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Some scholars suggested the Master and the Daleks, likely because of their mutual enemy in the Doctor, had made further alliances, but no authentic records of these later partnerships existed. Indeed, it was believed the Master's failure had set back a possible Dalek conquest of humanity by hundreds of years, although the Supreme Council dubbed this an inconvenience out of the belief the Daleks would ultimately triumph ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') as the [[Second Dalek War]] with Earth kicked off. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') The Master and the Daleks did indeed make further alliances, but the Master earned the Daleks ire as he continually abandoned their plans to save his own life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'', ''[[The TV Movie (novelisation)|The TV Movie]]'') At one point, he tried to ally with both the Daleks and the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] on [[Kendrax]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge (short story)|Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge]]'') During the Second Dalek War, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') the Daleks also continued their research into time travel, learning lessons from the failure of the Gold Dalek's temporal invasion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') | Some scholars suggested the Master and the Daleks, likely because of their mutual enemy in the Doctor, had made further alliances, but no authentic records of these later partnerships existed. Indeed, it was believed the Master's failure had set back a possible Dalek conquest of humanity by hundreds of years, although the Supreme Council dubbed this an inconvenience out of the belief the Daleks would ultimately triumph ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') as the [[Second Dalek War]] with Earth kicked off. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') The Master and the Daleks did indeed make further alliances, but the Master earned the Daleks ire as he continually abandoned their plans to save his own life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'', ''[[The TV Movie (novelisation)|The TV Movie]]'') At one point, he tried to ally with both the Daleks and the [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] on [[Kendrax]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge (short story)|Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge]]'') During the Second Dalek War, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') the Daleks also continued their research into time travel, learning lessons from the failure of the Gold Dalek's temporal invasion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') | ||
In large part because of the Master's betrayal of their alliance against Earth and [[Draconia]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Runes of Fenric (short story)|The Runes of Fenric]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance (audio story)|Vengeance]]'') but also because of his subsequent failures in their next alliances, the renegade would later be [[The Master's trial (Doctor Who)|tried]] before the [[Dalek Emperor (The Novel of the Film)|Dalek Emperor]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'') and his whole [[Parliament of the Daleks|parliament]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Runes of Fenric (short story)|The Runes of Fenric]]'') Although the Time Lords claimed in the ''Dalek Combat Training Manual'' that the Daleks moved to put their former ally on trial right after their first doomed partnership, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') most accounts agreed the trial was held later in Dalek history, possibly with the approval of the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', et. al) Overall, there many parts of Dalek history that appeared to contradict or disagree with one another, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', et. al) or were simply hard to fit within the overall timeline, with even the Time Lords being unable to establish a complete summary of Dalek history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | In large part because of the Master's betrayal of their alliance against Earth and [[Draconia]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Runes of Fenric (short story)|The Runes of Fenric]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Vengeance (audio story)|Vengeance]]'') but also because of his subsequent failures in their next alliances, the renegade would later be [[The Master's trial (Doctor Who)|tried]] before the [[Dalek Emperor (The Novel of the Film)|Dalek Emperor]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Novel of the Film (novelisation)|The Novel of the Film]]'') and his whole [[Parliament of the Daleks|parliament]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Runes of Fenric (short story)|The Runes of Fenric]]'') Although the Time Lords claimed in the ''Dalek Combat Training Manual'' that the Daleks moved to put their former ally on trial right after their first doomed partnership, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') most accounts agreed the trial was held later in Dalek history, possibly with the approval of the Time Lords. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'', et. al) Overall, there were many parts of Dalek history that appeared to contradict or disagree with one another, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'', et. al) or were simply hard to fit within the overall timeline, with even the Time Lords being unable to establish a complete summary of Dalek history. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek Combat Training Manual (novel)|Dalek Combat Training Manual]]'') | ||
[[File:The Dalek World The Mechanical Planet Daleks 1.jpg|thumb|right|Daleks during the [[27th century Dalek invasion|27th century invasion]] that followed an [[Age of Universal Peace]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Mechanical Planet (comic story)|The Mechanical Planet]]'') that could not have happened if the [[Dalek Wars]] were waged in the [[26th century]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')]] | [[File:The Dalek World The Mechanical Planet Daleks 1.jpg|thumb|right|Daleks during the [[27th century Dalek invasion|27th century invasion]] that followed an [[Age of Universal Peace]] ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Mechanical Planet (comic story)|The Mechanical Planet]]'') that could not have happened if the [[Dalek Wars]] were waged in the [[26th century]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'')]] | ||
[[Boy (Unnatural History)|A young member]] of [[Faction Paradox]] credited the Doctor for this, claiming that the Dalek's greatest foe had managed to trick "the Dalek Empire into tangling their timeline so bad that their history collapsed under the weight of the [[paradox]]es". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') Nonetheless, not even the [[Eighth Doctor]] could remember every detail of Dalek history due to its constantly changing nature, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') with the Daleks themselves also interfering with their own past. The Last Great Time War's temporal effects only made their history more confusing. It was known that the [[Dalek Wars]] were kicked off after the failure of the Master's plan, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') but fact that they were waged throughout much of the [[26th century]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', et al.) conflicted with accounts of the [[Age of Universal Peace]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Break-through! (short story)|Break-through!]]'') Indeed, after arriving in the Second Dalek War, the [[Tenth Doctor]] once remarked "Dalek history was confusing enough ''before'' the Time War". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | [[Boy (Unnatural History)|A young member]] of [[Faction Paradox]] credited the Doctor for this, claiming that the Dalek's greatest foe had managed to trick "the Dalek Empire into tangling their timeline so bad that their history collapsed under the weight of the [[paradox]]es". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Unnatural History (novel)|Unnatural History]]'') Nonetheless, not even the [[Eighth Doctor]] could remember every detail of Dalek history due to its constantly changing nature, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Alien Bodies (novel)|Alien Bodies]]'') with the Daleks themselves also interfering with their own past. The Last Great Time War's temporal effects only made their history more confusing. It was known that the [[Dalek Wars]] were kicked off after the failure of the Master's plan, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') but the fact that they were waged throughout much of the [[26th century]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Love and War (novel)|Love and War]]'', et al.) conflicted with accounts of the [[Age of Universal Peace]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Break-through! (short story)|Break-through!]]'') Indeed, after arriving in the Second Dalek War, the [[Tenth Doctor]] once remarked "Dalek history was confusing enough ''before'' the Time War". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | ||
[[Narrator (The Dalek Conquests)|One journalist]] speculated the Daleks involved in the 26th century conflict were not actually native to that era, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Conquests (audio story)|The Dalek Conquest]]'') with other historians knowing that the Daleks were willing to dip back into their own past to try to turn defeats into victories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') While the Second Dalek War never developed into a time war, the Daleks' time travel research during it was capable, at least in theory, of large-scale temporal manipulation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') Indeed, even though the seemingly endless series of Dalek Wars against humanity were waged long before [[Davros]] drew up plans for the Daleks to wage a war against Gallifrey and its High Council, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') Davros, acting as the Dalek Emperor, was seemingly involved in the Dalek Wars during the events surrounding [[Operation Genocide]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (comic story)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'') | [[Narrator (The Dalek Conquests)|One journalist]] speculated the Daleks involved in the 26th century conflict were not actually native to that era, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dalek Conquests (audio story)|The Dalek Conquest]]'') with other historians knowing that the Daleks were willing to dip back into their own past to try to turn defeats into victories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') While the Second Dalek War never developed into a time war, the Daleks' time travel research during it was capable, at least in theory, of large-scale temporal manipulation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') Indeed, even though the seemingly endless series of Dalek Wars against humanity were waged long before [[Davros]] drew up plans for the Daleks to wage a war against Gallifrey and its High Council, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe (short story)|Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe]]'') Davros, acting as the Dalek Emperor, was seemingly involved in the Dalek Wars during the events surrounding [[Operation Genocide]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Nemesis of the Daleks (comic story)|Nemesis of the Daleks]]'') | ||
