The Daleks – A Continuation

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The Daleks – A Continuation, covered in Vworp Vworp! in an article entitled Sense of H'Ronda, was the title attributed by John Freeman to his proposed series of eleven story arcs which would have acted as a sequel to TV Century 21's The Daleks comic strip.

Freeman conceived of his plot line some months into his freelance writing career following his depature from Marvel UK in 1993. "Suitably encouraged" that his Doctor Who-inspired work "might not be too wide of the mark" after Gary Russell asked him to complete the editing for Evening's Empire, Freeman came up with a continuation of The Daleks. Though he knew pitching a Dalek story to Russell was "a bit of a punt" due to the extra cost of utilising them, he did so anyway for possible inclusion in Doctor Who Classic Comics. No art was ever produced, however.

As Freeman himself stated, it had always been "a frustration" of his that the series ended at odds with The Dalek Invasion of Earth in terms of the time period, with "the pedantic part" of him wanting to write both a good Dalek tale and an explanation for that which did not just provide a reason for it in passing but also give background to the Dalek Empire depicted in the Dalek annuals of the 1960s.

Although this sequel was never pursued further, The Daleks was finally continued in 1997's Return of the Elders which was produced in collaboration with original artist Ron Turner for the thirtieth anniversary of the series' conclusion. A second instalment, Deadline to Doomsday, remained similarly incomplete when it was not picked up by the then-editor of Doctor Who Magazine, Gary Gillatt.

In 2017, Freeman's series outline (in addition to a newly-completed Deadline to Doomsday) was printed in the third issue of Vworp Vworp!. On 30 April 2020, Freeman re-released his outline for an online post with added notes on alterations he would make in order to account for the follow-ups released since he originally wrote it.

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