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{{Infobox Individual
|image           = Victory-of-the-daleks.jpg
|name = Eternal Dalek
|type            = [[Dalek]]
|image = Victory-of-the-daleks.jpg
|aka            =
|species = Dalek
|affiliation    = [[New Dalek Paradigm]]
|first = Victory of the Daleks (TV story)
|origin          = [[Earth]] orbit
|appearances = [[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]]''
|first           = Victory of the Daleks (TV story)
|voice actor = Nicholas Briggs
|appearances     = {{il|[[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''}}
}}
|individuals    =}}
The first '''[[Eternal Dalek]]''' of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] was created as one of five new Dalek types by the [[Progenitor]] aboard their [[Dalek flying saucer|last surviving ship]] above [[Earth]] in [[1941]] when the last three Daleks tricked the [[Eleventh Doctor]] into allowing them to activate the [[Progenitor]] device.
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The '''Eternal Dalek''' was a [[yellow]], specialised [[Dalek]] of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]]. The first one was created by the [[Progenitor]] in [[1941]]. Unlike its comrades, it had [[black]], not [[grey]], [[sense globe]]s on its [[base unit]] battle armour.


== History ==
The five new Daleks escaped through a [[time corridor]] and went on to rebuild their empire, ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') and remained its ultimate leaders until the institution of the [[Parliament of the Daleks]] with its [[Prime Minister of the Daleks|Prime Minister]]. ([[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]]'')
[[File:DalekTPO2.jpg|thumb|left|The Eternal Dalek among the Daleks at Stonehenge. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'')]]
The [[Eternal Dalek (Victory of the Daleks)|original Eternal]] was one of the five New Paradigm Daleks created when the [[Ironside Project|three survivors]] of an encounter with [[the Doctor]] tricked the [[Eleventh Doctor]] into allowing them to activate the [[Progenitor]] device. It escaped through a [[time corridor]] with the others (the others being the white [[Supreme Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Supreme]], blue [[Strategist Dalek|Strategist]], orange [[Scientist Dalek|Scientist]], and red [[Drone Dalek (New Dalek Paradigm)|Drone]]) and went on to help rebuild the Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'')


The Daleks joined [[the Alliance (The Pandorica Opens)|the Alliance]] formed to imprison the [[Eleventh Doctor]] in the [[Pandorica]] and save the [[universe]] from the [[Time Field|cracks in time]] created from the TARDIS exploding. When they arrived at [[Stonehenge]], 102 A.D. with the rest of the Alliance, the Eternal, the Supreme, and a Drone witnessed the Doctor being locked in the Pandorica. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]'') The Eternal Dalek was reduced to dust and [[Stone Dalek|stone]] along with the Supreme Dalek and the Drone Dalek following the [[total event collapse]]. This timeline would later be negated by the Doctor, restoring the Eternal and the other Daleks in their proper place in time. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
After the decision-making of the Parliament was crippled by their forgetting the Doctor, ([[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') the original Paradigm Daleks returned to the leadership of the Empire. ([[PROSE]]: '' [[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') When [[the Question]] was heard emanating from [[Trenzalore]], the usually-silent Eternal Dalek relayed the prophecy of the Fall of the Eleventh to the [[Supreme Dalek (Victory of the Daleks)|Supreme Dalek]], ([[PROSE]]: '' [[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') driving the Supreme to take the Dalek Fleet into the [[Siege of Trenzalore]] where it was ultimately annihilated. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of the Doctor (TV story)|The Time of the Doctor]]'')
 
The normally silent Eternal would later relay the story of the [[Siege of Trenzalore|Fall of the Eleventh]] to the Supreme after the [[the Question]] was heard from [[Trenzalore]]. This led to Dalek participation in the Siege of Trenzalore. ([[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]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
[[File:Dalek Hack Yellow.jpg|thumb|A yellow Dalek. ([[NOTVALID]]: ''[[Dalek Hack (video game)|Dalek Hack]]'')]]
=== Prop ===
* ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' revealed that the name of Eternal Dalek was provided by [[Steven Moffat]] in a "naming session" with [[Mark Gatiss]]. Neither had a meaning for the name, but Moffat opened in ''Confidential'' that he thought that the functionality of the Eternal would one day become critical to a story. ''[[Doctor Who: The Dalek Handbook|The Dalek Handbook]]'' quotes Gatiss as saying "its exact function is a total mystery, but it's probably something to do with the Progenitor device and the continuation of the race."
As with its fellow new Daleks, the Eternal Dalek in ''Victory of the Daleks'' was depicted with a specially created prop. This prop was later used to portray the [[Eternal Dalek (The Pandorica Opens)|Eternal Dalek]] in ''[[The Pandorica Opens (TV story)|The Pandorica Opens]]''.<ref>http://www.dalek6388.co.uk/the-new-series-series-five/</ref>
* ''[[Doctor Who The Official Annual 2011]]'s'' feature on the New Dalek Paradigm makes the claim that there is only ever one Eternal Dalek and Supreme Dalek.
* ''[[The Brilliant Book 2011]]'' calls attention to the fact that the Eternal Dalek's colours are usually found on the most dangerous animals in the wild.
* The Eternal Dalek is the only one of the five Progenitor Daleks to have black rather than grey orbs like the [[Gold Dalek]]s from [[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Daleks (TV story)|Day of the Daleks]]'' and ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]''.
* The packaging of the action figure version of Eternal refers to the Dalek as '''The Eternal'''.
* The Eternal Dalek is the only Dalek of the New Dalek Paradigm that has yet to appear in any material outside of the main TV series. A yellow Dalek (with dark grey rather than black orbs) is seen on the loading screens for ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'', and in the game itself. It is the only one of five Dalek variants absent in ''[[The Eternity Clock (video game)|The Eternity Clock]]''.
* New Paradigm Eternal Dalek is an enemy in the ''[[Legacy (video game)|Doctor Who: Legacy]]'' mobile game, which is not considered a valid DWU source.
* In Doctor Who Live: [[The Monsters Are Coming!]] The Eternal claimed it could calculate and lock Time Parameters, this could mean the function of the Eternal is to turn points in time when the Daleks are close to succeeding into fixed points so they cannot be rewritten. If this is the case it likely means it is called the Eternal because it's function is to make sure the Daleks exist for all eternity.
* All five archetypes of the New Dalek Paradigm feature in ''The Lego Batman Movie'', appearing among the inhabitants of the Phantom Zone, alongside many famous villains from a number of fictional franchises. Like the others, they are unleashed upon Gotham City by the supervillain known as "the Joker" at the climax of the film, only to be defeated and sealed back inside the prison dimension. Their one line is the exclamation "Exterminate!", actually a piece of archive audio originally recorded by [[Nicholas Briggs]] for ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]''.
* In ''[[Dalek Hack (video game)|Dalek Hack]]'', the player has the option to turn a Dalek's [[casing]], shaped identically to the [[bronze Dalek]], into any of the five colours of the New Dalek Paradigm.


== External links ==
On 21 April 2010, by which point the Strategist and Scientist had been modified to create the [[Stone Dalek]]s in ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', the Eternal made a public appearance in [[Sheffield]] alongside the Drone and the Supreme to promote the video game ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'', forming the same Dalek trio which appeared in ''The Pandorica Opens''.<ref>http://www.dalek6388.co.uk/the-new-series-series-five/</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/news/bulletin_100424_01/New_Footage_and_First_Reactions New Footage and First Reactions], BBC Doctor Who, 24 April 2010; accessed 26 November 2011</ref>
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Revision as of 19:16, 9 October 2020

The first Eternal Dalek of the New Dalek Paradigm was created as one of five new Dalek types by the Progenitor aboard their last surviving ship above Earth in 1941 when the last three Daleks tricked the Eleventh Doctor into allowing them to activate the Progenitor device.

The five new Daleks escaped through a time corridor and went on to rebuild their empire, (TV: Victory of the Daleks) and remained its ultimate leaders until the institution of the Parliament of the Daleks with its Prime Minister. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe)

After the decision-making of the Parliament was crippled by their forgetting the Doctor, (TV: Asylum of the Daleks) the original Paradigm Daleks returned to the leadership of the Empire. (PROSE: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe) When the Question was heard emanating from Trenzalore, the usually-silent Eternal Dalek relayed the prophecy of the Fall of the Eleventh to the Supreme Dalek, (PROSE: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe) driving the Supreme to take the Dalek Fleet into the Siege of Trenzalore where it was ultimately annihilated. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)

Behind the scenes

Prop

As with its fellow new Daleks, the Eternal Dalek in Victory of the Daleks was depicted with a specially created prop. This prop was later used to portray the Eternal Dalek in The Pandorica Opens.[1]

On 21 April 2010, by which point the Strategist and Scientist had been modified to create the Stone Daleks in The Big Bang, the Eternal made a public appearance in Sheffield alongside the Drone and the Supreme to promote the video game City of the Daleks, forming the same Dalek trio which appeared in The Pandorica Opens.[2][3]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://www.dalek6388.co.uk/the-new-series-series-five/
  2. ↑ http://www.dalek6388.co.uk/the-new-series-series-five/
  3. ↑ New Footage and First Reactions, BBC Doctor Who, 24 April 2010; accessed 26 November 2011
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