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{{Infobox Story
 
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|image=Return Of The Elders (comic story).jpg
 
|image=Return Of The Elders (comic story).jpg
|series=[[DWM backup comic stories]]<br />(a continuation of ''[[The Dalek Chronicles]]'' original to ''DWM'')
 
 
|main character=
 
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|featuring= [[Dalek]]s
 
|featuring= [[Dalek]]s
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|publisher= Marvel Comics
 
|publisher= Marvel Comics
 
|format= 6 parts - 6 pages
 
|format= 6 parts - 6 pages
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|series=''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'' comics
|prev= The Road to Conflict
 
|next= Unnatural Born Killers (comic story)
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|prev= The Road to Conflict (comic story)
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|next= Deadline to Doomsday (comic story)
 
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'''''Return of the Elders''''' was a comic story published by [[Marvel Comics]]. It was written by [[John Lawrence]].
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'''''Return of the Elders''''' was a comic story published by [[Marvel Comics]] as a [[DWM backup comic stories|backup comic]] in ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' issues [[DWM 249|249]]-[[DWM 254|254]]. It was written by [[John Lawrence]] as a continuation of ''[[The Daleks (comic series)|The Daleks]]'', the final story of which, ''[[The Road to Conflict (comic story)|The Road to Conflict]]'', had been published [[1967 (releases)|thirty years prior]].
   
 
== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
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== Characters ==
 
== Characters ==
* [[Dalek Emperor]]
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* [[Golden Emperor]]
 
* [[Trent (Return of the Elders)|Commander Trent]]
 
* [[Trent (Return of the Elders)|Commander Trent]]
* [[Elder (race)|Elders]]
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* [[Johnson (Return of the Elders)|Johnson]]
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* [[Kaslan]]
* [[Supreme Dalek|Black Dalek]]
 
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* [[Elder (Return of the Elders)|Elders]]
 
* [[Black Dalek Leader|Black Dalek]]
 
* [[Red Dalek]]
 
* [[Red Dalek]]
   
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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
* Following the publication of ''[[DWMS The Dalek Chronicles]]'', for which Ron Turner created the cover, Turner became interested in continuing the ''[[TV Century 21]]'' series. During a lull in work, he produced a sample page for a new ''The Daleks'' story. Ron Turner's agent, John Lawrence, then submitted the page to the editor at ''Doctor Who Magazine''.
 
* Following the publication of ''[[DWMS The Dalek Chronicles]]'', for which Ron Turner created the cover, Turner became interested in continuing the ''[[TV Century 21]]'' series. During a lull in work, he produced a sample page for a new ''The Daleks'' story. Ron Turner's agent, John Lawrence, then submitted the page to the editor at ''Doctor Who Magazine''.
* A follow-up to this story, ''[[Deadline to Doomsday]]'', was left incomplete at Ron Turner's death. The two pages were published unlettered and without the horizontal title bar in [[DWM 276]].
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* A follow-up to this story, ''[[Deadline to Doomsday (comic story)|Deadline to Doomsday]]'', was left incomplete at Ron Turner's death. The two pages were published unlettered and without the horizontal title bar in [[DWM 276]].
* The original ''TV Century 21'' series led into ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', but this story retcons it so that the Dalek fleet was repelled without invading.
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* The original ''TV Century 21'' series led into ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'',<ref>"Daleks in the 21st Century - An introduction to ''The Dalek Chronicles''", [[DW50Y 1]]</ref> but this story establishes that the Dalek fleet was repelled without invading. However, [[Kaslan]] is aware that the Daleks will invade and be opposed by "another" in the [[future]].
   
 
== Continuity ==
 
== Continuity ==
* The Daleks finally discovered the location of [[Earth]] from the wreckage of the [[Starmaker]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road to Conflict]]'')
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* The Daleks finally discovered the location of [[Earth]] from the wreckage of the [[Starmaker]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road to Conflict (comic story)|The Road to Conflict]]'')
   
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
 
* [http://www.daleklinks.co.uk/ Dalek Links] - [http://www.daleklinks.co.uk/articles/the-dalek-chronicles/return-of-the-elders Synopsis of '''Return of the Elders''']
 
* [http://www.daleklinks.co.uk/ Dalek Links] - [http://www.daleklinks.co.uk/articles/the-dalek-chronicles/return-of-the-elders Synopsis of '''Return of the Elders''']
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== Footnotes ==
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{{DWM backups}}
 
{{DWM backups}}
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{{Dalek comic stories}}
 
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[[Category:DWM backup comic stories]]
 
[[Category:DWM backup comic stories]]
 
[[Category:The Dalek Chronicles]]
 
[[Category:The Dalek Chronicles]]

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Return of the Elders was a comic story published by Marvel Comics as a backup comic in Doctor Who Magazine issues 249-254. It was written by John Lawrence as a continuation of The Daleks, the final story of which, The Road to Conflict, had been published thirty years prior.

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Characters

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Notes

  • Following the publication of DWMS The Dalek Chronicles, for which Ron Turner created the cover, Turner became interested in continuing the TV Century 21 series. During a lull in work, he produced a sample page for a new The Daleks story. Ron Turner's agent, John Lawrence, then submitted the page to the editor at Doctor Who Magazine.
  • A follow-up to this story, Deadline to Doomsday, was left incomplete at Ron Turner's death. The two pages were published unlettered and without the horizontal title bar in DWM 276.
  • The original TV Century 21 series led into Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.,[1] but this story establishes that the Dalek fleet was repelled without invading. However, Kaslan is aware that the Daleks will invade and be opposed by "another" in the future.

Continuity

External links

Footnotes

  1. "Daleks in the 21st Century - An introduction to The Dalek Chronicles", DW50Y 1