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{{Infobox Individual
|main alias       = [[Black Dalek]]
|image  = Supreme Controller.jpg
|image            = Zegbattle.jpg
|alias   = [[Black Dalek]]
|species           = Dalek
|species = Dalek
|affiliation      = Dalek Empire
|origin = [[Skaro]]
|origin           = [[Skaro]]
|only    = The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)
|appearances      = {{il|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Duel of the Daleks (comic story)|Duel of the Daleks]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phryne]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Shadow of Humanity (comic story)|Shadow of Humanity]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Road to Conflict (comic story)|The Road to Conflict]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Secret of the Emperor (comic story)|The Secret of the Emperor]]''}}
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The '''Black [[Dalek]] Leader''', usually just referred to as the '''[[Black Dalek]]''', was the earliest Black Dalek in existence. It was the [[Dalek Emperor]]'s [[warlord]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Secret of the Emperor (comic story)|The Secret of the Emperor]]'') and second in command, taking charge of the [[Dalek City]] on [[Skaro]] in the Emperor's absence. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]'') It was senior to other Black Daleks that came into existence later ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Masters of Earth (audio story)|Masters of Earth]]'') in the same way the [[Red Dalek Leader]] was senior to other [[Red Dalek]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Eve of War (comic story)|Eve of War]]'')
A [[Black Dalek]] known as a '''[[Supreme Controller]]''' directed the [[Dalek Earthforce]] and the [[Bedfordshire]] operation nearing the end of the [[22nd century]] [[22nd century Dalek invasion|occupation]] of [[Earth]]. The Supreme Controller, was on board the [[Dalek flying saucer]]; saucer alpha-major, along with the [[Dalek Saucer Commander]]. It had a terrifying pet called the [[Slyther]] which it used to let roam free around the mines at night, killing those it found. The Supreme Controller was killed when the Dalek bomb detonated as [[Ian Chesterton]] had sabotaged the bomb. The Supreme Controller's voice was considerably higher than those of the other Daleks. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''/[[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')


== Biography ==
== History ==
The Black Dalek Leader was summoned by the Emperor to deal with [[Zeg]] after he challenged the Emperor's authority. It's [[Gunstick|weapon]] was unable to penetrate Zeg's [[metalert]] casing. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Duel of the Daleks (comic story)|Duel of the Daleks]]'')
The Supreme Commander, was most likely in command of the attacking force on Earth, and oversaw the construction of [[Bedfordshire]], into a gigantic mining area. The Supreme Controller had also seen the making, and selection of his [[robomen]] slaves, and slave workers.


[[File:Rust plague Black Dalek TV21PlagueofDeath.jpg|thumb|The Black Dalek Leader rusting away. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]'')|left]]
=== The Dalek Invasion of Earth ===
When the Daleks developed [[Dalek flying saucer|space travel]], the Emperor led an [[Alien invasion|invasion]] force off Skaro to conquer other [[planet]]s, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]'') leaving the Black Dalek in charge of the Dalek City. When the Daleks were threatened by the outbreak of a [[rust plague]], the Black Dalek was infected in such as way that it could be used as a vessel to transmit the plague to other Daleks. The Emperor returned to Skaro to deal with the situation. The [[Emperor's Personal Guard|Emperor's guards]] chased the Black Dalek away to protect the Emperor. The Emperor then found the Black Dalek by the [[Brain Machine]], rusting away, resigned to its fate, ashamed as it was of letting other Daleks die. The Emperor claimed the Black Dalek was too valuable to lose and sent it to the recasting furnace to be repaired. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]'')
During one of the daily saucer landings to collect more slave workers, and new robomen. Among the prisoners taken was [[the Doctor]], [[Ian Chesterton]], and [[Larry Madison]], a intelligence test by the saucer commander had the doctor convert into a roboman. However that night an attack by the Human resistance was carried out, and the prisoners escaped. After a group of the rebels killed on the daleks, the supreme controller exterminated any humans he saw. After the attack had been defeated, the supreme controller ordered that all humans involved in the attack to be destroyed, however he was unaware the Ian was hiding under the shafts directly under him.


Later, after its recovery, the Black Dalek led a force of Daleks to the planet [[Phryne]] in search of new technologies as war with the [[Mechanoid]]s became evermore certain. They successfully occupied the planet, although many [[Phrynian]]s went into hiding to form a resistance movement. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phryne]]'')
When the saucer had a sufficient number of prisoners taken for slave work, the supreme controller had the robomen have fire bombs placed around the city. As the saucer, left for Bedforshire, a can stolen from the musem, had gone on to escape London, attacking patrol 5, the Supreme Controller has an immediate attack on the van, and destroys only just failing to kill the rebel passengers. After landing in Bedfordshire, the supreme controller was the first to depart, and arrive in the control room to observe the final stages of the operation.


The Emperor called a meeting with the Black Dalek and a Red Dalek when the presence of the [[One in a Million Dalek]] threatened to cause a [[civil war]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Shadow of Humanity (comic story)|Shadow of Humanity]]'') Both were also present on the Emperor's ship when the Daleks first ventured into the [[Sol System]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Return of the Elders (comic story)|Return of the Elders]]'')
When [[Susan Foreman]], and [[Jenny (The Dalek Invasion of Earth)|Jenny]] are brought before the supreme controller, they discover that the Daleks are drilling through the Earth's crust so that they can blow out its core with a penetrative explosive capsule and then use a guidance system to pilot the planet around space. As the Daleks set the capsule in position and start the countdown, Ian, who had got stuck inside, had scrambled the wiring inside the capsule, disarming it. The supreme controller had the capsule brought back up, but as it brought back up, a Dalek observing it's lifting saw Ian departing from it, after awaiting orders the supreme ordered Ian to to be exterminated. However the Dalek only shot at the rope, believing Ian would die from the fall.


In the [[40th century]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Brain Tappers (comic story)|The Brain Tappers]]'') the Black Dalek Leader presided over the re-election of the Dalek Emperor. The Black Dalek obliterated the entire [[Red Extra-Galactic Squadron]] when their [[commander]] denounced the Emperor for failure to defeat the [[human]]s. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Secret of the Emperor (comic story)|The Secret of the Emperor]]'')
While the capsule was being re-armed, Barbara creates a diversion spinning a wild story about an uprising involving "the Boston Tea Party," "General Lee's forces" and "Hannibal attacking from the Alps,", which cause the supreme controller, to ask his aides, why he wasn't informed of this. Jenny tries to cause cause damage to the controls, while Barbra tried to use the device which controls the Robomen and send them new orders, that couldn't be count-maned. However the controller quickly realising they are lying had them immobilised, and chained them, to ensure no more delays.
 
With the capsule re-armed, and ready, the controller personally set the capsule down towards its target, however he was unaware it had been jammed by a cord of wood across the shaft opening, preventing a re-armed explosive capsule from moving further down the shaft. As the count down was going on, the controller had Barbra, and Jenny left alone to die in the explosion. As the controller, and his aides left the doctor, and [[Carl Tyler]] had entered the control room releasing Jenny, and Barbra. However the doctor, accidently sets an alarm to the controller who orders two of his aides to exterminate them.
 
Fortunately for the Doctor, David and Susan destroy the radio beacon, leaving the Robomen adrift and causing a temporary overload within the Daleks, who short circuit. Barbara and the Doctor give new orders to the Robomen to destroy the Daleks, and with the help of the Robomen, Wells and Tyler lead the human slaves in rebellion, destroying any inert Daleks in their way, and escaping the mine. The bomb explodes, and destroys the Dalek fleet and causes an entirely new phenomenon — a volcanic eruption in England.
 
The Controller was killed, either by the Robomen, the slaves, or the explosion of Bedfordshire. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
 
== Personality ==
The Dalek controller, has been shown to be patient, short tempered, aggressive, quick thinking, and intelligent. The Controller, had also been shown to underestimate the humans, as with attack on the saucer, and with Ian sabotaging the capsule, twice, and with the doctor, and Tyler entering the control room.


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
* In ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'', ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' and ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|The Mutation of Time]]'' (the [[Target Books|Target novelisations]] of ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', ''[[Mission to the Unknown (TV story)|Mission to the Unknown]]'' and ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]''), author [[John Peel]] implies that the Black Dalek present in those stories is the Black Dalek Leader. In ''The Mutation of Time'', the [[Dalek Prime]] considers the Black Dalek "irreplaceable", echoing the Emperor's thoughts from ''Plague of Death''. This does not factor in the [[Dalek Controller|Black Dalek]] destroyed in ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'', set in between both stories, unless it only applies to the Black Dalek Leader, which was mostly just called the Black Dalek. If this was Peel's intention, it would not be the only elements from ''[[The Dalek Chronicles (comic series)|The Dalek Chronicles]]'' included by Peel in his novelisations; Red Daleks and the Dalek Prime resembling the [[Gold]]en Emperor are other examples.
In the ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'', the Supreme Controller's role was replaced by two Daleks, a [[Gold Dalek (Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.)|Gold Dalek]] and their subordinate [[Black Dalek (Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.)|Black Dalek]].
* Because ''The Dalek Chronicles'' went through frequent art shifts, the Black Dalek Leader often changes colour and design between stories. It is [[black]] and [[silver]] in ''Duel of the Daleks'', black and [[gold]] in ''Plague of Death'', and black, gold and silver in ''The Archives of Phryne'' making it resemble the Black Dalek from ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', the [[Canon|non-canon]] retelling of ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' starring [[Peter Cushing]].
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Revision as of 20:59, 3 November 2019

A Black Dalek known as a Supreme Controller directed the Dalek Earthforce and the Bedfordshire operation nearing the end of the 22nd century occupation of Earth. The Supreme Controller, was on board the Dalek flying saucer; saucer alpha-major, along with the Dalek Saucer Commander. It had a terrifying pet called the Slyther which it used to let roam free around the mines at night, killing those it found. The Supreme Controller was killed when the Dalek bomb detonated as Ian Chesterton had sabotaged the bomb. The Supreme Controller's voice was considerably higher than those of the other Daleks. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth/PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth)

History

The Supreme Commander, was most likely in command of the attacking force on Earth, and oversaw the construction of Bedfordshire, into a gigantic mining area. The Supreme Controller had also seen the making, and selection of his robomen slaves, and slave workers.

The Dalek Invasion of Earth

During one of the daily saucer landings to collect more slave workers, and new robomen. Among the prisoners taken was the Doctor, Ian Chesterton, and Larry Madison, a intelligence test by the saucer commander had the doctor convert into a roboman. However that night an attack by the Human resistance was carried out, and the prisoners escaped. After a group of the rebels killed on the daleks, the supreme controller exterminated any humans he saw. After the attack had been defeated, the supreme controller ordered that all humans involved in the attack to be destroyed, however he was unaware the Ian was hiding under the shafts directly under him.

When the saucer had a sufficient number of prisoners taken for slave work, the supreme controller had the robomen have fire bombs placed around the city. As the saucer, left for Bedforshire, a can stolen from the musem, had gone on to escape London, attacking patrol 5, the Supreme Controller has an immediate attack on the van, and destroys only just failing to kill the rebel passengers. After landing in Bedfordshire, the supreme controller was the first to depart, and arrive in the control room to observe the final stages of the operation.

When Susan Foreman, and Jenny are brought before the supreme controller, they discover that the Daleks are drilling through the Earth's crust so that they can blow out its core with a penetrative explosive capsule and then use a guidance system to pilot the planet around space. As the Daleks set the capsule in position and start the countdown, Ian, who had got stuck inside, had scrambled the wiring inside the capsule, disarming it. The supreme controller had the capsule brought back up, but as it brought back up, a Dalek observing it's lifting saw Ian departing from it, after awaiting orders the supreme ordered Ian to to be exterminated. However the Dalek only shot at the rope, believing Ian would die from the fall.

While the capsule was being re-armed, Barbara creates a diversion spinning a wild story about an uprising involving "the Boston Tea Party," "General Lee's forces" and "Hannibal attacking from the Alps,", which cause the supreme controller, to ask his aides, why he wasn't informed of this. Jenny tries to cause cause damage to the controls, while Barbra tried to use the device which controls the Robomen and send them new orders, that couldn't be count-maned. However the controller quickly realising they are lying had them immobilised, and chained them, to ensure no more delays.

With the capsule re-armed, and ready, the controller personally set the capsule down towards its target, however he was unaware it had been jammed by a cord of wood across the shaft opening, preventing a re-armed explosive capsule from moving further down the shaft. As the count down was going on, the controller had Barbra, and Jenny left alone to die in the explosion. As the controller, and his aides left the doctor, and Carl Tyler had entered the control room releasing Jenny, and Barbra. However the doctor, accidently sets an alarm to the controller who orders two of his aides to exterminate them.

Fortunately for the Doctor, David and Susan destroy the radio beacon, leaving the Robomen adrift and causing a temporary overload within the Daleks, who short circuit. Barbara and the Doctor give new orders to the Robomen to destroy the Daleks, and with the help of the Robomen, Wells and Tyler lead the human slaves in rebellion, destroying any inert Daleks in their way, and escaping the mine. The bomb explodes, and destroys the Dalek fleet and causes an entirely new phenomenon — a volcanic eruption in England.

The Controller was killed, either by the Robomen, the slaves, or the explosion of Bedfordshire. (TV: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

Personality

The Dalek controller, has been shown to be patient, short tempered, aggressive, quick thinking, and intelligent. The Controller, had also been shown to underestimate the humans, as with attack on the saucer, and with Ian sabotaging the capsule, twice, and with the doctor, and Tyler entering the control room.

Behind the scenes

In the Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D., the Supreme Controller's role was replaced by two Daleks, a Gold Dalek and their subordinate Black Dalek.