The Human Bombs

"Prepare the Dalek invasion fleet... destination... Earth!"

Writer: Terry Nation

Format: Comic Strip

Released: September 1978

Printed in: Dalek Annual 1979

Synopsis

The ADF deal with the latest Dalek plot which involved the use of radiation bombs causing devastation across the galaxy...

Verdict 

The Human Bombs was a fun and enjoyable comic strip story and I liked the idea of doing a Dalek story where the Doctor and his companions were not involved in stopping whatever horrendous plans they were up to next. The plot was relatively straightforward yet still managed to be entertaining. The thought bubbles for the Daleks were great, it's not often we ever get to know what a Dalek is thinking or how it attempts to improvise but we got that benefit in this format. The artwork of the adventure was marvellous and I thought the Daleks were depicted very well. The use of Dalek testing on Armeria was very good and as I've mentioned, it was terrific to see what the Daleks got up to in their own time whilst not battling the Doctor. The fact that we don't know what point in Dalek history this story is set allows the reader for some tremendous interpretation and arguments. The Geiga bomb concept was brilliantly Dalek and the fact that it turned some humans literally into ticking bombs was very frightening! The action packed climax was good but I was quite surprised at how weak it made the Daleks look. Their spacecraft was easily picked off by an Earth fleet and for the one surviving Dalek, a single human easily destroyed it. I'm not saying I disliked it, it was actually all quite logical, but I was just a bit surprised. Nonetheless, a great little story that I thoroughly enjoyed! 

Rating: 8/10