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A '''rel''' was a [[Dalek]] unit of [[time]] measurement. A rel was slightly longer than one [[Earth]] second. ([[DW]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'')
A '''rel''' was a [[Dalek]] unit of measurement, principally of time.  
It appears that a countdown is sometimes measured in gaps of 3 rels ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'')


In other contexts, it is a unit of speed ([[DC]]: ''[[Plague of Death]]''), where presumably rel is short for some standard unit of distance per rel.
==Overview==
===Uses===
The Daleks used rels for time measurement. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'') One rel was slightly longer than a [[Wikipedia:second|second]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'')


It is also used as a unit to measure hydroelectric energy, not to be confused for a [[vep]], the unit used for artificial sunlight ([[The Dalek Book]] ([[1964]]))
In other contexts, it was a unit of speed, where presumably rel is short for some standard unit of distance per rel.. ([[DC]]: ''[[Plague of Death]]'') A rel was also used as a unit to measure hydroelectric energy, not to be confused for a [[vep]], the unit used for artificial sunlight (''[[The Dalek Book]]'')


==Behind the Scenes==
==Behind the Scenes==
The concept of a 'Rel' first appeared in the movie ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', but never appeared in the TV series until the [[2006]] episode ''[[Doomsday]]'', in which [[Dalek Sec]] told the other Daleks of the [[Cult of Skaro]] to rewind a recording back 9 rels.
The word Rel first appeared in the non-[[canon]]ical movie ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' and in comics, but had never appeared in the TV series until the [[2006]] episode ''[[Doomsday]]'', during which [[Dalek Sec]] told the other Daleks of the [[Cult of Skaro]] to rewind a recording back nine rels.
 
 
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Revision as of 19:31, 1 June 2009

A rel was a Dalek unit of measurement, principally of time.

Overview

Uses

The Daleks used rels for time measurement. (DW: Doomsday) One rel was slightly longer than a second. (DW: Evolution of the Daleks)

In other contexts, it was a unit of speed, where presumably rel is short for some standard unit of distance per rel.. (DC: Plague of Death) A rel was also used as a unit to measure hydroelectric energy, not to be confused for a vep, the unit used for artificial sunlight (The Dalek Book)

Behind the Scenes

The word Rel first appeared in the non-canonical movie Dr. Who and the Daleks and in comics, but had never appeared in the TV series until the 2006 episode Doomsday, during which Dalek Sec told the other Daleks of the Cult of Skaro to rewind a recording back nine rels.