Report from an Unknown Planet (short story)

Report from an Unknown Planet

Main character(s):

An archaeologist

Featuring:

Joel Shaw

Main enemy:

Daleks

Main setting:

Unnamed planet

Key crew

Read by:

Nicholas Briggs

Release details

Part of:

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977

Release date:

September 1976

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Report from an Unknown Planet was the second of three original stories in the 1977 Dalek annual.

Summary[]

The Anti-Dalek Force come across an audio recording made by a lone, unnamed space archaeologist who tells the story of his discovery of a hidden army of 10,000 Daleks just waiting to pounce on the peoples of the United Planets.

The message ends with the archaeologist being exterminated by the Daleks. As the ADF don't know how long ago the recording was made, the Dalek attack the geologist mentions could happen at any time...

Plot[]

to be added

Characters[]

Archaeologist
Joel Shaw
Carlson
Dargon
Captain
Supreme Dalek

Worldbuilding[]

to be added

Notes[]

This story was later released as part of Terry Nation's Dalek Audio Annual, read by Nicholas Briggs.

Continuity[]

The ADF is at war with the Daleks. (PROSE: Terror Task Force et al.)

Dalek Annuals

Dalek annuals

The Dalek
Book

Comics	Dalek Planetarium • Invasion of the Daleks • The Oil Well • The Message of Mystery • City of the Daleks • The Humanoids • Monsters of Gurnian • Battle for the Moon

Short stories	Red for Danger • The Secret of the Mountain • The Small Defender • Break-through!

The Dalek
World

Comics	The Mechanical Planet • Treasure of the Daleks • The Invisible Invaders • The Orbitus • Strange to Tell... According to the Daleks • The World That Waits • Masters of the World

Short stories	The Secret Struggle • The Five-Leaf Clover • The Dalekreed • The Log of the "Gypsy Joe" • What To Do If A Dalek Attacks You! • Manhunt

The Dalek
Outer Space
Book

Comics	The Dalek Trap • Sara Kingdom: Space Security Agent • The Super Sub • The Secret of the Emperor • The Sea Monsters • The Unwilling Traveller • Chris Welkin Planeteer • The Brain Tappers

Short stories	Dalek Saturn Probe • The Outlaw Planet • Top Secret • The Living Death • The Evolution of Planet Skaro • Diamond Dust • The Great Mercury Plot

Terry Nation's
Dalek Annuals

1976

Comics	Planet of Serpents • Flood!!!

Short stories	Terror Task Force • Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! • Nightmare • Timechase

1977

Comics	The Envoys of Evil • The Menace of the Monstrons • The Quest

Short stories	The Doomsday Machine • Report from an Unknown Planet • The Fugitive

1978

Comics	The Rogue Planet

Short stories	The Castaway • The Seeds of Destruction • Assassination Squad

1979

Comics	The Human Bombs • Island of Horror

Short stories	Blockade • Special Report • The Solution • Hostage! • The Planet That Cried "Wolf!"

Dalek Audio Annual

Terry Nation's Dalek Audio Annual	Terror Task Force • Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! • Timechase • The Doomsday Machine • Report from an Unknown Planet

Dalek Attack: Blockade & Other Stories	The Fugitive • Assassination Squad • Blockade • The Planet That Cried 'Wolf!' • Nightmare

Daleks Destroy: The Secret Invasion & Other Stories	The Castaway • The Solution • The Secret Invasion • The Seeds of Destruction

Dalek prose stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek prose story" is one in which one living, authentic Dalek plays a part within the confines of the story, outside of flashbacks to previous stories and cliffhangers that lead into the following story.

Dalek annuals

The Dalek Book	Red for Danger • The Secret of the Mountain • The Small Defender • Break-through!

The Dalek World	The Secret Struggle • The Five-Leaf Clover • The Dalekreed • The Log of the "Gypsy Joe" • What To Do If A Dalek Attacks You! • Manhunt

The Dalek Outer Space Book	Dalek Saturn Probe • The Outlaw Planet • The Living Death • Diamond Dust • The Great Mercury Plot

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976	Terror Task Force • Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! • Nightmare • Timechase

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1977	The Doomsday Machine • Report from an Unknown Planet • The Fugitive

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978	The Castaway • The Seeds of Destruction • Assassination Squad

Doctor Who Magazine

Heliotrope Bouquet

Doctor Who
Poster Magazine

Davros • Special Daleks • Background • The Shoreditch Incident

Virgin New Adventures

GodEngine

BBC Eighth
Doctor Adventures

War of the Daleks • Legacy of the Daleks

Telos Doctor Who
novellas

The Dalek Factor

Quick Reads

I Am a Dalek

Doctor Who Files

Mission to Galacton • Birth of a Legend

Short Trips

Natalie's Diary • Alby • The Best Joke I Ever Told • Hide and Seek • The Eighth Wonder of the World • Mutually Assured Survival • Museum Peace

BBC New
Series Adventures

Prisoner of the Daleks • The Dalek Generation • Engines of War

Puffin eshort

The Ripple Effect

NSA anthologies

A Prologue • Master Faustus • The Stranger • The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes • The Jeopardy of Solar Proximity • The Monster in the Woods • The Third Wise Man • Father of the Daleks

The Brilliant Book 2011

The Lost Diaries of Winston Spencer Churchill • The New Dalek Paradigm • The History of the Stone Totems

Dr. Men

Dr. Fourth

Now We Are Six Hundred

Dalek • Harriet Jones, PM

Dalek: The Astounding
Untold History of the
Greatest Enemies
of the Universe

The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe • The Dalek Invasion of Toyshops • Infection of the Daleks • Lost Patrol • War and Peace

Time Lord Victorious

The Guide to the Dark Times • The Restoration Empire • The Last Message • Mission to the Known • All Flesh is Grass

Others

Doctor Who and the Daleks • Daleks Invade Zaos • Doctor Who and the Time War

Because of the ubiquity of this race, no attempt will be made here to list every appearance in every medium. Instead, we focus on prose appearances here, and invite you to explore a complete list of appearances elsewhere.

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