Scientist Dalek

Scientist Dalek
Main aliases:	Dalek Scientist
Biological type:	Dalek
Affiliated with:	Dalek Empire, New Dalek Empire New Dalek Paradigm Resurrected Dalek Empire
Place of origin:	Skaro
Notable individuals:	Time Squad Scientist
First appearance:	The Daleks

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"Scientist Dalek", or "Dalek Scientist", was a specialised caste in the hierarchy of the Dalek Empire. Its role was to examine and formulate new weapons as well as to analyse the genetic and physiological make-up of the Daleks' enemies so that their weaknesses could be isolated.

History

Duel of the Daleks

Zeg was a Dalek Scientist who conducted experiments to strengthen dalekanium, the alloy which composed the Dalek casings. When his laboratory was struck by an Oquolloquox, the experiment he was conducting with artificial sunlight exploded and exposed him to radiation that bonded with his casing; creating a much stronger metal he called Metalert, but also drove him insane. Dalek Scientists were among many who tried and failed to destroy him with their gunsticks. He challenged the Dalek Emperor for supremacy. Although Zeg survived acid and mercury, the Emperor destroyed him with liquid oxygen. Since he was resistant to heat, the extreme cold of the oxygen crushed him. (COMIC: Duel of the Daleks [+])

Emperor's Secret

After his "perfection" was called into question, a group of Dalek Scientists, headed by the Chief Scientist, were tasked by the Dalek Emperor with taking him apart and rebuilding him with an increased brain capacity. After identifying the minor flaws in the Emperor's casing, the Scientists decided to rebuilt it completely, creating a much larger casing in Skaro's Great Hall with an enlarged, artificial organic brain to supplement the mutant, rather than a mere computer brain. The Chief Scientist, wearing a "special protective Dalekoat", was the one to finish plugging some cables connecting the casing to the wall. (COMIC: The Secret of the Emperor)

Earlier Encounters

Dalek Scientists were among the Skaro City Daleks which met the First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, and Barbara Wright. (TV: The Daleks; AUDIO: Return to Skaro)

2150s Dalek Invasion of Earth

During the 2150s Dalek invasion of Earth, Dalek scientists conducted the conversion of humans into Robomen for Dalek Earthforce. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth)

Mechanoid Incident

The Chief Scientist reported to the Black Dalek that the TARDIS had been located. A scientist Dalek was part of the executioner squad which used the Dalek time machine to pursue the First Doctor. (TV: The Chase, PROSE: The Chase)

Time Destructor Incident

During the Time Destructor Incident on Kembel in 4000, the Black Dalek Leader was assisted by two scientist Daleks including the chief scientist: the first scientist and the second scientist. (PROSE: The Mutation of Time)

Time Paradox Incident

Acting on the orders of the Black Dalek during the Time Paradox Incident, a Dalek scientist operated the Mind Analysis Machine which the Third Doctor was subjected to. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Day of the Daleks)

Spiridon Campaign

In 2540, a scientific group of twelve grey Daleks, led by a Dalek Section Leader, attempted to learn the technique of invisibility from the natives of Spiridon, operating from a laboratory. (TV: Planet of the Daleks)

Arkheon Campaign

Dalek Scientists made up the Temporal Research Team; most notably when forging a Large Chronon Collider to breach the Arkheon Threshold. (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks)

Exxilon Gambit

During the Exxilon Gambit, Dalek Scientists were among the Mark V Daleks who went to Exxilon; most notably trying out machine guns to compensate for their gunsticks being drained by the Exxilon City. (TV: Death to the Daleks)

Napoleonic War

Many Dalek Scientists switched minds between humans and Imperial Daleks during the Napoleonic War. (AUDIO: The Curse of Davros)

Thalek Incident

Dalek Scientists were among the many Daleks Murgat turned to Thaleks with kyropite. (AUDIO: Brotherhood of the Daleks)

Adellus. (COMIC: Children of the Revolution)

Humanised Daleks

Amongst the humanised Daleks of Kyrol, scientists such as Adellus were had green casings. (COMIC: Children of the Revolution)

Kotturuh crisis

A Scientist Dalek in a unique red-and-black casing was one of the Time-Sensitive Daleks whom the Emperor of the Restoration assembled into the Dalek Time Squad following the detection of a fluctuation in the timeline, caused by the Tenth Doctor meddling in the Dark Times. (PROSE: The Guide to the Dark Times)

Last Great Time War

Upon Dalek Sec's promotion to leader of the Cult of Skaro, a Dalek Scientist was tasked by the Dalek Emperor with giving him a new casing. (PROSE: Birth of a Legend)

During the Last Great Time War, the Dalek scientists were denoted by their blue domes and sense globes. The faction on Asteroid Theta 12 went rogue and attempted to retro-evolve the Daleks back into Kaleds, being executed for treason. (AUDIO: A Thing of Guile)

Dalek Scientists were among the Daleks which went to hunt the War Master. (AUDIO: Beneath the Viscoid)

Battle of the Game Station

Dalek Scientists were among the Dalek Emperor's fleet during the Battle of the Game Station. (TV: Bad Wolf| The Parting of the Ways)

The New Dalek Empire

Dalek Scientists were among the New Dalek Empire made by Davros from his own cells; most notably trying the Reality Bomb on human prisoners. (TV: The Stolen Earth|Journey's End)

The New Dalek Paradigm

The New Dalek Paradigm's original Scientist, along with the other original four Paradigm Daleks (the white Supreme, yellow Eternal, blue Strategist, and red Drone), were created when the three survivors of an encounter with the Doctor tricked the Eleventh Doctor into allowing them to activate the Progenitor device. It escaped through a time corridor with the others and went on to help rebuild the Daleks. (TV: Victory of the Daleks)

The Doctor rushes past a Scientist Dalek (GAME: City of the Daleks)

Several Scientist Daleks patrolled Kaalann and studied the Varga plants which infested the capital. One Scientist Dalek externally guarded the Visualiser room. (GAME: City of the Daleks)

One Scientist Dalek, designated Unit Three, was captured and taken aboard Station 7. Several Scientist Daleks were part of the platoon led by Chief Strategist that attacked Station 7, with several other Strategists and Drones under its leadership. From the command ship, some Scientist Daleks transmitted control signals calling all Robomen and Ogrons detained on the station to kill all humans, while others fed static electricity to the station's floors allowing captured Dalek technology to reactivate so they could salvage their equipment for analysis and repair. (COMIC: The Only Good Dalek)

A Scientist Dalek sent an alien family plummeting through time and space while attempting to collect all the time orbs. The Scientist recruited many Strategist Daleks and Drones. It also recruited big armies of Cybermen and Silurians as a distraction for the Eleventh Doctor and Amy. (GAME: The Mazes of Time)

Dalek Scientists were present in the Dalek Command Node when the Daleks invaded London in the year 2106 using a piece of the Eternity Clock. They were likely destroyed when the Doctor set the gas pipes built underneath the Command Node to explode. More Scientists were present on the Dalek Emperor's Flagship. (GAME: The Eternity Clock)

The original Dalek Scientist had served as part of the Paradigm's Supreme Council until their repeated failures. During the ensuing reign of the resurrected Dalek Empire, the Scentist, despite the Paradigm's decreased influence, still served the Daleks. It was unable to translate a message coming from Trenzalore, forcing a Dalek Fleet to follow it and investigate. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe)

The Hybrid Incident

Dalek Scientists worked on the equipment during the Hybrid Incident. (TV: The Magician's Apprentice|The Witch's Familiar)

The Master's Dalek Plan

Dalek Scientists were among the Mark VIII Daleks which joined forces with the Spy Master and the Cyber Warriors during a big master plan. (TV: The Power of the Daleks)

External links

• Dalek enemies at the Doctor Who Legacy wiki