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"'''''Dalek annual'''''" is an imprecise term used to denote seven hardbound books that were issued by joint arrangement of [[Terry Nation]] and the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]]. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The [[Dalek]] annuals were released in two groups. Three came out during the earliest stirrings of [[Dalekmania]] in the [[1960s]], and the remaining four came out in the late [[1970s]]. [[The Dalek Book|The first so-called "Dalek annual"]] actually preceded the first ''[[Doctor Who Annual]]'', and was one of the very first pieces of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' merchandise. The 1960s books — published by [[Souvenir Press]] — all had different names, while the 1970s [[World Distributors]] "sequels" were all printed under the name, ''Terry Nation's Dalek Annual''. | |||
Only ''The Dalek Book'' had a direct tie to ''Doctor Who'', in that it featured a photo-montage of ''[[The Daleks]]'', and therefore showed images of [[Susan]] and other characters from the original Dalek [[serial]]. All the remaining books were efforts to build the mythology of the Daleks indepently of the parent programme. In the two later 1960s annuals, there was an effort create a "team" of people who could fight the Daleks. ''[[The Dalek Outer Space Book]]'', in fact, used [[Sara Kingdom]] and the [[Space Security Service]] from ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]''. Some elements from these initial books would later feature in ''[[The Destroyers (unproduced spin-off)|The Destroyers]]'', Nation's unproduced effort to launch an [[American]] television series based on the Daleks. One element introduced in the 1960s annuals — the notion of an [[android]] named "Seven" opposed to the Daleks — would see future use in ''The Destroyers'' and all of the 1970s annuals. Each use of the character, eventually known as "Mark Seven" was somewhat different, however. | |||
The 1970s annuals were far more narratively integrated than the 1960s efforts. They tell the tale of the [[Anti-Dalek Force]], and have a regular "cast" that includes Space Major [[Joel Shaw]] and [[Mark Seven]], as well as some recurring ADF agents who feature in more than one story, such as [[Reb Shavron]]. | |||
==Covers== | ==Covers== | ||
