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*Henry shares some similarities with [[Nigel Rochester]] from ''[[Jubilee]]'', which ''Dalek'' was adapted from: Both of them are collectors of alien technology, both of them own a Dalek which they torture in an attempt to get it to talk, and both are betrayed by a woman whom they hold in their confidence. | *Henry shares some similarities with [[Nigel Rochester]] from ''[[Jubilee]]'', which ''Dalek'' was adapted from: Both of them are collectors of alien technology, both of them own a Dalek which they torture in an attempt to get it to talk, and both are betrayed by a woman whom they hold in their confidence. | ||
*To explain how van Statten was unfamiliar with the Daleks, ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'' suggested that the [[Van Statten Incident]] took place in a [[timeline]] where the [[Cult of Skaro]] did not emerge from [[the Sphere]] and precipitate the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] in [[2007]] and so did not go on to [[Invasion of Manhattan|influence]] the construction of the [[Empire State Building]], nor was the [[Earth]] [[Planetary Relocation Incident|transported]] to the [[Medusa Cascade]] since the [[personal 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. | *To explain how van Statten was unfamiliar with the Daleks, ''[[The Time Traveller's Almanac]]'' suggested that the [[Van Statten Incident]] took place in a [[timeline]] where the [[Cult of Skaro]] did not emerge from [[the Sphere]] and precipitate the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] in [[2007]] and so did not go on to [[Invasion of Manhattan|influence]] the construction of the [[Empire State Building]], nor was the [[Earth]] [[Planetary Relocation Incident|transported]] to the [[Medusa Cascade]] since the [[personal 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. | ||
**Alternatively, the events of ''Dalek'' occurring within [[2012]] place them after the events of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who)|Series 5]], during which the memories of those alien incursions were lost due to the [[time field]]. | **Alternatively, the events of ''Dalek'' occurring within [[2012]] place them after the events of [[Series 5 (Doctor Who 2005)|Series 5]], during which the memories of those alien incursions were lost due to the [[time field]]. | ||
** However, as Van Statten acquired the Metaltron circa 2006 as per the information revealed on the ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' website, then the time field wouldn't have happened soon enough to avoid the identification of the Metaltron as a Dalek. | ** However, as Van Statten acquired the Metaltron circa 2006 as per the information revealed on the ''[[U.N.I.T. (tie-in website)|U.N.I.T.]]'' website, then the time field wouldn't have happened soon enough to avoid the identification of the Metaltron as a Dalek. | ||
