Dalek Section Leader
Dalek Section Leaders were Daleks in charge for scientific researches and Dalek operations on many planets the Daleks conquered.
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
The original Dalek hierarchy established by the Dalek Prime designated Red Daleks as section leaders. (PROSE: The History of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The History of the Daleks (short story)"]) Other accounts established that the Dalek Prime and the Black Dalek Leader were supported by a single Red Dalek Leader who was lost in the Time Destructor Incident, (COMIC: Eve of War [+]Loading...["Eve of War (comic story)"], The Dalek Trap [+]Loading...["The Dalek Trap (comic story)"], PROSE: The Mutation of Time [+]Loading...["The Mutation of Time (novelisation)"]) after which multiple Red Daleks were in service by the time of Operation Human Factor. (PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (novelisation)"])
The Dalek Survival Guide identified the black-domed Silver Daleks active in the Human Factor Incident as "section leader Daleks". (PROSE: Dalek Survival Guide [+]Loading...["Dalek Survival Guide (novel)"]) The Emperor himself designated them as Black Dalek Leaders. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks [+]Loading...["The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)"]) Other accounts identified them as Elite Guard Daleks or Imperial Guard Daleks. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)"], Birth of a Legend [+]Loading...["Birth of a Legend (short story)"], AUDIO: Order of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Order of the Daleks (audio story)"])
A grey Section Leader was tasked on Spiridon to experiment invisibility before it was killed by a Dalek Supreme for failing to meet its mission's objectives. (TV: Planet of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Planet of the Daleks (TV story)"]) A Dalek Section Leader was present on the planet Galacton. (PROSE: Mission to Galacton [+]Loading...["Mission to Galacton (short story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Dalek Handbook places the grey "Dalek Leader" position as seen in Planet of the Daleks as subordinate to the Gold Commander, itself subordinate to the Dalek Supreme.
