Dalek Section Leader
Dalek Section Leaders were Daleks in charge for scientific researches and Dalek operations on many planets the Daleks conquered.
History
The original Dalek hierarchy established by the Dalek Prime designated Red Daleks as section leaders. (PROSE: The History of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The History of the Daleks (short story)"]) Other accounts established that the Dalek Prime and the Black Dalek Leader were supported by a single Red Dalek Leader who was lost in the Time Destructor Incident, (COMIC: Eve of War [+]Loading...["Eve of War (comic story)"], The Dalek Trap [+]Loading...["The Dalek Trap (comic story)"], PROSE: The Mutation of Time [+]Loading...["The Mutation of Time (novelisation)"]) after which multiple Red Daleks were in service by the time of Operation Human Factor. (PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)"])
The Dalek Survival Guide identified the black-domed Silver Daleks active in the Human Factor Incident as "section leader Daleks". (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)"]) The Emperor himself designated them as Black Dalek Leaders. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"]) Other accounts identified them as Elite Guard Daleks or Imperial Guard Daleks. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)"], Birth of a Legend [+]Loading...["Birth of a Legend (short story)"], AUDIO: Order of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Order of the Daleks (audio story)"])
A grey Section Leader was tasked on Spiridon to experiment invisibility before it was killed by a Dalek Supreme for failing to meet its mission's objectives. (TV: Planet of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Planet of the Daleks (TV story)"]) A Dalek Section Leader was present on the planet Galacton. (PROSE: Mission to Galacton [+]Loading...["Mission to Galacton (short story)"])
Behind the scenes
- The Dalek Handbook places the grey "Dalek Leader" position as seen in Planet of the Daleks as subordinate to the Gold Commander, itself subordinate to the Dalek Supreme.
