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[[File:War-Doctor-And-Dalek.jpg|left|thumb|The [[War Doctor]] and a Dalek during the Great Time War ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Only the Monstrous (audio anthology)|Only the Monstrous]]'')]] | [[File:War-Doctor-And-Dalek.jpg|left|thumb|The [[War Doctor]] and a Dalek during the Great Time War ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Only the Monstrous (audio anthology)|Only the Monstrous]]'')]] | ||
During the [[Last Great Time War]], the Bronze Daleks definitively supplanted any forms of Grey Daleks and Silver Daleks as the standard for Dalek drones. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'', ''[[I Am a Dalek (novel)|I Am a Dalek]]'', ''[[Engines of War]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Last Day (TV story)|The Last Day]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') By this point, the Bronze Daleks were armed with a swiveling mid-section that allowed the Dalek a 360-degree field of fire and a [[force field]] that fully disintegrated approaching [[bullet]]s. The design also added a new feature to the eyestalk: if something was obstructing its vision (such as paint), a heat discharge could melt the obstruction. It was also able to regenerate itself by absorbing [[electricity|electrical power]] and the [[DNA]] of a [[time travel]]ler. The [[manipulator arm]] was also able to crush a man's skull in addition to the technology interfacing abilities shown by earlier models. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') The four unique Daleks who comprised the [[Cult of Skaro]] had the built-in [[Temporal shift|"Emergency Temporal Shift"]] functions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') | During the [[Last Great Time War]], the Bronze Daleks definitively supplanted any forms of Grey Daleks and Silver Daleks as the standard for Dalek drones. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'', ''[[I Am a Dalek (novel)|I Am a Dalek]]'', ''[[Engines of War]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Last Day (TV story)|The Last Day]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'') By this point, the Bronze Daleks were armed with a swiveling mid-section that allowed the Dalek a 360-degree field of fire and a [[force field]] that fully disintegrated approaching [[bullet]]s. The design also added a new feature to the eyestalk: if something was obstructing its vision (such as paint), a heat discharge could melt the obstruction. It was also able to regenerate itself by absorbing [[electricity|electrical power]] and the [[DNA]] of a [[time travel]]ler. The [[manipulator arm]] was also able to crush a man's skull in addition to the technology interfacing abilities shown by earlier models. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'', ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') The four unique Daleks who comprised the [[Cult of Skaro]] had the built-in [[Temporal shift|"Emergency Temporal Shift"]] functions. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') | ||
Later in the Time War, the Daleks had bolstered their numbers by [[Dalek of human origin|converting humans]] into Dalek drones. Due to their "impure" origins, they were viewed as more expendable than [[Skarosian]] Daleks and so were fielded as cannon fodder. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Engines of War (novel)|Engines of War]]'') In their observation of the [[Asylum Incident]] from the [[post-Time War universe]], the [[Time Lord]]s understood that not all Dalek conversions were successful and that finding even one Dalek drone that was not totally subservient to Dalek control would provide a massive tactical advantage. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | |||
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]]'') | 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]]'') | ||
