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 Although usually dependent on their travel machines for offence/defence, the bare mutant could be dangerous; even the young were quite lethal and capable of strangulation with their tentacles, and, in this way, attacked the [[Fourth Doctor|fourth]] and [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnations]] of the [[Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|Remembrance of the Daleks]]'') The [[Fifth Doctor]] once said that they had a deadly sting, and during a [[1984]] incursion into [[London]], one of these creatures, separated from its casing, attacked and injured a [[human]] soldier without difficulty. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') [[Constance Clarke]] theorised that the mutants had a venomous bite. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Order of the Daleks (audio story)|Order of the Daleks]]'') When removed from its casing, a Dalek [[reconnaissance scout]] was capable of controlling a [[human]]'s movements, and using them as a vehicle instead. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'')
-Daleks were hard-wired to keep living no matter the cost, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') and could reach very long liespans. [[Dalek (The Lights of Skaro)|One Dalek]] remained operational for four thousand centuries. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lights of Skaro (audio story)|The Lights of Skaro]]'') Despite this, Dalek mutants still aged and over time the body would break down and liquefy. On [[Skaro]] in the [[Dalek City]] decaying Daleks were stored in the [[city]]'s [[Skaro sewer|sewers]]. Fittingly, the Dalek word for sewer was the same as their word for [[graveyard]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
+Daleks were hard-wired to keep living no matter the cost, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') and could reach very long lifespans. [[Dalek (The Lights of Skaro)|One Dalek]] remained operational for four thousand centuries. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lights of Skaro (audio story)|The Lights of Skaro]]'') Despite this, Dalek mutants still aged and over time the body would break down and liquefy. On [[Skaro]] in the [[Dalek City]] decaying Daleks were stored in the [[city]]'s [[Skaro sewer|sewers]]. Fittingly, the Dalek word for sewer was the same as their word for [[graveyard]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
 When deprived of power, Dalek mutants could enter a dormancy inside their casings. They remained inert until power was restored, even after centuries of hibernation. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') Early Daleks, unable to store power, would go into "standby" mode when they were shut off. The Seventh Doctor hypothesised this was how the Daleks had survived his first encounter with them, and that one day someone would breach the city's walls and "wake them up". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Lights of Skaro (audio story)|The Lights of Skaro]]'')
 [[File:Mutant is zapped to life.jpg|thumb|left|A Dalek mutant is brought to life. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'')]]
-According to some accounts, the [[voice]] of a Dalek was electronic as the actual vocalisations from the mutants amounted to little more than squeaking sounds. Without the assistance of their casing, they were unable to produce speech as they did not possess tongues or vocal chords ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee]]''). During the Last Great Time War, Dalek infants could be born with vocal chords. However, these were severed and replaced with "more reliable" synth replacements [[Dalek (novelisation)]].  Other accounts differed, suggesting that Dalek mutants, even in an advanced state of decay, could "mewl" in an approximation of the usual Dalek voice. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
+According to some accounts, the [[voice]] of a Dalek was electronic as the actual vocalisations from the mutants amounted to little more than squeaking sounds. Without the assistance of their casing, they were unable to produce speech as they did not possess tongues or vocal chords. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee]]'') During the Last Great Time War, however, Dalek infants could be born with vocal chords, but these were severed and replaced with "more reliable" synth replacements. ([[PROSE]]: [[Dalek (novelisation)|''Dalek'']]) Other accounts differed, suggesting that Dalek mutants, even in an advanced state of decay, could "mewl" in an approximation of the usual Dalek voice. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')
 Dalek mutants were quite possibly fatal to a [[Time Lord]] when eaten. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Scarlet Empress (novel)|The Scarlet Empress]]'') However, their "[[Dalek juice]]" could be ingested by humans with no apparent ill-effect, though some people found it flavourless, or disgusting. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Jubilee (audio story)|Jubilee]]'')