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| |first=The Chase (TV story)
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| |image=File:Dalek and Mechanoid outside cell The Chase-6.jpg
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| |part of=Aftermath of the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|22nd century liberation of Earth]]
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| |location={{il|[[Aridius]]|[[New York City]], [[1966]]|''[[Mary Celeste]]'', [[1872]]|[[Mechanoid City]], [[Mechanus]]}}
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| |side1=[[Dalek Empire]]
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| |side2=[[First Doctor]], [[Mechanoid]]s
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| |result={{il|Destruction of the Mechanoid City|Destruction of the [[Pursuer-Dalek]] squadron|[[First Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s escape}}}}
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| The '''Mechonoid Incident''' was the [[Time Lord]] designation for the event in which the [[Dalek]]s pursued the [[First Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s through [[time]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') [[Narrator (The Dalek Conquests)|One journalist]] later suggested this incident to be the first skirmish of the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Conquests (audio story)|The Dalek Conquests]]'')
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| The [[Black Dalek Leader|Black Dalek]] ordered a squad of Daleks to hunt down the First Doctor using a [[Dalek time machine (The Chase)|time machine]] in revenge for his role in the liberation of Earth in the [[22nd century]]. The ensuing pursuit across time encompassed numerous planets and time periods, culminating on [[Mechanus]] where the Daleks engaged the native [[Mechanoid]]s in battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'')
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| ==History==
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| ===Prelude===
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| On his early travels, the [[First Doctor]] became a recurring enemy of the Daleks, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Skaro (audio story)|Return to Skaro]]'') notably being instrumental in the overthrow of their [[22nd century Dalek invasion|occupation]] of [[Earth]] in the [[22nd century]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
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| The Daleks developed [[Dalek time machine|time machines]] of their own, however these early time machines relied on [[taranium]] creating a means of time travel that, while impressive, was highly unstable, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'') and expensive to use. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]'', ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|The Mutation of Time]]'')
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| According to [[human]] historians, the failure of the Daleks' [[Operation Divide and Conquer|plot]] with {{Delgado}}, the [[Gold Dalek]] orchestrated a [[Time Paradox Incident|new invasion of Earth]] using time travel. Though this invasion failed, it inspired the [[Black Dalek Leader|Black Dalek]] to use time travel. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') However, other accounts placed the chase to exterminate the First Doctor to be earlier in Dalek history, in the time before the [[Time Destructor Incident]] and the [[Great War (The Evil of the Daleks)|Great War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'', ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]'', ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|The Mutation of Time]]'', et. al)
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| ===Conflict===
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| The Black Dalek tasked a squad of [[Pursuer-Dalek]]s with hunting down the Doctor. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Daleks (audio story)|The Daleks]]'') They located him on the planet [[Aridius]], along with his companions [[Barbara Wright]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Vicki Pallister]]. The Doctor and Barbara learnt of the Daleks' imminent arrival via the [[Time-Space Visualiser]] which showed them the Black Dalek issuing its commands to the assassins. After a long chase, the Dalek time machine was destroyed by Ian and Barabara after they used it to return to [[1965]], while the Dalek squad was caught in conflict with the [[Mechanoid]]s on [[Mechanus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'')
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| ===Aftermath===
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| The operation had consumed all of the Daleks' [[taranium]] supply and this with the destruction of the time machine, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Chase (novelisation)|The Chase]]'') severely crippled the Daleks' existing time travel research. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mission to the Unknown (novelisation)|Mission to the Unknown]]'') Through strenuous, long-term efforts the Daleks eventually harvested sufficient quantities of taranium to continue to use the time machines. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mutation of Time (novelisation)|The Mutation of Time]]'') The Daleks would later pursue the Doctor using a time machine again after he stole a supply of taranium vital for their [[Time Destructor]] superweapon. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)|The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
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| ''[[The Dalek Conquests]]'' put forward that this incident was the "first [[skirmish]]" of the [[Last Great Time War]] between the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Dalek]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Conquests (audio story)|The Dalek Conquests]]'') It was on [[Magella]] that the Daleks saw to the extermination of the Mechonoids whilst, back on [[Skaro]], the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]] anticipated that the Daleks were heading to war with an "ancient enemy". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birth of a Legend (short story)|Birth of a Legend]]'')
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| This incident, among others, was tactically assessed by the Time War-era Time Lords, who learnt that Dalek time capsule technology was more sophisticated than first thought; not only were they capable of precise navigational control, but they also seemed to be able to track our [[Gallifreyan]] time capsules with ease. The Time Lords lamented Ian and Barbara's destruction of the Dalek time machine, which deprived them of an opportunity to study Dalek time technology. [[Technical team]]s were dispatched to look for ways to block the [[temporal signature]] of all operational TT capsules in order to prevent the Daleks from tracking them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'')
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| [[Category:Conflicts]] | | [[Category:Conflicts]] |
| [[Category:Conflicts involving the Doctor]] | | [[Category:Conflicts involving the Doctor]] |
| [[Category:Dalek conflicts]] | | [[Category:Dalek conflicts]] |
| [[Category:Mechanoid conflicts]] | | [[Category:Mechanoid conflicts]] |
