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[[Rusty (Into the Dalek)|Rusty]] the Dalek was later able to remember the event when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] reopened Rusty's suppressed memories. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Into the Dalek (TV story)}}) | [[Rusty (Into the Dalek)|Rusty]] the Dalek was later able to remember the event when the [[Twelfth Doctor]] and [[Clara Oswald]] reopened Rusty's suppressed memories. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Into the Dalek (TV story)}}) | ||
One account suggested that this battle took place in a | One account suggested that this battle took place in a version of history where the [[Cult of Skaro]] had not yet emerged from [[the Sphere|their Sphere]] and precipitate the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] in [[2007]], thereby explaining why Van Statten and his company were not familiar with the Daleks in 2012. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=149}}) In this earlier timeline, the Cult did not go on to [[Invasion of Manhattan|influence]] the construction of the [[Empire State Building]] in [[1930]], nor was the [[Earth]] transported to the [[Medusa Cascade]] in the [[2000s]],{{note|The present day of ''[[Doctor Who]]''{{'}}s [[Series 4 (Doctor Who 2005)|fourth series]] is [[Aliens of London dating controversy|not consistently dated]], with [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' setting the present of the 13 regular episodes in [[2008]] (heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]'' as well), and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]'' setting them in about [[April]] to [[June]] [[2009]].}} since the [[timeline]]s of both [[The Doctor's time stream|the Doctor]] and the [[Daleks' timeline|Dalek race]] had not progressed to the point where those events occurred. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)|chaptnum=3|chaptname=Everything Changes|page=149}}) Other accounts held that humans after [[2010]] were unable to remember the Daleks because of the [[Time field|cracks in time]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Victory of the Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|Flesh and Stone (TV story)}}) and continued to be unaware of the Daleks ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Pilot (TV story)}}, etc.) after the cracks were sealed. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Big Bang (TV story)}}, etc.) Indeed, the Doctor noted on several occasions that humans were great at forgetting terrible things as a defense mechanism. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Remembrance of the Daleks (TV story)}}, {{cs|In the Forest of the Night (TV story)}}) | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The online game ''[[The Last Dalek (video game)|The Last Dalek]]'' presents an alternate version of the events of ''Dalek''. In the game, the Dalek fights through [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]], faces van Statten's forces and eventually the Doctor, who is exterminated by the Dalek. The game is completed when the Dalek finds and destroys [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | * The online game ''[[The Last Dalek (video game)|The Last Dalek]]'' presents an alternate version of the events of ''Dalek''. In the game, the Dalek fights through [[The Vault (Dalek)|the Vault]], faces van Statten's forces and eventually the Doctor, who is exterminated by the Dalek. The game is completed when the Dalek finds and destroys [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. | ||
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