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| |Species name = Dalek
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| |type = [[Kaled mutant]] in armored shells
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| |aka = Metaltron<br>Mark III Travel Machine<br> Enemy Daleks<br> [[Ironside Project|Ironsides]]<br>
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| |affiliation = [[Dalek Empire]]<br>[[The Alliance]]
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| |origin = [[Skaro]]
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| |appearances = [[Daleks - List of Appearances|Full list of appearances]]
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| |mentions = [[DW]]: ''[[The Rescue]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The War Machines]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Tomb of the Cybermen]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Carnival of Monsters]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Face of Evil]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[City of Death]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Castrovalva]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Battlefield]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Christmas Invasion]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[School Reunion]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Girl in the Fireplace]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Gridlock]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[Silence in the Library]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Next Doctor]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]''<br> [[DW]]: ''[[Flesh and Stone]]''<br> [[SJA]]: ''[[The Mark of the Berserker]]''<br>[[SJA]]: ''[[Enemy of the Bane]]''<br> [[SJA]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic]]''<br> [[SJA]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor]]''<br>[[EDA]]: ''[[Dreamstone Moon (novel)|Dreamstone Moon]]''<br>[[BFA]]: ''[[The Eye of the Scorpion]]''<br>[[BFG]]: ''[[Weapon of Choice]]''<br>[[BFG]]: ''[[Panacea]]''<br>[[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]''
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| |individuals = <ul><li>[[Dalek Emperor]]</li><li>[[Cult of Skaro]]</li><li>[[Supreme One]]</li><li>[[Dalek X]]</li><li>[[Omega (Dalek)|Omega]]</li></ul>}}{{big toc}}
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| :''For the [[1963]] serial, see [[The Daleks]]. For the [[2005]] episode, see [[Dalek (TV story)]].''
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| '''Daleks''' were [[Kaled mutant|mutated descendants]] of the [[Kaled]]s of the [[planet]] [[Skaro]]. They fought the [[Time Lord]]s in the [[Last Great Time War]], resulting in the near-total destruction of both races. Regarded by [[the Doctor]] as his greatest enemy, the Daleks were hated and feared [[universe|throughout time and space]].
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| ==Biology==
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| ===Anatomy===
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| ====Exterior====
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| The Dalek casing, originally called a "travel unit", ([[DW]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'') could be separated into three sections.
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| *'''Top:''': The Dalek's mean of vision and communication, a dome with a set of twin speakers on the upper part of the sides and a telescope-like eyestalk in the middle. Attached to the mid-section by a "neck"
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| *'''Mid:''' On the Dalek's "chest" the [[Gunstick]] & [[Manipulator arm]] is attached, the Dalek's means of offence and operating capabilities.
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| *'''Bottom:''' The Dalek's mean of mobility, a sturdy base with a "skirt" of plates covered with globes. Allows movement and, in newer models, flight for the Dalek.
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| =====Battle armour=====
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| The creatures inside their "machines" were most frequently [[Kaled mutant]]s, which [[Seventh Doctor|the Doctor]] once described as "little green blobs in bonded [[polycarbide]] armour" ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]''), although mutated members of other species, mainly [[Human]]s, also occupied the casings [[Daleks of Human Origin|on occasion]].
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| :''In the original story, [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'', the mutated creatures are called [[Dal]]s.''
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| The interdependence of biological and mechanical components arguably made the Daleks a type of [[cyborg]]. The [[Imperial Dalek]]s created by Davros during the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War]] were inarguably true cyborgs, surgically connected to their shells. ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
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| Externally, Daleks resembled human-sized peppershakers, with a single mechanical [[eyepiece|eyestalk]] in a rotating dome, a [[gunstick]] and a [[manipulator arm]]. The casings were made of bonded polycarbide armour ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Doomsday]]''), a material that was also called [[dalekanium]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'')
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| The lower shell was covered with 56 hemispherical protrusions, seen as a self-destruct system ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]''), and are possibly also the shield generators.
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| The voice of a Dalek was electronic, the Dalek creature having no vocal apparatus as such. Their most infamous statement was "EX-TER-MIN-ATE!", with each syllable individually screeched in a frantic electronic scream. Other common utterances included "I (or WE) OBEY!" to any command given by a superior. Daleks also had a radio communicator built into their shells, and emitted an alarm to summon other nearby Daleks if the casing was opened from outside.
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| The Dalek's eyepiece was its most vulnerable spot, and impairing its vision often led to its main weapon being fired indiscriminately. The Dalek casing also functioned as a fully-sealed environment suit, allowing travel through the [[vacuum]] of [[space]] or underwater without the need for additional life-support equipment. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
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| A Dalek was connected to its casing through a positronic link while the mutant itself accesses nutrient feeders and control mechanisms inside its internal chamber. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks]]'')
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| Due to their gliding motion, some models of Dalek were notoriously unable to tackle stairs, which made them easy to overcome under the right circumstances. For example, at one time [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] and his companions escaped from Dalek pursuers by climbing into a ceiling duct. ([[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'') Some models appeared to be able to hover, or even travel under their own power like small [[spacecraft]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[The Chase]]'', ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]'', ''[[The Big Bang]]'').
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| The armour of [[Cult of Skaro#Sec|Dalek Sec]] and [[Dalek Caan]] had [[temporal shift]] capacity, possibly unique to those units and the others of the [[Cult of Skaro]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doomsday]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'')
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| The power source of the Dalek casing appears to have varied at different points in their history. During his first encounter with them on [[Skaro]], [[First Doctor|the Doctor]] learned that the casing was externally powered by [[static electricity]] transmitted through the metal floors of the [[Dalek City]]. Isolating a Dalek from the floor using a non-conductive material shut down the casing, although it was not immediately fatal to the occupant. This weakness was not seen on any other occasion. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'')
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| By the beginning of the [[Last Great Time War]] the Daleks had adapted their technology to use a form of energy apparently inextricably linked to the process of [[time travel]] (possible [[Artron energy|Artron Energy]].) On more than one occasion Daleks and their devices were seen to leech this energy from time-travelers to power themselves. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Doomsday]]'')[[File:DalekDisintegrate.jpg|thumb|left|An 'inferior' Dalek being destroyed by a “Progenitor” Dalek. ([[DW]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')]]
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| Whatever the power source was that the Daleks used in the interim, it was (apparently uniquely) immune to being drained by the [[Great City of the Exxilons|City of the Exxilons]]. Strangely, the Daleks retained motive power and the ability to speak even though their weaponry was shut down (strongly suggesting the weapon systems had a separate power supply). [[Third Doctor|The Doctor]] indicated that this was because the Daleks were [[psychokinesis|psychokinetic]], the City being unable to absorb psychic energy. Other references to the Daleks having any kind of [[psychic]] potential are rather scarce, but on the planet Kyrol the Doctor later discovered an enclave of [[humanised Dalek]]s who had, through years of meditation, developed their psychokinesis to a remarkable degree. ([[DW]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks]]'', [[DWM]]: ''[[Children of the Revolution]]'')
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| The casing was also booby-trapped making even dead Daleks a dangerous foe. They were frequently equipped with virus transmitters which worked automatically. ([[NSA]]: ''[[I am a Dalek]]'') Furthermore, the armour contains an automated distress beacon which activates if disturbed. ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'')
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| ====Interior====
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| The inner casing, in which the actual Dalek resides, is equiped with a life support system and a battle-computer where strategic and tactical knowledge is stored. The Dalek Mutant operated the casings manually and once removed it was possible for other lifeforms to pilot one, that is, if they could fit within. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'')
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| =====Mutant=====
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| [[Image:True_Dalek_Form.jpg|190px|right|thumb|Kaled Mutant in Time War armour. ([[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'')]]
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| The [[Kaled mutant|interior mutant]] was, as [[Ace]] described it, a green or pinkish "blob." ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') It is the brain of the Dalek and the true creature that hates everything that is not a Dalek. The "blobs" are most often genetically-mutated Kaleds or, at times, other species captured by the Daleks and are depicted as having multiple tentacle-like protrusions and a normal sized right eye with the left eye much reduced in size so as to be easily missed. Despite their apparent lack of any motive capability they are shown to be capable of defending themselves, as demonstrated when a Dalek attacked and killed a soldier. ([[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
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| While typically the Daleks are small mutants, at least one member of the species, [[Dalek Sec]], had extremely large tentacles and was pale green; he could even produce a sac-like membrane that appeared to come from his mouth (most likely a self-induced alteration in preparation for the final experiment). It was this membrane that he used to absorb Mr. Diagoras and transform into a [[Human-Dalek]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'') Before or during the Time War, the Daleks mutated even more, it had a large eye in the centre of its body and tentacles. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
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| During WWII, three Daleks managed to engage a [[Progenitor]] and create pure-breed Dalek. Their current appearance is unknown, but presumably less mutated. ([[DW]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')
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| ===Other===
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| ====Vulnerabilities====
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| [[File:Normal_Dalek_337.jpg|thumb|Time War Dalek ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')]]
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| *Eyestalk susceptible to concentrated fire ([[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
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| *Pride
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| *Arrogance
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| *Lack of imagination
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| *[[Movellan virus]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks]]'')
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| *High explosives ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
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| *High-powered energy weapons
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| *[[Bastic bullet]]s (Pre-Time War Daleks only) ([[DW]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'')
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| *Dalek gunsticks - Extermination and Disintegration ([[DW]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]], [[Victory of the Daleks]])''
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| *Extreme heat, pressure or acids{{fact}}
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| *Extremely low temperatures ([[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'')
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| *[[Photon beam]]s ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Dogs of Doom]]'')
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| *Reliance on logic & machinery ([[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'')
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| *Time Vortex ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks]]'')
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| *Bats upgraded by the [[Hand of Omega]] into energy maces: ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')
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| *Overloading: ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]'')
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| *Rocks in the path (Renegade Daleks only): ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'')
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| *Intense sonic beams: ([[DW]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]'')
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| *Contrary to popular belief stairs are not an obstruction to Daleks. Not only have Daleks been implied to hover as far back as [[The Chase|''The Chase'']], but stairs actually being stated as a weakness in the TV series are scarce. The commonly used example from [[Destiny of the Daleks|''Destiny of the Daleks'']] was not featuring stairs as an obstruction, but rather a narrow hole in the wall.
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| ==History==
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| [[File:Davros.png|200px|thumb|right|[[Davros]], creator of the Daleks. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'')]]
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| The Daleks were the product of [[Thousand Year War|a generations-long war]] between the [[Kaled]] and [[Thal]] races.
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| :''Main article: [[Creation of the Daleks]]''
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| Over the course of their history, the Daleks developed time travel ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]''), an interstellar (and later intergalactic) [[Dalek Empire]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') and factory ships for conquest ([[DW]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]''). The radio dishes which had originally been required to allow them to travel on surfaces without a static charge ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') also vanished, enabling Daleks to move under their own power.
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| :''Main article: [[History of the Daleks]]''
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| ===Origin of name===
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| "Dalek" had been the ancient Kaled word for god. Davros, the creator of the Daleks, appropriated the name, supposing the Daleks to approximate gods in evolutionary terms. ([[BFD]]: ''[[I, Davros]]'') Obviously, however, "Dalek" is an anagram of [[Kaled]], the race from which the Daleks were genetically engineered. A scientist under the command of Davros mentioned that the word "Dalek" had never been heard before the Doctor, and then hours later, Davros himself, uttered it. ([[DW]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]'')
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| ==Society and culture==
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| ===General===
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| ====Psychology====
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| Daleks had little to no individual personality and a strict hierarchy. They were conditioned to obey a superior's orders without question. Ultimately, the most fundamental feature of Dalek culture and psychology was an unquestioned belief in the superiority of the Daleks. Other species were either to be exterminated immediately, or enslaved and then exterminated later once they were no longer necessary. The default directive of a Dalek was to destroy all non-Dalek lifeforms.
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| [[File:Dalek67.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A Pre-Time War Dalek. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'')]]
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| [[File:Jast.jpg|thumb|200px|A Post-Time War Dalek. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')]]
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| Daleks even regarded "deviant" Daleks as their enemies and worthy of destruction. [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War|The civil war]] between the [[Renegade Dalek|Renegade]] and [[Imperial Dalek]]s was a prime example of this, with each faction considering the other to be a perversion despite the relatively minor differences between them. This belief also meant that Daleks were intolerant of such "contamination" even within themselves. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'', [[BFA]]: ''[[The Mutant Phase]]'') Once created, a new species of Daleks born from the Progenitor device immediately destroyed the inferior Daleks who were essential to their creation. ([[DW]]:''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')
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| Another offshoot of this superiority complex was their complete ruthlessness, although this is also due to genetic modifications made to the original Kaled mutants by Davros. It was because of this that it was nearly impossible to negotiate or reason with a Dalek and it was this single-mindedness that made them so dangerous and not to be underestimated. However, their reliance on logic and machinery was also a weakness, albeit one that they recognized in themselves. ([[DW]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks]]'') On two occasions they transferred emotions from other life-forms, in the one case Humans, having refined the [[Human Factor]] with the help from [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] to create [[Humanised Dalek]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'') In another incident, they refined savagery, hatred and cunning from many other life forms ([[DWM]]: ''[[The Dogs of Doom]]'') One unintentionally Humanised Dalek appeared after it used Rose Tyler's DNA to regenerate after sustaining injuries, resulting in involuntarily developing feelings. However, some traditional Dalek psychology remained and the Dalek self-destructed in disgust. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')
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| ====Religion====
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| As noted above, the Daleks that were created through the manipulation and mutation of Human genetic material by the [[Dalek Emperor]] were religious fanatics that worshiped the Emperor as their god. Normal Daleks had no religion other than their fanatic belief in their own supremacy. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')
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| ====Legal system====
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| Although the Daleks were well known for their disregard for due process and [[Galactic Law]], there were at least two occasions on which they took enemies back to Skaro for a "trial" rather than killing them on the spot; the first was their creator [[Davros]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Revelation of the Daleks]]''), and the second was the [[renegade Time Lord]] known as [[the Master]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'')
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| :''Accounts differ as to whether the retrieval of Davros was not for a 'trial' in the criminal sense but rather a test to see if he was in fact worthy of becoming the supreme leader of the race ([[BFD]]: ''[[I, Davros]]'') or if they gave him more of a literal trial ([[DWM]]: ''[[Emperor of the Daleks]]'')''
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| :''It is not clear what the Daleks' trial of the Master involved.''
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| ====Culture====
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| The Daleks were known to write poetry ([[NA]]: ''[[The Also People]]''), and some of the more elaborate Dalek battlecries had an almost poetic quality about them (for example, "Advance and Attack! Attack and Destroy! Destroy and Rejoice!" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'')'' ''and repetition of words such as "Predict! Predict! Predict!" ([[DW]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'') In an [[parallel universe|alternate reality]], the Daleks showed a fondness for the works of [[William Shakespeare]]. ([[BFA]]: ''[[The Time of the Daleks]]'')
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| Due to their frequent defeats by the Doctor, he became a legendary figure in Dalek culture and mythology. They had standing orders to capture or exterminate the Doctor on sight, and were occasionally able to identify him despite his [[regeneration]]s. This was not an innate ability, but probably the result of good record keeping. The Daleks knew the Doctor as the "Ka Faraq Gatri", (which meant the "Bringer of Darkness" or "Destroyer of Worlds") ([[DWM]]: ''[[Bringer of Darkness]]'', referencing [[DWN]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]''). [[Ninth Doctor|The Doctor]] claimed that the Daleks also called him "the Oncoming Storm" ''([[DW]]:'' [[The Parting of the Ways]]'').''
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| :''The second name was also used by the [[Draconian]]s to refer to the Doctor, though probably in a less pejorative sense. ([[NA]]: [[Love and War]]'''')'''''
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| ====The Doctor's view of the Daleks====
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| The Doctor, in turn, grew to be almost monomaniacal in his belief that the Daleks were completely evil and unworthy of trust or compassion after countless encounters with the Daleks, many of which ended in considerable bloodshed. This was a sort of evolution in comparison with some of his earlier dealings with the Daleks; for example, [[Second Doctor|the Doctor]] attempted to instill a "[[Human Factor|Human factor]]" in Daleks ([[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'') and [[Fourth Doctor|the Doctor]] hesitated when presented with the opportunity to destroy the Daleks at the point of their creation ([[DW]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks]]''). [[Ninth Doctor|His]] conviction of the irredeemable nature of the Daleks motivated a venomous outburst by the Doctor leading the mutant to observe that the Doctor "would make a good Dalek." ([[DW]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') This bias was apparently changed with the discovery of how Daleks can, indeed, change, with a supreme effort, as seen with the Rose Tyler-Dalek hybrid created in Henry Van Statten's vaults. As of ''[[Evolution of the Daleks]]'', [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]] even becomes eager to help [[Sec]] create a new race of hybridized human-Daleks, even calling him "a great man" for recognizing Davros was wrong in attempting to create a race solely focusing on hatred and death. Later, The Doctor risked being killed by [[Caan]] to approach and reason with him, even after both Sec and the new Dalek hybrids were killed in front of him. His magnanimity soured after the Earth was transported, along with several other inhabited worlds, to the [[Medusa Cascade]] and into a merciless Dalek trap. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'', ''[[Journey's End]]'') When [[Eleventh Doctor|he]] later encountered the last surviving Daleks, he referred to them as "everything I despise, the absolute worst thing in creation." ([[DW]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')
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| === Dalek hierarchy===
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| :''See [[Dalek hierarchy]]''
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| ==Dalek technology==
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| [[Image:Progenitor_Dalek_Eyepiece.PNG|200px|thumb|right|A Progenitor Dalek's [[eyepiece]].([[DW]]:''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')]]
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| [[Image:DalekEye.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The display of the new Progenitor Dalek eyepiece.([[DW]]:''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'')]]
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| The key item of Dalek technology is the casing, evolved from the Mark III Travel Machines built by Davros. The casings of Davros' [[Imperial Dalek]]s were made out of bonded [[polycarbide]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') The [[eyepiece|eyestalk]] of the casing clearly bestowed superior vision to the Dalek creature, and the plunger-shaped attachment functions as a flexible and adaptable limb. Dalek [[gunstick]]s could kill almost any sentient being, also having the ability to paralyse their victims both temporarily and permanently.it would also appear that the Dalek's gunstalk has also evolved alongside other aspects of Dalek technology. In the original Dalek story ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'') the gunstalk seemed to have the same qualities as a human gun in as much as extermination was not always 100% guranteed and some targets could be merely wounded. On the surface of Skaro, within the confines of the Dalek City, the machines ran on [[static electricity]], which was fed through the floor of the city, and were incapacitated if they were removed from the floor. The technology of the casings changed over the years. The first Daleks to emerge from the bunker in which they were entombed created a city and received power from those. ([[DW]]:''[[The Daleks]]'') Those occupying Earth during the [[22nd century Dalek invasion|their 22nd century invasion]] had dishes on their backs. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') Later models of Dalek casing had their own internal power supply. Numerous models of Daleks have some degree of hover technology.
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| [[Image:Dalek_flamethrower.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Dalek claw and blowtorch ([[DW]]:''[[The Parting of the Ways]]'')]]
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| There have been numerous variations on Dalek armoured shell.
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| :''See [[Dalek variants]].''
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| By the era of the [[Last Great Time War]], Dalek technology had moved on even further - Daleks now had force-fields. Whereas previous versions of Daleks could be destroyed by well-placed [[bastic bullet]]s or the like, these Daleks stopped such bullets from even getting close to the casing. Their propulsion systems not only added hover ability, but enabled independent space travel. These Daleks could use the [[DNA]] of a [[time travel]]ler to regenerate their bodies and their casings just by virtue of the traveller touching the casing.
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| [[File:DalekSyringe.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Dalek syringe attachment ([[DW]]:''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'')]]
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| Dalek travel technology varied over time. However, Dalek spaceships were consistently designed in a [[Dalek saucer|saucer shape]], and [[hoverbout]]s allowed individual Daleks to travel without using up their own power source. The Daleks also developed time travel capabilities. Time Corridors allowed limited transport between one era and another. However, the Daleks also developed [[DARDIS|their own kind of time machine]] of similar capacities to [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], though they could not change shape. These time travel machines were also dimensionally transendental. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Chase]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks' Master Plan]]'') They could also initiate 'emergency temporal shift' which was basically a teleport through time and space, which could help the Dalek escape if it was surrounded but which was totally random, unlike other time machines, so there was no way of telling where the Dalek would end up after teleporting. ([[DW]]:''[[Doomsday]]'', [[DW]]:''[[Daleks in Manhattan]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'')
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| :''It is not known how advanced their time travel technology had become by the time they vanished to fight the Last Great Time War, but the fact that [[Dalek Caan]] was able to travel to the [[time-lock]]ed [[Last Great Time War]] meant that it must have been approaching the level used by the Time Lords themselves.''
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| The Daleks were also experts in biological warfare, and used (or attempted to use) biological weapons on several occasions. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'' / ''[[Planet of the Daleks]]'' / ''[[Death to the Daleks]]'')
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| === Dalek attachments ===
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| ''See [[Dalek weaponry]]''
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| ==== Dalek weapons ====
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| *Gunstick - Extermination and Disintegration - This is the standard Dalek Weapon.
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| *Manipulator arm - Generally used to open doors and pick up objects but it can also be used as a weapon.[[File:HistoryImperialDalek_010.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Imperial Dalek]]s during the civil war. ([[DW]]: ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks]]'')]]
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| *Sensor arm - A powerful weapon used on Daleks guarding the Emperor.
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| ==== Alternative weapons ====
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| *Flamethrower - An alternative weapon, mostly used to burn through vegetation or other obstacles.
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| *Claw arm - Equipped with a blow torch, used to cut through materials too durable for their death rays to penetrate.
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| *Machine Gun - A weapon that fires bullets, used in areas where energy based weapons are rendered useless. (e.g. if they are drained by an external force).
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| *Seismic detector - Used to locate the TARDIS.
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| *Electrode unit - This allows the Dalek to control electric currents.
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| *Syringe - This was used to inject chemicals into Dalek Sec’s casing.
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| *Dalek claw - Used to operate Dalek machinery.
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| ==Dalek writings==
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| ''See [[Dalek writing]]''
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| ==Behind the scenes==
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| ===Other appearances===
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| Two ''Doctor Who'' movies starring [[Peter Cushing]] featured the Daleks as the main villains: ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'', and ''[[Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD]]'', based on the television serials ''The Daleks'' and ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'', respectively. However, the movies were not straight remakes. Cushing's Doctor is not an alien, but a human inventor, and is literally named "Doctor Who." The movies used brand new Dalek props, based closely on the original design but with a wider range of colours. Originally, the movie Daleks were supposed to shoot jets of flame, but this was thought to be too graphic for children, so their weapons emitted jets of deadly vapour instead.
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| [[Marvel UK]] was publishing ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'' at the time, which included comic strip stories in its pages. Aside from meeting up with the Doctor in them, the DWM strips also introduced a new nemesis for the Daleks; the [[Dalek Killer]] named [[Abslom Daak]]. Daak was a convicted criminal in the [[26th century]] who was given the choice between execution and being sent on a suicide mission against the Daleks. He chose the latter and, when the woman he loved was killed by the Daleks, made it his life's purpose to kill every Dalek he came across.
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| The Daleks have also appeared in the ''Dalek Empire'' series of audio plays by [[Big Finish Productions]].
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| Beginning with the [[1965]] stage play ''[[The Curse of the Daleks]]'', the best-known title format for stories featuring the Daleks has been "... of the Daleks". This was first used on television in the 1966 serial ''[[The Power of the Daleks]]'' and was used most recently on TV in 2010's ''[[Victory of the Daleks]]'' and used recently on a [[City of the Daleks|2010 adventure game]]. In fact, if comic strips, audios and novels are included, more stories exist that do ''not'' use this title format, but "... of the Daleks" is considered ubiquitous enough that the spoof film ''[[Myth Runner]]'' includes a joking reference to an apparent future Who story entitled ''Deuteronomy of the Daleks''.
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| The word ''Dalek'' has been titular to more ''Doctor Who'' televised ''story'' titles than any other noun, although ''Planet'' and ''Death'' are more ubiquitous if [[William Hartnell|Hartnell]]-era adventures — which originally did not have story titles as such — are identified only by their episodic titles. Indeed, in the whole of the Hartnell era, ''Dalek'' was used exactly once as an onscreen title — for episode two of the adventure later re-christened as ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]''.
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| ===Music===
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| In the [[BBC Wales]] version, [[Murray Gold]] gave the Daleks a [[wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] in the form of the track identified as "The Daleks" on ''[[Doctor Who - Original Television Soundtrack]]''. This track was heavily choral. According to [[Russell T Davies]] on the DVD commentary to ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]'', the chorus is repeatedly chanting, "What is happening" in [[wikipedia:Hebrew|Hebrew]].
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Steven Moffat has said that he will bring back the Old Daleks in someway.
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Dalek Empire]]
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| *[[Dalek variants]]
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| *[[Abslom Daak]], [[Dalek Killer]]
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| ==External links==
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| *[[wikiquote:Doctor_Who#Daleks|Dalek-related Quotes at Wikiquote]]
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| *[[wikipedia:Dalek|Dalek article at Wikipedia]]
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| *[[wikipedia:Dalek variants|Dalek variants article at Wikipedia]]
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| *[http://www.daleklinks.co.uk/ Dalek Links] - the Web's most comprehensive listing of Dalek Web sites
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| *[http://www.projectdalek.co.uk/ Project Dalek] - build your own Dalek
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| *[http://www.dalekcity.co.uk Dalek City] - Dalek Building guides
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| *[http://www.dalek6388.co.uk/ Dalek 6388] - about the various Dalek props built for the series
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| *[http://homepages.bw.edu/~jcurtis/Z1R0_2.htm Doctor Who Collectibles: An Annotated Bibliography]
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| *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/games/lastdalek The Last Dalek] - Flash game by New Media Collective, on the BBC website
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| *[http://www.geocities.com/willbswift/ Rassilon Omega and that Other Guy] - Culture, Tech, and Timeline
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| ==External sources==
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| *Howe, David J & Walker, Stephen James (2003). ''The Television Companion: The Unofficial and Unauthorized Guide to DOCTOR WHO'' (2nd ed.) Surrey, UK: Telos Publishing, ISBN 1-903389051-0.
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| *Haining, Peter, (1988) "Doctor Who and the Merchandisers", ''Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years'' London, UK: W.H. Allen, ISBN 0-31837661-X.
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| *Davies, Kevin (director) (1993). ''More than 30 Years in the TARDIS'' London, UK: BBC Video.
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| *Howe, David J & Walker, Stephen James (1994). ''The First Doctor Handbook'' London, UK: Virgin Publishing, ISBN 0-426-2-430-1.
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| *Finklestone, Peter (producer) (2003). "Talking Daleks" featurette, ''The Dalek Invasion of Earth'' London, UK: BBC Video.
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| *Seaborne, Gilliane (director) (2005). "Dalek", ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' BBC Wales.
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| *Nation, Terry (ed.) (1979). ''Terry Nation's Dalek Special'', Target Books, bottom.
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