The Archives of Phryne (comic story)

, also known as The Quest, was a TV Century 21 Dalek story. It was part of what later became known collectively as The Dalek Chronicles. It was significant for featuring artist Eric Eden's only work on the series and for his unusual choice to model his Daleks on the 1960s Dalek movies with Peter Cushing.

Summary
The Daleks are searching their surrounding space, preparing for their coming war with the Mechanoids when they find the planet Phryne.

Plot
The planet Phryne is hidden from all space around it by an invisibility shield, and an actinic ray shield and an impulse shield hiding it from prying eyes. However the Daleks' investigations and their Logic Computer reveal to them its presence.

The Daleks then invade the planet, but Phryne's leader refuses to give the Daleks the information they wanted; it is not kept in computers but in their heads. He kills himself rather than be tortured for the information, telling the survivors to hide from the Daleks.

Characters
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Reprints

 * Doctor Who - A Marvel Monthly 54-55 in black and white
 * Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977 in black and white
 * Doctor Who Classic Comics 6 in colour
 * DWMS The Dalek Chronicles in colour

Continuity
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