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|image = Dalek assembly line.jpg | |image = Dalek assembly line.jpg | ||
|aka = [[Dalek drone]] | |aka = {{il|[[Dalek drone]]|Dalek Drone - Type 1|Type III Dalek}} | ||
|type = [[Dalek]] | |type = [[Dalek]] | ||
|affiliation = | |affiliation = Dalek Empire | ||
|origin = [[Skaro]], [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]] | |origin = [[Skaro]], [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]] | ||
|first | |first cs = The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story) | ||
|appearances = | |appearances = {{appears}} | ||
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'''[[Silver (colour)|Silver]] [[Dalek]]s''' were [[Dalek drone]]s who were most commonly distinguished by their | '''[[Silver (colour)|Silver]] [[Dalek]]s''' were [[Dalek drone]]s who were most commonly distinguished by their gunmetal silver [[casing]]s with [[blue]] [[sense globe]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)}} et al.) They were among the slatted Dalek casings which succeeded the [[Dalek War Machine]] as the most common variant of the Dalek travel machine sometime between the Daleks' encounter with [[Lodian]], [[Yvric]] and [[Zet]] ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)}}) and the [[One in a Million Dalek]]'s rebellion. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Shadow of Humanity (comic story)}}) | ||
== Appearance== | == Appearance== | ||
The majority of [[Silver (colour)|Silver]] [[Dalek]]s, true to their [[name]], used gunmetal silver [[casing]]s near-identical to [[Dalek War Machine]], with the only key difference being a series of [[metal]], meshed slats around the casing's [[weapons platform]]; this drew [[energy]] from the Dalek's surroundings to power the casing, in contrast to the Dalek War Machines, which relied on [[static electricity]] to function. ([[TV]]: | The majority of [[Silver (colour)|Silver]] [[Dalek]]s, true to their [[name]], used gunmetal silver [[casing]]s near-identical to [[Dalek War Machine]], with the only key difference being a series of [[metal]], meshed slats around the casing's [[weapons platform]]; this drew [[energy]] from the Dalek's surroundings to power the casing, in contrast to the Dalek War Machines, which relied on [[static electricity]] to function. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Space Museum (TV story)}} et al.) The [[Time Lord]]s called this casing the "'''Type III Dalek'''". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)}}) From their appearance in the [[Dalek Civil War]], the ''[[Dalek Survival Guide]]'' identified them as a later model of the original [[Skaro City Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Survival Guide (novel)}}) | ||
The Silver Daleks which were involved in the [[Exxilon Gambit]] and its aftermath used casings that featured [[black]] [[sense globe]]s as well as black-and-silver slats on their weapons platforms. ([[TV]]: | The Silver Daleks which were involved in the [[Exxilon Gambit]] and its aftermath used casings that featured [[black]] [[sense globe]]s as well as black-and-silver slats on their weapons platforms. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death to the Daleks (TV story)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Dalek Protocol (audio story)}}) Following the initial [[grey Dalek]]s, the Type IV or "Dalek Drone Type 2", these Daleks were referred to by the Time Lords as [[Type V Dalek]]s, essentially modified Type III Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)}}) The ''[[Dalek Survival Guide]]'' suggested that the "Dalek Drone Type 3", a variation of the "Type 1", was a version adapted for long-haul space flight, which explained the reflective surfaces that could stave off some of the adverse effects of [[hyperspace|hyperspatial]] exposure. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Survival Guide (novel)}}) | ||
In order to harken back to the old Dalek Empire, the [[Restoration Empire]] would utilise Silver Daleks with the original War Machine and Type III colour scheme as their primary drones. However, these updated casings otherwise matched the Type VIII design used by the Bronze Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: | In order to harken back to the old Dalek Empire, the [[Restoration Empire]] would utilise Silver Daleks with the original War Machine and Type III colour scheme as their primary drones. However, these updated casings otherwise matched the Type VIII design used by the Bronze Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Restoration Empire (short story)}}) | ||
A Dalek recorded in a [[Book (The Whoniverse)|book]] by some [[historian]]s utilised an identically-coloured casing to the Type V, but with the same shape as a [[bronze Dalek]], ([[PROSE]]: | A Dalek recorded in a [[Book (The Whoniverse)|book]] by some [[historian]]s utilised an identically-coloured casing to the Type V, but with the same shape as a [[bronze Dalek]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) which was deemed the Type VIII Dalek. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)}}) Similar Daleks were present on [[Gallifrey]] during the [[Fall of Gallifrey|last day]] of the [[Time War]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Final Battle (webcast)}}) | ||
==Hierarchy== | ==Hierarchy== | ||
The Silver Daleks were subordinate to [[black Dalek|black]] [[Supreme Dalek]]s, black and silver [[Dalek saucer commander]]s, ([[TV]]: | The Silver Daleks were subordinate to [[black Dalek|black]] [[Supreme Dalek]]s, black and silver [[Dalek saucer commander]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)}}) and the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]], who was himself in a massive silver casing. In addition, the Emperor was protected by the [[Emperor's Personal Guard]]; mostly silver, they were distinguished by their [[black]] [[dome]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)}}) a distinction which was later adapted to the [[bronze Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Parting of the Ways (TV story)}}) | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
Silver Daleks' armours were among the slatted casings which succeeded the [[Dalek War Machine]] as the most common variant of the Dalek travel machine, sometime between the Daleks' encounter with [[Lodian]], [[Yvric]] and [[Zet]] ([[COMIC]]: | Silver Daleks' armours were among the slatted casings which succeeded the [[Dalek War Machine]] as the most common variant of the Dalek travel machine, sometime between the Daleks' encounter with [[Lodian]], [[Yvric]] and [[Zet]] ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)}}) and the [[One in a Million Dalek]]'s rebellion. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Shadow of Humanity (comic story)}}) | ||
===Conquests=== | ===Conquests=== | ||
[[File:Silver Daleks with large headlamps.jpg|thumb|left|The early Silver Dalek variant documented on 2094 Earth. ([[PROSE]]: | [[File:Silver Daleks with large headlamps.jpg|thumb|left|The early Silver Dalek variant documented on 2094 Earth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dalek Chronicles Found! (short story)}})]] | ||
By [[2094]], a [[photograph]] of Silver Daleks with a large, blue [[luminosity discharger]] not exhibited by later models, and an enlarged [[Dalek fender]] matching that of the later [[Dalek Earthforce]], was freely available on [[Earth]], where it served to illustrate a news article about the recovering of [[Dalek Chronicles|a set]] of [[story-cube]]s about the [[Dalek]]s' history. Five of the Daleks were standing in a deserted street, with other ruined casings of the same type strewn about. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dalek Chronicles Found! (short story)}}) Their appearance matched that of the [[Dalek Invasion Force Type 2|Invasion Force]] in [[Dr. Who's reality (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|version of history "B"]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Survival Guide (novel)}}) | |||
Following the [[ | Following the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth|conquest]] of Earth in the [[22nd century]], silver Daleks fitted with [[solar energy collection disc]]s and enlarged fenders occupied the [[planet]], led by the [[Black Dalek]] known as the [[Supreme Controller (The Dalek Invasion of Earth)|Supreme Controller]] while each saucer was under the command of a [[Dalek saucer commander]]. They used [[Robomen]] for patrols and overseeing slaves. The [[Sixth Doctor]] foiled their plan to unleash a [[Varga plant]] virus and new [[Roboman Elite|Robomen Elite]] in [[2163]] and erased any record of his involvement afterwards but the invasion continued. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masters of Earth (audio story)}}) The Daleks commenced [[Project Degravitate|a mining operation]] in [[Bedfordshire]] in order to reach the Earth's magnetic core, replace it with a propulsion system, and turn the whole planet into a massive spacecraft. Some time after their takeover of Earth, however, the [[First Doctor]] foiled the plan before its completion; the pit they had dug turned into an active volcano, the eruption of which killed the remaining Daleks and destroyed their base. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)}}) | ||
In the [[2150 Dalek invasion of Earth]] of version of history "B", silver Daleks with slats and enlarged fenders made up the Invasion Force. ([[PROSE]]: | In the [[2150 Dalek invasion of Earth]] of version of history "B", silver Daleks with slats and enlarged fenders made up the Invasion Force. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Survival Guide (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)}}) | ||
[[File:Dalek attack formation The Chase-5.jpg|right|thumb|Silver Daleks during the pursuit of the Doctor. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Dalek attack formation The Chase-5.jpg|right|thumb|Silver Daleks during the pursuit of the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}})]] | ||
Following the invasion, the Daleks dispensed with the discs and enlarged fenders in favor of slats. Using a [[taranium]]-powered [[Dalek time machine]] of their own, an execution squad of slatted Silver Daleks ([[TV]]: | Following the invasion, the Daleks dispensed with the discs and enlarged fenders in favor of slats. Using a [[taranium]]-powered [[Dalek time machine]] of their own, an execution squad of slatted Silver Daleks ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}}) holding the rank of [[Pursuer-Dalek]]s ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Daleks (audio story)}}) pursued [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] throughout history in order kill the [[First Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s, ultimately leading them into conflict with the [[Mechanoid]]s in their [[Mechanoid City]]. The Dalek Leader slipped away from the battle with the Mechanoids after it realised that the assassination squad had no chance of winning. As the last surviving Dalek and in an act of self-sacrifice, it hacked into the [[Mechanoid City|city]]'s computer systems and set the whole place to self-destruct, hoping to kill the Doctor and his companions in the blast. The Doctor escaped and the squad failed in their mission. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Chase (novelisation)}}) | ||
Sometime prior to [[3985]], ([[PROSE]]: | Sometime prior to [[3985]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Legacy (novel)}}) Silver Daleks targeted [[New Mondas]]. They attacked the [[Seventh Cyber-Fleet]], exterminating the [[CyberNeomorph]]s aboard and accelerating the [[Cyber-conversion|conversions]] of humans they’d captured. The Daleks took control of the new Cybermen and installed [[Oblivion Continuum]]s inside them, which they detonated when their Cybermen were allowed into [[Cyber-Control]] on New Mondas. Two Silver Daleks observed the explosion and proclaimed that the [[Cyber-Empire]] had fallen to the Daleks. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Cyber Crisis (comic story)}}) | ||
In their scrutiny of Dalek history, the [[Time Lord]]s identified a group of Daleks who were engaged in the [[War (The Outlaw Planet)|conflict]] against the [[Space Security Service]], consisting of silver Dalek drones, a [[Red Dalek (Dalek Combat Training Manual)|Red Dalek leader]] and its [[Red Dalek's subordinate|red-domed subordinate]]. These Daleks all sported enlarged fenders like the Dalek Earthforce along with blue, cone-shaped luminosity dischargers. ([[PROSE]]: | In their scrutiny of Dalek history, the [[Time Lord]]s identified a group of Daleks who were engaged in the [[War (The Outlaw Planet)|conflict]] against the [[Space Security Service]], consisting of silver Dalek drones, a [[Red Dalek (Dalek Combat Training Manual)|Red Dalek leader]] and its [[Red Dalek's subordinate|red-domed subordinate]]. These Daleks all sported enlarged fenders like the Dalek Earthforce along with blue, cone-shaped luminosity dischargers. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)}}) | ||
In the year [[4000]], the silver Daleks formed an [[Galactic Council|alliance]] with the [[Outer Galaxies]] and [[Mavic Chen]], who supplied them with an emm of [[Taranium]], which was vital to the [[Time Destructor]] to wipe out the [[Solar System]]. However, the [[First Doctor]] escaped with the Taranium, and the Daleks pursued him until he apparently surrendered it to them - this turned out to be a fake, however, so a Dalek task force with a [[Red Dalek Leader]] sent from Skaro in another time machine by the [[Dalek Prime]] pursued him and his [[companion]]s through time until the core was finally recovered in Ancient [[Egypt]]. They successfully recovered the core, although the Red Dalek was killed by [[rock]]s during the battle with the Egyptians. The Doctor activated the Time Destructor which destroyed the Daleks, their [[Dalek Fleet|invasion fleet]] and left [[Kembel]] a wasteland. ([[TV]]: | In the year [[4000]], the silver Daleks formed an [[Galactic Council|alliance]] with the [[Outer Galaxies]] and [[Mavic Chen]], who supplied them with an emm of [[Taranium]], which was vital to the [[Time Destructor]] to wipe out the [[Solar System]]. However, the [[First Doctor]] escaped with the Taranium, and the Daleks pursued him until he apparently surrendered it to them - this turned out to be a fake, however, so a Dalek task force with a [[Red Dalek Leader]] sent from Skaro in another time machine by the [[Dalek Prime]] pursued him and his [[companion]]s through time until the core was finally recovered in Ancient [[Egypt]]. They successfully recovered the core, although the Red Dalek was killed by [[rock]]s during the battle with the Egyptians. The Doctor activated the Time Destructor which destroyed the Daleks, their [[Dalek Fleet|invasion fleet]] and left [[Kembel]] a wasteland. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mission to the Unknown (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mutation of Time (novelisation)}}) A war ensued between the Daleks and the Space Security Service. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The House of Kingdom (audio story)}}) | ||
[[File:ExxilonsDestroyDalek.jpg|left|thumb|A Mark V Silver Dalek is destroyed on [[Exxilon]]. ([[TV]]: | [[File:ExxilonsDestroyDalek.jpg|left|thumb|A Mark V Silver Dalek is destroyed on [[Exxilon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death to the Daleks (TV story)}})]] | ||
After the Dalek war, a [[ship]] of silver Daleks travelled to the planet [[Exxilon]] in search of [[Parrinium]], the only cure to a plague which the Daleks hoped to exploit, where all of its power was taken by the [[Exxilon City]]. The Dalek task-force encountered the [[Third Doctor]] and his companion [[Sarah Jane Smith]] along with a human expedition. They attempted to gun down the humans, but discovered that the Exxilon City had also drained their power supplies, rendering their gunsticks useless and forcing the Daleks to form an unholy alliance with the humans. While their gunsticks did not work, the Daleks replaced them with [[Firearm|machine guns]] and enslaved the [[Exxilon (species)|Exxillons]] in search for parrinium. When their power was restored, the Daleks revealed they were the cause of the [[Space plague]] and were about to fire plague missiles to kill the Exxilons and the Doctor as they made their getaway in their ship. However, it and its crew were destroyed by [[Dan Galloway]], who had stowed away on the ship with a Dalek bomb, which he detonated. ([[TV]]: | After the Dalek war, a [[ship]] of silver Daleks travelled to the planet [[Exxilon]] in search of [[Parrinium]], the only cure to a plague which the Daleks hoped to exploit, where all of its power was taken by the [[Exxilon City]]. The Dalek task-force encountered the [[Third Doctor]] and his companion [[Sarah Jane Smith]] along with a human expedition. They attempted to gun down the humans, but discovered that the Exxilon City had also drained their power supplies, rendering their gunsticks useless and forcing the Daleks to form an unholy alliance with the humans. While their gunsticks did not work, the Daleks replaced them with [[Firearm|machine guns]] and enslaved the [[Exxilon (species)|Exxillons]] in search for parrinium. When their power was restored, the Daleks revealed they were the cause of the [[Space plague]] and were about to fire plague missiles to kill the Exxilons and the Doctor as they made their getaway in their ship. However, it and its crew were destroyed by [[Dan Galloway]], who had stowed away on the ship with a Dalek bomb, which he detonated. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death to the Daleks (TV story)}}) Some years later silver Daleks returned to Exxilon after the plague began to infect Daleks. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Dalek Protocol (audio story)}}) | ||
A Dalek factory ship crashed on [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]], where it lay for three hundred years until a human scientist named [[Lesterson]] recovered and penetrated the capsule. Once activated, the surviving silver Daleks in the capsule decided to pose as obedient robotic servant drones, claiming to be the colonists' willing servants. The Daleks took advantage of the colonists' naive trust to establish a reproduction plant - on a conveyor belt system - with which to increase their numbers. The [[Second Doctor]] eventually destroyed the Daleks by turning the colony's power source against them, but not before the Daleks killed a vast number of the colony's inhabitants. ([[TV]]: | A Dalek factory ship crashed on [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]], where it lay for three hundred years until a human scientist named [[Lesterson]] recovered and penetrated the capsule. Once activated, the surviving silver Daleks in the capsule decided to pose as obedient robotic servant drones, claiming to be the colonists' willing servants. The Daleks took advantage of the colonists' naive trust to establish a reproduction plant - on a conveyor belt system - with which to increase their numbers. The [[Second Doctor]] eventually destroyed the Daleks by turning the colony's power source against them, but not before the Daleks killed a vast number of the colony's inhabitants. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
===The Dalek Civil War=== | ===The Dalek Civil War=== | ||
[[File: Evil no delay.jpg|thumb|right|Silver Daleks during research into the [[human factor]]. ([[TV]]: | [[File: Evil no delay.jpg|thumb|right|Silver Daleks during research into the [[human factor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)}})]] | ||
A thousand years after the events on Kembel, ([[PROSE]]: | A thousand years after the events on Kembel, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)}}) under the leadership of the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]], silver Daleks were summoned to [[19th century]] [[Earth]] by the [[human]] businessman and amateur alchemist [[Theodore Maxtible]], who had devised a new form of [[time travel]] involving [[mirror]]s and [[static electricity]], they took over Maxtible's techniques for themselves. Armed with this venue for time-space travel, they used it to trick the [[Second Doctor]] into a trap. They asked him to implant the [[human factor]] into three Daleks, claiming that they desired to become [[humanised Dalek]]s allying the best of mankind and Dalek-kind. In truth, the Emperor's design was that the Doctor's experiment would, by contrast, also identify the [[Dalek factor]], which they would then spread through [[Earth]]'s history. However, having realised the Daleks' plan, the Doctor encouraged the three humanised Daleks, [[Alpha (The Evil of the Daleks)|Alpha]], [[Beta (The Evil of the Daleks)|Beta]] and [[Omega (The Evil of the Daleks)|Omega]], to defend themselves. Fearful of the implications, the Emperor ordered many Daleks through an archway that would re-implant the Dalek factor. However, the Doctor switched factors so that all Daleks through the archway were humanised. A [[Dalek Civil War|conflict]] between the normal and humanised Daleks inevitably broke out across Skaro, apparently ending the Daleks. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
===Replacement by the Grey Daleks=== | ===Replacement by the Grey Daleks=== | ||
At later points in the Daleks' history, Silver Daleks were phased out and [[Grey Dalek]]s became the normal form of [[Dalek drone]]. ([[TV]]: | At later points in the Daleks' history, Silver Daleks were phased out and [[Grey Dalek]]s became the normal form of [[Dalek drone]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Frontier in Space (TV story)}}, {{cs|Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)}}, etc.) Grey Daleks had, according one account of the Daleks' origin, been the original form of Mark III Travel Machine presented by [[Davros]] to the [[Kaled]] Scientific Elite. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
===Return of the Silver Daleks=== | ===Return of the Silver Daleks=== | ||
==== Drones of the Restoration Empire ==== | ==== Drones of the Restoration Empire ==== | ||
In what may have been either a part of the [[Dalek Empire]]'s natural history ([[PROSE]]: | In what may have been either a part of the [[Dalek Empire]]'s natural history ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Restoration Empire (short story)}}) or a divergence in time caused by the [[Kotturuh crisis]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)}}) after the [[Imperial Dalek]]s triumphed in the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War]], the Daleks refashioned into the [[Restoration Empire]] and reintroduced the Silver Dalek colour scheme as the basic [[Dalek drone]], in an attempt to hearken back to the original Dalek hierarchy. The Restoration Empire's drones had updated casings whose structure matched the Type VIII design used by the [[Bronze Dalek]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Restoration Empire (short story)}}) | ||
==== Further conflicts with humanity==== | ==== Further conflicts with humanity==== | ||
[[File:Second Great Dalek Occupation.jpg|thumb|left|Silver Daleks during the [[Second Great Dalek Occupation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[File:Second Great Dalek Occupation.jpg|thumb|left|Silver Daleks during the [[Second Great Dalek Occupation]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Infinity (audio story)}})]] | ||
Following the [[Etra Prime incident]], ([[AUDIO]]: | Following the [[Etra Prime incident]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Apocalypse Element (audio story)}}) Silver Daleks served during the Daleks' [[Second Great Dalek Occupation|long war]] with the [[Earth Alliance]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)}}) including the hijacking of [[Project Infinity]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Project Infinity (audio story)}}) and the [[Enemy-Alliance Dalek War|subsequent war]] against [[the Mentor]]'s [[Alliance Dalek|Daleks]] from a [[The Mentor's universe|parallel universe]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Dalek War: Chapter One (audio story)}}) although the Daleks of [[N-Space]] briefly allied with humanity when [[Kalendorf]] deemed the Mentor's Daleks an even greater threat to humanity. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Dalek War: Chapter Four (audio story)}}) | ||
====Servitude under the Dalek Time Controller ==== | ====Servitude under the Dalek Time Controller ==== | ||
Silver Daleks continued to serve in the Dalek Empire even when the [[Time Lord]]s began foreseeing "[[Last Great Time War|something terrible]]" in the [[time track]]s, at least some of whom served under the [[Dalek Time Controller]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | Silver Daleks continued to serve in the Dalek Empire even when the [[Time Lord]]s began foreseeing "[[Last Great Time War|something terrible]]" in the [[time track]]s, at least some of whom served under the [[Dalek Time Controller]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Great War (audio story)}}) Silver Daleks were used to invade [[Srangor]], and came to work inside an underground base to assist the Dalek Time Controller and [[Kotris]] in creating a [[space-time projector]]. They also occasionally travelled to the surface of Srangor and captured survivors of the Daleks' invasion for experimentation. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|X and the Daleks (audio story)}}) Silver Daleks were also used to pursue the [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Molly O'Sullivan]] across time, starting from Earth in [[1914]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Great War (audio story)}}) to [[1943]], to the [[Ides Scientific Institute]] in [[1970]], and even across the universe, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Fugitives (audio story)}}) before eventually recovering them. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Tangled Web (audio story)}}) When the Doctor and Molly escaped to Srangor themselves, they investigated the Space-Time Projector; when Straxus was [[Extermination|exterminated]], Kotris, and by extension, his plans, were erased from [[history]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|X and the Daleks (audio story)}}) | ||
[[File:The Traitor spread.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Liv Chenka]] evade Silver Daleks on [[Nixyce VII]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[File:The Traitor spread.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Eighth Doctor]] and [[Liv Chenka]] evade Silver Daleks on [[Nixyce VII]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Traitor (audio story)}})]] | ||
Silver Daleks were later used to conquer the [[Nixyce system]], ([[AUDIO]]: | Silver Daleks were later used to conquer the [[Nixyce system]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Traitor (audio story)}}) including [[Nixyce II]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Eye of Darkness (audio story)}}) and [[Nixyce VII]]; on the latter planet, Silver Daleks again served under the Dalek Time Controller and ensured the enslavement of Nixyce VII's survivors. The Eighth Doctor eventually arrived and attempted to end the slavery of Nixyce VII, but was eventually captured and taken to the Dalek Time Controller, where he revealed his true intentions in coming to the planet; ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Traitor (audio story)}}) the Doctor wished for the Time Controller to use the super weapon that the Daleks had created on Nixyce VII to destroy a nearby fleet of [[The Eminence|Eminence]] [[Teleportation casket|caskets]]. The Time Controller complied. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Time's Horizon (audio story)}}, {{cs|Eyes of the Master (audio story)}}) | ||
On the [[Eye of Orion]], [[Liv Chenka]] specifically identified the [[Dalek Commander (Eye of Darkness)|Dalek Commander]] of a small contingent of Daleks as silver in colour. This Commander, along with its subordinate Daleks, were exterminated by the Dalek Time Controller (as by this point, the Time Controller had been banished from the Dalek Empire). Shortly afterwards, a force of Silver Daleks, led by a [[Gold Dalek|gold]] [[Dalek Supreme (Eye of Darkness)|Dalek Supreme]], landed on the Eye of Orion and dispelled the Eminence [[gas]] containing [[Markus Schriver]]'s [[consciousness]] back into Schriver's [[bunker]]; the Daleks then forced the Eighth Doctor to lead them to the Dalek Time Controller, where they trapped him, along with Liv, Schriver and the Time Controller, inside the bunker. The Silver Dalek force then left the Eye of Orion, shortly before a [[temporal wave]] could hit. Back onboard their ship, the Silver Daleks were ordered by the Dalek Supreme to reconstitute the remains of the [[Dalek duplicate]] [[Adelaine Dutemps]], ([[AUDIO]]: | On the [[Eye of Orion]], [[Liv Chenka]] specifically identified the [[Dalek Commander (Eye of Darkness)|Dalek Commander]] of a small contingent of Daleks as silver in colour. This Commander, along with its subordinate Daleks, were exterminated by the Dalek Time Controller (as by this point, the Time Controller had been banished from the Dalek Empire). Shortly afterwards, a force of Silver Daleks, led by a [[Gold Dalek|gold]] [[Dalek Supreme (Eye of Darkness)|Dalek Supreme]], landed on the Eye of Orion and dispelled the Eminence [[gas]] containing [[Markus Schriver]]'s [[consciousness]] back into Schriver's [[bunker]]; the Daleks then forced the Eighth Doctor to lead them to the Dalek Time Controller, where they trapped him, along with Liv, Schriver and the Time Controller, inside the bunker. The Silver Dalek force then left the Eye of Orion, shortly before a [[temporal wave]] could hit. Back onboard their ship, the Silver Daleks were ordered by the Dalek Supreme to reconstitute the remains of the [[Dalek duplicate]] [[Adelaine Dutemps]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Eye of Darkness (audio story)}}) who the Daleks had recovered from [[Montmartre]], [[Paris]], in [[1921]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)}}) into [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|a unique Dalek Time Strategist]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Eye of Darkness (audio story)}}) | ||
===Service in the | ====Service in the Kotturuh crisis==== | ||
[[File:Daleks TLV.jpg|thumb|left|The Type VIII-style Silver Daleks of the [[Restoration Empire]]. ([[COMIC]]: | [[File:Daleks TLV.jpg|thumb|left|The Type VIII-style Silver Daleks of the [[Restoration Empire]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Defender of the Daleks (comic story)}})]] | ||
Following the Restoration Empire detecting the temporal fluctuations caused by the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s actions in the [[Dark Times]], ([[PROSE]]: | Following the Restoration Empire detecting the temporal fluctuations caused by the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s actions in the [[Dark Times]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)}}) and a message from [[Dalek (The Last Message)|a future version of their drones]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Last Message (short story)}}) the [[Emperor of the Restoration]] led the Silver Daleks to invade [[Islos]] for information, ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Archive of Islos (webcast)}}) only to find themselves pitted against [[Slave of the Hond|an Entity]]. Following the [[Evacuation of Skaro]] and a failed attempt to awaken a reserve force of Daleks, ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Sentinel of the Fifth Galaxy (webcast)}}) a handful of Silver Daleks accompanied the Emperor to [[Mechanus]] where they were destroyed. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Planet of the Mechanoids (webcast)}}) A larger force who had hidden in underground bunkers later [[Mechanoid-Dalek battle|fought]] against the [[Mechanoid]]s on [[Skaro]]. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Day of Reckoning (webcast)}}) | ||
When the Restoration Empire later fought a losing war against the [[Hond]], a group of Silver Daleks were sent to recruit an earlier version of the Tenth Doctor to aid the Daleks. A larger group assigned to aid the Doctor in defending the [[Dalek City]] followed a dark [[Grey Dalek (Defender of the Daleks)|Grey Dalek]]. When the Hond were defeated, the Silver Daleks attempted to exterminate the Doctor only for the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] to help her past self escape the city. ([[COMIC]]: | When the Restoration Empire later fought a losing war against the [[Hond]], a group of Silver Daleks were sent to recruit an earlier version of the Tenth Doctor to aid the Daleks. A larger group assigned to aid the Doctor in defending the [[Dalek City]] followed a dark [[Grey Dalek (Defender of the Daleks)|Grey Dalek]]. When the Hond were defeated, the Silver Daleks attempted to exterminate the Doctor only for the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] to help her past self escape the city. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Defender of the Daleks (comic story)}}) | ||
At least twelve ([[AUDIO]]: | At least twelve ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Enemy of My Enemy (audio story)}}) [[Time sensitive|time-sensitive]] Silver Daleks were assigned to the [[Dalek Time Squad]] on its mission to investigate the fluctuations in time. They were not supposed to think for themselves, but [[River Song]] suspected that they could. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)}}) They were ordered to invade [[Wrax]] when the [[Dalek Time Commander]] realised that the [[Wraxian]]s intended to use the [[Devolver]] against the Daleks. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Enemy of My Enemy (audio story)}}) In the [[Dark Times]], the Silver Dalek drones were deployed in the [[Battle of Mordeela]] and sent in [[Dalek scout ship|scout ships]] to hunt down the last of the [[Kotturuh]] and subjects for the Symbiont, including [[Ikalla]] on [[Entranxis]]. After the creation of the [[Dalek Symbiont|Symbiont]] by combining Dalek and [[Great Vampire]] DNA, numerous Drones were enhanced with the hybrid DNA and subsequently deployed in the Time Squad's [[Defence of Gallifrey|attack]] on pre-[[Time Lord]] [[Gallifrey]]. The hybrids died after the last judgement of the Kotturuh was inflicted on them by [[Inyit]]. The rest of the drones returned to the saucer as the Daleks panicked, fearing the judgement could spread to pure Dalek DNA, which was then forced into the [[Time Vortex]] by the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|All Flesh is Grass (novel)}}) The Doctor continued to sabotage the ship in the Vortex, forcing the Silver Daleks to attempt repairs. After the [[Dalek Prime Strategist]] destroyed the Dalek Time Commander, the Silver Daleks turned on him as a traitor as the Dalek saucer broke apart. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Mutually Assured Destruction (audio story)}}) Many of the Silver Dalek drones were torn apart by [[time wind]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Exit Strategy (short story)}}) however, [[Dalek (The Last Message)|one Dalek]] survived, ending up adrift in space. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Last Message (short story)}}) It later boarded the ''[[Starship Future]]'' where it rebuilt a [[Bronze Dalek|bronze casing]] and encountered the [[Fourth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Genetics of the Daleks (audio story)}}) | ||
After the resolution of the crisis in the Dark Times, with the prospect of open warfare between Daleks and Time Lords accelerating, ([[PROSE]]: | After the resolution of the crisis in the Dark Times, with the prospect of open warfare between Daleks and Time Lords accelerating, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Exit Strategy (short story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The End of Time (TV story)}} et al.) the Silver Daleks began to be replaced by the [[Bronze Dalek]]s as the standard design for Dalek drones. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Birth of a Legend (short story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}} et al.) | ||
===Phasing out and persistence=== | ===Phasing out and persistence=== | ||
[[File:Time War-style Silver Dalek.jpg|left|thumb|A Silver Dalek casing that matches the design of the bronze units ([[PROSE]]: | [[File:Time War-style Silver Dalek.jpg|left|thumb|A Silver Dalek casing that matches the design of the bronze units ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}})]] | ||
The Dalek race was a reunited force for the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[PROSE]]: | The Dalek race was a reunited force for the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)}}) Shortly before the outbreak of the Time War, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Birth of a Legend (short story)}}) the [[bronze Dalek]] design used in the [[Second Dalek War]] ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)}}) was reintroduced as the standard design for all Dalek drones, in preparation for the conflict that would soon begin. This marked the end of the Silver Daleks' dominance in the Dalek Empire's history. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}} et al) | ||
However, some Silver Daleks continued to exist following the design's disappearance from the Dalek Empire. | However, some Silver Daleks continued to exist following the design's disappearance from the Dalek Empire. | ||
[[File:4 Daleks TFB.png|thumb|Dalek forces on Gallifrey. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Final Battle (webcast)}})]] | [[File:4 Daleks TFB.png|thumb|Dalek forces on Gallifrey. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Final Battle (webcast)}})]] | ||
Silver Daleks with blue [[dome]]s appeared during the Time War among the many units on [[Moldox]] who surrounded the [[War Doctor]] and [[Cinder]]. ([[PROSE]]: | Silver Daleks with blue [[dome]]s appeared during the Time War among the many units on [[Moldox]] who surrounded the [[War Doctor]] and [[Cinder]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Engines of War (novel)}}) A number of silver Daleks with black [[sense globe]]s fought alongside bronze Daleks on [[Gallifrey]] during the [[Fall of Gallifrey|last day]] of the Time War. One was destroyed by a [[gunstick]] fired by [[Leela]]. Soon after, a [[Red Dalek (The Final Battle)|Red Dalek]] led two silver Daleks, one of which wielded a [[claw manipulator]], alongside a bronze Dalek to confront Leela, who used a [[Wayfinder]] to escape. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Final Battle (webcast)}}) | ||
A number of Silver Daleks from earlier in the Dalek Empire's timeline were kept within the [[Dalek Asylum]] after being deemed [[Insanity|insane]], including survivors of encounters with [[the Doctor]], ([[TV]]: | A number of Silver Daleks from earlier in the Dalek Empire's timeline were kept within the [[Dalek Asylum]] after being deemed [[Insanity|insane]], including survivors of encounters with [[the Doctor]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}) including Silver Daleks from [[Vulcan]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}}) and [[Exxilon]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Death to the Daleks (TV story)}}) These insane Daleks were killed when the Asylum was destroyed by the [[Parliament of the Daleks]], which was staffed almost entirely by [[bronze Dalek]]s, with other "Paradigm" Daleks serving in command roles. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}) Nevertheless, the painting ''[[Predator of the Daleks]]'' depicted the Parliament as being filled with silver Daleks, both with and without slats, alongside their bronze successors. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) | ||
Silver Daleks were also among a diverse range of Daleks who, led by a red [[Supreme Dalek (The Magician's Apprentice)|Supreme Dalek]], resided on the rebuilt [[Skaro]] where Davros lived. ([[TV]]: | Silver Daleks were also among a diverse range of Daleks who, led by a red [[Supreme Dalek (The Magician's Apprentice)|Supreme Dalek]], resided on the rebuilt [[Skaro]] where Davros lived. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}) When the Doctor's [[regeneration energy]] rejuvenated the discarded Daleks from the [[sewer]]s, the city-dwelling Daleks were overrun and destroyed. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Witch's Familiar (TV story)}}) | ||
On [[Earth]], during [[1 January|1st January]] [[2019]], the heavily [[rust]]ed [[casing]] of a [[Reconnaissance Dalek]] bore faded [[silver]] [[paint]] on its [[base unit]]. ([[TV]]: | On [[Earth]], during [[1 January|1st January]] [[2019]], the heavily [[rust]]ed [[casing]] of a [[Reconnaissance Dalek]] bore faded [[silver]] [[paint]] on its [[base unit]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Resolution (TV story)}}) The [[Defence Drone]]s that [[Leo Rugazzi]] and [[Jack Robertson]] later created, based on the Reconnaissance Dalek's casing, were coloured [[black]] and silver. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
===Alternate timelines=== | ===Alternate timelines=== | ||
In an [[alternate timeline]] created when the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDISes]] of the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s crashed into each other, in [[4000]], the Daleks successfully developed the [[Time Destructor]]. In this timeline, Silver Daleks landed on [[Urbinia]] and commenced the [[Harvesting of Urbinia]]. This timeline was averted when the Second Doctor travelled back in time and stopped his TARDIS from colliding with the First Doctor's TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: | In an [[alternate timeline]] created when the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDISes]] of the [[First Doctor|First]] and [[Second Doctor]]s crashed into each other, in [[4000]], the Daleks successfully developed the [[Time Destructor]]. In this timeline, Silver Daleks landed on [[Urbinia]] and commenced the [[Harvesting of Urbinia]]. This timeline was averted when the Second Doctor travelled back in time and stopped his TARDIS from colliding with the First Doctor's TARDIS. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Daughter of the Gods (audio story)}}) | ||
In an [[Alternate timeline (Master of the Daleks)|alternate timeline]] created when {{Macqueen}} and the [[Dalek Time Controller]] conquered Earth in the [[20th century]], by [[1961]], Earth had become "[[New Skaro]]", and humanity was harvested to create Silver Daleks in [[Dalek camp|Dalek slave camps]]; when humanity was approaching [[extinction]], [[Sontaran|Sontarans]] and [[Draconian|Draconians]] were also harvested to create more Silver Daleks. ([[AUDIO]]: | In an [[Alternate timeline (Master of the Daleks)|alternate timeline]] created when {{Macqueen}} and the [[Dalek Time Controller]] conquered Earth in the [[20th century]], by [[1961]], Earth had become "[[New Skaro]]", and humanity was harvested to create Silver Daleks in [[Dalek camp|Dalek slave camps]]; when humanity was approaching [[extinction]], [[Sontaran|Sontarans]] and [[Draconian|Draconians]] were also harvested to create more Silver Daleks. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Master of the Daleks (audio story)}}) After the Master travelled with numerous Silver Daleks from 1961 to [[Montmartre]], [[Paris]] in [[1921]], the Silver Daleks assisted in the invasion of Earth to establish this timeline. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)}}) Later, the Master betrayed the Dalek Time Controller and revealed that he had secretly programmed 75% of the Dalek [[army]] to obey him, sparking a [[civil war]] between the Master's Silver Daleks, the [[Dalek Time Strategist|Dalek Time Strategists]], who had arrived from 1921, and, eventually, an ever-growing army of newly-born Sontaran [[Clone|clones]] created by the [[Eighth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Master of the Daleks (audio story)}}) This timeline was erased when a [[temporal wave]] passed over the [[Eye of Orion]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Eye of Darkness (audio story)}}) | ||
===Other references=== | ===Other references=== | ||
During his [[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|trial]], the [[Second Doctor]] recalled the [[Dalek]]s, specifically drawing the image of a familiar Silver Dalek in the [[Thought Channel]], as one of the adversaries he had broken the [[Time Lord]] [[non-interference policy|code of non-interference]] to fight. ([[TV]]: | During his [[The Doctor's trial (The War Games)|trial]], the [[Second Doctor]] recalled the [[Dalek]]s, specifically drawing the image of a familiar Silver Dalek in the [[Thought Channel]], as one of the adversaries he had broken the [[Time Lord]] [[non-interference policy|code of non-interference]] to fight. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The War Games (TV story)}}) | ||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:26, 15 December 2024
Silver Daleks were Dalek drones who were most commonly distinguished by their gunmetal silver casings with blue sense globes. (PROSE: Mission to the Unknown [+]Loading...["Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)"] et al.) They were among the slatted Dalek casings which succeeded the Dalek War Machine as the most common variant of the Dalek travel machine sometime between the Daleks' encounter with Lodian, Yvric and Zet (COMIC: Legacy of Yesteryear [+]Loading...["Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)"]) and the One in a Million Dalek's rebellion. (COMIC: Shadow of Humanity [+]Loading...["Shadow of Humanity (comic story)"])
Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]
The majority of Silver Daleks, true to their name, used gunmetal silver casings near-identical to Dalek War Machine, with the only key difference being a series of metal, meshed slats around the casing's weapons platform; this drew energy from the Dalek's surroundings to power the casing, in contrast to the Dalek War Machines, which relied on static electricity to function. (TV: The Space Museum [+]Loading...["The Space Museum (TV story)"] et al.) The Time Lords called this casing the "Type III Dalek". (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)"]) From their appearance in the Dalek Civil War, the Dalek Survival Guide identified them as a later model of the original Skaro City Daleks. (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)"])
The Silver Daleks which were involved in the Exxilon Gambit and its aftermath used casings that featured black sense globes as well as black-and-silver slats on their weapons platforms. (TV: Death to the Daleks [+]Loading...["Death to the Daleks (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Dalek Protocol [+]Loading...["The Dalek Protocol (audio story)"]) Following the initial grey Daleks, the Type IV or "Dalek Drone Type 2", these Daleks were referred to by the Time Lords as Type V Daleks, essentially modified Type III Daleks. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)"]) The Dalek Survival Guide suggested that the "Dalek Drone Type 3", a variation of the "Type 1", was a version adapted for long-haul space flight, which explained the reflective surfaces that could stave off some of the adverse effects of hyperspatial exposure. (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)"])
In order to harken back to the old Dalek Empire, the Restoration Empire would utilise Silver Daleks with the original War Machine and Type III colour scheme as their primary drones. However, these updated casings otherwise matched the Type VIII design used by the Bronze Daleks. (PROSE: The Restoration Empire [+]Loading...["The Restoration Empire (short story)"])
A Dalek recorded in a book by some historians utilised an identically-coloured casing to the Type V, but with the same shape as a bronze Dalek, (PROSE: The Whoniverse [+]Loading...["The Whoniverse (novel)"]) which was deemed the Type VIII Dalek. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)"]) Similar Daleks were present on Gallifrey during the last day of the Time War. (WC: The Final Battle [+]Loading...["The Final Battle (webcast)"])
Hierarchy[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Silver Daleks were subordinate to black Supreme Daleks, black and silver Dalek saucer commanders, (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"]) and the Dalek Emperor, who was himself in a massive silver casing. In addition, the Emperor was protected by the Emperor's Personal Guard; mostly silver, they were distinguished by their black domes, (TV: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"]) a distinction which was later adapted to the bronze Daleks. (TV: The Parting of the Ways [+]Loading...["The Parting of the Ways (TV story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Origins[[edit] | [edit source]]
Silver Daleks' armours were among the slatted casings which succeeded the Dalek War Machine as the most common variant of the Dalek travel machine, sometime between the Daleks' encounter with Lodian, Yvric and Zet (COMIC: Legacy of Yesteryear [+]Loading...["Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)"]) and the One in a Million Dalek's rebellion. (COMIC: Shadow of Humanity [+]Loading...["Shadow of Humanity (comic story)"])
Conquests[[edit] | [edit source]]
By 2094, a photograph of Silver Daleks with a large, blue luminosity discharger not exhibited by later models, and an enlarged Dalek fender matching that of the later Dalek Earthforce, was freely available on Earth, where it served to illustrate a news article about the recovering of a set of story-cubes about the Daleks' history. Five of the Daleks were standing in a deserted street, with other ruined casings of the same type strewn about. (PROSE: The Dalek Chronicles Found! [+]Loading...["The Dalek Chronicles Found! (short story)"]) Their appearance matched that of the Invasion Force in version of history "B". (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)"])
Following the conquest of Earth in the 22nd century, silver Daleks fitted with solar energy collection discs and enlarged fenders occupied the planet, led by the Black Dalek known as the Supreme Controller while each saucer was under the command of a Dalek saucer commander. They used Robomen for patrols and overseeing slaves. The Sixth Doctor foiled their plan to unleash a Varga plant virus and new Robomen Elite in 2163 and erased any record of his involvement afterwards but the invasion continued. (AUDIO: Masters of Earth [+]Loading...["Masters of Earth (audio story)"]) The Daleks commenced a mining operation in Bedfordshire in order to reach the Earth's magnetic core, replace it with a propulsion system, and turn the whole planet into a massive spacecraft. Some time after their takeover of Earth, however, the First Doctor foiled the plan before its completion; the pit they had dug turned into an active volcano, the eruption of which killed the remaining Daleks and destroyed their base. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth [+]Loading...["The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)"])
In the 2150 Dalek invasion of Earth of version of history "B", silver Daleks with slats and enlarged fenders made up the Invasion Force. (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)"], TV: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. [+]Loading...["Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)"])
Following the invasion, the Daleks dispensed with the discs and enlarged fenders in favor of slats. Using a taranium-powered Dalek time machine of their own, an execution squad of slatted Silver Daleks (TV: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"]) holding the rank of Pursuer-Daleks (AUDIO: The Daleks [+]Loading...["The Daleks (audio story)"]) pursued the TARDIS throughout history in order kill the First Doctor and his companions, ultimately leading them into conflict with the Mechanoids in their Mechanoid City. The Dalek Leader slipped away from the battle with the Mechanoids after it realised that the assassination squad had no chance of winning. As the last surviving Dalek and in an act of self-sacrifice, it hacked into the city's computer systems and set the whole place to self-destruct, hoping to kill the Doctor and his companions in the blast. The Doctor escaped and the squad failed in their mission. (TV: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"], PROSE: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (novelisation)"])
Sometime prior to 3985, (PROSE: Legacy [+]Loading...["Legacy (novel)"]) Silver Daleks targeted New Mondas. They attacked the Seventh Cyber-Fleet, exterminating the CyberNeomorphs aboard and accelerating the conversions of humans they’d captured. The Daleks took control of the new Cybermen and installed Oblivion Continuums inside them, which they detonated when their Cybermen were allowed into Cyber-Control on New Mondas. Two Silver Daleks observed the explosion and proclaimed that the Cyber-Empire had fallen to the Daleks. (COMIC: Cyber Crisis [+]Loading...["Cyber Crisis (comic story)"])
In their scrutiny of Dalek history, the Time Lords identified a group of Daleks who were engaged in the conflict against the Space Security Service, consisting of silver Dalek drones, a Red Dalek leader and its red-domed subordinate. These Daleks all sported enlarged fenders like the Dalek Earthforce along with blue, cone-shaped luminosity dischargers. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)"])
In the year 4000, the silver Daleks formed an alliance with the Outer Galaxies and Mavic Chen, who supplied them with an emm of Taranium, which was vital to the Time Destructor to wipe out the Solar System. However, the First Doctor escaped with the Taranium, and the Daleks pursued him until he apparently surrendered it to them - this turned out to be a fake, however, so a Dalek task force with a Red Dalek Leader sent from Skaro in another time machine by the Dalek Prime pursued him and his companions through time until the core was finally recovered in Ancient Egypt. They successfully recovered the core, although the Red Dalek was killed by rocks during the battle with the Egyptians. The Doctor activated the Time Destructor which destroyed the Daleks, their invasion fleet and left Kembel a wasteland. (TV: Mission to the Unknown [+]Loading...["Mission to the Unknown (TV story)"], The Daleks' Master Plan [+]Loading...["The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)"], PROSE: The Mutation of Time [+]Loading...["The Mutation of Time (novelisation)"]) A war ensued between the Daleks and the Space Security Service. (AUDIO: The House of Kingdom [+]Loading...["The House of Kingdom (audio story)"])
After the Dalek war, a ship of silver Daleks travelled to the planet Exxilon in search of Parrinium, the only cure to a plague which the Daleks hoped to exploit, where all of its power was taken by the Exxilon City. The Dalek task-force encountered the Third Doctor and his companion Sarah Jane Smith along with a human expedition. They attempted to gun down the humans, but discovered that the Exxilon City had also drained their power supplies, rendering their gunsticks useless and forcing the Daleks to form an unholy alliance with the humans. While their gunsticks did not work, the Daleks replaced them with machine guns and enslaved the Exxillons in search for parrinium. When their power was restored, the Daleks revealed they were the cause of the Space plague and were about to fire plague missiles to kill the Exxilons and the Doctor as they made their getaway in their ship. However, it and its crew were destroyed by Dan Galloway, who had stowed away on the ship with a Dalek bomb, which he detonated. (TV: Death to the Daleks [+]Loading...["Death to the Daleks (TV story)"]) Some years later silver Daleks returned to Exxilon after the plague began to infect Daleks. (AUDIO: The Dalek Protocol [+]Loading...["The Dalek Protocol (audio story)"])
A Dalek factory ship crashed on Vulcan, where it lay for three hundred years until a human scientist named Lesterson recovered and penetrated the capsule. Once activated, the surviving silver Daleks in the capsule decided to pose as obedient robotic servant drones, claiming to be the colonists' willing servants. The Daleks took advantage of the colonists' naive trust to establish a reproduction plant - on a conveyor belt system - with which to increase their numbers. The Second Doctor eventually destroyed the Daleks by turning the colony's power source against them, but not before the Daleks killed a vast number of the colony's inhabitants. (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"])
The Dalek Civil War[[edit] | [edit source]]
A thousand years after the events on Kembel, (PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)"]) under the leadership of the Dalek Emperor, silver Daleks were summoned to 19th century Earth by the human businessman and amateur alchemist Theodore Maxtible, who had devised a new form of time travel involving mirrors and static electricity, they took over Maxtible's techniques for themselves. Armed with this venue for time-space travel, they used it to trick the Second Doctor into a trap. They asked him to implant the human factor into three Daleks, claiming that they desired to become humanised Daleks allying the best of mankind and Dalek-kind. In truth, the Emperor's design was that the Doctor's experiment would, by contrast, also identify the Dalek factor, which they would then spread through Earth's history. However, having realised the Daleks' plan, the Doctor encouraged the three humanised Daleks, Alpha, Beta and Omega, to defend themselves. Fearful of the implications, the Emperor ordered many Daleks through an archway that would re-implant the Dalek factor. However, the Doctor switched factors so that all Daleks through the archway were humanised. A conflict between the normal and humanised Daleks inevitably broke out across Skaro, apparently ending the Daleks. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Replacement by the Grey Daleks[[edit] | [edit source]]
At later points in the Daleks' history, Silver Daleks were phased out and Grey Daleks became the normal form of Dalek drone. (TV: Frontier in Space [+]Loading...["Frontier in Space (TV story)"], Destiny of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)"], Revelation of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revelation of the Daleks (TV story)"], etc.) Grey Daleks had, according one account of the Daleks' origin, been the original form of Mark III Travel Machine presented by Davros to the Kaled Scientific Elite. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Return of the Silver Daleks[[edit] | [edit source]]
Drones of the Restoration Empire[[edit] | [edit source]]
In what may have been either a part of the Dalek Empire's natural history (PROSE: The Restoration Empire [+]Loading...["The Restoration Empire (short story)"]) or a divergence in time caused by the Kotturuh crisis, (PROSE: The Knight, The Fool and The Dead [+]Loading...["The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)"]) after the Imperial Daleks triumphed in the Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War, the Daleks refashioned into the Restoration Empire and reintroduced the Silver Dalek colour scheme as the basic Dalek drone, in an attempt to hearken back to the original Dalek hierarchy. The Restoration Empire's drones had updated casings whose structure matched the Type VIII design used by the Bronze Daleks. (PROSE: The Restoration Empire [+]Loading...["The Restoration Empire (short story)"])
Further conflicts with humanity[[edit] | [edit source]]
Following the Etra Prime incident, (AUDIO: The Apocalypse Element [+]Loading...["The Apocalypse Element (audio story)"]) Silver Daleks served during the Daleks' long war with the Earth Alliance, (AUDIO: Invasion of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Invasion of the Daleks (audio story)"]) including the hijacking of Project Infinity, (AUDIO: Project Infinity [+]Loading...["Project Infinity (audio story)"]) and the subsequent war against the Mentor's Daleks from a parallel universe, (AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter One [+]Loading...["Dalek War: Chapter One (audio story)"]) although the Daleks of N-Space briefly allied with humanity when Kalendorf deemed the Mentor's Daleks an even greater threat to humanity. (AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter Four [+]Loading...["Dalek War: Chapter Four (audio story)"])
Servitude under the Dalek Time Controller[[edit] | [edit source]]
Silver Daleks continued to serve in the Dalek Empire even when the Time Lords began foreseeing "something terrible" in the time tracks, at least some of whom served under the Dalek Time Controller. (AUDIO: The Great War [+]Loading...["The Great War (audio story)"]) Silver Daleks were used to invade Srangor, and came to work inside an underground base to assist the Dalek Time Controller and Kotris in creating a space-time projector. They also occasionally travelled to the surface of Srangor and captured survivors of the Daleks' invasion for experimentation. (AUDIO: X and the Daleks [+]Loading...["X and the Daleks (audio story)"]) Silver Daleks were also used to pursue the Eighth Doctor and Molly O'Sullivan across time, starting from Earth in 1914, (AUDIO: The Great War [+]Loading...["The Great War (audio story)"]) to 1943, to the Ides Scientific Institute in 1970, and even across the universe, (AUDIO: Fugitives [+]Loading...["Fugitives (audio story)"]) before eventually recovering them. (AUDIO: Tangled Web [+]Loading...["Tangled Web (audio story)"]) When the Doctor and Molly escaped to Srangor themselves, they investigated the Space-Time Projector; when Straxus was exterminated, Kotris, and by extension, his plans, were erased from history. (AUDIO: X and the Daleks [+]Loading...["X and the Daleks (audio story)"])
Silver Daleks were later used to conquer the Nixyce system, (AUDIO: The Traitor [+]Loading...["The Traitor (audio story)"]) including Nixyce II (AUDIO: Eye of Darkness [+]Loading...["Eye of Darkness (audio story)"]) and Nixyce VII; on the latter planet, Silver Daleks again served under the Dalek Time Controller and ensured the enslavement of Nixyce VII's survivors. The Eighth Doctor eventually arrived and attempted to end the slavery of Nixyce VII, but was eventually captured and taken to the Dalek Time Controller, where he revealed his true intentions in coming to the planet; (AUDIO: The Traitor [+]Loading...["The Traitor (audio story)"]) the Doctor wished for the Time Controller to use the super weapon that the Daleks had created on Nixyce VII to destroy a nearby fleet of Eminence caskets. The Time Controller complied. (AUDIO: Time's Horizon [+]Loading...["Time's Horizon (audio story)"], Eyes of the Master [+]Loading...["Eyes of the Master (audio story)"])
On the Eye of Orion, Liv Chenka specifically identified the Dalek Commander of a small contingent of Daleks as silver in colour. This Commander, along with its subordinate Daleks, were exterminated by the Dalek Time Controller (as by this point, the Time Controller had been banished from the Dalek Empire). Shortly afterwards, a force of Silver Daleks, led by a gold Dalek Supreme, landed on the Eye of Orion and dispelled the Eminence gas containing Markus Schriver's consciousness back into Schriver's bunker; the Daleks then forced the Eighth Doctor to lead them to the Dalek Time Controller, where they trapped him, along with Liv, Schriver and the Time Controller, inside the bunker. The Silver Dalek force then left the Eye of Orion, shortly before a temporal wave could hit. Back onboard their ship, the Silver Daleks were ordered by the Dalek Supreme to reconstitute the remains of the Dalek duplicate Adelaine Dutemps, (AUDIO: Eye of Darkness [+]Loading...["Eye of Darkness (audio story)"]) who the Daleks had recovered from Montmartre, Paris, in 1921, (AUDIO: The Monster of Montmartre [+]Loading...["The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)"]) into a unique Dalek Time Strategist. (AUDIO: Eye of Darkness [+]Loading...["Eye of Darkness (audio story)"])
Service in the Kotturuh crisis[[edit] | [edit source]]
Following the Restoration Empire detecting the temporal fluctuations caused by the Tenth Doctor's actions in the Dark Times, (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times [+]Loading...["The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)"]) and a message from a future version of their drones, (PROSE: The Last Message [+]Loading...["The Last Message (short story)"]) the Emperor of the Restoration led the Silver Daleks to invade Islos for information, (WC: The Archive of Islos [+]Loading...["The Archive of Islos (webcast)"]) only to find themselves pitted against an Entity. Following the Evacuation of Skaro and a failed attempt to awaken a reserve force of Daleks, (WC: The Sentinel of the Fifth Galaxy [+]Loading...["The Sentinel of the Fifth Galaxy (webcast)"]) a handful of Silver Daleks accompanied the Emperor to Mechanus where they were destroyed. (WC: Planet of the Mechanoids [+]Loading...["Planet of the Mechanoids (webcast)"]) A larger force who had hidden in underground bunkers later fought against the Mechanoids on Skaro. (WC: Day of Reckoning [+]Loading...["Day of Reckoning (webcast)"])
When the Restoration Empire later fought a losing war against the Hond, a group of Silver Daleks were sent to recruit an earlier version of the Tenth Doctor to aid the Daleks. A larger group assigned to aid the Doctor in defending the Dalek City followed a dark Grey Dalek. When the Hond were defeated, the Silver Daleks attempted to exterminate the Doctor only for the Thirteenth Doctor to help her past self escape the city. (COMIC: Defender of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Defender of the Daleks (comic story)"])
At least twelve (AUDIO: The Enemy of My Enemy [+]Loading...["The Enemy of My Enemy (audio story)"]) time-sensitive Silver Daleks were assigned to the Dalek Time Squad on its mission to investigate the fluctuations in time. They were not supposed to think for themselves, but River Song suspected that they could. (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times [+]Loading...["The Guide to the Dark Times (short story)"]) They were ordered to invade Wrax when the Dalek Time Commander realised that the Wraxians intended to use the Devolver against the Daleks. (AUDIO: The Enemy of My Enemy [+]Loading...["The Enemy of My Enemy (audio story)"]) In the Dark Times, the Silver Dalek drones were deployed in the Battle of Mordeela and sent in scout ships to hunt down the last of the Kotturuh and subjects for the Symbiont, including Ikalla on Entranxis. After the creation of the Symbiont by combining Dalek and Great Vampire DNA, numerous Drones were enhanced with the hybrid DNA and subsequently deployed in the Time Squad's attack on pre-Time Lord Gallifrey. The hybrids died after the last judgement of the Kotturuh was inflicted on them by Inyit. The rest of the drones returned to the saucer as the Daleks panicked, fearing the judgement could spread to pure Dalek DNA, which was then forced into the Time Vortex by the Eighth Doctor. (PROSE: All Flesh is Grass [+]Loading...["All Flesh is Grass (novel)"]) The Doctor continued to sabotage the ship in the Vortex, forcing the Silver Daleks to attempt repairs. After the Dalek Prime Strategist destroyed the Dalek Time Commander, the Silver Daleks turned on him as a traitor as the Dalek saucer broke apart. (AUDIO: Mutually Assured Destruction [+]Loading...["Mutually Assured Destruction (audio story)"]) Many of the Silver Dalek drones were torn apart by time winds, (PROSE: Exit Strategy [+]Loading...["Exit Strategy (short story)"]) however, one Dalek survived, ending up adrift in space. (PROSE: The Last Message [+]Loading...["The Last Message (short story)"]) It later boarded the Starship Future where it rebuilt a bronze casing and encountered the Fourth Doctor. (AUDIO: Genetics of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Genetics of the Daleks (audio story)"])
After the resolution of the crisis in the Dark Times, with the prospect of open warfare between Daleks and Time Lords accelerating, (PROSE: Exit Strategy [+]Loading...["Exit Strategy (short story)"], TV: The End of Time [+]Loading...["The End of Time (TV story)"] et al.) the Silver Daleks began to be replaced by the Bronze Daleks as the standard design for Dalek drones. (PROSE: Birth of a Legend [+]Loading...["Birth of a Legend (short story)"], TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"] et al.)
Phasing out and persistence[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Dalek race was a reunited force for the Last Great Time War. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual [+]Loading...["Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)"]) Shortly before the outbreak of the Time War, (PROSE: Birth of a Legend [+]Loading...["Birth of a Legend (short story)"]) the bronze Dalek design used in the Second Dalek War (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)"]) was reintroduced as the standard design for all Dalek drones, in preparation for the conflict that would soon begin. This marked the end of the Silver Daleks' dominance in the Dalek Empire's history. (TV: Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"] et al)
However, some Silver Daleks continued to exist following the design's disappearance from the Dalek Empire.
Silver Daleks with blue domes appeared during the Time War among the many units on Moldox who surrounded the War Doctor and Cinder. (PROSE: Engines of War [+]Loading...["Engines of War (novel)"]) A number of silver Daleks with black sense globes fought alongside bronze Daleks on Gallifrey during the last day of the Time War. One was destroyed by a gunstick fired by Leela. Soon after, a Red Dalek led two silver Daleks, one of which wielded a claw manipulator, alongside a bronze Dalek to confront Leela, who used a Wayfinder to escape. (WC: The Final Battle [+]Loading...["The Final Battle (webcast)"])
A number of Silver Daleks from earlier in the Dalek Empire's timeline were kept within the Dalek Asylum after being deemed insane, including survivors of encounters with the Doctor, (TV: Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"]) including Silver Daleks from Vulcan (TV: The Power of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Power of the Daleks (TV story)"]) and Exxilon. (TV: Death to the Daleks [+]Loading...["Death to the Daleks (TV story)"]) These insane Daleks were killed when the Asylum was destroyed by the Parliament of the Daleks, which was staffed almost entirely by bronze Daleks, with other "Paradigm" Daleks serving in command roles. (TV: Asylum of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)"]) Nevertheless, the painting Predator of the Daleks depicted the Parliament as being filled with silver Daleks, both with and without slats, alongside their bronze successors. (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)"])
Silver Daleks were also among a diverse range of Daleks who, led by a red Supreme Dalek, resided on the rebuilt Skaro where Davros lived. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice [+]Loading...["The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)"]) When the Doctor's regeneration energy rejuvenated the discarded Daleks from the sewers, the city-dwelling Daleks were overrun and destroyed. (TV: The Witch's Familiar [+]Loading...["The Witch's Familiar (TV story)"])
On Earth, during 1st January 2019, the heavily rusted casing of a Reconnaissance Dalek bore faded silver paint on its base unit. (TV: Resolution [+]Loading...["Resolution (TV story)"]) The Defence Drones that Leo Rugazzi and Jack Robertson later created, based on the Reconnaissance Dalek's casing, were coloured black and silver. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)"])
Alternate timelines[[edit] | [edit source]]
In an alternate timeline created when the TARDISes of the First and Second Doctors crashed into each other, in 4000, the Daleks successfully developed the Time Destructor. In this timeline, Silver Daleks landed on Urbinia and commenced the Harvesting of Urbinia. This timeline was averted when the Second Doctor travelled back in time and stopped his TARDIS from colliding with the First Doctor's TARDIS. (AUDIO: Daughter of the Gods [+]Loading...["Daughter of the Gods (audio story)"])
In an alternate timeline created when the Reborn Master and the Dalek Time Controller conquered Earth in the 20th century, by 1961, Earth had become "New Skaro", and humanity was harvested to create Silver Daleks in Dalek slave camps; when humanity was approaching extinction, Sontarans and Draconians were also harvested to create more Silver Daleks. (AUDIO: Master of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Master of the Daleks (audio story)"]) After the Master travelled with numerous Silver Daleks from 1961 to Montmartre, Paris in 1921, the Silver Daleks assisted in the invasion of Earth to establish this timeline. (AUDIO: The Monster of Montmartre [+]Loading...["The Monster of Montmartre (audio story)"]) Later, the Master betrayed the Dalek Time Controller and revealed that he had secretly programmed 75% of the Dalek army to obey him, sparking a civil war between the Master's Silver Daleks, the Dalek Time Strategists, who had arrived from 1921, and, eventually, an ever-growing army of newly-born Sontaran clones created by the Eighth Doctor. (AUDIO: Master of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Master of the Daleks (audio story)"]) This timeline was erased when a temporal wave passed over the Eye of Orion. (AUDIO: Eye of Darkness [+]Loading...["Eye of Darkness (audio story)"])
Other references[[edit] | [edit source]]
During his trial, the Second Doctor recalled the Daleks, specifically drawing the image of a familiar Silver Dalek in the Thought Channel, as one of the adversaries he had broken the Time Lord code of non-interference to fight. (TV: The War Games [+]Loading...["The War Games (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Merchandise[[edit] | [edit source]]
- "Type III" Silver Daleks as seen in the Doctor Who serials of the 1960s were notably used by Big Finish Productions to represent the Daleks in a number of stories set following the Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War including The Apocalypse Element, The Time of the Daleks, Terror Firma and the Dalek Empire series.
- A variation of the silver Dalek drone with purple sense globes, along with a Purple-Top Dalek, was among the cards released by Weetabix.
- Dapol, which produced a range of toys based on the classic series of Doctor Who, released several original silver Dalek variants which did not appear on-screen.
- W008-3 was silver with blue slats in addition to sense globes.
- A "Millennium Dalek" (W008-M6) had a sparkly silver body with a golden neck grille, slats and sense globes.
- In 2014, Character Options released a Dalek Invasion of Earth set with the colours of the Black Supreme and Silver Dalek drone applied to the bronze Dalek model.[1]
Invalid sources[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Silver Daleks (with larger luminosity dischargers than their TV counterparts') serve as foot soldiers in the theatrical film Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., adapted from The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
- The King Dalek was supported by Silver Dalek Guards whose casings sported a head section and shoulder platform "arms" coloured red. (NOTVALID: War of the Daleks)
- The Dalek Handbook claims that the 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.
- The Dalek Handbook's list of Dalek paradigms, by real world appearance, counts the "Type III" Silver Daleks as their own paradigm following the Dalek Earthforce and preceding the Grey Daleks.
