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  • Genesis of Evil
  • Power Play
  • Duel of the Daleks
  • The Amaryll Challenge
  • The Pentaray Factor
  • Plague of Death
  • The Menace of the Monstrons
  • Eve of the War
  • The Archives of Phryne
  • Rogue Planet
  • Impasse
  • The Terrorkon Harvest
  • Legacy of Yesteryear
  • Shadow of Humanity
  • The Emissaries of Jevo
  • Road to Conflict
  • Return of the Elders
  • Deadline to Doomsday
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When the rogue planet Skardal is propelled onto a collision course with Skaro, it looks like the Daleks will be destroyed. However, the Emperor devises a cunning plan to magnetise a field of asteroids and turn Skardal into a weapon to use against the Mechanoids.

Art by Ron Turner

Part One

In a distant part of space, a new planet is formed. It is observed by the Daleks as it smashes its way through a sun.

Illustration from the original Dalek Chronicles

Part Two

The Emperor reports to the Daleks about the rogue planet, which they have christened Skardal. It seems the planet is temporarily beyond their sensors. However, when it collides with Omega Three, it is soon back on the sensors and now on a collision course with Skaro.

Part Three

The Emperor devises a plan to divert Skardal using a meteorite storm. The Dalek fleet blast off to put it into practice.

The Dalek fleet heads out into space in an attempt to stop the Rogue Planet.Ron Turner’s newly redesigned Dalek saucers are actually rather a striking design, though everyone remembers the traditional saucer type far better. CGI render from Altered Vistas production of Rogue Planet.

Part Four

The fleet magnetises the meteorites, which draw Skardal away from its collision course. Better still, it pushes the rogue planet onto a collision course with Mechanus, homeworld of the Mechanoids.

• This story was originally published in issues 59-62 of TV Century 21.
• Ron Turner begins his highly stylised run as artist on the strip.
• The Dalek ships are no longer the simple saucers most closely associated with them.
• Altered Vistas CGI adaptation of Rogue Planet will be released in March 2007. Full details are available from their site: www.alteredvistas.co.uk.