The Daleks

The Daleks is a supplement published by FASA in 1985 for The Doctor Who Role Playing Game, which is based on the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Contents The Daleks contains information about Doctor Who's longest running adversary, the Daleks. The supplement is divided into two books: a 40-page gamemaster's booklet with truthful background information about the Daleks, including society, history, tactics, and physiology; and a 24-page booklet with information for players titled "The Dalek Problem – A Symposium", supposedly written by the Celestial Intervention Agency. The information in the player's book may or may not be accurate. As reviewer Barry Bailey noted, "the players' booklet is carefully compiled as a mixture of truth, inaccuracies, lies,damn lies and statistics." Although these two booklets were originally sold together, they are usually found separately on the used book market. Since there have been more players than gamemasters, the player's booklet is rarer than the gamemaster's book. Publication history FASA published The Doctor Who Roleplaying Game in 1985, and quickly released two adventures, The Lords of Destiny, and The Iytean Menace, as well as several supplements about foes of The Doctor, including The Master and this one, The Daleks. The Daleks was designed by the staff writers of Fantasimulation Associates, Guy McLimore Jr., Greg Poehlein, and David F. Tepool. Interior art was by Dana Andrews, Jane K. Bigos, James Holloway, David J. Hutchins, Todd F. Marsh, Jordan Weisman, and James Holloway; Holloway also provided the cover art for the gamemaster's book.