Wanted! Daleks (feature)

'Wanted! Daleks' was the third feature and sixth release exclusively published in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2024 on 7 September 2023 by Penguin Group and written by Paul Lang.

The feature was the first in the "Wanted!" series of in-universe wanted posters for various villains from the Doctor Who series.

Summary
By order of Article 412 of the Shadow Proclamation, a group authorises the apprehension of the Daleks, along with facts about the Daleks' origin, history, and physiology.

Characters

 * Group
 * Dalek

Worldbuilding

 * The Daleks are considered a hostile force by the Shadow Proclamation.
 * The Daleks originate from Skaro, and their weapons include an energy blaster and an extendable sucker with optional claw attachment.
 * The Daleks' fleets are vast, and consist of saucer-shaped spacecraft.
 * The Daleks' aim is to be the supreme creatures in the universe, and to destroy all creatures they deem inferior.
 * The Daleks' crimes include invasion of a Level 5 planet, theft of 26 planets for the Reality Bomb, and time travel infractions. However, it is noted that they committed "untold crimes" during the Last Great Time War.
 * The Dalek fleet was devastated by multiple extinction events, but some units always survive.
 * The physiology of a Dalek includes a protruding eye stalk, twin luminosity dischargers, an energy weapon, a mutated organic creature inside, multiple sensor globes, and reinforced Dalekanium casing.

Continuity

 * Images from TV:, TV: and TV:  are featured.
 * An image of a bronze Dalek Executioner from TV: is used to represent the Daleks.
 * The Dalek mutant is indicated to be contained within the casing's middle section, as seen with the Spy Dalek in TV:.