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A '''Battle computer''' was a machine intelligence that guided the forces of the [[Dalek]]s and the [[Movellan]]s during the [[Dalek-Movellan War]].
The '''Dalek Battle Computer''' was a computer interface the Daleks used. The [[Renegade Dalek]]s placed one on [[Earth]] in [[November]] [[1963]]. As this Battle Computer required a [[human]] interface to act as a creative intelligence, [[Judith Winters|a young child]] was selected and conditioned to obey the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')


With both forces following a logical machine outcome, the war lasted for centuries with not a single shot fired as both sides were equally matched. In order to win, each side sought an advantage over the other. The [[Dalek Empire]] reawakened their creator, [[Davros]], who would program their computers to provide them that advantage.
== Appearance and function ==
The Dalek Battle Computer was similar in shape to a Dalek. When it was used on [[Earth]] in [[1963]] during the [[Shoreditch Incident]] it was black and silver and had a young girl sitting in it. The young girl was under the Daleks' control and operated the Dalek Battle Computer. For optimum performance, her body and mind had been augmented by the Renegade Daleks{{facts}}. She was able to fire deadly bolts of [[electricity]] from her hands. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'').


The Movellans, discovering this, demanded that the [[Fourth Doctor]] program their computers likewise in order to defeat their Dalek foes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'')
== Behind the scenes ==
* The voice of the Dalek Battle Computer was supplied by [[John Leeson]], best known as the voice of [[K9]].


Later, the Daleks began plugging humans - preferably children - into their battle computers, using their imaginations to bolster the battle computer's strategies. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
== See also ==
* [[Brain Machine]]
* [[Judith Winters]]
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Revision as of 20:18, 16 September 2012

The Dalek Battle Computer was a computer interface the Daleks used. The Renegade Daleks placed one on Earth in November 1963. As this Battle Computer required a human interface to act as a creative intelligence, a young child was selected and conditioned to obey the Daleks. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)

Appearance and function

The Dalek Battle Computer was similar in shape to a Dalek. When it was used on Earth in 1963 during the Shoreditch Incident it was black and silver and had a young girl sitting in it. The young girl was under the Daleks' control and operated the Dalek Battle Computer. For optimum performance, her body and mind had been augmented by the Renegade Daleks[additional sources needed]. She was able to fire deadly bolts of electricity from her hands. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks).

Behind the scenes

  • The voice of the Dalek Battle Computer was supplied by John Leeson, best known as the voice of K9.
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