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* In the Dalek/Movellan skirmish scene why the dalek design is the time war one?How does it make the scene fit in continuity? It is supposed to be an episode from the time war with the movellans partecipating in it? It seems unlikely it is from the Dalek/Movellan war seen in "Destiny of the Daleks" | * In the Dalek/Movellan skirmish scene why the dalek design is the time war one?How does it make the scene fit in continuity? It is supposed to be an episode from the time war with the movellans partecipating in it? It seems unlikely it is from the Dalek/Movellan war seen in "Destiny of the Daleks" | ||
** This has actually happened before, in the novel ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'', which is set during the [[Second Dalek War]] (explicitly before the [[Last Great Time War|Time War]]. Yet the [[Dalek]]s are still described as the bronze [[2005 (production)|2005]] variant rather than the old grey/black 70s/80s design seen in ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]''/''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'' in which that conflict began. One suggestion is that, in these pre-Time War conflicts (perhaps ones in which the Daleks were struggling), the Daleks introduced a much stronger, bronze wartime armour for their soldiers, and phased it out after each war. (it may have used up to much resources for it to become standard issue during a difficult conflict.) By the start of the Time War, which they knew would be a huge conflict, they had prepared well enough for it to become the standard casing and it stuck in all the periods beyond. | |||
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- In the Dalek/Movellan skirmish scene why the dalek design is the time war one?How does it make the scene fit in continuity? It is supposed to be an episode from the time war with the movellans partecipating in it? It seems unlikely it is from the Dalek/Movellan war seen in "Destiny of the Daleks"
- This has actually happened before, in the novel Prisoner of the Daleks, which is set during the Second Dalek War (explicitly before the Time War. Yet the Daleks are still described as the bronze 2005 variant rather than the old grey/black 70s/80s design seen in Frontier in Space/Planet of the Daleks in which that conflict began. One suggestion is that, in these pre-Time War conflicts (perhaps ones in which the Daleks were struggling), the Daleks introduced a much stronger, bronze wartime armour for their soldiers, and phased it out after each war. (it may have used up to much resources for it to become standard issue during a difficult conflict.) By the start of the Time War, which they knew would be a huge conflict, they had prepared well enough for it to become the standard casing and it stuck in all the periods beyond.
