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=== First Timeline === | === First Timeline === | ||
The main species on [[Skaro]] were once the warrior [[Thal]]s, the scientific [[Kaled]]s and the philosophers the [[Dal]]s. The Thals fought a war with the Dals leading the latter to either merge with the Kaleds to become extinct while later Thal records | The main [[species]] on [[Skaro]] were once the warrior [[Thal]]s, the scientific [[Kaled]]s and the philosophers the [[Dal]]s. The Thals fought a war with the Dals leading the latter to either merge with the Kaleds or to become extinct while later Thal records merged Dal history with the [[Dalek]]s. Around [[450]] (in [[Earth]] time), the Thals and Kaleds began the [[Thousand Year War]] which lasted until [[1450]] when [[Davros]] betrayed his people and allowed the Thals to destroy the [[Kaled Dome]]. Davros and his [[Scientific Elite]] created the Daleks which exterminated them all and later build the [[Dalek City]] around the ruins of the Dome called [[Kaalann|Kalaann ''[sic]'']]. From there, the Daleks set off a [[neutron bomb]] which [[Mutation|mutated]] the Thals and ended the war. | ||
Because Davros believed Skaro was the only [[planet]] capable of supporting life, the Daleks' ran on [[static electricity]] from their city as they had no need of venturing outside. The Daleks believed themselves the only survivors on Skaro for over 500 years. The Thals, however, had survived and had mutated back into their [[humanoid]] forms and had become [[Pacifism|pacifist]] and farmers. The arrival of the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] on Skaro in [[1963]] allowed the Daleks to discover that not only was their other life on Skaro but also on other planets. An attack on the Kalaann disabled the Daleks' power and they were believed extinct but all they needed was the power back to revive. | Because Davros believed Skaro was the only [[planet]] capable of supporting life, the Daleks' ran on [[static electricity]] from their city as they had no need of venturing outside. The Daleks believed themselves the only survivors on Skaro for over 500 years. The Thals, however, had survived and had mutated back into their [[humanoid]] forms and had become [[Pacifism|pacifist]] and farmers. The arrival of the [[First Doctor]], [[Susan Foreman]], [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] on Skaro in [[1963]] allowed the Daleks to discover that not only was their other life on Skaro but also on other planets. An attack on the Kalaann disabled the Daleks' power and they were believed extinct but all they needed was the power back to revive. | ||
The Daleks were later revived by unknown means. It may have been a careless Thal, forces from the [[Morok Empire]] (which explains where the Dalek shells in [[Space Museum|their museum]] came from), or forces from the [[Earth Empire]] who visited Skaro. Regardless, the Daleks were soon revived and created [[Dalek flying saucer|spacecrafts]] which they used to [[22nd century Dalek invasion|invade Earth]] in [[2157]] to remove the Earth's core and use the planet as a spaceship. The Doctor and his companions helped defeat the invasion in [[2167]]. The [[Supreme Dalek]] on Skaro eventually identified the Doctor and around [[2265]] they sent a Dalek squad in a [[Dalek time machine|time machine]] after his TARDIS but they were destroyed in a battle with the [[Mechonoid]]s in [[Mechonoid City|their city]] on [[Mechanus]]. | The Daleks were later revived by unknown means. It may have been a careless Thal, forces from the [[Morok Empire]] (which explains where the Dalek shells in [[Space Museum|their museum]] came from), or forces from the [[Earth Empire]] who visited Skaro. Regardless, the Daleks were soon revived and created [[Dalek flying saucer|spacecrafts]] which they used to [[22nd century Dalek invasion|invade Earth]] in [[2157]] to remove the Earth's core and use the planet as a spaceship. The Doctor and his companions helped defeat the invasion in [[2167]]. The [[Supreme Dalek]] on Skaro eventually identified the Doctor and around [[2265]] they sent a Dalek squad in a [[Dalek time machine|time machine]] after [[The Doctor's TARDIS|his TARDIS]] but they were destroyed in a battle with the [[Mechonoid]]s in [[Mechonoid City|their city]] on [[Mechanus]]. | ||
The [[26th century]] saw a period known as the Dalek Wars, which included the [[Human-Draconian War]] and the [[Second Dalek War]]. The wars ended with a failed invasion of Earth in [[3000]], after which the Daleks disappeared from [[human]] space, although these were supposedly future Daleks ''(see below)''. The Dalek began a series of conquests outside of the [[Milky Way]] between [[3500]] and [[4000]], taking over more than 100 planets before finally being sited again by the [[Space Security Service]]. The Daleks allied themselves with [[Mavic Chen]] and the [[Outer Galaxies]] on [[Kembel]] and planned to use the [[Time Destructor]] to take over the [[galaxy]]. The First Doctor stole the [[Taranium]] core and turned the Time Destructor against the Daleks, destroying them. | The [[26th century]] saw a period known as the Dalek Wars, which included the [[Human-Draconian War]] and the [[Second Dalek War]]. The wars ended with a failed invasion of Earth in [[3000]], after which the Daleks disappeared from [[human]] space, although these were supposedly future Daleks ''(see below)''. The Dalek began a series of conquests outside of the [[Milky Way]] between [[3500]] and [[4000]], taking over more than 100 planets before finally being sited again by the [[Space Security Service]]. The Daleks allied themselves with [[Mavic Chen]] and the [[Outer Galaxies]] on [[Kembel]] and planned to use the [[Time Destructor]] to take over the [[galaxy]]. The First Doctor stole the [[Taranium]] core and turned the Time Destructor against the Daleks, destroying them. | ||
In the [[41st century]] a Dalek Timeship fled Skaro, | In the [[41st century]] a Dalek Timeship fled Skaro, possibly from the [[Great Civil War|Dalek Civil War]]. It ended up crashing on [[Vulcan]] in the later half of the [[21st century]] as the Daleks recognised the [[Second Doctor]] but the human colonists did not recognise the Daleks, meaning they had not yet invaded Earth. The Doctor defeated the Daleks on Vulcan but he encountered the Daleks again soon after. Following the Time Destructor disaster, the [[Dalek Empire]] began to experiment with [[time corridor]] technology. They established a link between 41st century Kalaann on Skaro, [[1866]] Earth and [[1966]] Earth with the intention of spreading the [[Dalek Factor]] throughout human history. The Doctor turned the tables and infected the Daleks with the [[Human Factor]], causing a civil war between the rebelling [[Humanised Dalek|humanised Daleks]] and the [[Dalek Emperor|Dalek Emperor's]] [[Emperor's Personal Guard|guards]], devastating Kalaann and apparently ending the Dalek race. | ||
However, the Emperor's guards defeated the uprising and the Emperor revamped the [[Dalek hierarchy|Dalek command structure]], replacing Black Daleks with Gold Daleks and establishing a [[Dalek Council|Supreme Council]] led by a black and gold Supreme Dalek. The Emperor also decreed that the Daleks should abandon Skaro and their plans should focus more on time travel to undo their past defeats. With the help of [[Ogron]]s since their numbers had been drastically reduced in the Civil War, the Daleks invaded 22nd century Earth again but this time it was built on a paradox when a time-travelling guerilla blew up the [[World Peace Conference|Second World Peace Conference]] in [[1972]] with the intention of preventing the invasion. The [[Third Doctor|Third Doctor's]] intervention prevented the paradox. | However, the Emperor's guards defeated the uprising and the Emperor revamped the [[Dalek hierarchy|Dalek command structure]], replacing Black Daleks with [[Gold]] Daleks and establishing a [[Dalek Council|Supreme Council]] led by a black and gold Supreme Dalek. The Emperor also decreed that the Daleks should abandon Skaro and their plans should focus more on time travel to undo their past defeats. With the help of [[Ogron]]s since their numbers had been drastically reduced in the Civil War, the Daleks invaded 22nd century Earth again but this time it was built on a paradox when a time-travelling guerilla blew up the [[World Peace Conference|Second World Peace Conference]] in [[1972]] with the intention of preventing the invasion. The [[Third Doctor|Third Doctor's]] intervention prevented the paradox. | ||
In the 26th century, the time-travelling Daleks began the Dalek Wars by preying on the [[Earth Empire|Earth]] and [[Draconian|Draconian Empires]] which had just entered an uneasy peace. With the help of [[the Master]] and the Ogrons, the Daleks tried to spark another war between the two empires so they could invade in the aftermath with an army buried under the molten ice on [[Spiridon]]. The Third Doctor exposed the plan and the humans and [[Draconian]]s united in a [[Second Dalek War|war against the Daleks]]. The Doctor appealed to the [[Time Lord]]s to send him to Spiridon to prevent the revivial of the Dalek army. After they were beaten, the Daleks began attacking Earth's out colonies with bacteria [[Bomb|bombs]] during the [[27th century]]. The race was now on to find the cure, the mineral [[parrinium]], which the Daleks and humans both found on the planet [[Exxilon]]. The Doctor and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] helped the humans find the parrinium first while the Daleks only made off with bags of sand. Their saucer was destroyed by [[Dan Galloway]]. | In the 26th century, the time-travelling Daleks began the Dalek Wars by preying on the [[Earth Empire|Earth]] and [[Draconian|Draconian Empires]] which had just entered an uneasy peace. With the help of [[the Master]] and the Ogrons, the Daleks tried to spark another war between the two empires so they could invade in the aftermath with an army buried under the molten [[ice]] on [[Spiridon]]. The Third Doctor exposed the plan and the humans and [[Draconian]]s united in a [[Second Dalek War|war against the Daleks]]. The Doctor appealed to the [[Time Lord]]s to send him to Spiridon to prevent the revivial of the Dalek army. After they were beaten, the Daleks began attacking Earth's out colonies with bacteria [[Bomb|bombs]] during the [[27th century]]. The race was now on to find the cure, the mineral [[parrinium]], which the Daleks and humans both found on the planet [[Exxilon]]. The Doctor and [[Sarah Jane Smith]] helped the humans find the parrinium first while the Daleks only made off with bags of sand. Their saucer was destroyed by [[Dan Galloway]]. | ||
It is unknown how badly the Daleks affected their own timeline with their time travel. It is possible two different types of Daleks co-existed in the same time or the future Daleks may have destroyed the past Daleks to prevent a paradox. However, with the Daleks' increased use of time travel, the Master's involvement in their plans and the Doctor's plea to be sent to Spiridon, the Time Lords began to take a closer look at the Daleks and foresaw a future in which the Daleks were at last the supreme begins. A future they could not allow to happen. | It is unknown how badly the Daleks affected their own timeline with their time travel. It is possible two different types of Daleks co-existed in the same time or the future Daleks may have destroyed the past Daleks to prevent a paradox. However, with the Daleks' increased use of time travel, the Master's involvement in their plans and the Doctor's plea to be sent to Spiridon, the Time Lords began to take a closer look at the Daleks and foresaw a future in which the Daleks were at last the supreme begins. A future they could not allow to happen. | ||
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=== Second Timeline === | === Second Timeline === | ||
The Time Lords sent the [[Fourth Doctor]] back to Skaro during the closing days of the Thousand Year War to avert their [[Creation of the Daleks|creation]]. The Doctor's presence changed the timeline as Davros discovered there was indeed life on other planets. As a result, the Daleks were no longer made initially dependent on static electricity and could move freely from the very beginning. The Doctor failed to stop the Daleks' creation and estimated he only | The Time Lords sent the [[Fourth Doctor]] back to Skaro during the closing days of the Thousand Year War to avert their [[Creation of the Daleks|creation]]. The Doctor's presence changed the timeline as Davros discovered there was indeed life on other planets. As a result, the Daleks were no longer made initially dependent on static electricity and could move freely from the very beginning. The Doctor failed to stop the Daleks' creation and estimated he only delayed their advance for 1000 years but this was most likely wishful thinking. It is not known how much of the Dalek timeline was changed as a result of the Doctor's intervention – there may have been huge differences (such as the invasion of Earth taking place in [[3157]]) or it may have played out largely the same with only a few minor differences. | ||
In the [[42nd century]], the Daleks entered a [[Dalek-Movellan War|war]] against the [[Movellan]]s which resulted in a logical impasse until the [[46th century]]. While the origin of the Movellans is left a mystery, it is suggested that they were created by the Time Lords to destroy the Daleks or by the Daleks themselves as part of their [[Dalek Duplicate|Duplicate]] program or were more advanced [[Roboman|Robomen]]. Around [[4500]], the Daleks went in search of Davros to end the stalemate but he was captured by the Doctor and frozen in [[suspended animation]] for 90 years to be put on trial. The Daleks attempted to rescue him after they were defeated in the war by the [[Movellan virus]] while also attempting to Duplicate the [[Fifth Doctor]] and his [[Companion|companions]] so they could be sent back to [[Gallifrey]] to assassinate the members of the [[High Council]] in retaliation for their attempt to avert the Daleks' creation. The plan failed when the Duplicate [[Stien]] resisted his conditioning and destroyed the space station the Duplicates were stationed on. | In the [[42nd century]], the Daleks entered a [[Dalek-Movellan War|war]] against the [[Movellan]]s which resulted in a logical impasse until the [[46th century]]. While the origin of the Movellans is left a mystery, it is suggested that they were created by the Time Lords to destroy the Daleks or by the Daleks themselves as part of their [[Dalek Duplicate|Duplicate]] program or were more advanced [[Roboman|Robomen]]. Around [[4500]], the Daleks went in search of Davros to end the stalemate but he was captured by the Doctor and frozen in [[suspended animation]] for 90 years to be put on trial. The Daleks attempted to rescue him after they were defeated in the war by the [[Movellan virus]] while also attempting to Duplicate the [[Fifth Doctor]] and his [[Companion|companions]] so they could be sent back to [[Gallifrey]] to assassinate the members of the [[High Council]] in retaliation for their attempt to avert the Daleks' creation. The plan failed when the Duplicate [[Stien]] resisted his conditioning and destroyed the space station the Duplicates were stationed on. | ||
Davros also escaped to [[Tranquil Repose]] and began creating his own loyal [[Imperial Dalek]]s. However, the Daleks loyal to the Supreme Dalek found him and took him back to Skaro to put him on trial | Davros also escaped to [[Tranquil Repose]] and began creating his own loyal [[Imperial Dalek]]s. However, the Daleks loyal to the Supreme Dalek found him and took him back to Skaro to put him on trial and to recondition his Daleks. The Imperial Daleks managed to overpower their captors, now referred to as [[Renegade Dalek]]s, and they took control of Skaro with Davros becoming the Emperor. This was the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War]] which culminated in the [[Shoreditch Incident]] when both Dalek factions travelled to Earth in [[1963]] to recover the [[Hand of Omega]]. The Imperial Daleks secured the Hand and planned to harness the power of Skaro's [[sun]] to wipe out the Time Lords but the [[Seventh Doctor]] programmed the Hand to destroy Skaro and Davros's [[Imperial Dalek mothership|mothership]]. The two Dalek factions destroyed each other and when the Supreme Dalek [[suicide|self-destructed]], that saw the end of the final Kaled-decended Daleks. | ||
At some point, Skaro was restored. The Doctor was sent to retrieve the Master's remains after he was executed by the Daleks at his trial. Following this, the Dalek Emperor led the Daleks to war against the cosmos but following the Tenth Dalek Occupation, the Daleks disappeared from many areas of space to battle the Time Lords | At some point, Skaro was restored. The Doctor was sent to retrieve the Master's remains after he was executed by the Daleks at his trial. Following this, the Dalek Emperor led the Daleks to war against the cosmos but following the Tenth Dalek Occupation, the Daleks disappeared from many areas of space to battle the Time Lords in the [[Last Great Time War]]. Details of the war are largely unknown but it is known that Davros was consumed by the [[Nightmare Child]] in the first year and that the war ended when the Doctor used [[the Moment]] to destroy both Gallifrey and Skaro after the war turned into hell. Only pockets of Daleks survived, including one found in the 1960s and placed in [[Henry van Statten|Henry van Statten's]] museum and the Dalek Emperor in its ship which fell though time. The survivors were defeated by the [[Ninth Doctor]] and the [[Bad Wolf (entity)|Bad Wolf]]. | ||
The Daleks survived in the [[Cult of Skaro]], four Daleks created by the Emperor during the Time War and escaped into [[the Void]] in a [[Void Ship]] with the Time Lords' [[Genesis Ark]] which contained millions of Dalek prisoners.. The Cult emerged in [[London]] [[2007]] where they engaged in a [[Battle of Canary Wharf|battle]] with the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]. The [[Tenth Doctor]] sent the Daleks and Cybermen back into the Void, save for the Cult who escaped via [[Temporal ship|Emergency Temporal Shift]] to [[1930s]] [[Manhattan]]. Where their leader [[Dalek Sec]] planned to evolve the Daleks. Sec became to human for the rest of the Cult's liking and so they turned on him, eventually exterminating him. Daleks [[Dalek Thay|Thay]] and [[Dalek Jast|Jast]] were later destroyed, leaving [[Dalek Caan|Caan]] the last Dalek in existence. Caan escaped via Temporal Shift again and broke the [[time lock]] containing the Time War and rescued Davros at the cost of his sanity. | The Daleks survived in the [[Cult of Skaro]], four Daleks created by the Emperor during the Time War and escaped into [[the Void]] in a [[Void Ship]] with the Time Lords' [[Genesis Ark]] which contained millions of Dalek prisoners.. The Cult emerged in [[London]] [[2007]] where they engaged in a [[Battle of Canary Wharf|battle]] with the [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]. The [[Tenth Doctor]] sent the Daleks and Cybermen back into the Void, save for the Cult who escaped via [[Temporal ship|Emergency Temporal Shift]] to [[1930s]] [[Manhattan]]. Where their leader [[Dalek Sec]] planned to evolve the Daleks. Sec became to human for the rest of the Cult's liking and so they turned on him, eventually exterminating him. Daleks [[Dalek Thay|Thay]] and [[Dalek Jast|Jast]] were later destroyed, leaving [[Dalek Caan|Caan]] the last Dalek in existence. Caan escaped via Temporal Shift again and broke the [[time lock]] containing the Time War and rescued Davros at the cost of his sanity. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* As above, the book does not take into account Expanded Universe material save for a few minor references. These minor references include | * As above, the book does not take into account Expanded Universe material save for a few minor references. These minor references include: | ||
** Stating that the [[Dalek City]] from [[TV]]: [[The Daleks (TV story)|''The Daleks'']] and [[TV]]: [[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|''The Evil of the Daleks'']] was named [[Kaalann]] as said in [[GAME]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'', although the book uses the spelling of Kalaann. | |||
** Indirect references to the [[Second Dalek War]] of the [[26th century]] from [[COMIC]]: [[Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer (comic story)|''Abslom Daak... Dalek Killer'']], [[PROSE]]: [[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|''Prisoner of the Daleks'']] and some novels from the [[Virgin New Adventures]]. The book does not name the war and instead mentions the Dalek Wars which is implied to be a series of conflicts of which the Second Dalek War is a part. The war has never been mentioned in [[Doctor Who|the TV series]], even in the two stories which detail its origin, [[Frontier in Space (TV story)|''Frontier in Space'']] and [[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|''Planet of the Daleks'']]. | |||
** The suggestion that the Daleks created the [[Movellan|Movellans]], which was infamously suggested by author [[John Peel]] in [[PROSE]]: [[War of the Daleks (novel)|''War of the Daleks'']] as part of a larger ruse by the Daleks to prevent [[Skaro|Skaro's]] destruction in [[TV]]: [[Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)|''Remembrance of the Daleks'']]. However, ''The Dalek Handbook'' suggests a different reason for the Daleks' creation of the Movellans than Peel and also suggests that that may not even be the case. The ''Handbook'' also makes no referenced to Skaro's fakes destruction. | |||
* The Dalek history in the book repeats the BBC website's earlier stance, including that ''Genesis'' created a second Dalek timeline. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/dalekhistory1.shtml |title=Dalek history: Part One |date of source= |website name=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/dalekhistory2.shtml |title=Dalek history: Part Two |date of source= |website name=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> | * The Dalek history in the book repeats the BBC website's earlier stance, including that ''Genesis'' created a second Dalek timeline. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/dalekhistory1.shtml |title=Dalek history: Part One |date of source= |website name=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/dalekhistory2.shtml |title=Dalek history: Part Two |date of source= |website name=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> | ||
