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-|image= The Last Dalek title screen.png
+|image = The Last Dalek title screen.png
-|developer= [[New Media Collective]]
+|developer = [[New Media Collective]]
-|publisher= BBC
+|publisher = BBC
-|platform= Browser based {{w|Adobe Flash|Flash}} game
+|platform = Online
-|genre= Third person shooter
+|genre = Third person shooter
-|release date= [[30 April (releases)|30 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]
+|format = [[Adobe Flash]] game
-|main character = [[Metaltron]]|enemy = [[Ninth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]]
+|release date= [[30 April (releases)|30 April]] [[2005 (releases)|2005]]<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050429032005/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/doctorwho/episodes/dalek.shtml</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20050507064724/http://www.bbc.co.uk:80/doctorwho/episodes/dalek.shtml</ref><ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20240106185443/https://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/content/articles/2005/06/03/living_dr_who_game_feature.shtml</ref>
-|setting = [[The Vault (Dalek)|The Vault]], [[2012]]|adapted from = Dalek (TV story)
+|main character = [[Metaltron]]
+|enemy = [[Ninth Doctor]]
+|setting = [[The Vault (Dalek)|The Vault]], [[2012]]
+|adapted from = Dalek (TV story)
 }}{{you may|The Last Dalek (documentary)|n1=the documentary}}
-'''''The Last Dalek''''', also known as '''''Dalek Game''''', was an online game based on the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. The Player was in control of the [[Dalek]] inside, also known as the [[Metaltron]]. The aim of the game was to escape [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]], destroy [[The Doctor's TARDIS|The TARDIS]] and exterminate the [[Ninth Doctor]].
+'''''The Last Dalek''''', also known as '''''Dalek Game''''', was an online game based on the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''. The Player was in control of the [[Bronze Dalek|Mark VIII Dalek]] inside, also known as the [[Metaltron]]. The aim of the game was to escape [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]], destroy [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] and exterminate the [[Ninth Doctor]].
 == Levels ==
-* Level 1: The Cage: Breakout - The Bio Processor
+* Level 1: [[The Cage]]: Breakout - The Bio Processor
-* Level 2: Weapons Research - Get Your Death Ray Back!
+* Level 2: [[Weapons Research]] - Get Your Death Ray Back!
-* Level 3: Mobility Research - Gearing System and Anti-Grav
+* Level 3: [[Mobility Research]] - Gearing System and Anti-Grav
-* Level 4: Access Corridor - The Shield Generator
+* Level 4: [[Access Corridor]] - The Shield Generator
-* Level 5: Military Zone - A New, More Powerful Death Ray
+* Level 5: [[Military Zone]] - A New, More Powerful Death Ray
-* Level 6: Defence Research - The Next Shield
+* Level 6: [[Defence Research]] - The Next Shield
-* Level 7: Optical Research - See the Invisible
+* Level 7: [[Optical Research]] - See the Invisible
-* Level 8: Access Corridor - Super Speed Dalek!
+* Level 8: [[Access Corridor]] - Super Speed Dalek!
-* Level 9: Museum Security - Exterminate the Doctor!
+* Level 9: [[Museum Security]] - Exterminate the Doctor!
-* Level 10: Artefact Museum
+* Level 10: [[Artefact Museum]]
 == Enemies ==
-[[File:The_last_dalek.jpg|thumb|2008 promo image.]]
+[[File:The_last_dalek.jpg|thumb|right|2008 promo image.]]
 * [[Scientist (The Last Dalek)|Scientists]]: Unarmed and no threat. In some cases, you must exterminate them all before going into another room.
 * Guards: Armed with pistols, takes several hits to destroy the Dalek.
+* Soldiers: Armed with assault rifles, firing faster and dealing more damage than guards.
 ** In Level 7 and onwards, guards with cloaking devices appear. The Dalek obtains the Inter-Spectral Vision to detect them.
 * [[Sentry Unit]]: The Dalek is unable to destroy it but if it takes several hits, it retreats itself into the ground temporarily. The Dalek can also prevent it from coming back up by occupying its space while it's underground.
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 == Items ==
-* [[Bio Processor]]: Unlocks the billions of combinations in the locked doors. Automatically possessed in Level 1.
+{| class="wikitable"
-* [[60KHZ Energy Weapon]]: Used to shoot at humans or barrels containing explosives instead of being close to an enemy and attack it in small strokes. Before obtaining it, you can only use the [[manipulator arm]] to attack. Obtained in Level 2.
+|-
-* [[Gearing System]]: Enables the Dalek to shoot in different directions when it moves. Obtained in Level 3.
+! # || Name || Description || Obtained
-* [[Anti-Gravity Device]]: Allows the Dalek to mount (and down) stairs and manholes. Obtained in Level 3.
+|-
-* [[Shield Generator]]: Protects the Dalek from damage, recharges in seconds. Obtained in Level 4.
+!01
-* [[120KHZ Energy Ray]]: Twice the effectiveness of the 60KHZ Energy Weapon. Obtained in Level 5.
+|[[Bio Processor]]
-* [[Advanced Shield Generator]]: Twice the effectiveness of the Normal Shield Generator. Obtained in Level 6.
+|Unlocks the billions of combinations in the locked doors.
-* [[Inter-Spectral Vision]]: Allows the Dalek to see invisible mines and guards. Obtained in Level 7.
+|Level 1
-* [[Speed Boost]]: Allows the Dalek to move faster so it can evade Sentry Units and escape bulkheads. Obtained in Level 8.
+|-
-* [[Alien Weapon]]: Taken from the Doctor, This weapon is able to destroy bulkheads. Obtained in Level 9.
+!02
+|[[60KHZ Energy Weapon]]
+|Used to shoot at humans or barrels containing explosives instead of being close to an enemy and attack it in small strokes. Before obtaining it, you can only use the [[manipulator arm]] to attack.
+|Level 2
+|-
+!03
+|[[Gearing system|Gearing System]]
+|Enables the Dalek to shoot in different directions when it moves.
+|Level 3
+|-
+!04
+|[[Anti-gravity device|Anti-Gravity Device]]
+|Allows the Dalek to mount (and down) stairs and manholes.
+|Level 3
+|-
+!05
+|[[Shield Generator]]
+|Protects the Dalek from damage, recharges in seconds.
+|Level 4
+|-
+!06
+|[[120KHZ Energy Ray]]
+|Twice the effectiveness of the 60KHZ Energy Weapon.
+|Level 5
+|-
+!07
+|[[Advanced Shield Generator]]
+|Twice the effectiveness of the Normal Shield Generator.
+|Level 6
+|-
+!08
+|[[Inter-Spectral Vision]]
+|Allows the Dalek to see invisible mines and guards.
+|Level 7
+|-
+!09
+|[[Speed Boost]]
+|Allows the Dalek to move faster so it can evade Sentry Units and escape bulkheads.
+|Level 8
+|-
+!10
+|[[Alien Weapon]]
+|Taken from the Doctor, This weapon is able to destroy bulkheads.
+|Level 9
+|}
 === Scenery ===
-* Explosive Barrels
+* [[Explosive]] [[Barrel]]s
-* Stairs and Manholes: Obstacles for the Dalek to overcome with the Anti-Gravity Device.
+* [[Stair]]s and [[Manhole]]s: Obstacles for the Dalek to overcome with the anti-gravity device.
 * [[Mine]]s: Detected by Inter-Spectral Vision, the Dalek's Standard and Advanced Shield Generator offers limited protection.
 * [[The Doctor's TARDIS]]: After exterminating the Doctor. The Dalek's objective is to destroy the TARDIS.
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 Arrows ensure the movement of the [[Dalek]], and a click of the mouse shoots at enemies. However, the Dalek may have several different weapons or tools that can be used (maximum two at a time, but it is possible to change anytime). There are ten different levels, only the third has two tools / weapons and the latter did not count.
-== References ==
+== Worldbuilding ==
-* At the start of the game, the Dalek accesses its memory files, giving short summaries of characters that appeared in ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''
+* At the start of the game, the Dalek accesses its memory files, giving short summaries of characters that appeared in ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]].''
 ** [[Henry van Statten]]
 *** "Male subject. Age 40. [[American]]. Effortlessly powerful. Always with a glint in his eye. The sort of man that won't allow himself to be bored for a single second. Consider potentially dangerous."
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 ** [[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]]
 *** "Male subject. [[The Doctor's age|Age unknown]]. [[Time Lord]]. Archenemy of the Daleks! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!"
-* A total of eight items are found in the Artefact Museum, avaliable to be scanned by the Dalek.
+* A total of eight items are found in the Artefact Museum, available to be scanned by the Dalek.
-** "Fragment of interstellar craft - origin unknown - discovered [[Gloustershire]] [[UK]] - [[1964]]."
+** "Fragment of interstellar craft - origin unknown - discovered [[Gloucestershire]] [[UK]] - [[1964]]."
-** "[[Cyborg]] specimen - incomplete recovered from underground sewer - [[1978]]." Alluding to the [[Cyberman]] [[helmet]] seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''.
+** "[[Cyborg]] specimen - incomplete recovered from underground sewer - [[1978]]." Alluding to the [[CyberNomad|Nomad Cyberman]] [[helmet]] seen in [[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''.
 ** "Fragment of extraterrestrial [[robot]] - super durable metal - found [[Nevada]] [[USA]] - [[1997]]."
 ** "Extraterrestrial [[metal]] - milled by unknown machinery - found in [[Italy]] - [[2001]]."
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 ** "Spaceship component - unknown purpose - recovered from [[Roswell]] USA - 1947."
 ** "I-Beam - Markings similar to hieroglyphics - recovered from Roswell USA - 1947."
-** "Extraterrestrial metal - unusual preperties - recovered from [[Tunguska]] [[Siberia]] - [[1908]]."
+** "Extraterrestrial metal - unusual properties - recovered from [[Tunguska]] [[Siberia]] - [[1908]]."
 == Story notes ==
-* The Doctor is the only character from the original episode to appear in this game. The Dalek doesn't encounter anyone else and as such, their fates in this alternate version of the events of ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', are unknown.
 * This game is an alternate version to the events of [[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''.
+* The Doctor is the only other character from the original episode to appear in this game. The Dalek does not encounter anyone else and, as such their fates in this alternate version of the events of ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' are unknown.
 * In Level 10, the Dalek enters the Artefact Museum, where it can observe the various artefacts which were seen in ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''.
+* Upon completing the game, the player achieves a [[rank]] depending on their progress. From lowest to highest; [[Dalek drone|Standard Dalek]], [[Imperial Dalek]], [[Supreme Dalek]], [[Dalek Prime]], [[Dalek Ultima]], [[Dalek Emperor]]. Distinctly, the rank of "Dalek Ultima" is not derived from any story.
+* The "Mission Complete" message deems that the [[Last Great Time War]] is ended when the Dalek exterminates the Doctor, the last [[Time Lord]], and [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]], the last [[TARDIS]], thus making the Daleks the new [[Lords of Time]], fulfilling the ambition [[Davros]] stated in [[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''.
+* The models of the [[orange]]-[[hazard suit]]ed [[scientist]]s seen here were later [[colour]]ed [[white]] and repurposed to represent [[Cassandra O'Brien's surgeon]]s in ''[[K9: Deja Who (video game)|K9: Deja Who]]''.
 == Links ==
-* [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/isite-flash/doctorwho/games/lastdalek/isometrics.swf BBC - Downloads] - Current Game Location (as of 09/2017).
+* [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/isite-flash/doctorwho/games/lastdalek/isometrics.swf BBC - Downloads] - Current Game Location (as of 08/2022).
 The BBC 'removed' the game from their website in 2013. It turns out to be hidden with their new Doctor Who games, in full working order.
 * [http://web.archive.org/web/20060426163751/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/games/lastdalek/isometrics.swf BBC - Doctor Who - Games - '''The Last Dalek'''] - Original Game Location (2005-2013).
 Via The Wayback Machine - Missing game files, causing the game to return to the title screen after the first level).
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130924162744/http://www.iptv.org/promo/doctorwho/default.cfm?page=game Iowa Public Television - The Last Dalek - The game] - IPTV's promo page for the game (2008-2013).
-Via The Wayback Machine - Complete up to at least level three..
+Via The Wayback Machine - Complete up to at least level four..
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20050723011439/http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2005/07/18/20634.shtml BBC - Doctor Who - '''The Last Dalek''' Help] - Game Walkthrough.
 BBC official, via The Wayback Machine.{{DWVG}}
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+[[Category:Web-based games]]
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