Return of the Daleks (TVC comic story)

Return of the Daleks

Release details

Number of episodes:

Printed in:

TV Comic 1215-1222

Release date:

29 March - 17 May 1975

Reprinted in:

DWCC 17

Format:

Comic

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Return of the Daleks was a TV Comic story featuring the Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.

1 Summary
2 Characters
3 References
4 Notes
5 Continuity

Summary[]

The Doctor becomes involved in a plot of the Daleks to replicate his TARDIS, with the help of Shazar, a Half-Time Lord.

Characters[]

References[]

Daleks use galactic seconds, galactic days and galactic weeks.

Notes[]

Controversially, this story refers to the home planet of the Time Lords as Jewel, as opposed to the name Gallifrey that was previously established in The Time Warrior.

Continuity[]

All three of the Time Lords who appear previously appeared in TV: The Three Doctors.
The Chief Dalek's dome resembles the Dalek Supreme in TV: Planet of the Daleks.
A Dalek would be inside the TARDIS again in TV: The Parting of the Ways.
The Doctor left Gallifrey because he was curious. (TV: Twice Upon a Time)

Fourth Doctor TVC comic stories

Main stories

Sarah Jane	Death Flower • Return of the Daleks • The Wreckers • The Emperor's Spy • The Sinister Sea • The Space Ghost • The Dalek Revenge • Virus • Treasure Trail • Hubert's Folly • Counter-Rotation • Mind Snatch • The Hoaxers

Solo	The Mutant Strain • Double Trouble

Sarah Jane	Dredger

Andric	The False Planet

Solo	The Fire Feeders • Kling Dynasty

Leela	The Orb • The Mutants • The Devil's Mouth • The Aqua-City

Solo	The Snow Devils • The Space Garden • The Eerie Manor • Guardian of the Tomb • The Image Makers

Annual stories

Holiday	The Sky Warrior

Annual	Woden's Warriors • The Tansbury Experiment • Jackals of Space • The Sea Devil

Reprint stories

Doomcloud • The Duellists • The Amateur • The Magician • The Wanderers • The Metal-Eaters • Moon Exploration • Size Control

Dalek comic stories

For the purposes of this list, a "Dalek comic 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	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

The Dalek World	The Mechanical Planet • Treasure of the Daleks • The Invisible Invaders • The World That Waits • Masters of the World

The Dalek Outer Space Book	The Dalek Trap • Sara Kingdom: Space Security Agent • The Super Sub • The Secret of the Emperor • The Brain Tappers

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1976	Planet of Serpents • Flood!!!

Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978	The Human Bombs • Island of Horror

The Daleks

Genesis of Evil • Power Play • Duel of the Daleks • The Amaryll Challenge • The Penta Ray Factor • Plague of Death • The Menace of the Monstrons • Eve of War • The Archives of Phryne • The Rogue Planet • Impasse • The Terrorkon Harvest • Legacy of Yesteryear • Shadow of Humanity • The Emissaries of Jevo • The Road to Conflict

Give-a-Show Projectors

The Daleks Destroy the Zomites • Dr. Who and the Nerve Machine • The Daleks Are Foiled • Rescued from the Daleks • The Defeat of the Daleks

TV Comic

The Trodos Ambush • The Doctor Strikes Back • The Exterminator • Jungle Adventure • Attack of the Daleks • The Disintegrator • Return of the Daleks • The Dalek Revenge

TV Action

*Sub Zero • The Planet of the Daleks • The Threat from Beneath

Doctor Who Magazine

The Return of the Daleks • Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer • Doctor Who and the Dogs of Doom • Nemesis of the Daleks • Emperor of the Daleks! • Bringer of Darkness • Return of the Elders • Fire and Brimstone • Children of the Revolution

The History Tour

Early Man: Dalek Invasion of Earth 2150 B.C. • The Bit Before the Middle Ages • The Doctor Who History Tour No. 10

Doctor Who Yearbooks

Metamorphosis • Untitled

Doctor Who:
Battles in Time

Carnage Zoo / Flight and Fury / The Living Ghosts / Extermination of the Daleks

BBC Graphic Novels

The Only Good Dalek • The Dalek Project

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

Ambush • Safe Haven • Empire of the Daleks

Titan Comics

Harvest of the Daleks • Defender of the Daleks

Others

The Test of Time • Doctor Who and the Last Stand • A Stitch in Time • Tales of the Dark Times

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