The Dalek Project (comic story)

The Dalek Project, originally scheduled for publication in the autumn of 2009 was to have been the first Doctor Who graphic novel to be published by BBC Books. Originally announced for release in September 2009, Amazon.co.uk later listed it with a release date of 8th October 2009.. Reportedly, the book release was subsequently delayed further, or possibly cancelled, although it is currently available for pre-order. One theory as to why the book may have been cancelled is that it may have had a similar plot to episode 3 of Series 5 of Doctor Who: Victory of the Daleks. The release was ultimately replaced by another Richards/Collins collaboration, The Only Good Dalek, which was published in 2010.

It has since been announced that The Dalek Project, revised to feature the Eleventh Doctor, will be published - featuring essentially the original plot - on 6 September 2012.

Publishers summary
A stunning new graphic novel, featuring the Doctor as played by Matt Smith.

1917. It's the height of the Great War and Hellcombe Hall is a house full of mystery: locked doors, forbidden rooms, dustsheets covering guilty secrets, and ghostly noises frightening the servants.

Most mysterious of all, the drawing-room seems to open directly onto a muddy, corpse-filled trench on the Western Front. ..

Arriving at this stately home, the Doctor meets Lord Hellcombe, an armaments manufacturer who has a new secret weapon he believes will win the war: he calls it ‘the Dalek’.

Soon, the Doctor and his new friends are in a race against time to prevent the entire Western Front from becoming part of the Dalek Project!

Characters

 * The Doctor
 * Daleks
 * Mary Carter
 * Corporal Anderson
 * Lord Hellcombe

Continuity
to be added