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[[Lieutenant]] '''Dan Galloway''' was the weapons officer of the [[Marine Space Corps]] expedition to [[Exxilon]]. He assumed command of the force after the death of the previous two commanders, as was his duty by rank. However, Captain [[Richard Railton]] ordered him to allow [[Peter Hamilton (Death to the Daleks)|Peter Hamilton]] to take command, as Railton didn't feel Galloway had the requisite temperament. Galloway disobeyed, allowing no one to know the nature of Railton's final order. Railton's concerns were legitimate. Galloway's brief command was characterised by ruthless logic. He made unsavoury deals with the [[Dalek]]s, promising to commit his forces to a kind of [[genocide]] in exchange for their assistance in getting Exxilon's [[parrinium]] to the millions of [[plague]] victims off-world. He showed a disdain for [[Exxilon (species)|the native Exxilons]] that bordered on [[xenophobia]]. Galloway called the Exxilons too "primitive" to worry about. When the Daleks broke the deal, Galloway turned on them. Still committed to his mission, he stowed away on the Dalek ship, and manually detonated a bomb, destroying the ship. In so doing, he sacrificed his own life, and cleared the way for further Marine Space Corps missions to Exxilon. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death to the Daleks]]'')