City of the Daleks (comic story)



City of the Daleks was a full-colour, painted comic story that detailed Jeff Stone's reconnaissance mission to Skaro. Though short on plot, it afforded an incredibly rich view of Dalek society, culture and technology. Written when The Daleks was the only televised story of which the public were aware, it offered the first in-depth exploration of the Dalek capital city.

Despite the fact that almost every panel contained new information about the Daleks, few of those innovations were carried forward in the Dalek mythos. This does, however, feature the debut of the Dalek lie detector, which would eventually plague Romana II in Destiny of the Daleks.

Summary
Jeff Stone covertly lands on Skaro near an extinct volcano. He pops down inside and finds access to the lower levels of a Dalek city. He explores the city fully, and is detected only by a single Dalek. Nevertheless, he is able to rush out of the city and return to Earth to report his findings to his colleagues.

Characters

 * Jeff Stone
 * Dalek Emperor
 * Daleks

Continuity

 * The Second Doctor would later encounter the Dalek Emperor on Skaro. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks)