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Peter Cushing]] in the [[Dr. Who (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|title role]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Peaceful Thals Ambushed! (short story)|Peaceful Thals Ambushed!]]'', ''[[From Agent 671107 (short story)|From Agent 671107]]'') [[Lady]] [[Penelope Creighton-Ward]], the [[London]] agent for [[International Rescue]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Vanishing Ray (comic story)|The Vanishing Ray]]'') interviewed [[Roberta Tovey (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Roberta Tovey]], [[Jennie Linden (Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!)|Jennie Linden]] and [[Roy Castle (Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!)|Roy Castle]] regarding their positions as co-stars. Although all three were [[acting]], the reality of the Dalek threat was not underplayed. Penelope speculated that Roberta had experienced [[sleep]]less [[night]]s during filming and Roy openly admitted he was more scared than when he was in his [[horror]] film. Likewise, [[Parker (Mr. Steelman)|Parker]], Lady Penelope's [[driver]], was visibly terrified when she told him they were going to have [[lunch]] "with the Daleks" and it was not until she elaborated that he calmed down. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!]]'')
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| After the destruction of Alvega, the Daleks set their sights on [[Solturis]], a [[planet]] rich with [[mineral]]s. Solturis subsequently reported sightings of a [[Dalek invasion fleet]]; the [[World Government]] was said to be watching developments carefully. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]'') Indeed, they were kept abreast of events through accounts from both the [[Solturian News Agency]] and [[Space News Agency]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Penta Ray Factor (comic story)|The Penta Ray Factor]]'') One such article, released on [[31 July]], noted that [[Jareth|Prince Jareth]] had been called in by [[Mirva]] to investigate another [[prophecy]] of [[Lurr]] which was possibly related to his continuing opposition to the Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Peaceful Thals Ambushed! (short story)|Peaceful Thals Ambushed!]]'') The [[Solturian]]s were ultimately victorious in defeating the Daleks and the [[traitor]] [[Geltis]] in their plan to destroy the [[capital city]] of [[Bulos]] with the [[Pentaray]]. The Dalek Emperor had left Solturis prematurely but was unable to renew hostilities when the forces left behind were crushed because the [[fleet]] was recalled to deal with a crisis on [[Skaro]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Penta Ray Factor (comic story)|The Penta Ray Factor]]'')
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| [[File:Daleks Suffer Heavy Losses!.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dalek Tracking station PZ8]] is pictured by ''TV 21'' just before its fall to the [[rust plague]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Daleks Suffer Heavy Losses! (short story)|Daleks Suffer Heavy Losses!]]'')]]
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| [[Radio station N92]] intercepted an urgent call from [[Black Dalek Leader|the Black Dalek]] which told the Emperor that a [[radioactive]] [[dust]] [[cloud]] was threatening their [[homeworld]]. News of this was broken to the rest of the [[universe]] on [[11 September]]. The [[science]] correspondent for ''TV 21'' was quoted as saying that if it had been exposed to Beta-Gamma rays, it could destroy a Dalek in "next to no time". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ice Planet Mystery (short story)|Ice Planet Mystery]]'') Indeed it had and reports came in on [[25 September]] about the losing [[battle]] against what had become a [[rust plague]]. This updated article confirmed the earlier predictions that the contaminated [[rust]] was able to consume a Dalek in under half a [[minute]]. Although the Black Dalek released no [[information]] on the number of casualties, the Space News Agency station [[S.N.A. 5]] estimated that up to half the home army had been destroyed. They also had images of in [[Dalek Tracking station PZ8]] just prior to succumbing to the plague. The report plainly concluded that unless effective action was taken, all the Daleks on Skaro would be destroyed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Daleks Suffer Heavy Losses! (short story)|Daleks Suffer Heavy Losses!]]'') Upon the Emperor's return, he realised the Black Dalek was the carrier and ordered that he be taken to the [[recasting furnace]] to have his [[casing]] reconstructed. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]'')
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| On [[23 October]], ''TV 21'' reported upon a videophone to the [[Monstron Space Republic]] in which [[President]] [[Yequan]] announced an advanced invasion probe of Skaro. Speaking to four thousand million fighting troops, Yequan proudly proclaimed "The [[robot]]-like Daleks of Skaro will feel the strength and might of the Monstrons. We shall conquer all". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fireball Explosion! (short story)|Fireball Explosion!]]'') Two Monstrons, [[Kenex]] and [[Yeq]], with a small army of [[Engibrain]]s, were able to land on the planet initially undetected due to the rebuilding efforts in the aftermath of the rust plague. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]'', ''[[The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story)|The Menace of the Monstrons]]'') News reached ''TV 21'' on [[6 November]] that the Monstron invaders had launched an attack on the [[Dalek City]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[FAB1 Back in Action! (short story)|FAB1 Back in Action!]]'') On [[4 December]], ''TV 21'' stated that the invasion came to an abrupt when the extinct [[volcano]] [[base]] of the Monstrons suddenly exploded into action destroying the [[enemy]] bridgehead. It was noted that nobody knew how or why the volcano became reactive but that it was sure to give the Daleks an oppurtunity of rebuilding their [[city]] yet again and reorganising their defences against any further surprise attacks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Weather Chaos! (short story)|World Weather Chaos!]]'') A hyper-high frequency report recieved from [[Space Station K11]] later revealed that a single Dalek who believed itself to be the only survivor of the attack avenged its people by firing its [[gunstick]] into the volcano to trigger its [[eruption]] and the [[destruction]] of the Monstrons. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story)|The Menace of the Monstrons]]'')
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| === Humanity's involvement increases ===
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| The interest the [[Universal Secret Service]] had in the [[Dalek]]s began to spike in this period. Agent [[Philip Bevan]] wrote to [[Brent Cleever|Twenty One]] enclosing some [[Theory|theories]] regarding the [[anatomy]] of the [[robot]]-like species but they were overshadowed by word of Bevan's own comic ''[[Thriller]]'', a potential rival to ''[[TV 21]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[From Philip Bevan (short story)|From Philip Bevan]]'') [[E. Oglesby]] also wrote in to provide a list of the equipment they had in their possession, a list which included a [[Dalekode]]. Twenty One told Oglesby it was a good report, reminding all agents to take good care of the items and warning them "they never know when they might need it". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[E. Oglesby (short story)|E. Oglesby]]'') Twenty One also ensured that agents were keen followers of recent Dalek [[history]] in case it proved relevant as evidenced by [[V. Mason]] reporting on and retelling the [[story]] of [[Zeg]] the [[Red Dalek]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Password Report on Red Dalek (short story)|Password Report on Red Dalek]]'')
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| [[File:Help Plea from Planet.jpg|thumb|Two [[Dalek]]s sighted by ''[[TV 21]]'' exiting the [[Dalek Council Chamber|Main Council room]] after a briefing by [[Dalek Emperor|the Emperor]] regarding [[Oric]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Help Plea from Planet (short story)|Help Plea from Planet]]'')]]
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| On [[11 December]], the [[planet]] [[Oric]] contacted [[Earth]] with a plea for help shortly after a [[space]] [[spy]] [[satellite]] reported a new build-up of forces on [[Skaro]]. According to video screen reports from the satellite, the Daleks had already built a [[space station]] for the purposes of [[Fuel|refuelling]]. Addressing the claim to [[World President]] [[Nikita Bandranaik]], the [[Oric leader]] stated that the Daleks were intent on space conquest and was able to confidently say that an attack on his planet would be a "forerunner" to one against the [[Solar Empire]]. The [[World Security Council]] met in [[Washington DC|Washington]] to discuss the plea but informed sources claimed no help was to be sent at present. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Help Plea from Planet (short story)|Help Plea from Planet]]'') This was largely due to the ongoing [[weather]] crisis which was devastating Earth at this time. During [[December]] and into [[January]] [[2066]], Earth was faced with the havoc of uncontrolled weather for the first time in fifty [[year]]s. A dramatic rise in [[temperature]] led to the extensive melting of [[ice]] and a three [[Foot (unit)|foot]] rise in the level of the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]] and [[Atlantic Ocean]]s. The northern hemisphere, in particular [[Holland]], [[Belgium]], [[England]], as well as the low-lying areas of [[United States of America|America]] and [[Canada]], were the worst affected by widespread [[flood]]ing, with millions of [[refugee]]s being forced to leave their homes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Weather Chaos! (short story)|World Weather Chaos!]]'') By [[Christmas]], [[martial law]] had been declared in the northern hemisphere with troops deployed to all major [[City|cities]] as [[riot]]ers and mob [[Army|armies]] rampaged through places such as [[New York City|New York]] and [[Amsterdam]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Emergency (short story)|World Emergency]]'') The [[World Senate]] called upon the [[World Aquanaut Security Patrol]] to investigate the root cause of the troubles and [[Commander]] [[Sam Shore]] ordered ''[[Stingray (ship)|Stingray]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Weather Chaos! (short story)|World Weather Chaos!]]'') manned by [[Captain]] [[Troy Tempest]] and [[Lieutenant]] [[Phones Sheridan]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Curse of the Crustavons (comic story)|Curse of the Crustavons]]'' et al.) to the polar region. Bandranaik later confirmed they were at the [[North Pole]] with orders to [[Destruction|destroy]] any [[alien]]s they found to be responsible. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Emergency (short story)|World Emergency]]'') Order was finally restored by [[8 January]] with long periods of [[sun]]shine helping rescuers somewhat in the clearing up of mess. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Time Barrier Busted (short story)|Time Barrier Busted]]'') All was not lost for Oric, however, as [[Space Station M2]] reported that a [[Mechonoid]] ship was heading for Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Help Plea from Planet (short story)|Help Plea from Planet]]'') Although the ship proved to not be any form of direct assistance to Oric, the Mechonoids began hostilities with the Daleks when they started targeting them with the [[suspicion ray]]. This bought the inhabitants of Oric more time as the Daleks chose to focus on retaliation, and preparing for an impending [[war]], rather than exploring their planet for its [[mineral]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Eve of War (comic story)|Eve of War]]'')
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| On [[1 January]] 2066, ''[[TV 21]]'' reported that "the [[Universe]]" was waiting to see if the Daleks and the Mechonoids were going to clash in a [[Galaxy|galactic]] war after the species from [[Skaro]] came up against an [[enemy]] equally as clever, ruthless and mechanical for the first time in their [[history]]. The [[Dalek War Control Room]] was pictured alongside the article just as an order was given to destroy a Mechonoid [[spaceship]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Daleks Hit Back! (short story)|Daleks Hit Back!]]'') The ship was successfully destroyed but as was the [[Dalek flying saucer]] with the [[Red Dalek Leader]] aboard. The skirmish ended with the Mechonoids warning the Daleks to stay out of their [[Sky|skies]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Eve of War (comic story)|Eve of War]]'') The Daleks subsequently began to search other [[planet]]s for new [[weapon]]s to use in their fight. The [[Space News Agency]] documented their successful invasion of [[Phryne]] via [[hyper-space video-phone]]. The [[Phrynian]]s served as archivists for the histories and artefacts of a hundred planets and, after the Daleks made short work of Phryne's [[Cloaking field|invisibility shield]], [[Controller (The Archives of Phryne)|the Controller]] killed himself to ensure the invaders never got hold of his [[secret]]s while the remaining Phrynians led by [[Saf (The Archives of Phryne)|Saf]] went into hiding so that they might one day have a chance to fight back. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phryne]]'')
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| [[File:Skardal Thunderbird Two.jpg|thumb|left|[[Skardal]] is tracked by [[human]]ity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Thunderbird Two (short story)|Thunderbird Two]]'')]]
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| As noticed by the Space News Agency, the Daleks started to track the [[rogue planet]] of [[Skardal]] after the [[Astrodalek]] witnessed its creation. Skardal later impacted with [[Omega Three]] which put it on a collision course with Skaro. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Rogue Planet (comic story)|The Rogue Planet]]'') On [[26 March]], ''TV21''{{'}}s [[Correspondent (Thunderbird Two)|Dalek correspondent]] reported that the [[Dalek Emperor]] had ordered an emergency squad to intercept the planet, which was now "careering wildly" through [[space]], and alter its course. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Thunderbird Two (short story)|Thunderbird Two]]'') They successfully diverted a [[meteor storm]] so that the [[meteorite]]s would draw Skardal away from Skaro and onto a path with [[Mechanus]], the planet of the Mechonoids. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Rogue Planet (comic story)|The Rogue Planet]]'') Alarmed by the coming war between the Daleks and the Mechonoids and the likelihood of the victor targeting them, the [[Zerovian]]s of [[Zeros]] decided that neither could be allowed to win and sent the [[humanoid]] robot [[2K]] in order to prevent either side of victory. Learning of Skardal, 2K stole a Dalek [[missile]] and set it on a course with the planet. He seperated the [[rocket]] from the warhead, which began a journey back to Skaro, requiring the Daleks to fire their anti-missile rockets to destroy both the warhead and Skardal. 2K then landed on Mechanus and told the Mechonoids that the Daleks had purposely destroyed the rogue planet to save them. He persuaded them to call off the war but the Mechonoids allowed him to escape to warn his creators that the Daleks and Mechonoids were still enemies. The Space News Agency published a detailed summary of the execution of the Zerovians' plans, spanning several reports. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Impasse (comic story)|Impasse]]'')
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| A specially-assigned correspondent from the [[Hyper-Space News Agency]] relayed a report to Earth about a [[Terrorkon]] who broke through an electric barrier and attacked several Daleks stationed at the [[Lake of Mutations]]. It stole a missile and went through an underground [[lake]] and into a [[cave]] deep in the [[mountain]]s. After the missile was damaged by fallen [[rock]]s, the [[Dalek Prime]] ordered that the [[Dalek City]] be evacuated. [[News]] soon reached [[London]] [[office]]s from far out in [[hyperspace]] that a full-scale evacuation was being staged because the Emperor had commanded all Daleks to move out immediately in case of an [[explosion]]. A [[Red Dalek (The Terrorkon Harvest)|Red Dalek]], accompanied by the Emperor, followed the Terrorkon into the cave and was able to defuse the missile which had been discarded and accidently activated by the creature for being inedible. The two of them watched as the Terrorkon was devoured by a giant [[eel]], prompting the Emperor to call for a in depth search of their [[homeworld]] in order to discover all its [[danger]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Terrorkon Harvest (comic story)|The Terrorkon Harvest]]'')
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| === The looming discovery of Earth ===
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| [[File:Earth Legacy of Yesteryear.jpg|thumb|[[Lodian]] reveals to [[Zet]] his discovery of [[Earth]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)|Legacy of Yesteryear]]'')]]
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| On [[16 July]], [[Hyper-Space News Agency]] correspondents watched [[Skaro]] closely for [[news]] of the [[Dalek]]s' latest activities because their [[war]] plans, which were abundunce in evidence during the last [[month]]s, had been shelved. Reports indicated that they were carrying out an unprecedented [[Science|scientific]] invenstigation into their own [[planet]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[["Come In, Tempest" (short story)|"Come In, Tempest"]]'') This investigation uncovered [[sand]] [[creature]]s in the [[desert]], areas of [[Mutation|mutated]] [[jungle]], and [[stone]]s with special properties. In the [[Polar Mountains]], they inadvertently awoke three [[humanoid Dalek]]s who had been frozen alive in [[ice]] when the [[neutronic war]] shifted the poles. [[Yvric]] believed he could exchange [[knowledge]] with their [[descendant]]s in return for becoming one of their [[leader]]s but he was promptly mistook for an [[Invasion|invading]] [[android]] and [[Extermination|exterminated]] without a second [[thought]]. Witnessing this atrocity, [[Lodian]] told [[Zet]] that he and Yvric had discovered a planet named [[Earth]] nine [[Galaxy|galaxies]] away and built a [[spacecraft]] to get there just before they were frozen. While Lodian intended to use the spacecraft to warn Earth of the Daleks, Zet betrayed him by knocking him out and handing him over to the Dalek [[machine]]s, hoping to bargain with them. However, Lodian escaped and was pursued back to their [[secret]] [[base]] by Zet and several Daleks. Determining that Zet would tell the Daleks of Earth even if he successfully escaped in his ship, Lodian made the [[Suicide|ultimate sacrifice]] and blew up the ship along with himself, Zet and the surrounding Daleks. Correspondents from the Hyper-Space News Agency were able to relay detailed reports of the entire affair back to Earth. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)|Legacy of Yesteryear]]'')
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| [[File:Defeat in Shadow of Humanity.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dalek Prime|The Emperor]] defeats the [[One in a Million Dalek|human-like Dalek]] with ruthless [[logic]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Shadow of Humanity (comic story)|Shadow of Humanity]]'')]]
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| On [[17 September]], reports from "secret sources" revealed [[crisis]] conditions on Skaro. The [[Dalek Emperor]] was believed to be organising a full-scale investigation which was designed to locate [[One in a Million Dalek|the single Dalek]] who [[question]]ed an imperial order. It was said that the Dalek required a [[reason]] for clearing mutated [[plant]]-growth in the path of a [[Motorway|highway]] project. The ''[[TV 21]]'' report relayed from a Hyper-Space News Agency correspondent reiterated that the Dalek code was one of absolute obedience and that the development of [[free will]], should it spread, could subvert and destroy the entire race. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Daleks Face Destruction (short story)|Daleks Face Destruction]]'') It did spread and hordes of Daleks began to adorn themselves with [[flower]]s because the command to "protect [[beauty]]" had been given as a Dalek order. Soon the [[rebel]]s turned on their own kind for crushing such beautiful things as flowers. Eventually, the "one in a million" Dalek, who had developed [[human]]-like qualities in its "[[disease]]d [[brain]]" due to an [[accident]] in its manufacture, revealed itself and proclaimed to be the new Emperor. The [[Dalek Prime]] was aware that [[time]] alone would be its [[destruction]] and confronted the Dalek on its purported strength. The Prime observed the flowers on its [[casing]] were already [[Death|dying]] and ordered his loyalists to annihilate it, coldly stating as he turned away that "beauty [was] for human beings" and that to "destroy human beings" was the true Dalek directive. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Shadow of Humanity (comic story)|Shadow of Humanity]]'')
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| The Daleks captured the [[Jevon (species)|Jevon]] ship ''[[Guardian]]'' which was on its way from [[Jevo]] to [[Arides]] on a mission to wipe out a species of mutated plants, the [[pollen]] of which was deadly to all human and [[animal]] [[life]], threatening all life in the [[universe]] should it flower and spread through [[space]]. Taken before the Emperor, [[Kirid|Commander Kirid]] was able to convince him that the Arides pollen was also a threat to the Daleks and so he released them to complete their assignment. However, Kirid's ruse was discovered when the Daleks stole the weapon which purportedly [[poison]]ed the plant and found it to be an ordinary [[Ultra Gamma Gun]]. The Daleks then tracked down the ''Guardian'' and destroyed it with all of those aboard just after Kirid had successfully performed the spraying of the real poison. However, as the Prime watched the devastation, he briefly doubted himself. He contemplated whether the Daleks had really defeated "this amazing human spirit" and noted the "real test" was yet to come, that being "the war on human beings everywhere". ''TV 21'' reported upon the incident with one part of it being printed alongside a message from [[USS HQ]] to the magazine. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Emissaries of Jevo (comic story)|The Emissaries of Jevo]]'')
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| Agent [[Jeremy Palmer]] of the [[Universal Secret Service]] wrote in to USS HQ from [[Norfolk]]. He attached a [[photograph]] depicting him wearing a [[Dalek Suit]] which had been constructed by [[Jeremy Palmer's father|his father]]. The [[disguise]] was built with a [[wood]]en frame, half a [[school]] [[globe]] suitably [[paint]]ed, [[black]] [[plastic]] covering resembling a [[metalert]] casing, and moved about on [[caster]]s. It was so realistic that it inspired Headquarters to investigate the possibilities of using similar [[camouflage]] in the event agents were ever sent to Skaro on [[spy]]-missions. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Agents In Action (TV21 91 short story)|Agents In Action]]'') Agent [[Richard Barnes (Agents In Action)|Richard Barnes]] showed off his Dalek model soon after with his comprehensive collection of ''TV21'' instalments. Barnes kept up to date with all aspects of the USS through the ''[[Contact 21]]'' [[page]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Agents In Action (TV21 96 short story)|Agents In Action]]'')
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| [[File:Directions to Earth Road to Conflict.jpg|thumb|The Emperor announces an [[invasion]] of Earth. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road to Conflict (comic story)|The Road to Conflict]]'')]]
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| Intent of removing their blindspot of Earth, which was in another part of the universe hidden to the Daleks due to [[skycurve]], they engineered a [[meteor storm]] which forced the human [[passenger]] spacecraft ''[[Starmaker]]'' to make an emergency landing on Skaro. After capturing three of those on board, children [[Tom (The Road to Conflict)|Tom]] and [[Jennie (The Road to Conflict)|Jennie]] and [[Captain]] [[Flint Fleet]], the Dalek Prime ordered the penetration of the ship's [[force field]] and its destruction. Fleet, Tom and Jennie were able to escape incarceration with Fleet and Tom witnessing the [[death]]s of all those aboard including Tom and Jennie's [[parent]]s from Dalek Headquarters. Deciding not to tell Jennie of the grisly fates forced upon her [[friend]]s and [[family]], the trio found a [[Dalek ship|Dalek transporter]] to leave Skaro with and to warn Earth of the incoming threat. They were able to get away quietly unopposed because the Daleks presumed their [[safety]] and did not have any [[guard]]s stationed outside their ships. Despite their lack of [[prisoner]]s or [[hostage]]s, the Daleks nevertheless discovered the location of Earth in the [[next universe but one]] from a piece of burnt [[paper]] found in the rubble of the ''Starmaker''. Speaking to a room full of his forces, the Dalek Prime announced that they would go in search and conquer. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road to Conflict (comic story)|The Road to Conflict]]'') This ominous proclamation would be the last contents of any reports relayed back to Earth using ''TV 21''{{'}}s [[hyper-space communications scanner]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Information Service (TV21 122 short story)|Information Service]]'')
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| === Attempted invasion ===
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| [[File:Have Daleks Invaded Scotland?.jpg|thumb|left|A special kind of [[Dalek]] [[spy]] in [[Lairg]], [[Scotland]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have Daleks Invaded Scotland? (short story)|Have Daleks Invaded Scotland?]]'')]]
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| Agent [[Simon Bucks]] of the [[Universal Secret Service]], who normally operated in [[Bickley]] in [[Kent]], wrote into [[USS HQ]] with an "amazing" report which contained a [[photograph]] taken in the [[Scotland|Scottish]] town of [[Lairg]]. Bucks speculated that the subject of the image could have been a form of [[Dalek]], perhaps even "an [[advance guard]] sent to [[spy]] out the land for an imminent full-scale [[invasion]]". [[Brent Cleever|Agent Twenty One]] responded that USS action-group operators were already on their way to Lairg to investigate with clear orders to [[Destruction|destroy]] any [[metal]] invaders from [[Skaro]] who might be in the area. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Have Daleks Invaded Scotland? (short story)|Have Daleks Invaded Scotland?]]'')
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| In [[2067]], [[T.J. Younger]] replaced [[Nikita Bandranaik]] as [[World President]] due to the latter's ill [[health]]. Younger never, at least publicly, acknowledged the Dalek threat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Information Service (TV21 121 short story)|Information Service]]'') While ''[[TV 21]]'' were unable to deliver reports on the Daleks, they continued to publish [[news]] about [[Earth]]'s [[security]] organisations. These included the escapades of the [[World Aquanaut Security Patrol]]'s vessel ''[[Stingray (ship)|Stingray]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stingray Storm! (short story)|Stingray Storm!]]'') the [[World Space Patrol]]'s ship ''[[Fireball XL5 (spacecraft)|Fireball XL5]]'', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Ambush! (short story)|Ambush!]]'') and the [[Mars|Martian]] exploration vehicle ''[[Zero X]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mars Ship Hi-Jacked (short story)|Mars Ship Hi-Jacked]]'') It was not until [[Steve Zodiac]], the best known of all World Space Patrol [[astronaut]]s, was believed dead while patrolling the [[Astran]] [[border]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mars Ship Hi-Jacked (short story)|Mars Ship Hi-Jacked]]'', ''[[World Mourns Dead Space Hero (short story)|World Mourns Dead Space Hero]]'') that ''TV 21'' thought it wise to reveal the worrying reason why [[Story|stories]] about the Daleks had ceased after many requests for [[information]] about their termination had already stacked up. It was stated that the [[hyper-space communications scanner]], which relayed reports back to the [[Fleet Street]] [[office]]s, had broken down. Additionally, ''TV 21'' had been led to believe that the Daleks themselves were responsible and therefore had taken over its complete control. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Information Service (TV21 122 short story)|Information Service]]'')
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| [[File:The Elders Attack.jpg|thumb|The [[Elder (Return of the Elders)|Elders]] intervene with the Daleks' [[invasion]] plans and attack [[Dalek Fleet|the Fleet]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'')]]
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| Passing through the [[solar system]] on its way to Earth, the [[Dalek Fleet]] converged with an unusual [[fleet]] of [[spacecraft]] of an organic construction which was also heading for Earth. Believing that the occupants must also have had plans to invade, the [[Dalek Prime]] ordered their destruction. However, their new [[Enemy|enemies]], having already scanned the Daleks with their [[mind]]-seeking devices, immediately launched a counter-attack and annihilated several [[Dalek ship]]s. While confusion reigned on the [[Dalek Flagship]] and further retaliation only yielded more casualties, the Daleks retreated towards [[Titan]] after suspecting the mind-reading capabilities of their foes. Finding a human [[mining]] [[base]] on the [[moon]], the Daleks demonstrated their [[power]] by wiping out [[Colony Five]] and capturing six of its men to do their bidding. Instilled with the necessary [[knowledge]] and experience of the Daleks' plight, [[Trent (Return of the Elders)|Commander Trent]] and [[Johnson (Return of the Elders)|Johnson]] were coerced into helping them to protect their own [[homeworld]]. Their attack failed and they were confronted with a being who identified himself as [[Kaslan]]. Kaslan explained that he belonged to a race of [[Elder (Return of the Elders)|Elders]] who existed between the physical and sub-etheric [[dimension]]s. He further stated that their "invasion fleet" was actually a medium through which [[thought]]s and [[Energy|energies]] could be directed and that they had "seeded" Earth in the [[distant past]] and had returned to "purify" it after man's abuse. As Trent and Johnson were just pawns, Kaslan freed them of the malevolent influence. According to him, the Daleks would invade Earth in the [[future]] to be resisted by "[[First Doctor|another]]" but that until the work of the Elders was done they had to intervene. Kaslan's mind then reached out to touch those of the Daleks creating blind self-destruction as the Dalek Fleet fired upon itself. The [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor]] was spared to suffer the "ultimate humiliation" but with the [[battle]] over, Kaslan freed Trent to pursue the Prime himself in order to seek [[revenge]] for his fallen comrades.
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| Outnumbered by Trent's squad, the Dalek Prime sought to seek advantage of their pursuers' limited experience of Dalek technology by retreating into the [[planetary ring]]s of [[Saturn]]. Trent was able to pick off one of the [[Dalek flying saucer|Dalek saucers]] with a lucky shot which left only the Emperor's ship remaining. As they watched it on the scanner, Trent speculated that the Emperor must have panicked and dived out of the way but that they were now travelling too fast to pull out and would resultantly burn up in Saturn's [[atmosphere]]. Disappointed they were unable to fire the kill shot, Trent and his men returned to Titan. However, the Daleks had operated their [[nul-grav system]] to avoid destruction. Certain they would have another oppurtunity to invade Earth and flanked by [[Black Dalek Leader|the Black Dalek]] and [[Red Dalek (Return of the Elders)|the Red Dalek]], the Dalek Prime vowed that they would not fail the next time. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'')
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| === Remnants of the invasion force ===
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| [[File:Dalek Disguise.jpg|thumb|Agent [[Nigel Rawlands]] with his [[Dalek]] [[disguise]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Disguise (short story)|Dalek Disguise]]'')]]
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| Even after the [[destruction]] of the [[Dalek Fleet]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'') and [[human]]ity's loss of the [[hyper-space communications scanner]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Information Service (TV21 122 short story)|Information Service]]'') the [[Universal Secret Service]] continued to monitor the dormant [[Dalek]] threat through more direct means. ''[[Contact 21]]'' Field Agent [[Nigel Rawlands]] was given a mission to inflitrate "an [[enemy]] organisation" and so, using his initiative, Rawlands designed and made a Dalek [[disguise]]. The outer [[casing]] of the disguise was indistinguishable from a real Dalek and Rawlands later reported that the mission was successfully accomplished. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Disguise (short story)|Dalek Disguise]]'')
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| One of the final reports regarding the Daleks on [[Earth]] came from Agent [[W. Cregan]], who operated from [[London]]. He attached a [[photograph]] of an encounter he had with a Dalek. Cregan stated that he was fully prepared for [[combat]] with the [[alien]] until it suddenly said "Shake [[hand]]s. Welcome." Unsure how to proceed, he followed the Daleks' request and shook hands with its [[gunstick]] although he added in his report that he heavily suspected it of really being a [[spy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Friendly Dalek (short story)|Friendly Dalek]]'')
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| In [[September]] [[2067]], a new [[security]] organisation named [[SPECTRUM]] was launched. Headed by former USS second-in-command [[White (SPECTRUM)|Colonel White]], SPECTRUM was created to take over all of the Universal Secret Service's commitments on Earth, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[SPECTRUM is Green (short story)|SPECTRUM is Green]]'') including those sparse reports of Dalek activity ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Friendly Dalek (short story)|Friendly Dalek]]'') although no more ever materialised. Even before [[Pete Tracker]] could publish a [[headline]] proclaiming that "SPECTRUM [was] Green", the organisation's resources were diverted elsewhere. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[SPECTRUM (comic story)|SPECTRUM]]'') [[Black (Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!)|Captain Black]], who had led a troubled expedition to [[Mars]] to investigate strange [[radio]] [[signal]]s recieved from the area, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost! (short story)|Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!]]'') finally returned to [[Glenn Field]] but Black vanished from the [[base]] without trace immediately on arrival. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[SPECTRUM (comic story)|SPECTRUM]]'') It was later discovered that Black had fired upon the [[Mysteron City]] in a moment of panic while commanding the ''[[Zero X]]'' mission, inadvertently beginning the [[Mysteron War]], while the real Black was thought deceased with his image being used as an indestructible agent of the [[Mysteron]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rogues Gallery (short story)|Rogues Gallery]]'') The Mysteron threat against Earth was the [[World Government]]'s main focus in the following [[year]]s with the conflict continuing into the [[2080s]] by some accounts. ([[PROSE]]: ''[['Jinx Ship' Blasts Off For Mars (short story)|'Jinx Ship' Blasts Off For Mars]]'') In the face of this adversity, the Daleks were largely forgotten ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Deceit (short story)|Prelude Deceit]]'') while they slowly rebuilt their forces for [[22nd century Dalek invasion|another invasion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
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| === Aftermath and legacy ===
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| [[Federation]] Archivist [[Van Kalik]], writing in ''[[From Break-out to Empire: Essays on the Third Millennium]]'', did not acknowledge the [[2060s]] conflict between the [[Dalek]]s and [[human]]ity. He said that although the popular view of [[Earth]] before the [[Break-out]], which he dated to the closing [[year]]s of the [[21st century]], was a [[planet]] "permanently besieged" in actuality humankind was at [[peace]] with its neighbours. He labelled the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] and "[[Martian]]" threats as past and the near-[[destruction]] of [[life]] on Earth in the [[First Dalek War]] as still almost a [[century]] in the [[future]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prelude Deceit (short story)|Prelude Deceit]]'')
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| At some point, the human [[Colony|colonists]] on [[Vulcan (Invasion of the Daleks)|Vulcan]] were threatened by a smaller-scale Dalek attack. Their success was prevented with help from the [[Second Doctor]], [[Ben Jackson]], and [[Polly Wright]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') The Doctor concluded that the [[invasion]] in the [[22nd century]] had not yet taken place, apparently explaining why the colonists were unfamiliar with the threat of the Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') In [[2136]], [[Terri Willis]] told Ben that the Daleks were "just [[legend]]s". When Ben attempted to convince her he had really encountered them by mentioning Vulcan, Terri told him Vulcan itself was also "practically a legend". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'')
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| [[File:First Doctor Dalek Invasion of Earth.jpg|thumb|The [[First Doctor]] arrives in the [[22nd century]], ([[TV]]: "[[World's End]]") fulfilling [[Kaslan]]'s [[prophecy]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'')]]
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| Having rebuilt from their previous failed attempt, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'') the Daleks launched [[22nd century Dalek invasion|another invasion]] in [[2157]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') Earth was bombarded by [[meteorite]]s which was first thought to be a result of a [[cosmic storm]] but shortly afterwards, people started dying from a [[plague]] sent by the Daleks via the meterorites. The majority of the [[population]] of [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [[South America]] died before a [[cure]] was found, severely weakening Earth's defences. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') The [[Terran Security Forces]] were easily defeated ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Final Sanction (novel)|The Final Sanction]]'') and [[New York City]] was completely destroyed. The Daleks ultimately held the Earth for a [[decade]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
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| In [[2167]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase (audio story)|The Mutant Phase]]'') the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]], and [[Barbara Wright]] arrived in Dalek-occupied [[London]]. They worked with resistance fighters to reach the centre of the [[mining]] operations in [[Bedfordshire]], where the Daleks' aim was to remove the Earth's core and replace it with a power system to pilot the [[planet]] anywhere in the [[universe]]. This plan was thwarted when the Bedfordshire mine was destroyed by the Doctor and his [[companion]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') fulfilling [[Kaslan]]'s [[prophecy]] exactly one hundred years prior. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'')
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| == Behind the scenes ==
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| === Absence in reprints ===
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| Perhaps uniquely for a [[Dalek]] [[invasion]], most events in the [[2060s]] conflict are not depicted in later sources whether they be reprints or wholly new stories. In all reprints of ''[[The Daleks (series)|The Daleks]]'', even in otherwise comprehensive and faithful collections such as ''[[DWMS The Dalek Chronicles|The Dalek Chronicles]]'' or the 2020 graphic novel ''[[The Daleks (graphic novel)|The Daleks]]'', the framing banner which tied the events of the stories back to [[Earth]] was absent. The content of this banner varied but the two most common variations purported the stories to be a "report from the [[Space News Agency]] via [[hyper-space video-phone]]" or a "report relayed from a [[Hyper-Space News Agency]] correspondent".
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| Several instalments of ''The Daleks'' were reprinted in ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977]]'' and ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978]]''. On these occasions, the "Stop Press" feature in the final panel of each part which regularly tied into other [[news]] stories in the contemporaneous setting of ''[[TV Century 21]]'', was also absent and instead replaced with new narration.
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| In [[1980 (releases)|1980]], ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' reprinted the stories from ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'' to ''[[The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story)|The Menace of the Monstrons]]'' as ''[[The Dalek Tapes (comic story)|The Dalek Tapes]]''. Not only did ''The Dalek Tapes'' lack the extra context afforded to the stories at the time of their first publications, it replaced it with a new premise. According to the ''The Dalek Tapes'', [[the Doctor]] discovered the [[Dalek Tapes|titular tapes]] after landing in a "mouldering, ancient [[library]] on a [[Planet (The Dalek Tapes)|twilight world]]" with the tapes themselves being narrated by an [[Narrator (The Dalek Tapes)|unidentified individual]]. This new story, containing decaying records and a potentially unreliable narrator, cast doubt on the [[Creation of the Daleks|Dalek creation tale]] featuring the [[humanoid Dalek]]s in the wake of the broadcast of ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' in 1975 which contained the much more popular account featuring [[Davros]] and the [[Kaled]]s.
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| The most significant factor contributing to the absence of the 2060s [[war]] is the lack of prominence which has been given to the other Dalek content in ''TV21'' besides their solo strip. The covers stories were framed as in-universe [[front page]]s which detailed the stories featured in the issue in the guise of news reports and it was these that explicitly dated the events of ''The Daleks'' to the 2060s, each issue incrementing weekly to exactly one hundred [[year]]s into the [[future]] from the release date. Other series in ''TV21'' were also significant to the tale of the progressing invasion. For example, the ''[[21 (series)|21]]'' short story ''[[From Special Agent Peter Ayliffe (short story)|From Special Agent Peter Ayliffe]]'', while appearing to simply be a [[letter]] sent into the magazine by a [[Peter Ayliffe (writer)|young child]], in actuality marks the first ever interaction between [[human]]ity and the emerging [[Dalek Empire]].
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| The final story of ''The Daleks'' printed in ''TV21'', ''[[The Road to Conflict (comic story)|The Road to Conflict]]'', was intended to lead into ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', an adaptation of ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', despite being set a [[century]] before either. When the series was continued in [[1997 (releases)|1997]] with ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'', the [[Dalek Fleet]] was destroyed with the [[Dalek Emperor]] vowing to return. Although the story has since been percieved as a failed version of the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]], it explains why there is that time gap (as the Daleks would have to rebuild their [[fleet]]) and also provides an in-universe reason as to why the Daleks stopped being mentioned in ''TV21'' shortly after ''The Road to Conflict'' and a final couple of ''21'' stories.
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| === Inextricable connections to the world of Gerry Anderson's supermarionation ===
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| The [[2060s]] [[Dalek]] [[invasion]] was also unprecedented in regard to the volume of [[crossover]] involvement with stories, characters, and concepts from another franchise. ''[[TV Century 21]]'' was written with the intent that all the stories and articles printed within described a single fictional future history of the [[solar system]] with a couple of series set in [[1960s|the present day]] only accessible via the use a [[TV 21 Time Machine|time machine]]. Even though the most noteworthy aspect of this premise was the explicit reveal of a shared universe in the [[Gerry Anderson]]-[[Producer|produced]] supermarionation series (which was only prominently advertised on [[television]] through the appearance of ''[[Zero X]]'' in ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Thunderbirds]]'' and later in ''[[Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons]]''), ''[[The Daleks (series)|The Daleks]]'' was no exception to this rule and it was made clear that events pertaining to the Dalek invasion of [[Earth]] were occurring concurrently with ''[[Fireball XL5 (series)|Fireball XL5]]'', ''[[Stingray (series)|Stingray]]'', ''Thunderbirds'', and ''Captain Scarlet'' comic stories.
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| The most regular format for these crossovers were the cover stories, framed as the [[front page]] of an in-universe periodical which detailed the contents of the issue ahead as [[news]] stories. The Daleks shared the [[headline]]s with stories relating to ''Fireball XL5'' and ''Stingray'' both on ten occasions each and with ''Thunderbirds'' six times. Although there was little interaction between the stories, the relationship between the series was not understated. ''[[Tempest Awarded V.M. (short story)|Tempest Awarded V.M.]]'', for example, featured an image of a Dalek alongside a large [[colour]] [[photograph]] of [[Captain]] [[Troy Tempest]] of ''[[Stingray (ship)|Stingray]]''. The "Stop Press" panel at the conclusion of each part of ''The Daleks'' also provided crossovers between the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]] and the supermarionation universe on an almost-weekly basis for all two [[year]]s that the strip was published in the magazine. Although the single panel sometimes hosted appearances from regular characters such as [[Penelope Creighton-Ward]] of ''Thunderbirds'', [[Wilbur Zero|Commander Zero]] of ''Fireball XL5'', and [[Phones Sheridan]] of ''Stingray'', they were often more peripherally centred. For example, despite the mention of the [[Canadian Forest Fire Patrol]] in ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phryne]]'', the organisation was not seen or heard from in the corresponding ''Thunderbirds'' story ''Blazing Danger''.
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| [[File:World Weather Chaos!.jpg|thumb|[[Samuel Shore|Sam]] and [[Atlanta Shore]] discuss the world [[weather]] crisis. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[World Weather Chaos! (short story)|World Weather Chaos!]]'') The cause of [[human]]ity's absence in ''[[Eve of War (comic story)|Eve of War]]''?]]
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| The most explicit narrative crossover between a ''Who'' and Anderson property came in [[TV21 28]] with the release of the short story ''[[Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks! (short story)|Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!]]''. As the ''Lady Penelope Investigates'' mini-series usually featured interviews with fictionalised versions of celebrities and, as the title implied, one might expect a non-fictional look into the making of ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' but this is not the case. The cover story ''[[Peaceful Thals Ambushed! (short story)|Peaceful Thals Ambushed!]]'' made it clear the film was based on a [[Thal-Dalek battle|real-life event]] and the seriousness of the Dalek threat should it reach Earth was extremely evident. [[Parker (Mr. Steelman)|Parker]], another mainstay of ''Thunderbirds'', was terrified by Lady Penelope's suggestion that they would be having [[lunch]] "with the Daleks" and [[Roberta Tovey (Peaceful Thals Ambushed!)|Roberta Tovey]] and [[Roy Castle (Lady Penelope Investigates the stars of the Sensational new film Dr. Who and the Daleks!)|Roy Castle]] both testified as to their fear of the Daleks, the latter openly admitting he was more scared than when he worked on [[horror]] [[film]]s.
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| There were also multiple instances of events happening in Anderson-based strips implicitly influencing [[human]]ity's response to the Dalek invasion. In the cover story ''[[Help Plea from Planet (short story)|Help Plea from Planet]]'', after a meeting of the [[World Security Council]] informed sources stated that no help would be sent to [[Oric]] should the Daleks invade despite the desperate pleas of the [[Oric leader]]. This decision was influenced by the ''Stingray'' story ''Arctic Weather Menace'' which both the preceding and succeeding DWU cover stories, ''[[World Weather Chaos! (short story)|World Weather Chaos!]]'' and ''[[World Emergency (short story)|World Emergency]]'', tied-in to. Those stories stated that mass [[flood]]ing and [[riot]]s in the aftermath of millions of [[refugee]]s being displaced resulted in the declaration of [[martial law]] in the northern hemisphere with the [[World President]] [[Nikita Bandranaik]] himself also heavily involved. These turn of events would have no doubt impacted the [[World Government]]'s ability to send troops to Oric as they were needed on home soil.
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| [[File:Captain Black Rogues Gallery.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Mysteron]]-controlled [[Black (Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!)|Captain Black]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rogues Gallery (short story)|Rogues Gallery]]'') The main contributing factor in the forgetting of the [[Dalek]]s and the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|22nd century invasion]]?]]
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| In a more broader sense, ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' as a whole was at the centre of another influential event. In preperation for the start of ''Captain Scarlet'' comic stories in conjunction with the start of the series on television, the cover story ''[[SPECTRUM is Green (short story)|SPECTRUM is Green]]'' was published on [[23 September (releases)|23 September]] [[1967 (releases)|1967]]. It revealed that the newly-formed [[SPECTRUM]] would take over all commitments of the [[Universal Secret Service]] on Earth, the real world reason for this being the replacement of ''[[21 (series)|Contact 21]]'' as the readers' interactive section of the magazine with ''SPECTRUM Shades''. In-universe, however, the USS became a crucial participant of the Dalek invasion when [[Agent 0031]] became the first victim of the conflict and continued to be so with regular reports coming into [[USS HQ]] regarding Dalek activity. Even after the conclusion of ''The Daleks'' strip in [[January (releases)|January]] 1967 and their chronological defeat in ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'', the USS still recieved sporadic reports on the Daleks. It goes without saying that it would have been SPECTRUM's duty to continue to recieve these reports but no more ever came. This is due to the comic story fittingly-titled ''[[SPECTRUM (comic story)|SPECTRUM]]'', which served as a [[prequel]] to the television series, in which [[Black (Capt. Black Mars Expedition Lost!)|Captain Black]] returns to Earth after a mission to [[Mars]] but promptly disappears immediately after SPECTRUM launches operations. In the first episode of the television series ''The Mysterons'', it was revealed that Black had fired upon the [[Mysteron City]], therefore unintentionally beginning the [[Mysteron War]], with Black himself used as an indestructible mouthpiece for the [[Mysteron]]s from then on. Understandably, the Mysteron threat becomes the main concern for the World Government and the Daleks, which were seemingly defeated in ''Return of the Elders'', are never mentioned in ''TV21'' again. In ''[[The Murder Game (novel)|The Murder Game]]'', it is revealed that the Daleks were left to become mere [[legend]]s by [[2136]], presumably due to adminstrative flaws within SPECTRUM. The impact of ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' on ''Doctor Who'' [[canon]] can be taken to its logical conclusion; if the Daleks were not forgotten then humanity would have been able to stage a better resistance to or completely repel the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] as seen in the [[First Doctor]] story ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''. As well as the substantial difference to Earth history this would have affected, it would also mean that [[Susan Foreman]] would not have left the [[TARDIS team]] to wed [[David Campbell]] at this juncture.
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