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According to the pamphlet, "[[Anatomy of the Dalek]]", '''sense globes''' dotted the [[base unit]] of the [[ | {{First pic|Dalek breasts.jpg|{{Pryce|c}}, after being "augmented by superior Dalek technology" via the adding of "Dalek bumps." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'')}}According to the pamphlet, "[[Anatomy of the Dalek]]", '''sense globes''' dotted the [[base unit]] of the [[Dalek]] [[casing]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (comic story)|City of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') and [[Davros' chair]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'') Other sources sometimes called these parts of a Dalek casing '''sensor globes''' ([[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') or, in [[Unbound Universe|one universe]], '''sensor arrays'''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masters of War (audio story)|Masters of War]]'') They were colloquially known as '''bumps''' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'') or '''Dalek bumps'''. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'') | ||
The [[ | Whilst [[Book (The Monster Vault)|one source]] identified them as '''[[hemisphere]]s''', ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Monster Vault (novel)|The Monster Vault]]'') they were in truth complete spheres which were only partially visible when embedded in the Dalek base unit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') | ||
The [[Unbound Doctor]] once claimed, with regards to the [[Dalek (Unbound Universe)|Dalek]]s of the [[Unbound Universe]], that someone told him that "a Dalek can't change its bumps." ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masters of War (audio story)|Masters of War]]'') The [[Sixth Doctor]] of [[N-Space]] once referenced the same saying, but noted that the bumps were actually quite easily replaceable, and that it was a bad saying. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Davros (audio story)|Davros]]'') Nevertheless, the [[Eighth Doctor]] repeated the saying in reference to [[Davros]] whilst the latter was transforming into an [[Emperor Dalek]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror Firma (audio story)|Terror Firma]]'') | |||
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== | ==Quantity== | ||
[[ | Generally, the Dalek [[base unit]] was composed of fourteen vertical panels which each contained four sense globes, making a total of 56 globes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') The larger Daleks of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]], however, sported only twelve panels, with a [[back panel|vertical column]] replacing the two back panels, making a total of 48 globes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | ||
Dalek [[incubation unit]]s consisted of a spherical [[maturation chamber]] mounted on a truncated Dalek base with only two rings of sensor globes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | |||
The | The original [[Emperor's Machine]] used by the [[Dalek Prime]], which was distinguished by its enlarged, [[sphere|spherical]] [[dome section]], had only three rows of sense globes rather than the standard four, making a total of 42 sense globes, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]'') as did his [[Emperor Type 2]] casing. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') The base unit of the [[Emperor of the Restoration]] also consisted of only three rings like the original Golden Emperor. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') | ||
The reconstructed, [[bronze]] scrap [[casing]] of the [[Reconnaissance Dalek]] was distinguished in that it had only three sense globes on each panel of the base unit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'') Similarly, the [[British Proto-Dalek]]s had only three sense globes on each panel, with a curved, armoured layer replacing the upper set of sense globes. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]'') | |||
The | The base unit of the [[Defence Drone]]s, which were derived from the scrap casing of the Reconnaissance Dalek, featured less sense globes as their casings had black layered panelling around the bottom of their base units. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]'') | ||
== Appearance == | |||
=== Arrangement | |||
Though sense globes were typically arranged in even [[panel]]s that flared out slightly down a Dalek's [[base unit]], arrangement was not uniform across all Daleks. The [[Marine Dalek]], for instance, had a different configuration than standard Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (novel)|War of the Daleks]]'') | |||
=== Variants and colours === | |||
Many Dalek variants had [[black]] sense globes, including the first [[Dalek Supreme (Return to Skaro)|Dalek Supreme]] - according to one account - ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Skaro (audio story)|Return to Skaro]]'') [[Grey Dalek]]s including [[Renegade Dalek]] [[Dalek drone|drones]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'' et al), ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' et al) [[Dalek Supreme Type 3|Gold Supreme Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'') the [[Type V Dalek|Silver Dalek]]s that [[Exxilon Incident|travelled]] to [[Exxilon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks (TV story)|Death to the Daleks]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Protocol (audio story)|The Dalek Protocol]]'') the [[Dalek Time Controller]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lucie Miller (audio story)|Lucie Miller]]'') the [[Black Dalek Type VIII|Black Dalek]]s contemporary to the [[bronze Dalek]]s, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') including [[Dalek Sec]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'') and the [[Overseer (Planet of the Ogrons)|Overseer]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Planet of the Ogrons (audio story)|Planet of the Ogrons]]'') a Silver Dalek with the shape of a bronze Dalek, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'') and the [[Eternal Dalek]] of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') The [[Dalek Executioner]]s of the [[Restoration Empire]] had black sense globes with a [[red]] ring on their edges, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[All Flesh is Grass (novel)|All Flesh is Grass]]'') while the sense globes of the same empire's [[Scientist Dalek|Dalek Scientists]] had the opposite [[colour]] scheme, although the two rows of sense globes at the back of the left and right sides of the Scientists' base units had thicker, spiked black rings. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') The Time Lords specifically identified the black sensor globes of the Exxilon Daleks as "multiphase" improvements to earlier blue globes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | |||
Daleks of the [[Dalek | Several Dalek variants, however, instead had light [[blue]] sense globes, such as the [[silver]] [[Dalek War Machine]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'', ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') of the [[Skaro City Dalek]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') and the [[Dalek Earthforce]], including the [[Dalek saucer commander (The Dalek Invasion of Earth)|Dalek saucer commander]] and the [[Dalek Supreme Type 1|Supreme Controller]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') the Silver Daleks with slatted [[weapons platform]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'' et al) and the [[Black Dalek (The Apocalypse Element)|black-domed Silver Daleks]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Element (audio story)|The Apocalypse Element]]'' et al) including those of the [[Emperor's Personal Guard]] immediately prior to the outbreak of the [[Great War (The Evil of the Daleks)|Great War]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') The sense globes of the Dalek War Machines among the Daleks that pursued the [[First Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] across [[time]] and [[space]] were coloured dark blue instead, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') as were the sense globes of the Dalek drones of the Restoration Empire. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') The Time Lords associated blue globes with the Daleks' "early period", describing them as "low-frequency". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | ||
Numerous Dalek variants had [[gold]] sense globes, such as bronze Daleks, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' et al) a [[Dalek Supreme (Planet of the Daleks)|Dalek Supreme]] of the [[Supreme Council]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'') as well as [[Dalek Supreme Type B|two identical Supreme Daleks]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Genocide Machine (audio story)|The Genocide Machine]]'', ''[[Emissary of the Daleks (audio story)|Emissary of the Daleks]]'') the [[Dalek Supreme Type E|red-and-gold Supreme Dalek casings]] first used during the [[Second Dalek War]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Out of Time (audio story)|Out of Time]]'') the [[Dalek Inquisitor General]] designated [[Dalek X]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') the [[Necros Dalek]]s, later [[Imperial Dalek]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)|Revelation of the Daleks]]'' et al) and their [[Special Weapons Dalek]]s, as well as [[Davros]]' [[Emperor Type 1|Emperor Dalek casing]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') Many of the [[Dalek Emperor]]'s casings, such as those of the [[Dalek Prime]]'s golden [[Emperor's Machine]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of the Evil]]'') and the golden [[Emperor Type 2]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)|Invasion of the Daleks]]'') the golden [[Emperor of the Restoration]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)|The Guide to the Dark Times]]'') and the bronze [[Emperor Type II]] casing used by the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War]], also had gold sense globes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') Uniquely, the Dalek Prime's [[Emperor Type 3]] casing had a pair of sense globes which were coloured gold, above a row of black sense globes. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') A [[Grey Dalek (Defender of the Daleks)|Grey Dalek of the Restoration Empire]] sported [[yellow]] sense globes. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Defender of the Daleks (comic story)|Defender of the Daleks]]'') The Time Lords believed that, at least in the case of the Imperial Daleks, their gold globes were indicative of a notion of [[prestige]] more than anything else. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | |||
Some Daleks had [[Silver (colour)|silver]] sense globes, such as the Dalek Scientists based on [[Asteroid Theta 12]] during the Last Great Time War, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Thing of Guile (audio story)|A Thing of Guile]]'') and the [[Supreme Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Supreme]], Scientist, [[Strategist Dalek|Strategist]] and [[Drone Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Drone Daleks]] of the New Dalek Paradigm. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') The [[Dalek Time Commander]]s of the Restoration Empire had silver sense globes with a blue ring around the edges. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Restoration Empire (short story)|The Restoration Empire]]'') [[Davros' chair]], which closely resembled the base unit of a Dalek, also had silver sense globes, ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'' et al) as did [[Davros' chair (Palindrome)|the near-identical chair]] of [[Davros (Palindrome)|an alternate universe Davros]] after he began merging with echoes of his other selves from across the [[multiverse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Palindrome (audio story)|Palindrome]]'', ''[[Restoration of the Daleks (audio story)|Restoration of the Daleks]]'') | |||
The [[biomechanoid control system]] of the [[Renegade Dalek]]s' [[battle computer]] appeared as a [[chair]] resembling a black Dalek base unit with silver sense globes, like the contemporary [[Black Dalek Leader|Dalek Supreme]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | |||
The [[Dalek Supreme Type C|Supreme Dalek]] that led the grey Daleks in the [[liberation of Davros]] had white sense globes, ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') as did the [[Dalek Supreme Type D|Supreme Dalek]] whom led the [[Renegade Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') | |||
The [[Supreme Dalek (Fire and Brimstone)|Supreme Dalek]] of the [[Dalek Hive]] sported an additional ring of sense globes in place of the [[slat]]s on the [[middle section]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Fire and Brimstone (comic story)|Fire and Brimstone]]'') | |||
[[Dalek attack ship]]s sported a high frequency sensor globe array. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'') | |||
Globes were retained in the wildly different casings of the [[Volatix Cabal]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Organ Grinder (comic story)|The Organ Grinder]]'') | |||
The [[Dalek Prime Minister]] was situated in a cylindrical cabinet of transparent [[finitoglass]], a [[life-support tank]] connected to a [[data feed]] which was itself linked to an array of white high-intensity sensor globes at the top of the structure. ([[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 Combat Training Manual (reference book)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | |||
The sense globes of the two Daleks that masqueraded as the "[[Ironside Project|Ironsides]]" were coloured in the same shade of [[green]] as their casing. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') The dark [[green]], [[robot]]ic [[Proto-Dalek]]s, which were constructed by the [[British]] and [[German]]s as part of the [[Dalek Project]] during the [[First World War]], had different base units; the [[British Proto-Dalek]]s had only three sense globes on each panel of their base unit — with a curved, armour plate replacing the upper set of sense globes, while the [[German Proto-Dalek]]s' bottom half was adorned with several flat, hexagonal plates in place of the usual sense globes. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]'') | |||
==Function== | ==Function== | ||
[[File:Self extermination.jpg|thumb|The "[[Metaltron]]" self-destructs. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')|alt=|left]] | |||
Sense globes were evidently the instruments of the Dalek [[self-destruct]] process; the [[bronze Dalek]] named "[[Metaltron]]" ejected all its sense globes to create a field in which it was completely destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') {{Pryce|c}}, however, once stated that they could detect [[ion]]-charged emissions and operate as [[etheric beam locator]]s at a distance of up to twenty thousand [[light-year]]s — for which reason he sought to acquire some himself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'') | |||
On multiple occasions, sense globes functioned as sockets for cables and wires that extended from a Dalek's casing. For example, in the [[26th century]], a [[Command Dalek (Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer)|Command Dalek]] was connected to its [[Dalek command ship (Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer)|base ship]] via numerous wires and cables which were fitted to the sense globes of its base unit. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer]]'') Similarly, during the [[41st century]] conflict against [[human]]ity, a [[Chief Strategist]] of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] was connected to its command [[Starship|ship]] via cables that extended from the Strategist's sense globes. They interfaced the Chief Strategist into the ship's computers, and even allowed it to see the battle from the point of view of the drones fighting. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Only Good Dalek (comic story)|The Only Good Dalek]]'') Furthermore, during the [[Dalek Project]] performed by a team of Daleks of the New Dalek Paradigm on [[Earth]] in the [[First World War]], a [[Black Dalek (The Dalek Project)|Black Dalek]] was connected to [[Survey Ship Sigma]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]'') | |||
==Individual cases== | ==Individual cases== | ||
[[Dalek | [[Reconnaissance Dalek|One Dalek]], a [[reconnaissance scout]], built itself a new casing in [[2019]] [[Yorkshire]] which had short-range [[missile]]s behind each globe. One of these missiles made short work of a [[tank]] which sought to destroy the Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'') | ||
In a possible timeline, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tomorrow Windows (novel)|The Tomorrow Windows]]'') {{Pryce}} allied himself with the Daleks and had his body "augmented with superior Dalek technology" as part of the deal. The first operation gave him a [[manipulator arm]], but the Master later got rid of it after a [[Ninth Doctor (The Curse of Fatal Death)|ninth incarnation of the Doctor]] pointed out that he had no idea what to do with it. When they met again, the Master had indeed had two "Dalek bumps" grafted onto his chest, and proudly recited their various functionalities to the Doctor's fiancée [[Emma (The Curse of Fatal Death)|Emma]]. Both the Doctor and Emma pointed out that the positioning of the Dalek bumps on the Master's chest made them resemble [[breast]]s, to his continuing annoyance. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Fatal Death (TV story)|The Curse of Fatal Death]]'') | |||
Footage of a Dalek's base unit and sense globes was captured by a [[British]] [[news]] broadcast during the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] in [[2007]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode 13]]'') | Footage of a Dalek's base unit and sense globes was captured by a [[British]] [[news]] broadcast during the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] in [[2007]]. ([[WC]]: ''[[Tardisode 13]]'') | ||
To complete the [[Empire State Building]] before | To complete the [[Empire State Building]] before a [[gamma radiation]] [[lightning]] strike hit [[Earth]] in [[1930]], three of the panels with [[sensor globe]]s of Thay's [[base unit]] were removed and attached to the building's mast, as the [[Dalekanium]] of the plates was required to attract the gamma strike. In their place, Thay was given crude iron replacement plates. The [[Tenth Doctor]] attempted to remove them too late as the lightning struck him, resulting in [[Dalek-Human]]s infused with [[Dalek Sec]]'s altered [[DNA]] as well as the Doctor's [[Time Lord]] DNA. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') | ||
The [[bronze Dalek|bronze]] "[[Quasimodo Dalek]]", which was reconstructed by unfamiliar [[human]]s, had a pair of sense globes fitted in place of the [[luminosity discharger]]s atop its [[dome]]. Additional sense globes were attached to the [[weapons platform]] in place of the [[slat]]s, which were attached to its [[base unit]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]'') | |||
Half a casing's worth of sense globes was among the technology removed from a [[Dalek (The Dalek Transaction)|Dalek]] by a [[human]] guerrilla faction on [[Earth]] in the [[2010s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') | Half a casing's worth of sense globes was among the technology removed from a [[Dalek (The Dalek Transaction)|Dalek]] by a [[human]] guerrilla faction on [[Earth]] in the [[2010s]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Transaction (audio story)|The Dalek Transaction]]'') | ||
Within the [[Dalek Asylum]], sensor globes littered the ground among the insane [[Dalek]]s. Picking one up, [[Rory Williams]] mistook it for an [[egg]] as a | Within the [[Dalek Asylum]], sensor globes littered the ground among the insane [[Dalek]]s. Picking one up, [[Rory Williams]] mistook it for an [[egg]] as a Dalek [[stutter]]ed. Though Rory attempted to offer it to the Dalek, he soon found that it was saying "[[Extermination|exterminate]]", leading him to promptly escape as the Dalek attempted to [[kill]] him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') | ||
Within the [[Dalek City]], [[Missy]] tickled a Dalek's sense globes while describing [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] as "the [[dog]]'s [[unmentionables]]." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') | |||
A number of sense globes belonging to the Dalek named [[Rusty (Into the Dalek)|Rusty]], who was captured by the [[Combined Galactic Resistance]], had been lost or damaged by the time he was found by the [[Twelfth Doctor]] aboard the ''[[Aristotle (spacecraft)|Aristotle]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Into the Dalek (TV story)|Into the Dalek]]'') Rusty was still in this battered state when the Doctor met him again on [[Villengard]] billions of years into the [[far future]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Twice Upon a Time (TV story)|Twice Upon a Time]]'') | |||
[[Falkus]]'s surface was dotted with large-scale sense globes, allowing the artificial [[moon]] to function as a gigantic Dalek [[brain]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Genius for War (audio story)|A Genius for War]]'') | |||
==Other references== | |||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] mistook the [[roundel]]s within the [[Twelfth Doctor]]'s version of [[the TARDIS]]'s [[control room]] for "Dalek bumps". It was for this reason that he initially mistook the control room as belonging to [[the Master's TARDIS]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Four Doctors (comic story)|Four Doctors]]'') | |||
==Behind the scenes== | |||
===Terminology=== | |||
''[[The Dalek Book]]'s'' ''Anatomy of a Dalek'' uses the term "sense globes". This term is also used in ''[[The Doctor Who Technical Manual]]''. | |||
According to ''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978]]''{{'}}s feature on [[Davros]], the globes attached to his chair were "disc sensors" which each had different functions, each registering an aspect of [[human]]oid [[touch]] such as sensitivity to [[heat]] and [[cold]]. Capable of detecting obstacles, they also served to protect the chair from collision or impact. | |||
''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Special]]''{{'}}s ''[[Inside a Dalek]]'' identifies the globes as "hostility sensors". | |||
''[[Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1979]]''{{'}}s ''Anatomy of a Dalek'' points out the "ultra sensitive globes". | |||
The ''[[Doctor Who Yearbook 1993]]''{{'}}s ''Anatomy of the [[Imperial Dalek]]'' identifies the globes as "sensor pods". | |||
[[DWM 471]]'s ''Anatomy of a Dalek!'' identifies the globes as "hemispherical detectors". | |||
The 2010 edition of ''[[The Visual Dictionary]]'', which is considered [[T:VS|invalid]] by this wiki for being non-narrative, states that the sensor globes are capable of free flight to provide remote battlefield intelligence. | |||
=== Deflector Globes === | |||
[[File:Dalek deflector globes.jpg|thumb|Deflector Globes]] | |||
* [[James Johnson]] rendered a [[Time War]]-era [[Reconnaissance scout|Reconnaissance Dalek]] model which was featured on the cover of ''[[Allegiance (audio anthology)|Gallifrey: War Room 1: Allegiance]]''.<ref>[https://mobile.twitter.com/aquatics64/status/1533820441634213888 Tom Newsom on Twitter]</ref> Ahead of release, Johnson released a closer look at his designs, with one of the Reconnaissance Daleks' distinguishing features being the Deflector Globes.<ref>[https://mobile.twitter.com/ThePrydonian/status/1533824869120491522 Reconnaissance Daleks and Dalek Commander closer look]</ref> He clarified that the accompanying text wasn't in any way official, and that he added it "just for fun".<ref>[https://mobile.twitter.com/ThePrydonian/status/1533825295207260160 James Johnson on twitter]</ref> | |||
{{Quote|Deflector Globes were a variation on standard issue Sensor Globes, they shielded the [[temporal signature]] of a Dalek from most [[Time Lord]] [[scan]]ning technology, allowing them to work behind enemy lines undetected.|James Johnson}} | |||
=== Merchandise === | |||
* Released by [[Dapol]], an exclusive [[Davros]] action figure had a variant of [[Davros's chair|his black chair]] with a [[gold]] control panel, sense globes and [[Dalek fender|fender]], replacing the televised [[silver]]. | |||
* The [[New Paradigm]] Dalek figures in the [[Character Building]] toyline are inaccurately depicted with sense globes matching the colour of their wider casings. | |||
=== Other matters === | |||
[[Character Options]]' [[Character Options Time Squad action figures|Time Squad]] range of figures featured Daleks with only 2 rings of sense globes. The [[bronze Dalek]] also appears with only 2 rings in the game ''[[Fall Guys (video game)|Fall Guys]]''. | |||
Otherwise faithful to the televised depiction, a unique quirk of the [[Type VIII Dalek]]s appearing in the online games ''[[The Doctor and the Dalek (video game)|The Doctor and the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Doctor Who Game Maker (video game)|Doctor Who Game Maker]]'' is that their base units have only 3 rings of sense globes rather than the usual 4. | |||
[[ | |||
[[Michelle Gomez]] confirmed on [[Twitter]] that her tickling a nearby Dalek's bumps when referring to the TARDIS as "the dog's unmentionables" was improvised. <ref>https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/648186904089919489</ref> | [[Michelle Gomez]] confirmed on [[Twitter]] that her tickling a nearby Dalek's bumps when referring to the TARDIS as "the dog's unmentionables" was improvised. <ref>https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/648186904089919489</ref> | ||
In ''[[The Weakest Link: Doctor Who Special]]'', [[Nicholas Briggs]] jokingly stated that [[Dalek]]s do not play [[golf]] because "they're covered in their own balls." | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:10, 3 November 2024
According to the pamphlet, "Anatomy of the Dalek", sense globes dotted the base unit of the Dalek casing, (COMIC: City of the Daleks, PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks) and Davros' chair. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) Other sources sometimes called these parts of a Dalek casing sensor globes (PROSE: War of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks) or, in one universe, sensor arrays. (AUDIO: Masters of War) They were colloquially known as bumps (AUDIO: Davros) or Dalek bumps. (COMIC: Four Doctors, TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)
Whilst one source identified them as hemispheres, (PROSE: The Monster Vault) they were in truth complete spheres which were only partially visible when embedded in the Dalek base unit. (TV: Dalek, Asylum of the Daleks)
The Unbound Doctor once claimed, with regards to the Daleks of the Unbound Universe, that someone told him that "a Dalek can't change its bumps." (AUDIO: Masters of War) The Sixth Doctor of N-Space once referenced the same saying, but noted that the bumps were actually quite easily replaceable, and that it was a bad saying. (AUDIO: Davros) Nevertheless, the Eighth Doctor repeated the saying in reference to Davros whilst the latter was transforming into an Emperor Dalek. (AUDIO: Terror Firma)
Quantity[[edit] | [edit source]]
Generally, the Dalek base unit was composed of fourteen vertical panels which each contained four sense globes, making a total of 56 globes. (TV: The Daleks) The larger Daleks of the New Dalek Paradigm, however, sported only twelve panels, with a vertical column replacing the two back panels, making a total of 48 globes. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)
Dalek incubation units consisted of a spherical maturation chamber mounted on a truncated Dalek base with only two rings of sensor globes. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual)
The original Emperor's Machine used by the Dalek Prime, which was distinguished by its enlarged, spherical dome section, had only three rows of sense globes rather than the standard four, making a total of 42 sense globes, (COMIC: Genesis of Evil) as did his Emperor Type 2 casing. (COMIC: Invasion of the Daleks) The base unit of the Emperor of the Restoration also consisted of only three rings like the original Golden Emperor. (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times)
The reconstructed, bronze scrap casing of the Reconnaissance Dalek was distinguished in that it had only three sense globes on each panel of the base unit. (TV: Resolution) Similarly, the British Proto-Daleks had only three sense globes on each panel, with a curved, armoured layer replacing the upper set of sense globes. (COMIC: The Dalek Project)
The base unit of the Defence Drones, which were derived from the scrap casing of the Reconnaissance Dalek, featured less sense globes as their casings had black layered panelling around the bottom of their base units. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks)
Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]
=== Arrangement Though sense globes were typically arranged in even panels that flared out slightly down a Dalek's base unit, arrangement was not uniform across all Daleks. The Marine Dalek, for instance, had a different configuration than standard Daleks. (PROSE: War of the Daleks)
Variants and colours[[edit] | [edit source]]
Many Dalek variants had black sense globes, including the first Dalek Supreme - according to one account - (AUDIO: Return to Skaro) Grey Daleks including Renegade Dalek drones, (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks et al), (TV: Genesis of the Daleks et al) Gold Supreme Daleks, (TV: Day of the Daleks) the Silver Daleks that travelled to Exxilon, (TV: Death to the Daleks, AUDIO: The Dalek Protocol) the Dalek Time Controller, (AUDIO: Lucie Miller) the Black Daleks contemporary to the bronze Daleks, (PROSE: Engines of War) including Dalek Sec (TV: Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, Daleks in Manhattan) and the Overseer, (AUDIO: Planet of the Ogrons) a Silver Dalek with the shape of a bronze Dalek, (PROSE: The Whoniverse) and the Eternal Dalek of the New Dalek Paradigm. (TV: Victory of the Daleks, The Pandorica Opens) The Dalek Executioners of the Restoration Empire had black sense globes with a red ring on their edges, (PROSE: All Flesh is Grass) while the sense globes of the same empire's Dalek Scientists had the opposite colour scheme, although the two rows of sense globes at the back of the left and right sides of the Scientists' base units had thicker, spiked black rings. (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times) The Time Lords specifically identified the black sensor globes of the Exxilon Daleks as "multiphase" improvements to earlier blue globes. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual)
Several Dalek variants, however, instead had light blue sense globes, such as the silver Dalek War Machines, (TV: The Magician's Apprentice, The Witch's Familiar) of the Skaro City Daleks (TV: The Daleks) and the Dalek Earthforce, including the Dalek saucer commander and the Supreme Controller, (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth) the Silver Daleks with slatted weapons platforms, (TV: The Witch's Familiar et al) and the black-domed Silver Daleks, (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element et al) including those of the Emperor's Personal Guard immediately prior to the outbreak of the Great War, (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) The sense globes of the Dalek War Machines among the Daleks that pursued the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright across time and space were coloured dark blue instead, (TV: The Chase) as were the sense globes of the Dalek drones of the Restoration Empire. (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times) The Time Lords associated blue globes with the Daleks' "early period", describing them as "low-frequency". (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual)
Numerous Dalek variants had gold sense globes, such as bronze Daleks, (TV: Dalek et al) a Dalek Supreme of the Supreme Council, (TV: Planet of the Daleks) as well as two identical Supreme Daleks, (AUDIO: The Genocide Machine, Emissary of the Daleks) the red-and-gold Supreme Dalek casings first used during the Second Dalek War, (AUDIO: Out of Time) the Dalek Inquisitor General designated Dalek X, (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks) the Necros Daleks, later Imperial Daleks (TV: Revelation of the Daleks et al) and their Special Weapons Daleks, as well as Davros' Emperor Dalek casing. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks) Many of the Dalek Emperor's casings, such as those of the Dalek Prime's golden Emperor's Machine (COMIC: Genesis of the Evil) and the golden Emperor Type 2, (COMIC: Invasion of the Daleks) the golden Emperor of the Restoration, (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times) and the bronze Emperor Type II casing used by the Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War, also had gold sense globes. (TV: The Parting of the Ways) Uniquely, the Dalek Prime's Emperor Type 3 casing had a pair of sense globes which were coloured gold, above a row of black sense globes. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) A Grey Dalek of the Restoration Empire sported yellow sense globes. (COMIC: Defender of the Daleks) The Time Lords believed that, at least in the case of the Imperial Daleks, their gold globes were indicative of a notion of prestige more than anything else. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual)
Some Daleks had silver sense globes, such as the Dalek Scientists based on Asteroid Theta 12 during the Last Great Time War, (AUDIO: A Thing of Guile) and the Supreme, Scientist, Strategist and Drone Daleks of the New Dalek Paradigm. (TV: Victory of the Daleks) The Dalek Time Commanders of the Restoration Empire had silver sense globes with a blue ring around the edges. (PROSE: The Restoration Empire) Davros' chair, which closely resembled the base unit of a Dalek, also had silver sense globes, (TV: Genesis of the Daleks et al) as did the near-identical chair of an alternate universe Davros after he began merging with echoes of his other selves from across the multiverse. (AUDIO: Palindrome, Restoration of the Daleks)
The biomechanoid control system of the Renegade Daleks' battle computer appeared as a chair resembling a black Dalek base unit with silver sense globes, like the contemporary Dalek Supreme. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
The Supreme Dalek that led the grey Daleks in the liberation of Davros had white sense globes, (TV: Resurrection of the Daleks) as did the Supreme Dalek whom led the Renegade Daleks. (TV: Remembrance of the Daleks)
The Supreme Dalek of the Dalek Hive sported an additional ring of sense globes in place of the slats on the middle section. (COMIC: Fire and Brimstone)
Dalek attack ships sported a high frequency sensor globe array. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual, TV: The Day of the Doctor)
Globes were retained in the wildly different casings of the Volatix Cabal. (COMIC: The Organ Grinder)
The Dalek Prime Minister was situated in a cylindrical cabinet of transparent finitoglass, a life-support tank connected to a data feed which was itself linked to an array of white high-intensity sensor globes at the top of the structure. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe, Dalek Combat Training Manual)
The sense globes of the two Daleks that masqueraded as the "Ironsides" were coloured in the same shade of green as their casing. (TV: Victory of the Daleks) The dark green, robotic Proto-Daleks, which were constructed by the British and Germans as part of the Dalek Project during the First World War, had different base units; the British Proto-Daleks had only three sense globes on each panel of their base unit — with a curved, armour plate replacing the upper set of sense globes, while the German Proto-Daleks' bottom half was adorned with several flat, hexagonal plates in place of the usual sense globes. (COMIC: The Dalek Project)
Function[[edit] | [edit source]]
Sense globes were evidently the instruments of the Dalek self-destruct process; the bronze Dalek named "Metaltron" ejected all its sense globes to create a field in which it was completely destroyed. (TV: Dalek) The Master, however, once stated that they could detect ion-charged emissions and operate as etheric beam locators at a distance of up to twenty thousand light-years — for which reason he sought to acquire some himself. (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)
On multiple occasions, sense globes functioned as sockets for cables and wires that extended from a Dalek's casing. For example, in the 26th century, a Command Dalek was connected to its base ship via numerous wires and cables which were fitted to the sense globes of its base unit. (COMIC: Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer) Similarly, during the 41st century conflict against humanity, a Chief Strategist of the New Dalek Paradigm was connected to its command ship via cables that extended from the Strategist's sense globes. They interfaced the Chief Strategist into the ship's computers, and even allowed it to see the battle from the point of view of the drones fighting. (COMIC: The Only Good Dalek) Furthermore, during the Dalek Project performed by a team of Daleks of the New Dalek Paradigm on Earth in the First World War, a Black Dalek was connected to Survey Ship Sigma. (COMIC: The Dalek Project)
Individual cases[[edit] | [edit source]]
One Dalek, a reconnaissance scout, built itself a new casing in 2019 Yorkshire which had short-range missiles behind each globe. One of these missiles made short work of a tank which sought to destroy the Dalek. (TV: Resolution)
In a possible timeline, (PROSE: The Tomorrow Windows) the Master allied himself with the Daleks and had his body "augmented with superior Dalek technology" as part of the deal. The first operation gave him a manipulator arm, but the Master later got rid of it after a ninth incarnation of the Doctor pointed out that he had no idea what to do with it. When they met again, the Master had indeed had two "Dalek bumps" grafted onto his chest, and proudly recited their various functionalities to the Doctor's fiancée Emma. Both the Doctor and Emma pointed out that the positioning of the Dalek bumps on the Master's chest made them resemble breasts, to his continuing annoyance. (TV: The Curse of Fatal Death)
Footage of a Dalek's base unit and sense globes was captured by a British news broadcast during the Battle of Canary Wharf in 2007. (WC: Tardisode 13)
To complete the Empire State Building before a gamma radiation lightning strike hit Earth in 1930, three of the panels with sensor globes of Thay's base unit were removed and attached to the building's mast, as the Dalekanium of the plates was required to attract the gamma strike. In their place, Thay was given crude iron replacement plates. The Tenth Doctor attempted to remove them too late as the lightning struck him, resulting in Dalek-Humans infused with Dalek Sec's altered DNA as well as the Doctor's Time Lord DNA. (TV: Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks)
The bronze "Quasimodo Dalek", which was reconstructed by unfamiliar humans, had a pair of sense globes fitted in place of the luminosity dischargers atop its dome. Additional sense globes were attached to the weapons platform in place of the slats, which were attached to its base unit. (COMIC: The Dalek Project)
Half a casing's worth of sense globes was among the technology removed from a Dalek by a human guerrilla faction on Earth in the 2010s. (AUDIO: The Dalek Transaction)
Within the Dalek Asylum, sensor globes littered the ground among the insane Daleks. Picking one up, Rory Williams mistook it for an egg as a Dalek stuttered. Though Rory attempted to offer it to the Dalek, he soon found that it was saying "exterminate", leading him to promptly escape as the Dalek attempted to kill him. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks)
Within the Dalek City, Missy tickled a Dalek's sense globes while describing the Doctor's TARDIS as "the dog's unmentionables." (TV: The Magician's Apprentice)
A number of sense globes belonging to the Dalek named Rusty, who was captured by the Combined Galactic Resistance, had been lost or damaged by the time he was found by the Twelfth Doctor aboard the Aristotle. (TV: Into the Dalek) Rusty was still in this battered state when the Doctor met him again on Villengard billions of years into the far future. (TV: Twice Upon a Time)
Falkus's surface was dotted with large-scale sense globes, allowing the artificial moon to function as a gigantic Dalek brain. (AUDIO: A Genius for War)
Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Tenth Doctor mistook the roundels within the Twelfth Doctor's version of the TARDIS's control room for "Dalek bumps". It was for this reason that he initially mistook the control room as belonging to the Master's TARDIS. (COMIC: Four Doctors)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Terminology[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Dalek Book's Anatomy of a Dalek uses the term "sense globes". This term is also used in The Doctor Who Technical Manual.
According to Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1978's feature on Davros, the globes attached to his chair were "disc sensors" which each had different functions, each registering an aspect of humanoid touch such as sensitivity to heat and cold. Capable of detecting obstacles, they also served to protect the chair from collision or impact.
Terry Nation's Dalek Special's Inside a Dalek identifies the globes as "hostility sensors".
Terry Nation's Dalek Annual 1979's Anatomy of a Dalek points out the "ultra sensitive globes".
The Doctor Who Yearbook 1993's Anatomy of the Imperial Dalek identifies the globes as "sensor pods".
DWM 471's Anatomy of a Dalek! identifies the globes as "hemispherical detectors".
The 2010 edition of The Visual Dictionary, which is considered invalid by this wiki for being non-narrative, states that the sensor globes are capable of free flight to provide remote battlefield intelligence.
Deflector Globes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- James Johnson rendered a Time War-era Reconnaissance Dalek model which was featured on the cover of Gallifrey: War Room 1: Allegiance.[1] Ahead of release, Johnson released a closer look at his designs, with one of the Reconnaissance Daleks' distinguishing features being the Deflector Globes.[2] He clarified that the accompanying text wasn't in any way official, and that he added it "just for fun".[3]
Deflector Globes were a variation on standard issue Sensor Globes, they shielded the temporal signature of a Dalek from most Time Lord scanning technology, allowing them to work behind enemy lines undetected.
Merchandise[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Released by Dapol, an exclusive Davros action figure had a variant of his black chair with a gold control panel, sense globes and fender, replacing the televised silver.
- The New Paradigm Dalek figures in the Character Building toyline are inaccurately depicted with sense globes matching the colour of their wider casings.
Other matters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Character Options' Time Squad range of figures featured Daleks with only 2 rings of sense globes. The bronze Dalek also appears with only 2 rings in the game Fall Guys.
Otherwise faithful to the televised depiction, a unique quirk of the Type VIII Daleks appearing in the online games The Doctor and the Daleks and Doctor Who Game Maker is that their base units have only 3 rings of sense globes rather than the usual 4.
Michelle Gomez confirmed on Twitter that her tickling a nearby Dalek's bumps when referring to the TARDIS as "the dog's unmentionables" was improvised. [4]
In The Weakest Link: Doctor Who Special, Nicholas Briggs jokingly stated that Daleks do not play golf because "they're covered in their own balls."
