Dalek comic strips, illustrated annuals and graphic novels
This is a list of Dalek comic strips, illustrated annuals and graphic novels. Cameo appearances and reprints are only covered if notable.
Annuals, books and graphic novels
The Dalek Book Writers: David Whitaker, Terry Nation. Artist: A.B. Cornwell, Richard Jennings, John Woods. Panther Books Ltd. / Souvenir Press Ltd. Hardcover, 96 pages.Six comic strips, four illustrated text stories, one photo story and seven features. One of the earliest items of Dalek merchandise. The photo story utilises selected stills from the 1963–64 Doctor Who serial, The Daleks, to relate an original account of an unaccompanied Susan Foreman meeting the Daleks, whilst the features include a game, a cutaway drawing of the interior of a Dalek and a map of Skaro.
- Comic strip stories:
Six comic strips, four illustrated text stories and ten features. Two of the features deal with the Dr. Who Dalek films, utilising selected stills from the 1965 film Dr. Who and the Daleks.
- Comic strip stories: The Mechanical Planet, Treasure of the Daleks, The Invisible Invaders, The Orbitus, The World That Waits, Masters of the World.
- Text stories with illustrations: The Secret Struggle, The Five Leaf Clover, The Log of the Gypsy Joe, Manhunt.
- Features: The Dalek Task Force, Filming the Daleks, Direct a Dalek Film, The Dalekreed, Inside a Skaro Saucer, Anti–Dalek Weapons, Strange to Tell, What to do if a Dalek Attacks, Know Your Enemy, War in Space.
- Comic strip adaptation of the first Dalek film;
Seven comic strips, four illustrated text stories and eleven features. Two of the comic strips and one of the text stories are completely Dalek unrelated, whilst in a third comic strip the Daleks are mentioned but not seen.
- Comic strip stories: The Dalek Trap, Sara Kingdom: Space Security Agent, The Super Sub, The Secret of the Emperor, The Sea Monsters, Chris Welkin-Planeteer, The Brain Tappers.
- Text stories with illustrations: The Outlaw Planet, The Living Death, The Unwilling Traveller, Diamond Dust.
- Features: Dalek Saturn Probe, The Strata of Skaro, Dalekwiz, Top Secret, Mystery Message from Space, The Dalesub, The Emperor's Brain, The Evolution of Planet Skaro, Man in Space, Space Aptitude Test, The Great Mercury Plot.
The included Doctor Who comic strip is notable for the artist's depiction of Daleks as having only one dome light.
- Comic strip story: Attack of the Daleks. Writer: Roger Noel Cook. Artist: Patrick Williams.
One comic strip, two illustrated text stories and six features. The last frame of the comic strip is a pictorial puzzle for the reader to solve. Produced under the 'St Michael' banner exclusively for retail through the Marks & Spencer chain of UK high street department stores.
- Comic strip story:
Two comic strips, four illustrated text stories and fourteen features.
- Comic strip stories: Planet of Serpents, Flood!!!.
- Text stories with illustrations: Terror Task Force, Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!, Nightmare, Timechase.
- Features: The Fantastic Spacecraft, Mark 7 Humanoid Robot, Dalek Genius, Sci-Fi Film Quiz, Anti Dalek Force Apitude Tests, Intercept, The Prophets of Space, Selectaword, Earth-Skaro Timescale, Cryptography, Spacewords, Man and Myth, Timepassers, The Island of Sezam.
Three comic strips, three illustrated text stories and eighteen features. The comic strips are re-prints of the TV Century 21 Dalek stories The Penta Ray Factor, The Menace of the Monstrons and The Archives of Phryne, renamed in two instances.
- Comic strip stories:
One comic strip, three illustrated text stories and sixteen features. The comic strip is a re-print of the TV Century 21 Dalek story The Rogue Planet.
- Comic strip story:
Two comic strips, three illustrated text stories and sixteen features.
- Comic strip stories: The Human Bombs, Island of Horror.
- Text stories with illustrations: Blockade, The Solution, The Planet That Cried Wolf!.
- Features: Repair Analysis, ADF Aptitude Test , Committee of War, Special Report , Number Slip, Kidnap on Kasby, Battle Statistics, Surveillance Report, Hostage!, Race to the Golden Emperor.
One comic strip, one illustrated text story and twelve features.
- Comic strip story: Metamorphosis. Writer: Paul Cornell. Artist: Lee Sullivan.
- Text story with illustrations: Brief Encounters. Writers: Various. Artist: Paul Vyse.
- Features: Spearheads From Space, Daggers of the Mind, Making Myths, The Sonic Screwdriver, Collectors Corner: The Silly Season, Terrible Tunes, Dressing Up, Monster File, Anatomy of a Robot Yeti, Anatomy of the Imperial Dalek, Future Dalek Design?.
- Omnibus reprint of the sixteen The Daleks comic strip stories originally published in Issues 1–104 of TV Century 21, with cover art by Ron Turner and a new foreword.
The story features the first comic-style appearance of the New Paradigm Dalek design.
- Graphic novel.
Release was originally scheduled for September 2009, with publicity artwork indicating that it was to be a Tenth Doctor story. When finally published three years later the story and artwork had been revised to feature the Eleventh Doctor. The delay in publication was due to similarities with the storyline of the Doctor Who episode "Victory of the Daleks".
- Graphic novel.
Four comic strips, five text stories and eight articles.
- Comic strip stories: Ambush, Safe Haven, Empire of the Daleks, Cyber Crisis. Writers: Various. Artist: Mike Collins.
- Text stories with illustrations: Davros Genesis, Abduction, Infection of the Daleks, Lost Patrol, War and Peace. Writers: Various. Artist: Alex Fort.
- Articles with illustrations: How the Daleks were created for TV, Changing Dalek Designs, The voice of the Daleks, The Dalek invasion of toyshops, Print of the Daleks, Daleks in movies and stage shows, Daleks in audios and exhibitions, The Dalek invasion of pop culture. Writers: Various. Artist: Alex Fort.
Comics
The Daleks single page comic strip. Sixteen stories / one hundred and four instalments. 1965–1967. Century 21 Publishing / City Magazines Ltd.
The strip appeared in full colour on the rear page of the comic. Although credited to Terry Nation his contribution to the writing, if any, is unclear. In an interview for Doctor Who Classic Comics the first editor of TV Century 21, Alan Fennell, stated that he was primarily responsible for the initial two or three stories. David Whitaker then took over, with Fennell retaining plot approval and providing some story input thereafter. As originally published the sixteen stories comprising the strip had no individual titles. Those given in this article have come into common use, being the result of research by Big Finish Productions' producer, director, script-editor and voice actor John Ainsworth.
- Genesis of Evil – Issues 1–3 Writers: Alan Fennell, David Whitaker. Artist: Richard Jennings.
- Power Play – Issues 4–10 Writers: Alan Fennell, David Whitaker. Artist: Richard Jennings.
- Duel of the Daleks - Issues 11–17 Writers: Alan Fennell, David Whitaker. Artist: Richard Jennings.
- The Amaryll Challenge - Issues 18–24 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Richard Jennings.
- The Penta Ray Factor - Issues 25–32 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Richard Jennings.
- Plague of Death - Issues 33–39 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Richard Jennings.
- The Menace of the Monstrons - Issues 40–46 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Richard Jennings.
- Eve of the War - Issues 47–51 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Richard Jennings, Ron Turner.
- The Archives of Phryne - Issues 52–58 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Eric Eden.
- Rogue Planet - Issues 59–62 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Ron Turner.
- Impasse - Issues 63–69 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Ron Turner.
- The Terrorkon Harvest - Issues 70–75 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Ron Turner.
- Legacy of Yesteryear - Issues 76–85 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Ron Turner.
- Shadow of Humanity - Issues 86–89 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Ron Turner.
- Emissaries of Jevo - Issues 90–95 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Ron Turner.
- The Road to Conflict - Issues 96–104 Writer: David Whitaker. Artist: Ron Turner.
Doctor Who comic strip, featuring the Daleks in nine stories / thirty five instalments. 1967–1977. Beaverbrook / Polystyle Publications Ltd.
Although TV Comic included a Doctor Who strip from 1964, City Magazines' TV Century 21 title held the rights to use the Daleks in comic strip form until 1966. Consequently, the Daleks were absent from TV Comic until the January 1967 story 'The Trodos Ambush'. Subsequently, the rights passed to Countdown / TV Action from 1971 to 1973, returning once again to TV Comic between 1974 and 1977.
- The Trodos Ambush - Issues 788–791 Writer: Roger Noel Cook. Artist: John Canning.
- The Doctor Strikes Back – Issues 792–795 Writer: Roger Noel Cook. Artist: John Canning.
- The Exterminator – Issues 803–806 Writer: Roger Noel Cook. Artist: John Canning.
- Jungle Adventure – TV Comic Holiday Special Writer: Roger Noel Cook. Artist: Patrick Williams.
- The Disintegrator – Issues 1155–1159 Writer: Unknown. Artist: Gerry Haylock.
- Return of the Daleks! – Issues 1215–1222 Writer: Unknown. Artist: Gerry Haylock.
- The Dalek Revenge – Issues 1251–1258 Writer: Unknown. Artist: John Canning.
- Invasion – TV Comic Winter Special Writer: Dick O'Neil. Artist: Gerry Haylock..
Doctor Who comic strip, featuring the Daleks in three stories / seventeen instalments. 1972–1973. Polystyle Publications Ltd.
During a production run which lasted from 1971 to 1973 the comic's title changed frequently, with the Doctor Who strip appearing in almost every edition.
- Subzero - Issues 47–54 Writer: Dennis Hooper. Artist: Gerry Haylock.
- The Planet of the Daleks - Issues 55–62 Writer: Dennis Hooper. Artist: Gerry Haylock.
- The Threat From Beneath – Issue 112 Writer: Dick O'Neil. Artist: Gerry Haylock.
Magazines
Five stories / twenty two instalments. 1979–1980. Marvel UK.
Although Polystyle ceased to publish a Doctor Who comic strip in 1973 it retained the rights until 1979, effectively banishing the character and his adversaries from the medium for five years. Marvel UK subsequently obtained the rights in 1979 and immediately made use of them by including a comic strip featuring the Daleks in the first issue of its new Doctor Who Weekly magazine. Further Dalek-related stories followed.
- The Return of the Daleks – Issues 1–4 Writer: Steve Moore. Artists: Paul Neary, David Lloyd.
- Abslom Daak - Dalek Killer – Issues 17–20 Writer: Steve Moore. Artist: Steve Dillon.
- Timeslip – Issues 17–18 Writers: Dez Skinn, Paul Neary. Artist: Paul Neary.
- The Dogs of Doom – Issues 27–34 Writers: John Wagner, Pat Mills. Artist: Dave Gibbons.
- Star Tigers Part One – Issues 27–30 Writer: Steve Moore. Artists: Steve Dillon, David Lloyd.
Eight stories / thirty two instalments. 1980–2002. Marvel UK. / Panini Comics
Financial problems resulted in Marvel's Doctor Who Weekly becoming a monthly publication from September 1980. Several title variations were used before Doctor Who Magazine was finally settled upon in 1985. Comic strips were retained as a regular feature, with the Daleks making an appearance at irregular intervals.
- Star Tigers Part Two – Issues 44–46 Writer: Steve Moore. Artists: Steve Dillon, David Lloyd.
- Nemesis of The Daleks - Issues 152–155 Writers: Richard Alan, Steve Alan. Artist: Lee Sullivan.
- Bringer of Darkness - Doctor Who Magazine Summer Special Writer: Warwick Gray. Artists: Martin Geraghty, Simon Weston.
- Emperor of the Daleks - Issues 197–202 Writer: Paul Cornell. Artist: Lee Sullivan.
- Daleks versus the Martians - Doctor Who Magazine Spring Special Writer: Alan Barnes. Artist: Lee Sullivan.
- Return of the Elders - Issues 249–254 Writer: John Lawrence. Artist: Ron Turner.
- Fire and Brimstone - Issues 251–255 Writer: Alan Barnes. Artists: Martin Geraghty, Robin Smith.
- Children of the Revolution - Issues 312–317 Writer: Scott Gray. Artists: Lee Sullivan, Adrian Salmon.
One story / four instalments. 2008. GE Fabbri.
The story features the first comic strip appearance of the New Series Dalek design, as seen in the Doctor Who television programme from 2005 onward. Each instalment of the story was published with a separate title.
- Carnage Zoo / Flight and Fury / The Living Ghosts / Extermination of the Daleks – Issues 57–60 Writer: Steve Cole. Artists: Lee Sullivan, Alan Craddock.