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'''[[Grey]] [[Dalek]]s''' ([[PROSE]]: | '''[[Grey]] [[Dalek]]s''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks}}) were [[basic Dalek]]s with dark grey [[casing]]s, who served as the default form of [[Dalek drone]] at many points in Dalek history, beginning with the first [[Mark III Travel Machine]]s unveiled by [[Davros]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks}}) | ||
They served as warriors, with the [[Eighth Doctor]] claiming they were "foot soldiers" with very limited intelligence but obedience. ([[PROSE]]: | They served as warriors, with the [[Eighth Doctor]] claiming they were "foot soldiers" with very limited intelligence but obedience. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks}}) However, standard Grey Daleks were indeed very intelligent, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Elite (audio story)|The Elite}}) but they always quickly elected to obey orders instead of give them in the presence of higher ranking Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks}}) | ||
Though some of the first Daleks on Skaro's casings were the slatless, pale [[Dalek War Machine]]s, ([[TV]]: | Though some of the first Daleks on Skaro's casings were the slatless, pale [[Dalek War Machine]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil}}, {{cs|Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)|Legacy of Yesteryear}}, etc.) later phased out in favour of [[Silver Dalek]]s slightly more similar to Davros's Grey Daleks, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)|The Chase}}, {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Shadow of Humanity (comic story)|Shadow of Humanity}}, etc.) Grey Daleks served as the default drones throughout the bulk of the Dalek [[history]] prior to the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks}} et al.) During the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War]], they were classed as [[Renegade Dalek]]s, loyal to the [[Supreme Dalek]] and [[Dalek Prime]], opposed to the [[white]] [[Imperial Dalek]]s loyal to [[Davros]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks}}) | ||
== Hierarchy == | == Hierarchy == | ||
[[File:Grey Dalek shades.jpg|thumb|left|Shades of grey. ([[PROSE]]: | [[File:Grey Dalek shades.jpg|thumb|left|Shades of grey. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual}})]] | ||
The Grey Daleks were subordinate to [[Gold Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: | The Grey Daleks were subordinate to [[Gold Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks}}) [[Black Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks}}) and black-and-gold [[Supreme Dalek]]s of the [[Supreme Council]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks}}) | ||
Though generally appearing as foot soldiers, Grey Daleks could also be of higher ranks. On [[Spiridon]], a Grey Dalek served as [[Section Leader]]. ([[TV]]: | Though generally appearing as foot soldiers, Grey Daleks could also be of higher ranks. On [[Spiridon]], a Grey Dalek served as [[Section Leader]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks}}) | ||
Upon encountering a Grey Dalek setting itself up as a [[High Priest (The Elite)|High Priest]] attempting to return to the fleet, the [[Fifth Doctor]] asked if they would really come for it, commenting that a Grey Dalek was "hardly vital to the war efforts." ([[AUDIO]]: | Upon encountering a Grey Dalek setting itself up as a [[High Priest (The Elite)|High Priest]] attempting to return to the fleet, the [[Fifth Doctor]] asked if they would really come for it, commenting that a Grey Dalek was "hardly vital to the war efforts." ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Elite (audio story)|The Elite}}) | ||
Following the [[Dalek-Movellan War]], the [[Black Dalek Leader|Supreme Dalek]] was supported by grey Daleks beginning with a designated [[Alpha Dalek]] leader, followed by the [[Beta Dalek]], [[Gamma Dalek]], [[Delta Dalek]] and [[Epsilon Dalek]]. Upon encountering an [[Alpha Dalek (Resurrection of the Daleks)|Alpha Dalek]] during the [[Duplicate Incident]], the Fifth Doctor observed that it was a new title. ([[PROSE]]: | Following the [[Dalek-Movellan War]], the [[Black Dalek Leader|Supreme Dalek]] was supported by grey Daleks beginning with a designated [[Alpha Dalek]] leader, followed by the [[Beta Dalek]], [[Gamma Dalek]], [[Delta Dalek]] and [[Epsilon Dalek]]. Upon encountering an [[Alpha Dalek (Resurrection of the Daleks)|Alpha Dalek]] during the [[Duplicate Incident]], the Fifth Doctor observed that it was a new title. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks}}) | ||
== Variants == | == Variants == | ||
[[File:Dalek Type VIII grey.jpg|thumb|A variant of the "[[Type VIII Dalek]]" coloured grey. ([[PROSE]]: | [[File:Dalek Type VIII grey.jpg|thumb|A variant of the "[[Type VIII Dalek]]" coloured grey. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe}})]] | ||
The first [[Mark III Travel Machine]]s presented by Davros were grey casings with grey [[slat]]s and [[black]] [[sense globe]]s, with [[blue]] [[insulator disc]]s across the Dalek [[eyestalk]]. ([[TV]]: | The first [[Mark III Travel Machine]]s presented by Davros were grey casings with grey [[slat]]s and [[black]] [[sense globe]]s, with [[blue]] [[insulator disc]]s across the Dalek [[eyestalk]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks}}) Later Daleks, seen during the [[Dalek-Movellan War]], were of a lighter shade of grey with black slats as well as sense globes. However, darker, grey-slatted Daleks remained during this time, and appeared to serve as [[Dalek leader (Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks)|leaders]] to the black-slatted Daleks as seen in the [[Movellan Incident]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks}}) | ||
The [[Time Lord]]s who scrutinised Dalek [[history]] during the [[Time War]] identified the grey Daleks as '''Type IV Daleks''', following the silver [[Dalek War Machine|Type I]] and its modifications, the [[Type II Dalek|Type II]] and the now [[slat]]ted [[Type III Dalek]]. The black sense globes were identified as "multiphase" improvements to the blue globes used by the first three Types. They observed that the Type IV, which retained many of the features of the [[Genesis Dalek|earliest prototypes]], which had a toughened grey coating bonded to the [[Dalekanium]] shell. The prototype design had been replicated for later design units with variant coatings resulting in different shades of grey as the Type IV was used in many [[campaign]]s. The | The [[Time Lord]]s who scrutinised Dalek [[history]] during the [[Time War]] identified the grey Daleks as '''Type IV Daleks''', following the silver [[Dalek War Machine|Type I]] and its modifications, the [[Type II Dalek|Type II]] and the now [[slat]]ted [[Type III Dalek]]. The black sense globes were identified as "multiphase" improvements to the blue globes used by the first three Types. They observed that the Type IV, which retained many of the features of the [[Genesis Dalek|earliest prototypes]], which had a toughened grey coating bonded to the [[Dalekanium]] shell. The prototype design had been replicated for later design units with variant coatings resulting in different shades of grey as the Type IV was used in many [[campaign]]s. The {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual}} identified three distinct shades: an [[Grey Dalek Type A|initial, darker shade]], the [[Grey Dalek Type B|lighter shade associated with the Movellan War]], and the [[Grey Dalek Type C|shade used by]] the [[Renegade Dalek]]s. The manual also advised that [[damage]] inflicted in various [[battle]]s resulted in some of these units being particularly susceptible to attack. The Type IV was followed by a modified silver Dalek model with black sense globes, the [[Type V Dalek|Type V]], the structure of which formed the basis of Davros' prototype [[Imperial Dalek]]s, the [[Type VI Dalek|Type VI]], which was refined into the [[Type VII Dalek|Type VII]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual}}) | ||
Earlier, the | Earlier, the {{cs|Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide}} identified the Grey Daleks as the "Type 2" Dalek Drone following the Silver "Type 1" and preceding the "Type 3", the modified Silver Dalek. The guide was also aware of reports of slightly different "Type 2" models and observed that, during the [[Dalek-Movellan War]], different versions worked within the same [[battle section]]s in varying states of disrepair. The guide even believed that some "Type 2" Drones, such as those who served in the [[Time Paradox Incident]], were coloured [[black Dalek|black]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide}}) | ||
The Grey Daleks that rescued Davros from the [[Prison Station]] had black slats and sense globes. However, the [[insulator disc]]s across their eyestalks were [[white]] rather than blue. They were subordinate to a [[black]] [[Supreme Dalek]] with white sense globes. ([[TV]]: | The Grey Daleks that rescued Davros from the [[Prison Station]] had black slats and sense globes. However, the [[insulator disc]]s across their eyestalks were [[white]] rather than blue. They were subordinate to a [[black]] [[Supreme Dalek]] with white sense globes. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks}}) Identical Daleks later came to [[Necros]] to capture Davros. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Davros's first creations === | === Davros's first creations === | ||
On [[Skaro]], in the account of the [[creation of the Daleks]] which saw them as the creations of the scientist [[Davros]], the first Mark III Travel Machines which Davros presented to the [[Kaled]] [[Scientific Elite]] were dark grey. The newly-christened Daleks were sent by Davros to exterminate the [[Thal]]s, supposedly in retaliation for the attack on the [[Kaled Dome]]. They turned on Davros, as they were not programmed to recognise any creature as superior to them, apparently killing him. Accidentally, whilst attempting to stop the [[Fourth Doctor]], a Dalek triggered an explosion which destroyed the embryo room before the Thals sealed the bunker entrance and trapped the Daleks there. In the aftermath, the Doctor believed he had only held back their progress by about a thousand years or so, and that they would return. ([[TV]]: | On [[Skaro]], in the account of the [[creation of the Daleks]] which saw them as the creations of the scientist [[Davros]], the first Mark III Travel Machines which Davros presented to the [[Kaled]] [[Scientific Elite]] were dark grey. The newly-christened Daleks were sent by Davros to exterminate the [[Thal]]s, supposedly in retaliation for the attack on the [[Kaled Dome]]. They turned on Davros, as they were not programmed to recognise any creature as superior to them, apparently killing him. Accidentally, whilst attempting to stop the [[Fourth Doctor]], a Dalek triggered an explosion which destroyed the embryo room before the Thals sealed the bunker entrance and trapped the Daleks there. In the aftermath, the Doctor believed he had only held back their progress by about a thousand years or so, and that they would return. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks}}) | ||
=== Use as the basic Dalek drones === | === Use as the basic Dalek drones === | ||
By one account, "[[Dalek drone|rank and file]]" Daleks coloured a "simple grey and blue" were at the bottom of the original [[Dalek hierarchy]] established by the Dalek Prime. Above them were [[Red-and-gray Dalek]]s responsible for [[transportation]], who were themselves subordinate to the [[Red Dalek]] [[section leader]]s. ([[PROSE]]: | By one account, "[[Dalek drone|rank and file]]" Daleks coloured a "simple grey and blue" were at the bottom of the original [[Dalek hierarchy]] established by the Dalek Prime. Above them were [[Red-and-gray Dalek]]s responsible for [[transportation]], who were themselves subordinate to the [[Red Dalek]] [[section leader]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The History of the Daleks (short story)|The History of the Daleks}}) | ||
A group of grey Daleks followed a [[Red Dalek (Legacy of the Daleks)|Red Dalek]] and their leader, a [[Black Dalek (Legacy of the Daleks)|Black Dalek]], on [[Earth]] in [[2199]]. ([[PROSE]]: | A group of grey Daleks followed a [[Red Dalek (Legacy of the Daleks)|Red Dalek]] and their leader, a [[Black Dalek (Legacy of the Daleks)|Black Dalek]], on [[Earth]] in [[2199]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy of the Daleks (novel)|Legacy of the Daleks}}) | ||
By one account, "dull metallic" grey Daleks were drones during [[Operation Human Factor]] and the subsequent [[Dalek Civil War]]. ([[PROSE]]: | By one account, "dull metallic" grey Daleks were drones during [[Operation Human Factor]] and the subsequent [[Dalek Civil War]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks}}) | ||
After the [[Dalek Empire]] spent some time with [[Dalek War Machine|Machine Daleks]], and then [[Silver Dalek]]s, as its default drones, ([[TV]]: | After the [[Dalek Empire]] spent some time with [[Dalek War Machine|Machine Daleks]], and then [[Silver Dalek]]s, as its default drones, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks}}, {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks}}) Grey Daleks resurfaced in the aftermath of the Dalek Civil War. One detachment, led by a [[Gold Dalek]], invaded [[Earth]] in an alternate [[22nd century]] after the [[World Peace Conference]] was destroyed by [[Shura]] from the future. [[World War III]] started as various global factions accused each other of having done so. They used [[Ogron]]s as enforcers. The [[Third Doctor]] and [[Jo Grant]] travelled to [[1970s]] and undid that [[alternate timeline]]. Shura used the bomb to destroy the Daleks and Ogrons in the [[Auderly House]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks}}) One account claims a [[Black Dalek]] was present as a second-in-command and was responsible for much of the Gold Dalek's tasks while the Gold Dalek acted as an overseer. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks}}) | ||
In the [[26th century]], Grey Daleks led by a [[Red Dalek]] clashed with [[Isomorph]] [[Cybermen]] at a point in time when some [[human]]s did not believe in the existence of either [[species]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Heliotrope Bouquet (short story)}}, [[GRAPHIC]]: {{cs|Dalek — Cyber War (illustration)}}) | In the [[26th century]], Grey Daleks led by a [[Red Dalek]] clashed with [[Isomorph]] [[Cybermen]] at a point in time when some [[human]]s did not believe in the existence of either [[species]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Heliotrope Bouquet (short story)}}, [[GRAPHIC]]: {{cs|Dalek — Cyber War (illustration)}}) | ||
[[File:Carted in.jpg|thumb|left|Grey Daleks on [[Spiridon]]. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Carted in.jpg|thumb|left|Grey Daleks on [[Spiridon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks}})]] | ||
In [[2540]], the Daleks allied with {{Delgado}} to undermine the [[Earth Empire|Earth]] and [[Draconian Empire]]s and set them against each other and then take over with a huge army of Grey Daleks assembled on [[Spiridon]]. ([[TV]]: | In [[2540]], the Daleks allied with {{Delgado}} to undermine the [[Earth Empire|Earth]] and [[Draconian Empire]]s and set them against each other and then take over with a huge army of Grey Daleks assembled on [[Spiridon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space}}) Despite the Master's failure to cause war, the army was prepared and the Daleks looked toward utilising the [[invisibility]] properties of Spiridon's [[Spiridon (species)|inhabitants]] as a means of developing stealth technology. However, all of these plans were foiled when the Grey Dalek army was frozen by the [[Third Doctor]] and a taskforce of [[Thal]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks}}) Grey Daleks served in the ensuing [[Second Dalek War]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Out of Time (audio story)|Out of Time}}) however towards the end of the conflict some of the first [[Bronze Dalek]]s had been deployed in their place. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks}}) | ||
During the [[Second Great Dalek Occupation]], an attempt was made by the [[Dalek Scientific Division]] to recover the frozen army of Grey Daleks on Spiridon, however this was ultimately foiled when the [[Seventh Doctor]] unleashed a virus on the planet which infected the occupying Daleks with [[light wave sickness]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | During the [[Second Great Dalek Occupation]], an attempt was made by the [[Dalek Scientific Division]] to recover the frozen army of Grey Daleks on Spiridon, however this was ultimately foiled when the [[Seventh Doctor]] unleashed a virus on the planet which infected the occupying Daleks with [[light wave sickness]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Return of the Daleks (audio story)|Return of the Daleks}}) | ||
[[File:SuicideMission.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bomber Dalek|Bomb-laden Daleks]] on the march during the [[Dalek-Movellan War]]. ([[TV]]: | [[File:SuicideMission.jpg|thumb|right|[[Bomber Dalek|Bomb-laden Daleks]] on the march during the [[Dalek-Movellan War]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks}})]] | ||
Grey Daleks fought in a [[Dalek-Movellan War|war]] against the [[Movellan]]s, ([[TV]]: | Grey Daleks fought in a [[Dalek-Movellan War|war]] against the [[Movellan]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks}}) as did more [[Bronze Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot}}) The conflict soon resulted in a stalemate: each side's purely logical [[battle computer]] kept them in deadlock. To circumvent this stalemate, a team of Grey Daleks, several of whom were later designated [[Bomber Dalek]]s, returned to Skaro to find [[Davros]] so his biological mind could reprogram their battle computers to win the war. However, the [[Fourth Doctor]] defeated them and the [[Movellan]]s and Davros was taken by the Daleks' former slaves to stand trial. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks}}) The war continued for another 90 years, until the Movellans developed a [[Movellan virus]] to defeat the Daleks. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks}}) | ||
A [[Dalek (The Five Doctors)|Grey Dalek]] was [[time scoop]]ed to the [[Death Zone]] on [[Gallifrey]], where it tried to exterminate the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]], only to be destroyed when they pushed it into a dead end, causing its [[gunstick|energy weapon]] to ricochet and destroy it. ([[TV]]: | A [[Dalek (The Five Doctors)|Grey Dalek]] was [[time scoop]]ed to the [[Death Zone]] on [[Gallifrey]], where it tried to exterminate the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan Foreman]], only to be destroyed when they pushed it into a dead end, causing its [[gunstick|energy weapon]] to ricochet and destroy it. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Five Doctors (TV story)|The Five Doctors}}) | ||
Under the watch of the [[Dalek Prime|Golden Emperor]], grey Daleks were amassed on Skaro along with the [[Black Dalek]], [[Red Dalek]], and [[Red Dalek's subordinate|red-domed Dalek]], as [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] was brought to the planet via a [[time corridor]] in an attempt to exterminate their nemesis once and for all. ([[GRAPHIC]]: | Under the watch of the [[Dalek Prime|Golden Emperor]], grey Daleks were amassed on Skaro along with the [[Black Dalek]], [[Red Dalek]], and [[Red Dalek's subordinate|red-domed Dalek]], as [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]], carrying the [[Fifth Doctor]], was brought to the planet via a [[time corridor]] in an attempt to exterminate their nemesis once and for all, with four grey Daleks using [[hoverbout]]s to capture the TARDIS. ([[GRAPHIC]]: {{cs|Trapped in the Time Corridor (illustration)|Trapped in the Time Corridor}}) | ||
=== Renegades versus Imperials === | === Renegades versus Imperials === | ||
A detachment of Grey Daleks led by a [[black]] [[Supreme Dalek]] went to free their creator to find a cure for the Movellan virus. They also used a [[time corridor]] and a [[Dalek duplicate]] called [[Stien]] to trap the [[Fifth Doctor]] to duplicate him and his [[Companion]]s to assassinate the [[Time Lord]] High Council. However, the Doctor broke free of the duplication apparatus and turned Stien to his cause. Meanwhile, Davros turned several [[Dalek Trooper]]s and two [[Imperial Dalek|Daleks]] to his cause but the Supreme's Daleks destroyed the rebels. Both Davros and the Doctor unleashed the virus and the [[Dalek Battlecruiser|Dalek ship]] was destroyed by Stien. ([[TV]]: | A detachment of Grey Daleks led by a [[black]] [[Supreme Dalek]] went to free their creator to find a cure for the Movellan virus. They also used a [[time corridor]] and a [[Dalek duplicate]] called [[Stien]] to trap the [[Fifth Doctor]] to duplicate him and his [[Companion]]s to assassinate the [[Time Lord]] High Council. However, the Doctor broke free of the duplication apparatus and turned Stien to his cause. Meanwhile, Davros turned several [[Dalek Trooper]]s and two [[Imperial Dalek|Daleks]] to his cause but the Supreme's Daleks destroyed the rebels. Both Davros and the Doctor unleashed the virus and the [[Dalek Battlecruiser|Dalek ship]] was destroyed by Stien. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks}}) | ||
[[File:Daleks arrive at Tranquil Repose.jpg|thumb|left|Grey Daleks arrive at [[Tranquil Repose]] ([[TV]]: | [[File:Daleks arrive at Tranquil Repose.jpg|thumb|left|Grey Daleks arrive at [[Tranquil Repose]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks}})]] | ||
Davros escaped to [[Necros]] and began to turn intelligent [[Suspended animation|cryogenically frozen]] people into [[Imperial Dalek]]s to conquer the universe. However, [[Takis (Revelation of the Daleks)|Takis]] called the [[Renegade Dalek]]s to take Davros to stand trial. ([[TV]]: | Davros escaped to [[Necros]] and began to turn intelligent [[Suspended animation|cryogenically frozen]] people into [[Imperial Dalek]]s to conquer the universe. However, [[Takis (Revelation of the Daleks)|Takis]] called the [[Renegade Dalek]]s to take Davros to stand trial. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks}}) Under the [[Alpha Dalek (Revelation of the Daleks)|Alpha]] and [[Beta Dalek (Revelation of the Daleks)|Beta Daleks]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (novelisation)|Revelation of the Daleks}}) the Grey Daleks fought their way past the Imperials to take Davros. He tried to get them to take the [[Sixth Doctor]], but they did not recognise him. The Renegades' attempt to recondition the Imperials failed because of the Imperials' destruction by the Doctor and [[Orcini]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks}}) | ||
By one account, the ship carrying Davros, en route to Skaro, crashed on the planet [[Lethe (The Juggernauts)|Lethe]], where Davros was rescued and set himself up as "Professor Vaso", altering the perceptions of the humans on the colony so they would not recognise him as the "Great Healer". He attempted to create a new machine, a [[Juggernaut]] based on a [[Mechanoid]] design. Lethe's atmosphere prevented the Supreme Dalek retrieving Davros directly, but its forces, led by a [[Black Dalek (The Juggernauts)|Black Dalek]], intercepted the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], forcing him to serve as an agent of the Daleks and stop Davros' researches and manipulations. The Doctor discovered two of Davros' Necros Daleks had survived the crash, but were destroyed following Davros' final gambit on the colony and the Supreme Dalek's intervention. ([[AUDIO]]: | By one account, the ship carrying Davros, en route to Skaro, crashed on the planet [[Lethe (The Juggernauts)|Lethe]], where Davros was rescued and set himself up as "Professor Vaso", altering the perceptions of the humans on the colony so they would not recognise him as the "Great Healer". He attempted to create a new machine, a [[Juggernaut]] based on a [[Mechanoid]] design. Lethe's atmosphere prevented the Supreme Dalek retrieving Davros directly, but its forces, led by a [[Black Dalek (The Juggernauts)|Black Dalek]], intercepted the [[Sixth Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]], forcing him to serve as an agent of the Daleks and stop Davros' researches and manipulations. The Doctor discovered two of Davros' Necros Daleks had survived the crash, but were destroyed following Davros' final gambit on the colony and the Supreme Dalek's intervention. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Juggernauts (audio story)|The Juggernauts}}) | ||
The Renegade and Imperial Daleks both headed to [[Earth]] in [[1963]] to claim the [[Hand of Omega]], waging a lengthy [[Shoreditch Incident|battle]] at [[Shoreditch]]. Aided by the [[Special Weapons Dalek]], the Imperial Daleks won, almost wiping out the Renegades aside from the Supreme, who later self-destructed after the [[Seventh Doctor]] manipulated the Imperials into destroying Skaro. ([[TV]]: | The Renegade and Imperial Daleks both headed to [[Earth]] in [[1963]] to claim the [[Hand of Omega]], waging a lengthy [[Shoreditch Incident|battle]] at [[Shoreditch]]. Aided by the [[Special Weapons Dalek]], the Imperial Daleks won, almost wiping out the Renegades aside from the Supreme, who later self-destructed after the [[Seventh Doctor]] manipulated the Imperials into destroying Skaro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks}}) | ||
=== Beyond the Civil War === | === Beyond the Civil War === | ||
[[File:Room of Daleks.jpg|thumb|left|Grey and [[Black Dalek|Black]] Daleks infiltrating [[Castle Tersurus]]. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Room of Daleks.jpg|thumb|left|Grey and [[Black Dalek|Black]] Daleks infiltrating [[Castle Tersurus]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death}})]]In a [[vision]] of his [[future]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] saw "a conical [[robot]], gunmetal-grey" which swung a camera eye at him with the lights on the top of its head flashing angrily. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father Time (novel)|Father Time}}) Looking into his future via the [[Tomorrow Window]], the [[Eighth Doctor]] saw "squat machines in [[gunmetal]] grey" gliding through the rubble of a ruined [[city]] beneath a [[flying saucer]], their eyestalks scanning from left to right. | ||
Another element of his future that the Eighth Doctor foresaw was a "listless" possible version of his [[Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|ninth incarnation]], ([[PROSE]]: | Another element of his future that the Eighth Doctor foresaw was a "listless" possible version of his [[Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|ninth incarnation]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows}}) who would later face {{Pryce}} and a platoon of Grey Daleks led by a [[Black Dalek (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Black Dalek]] on the planet [[Tersurus]]. The Master had promised to give the Daleks the secrets of the awesomely-destructive [[zectronic beam]] in exchange for their cooperation in killing the Doctor. However, the Doctor succeeded in destroying the beam at the cost of several of their [[regeneration]]s. | ||
When the [[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|twelfth incarnation of the Doctor]] appeared to be dying permanently, the Black Dalek vowed that the Daleks would "honour their fallen [[enemy]]" while the Master mourned him. Following the Twelfth Doctor's regeneration into a female [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|thirteenth incarnation]], she departed from the [[Dalek spaceship (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Dalek spaceship]] with the Master, with the grey drones making no visible effort to stop the two Time Lords. ([[TV]]: | When the [[Twelfth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|twelfth incarnation of the Doctor]] appeared to be dying permanently, the Black Dalek vowed that the Daleks would "honour their fallen [[enemy]]" while the Master mourned him. Following the Twelfth Doctor's regeneration into a female [[Thirteenth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|thirteenth incarnation]], she departed from the [[Dalek spaceship (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Dalek spaceship]] with the Master, with the grey drones making no visible effort to stop the two Time Lords. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death}}) However, most other accounts agreed that these had not been the ninth and following incarnations of the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor}}, {{cs|Rose (TV story)|Rose}}) | ||
A "Type Two Dalek Drone" ([[PROSE]]: | A "Type Two Dalek Drone" ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide}}) was contained in a [[museum (Museum Peace)|a museum]] on [[Vega VI]], dedicated to the [[Second Great Dalek Occupation]], which was visited by the Eighth Doctor whilst he was contemplating [[Last Great Time War|destroying the Dalek race]]. Unexpectedly, the Dalek reactivated and attempted to exterminate the Doctor and [[Kalendorf]], killing a child before being destroyed. Driven into a decision, the Doctor set off, his mind seemingly made up. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Museum Peace (short story)|Museum Peace}}) | ||
===Restoration Empire=== | ===Restoration Empire=== | ||
[[File:Daleks TLV.jpg|thumb|The Daleks during the war against the Hond. ([[COMIC]]: | [[File:Daleks TLV.jpg|thumb|The Daleks during the war against the Hond. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Defender of the Daleks (comic story)|Defender of the Daleks}})]] | ||
When the [[Emperor of the Restoration]] founded the [[Restoration Empire]], he brought back the [[Silver Dalek|Silver Daleks]] as the Drones to harken back to the original Empire, ([[PROSE]]: | When the [[Emperor of the Restoration]] founded the [[Restoration Empire]], he brought back the [[Silver Dalek|Silver Daleks]] as the Drones to harken back to the original Empire, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Restoration Empire (short story)|The Restoration Empire}}) with Grey Daleks appearing to command these Drones. One [[Grey Dalek (Defender of the Daleks)|Grey Dalek]] with [[yellow]] [[sensor globe]]s served as a leader to Silver Dalek Drones who recruited the [[Tenth Doctor]] into the war against the [[Hond]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Defender of the Daleks (comic story)|Defender of the Daleks}}) | ||
=== Phasing out === | === Phasing out === | ||
Classed by the Time Lords as Type VIII, ([[PROSE]]: | Classed by the Time Lords as Type VIII, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual}}) [[bronze Dalek]]s such as were already deployed in the late stages of the Second Dalek War ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks}}) and the [[Dalek-Movellan War]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pilot (TV story)|The Pilot}}) eventually supplanted grey casings as the default travel machine used by [[Dalek drone]]s in the time leading up to and during the [[Last Great Time War]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)|Dalek}}, {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor}}) even though grey casings saw some limited use during the War, such as the [[Battle of Seramiphius V]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe}}) In their [[Dalek Combat Training Manual|wartime guide to the Daleks]], the Time Lords advised damage inflicted in various battles resulted in some of the grey Daleks, designated Type IV, as being particularly susceptible to attack. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual}}) | ||
The varyingly-successful attempts by the Daleks to rebuild their power base after the Time War also employed Bronze Dalek casings, such as the [[Dalek Emperor (The Parting of the Ways)|Dalek Emperor]]'s [[Dalek of human origin|half-human]] [[Dalek Fleet]] ([[TV]]: | The varyingly-successful attempts by the Daleks to rebuild their power base after the Time War also employed Bronze Dalek casings, such as the [[Dalek Emperor (The Parting of the Ways)|Dalek Emperor]]'s [[Dalek of human origin|half-human]] [[Dalek Fleet]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways}}) or the [[New Dalek Empire]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth}}) | ||
[[File:80s Dalek.JPG|thumb|left|A Grey Dalek in the [[Dalek Asylum]]. ([[TV]]: | [[File:80s Dalek.JPG|thumb|left|A Grey Dalek in the [[Dalek Asylum]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks}})]] | ||
Even after the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] attempted to introduce red [[Drone Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Drone Daleks]], ([[TV]]: | Even after the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] attempted to introduce red [[Drone Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Drone Daleks]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks}}) Bronze Daleks would endure. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks}}, {{cs|Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek}}) Some Grey Daleks did remain in the universe after their casing type was replaced by the Bronze ones, however. Some Grey Daleks, having survived encounters with [[the Doctor]] and classed as insane, had been taken to the [[Dalek Asylum]]. These insane Daleks died when the asylum was destroyed by the [[Parliament of the Daleks]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks}}) | ||
Other Grey Daleks were among the numerous variants present in the [[Dalek City]] when [[Davros]] and the Daleks reoccupied Skaro. ([[TV]]: | Other Grey Daleks were among the numerous variants present in the [[Dalek City]] when [[Davros]] and the Daleks reoccupied Skaro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice}}, {{cs|The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar}}) | ||
=== Aborted timeline === | === Aborted timeline === | ||
In an [[aborted timeline]], {{Jacobi}} stole the [[Anti-Genesis code]]s from [[Gallifrey]] during the [[Last Great Time War]] to travel to [[Skaro]] during the [[Thousand Year War]] and kill [[Davros]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | In an [[aborted timeline]], {{Jacobi}} stole the [[Anti-Genesis code]]s from [[Gallifrey]] during the [[Last Great Time War]] to travel to [[Skaro]] during the [[Thousand Year War]] and kill [[Davros]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|From the Flames (audio story)|From the Flames}}) The [[Dalek (The Master's Dalek Plan)|Dalek]]s that the Master created in Davros' place were initially identical in appearance to the Grey Daleks that Davros created, but possessed a [[mutation]] [[weapon]] that could transform a victim into a [[Dalek mutant]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Master's Dalek Plan (audio story)|The Master's Dalek Plan}}) These Daleks ultimately went on to conquer Skaro ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Shockwave (TWM audio story)|Shockwave}}) and the entire [[N-Space|universe]], before betraying the Master as the Daleks of the original timeline did to Davros. Ultimately these Daleks were erased from [[existence]] when the [[Dalek Time Strategist]] exterminated [[Crazlus]], the Master's servant and the focal point of the alternate timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|He Who Wins (audio story)|He Who Wins}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
=== Merchandise === | === Merchandise === | ||
* [[Dapol]], which produced a range of toys based on the classic series of | * [[Dapol]], which produced a range of toys based on the classic series of {{cs|Doctor Who}}, released several original Grey Dalek variants which did not appear on-screen. The variant W008-12, for example, was light grey with gold detailing. | ||
=== Role Playing Game === | === Role Playing Game === | ||
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{{Quote|Grey Daleks are the [[Dalek leader|leader]]s of groups of between 6 and 20 Daleks on missions not waranting a larger force or the leadership of a Black. Greys are usually in command of a single ship, and they are assigned on an as needed basis. The so-called ‘grey’ designation is for convenience only. Some Daleks of this rank are actually colored differently, but many are indistinguishable from Soldier Daleks.|''The Daleks''}} | {{Quote|Grey Daleks are the [[Dalek leader|leader]]s of groups of between 6 and 20 Daleks on missions not waranting a larger force or the leadership of a Black. Greys are usually in command of a single ship, and they are assigned on an as needed basis. The so-called ‘grey’ designation is for convenience only. Some Daleks of this rank are actually colored differently, but many are indistinguishable from Soldier Daleks.|''The Daleks''}} | ||
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An early sketch by [[Matt Savage]] for the Daleks' return in the 2005 story {{cs|Dalek (TV story)|Dalek}} depicted a gunmetal Grey Dalek before the [[Bronze Dalek]] design was settled. | |||
An early sketch by [[Matt Savage]] for the Daleks' return in the 2005 story | |||
{{cs|The Dalek Handbook}} claims that grey Daleks succeeded the [[silver Dalek]]s as drones following the [[Dalek Civil War]], dated to the [[41st century]], and that their presence in the [[26th century]] [[Operation Divide and Conquer]] and the [[Spiridon campaign]] was indicative of [[Time Paradox Incident|continued operations to overwrite history in the Daleks' favour]], with the [[Type V Dalek|silver Dalek]]s seen in the [[Exxilon Gambit]] being [[27th century]]-native Daleks that had been subsumed into future Dalek forces. | |||
In their list of real world [[paradigm]]s, ''The Dalek Handbook'' counts early grey Daleks as part of the "1972-1985" paradigm with the [[Gold Dalek (Day of the Daleks)|Gold Dalek]] and the [[Dalek Supreme (Planet of the Daleks)|Dalek Supreme]], and later grey Daleks as the "1974-1984" paradigm with the Exxilon Daleks and the [[Black Dalek Leader]] ([[Duplicate Incident]]). The [[Renegade Dalek]]s and their Black Dalek are in the "1985-1988" paradigm with their enemies, the [[Necros Dalek]]s and the [[Imperial Dalek]]s. | In their list of real world [[paradigm]]s, ''The Dalek Handbook'' counts early grey Daleks as part of the "1972-1985" paradigm with the [[Gold Dalek (Day of the Daleks)|Gold Dalek]] and the [[Dalek Supreme (Planet of the Daleks)|Dalek Supreme]], and later grey Daleks as the "1974-1984" paradigm with the Exxilon Daleks and the [[Black Dalek Leader]] ([[Duplicate Incident]]). The [[Renegade Dalek]]s and their Black Dalek are in the "1985-1988" paradigm with their enemies, the [[Necros Dalek]]s and the [[Imperial Dalek]]s. | ||
Grey Daleks feature alongside silver "[[Exxilon Dalek]]s" in ''Regression of the Daleks'', a fictional 1988 serial of ''Doctor Who'' which features in the fourth episode of ''{{w|It's a Sin}}''. | Grey Daleks feature alongside silver "[[Exxilon Dalek]]s" in ''Regression of the Daleks'', a fictional 1988 serial of ''Doctor Who'' which features in the fourth episode of ''{{w|It's a Sin}}''. | ||
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Grey Daleks (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)","Remembrance of the Daleks"]) were basic Daleks with dark grey casings, who served as the default form of Dalek drone at many points in Dalek history, beginning with the first Mark III Travel Machines unveiled by Davros. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)","Genesis of the Daleks"])
They served as warriors, with the Eighth Doctor claiming they were "foot soldiers" with very limited intelligence but obedience. (PROSE: War of the Daleks [+]Loading...["War of the Daleks (novel)","War of the Daleks"]) However, standard Grey Daleks were indeed very intelligent, (AUDIO: The Elite [+]Loading...["The Elite (audio story)","The Elite"]) but they always quickly elected to obey orders instead of give them in the presence of higher ranking Daleks. (PROSE: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)","Remembrance of the Daleks"])
Though some of the first Daleks on Skaro's casings were the slatless, pale Dalek War Machines, (TV: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)","The Daleks"], COMIC: Genesis of Evil [+]Loading...["Genesis of Evil (comic story)","Genesis of Evil"], Legacy of Yesteryear [+]Loading...["Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)","Legacy of Yesteryear"], etc.) later phased out in favour of Silver Daleks slightly more similar to Davros's Grey Daleks, (TV: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)","The Chase"], The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)","The Evil of the Daleks"], COMIC: Shadow of Humanity [+]Loading...["Shadow of Humanity (comic story)","Shadow of Humanity"], etc.) Grey Daleks served as the default drones throughout the bulk of the Dalek history prior to the Last Great Time War. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)","Destiny of the Daleks"] et al.) During the Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War, they were classed as Renegade Daleks, loyal to the Supreme Dalek and Dalek Prime, opposed to the white Imperial Daleks loyal to Davros. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)","Remembrance of the Daleks"])
Hierarchy[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Grey Daleks were subordinate to Gold Daleks, (TV: Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Day of the Daleks (TV story)","Day of the Daleks"]) Black Daleks, (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)","Resurrection of the Daleks"]) and black-and-gold Supreme Daleks of the Supreme Council. (TV: Planet of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Planet of the Daleks (TV story)","Planet of the Daleks"])
Though generally appearing as foot soldiers, Grey Daleks could also be of higher ranks. On Spiridon, a Grey Dalek served as Section Leader. (TV: Planet of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Planet of the Daleks (TV story)","Planet of the Daleks"])
Upon encountering a Grey Dalek setting itself up as a High Priest attempting to return to the fleet, the Fifth Doctor asked if they would really come for it, commenting that a Grey Dalek was "hardly vital to the war efforts." (AUDIO: The Elite [+]Loading...["The Elite (audio story)","The Elite"])
Following the Dalek-Movellan War, the Supreme Dalek was supported by grey Daleks beginning with a designated Alpha Dalek leader, followed by the Beta Dalek, Gamma Dalek, Delta Dalek and Epsilon Dalek. Upon encountering an Alpha Dalek during the Duplicate Incident, the Fifth Doctor observed that it was a new title. (PROSE: Resurrection of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)","Resurrection of the Daleks"], TV: Resurrection of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)","Resurrection of the Daleks"])
Variants[[edit] | [edit source]]
The first Mark III Travel Machines presented by Davros were grey casings with grey slats and black sense globes, with blue insulator discs across the Dalek eyestalk. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)","Genesis of the Daleks"]) Later Daleks, seen during the Dalek-Movellan War, were of a lighter shade of grey with black slats as well as sense globes. However, darker, grey-slatted Daleks remained during this time, and appeared to serve as leaders to the black-slatted Daleks as seen in the Movellan Incident. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)","Destiny of the Daleks"], PROSE: Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks (novelisation)","Doctor Who and the Destiny of the Daleks"])
The Time Lords who scrutinised Dalek history during the Time War identified the grey Daleks as Type IV Daleks, following the silver Type I and its modifications, the Type II and the now slatted Type III Dalek. The black sense globes were identified as "multiphase" improvements to the blue globes used by the first three Types. They observed that the Type IV, which retained many of the features of the earliest prototypes, which had a toughened grey coating bonded to the Dalekanium shell. The prototype design had been replicated for later design units with variant coatings resulting in different shades of grey as the Type IV was used in many campaigns. The Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual"] identified three distinct shades: an initial, darker shade, the lighter shade associated with the Movellan War, and the shade used by the Renegade Daleks. The manual also advised that damage inflicted in various battles resulted in some of these units being particularly susceptible to attack. The Type IV was followed by a modified silver Dalek model with black sense globes, the Type V, the structure of which formed the basis of Davros' prototype Imperial Daleks, the Type VI, which was refined into the Type VII. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)","Dalek Combat Training Manual"])
Earlier, the Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)","Dalek Survival Guide"] identified the Grey Daleks as the "Type 2" Dalek Drone following the Silver "Type 1" and preceding the "Type 3", the modified Silver Dalek. The guide was also aware of reports of slightly different "Type 2" models and observed that, during the Dalek-Movellan War, different versions worked within the same battle sections in varying states of disrepair. The guide even believed that some "Type 2" Drones, such as those who served in the Time Paradox Incident, were coloured black. (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)","Dalek Survival Guide"])
The Grey Daleks that rescued Davros from the Prison Station had black slats and sense globes. However, the insulator discs across their eyestalks were white rather than blue. They were subordinate to a black Supreme Dalek with white sense globes. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)","Resurrection of the Daleks"]) Identical Daleks later came to Necros to capture Davros. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)","Revelation of the Daleks"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Davros's first creations[[edit] | [edit source]]
On Skaro, in the account of the creation of the Daleks which saw them as the creations of the scientist Davros, the first Mark III Travel Machines which Davros presented to the Kaled Scientific Elite were dark grey. The newly-christened Daleks were sent by Davros to exterminate the Thals, supposedly in retaliation for the attack on the Kaled Dome. They turned on Davros, as they were not programmed to recognise any creature as superior to them, apparently killing him. Accidentally, whilst attempting to stop the Fourth Doctor, a Dalek triggered an explosion which destroyed the embryo room before the Thals sealed the bunker entrance and trapped the Daleks there. In the aftermath, the Doctor believed he had only held back their progress by about a thousand years or so, and that they would return. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)","Genesis of the Daleks"])
Use as the basic Dalek drones[[edit] | [edit source]]
By one account, "rank and file" Daleks coloured a "simple grey and blue" were at the bottom of the original Dalek hierarchy established by the Dalek Prime. Above them were Red-and-gray Daleks responsible for transportation, who were themselves subordinate to the Red Dalek section leaders. (PROSE: The History of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The History of the Daleks (short story)","The History of the Daleks"])
A group of grey Daleks followed a Red Dalek and their leader, a Black Dalek, on Earth in 2199. (PROSE: Legacy of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Legacy of the Daleks (novel)","Legacy of the Daleks"])
By one account, "dull metallic" grey Daleks were drones during Operation Human Factor and the subsequent Dalek Civil War. (PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)","The Evil of the Daleks"])
After the Dalek Empire spent some time with Machine Daleks, and then Silver Daleks, as its default drones, (TV: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (TV story)","The Daleks"], The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)","The Evil of the Daleks"]) Grey Daleks resurfaced in the aftermath of the Dalek Civil War. One detachment, led by a Gold Dalek, invaded Earth in an alternate 22nd century after the World Peace Conference was destroyed by Shura from the future. World War III started as various global factions accused each other of having done so. They used Ogrons as enforcers. The Third Doctor and Jo Grant travelled to 1970s and undid that alternate timeline. Shura used the bomb to destroy the Daleks and Ogrons in the Auderly House. (TV: Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Day of the Daleks (TV story)","Day of the Daleks"]) One account claims a Black Dalek was present as a second-in-command and was responsible for much of the Gold Dalek's tasks while the Gold Dalek acted as an overseer. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks (novelisation)","Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks"])
In the 26th century, Grey Daleks led by a Red Dalek clashed with Isomorph Cybermen at a point in time when some humans did not believe in the existence of either species. (PROSE: Heliotrope Bouquet [+]Loading...["Heliotrope Bouquet (short story)"], GRAPHIC: Dalek — Cyber War [+]Loading...["Dalek — Cyber War (illustration)"])
In 2540, the Daleks allied with the Master to undermine the Earth and Draconian Empires and set them against each other and then take over with a huge army of Grey Daleks assembled on Spiridon. (TV: Frontier in Space [+]Loading...["Frontier in Space (TV story)","Frontier in Space"]) Despite the Master's failure to cause war, the army was prepared and the Daleks looked toward utilising the invisibility properties of Spiridon's inhabitants as a means of developing stealth technology. However, all of these plans were foiled when the Grey Dalek army was frozen by the Third Doctor and a taskforce of Thals. (TV: Planet of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Planet of the Daleks (TV story)","Planet of the Daleks"]) Grey Daleks served in the ensuing Second Dalek War, (AUDIO: Out of Time [+]Loading...["Out of Time (audio story)","Out of Time"]) however towards the end of the conflict some of the first Bronze Daleks had been deployed in their place. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)","Prisoner of the Daleks"])
During the Second Great Dalek Occupation, an attempt was made by the Dalek Scientific Division to recover the frozen army of Grey Daleks on Spiridon, however this was ultimately foiled when the Seventh Doctor unleashed a virus on the planet which infected the occupying Daleks with light wave sickness. (AUDIO: Return of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Return of the Daleks (audio story)","Return of the Daleks"])
Grey Daleks fought in a war against the Movellans, (TV: Destiny of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)","Destiny of the Daleks"]) as did more Bronze Daleks. (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)","The Pilot"]) The conflict soon resulted in a stalemate: each side's purely logical battle computer kept them in deadlock. To circumvent this stalemate, a team of Grey Daleks, several of whom were later designated Bomber Daleks, returned to Skaro to find Davros so his biological mind could reprogram their battle computers to win the war. However, the Fourth Doctor defeated them and the Movellans and Davros was taken by the Daleks' former slaves to stand trial. (TV: Destiny of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)","Destiny of the Daleks"]) The war continued for another 90 years, until the Movellans developed a Movellan virus to defeat the Daleks. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)","Resurrection of the Daleks"])
A Grey Dalek was time scooped to the Death Zone on Gallifrey, where it tried to exterminate the First Doctor and Susan Foreman, only to be destroyed when they pushed it into a dead end, causing its energy weapon to ricochet and destroy it. (TV: The Five Doctors [+]Loading...["The Five Doctors (TV story)","The Five Doctors"])
Under the watch of the Golden Emperor, grey Daleks were amassed on Skaro along with the Black Dalek, Red Dalek, and red-domed Dalek, as the TARDIS, carrying the Fifth Doctor, was brought to the planet via a time corridor in an attempt to exterminate their nemesis once and for all, with four grey Daleks using hoverbouts to capture the TARDIS. (GRAPHIC: Trapped in the Time Corridor [+]Loading...["Trapped in the Time Corridor (illustration)","Trapped in the Time Corridor"])
Renegades versus Imperials[[edit] | [edit source]]
A detachment of Grey Daleks led by a black Supreme Dalek went to free their creator to find a cure for the Movellan virus. They also used a time corridor and a Dalek duplicate called Stien to trap the Fifth Doctor to duplicate him and his Companions to assassinate the Time Lord High Council. However, the Doctor broke free of the duplication apparatus and turned Stien to his cause. Meanwhile, Davros turned several Dalek Troopers and two Daleks to his cause but the Supreme's Daleks destroyed the rebels. Both Davros and the Doctor unleashed the virus and the Dalek ship was destroyed by Stien. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)","Resurrection of the Daleks"])
Davros escaped to Necros and began to turn intelligent cryogenically frozen people into Imperial Daleks to conquer the universe. However, Takis called the Renegade Daleks to take Davros to stand trial. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)","Revelation of the Daleks"]) Under the Alpha and Beta Daleks, (PROSE: Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (novelisation)","Revelation of the Daleks"]) the Grey Daleks fought their way past the Imperials to take Davros. He tried to get them to take the Sixth Doctor, but they did not recognise him. The Renegades' attempt to recondition the Imperials failed because of the Imperials' destruction by the Doctor and Orcini. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)","Revelation of the Daleks"])
By one account, the ship carrying Davros, en route to Skaro, crashed on the planet Lethe, where Davros was rescued and set himself up as "Professor Vaso", altering the perceptions of the humans on the colony so they would not recognise him as the "Great Healer". He attempted to create a new machine, a Juggernaut based on a Mechanoid design. Lethe's atmosphere prevented the Supreme Dalek retrieving Davros directly, but its forces, led by a Black Dalek, intercepted the Sixth Doctor's TARDIS, forcing him to serve as an agent of the Daleks and stop Davros' researches and manipulations. The Doctor discovered two of Davros' Necros Daleks had survived the crash, but were destroyed following Davros' final gambit on the colony and the Supreme Dalek's intervention. (AUDIO: The Juggernauts [+]Loading...["The Juggernauts (audio story)","The Juggernauts"])
The Renegade and Imperial Daleks both headed to Earth in 1963 to claim the Hand of Omega, waging a lengthy battle at Shoreditch. Aided by the Special Weapons Dalek, the Imperial Daleks won, almost wiping out the Renegades aside from the Supreme, who later self-destructed after the Seventh Doctor manipulated the Imperials into destroying Skaro. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)","Remembrance of the Daleks"])
Beyond the Civil War[[edit] | [edit source]]
In a vision of his future, the Eighth Doctor saw "a conical robot, gunmetal-grey" which swung a camera eye at him with the lights on the top of its head flashing angrily. (PROSE: Father Time [+]Loading...["Father Time (novel)","Father Time"]) Looking into his future via the Tomorrow Window, the Eighth Doctor saw "squat machines in gunmetal grey" gliding through the rubble of a ruined city beneath a flying saucer, their eyestalks scanning from left to right.
Another element of his future that the Eighth Doctor foresaw was a "listless" possible version of his ninth incarnation, (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows [+]Loading...["The Tomorrow Windows (novel)","The Tomorrow Windows"]) who would later face the Master and a platoon of Grey Daleks led by a Black Dalek on the planet Tersurus. The Master had promised to give the Daleks the secrets of the awesomely-destructive zectronic beam in exchange for their cooperation in killing the Doctor. However, the Doctor succeeded in destroying the beam at the cost of several of their regenerations.
When the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor appeared to be dying permanently, the Black Dalek vowed that the Daleks would "honour their fallen enemy" while the Master mourned him. Following the Twelfth Doctor's regeneration into a female thirteenth incarnation, she departed from the Dalek spaceship with the Master, with the grey drones making no visible effort to stop the two Time Lords. (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death [+]Loading...["The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)","The Curse of Fatal Death"]) However, most other accounts agreed that these had not been the ninth and following incarnations of the Doctor. (TV: The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)","The Day of the Doctor"], Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)","Rose"])
A "Type Two Dalek Drone" (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)","Dalek Survival Guide"]) was contained in a a museum on Vega VI, dedicated to the Second Great Dalek Occupation, which was visited by the Eighth Doctor whilst he was contemplating destroying the Dalek race. Unexpectedly, the Dalek reactivated and attempted to exterminate the Doctor and Kalendorf, killing a child before being destroyed. Driven into a decision, the Doctor set off, his mind seemingly made up. (PROSE: Museum Peace [+]Loading...["Museum Peace (short story)","Museum Peace"])
Restoration Empire[[edit] | [edit source]]
When the Emperor of the Restoration founded the Restoration Empire, he brought back the Silver Daleks as the Drones to harken back to the original Empire, (PROSE: The Restoration Empire [+]Loading...["The Restoration Empire (short story)","The Restoration Empire"]) with Grey Daleks appearing to command these Drones. One Grey Dalek with yellow sensor globes served as a leader to Silver Dalek Drones who recruited the Tenth Doctor into the war against the Hond. (COMIC: Defender of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Defender of the Daleks (comic story)","Defender of the Daleks"])
Phasing out[[edit] | [edit source]]
Classed by the Time Lords as Type VIII, (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)","Dalek Combat Training Manual"]) bronze Daleks such as were already deployed in the late stages of the Second Dalek War (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)","Prisoner of the Daleks"]) and the Dalek-Movellan War, (TV: The Pilot [+]Loading...["The Pilot (TV story)","The Pilot"]) eventually supplanted grey casings as the default travel machine used by Dalek drones in the time leading up to and during the Last Great Time War (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)","Dalek"], The Day of the Doctor [+]Loading...["The Day of the Doctor (TV story)","The Day of the Doctor"]) even though grey casings saw some limited use during the War, such as the Battle of Seramiphius V. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe [+]Loading...["Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)","Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe"]) In their wartime guide to the Daleks, the Time Lords advised damage inflicted in various battles resulted in some of the grey Daleks, designated Type IV, as being particularly susceptible to attack. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)","Dalek Combat Training Manual"])
The varyingly-successful attempts by the Daleks to rebuild their power base after the Time War also employed Bronze Dalek casings, such as the Dalek Emperor's half-human Dalek Fleet (TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)","The Parting of the Ways"]) or the New Dalek Empire. (TV: The Stolen Earth [+]Loading...["The Stolen Earth (TV story)","The Stolen Earth"])
Even after the New Dalek Paradigm attempted to introduce red Drone Daleks, (TV: Victory of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Victory of the Daleks (TV story)","Victory of the Daleks"]) Bronze Daleks would endure. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)","Asylum of the Daleks"], Into the Dalek [+]Loading...["Into the Dalek (TV story)","Into the Dalek"]) Some Grey Daleks did remain in the universe after their casing type was replaced by the Bronze ones, however. Some Grey Daleks, having survived encounters with the Doctor and classed as insane, had been taken to the Dalek Asylum. These insane Daleks died when the asylum was destroyed by the Parliament of the Daleks. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)","Asylum of the Daleks"])
Other Grey Daleks were among the numerous variants present in the Dalek City when Davros and the Daleks reoccupied Skaro. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)","The Magician's Apprentice"], The Witch's Familiar [+]Loading...["The Witch's Familiar (TV story)","The Witch's Familiar"])
Aborted timeline[[edit] | [edit source]]
In an aborted timeline, the War Master stole the Anti-Genesis codes from Gallifrey during the Last Great Time War to travel to Skaro during the Thousand Year War and kill Davros. (AUDIO: From the Flames [+]Loading...["From the Flames (audio story)","From the Flames"]) The Daleks that the Master created in Davros' place were initially identical in appearance to the Grey Daleks that Davros created, but possessed a mutation weapon that could transform a victim into a Dalek mutant. (AUDIO: The Master's Dalek Plan [+]Loading...["The Master's Dalek Plan (audio story)","The Master's Dalek Plan"]) These Daleks ultimately went on to conquer Skaro (AUDIO: Shockwave [+]Loading...["Shockwave (TWM audio story)","Shockwave"]) and the entire universe, before betraying the Master as the Daleks of the original timeline did to Davros. Ultimately these Daleks were erased from existence when the Dalek Time Strategist exterminated Crazlus, the Master's servant and the focal point of the alternate timeline. (AUDIO: He Who Wins [+]Loading...["He Who Wins (audio story)","He Who Wins"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Merchandise[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Dapol, which produced a range of toys based on the classic series of Doctor Who [+]Loading...["Doctor Who"], released several original Grey Dalek variants which did not appear on-screen. The variant W008-12, for example, was light grey with gold detailing.
Role Playing Game[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Doctor Who Role Playing Game: The Daleks established a "Grey Dalek" rank below the Black Daleks but above what it termed as "Soldier Daleks".
Grey Daleks are the leaders of groups of between 6 and 20 Daleks on missions not waranting a larger force or the leadership of a Black. Greys are usually in command of a single ship, and they are assigned on an as needed basis. The so-called ‘grey’ designation is for convenience only. Some Daleks of this rank are actually colored differently, but many are indistinguishable from Soldier Daleks.
Other matters[[edit] | [edit source]]
An early sketch by Matt Savage for the Daleks' return in the 2005 story Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)","Dalek"] depicted a gunmetal Grey Dalek before the Bronze Dalek design was settled.
The Dalek Handbook [+]Loading...["The Dalek Handbook"] claims that grey Daleks succeeded the silver Daleks as drones following the Dalek Civil War, dated to the 41st century, and that their presence in the 26th century Operation Divide and Conquer and the Spiridon campaign was indicative of continued operations to overwrite history in the Daleks' favour, with the silver Daleks seen in the Exxilon Gambit being 27th century-native Daleks that had been subsumed into future Dalek forces.
In their list of real world paradigms, The Dalek Handbook counts early grey Daleks as part of the "1972-1985" paradigm with the Gold Dalek and the Dalek Supreme, and later grey Daleks as the "1974-1984" paradigm with the Exxilon Daleks and the Black Dalek Leader (Duplicate Incident). The Renegade Daleks and their Black Dalek are in the "1985-1988" paradigm with their enemies, the Necros Daleks and the Imperial Daleks.
Grey Daleks feature alongside silver "Exxilon Daleks" in Regression of the Daleks, a fictional 1988 serial of Doctor Who which features in the fourth episode of It's a Sin.
