Daleks

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The Daleks.

The Daleks are an alien race that feature in Doctor Who.

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History

Origin

During the initial wave of exploration, the Daleks bred and launched special Reconnaissance Scouts to find new worlds to conquer with them being launched from Skaro. (Episode: Resolution) At one point, thousands of Progenitor devices were created by the Dalek Empire that eventually all were lost except one. (Episode: Victory of the Daleks)

Time War

New Paradigm

In World War II, a trio of Daleks that survived the Time War found their way to Earth and discovered a Progenitor. However, they were unable to activate the machine as it deemed them impure. Thus, they orchestrated an elaborate plan where they pretended the were the creation of a British scientist to fight against Nazi Germany. This was in order to draw the Doctor to them and have him acknowledge them as Daleks. With his words, they were able to reactivate the Progenitor that restored the Dalek race by creating the New Dalek Paradigm. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)

Overview

Physiology

They were genetically hardwired to survive and live though they did grow old. (Episode: The Magician's Apprentice)

Information was transmitted among Daleks through the use of an artificial telepathic network that was known as the Pathweb. (Episode: Asylum of the Daleks)

One special breed of Dalek were the Reconnaissance Scouts who were the first ones launched from the planet Skaro and sent to find new worlds to conquer. These versions of the species were designed with enhanced abilities in order to operate independently. Such traits included being able to survive by themselves outside their casings for long periods of time. If their casing was destroyed, they could latch onto a living creature and use their tentacles to hijack their nervous system effectively becoming their pilot. From there, it could engage in its mission using the creature as a host and prisoner. The could also direct a remote attack against attempts by navigation systems at tracking them in order to prevent themselves from being tracked. These Daleks also had remarkable regenerative abilities allowing for scattered portions of their body to reform when exposed to UV light thus restoring them back to life. (Episode: Resolution)

Casing

Their casings were based originally on the Mark III travel machines. (Episode: Genesis of the Daleks)

At one point, the casings were externally powered through he use of static electricity that as transmitted through the metal floors of their cities. Thus, a Dalek that was separated from this energy grid by moving onto a floor with non-conductive material had their casings shut down tough this did not kill the mutant inside. (Episode: The Escape)

Society

Unlike the Cybermen, the Daleks used their emotions with hatred being used to reload their weapons. (Episode: The Magician's Apprentice)

Old Daleks were placed within their version of sewers and degraded into a liquid that coated the tunnels. They were not dead but instead left in a constantly in a state of pain. As such, the Daleks had the same word for sewer as they had for graveyards. (Episode: The Magician's Apprentice)

Technology

One device used for propagation were machines known as the Progenitor that were responsible for creating new members of their kind. The devices contained pure Dalek DNA and if properly used as well as fueled could produce fully grown Dalek mutants along with casings for them. (Episode: Victory of the Daleks)

One aspect of their ability to travel was the Dimension Vault that had the ability to transport people from one world to another. (Episode: The Next Doctor)

Members

  • Dalek Caan :

Notes

  • The Daleks were conceived by science-fiction writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1963 Doctor Who serial The Daleks, with their shell casings designed by Raymond Cusick.

Appearances

  • Doctor Who:

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