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|image = Father of the Daleks (short story).jpg | |image = Father of the Daleks (short story).jpg | ||
|range = The Wintertime Paradox (anthology) | |range = The Wintertime Paradox (anthology) | ||
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|enemy = [[Dalek]]s | |enemy = [[Dalek]]s | ||
|setting = | |setting = | ||
|writer = | |writer = Dave Rudden | ||
|read by = [[Sophie Aldred]] | |read by = [[Sophie Aldred]] | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = The Wintertime Paradox (anthology) | ||
|release date = | |release date = 15 October 2020 | ||
|series = ''[[The Wintertime Paradox (anthology)|The Wintertime Paradox]]'' | |series = ''[[The Wintertime Paradox (anthology)|The Wintertime Paradox]]'' | ||
|prev = He's Behind You (short story) | |prev = He's Behind You (short story) | ||
|next = Inflicting Christmas (short story) | |next = Inflicting Christmas (short story) | ||
|fullvid = Father of the Daleks (Narrated by Sophie Aldred) - The Wintertime Paradox - Doctor Who | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Father of the Daleks''''' was the second short story published in ''[[The Wintertime Paradox (anthology)|The Wintertime Paradox]]''. | '''''Father of the Daleks''''' was the second short story published in ''[[The Wintertime Paradox (anthology)|The Wintertime Paradox]]''. | ||
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: ''On the [[Red Moon of Xhe]], Davros and the Doctor celebrate another Christmas, watching a group of tribespeople sing. When Davros makes to leave, the Doctor reveals his reason for asking him here. Words can have multiple meanings. Christmas, for example, here means singing but it can also mean religion, family, or simply celebrating the halfway point of winter. Dalek, however, simply means Dalek. The Doctor can stop the Daleks. But only Davros can change them. Only he could make the word mean something other than an unstoppable force of destruction. Though Davros admits that he has considered it, he ultimately cannot bring himself to change his children.'' | : ''On the [[Red Moon of Xhe]], Davros and the Doctor celebrate another Christmas, watching a group of tribespeople sing. When Davros makes to leave, the Doctor reveals his reason for asking him here. Words can have multiple meanings. Christmas, for example, here means singing but it can also mean religion, family, or simply celebrating the halfway point of winter. Dalek, however, simply means Dalek. The Doctor can stop the Daleks. But only Davros can change them. Only he could make the word mean something other than an unstoppable force of destruction. Though Davros admits that he has considered it, he ultimately cannot bring himself to change his children.'' | ||
[[Davros' command ship]] pulls away from Gryphon's Reach, the Dalek force sent running when the Doctor was able to mix Gallifreyan and Krillitane bio-technology to cloak the Daleks' own sensors. After several agonising minutes in the dark, the [[casing]]s rebooted and the Daleks found their foes and prize gone. Though Davros is confident that he can overcome this vulnerability by the next time, the Daleks state their will be no | [[Davros' command ship]] pulls away from Gryphon's Reach, the Dalek force sent running when the Doctor was able to mix Gallifreyan and Krillitane bio-technology to cloak the Daleks' own sensors. After several agonising minutes in the dark, the [[casing]]s rebooted and the Daleks found their foes and prize gone. Though Davros is confident that he can overcome this vulnerability by the next time, the Daleks state their will be no next time. Declaring that they do not need Davros' help, or him, they close their communications with him. | ||
Reeling from this, Davros | Reeling from this, Davros heads to [[Alacracis IV]] to meet the Doctor for another Christmas. Recalling their earlier discussion, Davros concedes that something must change. His words, exactly what the Doctor has longed to hear, prove enough of a distraction for the nearby Daleks to decloak and ambush the Doctor. | ||
Surrounded by a hundred Daleks, the Doctor makes an offer. He always comes to his and Davros' truces unarmed and with no allies and he will lay down and be exterminated if the Daleks kill Davros alongside him. To Davros' horror, fifty of the Daleks turn their [[gunstick]]s on him. As both the Doctor and the Daleks say, Davros built them to succeed at any cost. | Surrounded by a hundred Daleks, the Doctor makes an offer. He always comes to his and Davros' truces unarmed and with no allies and he will lay down and be exterminated if the Daleks kill Davros alongside him. To Davros' horror, fifty of the Daleks turn their [[gunstick]]s on him. As both the Doctor and the Daleks say, Davros built them to succeed at any cost. | ||
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* [[Krillitane]] | * [[Krillitane]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The facility on Gryphon's Reach had once been owned by the [[Krillitane]]. | * The facility on Gryphon's Reach had once been owned by the [[Krillitane]]. | ||
* Davros has lost count of how many times he has been killed and resurrected. | * Davros has lost count of how many times he has been killed and resurrected. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The Doctor who Davros meets on [[Lavellan]] is never identified. In the audiobook reading, Sophie Aldred gives the unidentified Doctor an Estuary English accent, implying he is the [[Tenth Doctor]]. | * The Doctor who Davros meets on Traxamere Beta is described as wearing "the long coat, the bow tie, the childlike smile, and the old, tired eyes". | ||
* The Doctor whom Davros meets on [[Lavellan]] is never identified. In the audiobook reading, Sophie Aldred gives the unidentified Doctor an Estuary English accent, implying he is the [[Tenth Doctor]]. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* Davros would later describe himself as the father of the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') | * Davros would later describe himself as the father of the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') | ||
* The Doctor expresses a fondness for daiquiris. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') | * The Doctor expresses a fondness for daiquiris. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)|The Girl in the Fireplace]]'') | ||
* The Doctor notes that the Daleks can't work up the courage to shoot him out of fear that he has a failsafe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | * The Doctor notes that the Daleks can't work up the courage to shoot him out of fear that he has a failsafe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'') | ||
* Davros recalls the [[Fourth Doctor]] threatening to deactivate his [[life support system]] to threaten him into aborting the [[creation of the Daleks]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | * Davros recalls the [[Fourth Doctor]] threatening to deactivate his [[life support system]] to threaten him into aborting the [[creation of the Daleks]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') | ||
* Davros thinks of the Doctor as a friend. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'') | * Davros thinks of the Doctor as a friend. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'') | ||
* The [[Krillitane rebels]] act in defiance of the [[Brood-Mother]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Krillitane Storm (novel)|The Krillitane Storm]]'') | |||
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[[Category:The Wintertime Paradox short stories]] | [[Category:The Wintertime Paradox short stories]] | ||
[[Category:Eleventh Doctor short stories]] | [[Category:Eleventh Doctor short stories]] | ||