Dalek Imperial Army
- You may be looking for the pre-Time War army.
A new Dalek Imperial Army was the Dalek army formed following the establishment of the New Dalek Paradigm in the post-Time War universe.
After returning to their own time in the far future, (TV: Victory of the Daleks, PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual) the New Paradigm designated the first of the new Drone Daleks, distinguished by its red casing, to command the Dalek armies which were created when they utilised the weapon-generators of Goth to produce millions of Drone Daleks in its image.
In light of the repeated failures of the New Dalek Paradigm, the Daleks reformed their empire into the Resurrected Dalek Empire. The Prime Minister of the Daleks had the Red Drones of the Dalek Imperial Army replaced by the bronze Daleks associated with the Last Great Time War so as to provoke the most fear across the universe. The larger Red Drones became an officer class, albeit one kept safely away from the front line. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe)
According to the Time Lords, the Daleks called upon all of their armies for the Siege of Trenzalore to prevent the return of Gallifrey. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual) Human historians who studied the Dalek race pondered that the totality of the Dalek race may have been destroyed at the hands of Eleventh Doctor at the end of the Siege. Ultimately, however, the historians concluded the Daleks survived. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe)
