GB
  
You are currently viewing the United Kingdom version of the site.
Would you like to switch to your local site?
14 MIN READ TIME

THE Five Best Dalek Comic-Strip Stories

The Daleks presented Terry Nation’s original version of the creatures’ origins in a comic strip that didn’t feature the Doctor or his companions at all. An outstanding example from this weekly series is an untitled story informally known as Legacy of Yesteryear (TV Century 21, 1966), which revisits year zero via the discovery of three surviving members of the humanoid race that created the Daleks. The deceitful survivors embark on a ruthless bid for power that demonstrates how similar they are to their infamous creations.

Read the complete article and many more in this issue of Doctor Who Magazine
Purchase options below
If you own the issue, Login to read the full article now.
Single Digital Issue 545
 
£4.99 / issue
This issue and other back issues are not included in a new subscription. Subscriptions include the latest regular issue and new issues released during your subscription. Doctor Who Magazine
Annual Digital Subscription £54.99 billed annually
Save
47%
£4.23 / issue
PRINT SUBSCRIPTION? Available at magazine.co.uk, the best magazine subscription offers online.
 

This article is from...


View Issues
Doctor Who Magazine
545
VIEW IN STORE

Other Articles in this Issue


Doctor Who Magazine
Welcome
If the word ‘fan’ suggests unconditional devotion
REGULARS
Gallifrey Guardian
The latest offcial news from every corner of the Doctor Who universe…
Galaxy Forum
Your views on the world of Doctor Who…
Reviews
Our verdict on the latest episodes and products.
I Love the Bones of You: My Father and the M aking of M e
Simon & Schuster RRP £20 Written by Christopher
Com petitions
Your chance to bag the latest Who goodies!
Coming Soon …
We talk to the talents behind the upcoming Doctor Who releases.
Happy Tim es and Places
Last issue, we tested your know ledge of Doctor W ho M agazine’s 40-year history. Here are the answ ers to all those endish questions…
THE Blog s of Doom
Sneaky peeks into the se cre t diaries of characters in the Doctor’s orbit…
FEATURES
THE WORLD CUP OF THE DALEKS
Thirty-two Dalek stories – but only one can emerge to take its rightful place as the supreme Dalek story in a World Cup-style knockout tournament…
Knockout Stage
As the tournament progressed, recent favourites were pitted against classics from the earliest decades of the show’s history…
Quarter Finalists
These stories didn’t have what it took to win our tournament, but each one is a classic in its own right…
Remembrance of the Daleks
In a close final round, this story gained a 44 per cent share of 4,493 votes to become our runner-up…
Genesis of the Daleks
Despite strong competition, our poll confirms that fans still regard Genesis as the finest of all Dalek stories. But how would contemporary audiences have perceived it? And what place did it occupy in the television landscape of the mid-1970s?…
THE Five Best Dalek Variants
Alongside the familiar ranks of Dalek drones and supreme leaders live the outliers of Skaroene society…
THE Five Best Dalek Audio Adventures
Withtheir grating voices and distinctive sound eff ects, the Daleks are just as eff ective on audio as they are on television.
THE Five Best Exterminations
Most exterminations are of unnamed, even unseen characters. Many Dalek victims go unrecognised and unmourned. But here are a few who stand out…
THE Five Best Dalek Toys
As arguably Doctor W ho’s greatest icon, it was inevitable that Daleks’ invasions of Earthwould include Britain’s toy shops…
“Come on, Ace, we’ve got work to do!”
The Prom ise, a new trailer for the Season 26 Blu-ray box set, sees the return of the SeventhDoctor’s com panion, Ace. Its author reveals how the story cam e about.
THE END OF INFINITY
Video gam e developer Tiny Rebel says goodbye to Doctor W ho withtw o nal stories for its In nity project…
Carnival of Monsters
Roll up, roll up, for a peepshow w here the Doctor and Jo Grant discover that sm all isn’t always beautiful…
INTERVIEWS
Dimensions in Time
The job of redes igning the ThirteenthDoctor’s TARDIS went to production designer Arwel Jones. During the production of Series 11, he gave us a tour of the new -look sh ip…
A ceof Hearts
For Sophie Aldred, the on-screen revival of her m ost fam ous role was an em otional experience.
Somewhere there’s Injustice…
Next m onth, it’ll be 30 years since the axe fell on Doctor W ho – just as the show was enjoying som ething of a renaissance. “W e were beneathcontem pt”, lam ents late-1980s script editor Andrew Cartm el.
Chat
X
Pocketmags Support