Tardis

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Tardis
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Tardis
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Hostage! was an original short story in the pages of Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1979.

Summary[]

On the planet Valkenine, a group of rebelling prisoners burst in on a Brindigulum of their Dalek captors from three different castes. The slave leader has the Daleks give the slaves five of each of the three castes to keep direct watch over on a small raised platform, to serve as hostages. When the platform proves too small to accommodate fifteen Daleks plus the one acting as an intermediary between the rebels and the Daleks, the Dalek intermediary takes the opportunity to confuse the slaves into believing one of the Dalek hostages has already escaped and is bringing reinforcements. As the slaves begin to argue among themselves, the Daleks take their chance and open fire on them, wiping them out.

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