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In one [[palimpsest universe|palimpsest reality]] which the [[personal timeline]]s of [[The Doctor's time stream|the Doctor]] and the [[Daleks' timeline|Dalek race]] passed through [[Post-Time War universe|following]] the [[Last Great Time War]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'') the [[Ninth Doctor]] encountered what he believed to be the last surviving [[Dalek]] in existence in captivity in [[Henry van Statten]]'s [[The Vault (Dalek)|vault]] in [[2012]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') in what became known as the [[Van Statten Incident]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') Named "the [[Metaltron]]" by van Statten, this Dalek was unfamiliar to its [[human]] captors. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | In one [[palimpsest universe|palimpsest reality]] which the [[personal timeline]]s of [[The Doctor's time stream|the Doctor]] and the [[Daleks' timeline|Dalek race]] passed through [[Post-Time War universe|following]] the [[Last Great Time War]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'') the [[Ninth Doctor]] encountered what he believed to be the last surviving [[Dalek]] in existence in captivity in [[Henry van Statten]]'s [[The Vault (Dalek)|vault]] in [[2012]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') in what became known as the [[Van Statten Incident]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') Named "the [[Metaltron]]" by van Statten, this Dalek was unfamiliar to its [[human]] captors. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | ||
== History == | |||
=== Nature === | |||
In the overarching span of [[overtime]], there existed a history of history's writing, rewriting, and overwriting. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Gallifrey Chronicles (novel)|The Gallifrey Chronicles]]'') [[Savar]] discovered the true nature of the [[Prime]] [[history]] as existing atop infinite overwritten [[palimpsest universe]]s. As time was rewritten, new histories emerged which replaced the old ones and consigned them to the margins of existence. As a whole, this meant that [[the Doctor's universe]] was "riddled with paradox and contradiction likes weevils in a biscuit." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Infinity Doctors (novel)|The Infinity Doctors]]'') | |||
[[Professor]] [[Arthur Candy]], who believed that [[the Doctor]], being a [[Complex Space-Time Event]], warped reality around him without even needing to make explicit alterations via [[time travel]]. As such, "like all [CSTEs], he [could] not easily be studied because his very presence alters the way you think". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Continuity Errors (short story)|Continuity Errors]]'') | |||
=== A day to come === | |||
During the Time War, this reality among others was observed as a [[The Matrix|Matrix]] extrapolation of the possible future. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | |||
=== The Metaltron === | |||
At the time of the incident, the Doctor believed that both the [[Time Lord]]s bar himself and the Daleks had been [[extinction|wiped out]] at the [[fall of Gallifrey|end]] of the Time War, to the point that he initially took the sight of the lone Dalek on Earth in 2012 to be "impossible". This lone Dalek survivor, who was skeptical as to the Doctor's account of the war's end, searched for traces of its kind by scanning Earth's [[internet]], [[satellite]]s and [[radio telescope]]s, only to find "nothing". ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | At the time of the incident, the Doctor believed that both the [[Time Lord]]s bar himself and the Daleks had been [[extinction|wiped out]] at the [[fall of Gallifrey|end]] of the Time War, to the point that he initially took the sight of the lone Dalek on Earth in 2012 to be "impossible". This lone Dalek survivor, who was skeptical as to the Doctor's account of the war's end, searched for traces of its kind by scanning Earth's [[internet]], [[satellite]]s and [[radio telescope]]s, only to find "nothing". ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | ||
=== Fate === | |||
[[File:Rose and Ten face Daleks.jpg|thumb|The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler's encounter with the Cult of Skaro ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') was one of a chain of events which did not occur in the earlier "Metaltron" reality. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'')]] | [[File:Rose and Ten face Daleks.jpg|thumb|The Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler's encounter with the Cult of Skaro ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') was one of a chain of events which did not occur in the earlier "Metaltron" reality. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'')]] | ||
In his [[Tenth Doctor|next incarnation]], the Doctor was in [[Torchwood London]] in [[2007]] when the [[Cult of Skaro]] emerged from [[the Sphere]] within [[the Void]] and precipitated the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''/''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') before [[time travel|going back in time]] and [[Invasion of Manhattan|influencing]] the construction of the [[Empire State Building]] for their own ends, ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') also being indirectly responsible for the [[Earth]] being [[Planetary Relocation Incident|transported]] to the [[Medusa Cascade]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') In the earlier "Metaltron" reality, however, the personal timelines of both the Doctor and the Daleks' had not progressed to the point where those events occurred. This meant that, at the time of the Van Statten Incident, the Cult of Skaro was still inside their Sphere within the Void. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'') | In his [[Tenth Doctor|next incarnation]], the Doctor was in [[Torchwood London]] in [[2007]] when the [[Cult of Skaro]] emerged from [[the Sphere]] within [[the Void]] and precipitated the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]''/''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') before [[time travel|going back in time]] and [[Invasion of Manhattan|influencing]] the construction of the [[Empire State Building]] for their own ends, ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]''/''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'') also being indirectly responsible for the [[Earth]] being [[Planetary Relocation Incident|transported]] to the [[Medusa Cascade]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') In the earlier "Metaltron" reality, however, the personal timelines of both the Doctor and the Daleks' had not progressed to the point where those events occurred. This meant that, at the time of the Van Statten Incident, the Cult of Skaro was still inside their Sphere within the Void. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'') | ||
Revision as of 19:25, 4 January 2023
In one palimpsest reality which the personal timelines of the Doctor and the Dalek race passed through following the Last Great Time War, (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac) the Ninth Doctor encountered what he believed to be the last surviving Dalek in existence in captivity in Henry van Statten's vault in 2012, (TV: Dalek) in what became known as the Van Statten Incident. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual) Named "the Metaltron" by van Statten, this Dalek was unfamiliar to its human captors. (TV: Dalek)
History
Nature
In the overarching span of overtime, there existed a history of history's writing, rewriting, and overwriting. (PROSE: The Gallifrey Chronicles) Savar discovered the true nature of the Prime history as existing atop infinite overwritten palimpsest universes. As time was rewritten, new histories emerged which replaced the old ones and consigned them to the margins of existence. As a whole, this meant that the Doctor's universe was "riddled with paradox and contradiction likes weevils in a biscuit." (PROSE: The Infinity Doctors)
Professor Arthur Candy, who believed that the Doctor, being a Complex Space-Time Event, warped reality around him without even needing to make explicit alterations via time travel. As such, "like all [CSTEs], he [could] not easily be studied because his very presence alters the way you think". (PROSE: Continuity Errors)
A day to come
During the Time War, this reality among others was observed as a Matrix extrapolation of the possible future. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual)
The Metaltron
At the time of the incident, the Doctor believed that both the Time Lords bar himself and the Daleks had been wiped out at the end of the Time War, to the point that he initially took the sight of the lone Dalek on Earth in 2012 to be "impossible". This lone Dalek survivor, who was skeptical as to the Doctor's account of the war's end, searched for traces of its kind by scanning Earth's internet, satellites and radio telescopes, only to find "nothing". (TV: Dalek)
Fate
In his next incarnation, the Doctor was in Torchwood London in 2007 when the Cult of Skaro emerged from the Sphere within the Void and precipitated the Battle of Canary Wharf (TV: Army of Ghosts/Doomsday) before going back in time and influencing the construction of the Empire State Building for their own ends, (TV: Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks) also being indirectly responsible for the Earth being transported to the Medusa Cascade. (TV: The Stolen Earth/Journey's End) In the earlier "Metaltron" reality, however, the personal timelines of both the Doctor and the Daleks' had not progressed to the point where those events occurred. This meant that, at the time of the Van Statten Incident, the Cult of Skaro was still inside their Sphere within the Void. (PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac)
