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The Dalek eyestalk was mounted on the [[Dalek]]'s [[dome]] and enabled the Dalek to see its surroundings. It was the only vulnerable part of the Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') | The Dalek eyestalk was mounted on the [[Dalek]]'s [[dome]] and enabled the Dalek to see its surroundings. It was the only vulnerable part of the Dalek. ([[TV]]: ''[[Resurrection of the Daleks (TV story)|Resurrection of the Daleks]]'') | ||
Before the [[Last Great Time War]], the lens of the Dalek eyestalk appeared as a white circle with a black "pupil" in the middle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'') Daleks of the Time War and beyond, most prominently, the [[bronze Dalek]]s, had eyepieces, the lens of which appeared as a flashing [[blue]] light. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') Should a Dalek's vision be impaired or otherwise inactive, the light would be absent, with only black in its place. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'') | |||
On the reconstructed Skaro, older [[silver Dalek]]s had eyepieces refitted with lenses matching those of their bronze counterparts. A [[grey Dalek|grey]] [[Renegade Dalek]], however, retained its lens. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') | |||
The Daleks produced by the [[Progenitor]] had radically redesigned eyepieces with black rings on the stick, fins on the cone, and the lens being organic rather than robotic, much like a real organic eye. The viewpoint from this eyepiece was similar, except for an opaque orange perimeter with honeycomb circuitry and protruding organic veins. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | The Daleks produced by the [[Progenitor]] had radically redesigned eyepieces with black rings on the stick, fins on the cone, and the lens being organic rather than robotic, much like a real organic eye. The viewpoint from this eyepiece was similar, except for an opaque orange perimeter with honeycomb circuitry and protruding organic veins. ([[TV]]: ''[[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') | ||
