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== Astronomical data == | == Astronomical data == | ||
=== Location === | === Location === | ||
Most accounts placed Skaro as a long way away from [[Earth]]: one explained that it was in the [[Seventh Galaxy]] and nine galaxies away from Earth, ([[PROSE]]: | Most accounts placed Skaro as a long way away from [[Earth]]: one explained that it was in the [[Seventh Galaxy]] and nine galaxies away from Earth, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Infinity Doctors (novel)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)}}) while another account described Skaro as being "in the [[next universe but one]]", ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)}}) while another stated that Skaro was "half a universe away" from Earth. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Planet of the Daleks (comic story)}}) According to another account, it was located in the [[Eighth Galaxy]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Destroyers (audio story)}}) Skaro was, at any rate, located in [[hyperspace]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)}}) According to one account, [[Dr Who]] was driven to travel back to the [[2150 Dalek invasion of Earth]] because he had seen records on the [[Earth]] of the year [[3000]] of an alien invasion at that time. These records described the invaders are originating from a planet designated [[M-1]], which orbited the [[star]] [[Deneb]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Daleks, invasión a la Tierra año 2150 (comic story)}}) | ||
According to one account, Skaro was a wandering "mystery planet". It moved into Earth's [[Solar System]] in the [[25th century]], becoming located at an elliptical orbit around Earth's [[Sol|Sun]]. During this time, its orbit crossed that of [[Uranus]] and occasionally put it in the vicinity of [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]]. The [[Dalek]]s seemingly had nothing to do with this movement, and, indeed, were frightened by the fact that Skaro's new position put it within the reaches of Earth's expansionist space empire. ([[COMIC]]: | According to one account, Skaro was a wandering "mystery planet". It moved into Earth's [[Solar System]] in the [[25th century]], becoming located at an elliptical orbit around Earth's [[Sol|Sun]]. During this time, its orbit crossed that of [[Uranus]] and occasionally put it in the vicinity of [[Jupiter]] and [[Saturn]]. The [[Dalek]]s seemingly had nothing to do with this movement, and, indeed, were frightened by the fact that Skaro's new position put it within the reaches of Earth's expansionist space empire. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)}}) | ||
Another account called Skaro's location the "[[Skaro system]]". ([[PROSE]]: | Another account called Skaro's location the "[[Skaro system]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) It was the twelfth planet in its solar system, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)|namedep=The Ambush (4)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Infinity Doctors (novel)}}) and it had at least two suns. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Stranger (short story)}}) It had a similar [[atmosphere]], climate and [[gravity]] to Earth, though it was plagued by sulphuric rain. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|City of the Daleks (video game)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}) Skaro's nearest neighbour was a planet called [[Alvega]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)}}) | ||
=== Nature === | === Nature === | ||
Skaro's radius, from the surface to the centre of its cold [[planetary core]] (the [[Ice Heart of Skaro]]), was about [[10000 (number)|10000]] [[miles]]. Directly below the surface of Skaro was a "cellular layer" consisting of a network of caves inhabited by [[tunnel beast]]s. Below were the [[Zone of Eternal Dark]], home to [[creatures of the Eternal Dark|eerie glowing creatures]]; the [[Stratum of Screaming Winds]], inhabited by [[Sucker (species)|Suckers]]; the [[Abyss of Death]] with its walls of [[living rock]]; the "depths of unknown" with their masters the [[Kraki]]s; and finally [[the Morass (The Dalek Trap)|the Morass]], encasing the Ice Heart directly, domain of the [[sponge person|sponge people]]. ([[COMIC]]: | Skaro's radius, from the surface to the centre of its cold [[planetary core]] (the [[Ice Heart of Skaro]]), was about [[10000 (number)|10000]] [[miles]]. Directly below the surface of Skaro was a "cellular layer" consisting of a network of caves inhabited by [[tunnel beast]]s. Below were the [[Zone of Eternal Dark]], home to [[creatures of the Eternal Dark|eerie glowing creatures]]; the [[Stratum of Screaming Winds]], inhabited by [[Sucker (species)|Suckers]]; the [[Abyss of Death]] with its walls of [[living rock]]; the "depths of unknown" with their masters the [[Kraki]]s; and finally [[the Morass (The Dalek Trap)|the Morass]], encasing the Ice Heart directly, domain of the [[sponge person|sponge people]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Dalek Trap (comic story)}}) | ||
=== Landscape === | === Landscape === | ||
Before [[neutronic war]] broke out, the [[humanoid Dalek|Daleks' humanoid forefathers]] and their rivals the [[Thal]]s lived on two separate continents of [[Darren (continent)|Darren]] and [[Davius]], separated by the [[Ocean of Ooze]], ([[COMIC]]: | Before [[neutronic war]] broke out, the [[humanoid Dalek|Daleks' humanoid forefathers]] and their rivals the [[Thal]]s lived on two separate continents of [[Darren (continent)|Darren]] and [[Davius]], separated by the [[Ocean of Ooze]], ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)}}) although by the end of the [[Thousand Year War]], Skaro had a single large [[continent]] as the stage of the ongoing conflict between the Thals and the [[Kaled]]s. The continent was, however, divided in two by an immense [[mountain]] range. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
Much of Skaro was a wasteland, devoid of all life after centuries of war. ([[TV]]: | Much of Skaro was a wasteland, devoid of all life after centuries of war. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
A [[jungle]] once grew near the Dalek City. Following an exchange of [[neutron bomb]]s, the jungle was [[Petrified jungle|petrified]]. Radiation levels across most of the planet remained high. There were less irradiated plateaus where the Thals lived. ([[TV]]: | A [[jungle]] once grew near the Dalek City. Following an exchange of [[neutron bomb]]s, the jungle was [[Petrified jungle|petrified]]. Radiation levels across most of the planet remained high. There were less irradiated plateaus where the Thals lived. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
Hydrothermal activity was indicated by the presence of place names like "[[Geyser Swamp]]". However all bodies of liquid may not have been composed of [[water]]. At least one river was known to be comprised of [[sulphuric acid]], and the geysers in Geyser Swamp spewed [[mercury (element)|mercury]], rather than steam. ([[COMIC]]: | Hydrothermal activity was indicated by the presence of place names like "[[Geyser Swamp]]". However all bodies of liquid may not have been composed of [[water]]. At least one river was known to be comprised of [[sulphuric acid]], and the geysers in Geyser Swamp spewed [[mercury (element)|mercury]], rather than steam. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Duel of the Daleks (comic story)}}) | ||
The [[planet]] had polar ice caps. The mountains at one of the poles were known as the [[Polar Mountains]]. ([[COMIC]]: | The [[planet]] had polar ice caps. The mountains at one of the poles were known as the [[Polar Mountains]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)}}) | ||
[[File:PlagueofDeath-Map of Skaro.jpg|thumb|A map of Skaro showing weather patterns. ([[COMIC]]: | [[File:PlagueofDeath-Map of Skaro.jpg|thumb|A map of Skaro showing weather patterns. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Plague of Death (comic story)}})|alt=|left]] | ||
After being restored by the Daleks, Skaro appeared to have been, to an extent, returned to the pristine state it held before it became war-torn, as it was safe for [[Clara Oswald]], {{Gomez}} and the [[Twelfth Doctor]] to walk around without worry of [[radiation sickness]] ([[TV]]: | After being restored by the Daleks, Skaro appeared to have been, to an extent, returned to the pristine state it held before it became war-torn, as it was safe for [[Clara Oswald]], {{Gomez}} and the [[Twelfth Doctor]] to walk around without worry of [[radiation sickness]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}) and the skies were clear enough to see the sun rise and fall. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Witch's Familiar (TV story)}}) | ||
=== Geographic features === | === Geographic features === | ||
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==== Continents/regions ==== | ==== Continents/regions ==== | ||
There were various regions on Skaro, notably [[Davius]], [[Dalazar]], the [[Wastelands]] and [[Darren (continent)|Darren]]. ([[COMIC]]: | There were various regions on Skaro, notably [[Davius]], [[Dalazar]], the [[Wastelands]] and [[Darren (continent)|Darren]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)}}) | ||
==== Rivers, lakes, and oceans ==== | ==== Rivers, lakes, and oceans ==== | ||
The [[Ocean of Ooze]] was an ocean on Skaro that separated Davius and Dalazar. ([[COMIC]]: | The [[Ocean of Ooze]] was an ocean on Skaro that separated Davius and Dalazar. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)}}) Additionally, there were several seas such as the [[Bottomless Sea]], the [[Sea of Acid]], the [[Sea of Rust]], the [[Serpent Sea]], and even the [[River of Whirling Waters]]. | ||
There was a lake called [[Drammankin Lake]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | There was a lake called [[Drammankin Lake]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Innocence (audio story)}}) However, it was more commonly referred to by the Kaleds as the "Lake of Mutations". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Corruption (audio story)}} | ||
One area was also known as the [[Geyser Swamp]]. | One area was also known as the [[Geyser Swamp]]. | ||
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==== Settlements ==== | ==== Settlements ==== | ||
[[File:Dalek building on Skaro.jpg|right|thumb|A monolithic [[Dalek]]-shaped [[Dalek monument|skyscraper]] towers over Skaro. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Dalek building on Skaro.jpg|right|thumb|A monolithic [[Dalek]]-shaped [[Dalek monument|skyscraper]] towers over Skaro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}})]] | ||
Many cities and settlements existed on Skaro throughout its history, though the Thousand Year War made much of the planet's surface an inhospitable wilderness. The [[Darrien]] province and the [[Kaled Dome]] dated back to the [[Kaled]]/[[Thal]] occupation of the planet, ([[TV]]: | Many cities and settlements existed on Skaro throughout its history, though the Thousand Year War made much of the planet's surface an inhospitable wilderness. The [[Darrien]] province and the [[Kaled Dome]] dated back to the [[Kaled]]/[[Thal]] occupation of the planet, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) but by far the most notorious and enduring conurbation on Skaro was the [[Dalek City]], built by the [[Dalek]]s immediately after their emergence ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Power Play (comic story)}}) and used as their main base of power on Skaro throughout their history. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) According to one account, the Daleks' capital city was [[Kaalann]]. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|City of the Daleks (video game)}}) The black, friable spires of [[Yarvelling's Church]] from Skaro were a fragment of the [[Last Great Time War]]. According to one account, the [[Eighth Doctor]] saw the Cathedral fused with fragments of [[Morbius]]' [[Red Capitol]] in the backwater where he triggered [[the Moment]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Time War (short story)}}) | ||
=== Native life === | === Native life === | ||
All Skarosian life had [[DNA]], ([[AUDIO]]: | All Skarosian life had [[DNA]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Corruption (audio story)}}) which was fundamental type 467-989. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)}}) Most of Skaro's animal and plant life became extinct as a result of the [[Thousand Year War]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Corruption (audio story)}}) Some of the survivors included the [[Varga plant]]s ([[TV]]: {{cs|Mission to the Unknown (TV story)}}) and [[Slyther]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)}}) The [[Drammankin Lake|Lake of Mutations]] was home to a variety of life-forms, including the [[terrorkon]] and the [[Lake Monster]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Terrorkon Harvest (comic story)}}) At least one area of the planet was inhabited by large [[Dinosaur (The Planet of the Daleks)|dinosaur-like creatures]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Planet of the Daleks (comic story)}}) Another Skarosian life form were [[magnedon]]s; most perished in the war, leaving the landscape littered with their metallic exoskeletons. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
[[File:Electric eel MenaceoftheMonstrons.jpg|thumb|Giant electric eels. ([[COMIC]]: | [[File:Electric eel MenaceoftheMonstrons.jpg|thumb|Giant electric eels. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story)}})|alt=|left]] | ||
Several sentient species [[Evolution|evolved]] on Skaro, including the [[Dal (species)|Dals]], [[Tharon]]s, [[Kaled]]s and [[Thal]]s. By the time of the Thousand Year War, the Tharons and Dals had died out. ([[AUDIO]]: | Several sentient species [[Evolution|evolved]] on Skaro, including the [[Dal (species)|Dals]], [[Tharon]]s, [[Kaled]]s and [[Thal]]s. By the time of the Thousand Year War, the Tharons and Dals had died out. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Purity (audio story)}}) The [[Muto]]s were [[mutation|mutated]] Kaleds and Thals, and the species which became most associated with Skaro, the [[Dalek]]s, likewise descended from the Kaleds. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}) According to one divergent account, which made no mention of the Kaleds, the sapient species at odds with the Thals were [[Humanoid Dalek|short, large-headed, blue-skinned humanoids]] who already called themselves "Daleks". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)}}) Yet another dissenting account uniquely held the Daleks' planet of origin to not have been Skaro at all but rather [[Ameron]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|We are the Daleks! (short story)}}) These accounts were later postulated to have been either mythologised retellings of Dalek history or alterations to the Dalek timeline as a result of the [[Last Great Time War]], although some post-War researchers affirmed that the Kaleds were still the ancestors of the Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) | ||
Intelligent insects called [[Zomite]]s also lived on Skaro even well into the metallic Daleks' occupation of the planet; the Daleks considered them a "pest" and worked to destroy them, even allowing other "inferior" creatures to live on Skaro if they helped in the extermination of the Zomites. ([[COMIC]]: | Intelligent insects called [[Zomite]]s also lived on Skaro even well into the metallic Daleks' occupation of the planet; the Daleks considered them a "pest" and worked to destroy them, even allowing other "inferior" creatures to live on Skaro if they helped in the extermination of the Zomites. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Daleks Destroy the Zomites (comic story)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
=== Pre-War history === | === Pre-War history === | ||
Though the Thals used the same name for their world, in the [[Kaled language]], "Skaro" meant "[[home]]". ([[PROSE]]: | Though the Thals used the same name for their world, in the [[Kaled language]], "Skaro" meant "[[home]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) | ||
Historians who studied the Dalek race believed that life on Skaro had progressed in a manner similar to early Earth, beginning in its oceans and eventually spawning reptilian land creatures that were supplanted by humanoid life. They were unsure however as to whether this life had been naturally occurring or seeded on Skaro by [[Halldon|alien powers]]. ([[PROSE]]: | Historians who studied the Dalek race believed that life on Skaro had progressed in a manner similar to early Earth, beginning in its oceans and eventually spawning reptilian land creatures that were supplanted by humanoid life. They were unsure however as to whether this life had been naturally occurring or seeded on Skaro by [[Halldon|alien powers]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) [[Bernice Summerfield]] pondered if prehistoric Skaro had been one of the worlds to which the [[SSSSSSS]] had sent [[Aryan]] DNA samples to, resulting in the Thals' physical appearance. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Down (novel)}}) | ||
100 million years prior to the [[Thousand Year War]], the ancestors of the Kaleds diverged from those of the Thals. ([[AUDIO]]: | 100 million years prior to the [[Thousand Year War]], the ancestors of the Kaleds diverged from those of the Thals. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Corruption (audio story)}}) Despite this, archaeological findings suggested that the two races had co-existed in at least one shared settlement in ages past. Two other humanoid races, the [[Tharon]]s and the [[Dal (species)|Dals]], had existed on Skaro but both had fallen victim to a genocidal campgain by the Kaleds. [[Yarvell]] mused if this might indicate that more sentient races had existed on the planet at some point but had been lost to the many Skarosian wars. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Purity (audio story)}}) | ||
Following the [[neutronic war]], [[Alydon]] described Skaro as once having been a great world "full of ideas and art and invention" before war had destroyed it all. ([[TV]]: | Following the [[neutronic war]], [[Alydon]] described Skaro as once having been a great world "full of ideas and art and invention" before war had destroyed it all. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) Memories of this incarnation of Skaro had survived into the era of the Thousand Year War, though Davros saw little reason to retain any affection for it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Father of the Daleks (short story)}}) [[Klinus]] recalled Skaro to have once been a world defined by creation instead of destruction. Observing several pre-Dalek Skarosian epochs colliding, [[Bernice Summerfield]] noted that the planet's pre-war state was that of a normal, thriving world. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Random Ghosts (audio story)}}) | ||
=== A war-torn world: creation of the Daleks === | === A war-torn world: creation of the Daleks === | ||
{{main|Creation of the Daleks}} | {{main|Creation of the Daleks}} | ||
According to one account, by the time of the creation of the cyborgs known as the Daleks, the Kaleds and the Thals fought the [[Thousand Year War]] over the wasteland adjacent to the [[Kaled Dome]]. ([[TV]]: | According to one account, by the time of the creation of the cyborgs known as the Daleks, the Kaleds and the Thals fought the [[Thousand Year War]] over the wasteland adjacent to the [[Kaled Dome]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}) Whilst differing as to the length and circumstances of the war, many other accounts agreed that the Daleks had come about in the aftermath of a war between the Daleks' humanoid forefathers and the Thals. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)}}) | ||
The cause of this war was unknown, though it was speculated that the construction of the [[Thal Dome]] had prompted the Kaleds, out of bitter [[jealousy]] and paranoia, to construct the Kaled Dome leading to a state of cold war and a technological arms race that eventually devolved into open war. ([[PROSE]]: | The cause of this war was unknown, though it was speculated that the construction of the [[Thal Dome]] had prompted the Kaleds, out of bitter [[jealousy]] and paranoia, to construct the Kaled Dome leading to a state of cold war and a technological arms race that eventually devolved into open war. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) | ||
[[Davros]] was a Kaled child who grew up in the midst of the War. The [[Twelfth Doctor]], accidentally landing in the middle of the War, once passed the young Davros [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] to speak to him across a minefield of [[handmine]]s, not realising who he was going to grow up to be until the boy said his name. The Doctor reconsidered helping Davros get out of the minefield, and later, a future version of the Twelfth Doctor arrived on Skaro and pointed a [[gunstick]] at Davros in an attempt to save his friend, "the only way [he could]". ([[TV]]: | [[Davros]] was a Kaled child who grew up in the midst of the War. The [[Twelfth Doctor]], accidentally landing in the middle of the War, once passed the young Davros [[the Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] to speak to him across a minefield of [[handmine]]s, not realising who he was going to grow up to be until the boy said his name. The Doctor reconsidered helping Davros get out of the minefield, and later, a future version of the Twelfth Doctor arrived on Skaro and pointed a [[gunstick]] at Davros in an attempt to save his friend, "the only way [he could]". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}) He then proceeded to destroy the handmines and save Davros to teach him the concept of mercy before taking him home. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Witch's Familiar (TV story)}}) | ||
Technology had devolved in this time. A [[Scientific Elite]] governed the Kaleds. By this phase of the war, biological and [[nuclear weapon]]s had begun to cause mutations known as [[Muto]]s. ([[TV]]: | Technology had devolved in this time. A [[Scientific Elite]] governed the Kaleds. By this phase of the war, biological and [[nuclear weapon]]s had begun to cause mutations known as [[Muto]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}) The [[Thal]]s also underwent many mutations as a result of the War, though they eventually reverted to a humanoid form similar to their original one. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
Although some accounts stated that these mutations of the Thals' nemeses led to their becoming the familiar [[Dalek mutant|tentacular blobs of hateful flesh]] who sealed themselves in armoured travel machines to become the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: | Although some accounts stated that these mutations of the Thals' nemeses led to their becoming the familiar [[Dalek mutant|tentacular blobs of hateful flesh]] who sealed themselves in armoured travel machines to become the [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)}}) another held that before it came to that, the Kaled scientists saw the increasing number of Mutos as the end of their species in its "pure" form. Davros, now the Kaled chief scientist, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}) effectively making him the [[king]] of Skaro, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}}) decided to accelerate the mutations on purpose to determine their "ultimate form" and placed the results in travel machines, though not before making his own alterations to their genetic code to make sure that they would be heartless killers with an innate belief in their own supremacy, making them the perfect warriors as conceived of by Davros: "soldiers who would never, ever stop". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}) | ||
The [[Fourth Doctor]], transported to this time period by the [[Time Lord]]s to prevent a possible future where the Daleks would rule the universe, was given the chance to destroy the first incubating Dalek embryos but feared that he had not the moral right to wipe an entire species of sentient lifeforms from history, never mind how infamous. The Doctor nevertheless played a part in entombing these early Daleks in their bunker, from which he hoped it would take them centuries to escape. The Daleks still survived and promised to re-emerge. ([[TV]]: | The [[Fourth Doctor]], transported to this time period by the [[Time Lord]]s to prevent a possible future where the Daleks would rule the universe, was given the chance to destroy the first incubating Dalek embryos but feared that he had not the moral right to wipe an entire species of sentient lifeforms from history, never mind how infamous. The Doctor nevertheless played a part in entombing these early Daleks in their bunker, from which he hoped it would take them centuries to escape. The Daleks still survived and promised to re-emerge. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
A [[neutronic war]] capped off the long-standing conflict between the Thals and their nemeses, leaving Skaro utterly inhospitable to the lifeforms who had flourished there before it. Some Thals survived by developing an anti-radiation drug, ([[TV]]: | A [[neutronic war]] capped off the long-standing conflict between the Thals and their nemeses, leaving Skaro utterly inhospitable to the lifeforms who had flourished there before it. Some Thals survived by developing an anti-radiation drug, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)}}) whilst what few numbers of their humanoid enemies had survived the neutronic strike died of radiation poisoning. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Genesis of Evil (comic story)}}) The Daleks, on the other hand, could survive in the irradiated atmosphere thanks to their travel machines. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
After building a [[Dalek City]] for themselves, ([[COMIC]]: | After building a [[Dalek City]] for themselves, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Power Play (comic story)}}) the Daleks believed the Thals to have been utterly annihilated at the end of the war, though they had in truth merely faded into obscurity by forsaking most technology and becoming peaceful farmers. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
Historians from an era following the [[Last Great Time War]] believed that, immediately following the end of the Thousand Year War, the Daleks erected the Dalek City only for their settlement to come under attack by what remained of the Thal race. In response, the first generation of Daleks detonated a [[neutron bomb]] but had underestimated the yield of its fallout, leaving them trapped in their city for the next five centuries, while the bomb had wiped out virtually all life on Skaro save for the Daleks themselves. ([[PROSE]]: | Historians from an era following the [[Last Great Time War]] believed that, immediately following the end of the Thousand Year War, the Daleks erected the Dalek City only for their settlement to come under attack by what remained of the Thal race. In response, the first generation of Daleks detonated a [[neutron bomb]] but had underestimated the yield of its fallout, leaving them trapped in their city for the next five centuries, while the bomb had wiped out virtually all life on Skaro save for the Daleks themselves. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) | ||
=== The aftermath of the Thousand Year War, Neutronic War and Dalek Creation === | === The aftermath of the Thousand Year War, Neutronic War and Dalek Creation === | ||
As the centuries passed and the radiation levels dropped, the Daleks made plans to spread out across and rebuild Skaro, carving out a series of subterranean tunnels leading out from their city. ([[AUDIO]]: | As the centuries passed and the radiation levels dropped, the Daleks made plans to spread out across and rebuild Skaro, carving out a series of subterranean tunnels leading out from their city. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Return to Skaro (audio story)}}) Dependent on a constant feed of [[static electricity]] however, they were limited to movement along inductive metal surfaces. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) It was speculated that prior to the [[Thal-Dalek battle]], the Daleks had made some progress in colonising their planet. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (novelisation)}}, [[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Return to Skaro (audio story)}}) The Thals meanwhile believed that they were now of intellectual and physical perfection. They lived a simple pastoral and pacifist lifestyle on a high plateau that was spared the neutronic fallout, though their lifestyle was dependent on a great [[rain]]fall that came every four to five years. When the rain was two years overdue, the Thals left their plateau in search of new food sources. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
[[File:Skaro forest day.jpg|thumb|Petrified forest on Skaro. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Skaro forest day.jpg|thumb|Petrified forest on Skaro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)|namedep=The Dead Planet (1)}})]] | ||
When the [[First Doctor]] fled prehistoric [[Earth]], ([[TV]]: | When the [[First Doctor]] fled prehistoric [[Earth]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|An Unearthly Child (TV story)|namedep=The Firemaker (4)}}) he attempted to return to [[1963]] [[London]] only for [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] to bring him to Skaro, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|What the TARDIS thought of "Time Lord Victorious" (short story)}}) knowing how important encountering the Daleks would be to the Doctor's character. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Into the Dalek (TV story)}}) | ||
The Doctor's companion, [[Ian Chesterton]], taught the Thals to use violence in self-defence, in order to protect themselves against the [[xenophobia|xenophobic]] Daleks who threatened them. The Daleks came to know, during this time, that they had adapted to become dependent on radiation. With levels subsiding and their lives threatened, the Daleks proposed to set off another neutron bomb. As this would take too long, the Daleks instead planned to release radiation from nuclear reactors into the [[atmosphere]]. | The Doctor's companion, [[Ian Chesterton]], taught the Thals to use violence in self-defence, in order to protect themselves against the [[xenophobia|xenophobic]] Daleks who threatened them. The Daleks came to know, during this time, that they had adapted to become dependent on radiation. With levels subsiding and their lives threatened, the Daleks proposed to set off another neutron bomb. As this would take too long, the Daleks instead planned to release radiation from nuclear reactors into the [[atmosphere]]. | ||
[[Thal-Dalek battle|A combined effort]] by the Doctor, his companions and the Thals resulted in the electricity supply for the city being cut off, leaving the Daleks immobile and powerless. The Doctor and his companions believed the Daleks had died to the last, and lamented that they had not found another, less bloody way to save the Thals. ([[TV]]: | [[Thal-Dalek battle|A combined effort]] by the Doctor, his companions and the Thals resulted in the electricity supply for the city being cut off, leaving the Daleks immobile and powerless. The Doctor and his companions believed the Daleks had died to the last, and lamented that they had not found another, less bloody way to save the Thals. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) One account suggested that the Thal-Dalek battle had taken place eighteen months prior to [[31 July]] [[2065]], logically placing this fateful alien visit to Skaro in early [[2064]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Peaceful Thals Ambushed! (short story)}}) | ||
Not long after the battle, Skaro fell victim to an [[omega device]] improperly used by [[Ace]] who attempted to [[time lock]] the Dalek homeworld. [[Bernice Summerfield]] and a group of travellers became trapped on Skaro during this time where they accidentally began to restore power to the Dalek City. [[Dalek (The Lights of Skaro)|One Dalek]] was fully reactivated and attempted to resume the irradiation of the atmosphere before Bernice and the [[Seventh Doctor]] managed to break the faulty time lock and restore Skaro's history. ([[AUDIO]]: | Not long after the battle, Skaro fell victim to an [[omega device]] improperly used by [[Ace]] who attempted to [[time lock]] the Dalek homeworld. [[Bernice Summerfield]] and a group of travellers became trapped on Skaro during this time where they accidentally began to restore power to the Dalek City. [[Dalek (The Lights of Skaro)|One Dalek]] was fully reactivated and attempted to resume the irradiation of the atmosphere before Bernice and the [[Seventh Doctor]] managed to break the faulty time lock and restore Skaro's history. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Lights of Skaro (audio story)}}) | ||
Generations later, the Thal [[Tryana]] discovered the Dalek City's [[incubation level]] and the [[Dalek Supreme (Return to Skaro)|Supreme Dalek]] therein who manipulated her into restoring the Daleks' infrastructure. When the First Doctor and his companions returned to Skaro, the Supreme launched an invasion of the [[Thal City]] before intending to claim [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] as a means of reaching other worlds for conquest, only to be defeated by its own [[ionising tower]]s and the Dalek City destroyed. As the Thals had feared, however, ([[AUDIO]]: | Generations later, the Thal [[Tryana]] discovered the Dalek City's [[incubation level]] and the [[Dalek Supreme (Return to Skaro)|Supreme Dalek]] therein who manipulated her into restoring the Daleks' infrastructure. When the First Doctor and his companions returned to Skaro, the Supreme launched an invasion of the [[Thal City]] before intending to claim [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] as a means of reaching other worlds for conquest, only to be defeated by its own [[ionising tower]]s and the Dalek City destroyed. As the Thals had feared, however, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Return to Skaro (audio story)}}) the Dalek race survived. The Doctor would later theorise that they had other [[Colony|colonies]] on Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth (novelisation)}}) Eventually, the Daleks forced the Thals to [[Thal evacuation of Skaro|evacuate Skaro]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The History of the Daleks (short story)}}) | ||
The Daleks did turn their attention towards the conquest of space and notably targeted Earth in the [[22nd century]], though that occupation was thwarted by the Doctor. Still, they steadily forged a sprawling [[Dalek Empire]]. ([[TV]]: | The Daleks did turn their attention towards the conquest of space and notably targeted Earth in the [[22nd century]], though that occupation was thwarted by the Doctor. Still, they steadily forged a sprawling [[Dalek Empire]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)}}, {{cs|Resolution (TV story)}}, [[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)}}, {{cs|Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)}}, {{cs|The Road to Conflict (comic story)}}, et al.) The Doctor, Ian and [[Barbara Wright]] visited Skaro again, where they inadvertently helped the Daleks exterminate their [[pest]]s, the [[Zomite]]s. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Daleks Destroy the Zomites (comic story)}}) | ||
=== Spaceflight era and after === | === Spaceflight era and after === | ||
[[File:The Dalek World The Mechanical Planet Space Vault Above sKARO.jpg|thumb|left|A space vault over Skaro. ([[COMIC]]: | [[File:The Dalek World The Mechanical Planet Space Vault Above sKARO.jpg|thumb|left|A space vault over Skaro. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Mechanical Planet (comic story)}})]] | ||
Before [[Vulcan Incident|crashing]] on the [[planet]] [[Vulcan (Invasion of the Daleks)|Vulcan]], a [[Space capsule (The Power of the Daleks)|Dalek spacecraft]] made a failed attempt to transmit a [[distress signal]] to Skaro. ([[AUDIO]]: | Before [[Vulcan Incident|crashing]] on the [[planet]] [[Vulcan (Invasion of the Daleks)|Vulcan]], a [[Space capsule (The Power of the Daleks)|Dalek spacecraft]] made a failed attempt to transmit a [[distress signal]] to Skaro. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Dalek Conquests (audio story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Power of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
In the wake of the failure of the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]], the [[Black Dalek's ship]] was forced to return from [[Earth]] to Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: | In the wake of the failure of the [[2150s Dalek invasion of Earth]], the [[Black Dalek's ship]] was forced to return from [[Earth]] to Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The History of the Daleks (short story)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)}}) | ||
The first [[Dalek time machine (The Chase)|Dalek time machine]] took off from Skaro to [[Mechonoid Incident|pursue]] the [[First Doctor]] through [[time]] and [[space]], its [[Pursuer-Dalek|crew]] maintaining contact with [[Skaro Control]]. Upon their arrival on [[Mechanus]], Skaro reported that the [[Mechonoid]]s possessed powerful [[weapon]]s. ([[TV]]: | The first [[Dalek time machine (The Chase)|Dalek time machine]] took off from Skaro to [[Mechonoid Incident|pursue]] the [[First Doctor]] through [[time]] and [[space]], its [[Pursuer-Dalek|crew]] maintaining contact with [[Skaro Control]]. Upon their arrival on [[Mechanus]], Skaro reported that the [[Mechonoid]]s possessed powerful [[weapon]]s. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Chase (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Chase (novelisation)}}) The destruction of the time machine was noted on Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The History of the Daleks (short story)}}) | ||
By one account, in the centuries following the Earth invasion, the Daleks turned to Skaro's neighbouring [[star system]]s for resources and so neglected the defense of their homeworld which was seized in an [[Thal assault on Skaro|assault]] by the Thals. ([[PROSE]]: | By one account, in the centuries following the Earth invasion, the Daleks turned to Skaro's neighbouring [[star system]]s for resources and so neglected the defense of their homeworld which was seized in an [[Thal assault on Skaro|assault]] by the Thals. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The History of the Daleks (short story)}}) | ||
By the [[25th century]], Skaro was a "wandering planet". It drifted into [[Earth]]'s [[solar system]], leading [[Dalek Prime|the Emperor]] to [[2400s Dalek invasion of the solar system|attempt to conquer the system]] and enslave [[human]]ity, partially out of fear that the rapidly-expanding Earth Empire might conquer Skaro, instead. ([[COMIC]]: | By the [[25th century]], Skaro was a "wandering planet". It drifted into [[Earth]]'s [[solar system]], leading [[Dalek Prime|the Emperor]] to [[2400s Dalek invasion of the solar system|attempt to conquer the system]] and enslave [[human]]ity, partially out of fear that the rapidly-expanding Earth Empire might conquer Skaro, instead. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Invasion of the Daleks (comic story)}}) | ||
The sole survivor of a [[human]] [[expedition]] to Skaro returned with a [[map]] which she claimed to have drawn herself during her [[month]]s in the [[wilderness]], although its authenticity remained unproved. ([[PROSE]]: | The sole survivor of a [[human]] [[expedition]] to Skaro returned with a [[map]] which she claimed to have drawn herself during her [[month]]s in the [[wilderness]], although its authenticity remained unproved. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) | ||
As human [[historian]]s understood, [[Operation Divide and Conquer]] came about when {{Delgado}} arrived on Skaro and addressed the [[Dalek Supreme Council]] with his proposal. ([[PROSE]]: | As human [[historian]]s understood, [[Operation Divide and Conquer]] came about when {{Delgado}} arrived on Skaro and addressed the [[Dalek Supreme Council]] with his proposal. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) By the [[2540]] [[Spiridon campaign]], the Thals had reclaimed Skaro from the Daleks ([[TV]]: {{cs|Planet of the Daleks (TV story)}}) through an [[Thal assault on Skaro|assault on Skaro]]. However, the Daleks later saw to the [[removal of the Thals]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The History of the Daleks (short story)}}) Indeed, during the [[Second Dalek War]] later in the [[26th century]], [[Skaro Command]] was in charge of the Dalek military effort. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Out of Time (audio story)}}) | ||
By [[4000]] Skaro appeared to be under Dalek control, as Daleks on [[Kembel]] requested a [[Dalek time machine]] from Skaro. ([[TV]]: | By [[4000]] Skaro appeared to be under Dalek control, as Daleks on [[Kembel]] requested a [[Dalek time machine]] from Skaro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks' Master Plan (TV story)}}) During a Dalek War in the [[41st century]], [[Merrick Kingdom]] was part of a landing party on Skaro. He collected samples of [[Varga plant|Varga plants]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The House of Kingdom (audio story)}}) | ||
According to one account, the failure of the [[Time Destructor Incident|4000 invasion attempt]] led the [[Black Dalek Leader|Dalek Supreme]], who escaped Kembel in a critical condition, to return to Skaro and order that Dalek forces retreat from "the human galaxy", preparing a new [[strategy]] as the Daleks expanded their empire across the [[Outer Galaxies]]. The [[Dalek Wars]] ended, for a time, though the Daleks would eventually enter a conflict with the [[Movellan]]s. ([[PROSE]]: | According to one account, the failure of the [[Time Destructor Incident|4000 invasion attempt]] led the [[Black Dalek Leader|Dalek Supreme]], who escaped Kembel in a critical condition, to return to Skaro and order that Dalek forces retreat from "the human galaxy", preparing a new [[strategy]] as the Daleks expanded their empire across the [[Outer Galaxies]]. The [[Dalek Wars]] ended, for a time, though the Daleks would eventually enter a conflict with the [[Movellan]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) | ||
A thousand years after the events on Kembel, the [[Dalek Prime]] had moved into a larger casing at the cost of his mobility, ([[PROSE]]: | A thousand years after the events on Kembel, the [[Dalek Prime]] had moved into a larger casing at the cost of his mobility, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)}}) ruling Skaro from within the [[Dalek City]]. In this era, the [[Second Doctor]] attempted to cause the Daleks' "final end", introducing the [[Human factor|Human Factor]] in a [[Humanised Dalek|faction of Daleks]] to spark a devastating [[Dalek Civil War]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)}}) The humanised Daleks were ultimately forced to flee Skaro in a captured saucer. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Children of the Revolution (comic story)}}) The [[Time Lord]]s believed that the civil war resulted in a temporary absence of Daleks from Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference work)}}) | ||
Skaro was under the control of the Dalek Prime's forces during the [[Dalek-Movellan War]], ([[PROSE]]: | Skaro was under the control of the Dalek Prime's forces during the [[Dalek-Movellan War]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}, [[TV]]: {{cs|Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)}}) though the planet was left isolated after the [[Movellan virus]] disintegrated the [[Dalek Empire]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (novelisation)}}) Nevertheless, control of Skaro was retained in the early stages of the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War]] between the Dalek Prime and [[Davros]]'s forces. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) By the tail end of the War, "just in time" for its apparent destruction, however, Davros and his [[Imperial Dalek]]s had wrenched back control of the planet. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Special Daleks (short story)}}) | ||
=== Destruction of Skaro === | === Destruction of Skaro === | ||
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[[File:Remembrance destruction.JPG|thumb|right|The destruction of Skaro. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Remembrance destruction.JPG|thumb|right|The destruction of Skaro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}})]] | ||
Skaro was [[Destruction of Skaro|destroyed]] when, as planned by the [[Seventh Doctor]], ([[TV]]: | Skaro was [[Destruction of Skaro|destroyed]] when, as planned by the [[Seventh Doctor]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}) the [[Hand of Omega]] detonated its second sun, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Stranger (short story)}}) causing it to go [[supernova]]. The stellar explosion released a shockwave which quickly struck the nearby world. It ripped and burned the planet to smithereens ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}) before wiping out the other planets in the [[Skaro system]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)}}) | ||
The [[Dalek Prime]] later claimed that Skaro had not in fact been destroyed. According to him, the Daleks, during [[22nd century Dalek invasion|their invasion of Earth in the 22nd century]], had discovered records that showed Skaro's destruction. Failing to change history altogether, the Daleks had instead decided to [[terraform]] the planet Antalin into a decoy Skaro and manipulated both Davros and the Doctor, ensuring that both believed Antalin's coordinates to be Skaro's. Thus, as the [[Eighth Doctor]] discovered in horror when both he and Davros returned to the Dalek Prime's Skaro, it was Antalin which the Hand of Omega had destroyed, and Skaro remained, intact, as the Dalek Prime's power base. | The [[Dalek Prime]] later claimed that Skaro had not in fact been destroyed. According to him, the Daleks, during [[22nd century Dalek invasion|their invasion of Earth in the 22nd century]], had discovered records that showed Skaro's destruction. Failing to change history altogether, the Daleks had instead decided to [[terraform]] the planet Antalin into a decoy Skaro and manipulated both Davros and the Doctor, ensuring that both believed Antalin's coordinates to be Skaro's. Thus, as the [[Eighth Doctor]] discovered in horror when both he and Davros returned to the Dalek Prime's Skaro, it was Antalin which the Hand of Omega had destroyed, and Skaro remained, intact, as the Dalek Prime's power base. | ||
Davros, unwilling to believe that his own creations had tricked him so thoroughly that he didn't know his own home planet, instead reasoned that Skaro had indeed been destroyed, but that the Dalek Prime may then have terraformed some other planet to resemble the Daleks' old home world and then fabricated the story of Skaro's survival — by Davros's reckoning, the Daleks under the Prime's command would have been too young to have known the original Skaro, and thus would not have known any better. ([[PROSE]]: | Davros, unwilling to believe that his own creations had tricked him so thoroughly that he didn't know his own home planet, instead reasoned that Skaro had indeed been destroyed, but that the Dalek Prime may then have terraformed some other planet to resemble the Daleks' old home world and then fabricated the story of Skaro's survival — by Davros's reckoning, the Daleks under the Prime's command would have been too young to have known the original Skaro, and thus would not have known any better. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) Indeed, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] once remembered that Skaro had been destroyed by the Hand of Omega. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (novelisation)}}) Another theory was that the Daleks manipulated the timelines, making it so, while the planet was destroyed, they reconstituted it, effectively erasing the destruction from time. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) | ||
According to another account, the [[Imperial Dalek]]s had won the war with the newly crowned [[Emperor of the Restoration]] being the one who restored Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: | According to another account, the [[Imperial Dalek]]s had won the war with the newly crowned [[Emperor of the Restoration]] being the one who restored Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Restoration Empire (short story)}}) After detecting temporal fluctuations caused when the [[Tenth Doctor]] poisoned the [[Kotturuh]] in the [[Dark Times]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)}}) the Daleks invaded [[Islos]] to gather more information. The [[Chief Archivian]] however bargained with [[Slave of the Hond|an Entity]] to save their people, offering it the Daleks in return. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Archive of Islos (webcast)}}) Faced with this foe, the Daleks [[Evacuation of Skaro|were forced to abandon]] Skaro. ([[WC]]: {{cs|The Sentinel of the Fifth Galaxy (webcast)}}) After the [[Mechonoid|Mechanoids]] [[Battle of Mechanus|sent]] the Entity back to [[The Entity's dimension|its original dimension]], the Emperor and [[Dalek Prime Strategist|Prime Strategist]] returned to Skaro and recalled other surviving Daleks. The Mechanoids followed to [[Mechanoid-Dalek battle|destroy the Daleks]] for good but were caught off guard by the reinforcements, having believed the Emperor and Strategist to be the last. A battle ensued, during which the [[Mechanoid Queen|Queen]] and [[Mechanoid 2150]] attempted to convince the Strategist to betray the Emperor. He pretended to agree and they plotted to use Skaro's beam projector to send the Emperor through a portal to the Entity's dimension. The Strategist betrayed them and instead sent every Mechanoid on Skaro through it. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Day of Reckoning (webcast)}}) The Daleks were subsequently attacked by the [[Hond]]. With Skaro in danger of falling, the Daleks recruited the Tenth Doctor to help their defence. After working with the Prime Strategist, he was able to devise a way to pacify the Hond, saving Skaro, escaping with the aid of the [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Defender of the Daleks (comic story)}}) | ||
Whatever account was right, Skaro, or a version of the planet, survived. ([[PROSE]]: | Whatever account was right, Skaro, or a version of the planet, survived. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) [[The Master]]'s execution took place on Skaro and the Seventh Doctor made arrangements to go there to pick up the remains. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Doctor Who (TV story)}}) The fact that the Doctor could do this [[Act of Master Restitution|indicated a somewhat less hostile attitude]] of the Time Lords towards the Daleks under [[Romana II|President Romana]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}) | ||
=== Last Great Time War === | === Last Great Time War === | ||
Romana's attempts at peace ([[PROSE]]: | Romana's attempts at peace ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Lungbarrow (novel)}}) did not stop tensions from reaching a boiling point, as the tensions between the Daleks and Time Lords eventually broke out into the [[Last Great Time War]], a temporal conflict fought between them for the sake of reality itself. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Gridlock (TV story)}}) Skaro served as the base of the Dalek Empire during the War. Opposing [[Gallifrey]], Skaro's history was [[Skaro's time lock|time-locked]] to prevent further Time Lord incursions. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Legion of the Lost (audio story)}}) Skaro was also copied in the War, with the copies being thrown out into space as projectile weapons. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Revenge of the Nestene (short story)}}) | ||
During the Time War, {{Jacobi}} stole the [[Infinity Chip]] from Skaro. ([[AUDIO]]: | During the Time War, {{Jacobi}} stole the [[Infinity Chip]] from Skaro. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Cognition Shift (audio story)}}) The Time Lords planned to unleash a genetically engineered breed of [[Dalekanium]]-eating [[Vashta Nerada]] against Skaro but were forced to abandon the project following an incident on [[Synthesis Station]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Day of the Vashta Nerada (audio story)}}) The [[Severance of Skaro]] occurred during the conflict. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) The [[Cult of Skaro]] created a [[Tim (Didn't You Kill My Mother?)|sentient time machine]] on Skaro. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Didn't You Kill My Mother? (audio story)}}) | ||
[[The Barber-Surgeon's campaign]] threatened the time lock around Skaro and the time lock around Gallifrey. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[The Barber-Surgeon's campaign]] threatened the time lock around Skaro and the time lock around Gallifrey. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Mission (audio story)}}) In search of the Daleks' information on [[the Barber-Surgeon]], the [[War Doctor]] travelled to Skaro, arriving in [[Kaalann]] during an attack of the Barber-Surgeon's creations. He was swiftly captured by [[Spider Dalek]]s and taken before the [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]], who chose to let him escape Skaro with his information in hopes of him finding their mutual enemy. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Abyss (audio story)}}) When the Barber-Surgeon removed himself from existence, the time lock around Skaro, like that around Gallifrey, was restored. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Horror (audio story)}}) | ||
During the closing actions of the war, the War Doctor arrived on Skaro, destroyed the majority of the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]]'s fleet, and, using a stolen [[gunship]], burned the words "no more" into the [[Dalek City]]. ([[PROSE]]: | During the closing actions of the war, the War Doctor arrived on Skaro, destroyed the majority of the [[Dalek Emperor in the Last Great Time War|Dalek Emperor]]'s fleet, and, using a stolen [[gunship]], burned the words "no more" into the [[Dalek City]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Day of the Doctor (novelisation)}}) Skaro was also destroyed during the Time War. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}, {{cs|Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)}}, et. al) According to [[Book (The Whoniverse)|a history of the universe]], Skaro was destroyed due to the devastation wrought by the War. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) After escaping the conflict, [[Dalek Caan]], a member of a Dalek group known as the [[Cult of Skaro]], stated that the planet was "gone, destroyed in a great war". He contrasted what happened to Skaro with [[New York City]], where "versions of this city [stood] throughout history". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)}}) | ||
The [[Eleventh Doctor]] later recalled seeing the city of Kaalann in ruins after the Daleks fled Skaro. ([[GAME]]: | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] later recalled seeing the city of Kaalann in ruins after the Daleks fled Skaro. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|City of the Daleks (video game)}}) Incorrectly believed to be the only survivor, the Doctor was once described as the only person to leave "the ruins of Gallifrey and Skaro" after the War. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Meet the Doctor (DWAN 2006 short story)}}) Skaro was reduced to a crumbling ruin of its former self, dubbed by human historians to be "the price paid for attempting to conquer time", after the War. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) | ||
=== Resurrection of Skaro === | === Resurrection of Skaro === | ||
After the new [[Dalek Progenitor|Progenitor]] Daleks of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] escaped, ([[TV]]: | After the new [[Dalek Progenitor|Progenitor]] Daleks of the [[New Dalek Paradigm]] escaped, ([[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}}) they returned to Skaro, reinstated the [[Emperor Dalek (City of the Daleks)|Emperor Dalek]], and rebuilt their city of [[Kaalann]] to make Skaro the centre of their Paradigm. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] discovered that the Daleks then had invaded [[Earth]] in [[1963]]. He went to the rebuilt city of Kaalann and discovered that the Daleks had found the [[Eye of Time]], which helped them alter Earth's timeline. Using the Eye, the Doctor travelled to Kaalann in its ruined state before the return of the Daleks. He sabotaged the Daleks' vision, allowing him to deactivate the Eye. The timeline returned to normal and the New Dalek Paradigm's invasion of Earth was erased. Skaro reverted to its ruined condition. ([[GAME]]: {{cs|City of the Daleks (video game)}}) | ||
An area of the [[petrified jungle]] was salvaged by [[human]]s at some point close to the [[41st century]] and taken to Earth's [[Station 7]] for research. ([[COMIC]]: | An area of the [[petrified jungle]] was salvaged by [[human]]s at some point close to the [[41st century]] and taken to Earth's [[Station 7]] for research. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Only Good Dalek (comic story)}}) | ||
After the Paradigm Daleks led the Daleks into numerous failures, the Dalek Empire they had founded was [[Reinvention of the Dalek Empire|reinvented]], lessening Paradigm influence and creating the [[Resurrected Dalek Empire]]. This reinvented state was commanded by the [[Parliament of the Daleks]]. It was a conscious decision to base this Parliament on [[Nacrana Va Hateen|a Dalek saucer]] instead of on Skaro, ([[PROSE]]: | After the Paradigm Daleks led the Daleks into numerous failures, the Dalek Empire they had founded was [[Reinvention of the Dalek Empire|reinvented]], lessening Paradigm influence and creating the [[Resurrected Dalek Empire]]. This reinvented state was commanded by the [[Parliament of the Daleks]]. It was a conscious decision to base this Parliament on [[Nacrana Va Hateen|a Dalek saucer]] instead of on Skaro, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) resulting in the Daleks abandoning their homeworld to its ruined state. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}) With a mobile capital, the Dalek leadership could travel wherever they needed to. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) | ||
Skaro was thus left in ruins, with the conditions of its environment even worse than after the Thousand Year War. The Eleventh Doctor revisited the devastated world after being summoned by a woman called [[Darla]], who claimed to have been looking for her daughter, [[Hannah (Asylum of the Daleks)|Hannah]]. He did this with great reluctance, even going as far as avoiding saying its name. However, this was a trap to capture him; Darla had been taken over by the Daleks, resulting in the Doctor being taken to the Parliament of the Daleks. ([[TV]]: | Skaro was thus left in ruins, with the conditions of its environment even worse than after the Thousand Year War. The Eleventh Doctor revisited the devastated world after being summoned by a woman called [[Darla]], who claimed to have been looking for her daughter, [[Hannah (Asylum of the Daleks)|Hannah]]. He did this with great reluctance, even going as far as avoiding saying its name. However, this was a trap to capture him; Darla had been taken over by the Daleks, resulting in the Doctor being taken to the Parliament of the Daleks. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)}}) After the Parliament was destroyed in the [[Siege of Trenzalore]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) the Daleks returned to Skaro and restored the world, returning Skaro to its status as the capital of the Daleks' empire. According to Davros, the Daleks possessed a strong concept of home that would always push them to restore their home planet. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Witch's Familiar (TV story)}}) | ||
[[File:Skaro1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Clara Oswald|Clara]] and {{Gomez}} discover they are on Skaro. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Skaro1.jpg|thumb|left|[[Clara Oswald|Clara]] and {{Gomez}} discover they are on Skaro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}})]] | ||
A dying Davros returned to Skaro after barely surviving the destruction of his [[Crucible]] at the hands of the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]], claiming "Where does an old man come to die? But with his children." Davros later sent [[Colony Sarff]] to find the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and bring him to Skaro. The Doctor willingly came and was joined by {{Gomez}} and [[Clara Oswald]]. [[Dalek City infirmary|The building]] Sarff's ship landed in appeared to be a space station floating in space but turned out to actually be on Skaro with the rest of the planet invisible to the rest of the universe. Whilst Davros occupied the Doctor, showing him conversations from their previous encounters, Missy and Clara were seemingly exterminated. ([[TV]]: | A dying Davros returned to Skaro after barely surviving the destruction of his [[Crucible]] at the hands of the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]], claiming "Where does an old man come to die? But with his children." Davros later sent [[Colony Sarff]] to find the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and bring him to Skaro. The Doctor willingly came and was joined by {{Gomez}} and [[Clara Oswald]]. [[Dalek City infirmary|The building]] Sarff's ship landed in appeared to be a space station floating in space but turned out to actually be on Skaro with the rest of the planet invisible to the rest of the universe. Whilst Davros occupied the Doctor, showing him conversations from their previous encounters, Missy and Clara were seemingly exterminated. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}) However, Missy had rewired their vortex manipulators to absorb the energy and teleport away. Needing to get back into the city, they breached the sewers. There they discovered ancient Dalek mutants who, unable to die, had devolved into sludge. Davros was able to convince the Doctor to give up some regeneration energy to Davros to sustain him until the sunrise. The cables surrounding the Doctor were actually Colony Sarff, who trapped the Doctor. Regeneration energy was transmitted to every Dalek on Skaro, and the Daleks were reborn with new Time Lord powers. | ||
However, this was a ruse by the Doctor. The energy regenerated the sewer Daleks, who destroyed the Dalek city. The Doctor and Clara left in the TARDIS, leaving the Dalek City a crumbling ruin. ([[TV]]: | However, this was a ruse by the Doctor. The energy regenerated the sewer Daleks, who destroyed the Dalek city. The Doctor and Clara left in the TARDIS, leaving the Dalek City a crumbling ruin. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Witch's Familiar (TV story)}}) [[Book (The Whoniverse)|A book]] covering the universe's history theorised that this planet had not been the original Skaro but another planet renamed as such when, at some point after the [[Shoreditch Incident]], the Daleks adopted it and erected another Dalek City upon its surface. The book cited that the petrified jungle and the [[Drammankin Lake]] were not seen during the Doctor's visit, even though they had been very close to the Dalek City. The book's placement of the event also suggested it had occurred prior to the Time War, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Whoniverse (novel)}}) but Davros, the Doctor, and Missy had all concurred that the planet was the original Skaro, resurrected in the post-Time War era. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}, {{cs|The Witch's Familiar (TV story)}}) | ||
After the Doctor's escape, the Daleks rebuilt their city once more. ([[PROSE]]: | After the Doctor's escape, the Daleks rebuilt their city once more. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}, {{cs|Postcards from the Universe (short story)}}) Missy remained on Skaro for a while longer, writing a postcard to the Doctor in which she mentioned the Petrified Forest and the [[Ocean of Ooze]]. She also took a [[Slyther]] as her pet, which ate any Thal they encountered. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Postcards from the Universe (short story)}}) | ||
Though a group of historians from an era that followed the [[Last Great Time War]] tentatively postulated that the [[Siege of Trenzalore]] had been the final military defeat of the Daleks, these same historians knew that Skaro itself persisted into their time, still hidden behind its invisible barrier, dating the [[Hybrid Incident]] as occurring sometime after the Siege and concluding that the Dalek species had survived the Siege. ([[PROSE]]: | Though a group of historians from an era that followed the [[Last Great Time War]] tentatively postulated that the [[Siege of Trenzalore]] had been the final military defeat of the Daleks, these same historians knew that Skaro itself persisted into their time, still hidden behind its invisible barrier, dating the [[Hybrid Incident]] as occurring sometime after the Siege and concluding that the Dalek species had survived the Siege. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}}) The Time Lords also dated the Incident as occurring after the Siege from the Daleks' perspective. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek Combat Training Manual (reference book)}}) | ||
=== The final end === | === The final end === | ||
[[File:Skaro's final end?.jpg|thumb|right|Skaro finally implodes. ([[COMIC]]: | [[File:Skaro's final end?.jpg|thumb|right|Skaro finally implodes. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Test of Time (comic story)}})]] | ||
A short time before the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan]] first landed at [[76 Totter's Lane]], a powerful being known as the [[Father of Time]], who was in truth the Doctor's own future self, took the Doctor and Susan to the Skaro of the "unforeseeable future", being careful not to reveal the name of the [[Dalek]]s to them, ([[COMIC]]: | A short time before the [[First Doctor]] and [[Susan]] first landed at [[76 Totter's Lane]], a powerful being known as the [[Father of Time]], who was in truth the Doctor's own future self, took the Doctor and Susan to the Skaro of the "unforeseeable future", being careful not to reveal the name of the [[Dalek]]s to them, ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Test of Time (comic story)}}) as they had yet to meet them on a much earlier Skaro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
There, the Doctor and Susan met two [[Zone X Dalek|advanced Daleks]] in spiked, [[sensor globe|bumpless]] [[casing]]s, who were guarding [[Zone X]], where an excavation into the very heart of Skaro could be accessed. Before the Daleks could exterminate the two Time Lords, the planet began to tear itself apart, the final consequence of all the abuse the Daleks had put themselves through. The Doctor and Susan survived by thinking to ride out the storm from the very heart of the planet; considering that they had passed his "test", the Father of Time pulled Susan and the Doctor back into their TARDIS just as Skaro imploded. ([[COMIC]]: | There, the Doctor and Susan met two [[Zone X Dalek|advanced Daleks]] in spiked, [[sensor globe|bumpless]] [[casing]]s, who were guarding [[Zone X]], where an excavation into the very heart of Skaro could be accessed. Before the Daleks could exterminate the two Time Lords, the planet began to tear itself apart, the final consequence of all the abuse the Daleks had put themselves through. The Doctor and Susan survived by thinking to ride out the storm from the very heart of the planet; considering that they had passed his "test", the Father of Time pulled Susan and the Doctor back into their TARDIS just as Skaro imploded. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Test of Time (comic story)}}) | ||
=== Alternate timelines === | === Alternate timelines === | ||
[[File:Gold Dalek in Day of the Daleks.jpg|thumb|left|The Daleks took over Earth in an alternate 22nd century, taking the planet over for their superiors on Skaro. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Gold Dalek in Day of the Daleks.jpg|thumb|left|The Daleks took over Earth in an alternate 22nd century, taking the planet over for their superiors on Skaro. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Daleks (TV story)}})]] | ||
In an alternative [[22nd century]], the Daleks conquered [[Earth]] after [[World War III]] had occurred there in the [[20th century]], and transported Earth's mineral wealth back to Skaro. This timeline was eventually averted by the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: | In an alternative [[22nd century]], the Daleks conquered [[Earth]] after [[World War III]] had occurred there in the [[20th century]], and transported Earth's mineral wealth back to Skaro. This timeline was eventually averted by the [[Third Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Daleks (TV story)}}) | ||
In an [[Infinity Doctor's reality|altered state of reality]] [[Infinity Doctor|the Doctor]] had [[Omega]] use his newfound power from the [[Eye of Harmony]]'s singularity to repeatedly destroy and un-destroy Skaro, in an attempt to demonstrate how empty such power was. ([[PROSE]]: | In an [[Infinity Doctor's reality|altered state of reality]] [[Infinity Doctor|the Doctor]] had [[Omega]] use his newfound power from the [[Eye of Harmony]]'s singularity to repeatedly destroy and un-destroy Skaro, in an attempt to demonstrate how empty such power was. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Infinity Doctors (novel)}}) | ||
In another alternate timeline, the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]] destroyed Skaro by exploding the planet in the [[43rd century]] when it came under attack by the [[Mutant Phase]]. This timeline was eventually erased by the same Dalek Emperor, thereby restoring Skaro to its state prior to the timeline's formation. ([[AUDIO]]: | In another alternate timeline, the [[Dalek Prime|Dalek Emperor]] destroyed Skaro by exploding the planet in the [[43rd century]] when it came under attack by the [[Mutant Phase]]. This timeline was eventually erased by the same Dalek Emperor, thereby restoring Skaro to its state prior to the timeline's formation. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Mutant Phase (audio story)}}) | ||
In an [[Alternate timeline (The Ripple Effect)|alternate timeline]] created when the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] got stuck in the [[Temporal Plexus]], Skaro suffered a similar history of desolation after an accidental neutron war. However, the Daleks developed as a peaceful species rather than the war-like creatures from the original timeline. Skaro in this timeline was, according to the Doctor, the universal centre of [[civilisation]], [[philosophy]], [[democracy]] and [[art]]. Species from all over [[N-Space|N-Space]] came to Skaro, even the [[Time Lord]]s. However, this timeline was unstable and solar activity of Skaro's sun increased, eventually threatening to destroy the original timeline. To avoid such a catastrophe, the Doctor erased this alternate timeline from existence, thereby eliminating this timeline's Skaro as a result. ([[PROSE]]: | In an [[Alternate timeline (The Ripple Effect)|alternate timeline]] created when the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] got stuck in the [[Temporal Plexus]], Skaro suffered a similar history of desolation after an accidental neutron war. However, the Daleks developed as a peaceful species rather than the war-like creatures from the original timeline. Skaro in this timeline was, according to the Doctor, the universal centre of [[civilisation]], [[philosophy]], [[democracy]] and [[art]]. Species from all over [[N-Space|N-Space]] came to Skaro, even the [[Time Lord]]s. However, this timeline was unstable and solar activity of Skaro's sun increased, eventually threatening to destroy the original timeline. To avoid such a catastrophe, the Doctor erased this alternate timeline from existence, thereby eliminating this timeline's Skaro as a result. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ripple Effect (short story)}}) | ||
In an [[Aborted timeline (From the Flames)|aborted timeline]], during the [[Last Great Time War]], {{Jacobi}} travelled to the [[creation of the Daleks]] on Skaro via use of the [[Anti-Genesis code]]s, which he stole from [[the Matrix]] on [[Gallifrey]]. After changing history by ensuring that the [[Thal]] bomb which crippled [[Davros]] in the original timeline instead outright killed him, ([[AUDIO]]: | In an [[Aborted timeline (From the Flames)|aborted timeline]], during the [[Last Great Time War]], {{Jacobi}} travelled to the [[creation of the Daleks]] on Skaro via use of the [[Anti-Genesis code]]s, which he stole from [[the Matrix]] on [[Gallifrey]]. After changing history by ensuring that the [[Thal]] bomb which crippled [[Davros]] in the original timeline instead outright killed him, ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|From the Flames (audio story)}}) the Master, masquerading as Davros' [[uncle]] under the alias of "Sorvad", took overall control of the [[Kaled]] [[Scientific Elite]] and created [[Dalek (The Master's Dalek Plan)|his own race of Daleks]] in Davros' place, starting with the mutation of the entire Elite into [[Dalek mutant]]s that were eventually fitted into [[grey Dalek]] [[casing]]s. Despite the efforts of the Time Lords during the Time War, the Master sabotaged their attempts to stop his plan. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Master's Dalek Plan (audio story)}}) | ||
The Master left Skaro for twenty [[year]]s, having ordered his Daleks to construct hundreds of thousands of Dalek casings while he was gone; later, after returning and ensuring the [[death]]s of the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Harry Sullivan]] when the trio arrived to stop the creation of the Daleks, the Master deployed a [[neutron bomb]] against the Thals, rendering them [[Extinction|extinct]] and devastating Skaro even more. ([[AUDIO]]: | The Master left Skaro for twenty [[year]]s, having ordered his Daleks to construct hundreds of thousands of Dalek casings while he was gone; later, after returning and ensuring the [[death]]s of the [[Fourth Doctor]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Harry Sullivan]] when the trio arrived to stop the creation of the Daleks, the Master deployed a [[neutron bomb]] against the Thals, rendering them [[Extinction|extinct]] and devastating Skaro even more. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Shockwave (TWM audio story)}}) However, this timeline, which threatened to erase all of [[existence]] due to its catastrophically [[Temporal paradox|paradoxical]] nature, was eventually undone by this Master's earlier self prior to acquiring the Anti-Genesis codes, along with [[Unbound Master|an alternate universe Master]] and the [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|He Who Wins (audio story)}}) | ||
[[File:Skaro Prologue Fifth Doctor.JPG|thumb|right|Skaro in an alternate timeline where the Daleks were wiped from history by the Cybermen ([[COMIC]]: | [[File:Skaro Prologue Fifth Doctor.JPG|thumb|right|Skaro in an alternate timeline where the Daleks were wiped from history by the Cybermen ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Prologue: The Fifth Doctor (comic story)}})]] | ||
In an [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]] where [[Rassilon]] gave the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] the means to conquer all of [[time]] and [[space]], the Cybermen conquered Skaro and erased the Daleks from [[history]]. ([[COMIC]]: | In an [[Alternate timeline (Supremacy of the Cybermen)|alternate timeline]] where [[Rassilon]] gave the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] the means to conquer all of [[time]] and [[space]], the Cybermen conquered Skaro and erased the Daleks from [[history]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)}}) Eventually, the Cybermen forced the [[Fifth Doctor]]'s TARDIS to land on Skaro, where a [[CyberNomad|Nomad]] [[Cyber-Leader (Prologue: The Fifth Doctor)|Cyber-Leader]] ordered a [[Cyberman (Prologue: The Fifth Doctor)|CyberIsomorph]] to kill the Doctor and [[Peri Brown]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Prologue: The Fifth Doctor (comic story)}}) This timeline was eventually erased when, at the [[end of the universe]], the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and a betrayed [[Rassilon]] used the [[Eye of Harmony]] on Gallifrey to [[regeneration|regenerate]] the universe and restore the original timeline. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Supremacy of the Cybermen (comic story)}}) | ||
== Other Skaros == | == Other Skaros == | ||
Just as they colonised "[[New Skaro]]," the Daleks made other planets they conquered into "Skaros," as they did to the [[Seriphia Galaxy]] ([[AUDIO]]: | Just as they colonised "[[New Skaro]]," the Daleks made other planets they conquered into "Skaros," as they did to the [[Seriphia Galaxy]] ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Apocalypse Element (audio story)}}) and planned to go to the [[Sunlight Worlds]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Dalek Generation (novel)}}) This was because the word "Skaro" in the Dalek tongue simply meant "home". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|War of the Daleks (novel)}}) | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[File:Skaro landscape.jpg|thumb|The landscape of Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: | [[File:Skaro landscape.jpg|thumb|The landscape of Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)}})]] | ||
The [[Tenth Doctor]] once stated, "A foe that cannot be killed, that would put the fear of Skaro into you". ([[PROSE]]: | The [[Tenth Doctor]] once stated, "A foe that cannot be killed, that would put the fear of Skaro into you". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Resurrection Casket (novel)}}) Later in his life, when this Doctor had discovered a way to turn the [[Kotturuh]]'s necrotic retro-virus against them, he pondered about how the planets in his time would evolve without [[death]]'s influence, theorising that Skaro would never fall victim to the wars that had led to the creation of the Daleks. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Knight, The Fool and The Dead (novel)}}) Much like how he had mentioned them during his encounter with [[Domovoi]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Sick Building (novel)}}) the Doctor, when he found himself teleported to [[Mira (planet)|Mira]], listed "the forests of Skaro" as a better location to be dumped if his abductor had been trying to kill him. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Buying Time (audio story)}}) | ||
Not long afterwards, the Doctor showed his [[psychic paper]] to [[Anya Kingdom]], it showing as "Grand High Prince of Skaro" to the [[Space Security Service]] agent, much to the Doctor's confusion. ([[AUDIO]]: | Not long afterwards, the Doctor showed his [[psychic paper]] to [[Anya Kingdom]], it showing as "Grand High Prince of Skaro" to the [[Space Security Service]] agent, much to the Doctor's confusion. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The House of Kingdom (audio story)}}) [[Davros]] was regarded as the [[Dark Lord of Skaro]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)}}) | ||
As recorded by the [[Testimony]], the "Destroyer of Skaro" was a [[The Doctor's aliases|name]] for [[the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: | As recorded by the [[Testimony]], the "Destroyer of Skaro" was a [[The Doctor's aliases|name]] for [[the Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Twice Upon a Time (TV story)}}) | ||
After the a [[Type 1]] [[TARDIS]] had used [[the Void]] to attack N-Space, [[Jack Harkness]], [[Tara Mishra]] and the [[Brighton Royal Pavilion]] ended up on a planet that "[looked] an awful lot like Skaro". ([[COMIC]]: | After the a [[Type 1]] [[TARDIS]] had used [[the Void]] to attack N-Space, [[Jack Harkness]], [[Tara Mishra]] and the [[Brighton Royal Pavilion]] ended up on a planet that "[looked] an awful lot like Skaro". ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|The Lost Dimension (comic story)}}) | ||
== Parallel universes == | == Parallel universes == | ||
In the [[Unbound Universe]], [[Skaro (Unbound Universe)|Skaro]] held a vast store of dimensional energy at its core, making it the target of an alien race known as the [[Quatch]] who launched an attack that led to [[Davros (Unbound Universe)|Davros]] being crippled. The [[Dalek (Unbound Universe)|Daleks]] of this reality splintered, one group leaving to conquer other worlds while the other remained on Skaro and enforced a police state on the [[Thal (Unbound Universe)|Thals]] to prepare for the return of the Quatch. When [[Unbound Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound Universe)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] arrived on Skaro, they helped the Daleks and Thals defeat the Quatch with Alistair choosing to remain with the hope of one day bringing about a permanent peace between Daleks and Thals. ([[AUDIO]]: | In the [[Unbound Universe]], [[Skaro (Unbound Universe)|Skaro]] held a vast store of dimensional energy at its core, making it the target of an alien race known as the [[Quatch]] who launched an attack that led to [[Davros (Unbound Universe)|Davros]] being crippled. The [[Dalek (Unbound Universe)|Daleks]] of this reality splintered, one group leaving to conquer other worlds while the other remained on Skaro and enforced a police state on the [[Thal (Unbound Universe)|Thals]] to prepare for the return of the Quatch. When [[Unbound Doctor|the Doctor]] and [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Unbound Universe)|Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart]] arrived on Skaro, they helped the Daleks and Thals defeat the Quatch with Alistair choosing to remain with the hope of one day bringing about a permanent peace between Daleks and Thals. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Masters of War (audio story)}}) | ||
[[Parallel universe (Palindrome)|In one reality]], [[Skaro (Palindrome)|Skaro]] was home to the [[Thal (Palindrome)|Thals]] and [[Kaled (Palindrome)|Kaleds]]. Early in its history, when the Kaleds were a "nascent species", this reality's [[Time Lord (Palindrome)|Time Lords]] attacked Skaro to destroy the Kaleds. This act instead unified the Kaleds and Thals against the Time Lords who were recorded as being destroyed by the Skarosian species. A peaceful world, this Skaro never experienced the [[Thousand Year War]]. Following the Daleks of [[N-Space]] being wiped out in the [[Last Great Time War]], the [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]] arrived on this Skaro and manipulated its [[Davros (Palindrome)|Davros]] to help resurrect the Daleks. ([[AUDIO]]: | [[Parallel universe (Palindrome)|In one reality]], [[Skaro (Palindrome)|Skaro]] was home to the [[Thal (Palindrome)|Thals]] and [[Kaled (Palindrome)|Kaleds]]. Early in its history, when the Kaleds were a "nascent species", this reality's [[Time Lord (Palindrome)|Time Lords]] attacked Skaro to destroy the Kaleds. This act instead unified the Kaleds and Thals against the Time Lords who were recorded as being destroyed by the Skarosian species. A peaceful world, this Skaro never experienced the [[Thousand Year War]]. Following the Daleks of [[N-Space]] being wiped out in the [[Last Great Time War]], the [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]] arrived on this Skaro and manipulated its [[Davros (Palindrome)|Davros]] to help resurrect the Daleks. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Palindrome (audio story)}}, {{cs|Restoration of the Daleks (audio story)}}) | ||
In [[the Warrior's universe]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] had left [[Fourth Doctor's Time Ring|his]] [[Time Ring]] behind. Discovering the alien technology and the unprovoked attack, the races of Skaro formed the [[Unified Skaroan Alliance]], achieving [[time travel]] by reverse engineering the Time Ring. ([[AUDIO]]: | In [[the Warrior's universe]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] had left [[Fourth Doctor's Time Ring|his]] [[Time Ring]] behind. Discovering the alien technology and the unprovoked attack, the races of Skaro formed the [[Unified Skaroan Alliance]], achieving [[time travel]] by reverse engineering the Time Ring. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Aftershocks (audio story)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
As ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' was released in [[Argentina]] long before ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' (or any other version of the original ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' narrative), the comic adaption ''[[Daleks, invasión a la Tierra año 2150 (comic story)|Daleks, invasión a la Tierra año 2150]]'' was written for an audience unfamiliar with the otherwise-established Dalek homeworld of | As ''[[Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (theatrical film)|Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.]]'' was released in [[Argentina]] long before ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]'' (or any other version of the original ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'' narrative), the comic adaption ''[[Daleks, invasión a la Tierra año 2150 (comic story)|Daleks, invasión a la Tierra año 2150]]'' was written for an audience unfamiliar with the otherwise-established Dalek homeworld of Skaro. For this reason, it gave an alternative origin for the murderous invaders: the planet [[M-1]] orbiting the star [[Deneb]]. {{w|Deneb}} is a real star in the [[Milky Way]]; it is unclear whether one should understand "M-1" to be human astronomers' name for Skaro (identifying one of Skaro's "two suns" as Deneb), or a differing, perhaps diegetically mistaken account of the Daleks' origin. | ||
''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'', which placed the [[Dalek Civil War]] at the end of [[Daleks' timeline|Dalek history]], claimed that the Daleks were forced to adopt a [[New Skaro|replacement homeworld]] after being [[Thal assault on Skaro|forced off Skaro]] by the [[Thal]]s during the [[25th century]] [[Third Dalek War#Behind the scenes|Second Dalek War]]. Though the Daleks eventually [[Removal of the Thals|defeated]] the Thals on Skaro following the [[26th century]] [[Second Dalek War#Behind the scenes|Third Dalek War]], the original homeworld was reduced to a bombed out ruin which was of no value to the Daleks until the [[Movellan Incident]] in the early [[27th century]]. The Daleks were still based on New Skaro by the beginning of the [[28th century]], during the [[Necros Incident]]. Records were uncertain as to whether [[Davros]] based his [[Imperial Dalek]]s on New Skaro or the original Skaro. In any case, it was this Imperial homeworld which was [[destruction of Skaro|destroyed]] during the [[Hand of Omega Incident]] in [[30th century|2960]]. Following this, the Daleks eventually restored their surviving homeworld to its "former glory" between the [[32nd century|32nd]] and [[38th century]]. In the wake of the [[Time Destructor Incident|Fourth Dalek War]], it was presumed that the Daleks had been driven back to Skaro by the [[Galactic Federation]]. Ultimately, a [[century]] or so following the conflict, the [[Emperor Type I|Dalek Emperor]], who may have been the final form of Davros, enacted [[Operation Human Factor]] which led to the Dalek Civil War breaking out on Skaro, bringing about the [[Final End]] of the Dalek race. | ''[[The Terrestrial Index]]'', which placed the [[Dalek Civil War]] at the end of [[Daleks' timeline|Dalek history]], claimed that the Daleks were forced to adopt a [[New Skaro|replacement homeworld]] after being [[Thal assault on Skaro|forced off Skaro]] by the [[Thal]]s during the [[25th century]] [[Third Dalek War#Behind the scenes|Second Dalek War]]. Though the Daleks eventually [[Removal of the Thals|defeated]] the Thals on Skaro following the [[26th century]] [[Second Dalek War#Behind the scenes|Third Dalek War]], the original homeworld was reduced to a bombed out ruin which was of no value to the Daleks until the [[Movellan Incident]] in the early [[27th century]]. The Daleks were still based on New Skaro by the beginning of the [[28th century]], during the [[Necros Incident]]. Records were uncertain as to whether [[Davros]] based his [[Imperial Dalek]]s on New Skaro or the original Skaro. In any case, it was this Imperial homeworld which was [[destruction of Skaro|destroyed]] during the [[Hand of Omega Incident]] in [[30th century|2960]]. Following this, the Daleks eventually restored their surviving homeworld to its "former glory" between the [[32nd century|32nd]] and [[38th century]]. In the wake of the [[Time Destructor Incident|Fourth Dalek War]], it was presumed that the Daleks had been driven back to Skaro by the [[Galactic Federation]]. Ultimately, a [[century]] or so following the conflict, the [[Emperor Type I|Dalek Emperor]], who may have been the final form of Davros, enacted [[Operation Human Factor]] which led to the Dalek Civil War breaking out on Skaro, bringing about the [[Final End]] of the Dalek race. | ||