Today is the 13th Anniversary or the death of Terry Nation

Vaaga / Varga Plants – Allies of the Daleks Species Type – Plant-Animal  mutation Home planet   -  Skaro First appearance     Mission to the Unknown Latest appearance – City of the Daleks (game) The Varga plants (sometimes spelt Vaarga) originally appeared in the First Doctor episode Mission to the Unknown the single-episode prologue to  the serial The [...]

From the back cover of the novelisation of “The Chase” by John Peel : 1989 Edition Through a Space-Time Visualiser the Doctor and his companions are horrified to see an execution squad of Daleks about to leave Skaro on a mission to find the TARDIS and exterminate the time travellers. Eluding the Daleks on the [...]

“Mission to the Unknown”, sometimes known as the “Dalek Cutaway”, is both a standalone episode and also serves as an introduction to the 12 part story The Daleks’ Master Plan. You can read a fan-made graphic novel adaptation of the Mission to the Unknown here Mission to the Unknown is notable for the complete absence [...]