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Following the missile strike on the rogue planet, a Dalek missile is stolen by one of the creatures from the Lake of Mutations – a Terrorkon. The Emperor and the Red Dalek must recover it before the missile explodes…

Art by Ron Turner

Part One

The Dalek anti-missile rockets are kept beneath the waters of the Lake of Mutations. A squad of Daleks are preparing to replace the rockets fired during the last story, when a Terrorkon (one of the Lake’s large two-headed reptilian inhabitants) wrecks the forcefield control and attacks the Daleks.

Illustration from the original Dalek Chronicles

Part Two

The Daleks continue to be attacked by the Terrorkon, with victory going to the reptile.

Part Three

The Emperor and the Red Dalek discuss ways to stop the Terrorkons, but the Emperor knows they form a valuable part of the city’s defences. However, things take a turn for the worse when it is discovered that one of the rockets is missing.

Part Four

A Terrorkon has taken the missing rocket. The Daleks try to trap the creature, but fail, and the creature heads into a chamber in the mountains. The Emperor, fearful of an explosion, realises that the Daleks must evacuate their city.

Part Five

The Daleks evacuate their city, then the Emperor and the Red Dalek travel into the mountain where the Terrorkon with the rocket has hidden. However, unable to eat the rocket, the Terrorkon throws it against a rock. The missile activates.

Part Six

As the Emperor and the Red Dalek emerge into the cavern, the Terrorkon is attacked by a giant eel. The Red Dalek deactivates the rocket and the Dalek city is saved. The Terrorkon is killed by the eel.

Terrorkon eel fight – from the Altered Vistas CGI recreation of the Terrorkon Harvest

• This story was originally published in issues 70-75 of TV Century 21.
• The Terrorkons were previously fleetingly seen in The Menace of the Monstrons and Impasse, as was the Lake of Mutations from the first Dalek story.
• The Terrorkons have more than a fleeting resemblance to the similarly named Horrorkons in The Monsters of Gurnian from 1965’s Dalek Book.
• Altered Vistas CGI adaptation of The Terrorkon Harvest was released in October 2007 and is available from their site: www.alteredvistas.co.uk