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The '''manipulator arm''' is the long, thin, mechanical arm usually found on most [[Dalek]] [[Dalek variants|models]], the exceptions being some [[Dalek Emperor]]s' models and the [[Special Weapons Dalek]]-type model. | The '''manipulator arm''' is the long, thin, mechanical arm usually found on most [[Dalek]] [[Dalek variants|models]], the exceptions being some [[Dalek Emperor]]s' models and the [[Special Weapons Dalek]]-type model. | ||
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==Types== | ==Types== | ||
===Plunger=== | ===Plunger=== | ||
Manipulator arms typically have a shape like a [[Wikipedia:plunger|plunger]]. For this reason, Dalek technology often has circular controls with which some an arm can interface by moving | Manipulator arms typically have a shape like a [[Wikipedia:plunger|plunger]]. For this reason, Dalek technology often has circular controls with which some an arm can interface by moving clockwise or anti-clockwise. However, the black tip at the end, which gives the arm its "plunger" shape can change into different shapes if needed (such as finding the combination of electronically locked doors). ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | ||
Even the Dalek dies, its arm can still operate machinery if used by a live person ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''). The arm can optionally can have a telescopic feature to enable the arm to extend outward. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | Even the Dalek dies, its arm can still operate machinery if used by a live person ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''). The arm can optionally can have a telescopic feature to enable the arm to extend outward. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') | ||
It could also serve as a [[Dalek weaponry|weapon]]. Placed over the nose and mouth, the arm can generate enough hydraulic suction to suffocate and kill a [[Human]] and enough to traction to more than crush a human skull or rip through sheet metal. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek]]'', [[TDA]]: ''[[I am a Dalek]]'') | It could also serve as a [[Dalek weaponry|weapon]]. Placed over the nose and mouth, the arm can generate enough hydraulic suction to suffocate and kill a [[Human]] and enough to traction to more than crush a human skull or rip through sheet metal. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', [[TDA]]: ''[[I am a Dalek]]'') | ||
At least in the case of the [[Cult of Skaro]], the arm could also scan brainwaves for information or as a quick intelligence scan. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'') | At least in the case of the [[Cult of Skaro]], the arm could also scan brainwaves for information or as a quick intelligence scan. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'') | ||
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===Blowtorch=== | ===Blowtorch=== | ||
Some | Some Daleks had a claw and blowtorch combination. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 01:57, 25 March 2008
The manipulator arm is the long, thin, mechanical arm usually found on most Dalek models, the exceptions being some Dalek Emperors' models and the Special Weapons Dalek-type model.
It is usually found in the right-hand socket in the Dalek mid-section, with the gunstick on the left, however some of the black-domed Daleks within the Dalek Imperial fleet in the year 200,100 had it the other way round. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)
Types
Plunger
Manipulator arms typically have a shape like a plunger. For this reason, Dalek technology often has circular controls with which some an arm can interface by moving clockwise or anti-clockwise. However, the black tip at the end, which gives the arm its "plunger" shape can change into different shapes if needed (such as finding the combination of electronically locked doors). (DW: Dalek)
Even the Dalek dies, its arm can still operate machinery if used by a live person (DW: Remembrance of the Daleks). The arm can optionally can have a telescopic feature to enable the arm to extend outward. (DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
It could also serve as a weapon. Placed over the nose and mouth, the arm can generate enough hydraulic suction to suffocate and kill a Human and enough to traction to more than crush a human skull or rip through sheet metal. (DW: Dalek, TDA: I am a Dalek)
At least in the case of the Cult of Skaro, the arm could also scan brainwaves for information or as a quick intelligence scan. (DW: Doomsday, Daleks in Manhattan)
Claw
Alternatively, the arm can terminate in a simple mechanical claw with two or three pincers.
Combination
One of the members of the Cult of Skaro exhibited a combination of the two forms, as a plunger which also had a claw. The claw was in this case used to hold a syringe. (DW: Daleks in Manhattan)
Blowtorch
Some Daleks had a claw and blowtorch combination. (DW: The Parting of the Ways)
