Defence Drone: Difference between revisions

The '''Defence Drones''', ([[WC]]: ''[[The Defence Drones (webcast)|The Defence Drones]]'') or '''security drones''', were [[Robot|robots]] created on [[Earth]] by [[Leo Rugazzi]] and [[Jack Robertson]], based on the destroyed [[metal]] [[casing]] of the [[Reconnaissance Dalek]] defeated by the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] on [[1 January|1st January]] [[2019]]. However, after Rugazzi [[Clone|cloned]] the original Reconaissance [[Dalek mutant]] from [[Gene|genetic]] traces inside the metal casing, the cloned [[Dalek]] used him to clone an army of Dalek mutants from its own template, which later inhabited the robots and became the '''New Dalek Army''' and commenced an invasion of Earth on 1st January [[2021]]. As they shared the [[human]]-derived flaws and genetic alterations that Rugazzi had added to their [[genome]] when recreating the Reconnaissance Dalek, the Defence Drones were ultimately wiped out by the [[Death Squad Dalek]]s, summoned to Earth by the Thirteenth Doctor, for their "impurity", classing them as '''primary rogue Dalek impurities'''. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]'')

The Defence Drones had very similar [[casing]]s to the [[metal]] casing created by the Reconnaissance Dalek and were predominantly [[black]] and [[silver]] in [[colour]]. The Defence Drones were adorned with [[blue]] [[light]]s, including a blue [[Dalek eyestalk|eyestalk]] [[eye lens|lens]], as well as a blue light within their [[grating section]]s. In addition, the Defence Drones' [[base unit]]s featured less [[Sense globe|sense globes]] than the Reconnaissance Dalek's scrap casing, as their casings had black layered panelling around the bottom of their base units.

However, when the [[clone]] of the Reconnaissance Dalek modified them, the Defence Drones gained the more traditional functions of a Dalek casing; they became hospitable for the cloned Reconnaissance scout Dalek mutants, their gunsticks could [[Extermination|exterminate]] [[Human|humans]], and they possessed [[flight]] capabilities. In addition, their blue lights and the lights of their grating section turned [[red]]. The Defence Drones' gunstick blasts were coloured red, unlike the blue blasts of traditional Daleks, and their victims were enveloped in a bright red light when exterminated. Their casings had limited resistance to the firepower of [[Death Squad Dalek]]s. The original Defence Drone demonstrated the ability of [[spatial shift]], allowing it to transport aboard a [[Dalek ship]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Revolution of the Daleks]]'')

A few hours after Patterson won a [[General election|general election]], she had Robertson distribute the Drones around the country. After the Drones were brought online, Dalek mutants transported themselves into the casings using [[Ultraviolet|ultra violet light]] and began exterminating nearby humans, officially launching their [[2021 Dalek revolution|revolution]]. However, the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] then attracted the [[Death Squad Dalek]]s to [[Earth]], knowing their first priority would be to exterminate impure Daleks and that the Defence Drones' cloning process had left them with slightly mutated DNA.

When making contact with the Death Squad Daleks, the Defence Drones insisted that they were also Daleks, while the Death Squad Daleks deemed them impure. The Death Squad Daleks thus began attackng the Defence Drones. By the time the original [[Reconnaissance Dalek]] [[transmat]]ted into [[Dalek Death Squad spacecraft|the Death Squad's ship]], the Death Squad claimed that they had succeeded in destroying all of the cloned Daleks. The Reconnaissance Dalek begged to be left alive even if its race was purged, as it had originally been a pure Dalek before its death and resurrection, and believed it deserved to have its genetic material purified rather than destroyed. However, the Death Squad denied it this chance and destroyed it.