Great City of the Exxilons

Great City of the Exxilons
Also called:	Exxilon City
Type:	City
Location:	Exxilon
First appearance:	Death to the Daleks
Appearances:	AUDIO: The Dalek Protocol [+]Loading...["The Dalek Protocol (audio story)"]

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The Great City of the Exxilons, alternately the Exxilon City, was the pinnacle of the Exxilons' development and one of the 700 Wonders of the Universe.

Technology

The Great City of the Exxilons was a massive white building, geometrically designed and similar in appearance to the pyramids of the Aztecs. In the centre of the city was a tower with a glowing beacon which was its source of power. Also in the centre of the city was the control centre, which powered the whole city. It had no visible windows or doors and had sealed itself up after its creation.

The City was filled with traps which would kill anyone less intelligent than the City itself. Anyone more intelligent would have their mind scanned which would be stored inside the City's databanks. Underneath the City were root-like structures which hunted by sonar and killed any trespassers. If these didn't deter intruders, the City would also produce humanoid antibodies.

The City absorbed all the energy from its surroundings to repair itself. All technology more advanced than bows and spears would fail, including technology as advanced as a TARDIS. The City could also drain Dalek casings to a degree so they couldn't fire their weapons, though they'd still operate because the Daleks ran on psychokinetic power. Because of this, the City looked new, even after thousands of years. It also produced a mild electric charge which repelled dirt and grime. (PROSE: Death to the Daleks)

History

The Great City of the Exxilons was created by the Exxilons to show off their power and skills after they had ventured out into space and made contact with other civilisations, leaving behind monuments and teaching the peoples on those worlds how to build. They did this on Earth by building a temple in Peru.

The Exxilons wanted to construct a monument of their culture, and they planned to construct a city. They designed it so it was intelligent and could protect and repair itself. When it was completed, the City decided the Exxilons should be removed. It drove them out and sealed itself up. Over time, the Exxilons came to worship and fear it, believing it to be a god. The Exxilons also performed sacrifices for the city.

Thousands of years later, human and Dalek forces came to planet in search of parrinium. The Third Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith also came to the planet by accident. All of their technologies were drained of power by the city and they were trapped with the Exxilons. The Daleks modified their weapons, allowing them to enslave the humans and the Exxilons. The Daleks and the Doctor realised the City was the source of the energy drain. The Doctor and Bellal got past the traps using their wits, while the Daleks survived anything the City threw at them. The Doctor modified the City's computer, but he was chased out by the Daleks, who also planted a bomb on the beacon. Due to the actions of the Daleks and the Doctor, the city overloaded and destroyed itself. (PROSE: Death to the Daleks)

When a second wave of the space plague ravaged the galaxy, the Dalek Empire set up another beacon on the city, activating it when the human mining operation had gathered all the parrinium and was ready to leave the planet. Upon discovering it, the humans quickly destroyed the beacon. By this time, the Fourth Doctor observed that some of the city's coral was beginning to regrow. (AUDIO: The Dalek Protocol)

References

The puzzles installed by Horus within the Pyramid of Mars to defend to the Eye of Horus reminded Sarah of those within the City. (TV: Pyramids of Mars)