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A spaceship from Earth crash-lands on Skaro. Whilst three human survivors attempt to escape, the Daleks at last discover the location of Earth from the ship’s flight recorder…

Art by Ron Turner

Part One

The Daleks engineer a meteorite storm. An Earth ship runs into the storm, which damages its engines and forces it to land on the nearest planet – Skaro!

Part Two

As the ship touches down and repairs begin, two children called Jennie and Tom set out to explore. However, they are soon captured by a Dalek and taken to the Dalek city.

Illustration from the original Dalek Chronicles

Part Three

Prisoners of the Daleks, Tom and Jennie decide to escape at the first opportunity. Meanwhile, having protected the ship with a forcefield, Captain Fleet sends out a search party to look for them. When the chance comes, Tom and Jenny run, but the Daleks order their extermination.

Part Four

The children make good their escape, but discover that the Daleks have taken Captain Fleet prisoner.

Part Five

The children create a diversion and rescue Captain Fleet, but now they must escape the Dalek city.

Part Six

The Daleks launch a search for the three prisoners, but Captain Fleet has led the two children to the Emperor’s chamber and here overhears the Emperor ordering the Daleks to tunnel under the forcefield erected around the ship. Captain Fleet realises they must warn the ship.

Part Seven

Captain Fleet and the children make their way to the Daleks’ Communication Room and manage to warn the ship, but the warning comes at the last moment and the Daleks have already burrowed under the forcefield.

Part Eight

The Daleks attack and destroy the ship. Captain Fleet realises they must get back to Earth to warn of the Daleks – they will have to take a Dalek transporter.

Part Nine

Captain Fleet and the children make good their escape. However, the Daleks pull from the wreckage of the ship a burnt paper on which is revealed the coordinates of Earth…

• This story was originally published in issues 96-104 of TV Century 21.
• This was the final strip in the original run, and ties in with continuity already established in 1965’s the Dalek Book.
• The Earth is apparently rich in ‘polar magnetism and rare aluminium’.
• The Daleks have a hydroponics section.