The Dalek Handbook (reference book)
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The Dalek Handbook was a 2011 reference book about the Dalek race.
Publisher's summary
The Dalek Handbook is your complete guide to the Doctor’s greatest enemies.
It explores the Daleks’ origins on the planet Skaro, how a Time Lord intervention altered the course of Dalek history, and how they emerged to wage war on Thals, Mechonoids, Draconians and humans.
It also reveals the secrets of Dalek design, the development of their iconic look and sound, and their enduring appeal on and off the screen.
With artwork and photographs from six decades of Doctor Who, "The Dalek Handbook" is the ultimate celebration of all things Dalek.
Contents
- Introduction - Page 5
- Skaro - Page 7
- Part One: If They Call Us Mutations, What Must They Be Like? - Page 15
- Part Two: We Have Changed the Pattern of History! - Page 39
- Part Three: We Foresee a Time... - Page 63
- Part Four: They Went off to Fight a Bigger War - Page 89
- Part Five: Surviving the Time War - Page 117
- Part Six: The New Dalek Paradigm - Page143
- They Always Survive... - Page 160
Notable features
- The book features summaries of the Dalek plans in all television stories, as well as information and extractions of interviews on Daleks in the expanded universe and Dalekmania, and behind the scenes of the Daleks on Doctor Who.
Notes
- The book attempts to connect Dalek history together from all the televised Dalek stories in the order of their broadcast. Although real world information is given on expanded universe material, in-universe information is not included apart from a few (some only suggested) elements including City of the Daleks, The Curse of the Daleks, and War of the Daleks.
- The Dalek history in the book repeats the BBC website's earlier stance, including that Genesis created a second Dalek timeline. ( WEB: Dalek History: Part 1 and Dalek History: Part 2)
