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The Daleks used hoverbouts to escape the destruction of a [[Voord]] [[Voord spaceship|spaceship]], follow an [[escape capsule]] containing the [[First Doctor]] and the [[Chief Voord]] to a [[South America]]n [[jungle]], and battle Earth fighters. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'') | The Daleks used hoverbouts to escape the destruction of a [[Voord]] [[Voord spaceship|spaceship]], follow an [[escape capsule]] containing the [[First Doctor]] and the [[Chief Voord]] to a [[South America]]n [[jungle]], and battle Earth fighters. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]'') | ||
In the [[26th century]], hoverbouts were used by the Daleks on [[Mazam]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'') In [[space]], [[Dalek Space-Commando Unit]]s were used. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Tigers (comic story)|Star Tigers]]'') | In the [[26th century]], the Daleks used "space maneouvre cradles" in an engagement against [[Neomorph]] [[Cybermen]] near [[Soarpath Junction]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Heliotrope Bouquet (short story)|Heliotrope Bouquet]]'') | ||
During the [[Second Dalek War]], hoverbouts were used by the Daleks on [[Mazam]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'') In [[space]], [[Dalek Space-Commando Unit]]s were used. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Star Tigers (comic story)|Star Tigers]]'') | |||
Hoverbouts moved between the Daleks' [[Death Wheel]] and the planet [[Hell (planet)|Hell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (comic story)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'') | Hoverbouts moved between the Daleks' [[Death Wheel]] and the planet [[Hell (planet)|Hell]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (comic story)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'') |
Revision as of 16:46, 30 July 2020
Hoverbouts — alternatively spelt as hovabouts and also known as transolar discs, anti-gravitational discs or anti-grav discs — were small circular flying platforms with a railing around the edge, used by Daleks for operation within a planetary atmosphere, in close planetary orbit and within close to medium range of a Dalek spacecraft.
History
Pre-Time War
On Skaro several styles of hoverbout were used to patrol the planet and the monitor events close to spacecraft. (COMIC: Legacy of Yesteryear)
The Daleks made use of transolar discs for patrol during the 22nd century Dalek invasion of Earth. (AUDIO: Masters of Earth)
In 2400, in an anticipation of the invasion of Earth's solar system, a Dalek instructor manned a hoverbout as they presented an image of the solar system's planets and moons, shown according to their importance to the Daleks, to a Dalek audience. (COMIC: Dalek Planetarium)
A Dalek assassination squad sent in a Dalek time machine to kill the First Doctor and his companions used hoverbouts to obtain a better view of the Aridian desert. (PROSE: The Chase)
The Dalek invasion fleet preparing in the hangar to destroy the solar system with the Time Destructor was monitored from air on Kembel by Daleks in hoverbouts. (PROSE: The Mutation of Time)
The Daleks used hoverbouts to escape the destruction of a Voord spaceship, follow an escape capsule containing the First Doctor and the Chief Voord to a South American jungle, and battle Earth fighters. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Daleks)
In the 26th century, the Daleks used "space maneouvre cradles" in an engagement against Neomorph Cybermen near Soarpath Junction. (PROSE: Heliotrope Bouquet)
During the Second Dalek War, hoverbouts were used by the Daleks on Mazam. (COMIC: Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer) In space, Dalek Space-Commando Units were used. (COMIC: Star Tigers)
Hoverbouts moved between the Daleks' Death Wheel and the planet Hell. (COMIC: Nemesis of the Daleks)
In the skies of Skaro, Daleks used hoverbouts as they repelled the invading Birdmen. (COMIC: The Invisible Invaders)
During the Dalek-Movellan War, the Daleks used anti-gravitational discs during their search for Davros on Skaro. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks)
Daleks aboard transolar discs were used to patrol around Dalek-held planets and in groups to attack spacecraft. (AUDIO: The Human Factor) They were also used to attack the enemy human forces attempting to breach the Dalek-held facility Project Infinity on Lopra Minor. (AUDIO: Project Infinity)
In an alternate timeline, President Nigel Rochester owned a functioning transolar disc, which he used to take the Sixth Doctor on an aerial tour of London. The vehicle was later destroyed by Rochester, who claimed that it was "bugged" with a listening device. (AUDIO: Jubilee)
Time War
Transolar discs were used during the Last Great Time War. (PROSE: A Prologue) They were used to pursue the War Master on Arcking. (AUDIO: The Good Master) Hoverbouts were used to travel beneath the crust of Gallifrey during the First Segment of the War. (PROSE: The Stranger)
Post-Time War
Transolar discs were salvaged during a war between humans and the New Dalek Paradigm, and were investigated at Station 7. (COMIC: The Only Good Dalek)
Bronze Aqua-Dalek units used underwater version of hoverbouts to destroy a submarine used by the Eleventh Doctor and his companions. (COMIC: The Dalek Project)
Behind the scenes
Invalid sources
- The Dalek Task Force (one of the non-narrative features from The Dalek World) showed another type of personal Dalek aircraft, the Task Leader's Solus Combat, reserved for the titular Dalek Task Force's Dalek Task Leader.
- The vehicle has only ever been on screen in the in-character segments of More Than Thirty Years in the TARDIS which, due to not constituting full stories, are not valid sources on this Wiki.
- Hoverbouts feature in the comic story Daleks Versus the Martians, a prequel to the film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D..
Merchandise
- The Into the Dalek set includes Black Dalek with black hoverbout, though no such Dalek appears in the episode.
- The Doctor Who Time Zone Playset Dalek Invasion 2075AD includes a bronze Dalek with a Hoverbout. Bronze Daleks aboard transolar discs are likewise featured on both the animated YouTube trailer for Big Finish Productions' The War Doctor audio anthology, Only the Monstrous, and the cover art for The Thousand Worlds, The Heart of the Battle and The Shadow Cage.