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|image = Dalek flame gun.jpg
|image = Dalek flame gun.jpg
|type = [[Flamethrower]]
|type = [[Flamethrower]]
|used by = [[Dalek]]s
|used by = [[Mechonoid]]s, [[Dalek]]s
|first = Birth of a Legend (short story)
|first = The Chase (TV story)
|appearances = [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]''
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Legend (short story)|Birth of a Legend]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]''
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The '''flame gun''' was a type of [[flamethrower]] used by the [[Mechonoid]]s ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Legend (short story)|Birth of a Legend]]'') and as an alternative [[manipulator arm]] and [[flamethrower]] used by the [[Dalek]]s of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]], resembling their [[eyestalk]]s. The [[red]] [[Drone Dalek]]s used flame guns to melt through [[ice]] when searching for [[The Abomination (The Only Good Dalek)|"the Abomination"]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Only Good Dalek (comic story)|The Only Good Dalek]]'')
The '''flame gun''' was a type of [[flamethrower]] used by the [[Mechonoid]]s and the [[Dalek]]s.
 
==Mechonoids==
Flame guns were weapons used by the Mechonoids, capable of destroying [[Dalek]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Legend (short story)|Birth of a Legend]]'')
 
==Daleks==
Daleks of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] used flame guns as alternateive [[manipulator arm]]s, resembling their [[eyestalk]]s. The [[red]] [[Drone Dalek]]s used flame guns to melt through [[ice]] when searching for [[The Abomination (The Only Good Dalek)|"the Abomination"]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Only Good Dalek (comic story)|The Only Good Dalek]]'')


==Variants==
==Variants==
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== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
*The flamethrowers originally used by the Mechonoids in ''The Chase'' are named "flame guns" in ''Birth of a Legend''. The name was later used for the flamethrowers used by the Daleks in ''The Only Good Dalek''.
*The Daleks in ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' (the [[1965 (releases)|1965]] [[Peter Cushing]] feature film) were originally supposed to have flamethrowers as their main weapons, replacing the futuristic gunsticks of their televised counterparts. This was eventually replaced with gas weapons, but a flame-spouting gunstick is still prominently visible on the [[Black Dalek (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Black Dalek]] in one of the early posters for the film.
*The Daleks in ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' (the [[1965 (releases)|1965]] [[Peter Cushing]] feature film) were originally supposed to have flamethrowers as their main weapons, replacing the futuristic gunsticks of their televised counterparts. This was eventually replaced with gas weapons, but a flame-spouting gunstick is still prominently visible on the [[Black Dalek (Dr. Who and the Daleks)|Black Dalek]] in one of the early posters for the film.



Revision as of 20:40, 18 March 2020

The flame gun was a type of flamethrower used by the Mechonoids and the Daleks.

Mechonoids

Flame guns were weapons used by the Mechonoids, capable of destroying Daleks. (TV: The Chase, PROSE: Birth of a Legend)

Daleks

Daleks of the New Dalek Paradigm used flame guns as alternateive manipulator arms, resembling their eyestalks. The red Drone Daleks used flame guns to melt through ice when searching for "the Abomination". (COMIC: The Only Good Dalek)

Variants

The pyro-flame was used by earlier silver Daleks. These were small cylindrical pieces at the end of the arm which shot a stream of fire to clear swaths of forest. (TV: The Daleks' Master Plan)

Bronze Daleks in the First World War used flamethrowers to clear forests to pursue the Eleventh Doctor and his companions, the flames coming out of their suction cups. (COMIC: The Dalek Project)

Behind the scenes

  • The flamethrowers originally used by the Mechonoids in The Chase are named "flame guns" in Birth of a Legend. The name was later used for the flamethrowers used by the Daleks in The Only Good Dalek.
  • The Daleks in Dr. Who and the Daleks (the 1965 Peter Cushing feature film) were originally supposed to have flamethrowers as their main weapons, replacing the futuristic gunsticks of their televised counterparts. This was eventually replaced with gas weapons, but a flame-spouting gunstick is still prominently visible on the Black Dalek in one of the early posters for the film.