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A [[Dalek]]'s '''motor casing''', ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') '''battle casing''', ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Defender of the Daleks (comic story)|Defender of the Daleks]]'') or simply '''casing''', was the shell which contained a [[ | A [[Dalek]]'s '''motor casing''', ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') '''battle casing''', ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Defender of the Daleks (comic story)|Defender of the Daleks]]'') or simply '''casing''', was the shell which contained a [[Dalek mutant]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'', ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'') It was used by the Daleks as a '''travel machine'''. They were sometimes referred to as '''Dalek machines'''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Return to Skaro (audio story)|Return to Skaro]])'' | ||
By one account, the [[Dalek War Machine]]s initially encountered by [[Ian Chesterton]] in the [[Dalek City]] were but three [[feet]] in [[height]]. Later, Ian climbed inside a Dalek casing which he estimated to be around four feet six. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'') | By one account, the [[Dalek War Machine]]s initially encountered by [[Ian Chesterton]] in the [[Dalek City]] were but three [[feet]] in [[height]]. Later, Ian climbed inside a Dalek casing which he estimated to be around four feet six. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks (novelisation)|Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks]]'') | ||
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The power source of the Dalek casing also changed several times. During his first encounter with them on [[Skaro]], the [[First Doctor]] learned that the casing was externally powered by [[static electricity]] transmitted through the metal floors of the [[Dalek City]]. Isolating a Dalek from the floor using a non-conductive material shut down the casing, although it was not immediately fatal to the [[Kaled mutant|occupant]]. ([[TV]]: "[[The Escape]]") The Daleks initially overcame this weakness by adding dishes to their casing, at the back of the [[weapons platform]], to receive power, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') although even these were ultimately replaced by vertical rectangular [[slat]]s around the midsection which absorbed other sources of power. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | The power source of the Dalek casing also changed several times. During his first encounter with them on [[Skaro]], the [[First Doctor]] learned that the casing was externally powered by [[static electricity]] transmitted through the metal floors of the [[Dalek City]]. Isolating a Dalek from the floor using a non-conductive material shut down the casing, although it was not immediately fatal to the [[Kaled mutant|occupant]]. ([[TV]]: "[[The Escape]]") The Daleks initially overcame this weakness by adding dishes to their casing, at the back of the [[weapons platform]], to receive power, ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'') although even these were ultimately replaced by vertical rectangular [[slat]]s around the midsection which absorbed other sources of power. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Chase (TV story)|The Chase]]'') | ||
Even quite late into their history, some Daleks originating on Skaro itself remained powered by [[static electricity]]: this was the case with the Daleks from the ship that crashed on [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') although their home time postdated the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (TV story)|War of the Daleks]]'') Even Daleks who did not visibly draw their power supply from static electricity retained some sort of association with it, as it was by involving static electricity in his experimental time machine that [[Theodore Maxtible]] accidentally summoned into his home Daleks who nevertheless could move freely along its wooden floors. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') | Even quite late into their history, some Daleks originating on Skaro itself remained powered by [[static electricity]]: this was the case with the Daleks from the ship that crashed on [[Vulcan (The Power of the Daleks)|Vulcan]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]]'') although their home time postdated the [[Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[War of the Daleks (TV story)|War of the Daleks]]'') Though by another account, these Daleks predated the [[22nd century Dalek invasion]] of Earth and were some of the earliest to leave Skaro. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') Even Daleks who did not visibly draw their power supply from static electricity retained some sort of association with it, as it was by involving static electricity in his experimental time machine that [[Theodore Maxtible]] accidentally summoned into his home Daleks who nevertheless could move freely along its wooden floors. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'') | ||
By the beginning of the [[Last Great Time War]], the Daleks had adapted their technology to use a type of energy apparently linked to the process of [[time travel]]. On more than one occasion, Daleks and their devices were seen to leech this energy from time-travellers in order to power themselves. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') | By the beginning of the [[Last Great Time War]], the Daleks had adapted their technology to use a type of energy apparently linked to the process of [[time travel]]. On more than one occasion, Daleks and their devices were seen to leech this energy from time-travellers in order to power themselves. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') | ||
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At any rate, Daleks spoke in high-pitched, stilted, robotic voices that were easy for others to mimic; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' et al.) their most infamous battle-cry was "EX-TER-MINATE!", each syllable screeched in a frantic-sounding, electronic scream (the last two syllables together). Other common utterances included "I (or "WE") OBEY!" to any command from a superior. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'' et al.) Daleks also had communicators built into their shells to emit an alarm to summon other Daleks if the casing was opened from outside. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'') | At any rate, Daleks spoke in high-pitched, stilted, robotic voices that were easy for others to mimic; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' et al.) their most infamous battle-cry was "EX-TER-MINATE!", each syllable screeched in a frantic-sounding, electronic scream (the last two syllables together). Other common utterances included "I (or "WE") OBEY!" to any command from a superior. ([[TV]]: ''[[Destiny of the Daleks (TV story)|Destiny of the Daleks]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'' et al.) Daleks also had communicators built into their shells to emit an alarm to summon other Daleks if the casing was opened from outside. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Daleks (TV story)|Planet of the Daleks]]'') | ||
At one point in history, the communication devices fitted in the casing were unable to process speech from within that didn't conform to the standard Dalek vocabulary. Attempts at emotional statements or "you are different from me" emerged as "Exterminate". Saying "I am your friend" came out as "I am your enemy". Were a different being present in the casing instead of the | At one point in history, the communication devices fitted in the casing were unable to process speech from within that didn't conform to the standard Dalek vocabulary. Attempts at emotional statements or "you are different from me" emerged as "Exterminate". Saying "I am your friend" came out as "I am your enemy". Were a different being present in the casing instead of the Dalek mutant, attempts to state their identity would emerge as "I am a Dalek". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Witch's Familiar (TV story)|The Witch's Familiar]]'') However, these speech restrictions were not present in earlier Daleks, who were able to speak of concepts such as [[friend]]ship, [[mercy]], [[pity]] and servitude, often to affect cunning deceptions, set traps and manipulate others to their will ([[TV]]: ''[[The Daleks (TV story)|The Daleks]]'', ''[[The Power of the Daleks (TV story)|The Power of the Daleks]], [[The Evil of the Daleks (TV story)|The Evil of the Daleks]], [[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]], [[Victory of the Daleks (TV story)|Victory of the Daleks]]'') or on rare occasions when genuinely begging for other beings' mercy. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Enemy of the Daleks (audio story)|Enemy of the Daleks]]'') | ||
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