History Recap / DoctorWhoMagazine584To597LiberationOfTheDaleks

* BerserkButton: The Doctor’s rage at the creation of a theme park centred around taking his mortal enemies who came close to destroying his people and killed several of his friends and making them LighterAndSofter is palpable throughout his interactions with Georgette and the staff.

* ILied: The Doctor tells the 1966 scenario Supreme Dalek that he created a system that will electrocute the Dalek generating it that can be activated with his sonic screwdriver, and that, since the screwdriver was destroyed, Merlin is working on a programming command to do the same function. After the Daleks melt away, the Doctor points out that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he had no time to actually do such a thing]], and was simply bluffing.

[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one with]] a whole lotta Daleks and a theme patk.

** The ''Evil'' Emperor dispatches [[Recap/DoctorWho2021NYSRevolutionOfTheDaleks Death Squad, specialists in killing other Daleks]], to assassinate the mutant selves of his rivals.

* SciFiBobHaircut: Georgette wears a [[Franchise/StarTrek Romulanesque]] black bob with white streaks, whilst Georgy, her 1966 avatar, has a more contemporary style bob in the same colours, with earrings that make her look not too dissimilar to Characters/BerniceSummerfield, the [[BreakoutCharacter breakout companion]] from both the [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures Virgin New Adventures]] and the DWM comics of the 90s.

* TakeThat: The Dalek Dome seems to be one to Series/{{Westworld}}, and the concept of the MascotVillain, pointing out just how much LighterAndSofter you'd have to make creatures like the Daleks for such a notion to be possible in-universe.

* CallBack: The opening words of the strip are "Born Again, Again", a reference to the alternate title of the [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed 2005 CIN special]] that introduced Creator/DavidTennant. A second one shows up with the teaser for part 3, being “Dead Again”.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: The Doctor has trouble operating the TARDIS because, while he knew it like the back of his hand, said hand is now brand new.

* BittersweetEnding: The simulated Daleks' invasion of Earth is stopped, but not before thousands are killed across the globe, including Georgy and the Dalek Dome chief. The Doctor, who was never a fan of the attraction to begin with, leaves Georgette with the choice whether or not to destroy the captive Dalek mutants behind it all as he coldly takes his leave.
* BrickJoke: The Doctor gets handed the World Cup to keep safe, and then he gives it to Georgy when he hurries her into the TARDIS. At the end, the Doctor discovers that it ended up melting with the rest of its simulation and made a mess on the TARDIS console.
* CallBack: The opening words of the strip are “Born Again, Again”, a reference to the alternate title of the [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed 2005 CIN special]] that introduced Creator/DavidTennant. A second one shows up with the teaser for part 3 being “Dead Again”.

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The alien family are important early on, but once the 1966 scenario turns out to be a simulation, they vanish from the plot.

** Beyond the Dalek fanservice, there are many familiar sights amongst the visitors at the Dalek Dome, including Astrans, Raxacoricofallapatorians, a Sycorax, Ethereals, a Voord, a Menoptera, a Korad, two Kandalinga, a Trod and a Mechanistrian. Even [[ComicBook/StarTrekTheNextGenerationDoctorWhoAssimilation2 the Doctor's old friends Kirk and Spock are there]].

** This isn’t the first time [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks a long dormant Dalek has woken up in the presence of the Doctor]].

** The Doctor’s [[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E1TheWomanWhoFellToEarth “Swiss army Sonic” made from Sheffield steel]] is destroyed by the Daleks, with the Doctor treating its destruction [[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E4TheVisitation the same way he did when the Tereleptils did it]].

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: The Doctor has trouble operating the TARDIS because while he knew it like the back of his hand, it’s now someone else’s hand.

* DontExplainTheJoke: A RunningGag is that the Doctor will make a {{Pun}}, and then provide the punchline for those who don’t understand.

* ForegoneConclusion: Chapter 2 ends with the Doctor being exterminated by the Daleks, which obviously isn’t going to stick.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The alien family casually [[WhileRomeBurns taking selfies during the apocalypse]] while the Daleks ignore them basically tells you that this isn’t an actual Earth invasion.

* HeroicSacrifice: The leonoid chief of the Dalek Dome gives his life to hold off the Daleks, allowing Georgette along with Claire and Claudette to escape and rescue the Doctor.

* HistoricalInJoke: As the Daleks attack and disrupt the Cup Final, one of the aliens sarcastically quips “All over? Well, it is now.”, a reference to the famous announcement at the final goal of said match.
* ILied: The Doctor tells the 1966 scenario Supreme Dalek that he created a system that will electrocute the Dalek generating it that can be activated with his Sonic, and that since the Screwdriver was destroyed, Merlin is working on a programming command to do the same function. After the Daleks melt away, the Doctor points out that [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome he had no time to actually do such a thing]], and was simply bluffing.

-->'''Doctor:''' Who’s your voice coach? Creator/BrianBlessed?

** The ''TV Century 21'' Daleks are said to have originated from a 21st century children’s book. They also have never heard of the Doctor, alluding to his non-entity presence in that strip.

* LetsMockTheMonsters: The gathered tourists have become so used to the HarmlessVillain Daleks from the simulation that when two separate groups appear and threaten violence, they assume it’s AllPartOfTheShow.
* LiteralMinded: When the Supreme Dalek hacks into the Doctor’s emergency hologram and refers to breaching the firewall, the programmed-to-think-she-was-a-1960s-native Georgy is confused, since the wall isn’t on fire.

** Among the “next” captions at the end of the individual instalments are “[[Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD Daleks Invasion Earth 1966 AD]]”, “[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed Dead Again]]”, “[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earth Shock]]” and “[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterplan The Nightmare Ends]]”
** Georgette promotes the Daleks Versus Dragons experience to the Doctor with the tagline "So close you can feel the fire!", which was used for the film ''Film/DrWhoAndTheDaleks''.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: The Doctor is surprised to see the ''Evil'' Emperor sprout tentacles from its casing.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Doctor’s mere presence in the 1966 simulation stirs the Dalek generating it from its sleep, making the characters in the simulation more aware than they should be. Though as Georgette summoned him in the first place without considering what would happen if he ended up in the simulations without context, the ultimate blame for the fallout falls squarely on her.

* PuffOfLogic: As the Doctor points out that it would take an absurd number of a specific species to make the calculation to convert the psychoplasmic constructs into real Daleks, the ''TV Century 21'' Emperor has Merlin program a new moon with that exact number on it.

* RealTime: Though it's impossible to accurately gauge passage of time in a comic strip, the story was envisioned and plotted in a fairly consecutive pace equivalent to 60 minutes, per [[Creator/RussellTDavies Russell T Davies's]] recommendation to fit into lines he initially wrote for the 2023 specials, though the reference ultimately showed up in [[Recap/DoctorWho2023CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed the Children in Need short]] instead. Per that, this story is the Doctor's adventure in-between him regenerating "sixty minutes ago".

* SciFiBobHaircut: Georgette wears a [[Franchise/StarTrek Romulanesque]] black bob with white streaks whilst Georgy, her 1966 avatar, has a more contemporary style bob in the same colours with earrings which make her look not too dissimilar to Characters/BerniceSummerfield, the [[BreakoutCharacter breakout companion]] from both the [[Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures Virgin New Adventures]] and the DWM comics of the 90s.

* SpoilerTitle: Averted. The first chapter doesn’t give the title of the book until the final page and the contents page didn’t include a name, while the issue’s spine referred to it as “Liberation”.
* SpyCatsuit: Georgette wears a dark one as an "intelligent uniform" with the ability to change form which is used to remove her military insignia from sight to avoid alarming the public. It also explains the odd inconsistencies which would otherwise be chalked up as an error of the comic, such as her changing neckline and the appearing and disappearing sleeves.
* TakeThat: The Dalek Dome seems to be one to Series/{{Westworld}}, and the concept of the MascotVillain, pointing out just how much LighterAndSofter you’d have to make creatures like the Daleks for such a notion to be possible in-universe.
* TemptingFate: At the end, the Doctor hopes that the melted World Cup hasn’t messed up the Fast Return switch, since he doesn’t want to go back to Skaro in a hurry. A few days later, [[Recap/DoctorWho2023CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed a special was announced in which exactly just that happens]].
* ThereCanOnlyBeOne: The Golden Emperor decides that to drain the other psychoscapes to sustain himself and his Dalek Empire into reality. Later, the ''Evil'' Emperor sends Daleks in an attempt to exterminate the mutants sustaining the other Dalek leaders.

** As the Daleks are all reduced to goop, the two sapient gorillas comment “It’s raining Daleks” and “Hallelujah”.

** The final page of part 1 reveals the antagonists: the Daleks!

* WritingAroundTrademarks: As Georgy remembers a previous simulation in which she died, all we learn is that it was also in 1966, with the fallen banner only saying “Shea Stadium Welcomes” and “We Wanna Hold”, nearly sidestepping just [[Music/TheBeatles who was performing on that date at that location]].

* ShoutOut: The Doctor calls the 1966 Supreme Dalek “[[Music/TheSupremes Diana Ross]]”.

* {{Retraux}}: The opening pages of parts six and ten, set on ''TV Century 21'' Skaro, are laid out, narrated and drawn in the style of ''TV Century 21''.

* {{Retraux}}: The ''TV Century 21'' simulation is occasionally written and drawn in the style of ''TV Century 21''.

The Fourteenth Doctor’s first story, as presented in the pages of '' Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine''. This was the longest story in the history of the strip, featured in fourteen issues from late 2022 to late 2023, and was also the first strip story to be explicitly stated to be in continuity with the TV show. It begins immediately after the Thirteenth Doctor's regeneration into the Fourteenth at the end of "[[Recap/DoctorWho2022CENThePowerOfTheDoctor The Power of the Doctor]], and ends with a sequence leading into the [[Recap/DoctorWho2023CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed 2023 ''Children In Need'' special]].

The Fourteenth Doctor’s first story, as presented in the pages of '' Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine''.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Doctor’s mere presence in the 1966 simulation stirs the Dalek generating it from its sleep, making the characters in the simulation more aware than they should be.

** The Dalek base thrums with energy that sounds like [[WrittenSoundEffect Ba-Dum Ba-Dum]]. The Doctor takes this as his cue to announce "Badum Badum, [[Music/KylieMinogue I hear it and I know-]] Dalek control center, dead ahead!"

* WritingAroundTrademarks: As Georgy remembers a previous simulation in which she died, all we learn is that it was also in 1966, with the fallen banner only saying “Shea Stadium Welcomes” and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand”, nearly sidestepping just [[Music/TheBeatles who was performing on that date at that location]].

* DiscOneFinalBoss: The RTD1-era Daleks are the initial threat, but they get dealt with 8 parts in. The rest of the story then switches to the ''TV Century 21'' Daleks.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: The RTD-era Daleks are the initial threat, but they get dealt with 8 parts in. The rest of the story then switches to the ''TV Century 21'' Daleks.

* TemptingFate: At the end, the Doctor hopes that the melted World Cup hasn’t messed up the Fast Return switch, since he doesn’t want to go back to Skaro in a hurry. A few days later, [[Recap/DoctorWho2023CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed a special was announced in which that happens]] exactly.

** As the Daleks are all reduced to goop, the two sapient gorillas comment. “It’s raining Daleks” and “Hallelujah”.

** The final page of part 1 reveals the antagonists: the Daleks!.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The alien family casually [[WhileRomeBurns taking selfies during the apocalypse]] basically tells you that this isn’t an actual Earth invasion.

* BrickJoke: The Doctor gets handed the World Cup to keep safe, and then he gives it to Georgy when he hurries her into the TARDIS. At the end, the Doctor discovers that it ended up melting with the rest of its simulation.

** Among the “next” captions at the end of the individual instalments are “[[Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD Daleks Invasion Earth 1966 AD]]”, “[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed Dead Again]]”, “[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earth Shocked]]” and “[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterplan The Nightmare Ends]]”

** Among the “next” captions at the end of the individual instalments are “[[Film/DaleksInvasionEarth2150AD Daleks Invasion Earth 1966 AD]]”, “[[Recap/DoctorWho2005CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed Dead Again]]”, “[[Recap/DoctorWhoS19E6Earthshock Earth Shocked]]” and “[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDalekMasterplan The Nightmare Ends]]”

* CallBack: The opening words of the strip are “Born Again, Again”, a reference to the alternate title of the [[Recap/DoctorWho2005CiNSDoctorWhoChildrenInNeed 2005 CIN special]] that introduced Creator/DavidTennant.

* MythologyGag: Georgette promotes the Daleks Versus Dragons experience to the Doctor with the tagline "So close you can feel the fire!", which was used for the film ''Film/DrWhoAndTheDaleks''.

** Part 12 ends with the Doctor greeting the Emperor from the Patrick Troughton era.