Dalek drone: Difference between revisions

At some point between the brief return of some of the Daleks' [[Humanoid Dalek|humanoid forefathers]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Legacy of Yesteryear (comic story)|Legacy of Yesteryear]]'') and the ill-fated rebellion of the [[One in a Million Dalek]], ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Shadow of Humanity (comic story)|Shadow of Humanity]]'' the War Machine Daleks were replaced as the common drones by the [[Silver Dalek]]s, who had slats on their mid-sections. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'', etc.) Some Silver Daleks still needed reliable ways of powering themselves, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') but most could move under their own power on any terrain. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', et alt.)  

The drone casings of the [[New Dalek Empire]] were identical to the bronze casings of the Time War [[Dalek Empire]]. One minor variation, the [[Vault Dalek]]s (found aboard their space station the ''[[Crucible]]'') possessed a specialised [[manipulator arm]] with eight "digits" but were otherwise identical. The mutants inside all the New Empire casings were grown from the cells of [[Davros]]' own body.([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') The New Dalek Empire was ultimately destroyed by the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]], however. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')

Daleks, which were possibly of the paradigm, used casings seen throughout their history on [[Skaro]]. Dalek drones in bronze casings, sliver casings, and at least one grey casing were present at [[Dalek control]] in the rebuilt Dalek [[City]]. Davros was also present on Skaro, and was [[Death|dying]]. He wished to see [[the Doctor]] again, and the [[Twelfth Doctor]], {{Gomez}}, and [[Clara Oswald]] were brought to Skaro. Inside Dalek control the Daleks kept the [[The Doctor's TARDIS]], and the [[Supreme Dalek (The Magician's Apprentice)|Supreme Dalek]] revealed it would be destroyed. Missy briefly spoke to the group of Daleks and offered to give them the [[TARDIS]] so the Daleks could be more powerful then ever before, but the [[Supreme Dalek]] refused and ordered "maximum extermination." The Dalek drones, as well as other [[Dalek variants]], fired and presumed to have exterminated Missy and then Clara, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') but were unaware they have escaped at the last moment by teleporting away at time they were meant to be killed using their [[vortex manipulator]]s.([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') They then "destroyed" the TARDIS, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Magician's Apprentice (TV story)|The Magician's Apprentice]]'') but due to the [[Hostile Action Displacement System]] it survived.([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')

Afterwards the [[Twelfth Doctor]] stole Davros's [[chair]] and entered with it. The Dalek drones and other Daleks inside attempted to exterminate him, but were unable to due to the [[force field]] surrounding it. The Doctor told the Daleks he wanted Clara Oswald brought to him safe, alive, and unharmed, and this was heard by Missy and Clara, who had entered the [[Skaro sewer|sewers]] containing decaying Dalek [[Kaled mutant|mutants]]. The Doctor was stopped by [[Colony Sarff]] and brought back to Davros, who truly planned to use the Doctor's [[regeneration energy]] to prolong his life and make the Daleks on Skaro Dalek-[[Time Lord]] [[hybrid]]s. Davros showed the Doctor that he was living off the Daleks, and as long as they their [[heart]]s beated his did as well. Davros revealed this was because his Daleks had a genetic flaw: respect and mercy for him. The two bonded in the [[Dalek City infirmary|infirmary]], but Missy and Clara were also busy. In the [[sewer]]s Missy had tricked Clara in forcing at Dalek to come. The Dalek drone arrived in the sewers, but Missy used a [[dwarf star alloy]] brooch to damage the Dalek's casing. The Dalek stated the damage was insignificant, but Missy rebutted stating that they were surrounded by old angry Daleks. The decaying Dalek [[Mutation|mutants]] attacked the Dalek drone and killed it, and afterwards Missy removed the dead mutant and had Clara get inside the bronze casing, but inside others could not hear what she said, but that the casing changed it to fit more into Dalek like vocabulary. Now disguised as a Dalek, Clara escorted Missy into the Dalek city, and she claimed she was allowed to live because she was a prisoner of value, being a [[Time]] [[Lady]]. Missy and the disguised Clara entered Dalek control, and there Missy told them she had Clara Oswald, but not long after the Daleks stopped moving and regeneration energy entered them, as Davros had implemented his plan and had Colony Sarff trap the Doctor to the cables. Every Dalek on Skaro was being given Time Lord regeneration energy, and Davros believed this was in line with a [[Gallifreyan]] legend about [[the Hybrid]]. Missy understood what was happening and ran to save the Doctor, leaving Clara behind in the casing that she was unable to properly speak out of. Missy arrived to the infirmary and used a [[gunstick]] to free the Doctor, which also killed Colony Sarff. The Supreme Dalek, Dalek drones, and other Daleks reactivated, and saw that they were more powerful and the experiment was successful. The Daleks praised Davros, and he said his life was prolonged and that his "[[child]]ren" sung that he was he was the "creator and savior of the Daleks." The Doctor however had known what Davros was doing, and allowed Davros to do his plan as it also fed regeneration energy to the decaying Daleks in the sewers. The decaying Daleks began to rise up, and would soon destroy the city. In one of the hallways of the city the disguised Clara ran into the Doctor. The Doctor believed it to be another Dalek, however Missy claimed it was a Dalek that had killed Clara. Clara however was able to talk and have the casing say "mercy," leading to the Doctor having her think the word open to get her out of the casing. The Doctor told Missy to run, and he and Clara made it back to where the TARDIS had been "destroyed" as the city crumbed around the Daleks drones and other variants. The Dalek Supreme ordered for the two to assist or be exterminated, and the Doctor told them to "exterminate away." The attempted extermination failed however, as the TARDIS force field remained. Using the [[sonic sunglasses]] the Doctor reassembled the TARDIS, and the Doctor and Clara escaped the Dalek City as the decaying Daleks continued to destroy it. Elsewhere Missy ran through the city, but was found by the Daleks, who realized she was a Time Lord. She was surrounded by several Dalek drones and at least one [[Emperor's Personal Guard]], but she told the Daleks she had a "very clever idea." The decaying Daleks continued to attack, and the Doctor and Clara watched from a distance before the Doctor went back in time to save the young Davros during the [[Thousand Year War]] on Skaro to teach him about mercy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'')