Transmat:Species

Dalek

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The Daleks were a race of mutant life forms that originated from the Kaled race of the planet Skaro. Originally named the "Mark III Time Travel Machine", they were transformed into weapons of conquest by their creator, a maniacal Kaled scientist named Davros. His creations eventually turned against him, purporting they were superior lifeforms, and began to proliferate the universe as a deadly scourge that sought to wipe out any living thing that was not pure Dalek. The Daleks grew to such malignancy that they became the ultimate nemesis of the entire Time Lord race, and triggered the Last Great Time War. The Daleks are also the oldest and most despised enemy of renegade Time Lord using the alias The Doctor, a hatred that magnified with the Time War and culminated in his double genocide of both Time Lord and Dalek alike. However, the Daleks persisted in small numbers and gradually restored themselves to power once again.

Beware species with the same name

Not the Vogan you were expecting?

The show's been on forever. Some species names are simply going to get reused. One of the most obvious are the Vogans. Most fans remember the Vogan from season 12's Revenge of the Cybermen. But there's also the Vogans that plagued the Third Doctor…

Start at species

The top-level category for species is category:species. We know what you're thinking: "Why did we make it too difficult to figure out?" Well, the admin staff of this wiki delight in making things as hard to figure out as possible. .

From another dimension

When it comes to identifying where a species comes from, surely there's no cooler concept than other dimension species!

Anthropomorphic animal fan?

How can you not love a Judoon platoon upon the Moon?

If you like alien species that are based on Earth animals, you're in luck. All you have to do is go to the page of an Earth mammal and check out the "looks like" box. For instance, if you wanna know what aliens look like elephants, just go that pachyderm's page and find yourself a breadcrumb at the top of the page.

Biology rules!

One of the cooler species categories is species by biology. Take a gander! That category will help you find species by the special biology they have. Aquatic species, energy beings, species with binary vascular systems — they're all here waiting for you.

Crazy, crazy species names

Maybe no publication has been so active in the creation of off-the-wall species than Doctor Who Adventures. Some of the funkiest names in DWU history come from that mag. Both Homozillians and Hussuloofian come from DWA – and we've not even looked outside the hs.

Sometimes, our category names are kinda long

Sometimes, our category names get very specific so that they're clearly worded. A nice, wordy category is the surprisingly helpful Species influential to Earth's past

Slavery ain't just from the American South

Thankfully, there's an awful lot of slavery in the Doctor Who universe. That's why we absolutely need a large-isn category like slave species.