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{{First pic|Genesis of the Daleks Wires.jpg|Acting on the orders of [[Gallifrey]], the [[Fourth Doctor]] is given the chance to [[Genesis Incident|destroy]] the [[Dalek]]s amid their "[[Creation of the Daleks|genesis]]" ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')}} | |||
It was believed that before [[the War]] broke out, the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|interventionist elite]] of [[the Homeworld]] committed multiple '''retro-genocides''' on members of the [[lesser species]], erasing them from history altogether, in [[secret]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | It was believed that before [[the War]] broke out, the [[Celestial Intervention Agency|interventionist elite]] of [[the Homeworld]] committed multiple '''retro-genocides''' on members of the [[lesser species]], erasing them from history altogether, in [[secret]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
== History == | |||
The [[Charon]]s, a species with the ability to warp the fabric of [[the universe]], were erased before they existed in the [[Time Wars]] by the [[Time Lord]]s as they feared that no other life in the universe could co-exist with them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'') | The [[Charon]]s, a species with the ability to warp the fabric of [[the universe]], were erased before they existed in the [[Time Wars]] by the [[Time Lord]]s as they feared that no other life in the universe could co-exist with them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'') | ||
According to old lore, "[[fallen world]]s" were taken over and turned into huge torture chambers by the [[Yssgaroth]] durign their [[Eternal War|war]] with the [[Great House]]s. As no traces of such atrocities remained in the subsequent version of history, it was commonly speculated that these worlds' existence was "retro-annulled" as an act of mercy by the Houses when they won the War, for all that such actions would later be made illegal in their culture. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') Some accounts claimed instead that the depiction of the [[Great Vampire]]s as wanton monsters was mere [[propaganda]] and the Vampires actually had a much more sympathetic agenda than arbitrary sadism, suggesting no such worlds may have ever existed in the first place. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') | According to old lore, "[[fallen world]]s" were taken over and turned into huge torture chambers by the [[Yssgaroth]] durign their [[Eternal War|war]] with the [[Great House]]s. As no traces of such atrocities remained in the subsequent version of history, it was commonly speculated that these worlds' existence was "retro-annulled" as an act of mercy by the Houses when they won the War, for all that such actions would later be made illegal in their culture. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') Some accounts claimed instead that the depiction of the [[Great Vampire]]s as wanton monsters was mere [[propaganda]] and the Vampires actually had a much more sympathetic agenda than arbitrary sadism, suggesting no such worlds may have ever existed in the first place. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Zagreus (audio story)|Zagreus]]'') | ||
The [[Last Great Time War]] between the | [[File:Skarosian request.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Time Lord messenger (Genesis of the Daleks)|Time Lord messenger]] gives the [[Fourth Doctor]] a mission to alter to totally avert the [[creation of the Dalek]]s ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'')]] | ||
The Time Lords ordered the [[Fourth Doctor]] to erase or alter the [[creation of the Dalek]]s during the [[Genesis Incident]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|Genesis of the Daleks]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | |||
The [[Last Great Time War]] between the Time Lords and the [[Dalek]]s erased numerous [[species]] including the [[Malfinion]]s, [[Hederon]]s, [[Scarbian]]s, who were so completely removed from time that, [[Post-Time War universe|after the war ended]], their names only survived as footnotes in old Time Lord records, later being mentioned in a [[Book (The Whoniverse)|historical chronicle]] as well. In fact, no one in the universe even remembered these races existed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Whoniverse (novel)|The Whoniverse]]'') Several races which were erased from existence during the war persisted as echoes displaced from [[time]] on a plane of non-reality, banding together to become the [[Bygone Horde]]. The Ninth Doctor thwarted their plan to return to existence, as it would have entailed the sacrifice of the [[human]] race. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Other Side (audio story)|The Other Side]]'') | |||
During the [[Last Great Time War]], [[the Valeyard]] turned a temporal superweapon intended for use against the Time Lords against the Daleks, erasing the entirety of their race from the universe, save the [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]] who managed to escape into the [[multiverse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The War Valeyard (audio story)|The War Valeyard]]'') With the Daleks erased, the Time Lords were unable to exactly recall who they had been fighting, leaving them to ponder who their mysterious, unknowable enemy had been. Not even the countless slaves the Daleks had the conscripted to serve as disposable troops could remember whom they had been serving under and so surrendered. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dreadshade (audio story)|Dreadshade]]'') By manipulating a [[Davros (Palindrome)|parallel universe version of Davros]], the Time Strategist used dimensional engineering to restore the [[Dalek Empire]] to existence, resuming the Time War. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Palindrome (audio story)|Palindrome]]'', ''[[Restoration of the Daleks (audio story)|Restoration of the Daleks]]'') | During the [[Last Great Time War]], [[the Valeyard]] turned a temporal superweapon intended for use against the Time Lords against the Daleks, erasing the entirety of their race from the universe, save the [[Dalek Time Strategist (The Shadow Vortex)|Dalek Time Strategist]] who managed to escape into the [[multiverse]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The War Valeyard (audio story)|The War Valeyard]]'') With the Daleks erased, the Time Lords were unable to exactly recall who they had been fighting, leaving them to ponder who their mysterious, unknowable enemy had been. Not even the countless slaves the Daleks had the conscripted to serve as disposable troops could remember whom they had been serving under and so surrendered. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dreadshade (audio story)|Dreadshade]]'') By manipulating a [[Davros (Palindrome)|parallel universe version of Davros]], the Time Strategist used dimensional engineering to restore the [[Dalek Empire]] to existence, resuming the Time War. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Palindrome (audio story)|Palindrome]]'', ''[[Restoration of the Daleks (audio story)|Restoration of the Daleks]]'') | ||
