Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1979 was published in September 1978. It was the fourth and final Dalek annual released during the 1970s. It retailed for £1.50.
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Narratively, this volume continued the story of the Anti-Dalek Force – and regular characters Joel Shaw, Mark Seven and Reb Shavron – as originally established in Terry Nation’s Dalek Annual 1976.
Several of the internal illustrations were provided by then-fan artist Paul Tams, with those of the main character in the short story Blockade looking remarkably like William Hartnell. As an additional in-joke, one of Tams’ illustrations for this story featured a spaceship including abstracted letters which spelled out “DWAS”—Tams had been a member of this fan group for several years, including a brief time as editor of its fanzine, Tardis.
Otherwise, this annual included no direct references to the Doctor, the TARDIS, or any other non-Dalek elements from Doctor Who. That said, the final short story The Planet that cried “Wolf!” did feature a penal planet similar to “Desperus”, as featured in The Daleks’ Master Plan while a feature article on various examples of alien technology mentioned a “Time-Space Visualiser” (The Chase).
Unlike the previous two Dalek annuals, this edition featured two new comic strips rather than edited reprints from TV Century 21.
Contents[]
Prose stories[]
Non-narrative features[]
- Repair Analysis
- Committe of War
- Number Slip
- Kidnap on Kasby
- Battle Statistics
- Surveillance Report
- The Dalek File (1): Anatomy of a Dalek
- The Dalek File (2): Dalography of Skaro
- Hostage!
