The Dalek Factor

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{{Short description|2004 novella by Simon Clark}}

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{{Infobox book

|name = The Dalek Factor

|image = Dalek Factor.jpg

|caption =

|author = Simon Clark

|series = Doctor Who book:
Telos Doctor Who novellas

|release_number = 15

|subject = Featuring:
unknown Doctor

|release_date = March 2004

|publisher = Telos Publishing Ltd.

|pages = 120

| isbn = 1-903889-30-8 |isbn_note= (standard)
{{ISBN|1-903889-31-6}} (deluxe)

|preceded_by = Blood and Hope

|followed_by =

}}

The Dalek Factor is an original novella written by Simon Clark and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features a Doctor whose incarnation is unspecified. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Graham Humphreys. Both editions have a foreword by Christopher Fowler.

Other meanings

The term "Dalek factor" is also used in the serial The Evil of the Daleks, as the opposite of the human factor.{{cn|date=July 2023}}