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The Daleks (or The Darleks as everyone I knew called them). A 2020 collection from Panini of the 1960's comic strip that appeared in TV Century 21. The strip was written by Angus Allen, Terry Nation, Alan Fennell and David Whitaker and drawn by Richard Jennings, Eric Eden and Ron Turner. The cover art is by Mike Collins.

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Robert Hack's Glass Dalek, leader of the Skaro City from David Whitaker's Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure With the Daleks!

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THE YEAR 1965

For over a Year now Doctor Who has had a consistent canon, but today that changes. Three men have come together with one goal, these men are:

GERRY ANDERSON: the Puppet Master, the brains behind the plot

TERRY NATION: the geneticists, the only man with the connections to put this plan into actions

DAVID WHITAKER: the Emperor, the one who puts the plan in to action.

The goal these three men share is the same for all of them know that soon or letter things must change. These men are:

THE CANON KILLERS!!!!

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Radio Free Skaro #974 - Phantom of the Goth Opera

Radio Free Skaro #974 - Phantom of the Goth Opera - with guest host #DoctorWho composer Sam Watts! - Paul Cornell & LM Myles interviewed! - Doctor Who renewed? New spinoff coming?

http://traffic.libsyn.com/freyburg/rfs974.mp3 Download MP3 While Warren tours Europe, after having chatted with Doctor Who scribes Paul Cornell and LM Myles at Worldcon (which you can hear on this podcast), Doctor Who composer (and Edmonton native) Sam Watts steps in as co-host! Hear of Tales of the TARDIS, Sarah Jane Adventures, and other audio delights as news of a new Jodie Whittaker Blu-ray…

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Coming Soon: Doctor Who: Print The Legend

Pre-orders have opened for Doctor Who: Print The Legend, due for release in newsagents and comic shops on 6th June 2024. This lavish, 116-page bookazine is the essential guide to Doctor Who novelisations

Pre-orders have opened for Doctor Who: Print The Legend, due for release in newsagents and comic shops on 6th June 2024. This lavish, 116-page bookazine is the essential guide to Doctor Who novelisations – hardback, paperback and audio adaptations of television stories.  Highlights include profiles of leading authors, a section on collecting rarities, a look at the recording of the audiobooks…

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The latest installment of Liberation of the Daleks in Doctor Who Magazine features a cameo of the Astrans. This is the first time Doctor Who has ever referenced the TV 21 crossover universe!

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Regarding "Another early character outline for the Doctor" - aren't there also notes somewhere from David Whitaker's early outlines for "Power of the Daleks" that say the Doctor's people had, at some stage, been in a war with the Daleks? The Time War: 1966

Oh really?? I actually don't know! I'll be honest I'm not the best at researching and digging for facts, but I did do a cursory look at the TARDIS wiki and found this very intriguing tidbit that not only concerns your point, but also brings up another interesting idea!

"... also hinted that it might have been the Daleks who destroyed his homeworld."

Not only was there a war but the Daleks freaking destroyed Gallifrey!! It really is Time War: 1966!!

"... the Doctor had been renewed several times in the past; he was to open a drawer in the console which contained relices from his previous incarnations..."

Damn they canonized the Morbius Doctors a decade before the story even aired! ... Well, okay maybe since it didn't happen it's not "officially canon" but it does make me laugh a little at all the people who got up in arms about the Timeless Child thing "disrespecting William Hartnell as the first Doctor" when literally first episode after Hartnell's departure they were gonna say he wasn't the first Doctor.

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Dr Who: The Enemy of the World

I rewatched this on 12 January 2023, which falls within the 55th anniversary of this serial’s first outing on British TV. I wonder what other moments of synchronicity will occur during this year of me watching Dr Who in order.

The joy of the Doctor in the surf is brilliant, as is Jamie and Victoria’s reluctance. It’s amusing to see Victoria model her outfit on Jamie’s adapted Highlander outfit. After two claustrophobic and icy adventures, the sense of relief at being in a warmer climate and open space is palpable. But, this is Dr Who, and after a few moments of respite, our heroes are in mortal danger. Not from monsters this time, but from a bunch of blokes in a hovercraft shooting at them.

David Whitaker, who wrote this serial, introduces the danger and sets up the scenario with his usual skill. The British audiences of Christmas 1967 learn quickly that our heroes are about 50 years in the future (2018) and on the other side of the planet (the Australasian Zone). There’s global environmental and political trouble — and the Doctor looks just like Salamander, a man who is either a world saviour or a wannabe global dictator…

The story is a terrific political thriller in which all of our heroes take active part, and Patrick Troughton gets to stretch his abilities as an actor. Refreshingly, the humans we meet are a diverse bunch, most with agency. Both Fariah and Astrid show what women can do, but it would have been excellent to see Fariah become instrumental in building a better Earth. (I’m not including spoilers here.)

In the fourth episode there’s a neat plot twist to keep interest in the tale from flagging. The concept of a group of humans duped into believing they are survivors of a global disaster is one that returns when this serial’s director, Barry Letts, is Dr Who’s producer in a few years time… or weeks, given how I’m rocketing through the series.

Watching this five years after it’s set, I was struck by the use of climate disaster as a political tool, as well as featuring a populist politician who’d mix well with the likes of Berlusconi, Trump, Putin, Bolsonaro, and Orbán. Cleverly, though, because our heroes have arrived in the thick of things without knowing what’s going on, the Doctor doesn’t take what he’s told at face value. The initial plot is all about determining whether or not Salamander is the authoritarian strongman one group are warning against. It means we get to see the grifting, dishonesty, and ruthlessness up close and personal, as well as the charismatic charm that makes certain authoritarians attractive.

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Serge Gainsbourg like to be provocative as we have noticed in here, yet what might be probably his greatest affront? France Gall might be, if you ask me, his most controversial collaboration in some circles thanks to him subverting her image without her being alerted. Of course, the whole story is more complicated than this, especially since she did return to work with him, after she learnt of his ethos. The tune on the link, for instance, points to a strangely odd rebellion they both intended, i.e. the piece is an anti-LSD PSA in the form of a ye-ye song that decides to respond to your laughter by laughing back in the same manner. Unsurprisingly, this wasn't as their previous successes, but I think they should have developed some strands they had here, since they were intriguing.

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Triple-Q: Losing Me Your Way

Kill La Kill arrived a bit late to jump on the "Every anime needed a Linkin Park AMV" train but that didn't stop Triple-Q from creating one of the best mash-ups in the business with this mixture of "Pushing Me Away" and "Don't Lose Your Way". It's so good, even the rap part is tolerable! And trying to find out who killed your dad seems like an average issue worth mentioning out of nowhere.

Song Score: 15/10

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I've seen it suggested that the 1970 Doctor Who serial "The Ambassadors of Death" derives its title from Wilson G. Knight's essay on Hamlet "The Embassy of Death", and, while I doubt if the serial's name has any literary pedigree (it was originally titled "The Carriers of Death" and the production team at one point apparently considered calling it simply "The Ambassadors"), I think it's worth noting that the phrase "ambassadors of death" appears in the anonymous Elizabethan play Edward III, published in 1596:

"These iron-hearted navies,

"When last I was reporter to your grace,

"Both full of angry spleen, of hope and fear,

"Hasting to meet each other in the face,

"At last conjoined, and by their admiral,

"Our admiral encountered many shot.

"By this, the other, that beheld these twain

"Give earnest penny of a further wrack,

"Like fiery dragons took their haughty flight,

"And, likewise meeting, from their smoky wombs

"Sent many grim ambassadors of death."-Scene 5

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The Troughton Dalek Stories are just the best

“They, I mean the Daleks, tell me…”

The Evil of the Daleks - season 04 - 1967

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Radio Free Skaro #973 - This Is Democracy Manifest

Radio Free Skaro #973 - This Is Democracy Manifest - An interview with Ben Aaronovitch at Worldcon in Glasgow! - Deb and Erika from Verity! guest host

http://traffic.libsyn.com/freyburg/rfs973.mp3 Download MP3 With Warren galavanting around Glasgow for WorldCon, and Chris on assignment, the Three Who Rule are augmented by two of Verity!, namely Erika and Deb, for this episode, wherein such delights as Doctor Who archival chatter and praise for the 1975 BBC serial “The Legend of Robin Hood” are central to the discussion. But Warren does check…

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Vworp Vworp! Issue 6 full details revealed - available to order now

The acclaimed Doctor Who comics and artwork fanzine Vworp Vworp! returns with its sixth issue in November 2023, and is available to order now