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[[File:Kaalann.png|thumb|300px|Kaalann, the City of the Daleks ([[VG]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'')]]
[[File:Dalek_city.jpg|thumb|The [[Dalek]] city. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'')]]
'''Kaalann''' was the capital city of [[Skaro]], the homeworld of the [[Dalek]]s.
 
:''Kaalann may be the same city as the [[Dalek City]] seen in previous stories.''
The '''Dalek City''' was the home of the [[Dalek]]s on [[Skaro]].


== History ==
== History ==
The [[Last Great Time War]] between the [[Time Lord]]s and the [[Dalek]]s devastated the city. It lay in ruins and [[Varga plant]]s had invaded the structure. The Doctor and Amy explored Kaalann's many different areas in the city while looking for the device that the [[New Dalek Paradigm|New Paradigm]] Daleks were using to alter the timeline.
At the time of the [[First Doctor]]'s visit to the planet, the city dated back from before the [[Thousand Year War]]. The Daleks lived not in the city itself, but rather below it where they thought they were shielded from [[radiation]].
 
[[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] visited here after traveling through the [[Eye of Time]] from an [[alternative timeline]] back to this time, from a alternative future version of the city which the Daleks had rebuilt. The Doctor managed to deactivate the Eye, returning the timeline to normal. Kaalann was also returned to normal and reverted to a ruin. ([[VG]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'')
== Features ==
=== Storerooms ===
Kaalann had several storerooms with discarded Dalek parts. It was in one of these that the Doctor landed [[the Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]].
 
=== Factories ===
Kaalann was used by the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] as a giant factory. Daleks were produced on a production line. This area was of higher security; it was heavily guarded by [[Standard Dalek|Drone]] and [[Scientist Dalek]]s. The factories were connected to the other rooms by corridors infested with [[Varga plant]]s.
 
=== [[Visualiser Room]] ===
The Visualiser room was a large room where the Daleks recorded and monitored all Dalek activity across the universe. It was controlled by the [[Visualiser Eye]], a giant "[[Librarian Dalek]]" on one of the walls. The room was full of large data banks and also contained three consoles. The Doctor had to use these consoles to deactivate the Eye's [[security beam]].


=== [[Supreme Council Chamber]] ===
The entire city ran on [[static electricity]] transmitted through metal floors, which the Daleks of this era of Skaro history required to power their casings. As a consequence of this dependence, the Daleks were unable to leave their city. They were unaware that a group of [[Thal]]s had also survived the [[neutronic war]].
The Supreme Council Chamber was where the [[Dalek Emperor]] and the Eye of Time were located. The chamber had two levels. The Emperor and the Eye were located on the top level. It was in this room that the Doctor deactivated the Eye and reversed the timeline. ([[VG]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'')


== Appearance ==
[[File:Dalek City Destroyed.png|thumb|right|The Dalek City during the [[Great Civil War]].]]
Kaalann's atmosphere was heavily polluted by the Daleks' factories. Thirty percent of the atmosphere in the area was made up of [[sulphuric acid]]. The sky had an orange colouration and acid rain constantly fell over the city.
The city at one side had a natural protection in the form of the [[Lake of Mutations]]. Near the swamp was a lake where the Daleks got their [[water]].


Kaalann had many tall buildings, including the Supreme Council Chamber. ([[VG]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'')
After the Daleks were destroyed, the Thals moved into the City. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Daleks]]'')


During the war between the [[Humanised Dalek]]s and the Daleks ruled by the [[Emperor Dalek]], the Daleks had a city which the [[Second Doctor]], having visited before, knew how to navigate. [[Great Civil War|Fighting]] between the two groups of Daleks devastated the city. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks]]'')
<p style="text-align: center;">''It is not known definitively how these stories relate to each other chronologically. Inarguably, the Daleks living in the city during the Doctor's first visit had cruder technology. By the time of his second visit, the Daleks could move outside the city and had developed [[time travel]].''</p>
== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==
It remains unclear as to whether to identify Kaalann as the [[Dalek City]] seen in previous stories. ''[[Doctor Who: The Dalek Handbook]]'' asserts this but also speculates as to the existence of multiple [[alternative timeline]]s.


[[Doctor Who: The Dalek Handbook|''The Dalek Handbook'']] states that the city was named [[Kaalann]]. However, after the [[Fourth Doctor|Fourth Doctor's]] [[Genesis of the Daleks|intervention]] with the [[Creation of the Daleks]], the new timeline which was created makes it uncertain whether the city was named Kaalann or if it is the same Dalek city the [[Eleventh Doctor]] later travelled to when the Daleks wiped out [[human]]ity with the [[Eye of Time]]. The Doctor's dialogue [[City of the Daleks (video game)|then]] - "Last time I saw it, it was in ruins and the Daleks had fled" - suggests both cities are still the same.
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Revision as of 19:20, 28 January 2012

The Dalek city. (DW: The Daleks)

The Dalek City was the home of the Daleks on Skaro.

History

At the time of the First Doctor's visit to the planet, the city dated back from before the Thousand Year War. The Daleks lived not in the city itself, but rather below it where they thought they were shielded from radiation.

The entire city ran on static electricity transmitted through metal floors, which the Daleks of this era of Skaro history required to power their casings. As a consequence of this dependence, the Daleks were unable to leave their city. They were unaware that a group of Thals had also survived the neutronic war.

File:Dalek City Destroyed.png
The Dalek City during the Great Civil War.

The city at one side had a natural protection in the form of the Lake of Mutations. Near the swamp was a lake where the Daleks got their water.

After the Daleks were destroyed, the Thals moved into the City. (DW: The Daleks)

During the war between the Humanised Daleks and the Daleks ruled by the Emperor Dalek, the Daleks had a city which the Second Doctor, having visited before, knew how to navigate. Fighting between the two groups of Daleks devastated the city. (DW: The Evil of the Daleks)

It is not known definitively how these stories relate to each other chronologically. Inarguably, the Daleks living in the city during the Doctor's first visit had cruder technology. By the time of his second visit, the Daleks could move outside the city and had developed time travel.

Behind the scenes

The Dalek Handbook states that the city was named Kaalann. However, after the Fourth Doctor's intervention with the Creation of the Daleks, the new timeline which was created makes it uncertain whether the city was named Kaalann or if it is the same Dalek city the Eleventh Doctor later travelled to when the Daleks wiped out humanity with the Eye of Time. The Doctor's dialogue then - "Last time I saw it, it was in ruins and the Daleks had fled" - suggests both cities are still the same.

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