Dalek Caan (short story)
Dalek Caan was the twenty-sixth The Blogs of Doom short story. It was published in Doctor Who Magazine #545.
Summary
Sitting in the Crucible, Dalek Caan mutters to himself about what will come to be — how the Dark Lord of Time is coming, how his companions will soon be summoned, and reflects on how to word his next prophecy, notably deciding to foretell a loss of memories as a "death" for effect. Then his crazed mind wanders to what he has seen in the Last Great Time War, and what he has seen that is yet to happen even to the Doctor. Eventually Caan sulks about the Supreme Dalek banishing him to the Vault but giggles to himself about the revenge he has cooked up, bringing the strands of Time together to bring about the end of the Supreme's Empire.
Characters
References
- Bees can teleport and come from Melissa Majoria.
- Dalek Caan, whose casing is peeled back, claims that he was "undressed by Could've Been Kings".
Notes
- Dalek Caan claiming that he will "dance through the fire" may be a hint that Caan survives the destruction of the Crucible in Journey's End, although only a vague and implicit one.
Continuity
- In the Last Great Time War, Dalek Caan saw the destruction of Polymos (PROSE: Rose) and Zygor, (TV: The Day of the Doctor) the Battle of Skull Moon, (TV: Hell Bent, Twice Upon a Time) and the Skaro Degradations. (TV: The End of Time)
- Dalek Caan sees the White-Point Star, (TV: The End of Time) Gallifrey being saved from the Last Great Time War with a Stasis cube (TV: The Day of the Doctor) Clara's leaf, (TV: The Rings of Akhaten) the Pandorica, (TV: The Pandorica Opens) the Silence, (TV: The Impossible Astronaut, Day of the Moon, The Wedding of River Song), River Song, (TV: A Good Man Goes To War, et al), the good Dalek sitting in the ruins of Trenzalore (TV: The Name of the Doctor, The Time of the Doctor)
