This episode is an anomaly for so many reasons. First off, there's no Doctor. Secondly, there are no companions. Thirdly, well, it's essentially a standalone prologue to 'The Dalek Masterplan', which doesn't immediately follow it.

Three human astronauts, possibly affiliated with the UN, find themselves on the planet Kembel for reasons only known to one of them. That guy is Marc Cory, agent with The Space Security Service, who has received reports of a Dalek spaceship being sighted nearby and has lead his fellow astronauts to what is commonly known as the most dangerous planet in the galaxy, with no helmets, gloves, backup or clue of the terrible fate that – spoiler alert – is about to befall them, simply because he has a hunch the Daleks may be hiding there.

True enough, that they are. And they've gathered representatives of the six (or possibly seven) most dangerous species in the galaxy in the hopes of forming an alliance that will shatter Jupiter, Venus and the lunar colonies. Oh, and Earth.

And as though that's not bad enough, they've brought a bunch of Varga plants along with them as well, to guard against possible human spies...

There are two versions of this out there, as far as we're aware. Of course, there's the Loose Cannon recon(struction) that is superb.

And then there's an animated version that is simply stunning. It's embedded at www.WhoBackWhen.com. If you haven't seen it yet, then please do treat yourselves.

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