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The lower portion of the casing was studded with fifty-six partially-embedded spherical protrusions, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') or [[sense globe]]s, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (comic story)|City of the Daleks]]'') which could serve as a self-destruct system. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | The lower portion of the casing was studded with fifty-six partially-embedded spherical protrusions, ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') or [[sense globe]]s, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (comic story)|City of the Daleks]]'') which could serve as a self-destruct system. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') | ||
The casing was booby-trapped; when [[Yevgeny Kandinsky|someone]] touched the Dalek in [[Utah]] they combusted into [[fire|flames]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') Even dead Daleks could prove a dangerous foe. They were frequently equipped with [[virus transmitter]]s on the casing, which worked automatically. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Am a Dalek (novel)|I Am a Dalek]]'') | The casing was booby-trapped; when [[Yevgeny Kandinsky|someone]] touched the Dalek in [[Utah]] they combusted into [[fire|flames]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') Even dead Daleks could prove a dangerous foe. They were frequently equipped with [[virus transmitter]]s on the casing, which worked automatically. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Am a Dalek (novel)|I Am a Dalek]]'') The [[Tenth Doctor]] was aware that, by the [[Time War]] at least, a casing without a mutant could run on automatic "like a [[chicken]] with its [[head]] cut off." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Am a Dalek (novel)|I Am a Dalek]]'') | ||
The Dalek's [[eyepiece]] was its most vulnerable spot – as there was no back-up system if this was obscured, damaged or destroyed – and impairing its vision often led to the Dalek panicking and firing its main weapon indiscriminately in a panic. ([[GAME]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'') The Dalek casing also functioned as a fully-sealed environment suit, allowing travel through the [[vacuum]] of [[space]] or underwater without the need for additional [[life support|life-support]] equipment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]'') A Dalek's eyepiece could be connected to other Dalek vision centres. ([[GAME]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') | The Dalek's [[eyepiece]] was its most vulnerable spot – as there was no back-up system if this was obscured, damaged or destroyed – and impairing its vision often led to the Dalek panicking and firing its main weapon indiscriminately in a panic. ([[GAME]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'') The Dalek casing also functioned as a fully-sealed environment suit, allowing travel through the [[vacuum]] of [[space]] or underwater without the need for additional [[life support|life-support]] equipment. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dalek Invasion of Earth (TV story)|The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]'', ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Dalek Project (comic story)|The Dalek Project]]'') A Dalek's eyepiece could be connected to other Dalek vision centres. ([[GAME]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (video game)|City of the Daleks]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Asylum of the Daleks (TV story)|Asylum of the Daleks]]'') | ||
