Evolution
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- This aricle concerns the scientific concept of evolution. For the novel by John Peel, see separate entry.
Evolution is the development and change of organisms over time, closely linked to mutation and natural selection. On Earth a Human scientist, Charles Darwin, "discovered" and popularized the idea.
References
- Davros wished to determine the ultimate evolution of the Kaled race and to direct it. The result of this was the Daleks. (DW: Genesis of the Daleks)
- Light and the Reverend Ernest Matthews separately found the concept abhorrent, though for different reasons, the former because of his love of stasis and hatred of change, the latter because he found it repugnant to have evolved from monkeys. (DW: Ghost Light)
- After escaping the Battle of Canary Wharf, Dalek Sec and the Cult of Skaro arrived in 1930s New York. Dalek Sec wished to determine the ultimate evolution of the Daleks which resulted in the Human Dalek. (DW:Daleks in Manhattan/ Evolution of the Daleks)
