Geek Syndicate Issue 8 | Page 41

Geek Syndicate The First Doctor (William Hartnell 1963-1966) Luke’s Choice: Synopsis (from TARDIS.wikia.com): The TARDIS has brought the travellers to the planet Skaro where they meet two indigenous races - The Daleks, malicious mutant creatures encased in armoured travel machines, and the Thals, beautiful humanoids with pacifist principles. They convince the Thals of the need to fight for their own survival. The Daleks appeared in the second ever serial of Doctor Who – the story that introduced them began with the fifth episode. In the first story, An Unearthly Child, the TARDIS had travelled back to Earth’s prehistoric period. The Doctor in this story was not the Doctor we would come to know with. In fact, he’s more of an anti-hero than anything else. At one stage, our “hero” picked up a rock with the (heavily implied) intention of killing a caveman in order to escape. The Doctor does not have a change of heart in this matter, but is stopped by Ian Chesterton, one of his companions. The Daleks itself was almost not made, but was one of only three sets of s ??????????)???????????????Q??????????????????)????????????????????????????????????)???????????????????????]????????M??????9?????????????????????????????????????????q?????????????t??????????)??????????Y?????1?????????????????????)??????????????????????????????????]??)??????????????????????????Q?????9?????e?????????????????????????????)????????????????????????????Q???????????) ??????????())?????????????????????????????M????e?)????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q?????????????????????)???????????????????????????????????????)??????????????????)%????????????????????????????????)]??????????????????????????????????)??????????????????????????Q?????????????)????qQ???????t??Q??????????????]??????)!???????e???????????????????????????)????????????????????????????????????)?????????????????????????????()]?????????????????????????????????????((??((0