Doctor Who: Dalek Combat Manual

Doctor Who Manuals

by Mike Tucker, Richard Atkinson, Gavin Rymill

.The Daleks are the most evil creatures ever created - genetically engineered mutants encased in a machine that is optimised to kill. They hate all other life forms and will stop at nothing to destroy those who stand in their way - their single-minded imperative? To become the dominant species in the universe.

The Dalek Combat Training Manual collates intelligence gathered by Time Lords over centuries of raging wars through time and space, and is invaluable to anyone engaging the Daleks in battle. It furnishes the user with an in-depth guide to their construction, their strategies and how they are to be ultimately defeated. Discover full schematics of Dalek spacecraft, insights into the Dalek factions, a history of the Time War, detailed analysis of their creator Davros, and much more.

This manual is the definitive guide to one of the most feared races in the Whoniverse.

Genres: Doctor Who

160 pages, Hardcover

First published February 18, 2021

About the author

Mike Tucker is a special effects expert who worked for many years at the BBC Television Visual Effects Department, and now works as an Effects Supervisor for his own company, The Model Unit. He is also the author of a number of original tv tie-in Doctor Who novels (some co-written with Robert Perry), and three books based on episodes of the television series Merlin. He co-wrote the factual books Ace! The Inside Story of the End of an Era with Sophie Aldred in 1996, and BBC VFX - The Story of the BBC Visual Effects Department with Mat Irvine in 2010.

Reviews

[Kieran McAndrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Daleks are the Time Lords' greatest enemy. Contained within this document is all information held in the Matrix about these ultimate warriors.

Told as if part of a military briefing, the book outlines all the Dalek storylines for younger readers in a reasonably clear way.

[Daniel Kukwa · Rating 5 out of 5]

As good as its TARDIS Manual companion...but even better because, let's face it, all sorts of people love looking at & admiring all sorts of Daleks, inside and out. A geek boy's dream.

[Helen Marsden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant I know how to defeat a dalek

[Tim Drury · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent guide to the many kinds of Dalek and their encounters with the Doctor, wonderfully illustrated throughout.