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*[[Cult of Skaro]] - A council of elite Daleks created to think of imaginative strategies, previous to or during the [[Last Great Time War]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'' onwards)
*[[Cult of Skaro]] - A council of elite Daleks created to think of imaginative strategies, previous to or during the [[Last Great Time War]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'' onwards)
*[[Dalek Council]] - A governing body under the Emperor. ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Aliens and Enemies]]'') In some instances, they appear to rule the Daleks in the permanent or temporary absence of an Emperor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'', ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'')
*[[Dalek Council]] - A governing body under the Emperor. ([[REF]]: ''[[Doctor Who: Aliens and Enemies]]'') In some instances, they appear to rule the Daleks in the permanent or temporary absence of an Emperor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'', ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'')
*[[Emperor's Personal Guard]]
*[[Emperor's Personal Guard]] - A squad of black-domed Daleks, usually seen protecting and serving the Emperor. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'') Some versions are equipped with two [[Gunstick]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')


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Revision as of 20:53, 26 April 2010

Due to their highly militaristic culture, the Daleks operate under what is nominally a rigid hierarchy; there are often variations to it, however, depending on era and circumstance.

Overview

Command structure

Figurehead

Council

The Cult of Skaro.

Commanders

Low Ranking Daleks

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Special Weapons Dalek.

Non-Daleks - Servants, Mercenaries and Slaves

Visual distinctions

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A golden Supreme Dalek.

Daleks often showed their rank via colours. In one version, gold Daleks are the highest, followed by black, red, blue and grey. (EDA: War of the Daleks) The Dalek Tapes, a feature in the Genesis of the Daleks DVD, has golden Daleks as members of the Supreme Council, followed in rank by black (Dalek Supreme), partially black, silver (scientific corps), and grey.

For a time, the majority of Daleks were silvery with blue "bumps", with Saucer Commanders being partially black and Black Daleks/Dalek Supremes being full commanders. (DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

During the Last Great Time War and in the New Dalek Empire, almost the entirety of Daleks shown were of the same colour; the Supreme Dalek in the latter was marked out by being red, while Dalek Sec of the Cult of Skaro was black.

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The Red "Drone" Dalek.

The restored Daleks sported bright colours, with each colouring showing their role: the Supreme was white, the strategist was blue, the scientest was orange, the drones or soldiers were red. A final yellow Dalek with black globes (as opposed to the silver utilised on the other four types) was the mysteriously named "Eternal". (DW: Victory of the Daleks, Doctor Who Confidential)

Purity

Daleks ranks have often been established by their genetic purity. In Parting of the Ways, the Dalek Emperor created his new army out of Human DNA, which caused them to not only obey but worship the Emporer as the only pure Dalek.

When the new Dalek Race was created from pure Dalek DNA found in the progenitor (DW: Victory of the Daleks) both them and the impure Daleks which created them believed the new race were superior due to their purity, and that any impure forms must be destroyed.