(Photo: John Freeman: Down The Tubes)
The iconic and probably most "popular" Doctor Who villains the Daleks once had their own strip in a Gerry Anderson orientated comic back in the sixties TV21. Alongside adventures of Thunderbirds, Stingray. Fireball XL5 were solo adventures of the Daleks.
These stories saw the Daleks as the central characters in several ongoing adventures without the Doctor being involved. Back in those days Doctor Who was in black & white on TV and we didn't know that the Doctor was a Timelord either. The Doctors race did not appear until the end of The War Games when he (in the form of Patrick Troughton) was forced to call for help.
These adventures of course are in glorious "technicolor" as these things were referred to back in the day and featured Daleks in various colours including the golden "Emperor" Dalek. I remember reading these stories as a child and look forward to reading them again!
In total The Daleks appeared in 104 one page full colour pages in TV21. This spin-off edition of Doctor Who Magazine brings together all 16 stories with background articles on creators. It will cost £9.99 and be available from WH Smiths, some supermarkets or direct from the publisher Panini next week November 11th.
Hopefully if this is a success then Panini might consider it worth sorting out the Doctor Who strips in Countdown/TV Action for ca collected edition or two! With the continuing revival of British comics and popularity of Doctor Who
Website: store.panini.co.uk
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