"You're wasting your time, Marshal..."

"Doctor Who: The Mutants" episode 1 (1972). #DoctorWho

8th April, 1972:
"Doctor Who: The Mutants" episode 1. #DoctorWho

8th April, 1967:
"Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones" episode 1. #DoctorWho

Cover for "TV ACTION" No.112 (dated: week ending 07/04/73).
Art by Gerry Haylock. #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifiart #1970s #scifi

And now I'll be thinking that! 😁

This explains why the heroes throw them into a pond to sober them up...

"You're wasting your time, Marshal..."

"Doctor Who: The Mutants" episode 1 (1972). #DoctorWho

8th April, 1972:
"Doctor Who: The Mutants" episode 1. #DoctorWho

8th April, 1967:
"Doctor Who: The Faceless Ones" episode 1. #DoctorWho

"Daleks!"

"Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks" episode 1 (1973). #DoctorWho

7th April, 1973:
"Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks" episode 1. #DoctorWho

I love this whole story! It's my favourite serial of the season. 👍

Back cover for "THE DR WHO ANNUAL 1978". #DoctorWho #DrWho

Very nice! 👍👍👍

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True. I didn't! 😁

Maybe the shock of finding the TARDIS suddenly decked out in the new MFI bedroom collection pushed all thoughts of Daleks from the Doctor's mind?

Or possibly Nation really, really wanted his "Someone exclaims "Daleks!"" cliffhanger...?

(I know which is the most likely! 😁)

There was really only so far that the production team could go with their pushing. As the owner of the Daleks, Nation negotiated from a position of strength! It all seemed very amenable though.

Yes indeed! 👍

I think it was more suggesting than bollocking. 😁

Cover for "TV ACTION" No.112 (dated: week ending 07/04/73).
Art by Gerry Haylock. #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifiart #1970s #scifi

It has two functions:
It establishes that the Daleks can now make themselves invisible (sort of) and it's Terry Nation's signature "Daleks can pop up anywhere" cliffhanger.

Since "Planet" has a number of features familiar to earlier Dalek stories, I would guess that it was one that the production team used as an example of "Hey, Terry, you've sold this plot to us before".

Yet still in the shadow of "Coronation Street" in England...

"Daleks!"

"Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks" episode 1 (1973). #DoctorWho

Art from "RETURN TO PELADON from Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon" c/o the anthology "BEYOND THE STARS: Tales of Adventure in Time and Space" (Octopus Books, 1983).
Art by Peter Dennis. #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction

Tom Baker during "State of Decay". #TomBaker #DoctorWho #FourthDoctor

It is a lovely book, eventually withdrawn (I believe) because of copyright issues over the "Star Wars" extract.

7th April, 1973:
"Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks" episode 1. #DoctorWho

Art from "RETURN TO PELADON from Doctor Who and the Monster of Peladon" c/o the anthology "BEYOND THE STARS: Tales of Adventure in Time and Space" (Octopus Books, 1983).
Art by Peter Dennis. #DoctorWho #DrWho #scifi #scifiart #sciencefiction

At least part of the thinking behind the release was as a way of explaining some of the details which recurred in "Destiny of the Daleks".

😁