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{{ | {{Cleanup|A restructuring of this page may be in order concerning the definition of a black-domed Dalek. From the evidence we have, '''Elite Guard Daleks''' are black-domed Daleks with guard duties. '''Imperial Guard Daleks''' are but a type of Elite Guard Dalek whom are organised into the '''Emperor's Personal Guard'''.}} | ||
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|image = Imperial Guard.jpg | |image = Imperial Guard.jpg | ||
|leader = [[Dalek Emperor]] | |leader = {{il|[[Dalek Emperor]]|[[Dalek X]]}} | ||
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|affiliation = [[Dalek Council]] | |affiliation = [[Dalek Council]], [[Dalek Empire]], [[New Dalek Paradigm]] | ||
|bases = [[Dalek City]], [[Skaro]] | |bases = {{il|[[Dalek City]], [[Skaro]]|[[Dalek time machine|Dalek Time Machine]]|''[[Exterminator (ship)|Exterminator]]''/[[Dalek Flagship]]}} | ||
|appearances = [[ | |appearances = [[Emperor's Personal Guard - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']] | ||
|members = | |members = | ||
|size | |size = {{il|Dozens ([[Dalek Civil War]])|Five survivors ([[Strellin]])|Four (post-[[Last Great Time War|Time War]])|Two ([[Dalek X]])|One ([[New Dalek Paradigm]])}} | ||
The '''Emperor's Personal Guard''' was a [[Dalek]] organisation made up of Daleks dedicated to protecting the [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor Dalek]] at all costs. | }}{{ImageLink}} | ||
The '''Emperor's Personal Guard''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Order of the Daleks (audio story)|Order of the Daleks]]'') also known as the '''Imperial Guard Daleks''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Legend (short story)|Birth of a Legend]]'') or '''Elite Guard Daleks''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') was a [[Dalek]] organisation made up of Daleks dedicated to protecting the [[Dalek Emperor|Emperor Dalek]] and other high-ranking Daleks at all costs. The [[Time Lord]]s identified these Daleks as simply '''[[Dalek guard]]s''' or '''guard [[Dalek drone|drone]]s'''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | |||
== Characteristics == | |||
Initially, the Imperial Guard of the [[Dalek Prime|Golden Emperor]], the first [[Dalek Emperor]], were indistinguishable from [[Dalek drone]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'') By the time of the [[Dalek Civil War]], however, Imperial Guard Daleks were generally distinguished by [[black]] [[dome]]s atop standard Dalek [[casing]]s, with the [[Second Doctor]] referring to them as "[[Black Dalek]]s". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') The ''[[Dalek Survival Guide]]'' identified these as "[[Dalek Section Leader|section leader]] Daleks". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Survival Guide (novel)|Dalek Survival Guide]]'') | |||
In addition, Guards sometimes possessed [[claw manipulator]] [[manipulator arm|arms]] instead of the standard [[suction arm]] or more powerful [[gunstick]]s opposite the standard. A minority of the Imperial Guard Daleks whom served the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War]] were distinguished by, in addition to the black dome, a black [[base unit]] with gold [[sense globe]]s, whilst their [[weapons platform]]s remained [[bronze Dalek|bronze]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Pre-Time War === | |||
During the [[rust plague]] outbreak, the [[Dalek Prime|Golden Emperor]]'s Guards chased away the [[Black Dalek Leader]] so that the Emperor was not infected. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]'') | |||
In the [[26th century]], [[Dalek X]], the [[Dalek Inquisitor General]], also had command of two black-domed [[Elite Guard Dalek]]s, during the [[Second Dalek War]]. They had two [[gunstick]]s and were destroyed at the end of the war when the [[Tenth Doctor]] blew up a [[Lodestar Station 479|disused refuelling station]] on the planet [[Hurala]], [[Loss of the Exterminator|taking]] Dalek X's ''[[Exterminator (ship)|Exterminator]]'' with it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | |||
Daleks with dark domes and no [[slat]]s were in the execution party that chased [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] through eternity in a [[Dalek time machine]]. They were destroyed with the rest of the Daleks in the battle with the [[Mechanoid]]s in [[Mechanoid City|the city]] when they landed on the [[planet]] [[Mechanus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | |||
[[File:Dalek throne room battle.jpg|thumb|left|The Emperor's Black Dalek Leaders engage the Humanised Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[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]]'')]] | |||
[[Dalek Prime|The Emperor]] was always guarded by the personal guard in its throne room on [[Skaro]]. They reported to him that [[Humanised Dalek|some Daleks]], having been infected by the [[Human Factor]] by the [[Second Doctor]], were refusing orders. As the situation escalated into all-out [[Dalek Civil War|rebellion]], one of the personal guard attempted to exterminate the Doctor as he rallied the Humanised Daleks, with [[Edward Waterfield]] pushing the Doctor aside in time and being killed instead. They fought to protect the Emperor from the attacking Humanised Daleks in its throne room, despite its commands to keep the fighting out of the room. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') They were supported by [[Black Dalek]]s and successfully crushed the rebellion, saving the Dalek race from destruction in the [[Great War (The Evil of the Daleks)|Great War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'','' ''[[COMIC]]: ''[[Bringer of Darkness (comic story)|Bringer of Darkness]]'', ''[[Children of the Revolution (comic story)|Children of the Revolution]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') | |||
Still seeking to subvert [[human]] history, [[Elite Guard Dalek (Empire of the Daleks)|one of the Emperor's Guard]] led a group of [[Silver Dalek]]s to Ancient [[Rome]] to try and take control of [[Caesar]] [[Caligula]] only for him to adversely respond to the Dalek machinery, the Guard ordering its troops back to Skaro. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Empire of the Daleks (comic story)|Empire of the Daleks]]'') | |||
In [[2254]], when [[Davros]] and [[Dalek Emperor (Dalek Attack)|a heavily-armed Dalek Emperor]] presided over [[Skaro]] together, the Emperor's guard comprised two of the tank-like [[redesigned Dalek]]s also encountered patrolling other areas of the [[Dalek City]] by the [[Seventh Doctor]]. They were both destroyed alongside the Emperor in an explosion caused by the Doctor with the [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|sonic screwdriver]] before [[Davros]] was captured by the [[Time Lord]]s for having stolen a [[Time Ring]] and frozen in [[time]]. ([[GAME]]: ''[[Dalek Attack (video game)|Dalek Attack]]'') | |||
An elite Dalek squad that was part of the Emperor's Personal Guard participated in the Dalek [[Alien invasion|invasion]] of [[Kantra]]. Their ship was damaged and the drive gave out while returning to Skaro, causing them to crash on [[Strellin]]. Only five, including the commanding [[Black Dalek]], survived and were taken in by [[Monk]]s of the [[Brotherhood of the Black Petal]] who built them new stained-[[glass]] casings. The [[Sixth Doctor]] helped put an end to their efforts to merge their [[mind]]s with those of other beings in [[symbiosis]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Order of the Daleks (audio story)|Order of the Daleks]]'') | |||
During [[Operation Genocide]], the Emperor Dalek who had once been Davros was attended by the [[Dalek Imperial Guard|Imperial Guard]], who comprised a [[Black Dalek (Nemesis of the Daleks)|Black Dalek]] and multiple [[Silver Dalek]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (comic story)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'') | |||
During | |||
The guards were used by the second Emperor of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]]. At least one guard was present on the [[Dalek Flagship]] when the Daleks invaded Earth in [[2106]] using a piece of the [[Eternity Clock]], but did not help the Emperor battle the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]]. This guard had [[Red Dalek|red]] armour like the [[Dalek drone | When Daleks launched an attack on the [[Axis]] to conquer alternative Gallifreys and their secrets, the [[Supreme Dalek (Extermination)|Supreme Dalek]] coordinating the operation had a black dome and [[sense globe]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Extermination (audio story)|Extermination]]'') | ||
Following the [[extermination]] of the [[Mechanoid]]s, an Imperial Guard Dalek led the [[Dalek Commander]] of the [[Seventh Incursion Squad]] who saw to the extermination, to be [[name]]d [[Dalek Sec]], to the centre of the [[throne room]] within the [[Dalek City]] on [[Skaro]], where he met three fellow [[bronze Dalek]]s and the [[Dalek Emperor (The Parting of the Ways)|Dalek Emperor]]. The Imperial Guards withdrew into the [[shadow]]s as the Emperor, in anticipation of the [[Time War]], assembled the four Daleks into the [[Cult of Skaro]]. The Imperial Guards then led the Cult into the [[Weapons Factory]] where they would be fitted with the latest [[armour]] and [[weaponry]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Legend (short story)|Birth of a Legend]]'') | |||
=== Post-Time War === | |||
[[File:Imperial_dalek.jpg|thumb|left|Post [[Time War]] Personal Guard. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')]] | |||
During the [[Last Great Time War]], the guards possessed a claw-like [[manipulator arm]] and some had a more powerful [[gunstick]] opposite the standard model. The Emperor Dalek had four guards after surviving the Time War but were wiped out by the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]] in the year [[Far future|200,100]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | |||
A squadron of these Daleks were also present during the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek Invasion of Earth of 2009]]. They were presumably destroyed when the [[Crucible]] blew up. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'' / ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | |||
[[File:EmperorsGuardCrucible.jpg|thumb|Guards flying past the [[Crucible]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')]] | |||
The guards were used by the [[Dalek Emperor (The Eternity Clock)|second Emperor]] of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]]. At least [[Imperial Guard Dalek (The Eternity Clock)|one guard]] was present on the [[Dalek Flagship]] when the Daleks invaded Earth in [[2106]] using a piece of the [[Eternity Clock]], but did not help the Emperor battle the [[Eleventh Doctor]] and [[River Song]]. This guard had [[Red Dalek|red]] armour like the [[Dalek drone]]s of the Empire, with a black dome. ([[GAME]]: ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]'') | |||
[[Emperor's Personal Guard (Asylum of the Daleks)|One]] of these Daleks identical to those who served in the [[Human Factor Incident]], was present in the [[Dalek Asylum]] during the [[Asylum Incident]]. Because of the nano cloud affecting [[Amy Pond]]'s mind, she believed the insane [[Dalek]] was a dancing person. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') | |||
A [[Emperor's Personal Guard (The Magician's Apprentice)|black-domed Dalek]] was among the many types of Daleks inside the [[Dalek City]] at the time of the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s visit. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]''/''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') | |||
In one of the [[psychoscape]]s based on various eras of [[Dalek]] history which existed within the [[Dalek Dome]] on [[Earth]] in [[2323]], black-domed Daleks served the [[Type I Dalek Emperor (Liberation of the Daleks)|Old Skaro Emperor]]. As overseen by the [[Fourteenth Doctor]], they were part of the [[Dalek Alliance]] which invaded the [[Golden City Zone]] during the [[2323 Dalek invasion of Earth]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
===Potential origin=== | |||
* Daleks with black domes are often seen taking part in battles and conflicts depicted in the ''[[ | Three Dalek props from [[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'' were borrowed from ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' the [[1965]] film retelling of [[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' starring [[Peter Cushing]]. As the serial is black and white, their true colour is unknown. [[Character Options]]' "Sound FX Guard Dalek" statue has its dome coloured blue and the bands around its midsection [[gold]], reminiscent of the standard Daleks from the film.<ref>[http://www.dalek6388.co.uk/the-chase/ Analysis] by the [[Dalek 63•88]] prop research project</ref> | ||
* | |||
===Naming=== | |||
In ''The Evil of the Daleks'', the black-domed Daleks were identified as "Black Daleks" by the [[Second Doctor]]. Indeed, they are addressed as "Black Dalek Leaders" by the Emperor. | |||
The short story ''Birth of a Legend'' identified the Emperor's black-domed guards as "Imperial Guard Daleks". The novel ''Prisoner of the Daleks'', which established that not all black-domed Daleks were attached to the Emperor, used the term "Elite Guard Dalek". The term "Emperor's Personal Guard" was used in the audio story ''Order of the Daleks''. | |||
===Invalid sources=== | |||
* The [[King Dalek]] was supported by [[Silver Dalek Guard]]s and [[Golden Dalek Guard]]s whose casings sported a [[head section]] and [[shoulder platform]] "[[arm]]s" [[colour]]ed [[red]] and [[blue]] respectively. ([[GAME]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (game)|War of the Daleks]]'') | |||
===Merchandise=== | |||
[[File:DWFC RD 6.jpg|thumb|right|Throne Room Dalek.]] | |||
* A figurine of the [[Asylum Dalek]], named "Throne Room Dalek", was released with the [[DWFC RD 6|sixth "Rare Dalek" issue]] of ''[[Doctor Who: Figurine Collection]]''. | |||
* Daleks with black domes are often seen taking part in battles and conflicts depicted in the ''[[Dalek Wars (series)|Dalek Wars]]'' section of ''[[Doctor Who: Battles in Time]]'' magazines, as a result of promotional images of the black-domed Daleks being inserted into the scenery of the battles. | |||
** [[Dalek Sec]]'s three subordinates, [[Thay]], [[Jast]] and [[Caan]], are erroneously depicted as black-domed Daleks on the "[[Cult of Skaro]]" card. | |||
* Black-domed Daleks appear on the cover of the novelisation of ''The Evil of the Daleks'', as well as some of the covers for [[Big Finish Doctor Who audio stories|Big Finish]] Dalek stories, including ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'' and all six instalments of ''[[Dalek Empire III]]''. | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
{{Dalek variants}} | {{Dalek variants}} | ||
[[Category:Dalek organisations]] | [[Category:Dalek organisations]] | ||
[[Category:Dalek variants]] | [[Category:Dalek variants]] | ||
[[Category:Security forces]] | |||
[[Category:Security personnel]] | |||
[[Category:Elite Guard Daleks|*]] | |||
[[Category:Military organisations]] | |||
Latest revision as of 01:56, 21 June 2024
A restructuring of this page may be in order concerning the definition of a black-domed Dalek. From the evidence we have, Elite Guard Daleks are black-domed Daleks with guard duties. Imperial Guard Daleks are but a type of Elite Guard Dalek whom are organised into the Emperor's Personal Guard.
These problems might be so great that the article's factual accuracy has been compromised. Talk about it here or check the revision history or Manual of Style for more information.
The Emperor's Personal Guard, (AUDIO: Order of the Daleks) also known as the Imperial Guard Daleks (PROSE: Birth of a Legend) or Elite Guard Daleks, (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks) was a Dalek organisation made up of Daleks dedicated to protecting the Emperor Dalek and other high-ranking Daleks at all costs. The Time Lords identified these Daleks as simply Dalek guards or guard drones. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual)
Characteristics[[edit] | [edit source]]
Initially, the Imperial Guard of the Golden Emperor, the first Dalek Emperor, were indistinguishable from Dalek drones. (COMIC: Plague of Death, COMIC: Genesis of Evil) By the time of the Dalek Civil War, however, Imperial Guard Daleks were generally distinguished by black domes atop standard Dalek casings, with the Second Doctor referring to them as "Black Daleks". (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) The Dalek Survival Guide identified these as "section leader Daleks". (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide)
In addition, Guards sometimes possessed claw manipulator arms instead of the standard suction arm or more powerful gunsticks opposite the standard. A minority of the Imperial Guard Daleks whom served the Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War were distinguished by, in addition to the black dome, a black base unit with gold sense globes, whilst their weapons platforms remained bronze. (TV: The Parting of the Ways, PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual)
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Pre-Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]
During the rust plague outbreak, the Golden Emperor's Guards chased away the Black Dalek Leader so that the Emperor was not infected. (COMIC: Plague of Death)
In the 26th century, Dalek X, the Dalek Inquisitor General, also had command of two black-domed Elite Guard Daleks, during the Second Dalek War. They had two gunsticks and were destroyed at the end of the war when the Tenth Doctor blew up a disused refuelling station on the planet Hurala, taking Dalek X's Exterminator with it. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks)
Daleks with dark domes and no slats were in the execution party that chased the Doctor's TARDIS through eternity in a Dalek time machine. They were destroyed with the rest of the Daleks in the battle with the Mechanoids in the city when they landed on the planet Mechanus. (TV: The Chase)
The Emperor was always guarded by the personal guard in its throne room on Skaro. They reported to him that some Daleks, having been infected by the Human Factor by the Second Doctor, were refusing orders. As the situation escalated into all-out rebellion, one of the personal guard attempted to exterminate the Doctor as he rallied the Humanised Daleks, with Edward Waterfield pushing the Doctor aside in time and being killed instead. They fought to protect the Emperor from the attacking Humanised Daleks in its throne room, despite its commands to keep the fighting out of the room. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) They were supported by Black Daleks and successfully crushed the rebellion, saving the Dalek race from destruction in the Great War. (PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks, COMIC: Bringer of Darkness, Children of the Revolution, TV: Day of the Daleks)
Still seeking to subvert human history, one of the Emperor's Guard led a group of Silver Daleks to Ancient Rome to try and take control of Caesar Caligula only for him to adversely respond to the Dalek machinery, the Guard ordering its troops back to Skaro. (COMIC: Empire of the Daleks)
In 2254, when Davros and a heavily-armed Dalek Emperor presided over Skaro together, the Emperor's guard comprised two of the tank-like redesigned Daleks also encountered patrolling other areas of the Dalek City by the Seventh Doctor. They were both destroyed alongside the Emperor in an explosion caused by the Doctor with the sonic screwdriver before Davros was captured by the Time Lords for having stolen a Time Ring and frozen in time. (GAME: Dalek Attack)
An elite Dalek squad that was part of the Emperor's Personal Guard participated in the Dalek invasion of Kantra. Their ship was damaged and the drive gave out while returning to Skaro, causing them to crash on Strellin. Only five, including the commanding Black Dalek, survived and were taken in by Monks of the Brotherhood of the Black Petal who built them new stained-glass casings. The Sixth Doctor helped put an end to their efforts to merge their minds with those of other beings in symbiosis. (AUDIO: Order of the Daleks)
During Operation Genocide, the Emperor Dalek who had once been Davros was attended by the Imperial Guard, who comprised a Black Dalek and multiple Silver Daleks. (COMIC: Nemesis of the Daleks)
When Daleks launched an attack on the Axis to conquer alternative Gallifreys and their secrets, the Supreme Dalek coordinating the operation had a black dome and sense globes. (AUDIO: Extermination)
Following the extermination of the Mechanoids, an Imperial Guard Dalek led the Dalek Commander of the Seventh Incursion Squad who saw to the extermination, to be named Dalek Sec, to the centre of the throne room within the Dalek City on Skaro, where he met three fellow bronze Daleks and the Dalek Emperor. The Imperial Guards withdrew into the shadows as the Emperor, in anticipation of the Time War, assembled the four Daleks into the Cult of Skaro. The Imperial Guards then led the Cult into the Weapons Factory where they would be fitted with the latest armour and weaponry. (PROSE: Birth of a Legend)
Post-Time War[[edit] | [edit source]]
During the Last Great Time War, the guards possessed a claw-like manipulator arm and some had a more powerful gunstick opposite the standard model. The Emperor Dalek had four guards after surviving the Time War but were wiped out by the Bad Wolf in the year 200,100. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)
A squadron of these Daleks were also present during the Dalek Invasion of Earth of 2009. They were presumably destroyed when the Crucible blew up. (TV: The Stolen Earth / Journey's End)
The guards were used by the second Emperor of the New Dalek Paradigm. At least one guard was present on the Dalek Flagship when the Daleks invaded Earth in 2106 using a piece of the Eternity Clock, but did not help the Emperor battle the Eleventh Doctor and River Song. This guard had red armour like the Dalek drones of the Empire, with a black dome. (GAME: The Eternity Clock)
One of these Daleks identical to those who served in the Human Factor Incident, was present in the Dalek Asylum during the Asylum Incident. Because of the nano cloud affecting Amy Pond's mind, she believed the insane Dalek was a dancing person. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks)
A black-domed Dalek was among the many types of Daleks inside the Dalek City at the time of the Twelfth Doctor's visit. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice/The Witch's Familiar)
In one of the psychoscapes based on various eras of Dalek history which existed within the Dalek Dome on Earth in 2323, black-domed Daleks served the Old Skaro Emperor. As overseen by the Fourteenth Doctor, they were part of the Dalek Alliance which invaded the Golden City Zone during the 2323 Dalek invasion of Earth. (COMIC: Liberation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Liberation of the Daleks (comic story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Potential origin[[edit] | [edit source]]
Three Dalek props from TV: The Chase were borrowed from Dr. Who and the Daleks the 1965 film retelling of TV: The Daleks starring Peter Cushing. As the serial is black and white, their true colour is unknown. Character Options' "Sound FX Guard Dalek" statue has its dome coloured blue and the bands around its midsection gold, reminiscent of the standard Daleks from the film.[1]
Naming[[edit] | [edit source]]
In The Evil of the Daleks, the black-domed Daleks were identified as "Black Daleks" by the Second Doctor. Indeed, they are addressed as "Black Dalek Leaders" by the Emperor.
The short story Birth of a Legend identified the Emperor's black-domed guards as "Imperial Guard Daleks". The novel Prisoner of the Daleks, which established that not all black-domed Daleks were attached to the Emperor, used the term "Elite Guard Dalek". The term "Emperor's Personal Guard" was used in the audio story Order of the Daleks.
Invalid sources[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The King Dalek was supported by Silver Dalek Guards and Golden Dalek Guards whose casings sported a head section and shoulder platform "arms" coloured red and blue respectively. (GAME: War of the Daleks)
Merchandise[[edit] | [edit source]]
- A figurine of the Asylum Dalek, named "Throne Room Dalek", was released with the sixth "Rare Dalek" issue of Doctor Who: Figurine Collection.
- Daleks with black domes are often seen taking part in battles and conflicts depicted in the Dalek Wars section of Doctor Who: Battles in Time magazines, as a result of promotional images of the black-domed Daleks being inserted into the scenery of the battles.
- Dalek Sec's three subordinates, Thay, Jast and Caan, are erroneously depicted as black-domed Daleks on the "Cult of Skaro" card.
- Black-domed Daleks appear on the cover of the novelisation of The Evil of the Daleks, as well as some of the covers for Big Finish Dalek stories, including The Apocalypse Element and all six instalments of Dalek Empire III.
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Analysis by the Dalek 63•88 prop research project
