Bringer of Darkness (comic story): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Story

|image= Bringer of darkness.jpg

|number=  

|doctor= Second Doctor

|companions= [[Jamie McCrimmon|Jamie]], [[Victoria Waterfield|Victoria]]

|enemy= [[Dalek]]s

|setting= [[Planet (Bringer of Darkness)|Unnamed planet]]<br>[[England]]

|editor= [[Gary Russell]]

|writer= [[Warwick Gray]]

|artist= [[Martin Geraghty]]  

|colourist=  

|letterer= [[Simon Weston]]

|publication= [[DWMS Summer 1993]]  

|release date= [[1993 (releases)|1993]]

|publisher= Marvel Comics

|format= Comic

|series         = [[DWM comic stories#Doctor Who Magazine Specials|''DWMS'' comic stories]]

|prev           = Flashback (comic story)

|next           = Are You Listening? (comic story)

|epcount=1|reprint=Land of the Blind (graphic novel)}}

The Doctor taunts the Daleks, mentioning that he had hoped they had finally been vanquished. He asks about the fate of the [[humanised Dalek]]s on [[Skaro]]; the patrol responds that all were destroyed and the [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor]] reigns supreme. The Daleks realise who they are talking to, that only the Doctor, the "[[Ka Faraq Gatri]]", would know of the humanised Daleks' existence. But before they can open fire, the Doctor activates the beacon. He has redirected the electromagnetic pulse outwards rather than upwards, frying the circuitry in the Daleks' casings and brutally killing the [[Kaled mutant|mutants]] inside.

== References ==

* Victoria says [[Edward Waterfield|her father]] referred to the Daleks as abominations.

* Beacon is spelled "becon" on pages 2 and 3. The American spelling "Humanized" is used.

* According to the Daleks, their [[Great Civil War|civil war]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') ended in the termination of the rebel [[Humanised Dalek]]s. The [[Dalek Emperor]] is still alive. The [[Eighth Doctor]] would learn some of the humanised Daleks had left [[Skaro]] in the chaos of the war's end. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Children of the Revolution (comic story)|Children of the Revolution]]'')

* While things are peaceful, Victoria welcomes the change from "the horrors of the [[London Underground]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Web of Fear (TV story)|The Web of Fear]]'')

* Victoria Waterfield's journal entry occurs after [[TV]]: ''[[Fury from the Deep (TV story)|Fury from the Deep]]''.

* The Doctor is named "Ka Faraq Gatri" (meaning "Bringer of Darkness") by the Daleks, a name that would persist to his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')