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|type = [[Space-time vessel]] | |||
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A '''DARDIS''', often described as a '''Dalek time machine''', '''Dalek time ship''', ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Apocalypse Element (audio story)}}, [[GAME]]: {{cs|A Game of Daleks (game)}}) or '''Dalek Time Ship''', ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Lost in Time (video game)}}) was a type of [[time vessel]] used by the [[Dalek]]s. | |||
== History == | |||
According to one account, a [[researcher (Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?)|researcher]] learnt from [[Susan Foreman]] that the surviving Daleks who had been [[Thal-Dalek battle|defeated]] on [[Skaro]] in the "[[far distant future]]" by the [[Thal]]s led by [[Ian Chesterton]] used a [[TARDIS]] of their own to [[time travel|travel into the past]] with the intent to wreak [[revenge]] on Ian's [[human|people]] or, better still, prevent Ian himself from being [[born]]. However, they were unable to go any further back than [[2164]] due to a leak in their [[fluid link]], resulting in the [[2164 Dalek invasion of Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman? (audio story)|Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?]]'') | |||
The | The first [[Dalek time machine (The Chase)|Dalek time machine]] was believed by the [[Time Lord]]s to have been specifically developed to neutralise the threat posed by [[the Doctor]], and that it used stolen Time Lord technology. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') Powered by [[taranium]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'', ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|The Mutation of Time]]'') the time machine was roughly comparable in abilities to a [[Time Lord]] [[TARDIS]]. It was [[Transdimensional engineering|dimensionally transcendent]] and created for the express purpose of chasing the [[First Doctor]] through [[time]] and [[space]]. After the Daleks piloting it were destroyed battling [[Mechanoid]]s on [[Mechanus]], the machine was used by the Doctor's [[companion]]s [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] to return home. At first the Doctor refused, insisting it was too dangerous but he changed his mind. The Doctor instructed the pair to set the ship for [[self-destruct]]ion after it had transported them to [[London]] on [[26 June]] [[1965]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]''; [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Travellers (novel)|The Time Travellers]]'') The loss of the first time machine a severely crippled Dalek research into time travel, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|The Mutation of Time]]'') with all the Daleks’ taranium supply having been consumed in the failed pursuit. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'') | ||
Through strenuous, long-term efforts, the Daleks harvested sufficient quantities of taranium to continue to use the time machines and proceed with the research, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|The Mutation of Time]]'') and modified version of the initial model was constructed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') This new [[Dalek time machine (The Daleks' Master Plan)|time machine]] was used by the Daleks and [[Mavic Chen]] to pursue the First Doctor and his companions are discovering they’d stolen the taranium core of the [[Time Destructor]]. This machine tracked their targets with a [[space-time scope]] and delivered the Daleks to ancient [[Egypt]] where they retrieved the core. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') | |||
[[The Master]] stole the [[DARDIS core]] from [[Skaro]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]'') | |||
Acting on the orders of the [[Dalek Emperor]] on [[Skaro]], a [[Dalek time machine (Empire of the Daleks)|Dalek time machine]], crewed by an [[Elite Guard Dalek (Empire of the Daleks)|Elite Guard Dalek]] and three subordinate [[silver Dalek]]s, oversaw the [[conditioning]] of [[Caligula]], [[Emperor of Rome]], in the [[year]] [[37]] [[AD]]. When Caligula resisted Dalek commands, the leading Dalek deemed the mission a failure and chose to abandon it before returning to Skaro, noting that there were other [[nexus point]]s in [[human]] [[history]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Empire of the Daleks (comic story)|Empire of the Daleks]]'') | |||
Time scout ships were usually crewed of six Daleks and could be identified by their energy signature. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Energy of the Daleks (audio story)|Energy of the Daleks]]'') | |||
Dalek time ships were used during the [[Etra Prime incident|invasion]] of [[Gallifrey]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'') | |||
By the time of the [[Dalek-Movellan War]], the time machines were considered lost knowledge by the Daleks. The [[Kembel faction]] was dedicated to regaining that knowledge and succeeded in recreating a time machine, however it was stolen by the [[Tenth Doctor]] who used it to return to the post-[[Last Great Time War|Time War]] universe, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Triumph of Davros (audio story)|The Triumph of Davros]]'') although the Daleks were later able to re-establish their time travel technology with [[time corridor]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') | |||
Dalek time ships were able to be remotely controlled from their point of destination. When [[Davros]] escaped in one, the [[Seventh Doctor]] sent him to a planet of ghosts. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Daleks Among Us (audio story)|Daleks Among Us]]'') | |||
During the [[Time War]], the [[Cult of Skaro]] created a [[Tim (Didn't You Kill My Mother?)|sentient time machine]] to infiltrate the ranks of TARDISes. It survived the conflict and turned against the Daleks, plotting against the [[Resurrected Dalek Empire]] established by the [[New Dalek Paradigm]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Didn't You Kill My Mother? (audio story)|Didn’t You Kill My Mother?]]'') | |||
At some point, [[Bronze Dalek]]s used a Dalek Time Ship to travel back in time to a very early point in Skaro's history, to help [[Davros]]'s Daleks emerge from their entombment and build the [[Dalek City]]. However, the time-travelling Daleks then found themselves stranded because a universe-wide temporal crisis caused their ship to be grounded, just like the TARDISes of [[the Doctor]]'s various [[incarnation]]s. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Lost in Time (video game)|Lost in Time]]'') | |||
=== Undated events === | |||
After the crew of a mundane [[Dalek]] ship became stranded in [[the Toymaker's dimension]], their [[distress signal]] may have been picked up by a Dalek time ship, causing a further complication for the [[Adventurers (Player's Guide)|group of non-Dalek time-travellers]] whom [[the Celestial Toymaker]] himself was forcing to compete against the stranded Daleks in a giant game of [[chess]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|A Game of Daleks (game)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* This craft has been widely referred to as a "DARDIS" by production crew and in fandom,<ref>"The Daleks' time machine was referred to in stage directions as 'the Dardis'." ([[REF]]: [[DWM 272]] page 24)</ref> although the name was never used on television or in [[John Peel]]'s novelisations of ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' or ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''. The name was finally mentioned in-universe in ''[[The Quantum Archangel (novel)|The Quantum Archangel]]''. | |||
This craft has been | * ''[[The Dalek Handbook]]'' claims that a [[Space capsule (The Power of the Daleks)|Dalek timeship]] fled the [[Dalek Civil War]] on [[41st century]] [[Skaro]] before [[Vulcan Incident|crashing]] on [[Vulcan (Invasion of the Daleks)|Vulcan]] prior to the [[21st century]]. | ||
* [[Dardis]] was also used as the name of [[Dr. Da]]'s [[spacecraft|spaceship]] in ''[[Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere! (short story)|Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere!]]'', a [[1965 (releases)|1965]] [[Doctor Who parodies|parody]] of ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]''. | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:41, 21 October 2024
- You may be looking for Dr. Da's ship.
A DARDIS, often described as a Dalek time machine, Dalek time ship, (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element [+]Loading...["The Apocalypse Element (audio story)"], GAME: A Game of Daleks [+]Loading...["A Game of Daleks (game)"]) or Dalek Time Ship, (GAME: Lost in Time [+]Loading...["Lost in Time (video game)"]) was a type of time vessel used by the Daleks.
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
According to one account, a researcher learnt from Susan Foreman that the surviving Daleks who had been defeated on Skaro in the "far distant future" by the Thals led by Ian Chesterton used a TARDIS of their own to travel into the past with the intent to wreak revenge on Ian's people or, better still, prevent Ian himself from being born. However, they were unable to go any further back than 2164 due to a leak in their fluid link, resulting in the 2164 Dalek invasion of Earth. (AUDIO: Whatever Happened to Susan Foreman?)
The first Dalek time machine was believed by the Time Lords to have been specifically developed to neutralise the threat posed by the Doctor, and that it used stolen Time Lord technology. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual) Powered by taranium, (PROSE: The Chase, The Mutation of Time) the time machine was roughly comparable in abilities to a Time Lord TARDIS. It was dimensionally transcendent and created for the express purpose of chasing the First Doctor through time and space. After the Daleks piloting it were destroyed battling Mechanoids on Mechanus, the machine was used by the Doctor's companions Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright to return home. At first the Doctor refused, insisting it was too dangerous but he changed his mind. The Doctor instructed the pair to set the ship for self-destruction after it had transported them to London on 26 June 1965. (TV: The Chase; PROSE: The Time Travellers) The loss of the first time machine a severely crippled Dalek research into time travel, (PROSE: The Mutation of Time) with all the Daleks’ taranium supply having been consumed in the failed pursuit. (PROSE: The Chase)
Through strenuous, long-term efforts, the Daleks harvested sufficient quantities of taranium to continue to use the time machines and proceed with the research, (PROSE: The Mutation of Time) and modified version of the initial model was constructed. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual) This new time machine was used by the Daleks and Mavic Chen to pursue the First Doctor and his companions are discovering they’d stolen the taranium core of the Time Destructor. This machine tracked their targets with a space-time scope and delivered the Daleks to ancient Egypt where they retrieved the core. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)
The Master stole the DARDIS core from Skaro. (PROSE: The Quantum Archangel)
Acting on the orders of the Dalek Emperor on Skaro, a Dalek time machine, crewed by an Elite Guard Dalek and three subordinate silver Daleks, oversaw the conditioning of Caligula, Emperor of Rome, in the year 37 AD. When Caligula resisted Dalek commands, the leading Dalek deemed the mission a failure and chose to abandon it before returning to Skaro, noting that there were other nexus points in human history. (COMIC: Empire of the Daleks)
Time scout ships were usually crewed of six Daleks and could be identified by their energy signature. (AUDIO: Energy of the Daleks)
Dalek time ships were used during the invasion of Gallifrey. (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element)
By the time of the Dalek-Movellan War, the time machines were considered lost knowledge by the Daleks. The Kembel faction was dedicated to regaining that knowledge and succeeded in recreating a time machine, however it was stolen by the Tenth Doctor who used it to return to the post-Time War universe, (AUDIO: The Triumph of Davros) although the Daleks were later able to re-establish their time travel technology with time corridors. (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks)
Dalek time ships were able to be remotely controlled from their point of destination. When Davros escaped in one, the Seventh Doctor sent him to a planet of ghosts. (AUDIO: Daleks Among Us)
During the Time War, the Cult of Skaro created a sentient time machine to infiltrate the ranks of TARDISes. It survived the conflict and turned against the Daleks, plotting against the Resurrected Dalek Empire established by the New Dalek Paradigm. (AUDIO: Didn’t You Kill My Mother?)
At some point, Bronze Daleks used a Dalek Time Ship to travel back in time to a very early point in Skaro's history, to help Davros's Daleks emerge from their entombment and build the Dalek City. However, the time-travelling Daleks then found themselves stranded because a universe-wide temporal crisis caused their ship to be grounded, just like the TARDISes of the Doctor's various incarnations. (GAME: Lost in Time)
Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]
After the crew of a mundane Dalek ship became stranded in the Toymaker's dimension, their distress signal may have been picked up by a Dalek time ship, causing a further complication for the group of non-Dalek time-travellers whom the Celestial Toymaker himself was forcing to compete against the stranded Daleks in a giant game of chess. (GAME: A Game of Daleks [+]Loading...["A Game of Daleks (game)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This craft has been widely referred to as a "DARDIS" by production crew and in fandom,[1] although the name was never used on television or in John Peel's novelisations of The Chase or The Daleks' Master Plan. The name was finally mentioned in-universe in The Quantum Archangel.
- The Dalek Handbook claims that a Dalek timeship fled the Dalek Civil War on 41st century Skaro before crashing on Vulcan prior to the 21st century.
- Dardis was also used as the name of Dr. Da's spaceship in Film Star Wins Oscar—Misses Premiere!, a 1965 parody of Dr. Who and the Daleks.
