The Daleks Updated 20/08/2005
Who are they?
The Daleks are the greatest alien enemies ever encountered by the Doctor. They are robot machines that are directed by the mutated remains of the Khaled race inside them. Their home planet is Skaro.
The Dalek machine
The Dalek is about 5’6” to 5’9” tall. They have a single eye at the end of a stalk, a telescoping left arm ending in a plunger (or mechanical claw) and a right arm that is actually a directed energy weapon. The machine casing is made of Dalekanium (or, maybe, polycarbide depends who you listen to!) and resistant to small arms fire. There is a small plate below the eye that has an identification mark so that individual Daleks can be recognised.
The Dalek creature can be taken from its travelling machine but it is still vicious and will attack humans. However, taken from the environment of its mechanical suit, it will not survive for long.
Daleks are not stopped by stairways as commonly assumed as they can levitate. The joke runs: “Real Daleks don’t climb stairs, they level the building.”
They have a harsh mechanical voices and are inclined to chant “Exterminate!” in a manical fashion.
The word “Dalek” means “far and distant thing” is Serbo-Croatian but this is just a coincidence.
Their mission
The Daleks are dedicated to conquering the universe and dominating all races. They want to stamp their conformity on all life. They see themselves as the supreme race in the universe and other races are to be exterminated or enslaved. They are ruthless and lacking in compassion. They are single-minded and claim to be logical but they still have some traces of emotion although their genetic-modification is supposed to have removed all emotion except hatred. They seem to have some sort of legal process as there have been trials conducted on Skaro. There is even a suggestion that Daleks can appreciate poetry! The Daleks have the technology to travel through time making them even more difficult to defeat.
The Daleks are ruled by a Supreme Dalek but they were created by the Khaled (Humanoid Dalek) chief scientist (and dangerous psychopath) Davros.
They established a vast interplanetary empire but they, too, have their enemies. Chief of these were the Movellans who are a race of androids and their fleet and the Daleks proved to be evenly matched. Another powerful foe of the Daleks were the Mechanoids. However, it is said that the Daleks conquered 70 planets in the Ninth Galactic System and 40 planets in the Constellation of Minos. There have even been different factions of the Daleks that have fought against one another. For example, both Davros and the Supreme Dalek (aka the Emperor Dalek) have had Dalek followers.
Dalek history
It is difficult to relate Dalek history with any certainty as both the Daleks and the Doctor have travelled forward and back in time and changed the timeline. However, they originated on the planet Skaro which was split into two warring factions - the Kaleds and the Thals. Both races were humanoid in their appearance. They fought a war lasting a thousand years and towards its end one of the Kaled scientists, Davros, developed the Dalek machine to house mutated Kaled creatures. They were to be a devastating army of brutal killers to be used to wipe out all other lifeforms.
The war ended when the Thals exploded a neutron bomb and virtually decimated the planet. Just before this a group of Daleks escaped in a spacecraft leaving behind a weaker strain of themselves trapped in the Kaled city that they could not leave. The escaping Daleks are those that invaded Earth on more than one occasion and established their evil empire. During their war with the Movellans, the Daleks return to Skaro to find Davros as they believe he can help them achieve victory. Davros aids them but is captured and then rescued by a faction of the Daleks. The Daleks split into two camps - those that follow Davros and those that remain loyal to the Emperor Dalek. These two armies of Daleks wage war on one another as well as the rest of the Universe. The Doctor uses the Hand of Omega to destroy Skaro in the Earth year 1963 but, of course, there were many Daleks elsewhere in the cosmos. This is all before the events of the Time War.
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In the new series, the Doctor does battle with all sort of things, including the Daleks, the Cybermen, the Krillitanes and an evil race of Cat Women.
Episode Guide for 2006 Series of Doctor Who
Series 2
Updated 18/10/2005
The programmes are broadcast in widescreen with subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The Christmas Invasion - Hour long special - December 2005
Episode 01 - New Earth - Written by Russell T Davies
This story involves Cassandra as last seen in the episode The End of the World. Zoe Wanamaker stars. Other characters: Michael Fitzgerald as The Duke, Lucy Robinson as Clovis, Dona Croll as The Matron, Adjoa Andoh as The Sister, Anna Hope as The Novice and Sean Gallagher as Chip. This episode may be based in a futuristic hospital.
Episode 02 - Tooth and Claw - Written by Russell T Davies
The Doctor meets a race of evil cat women. He also meets Queen Victoria played by Pauline Collins whilst she is visiting Scotland. Other characters: Ian Hanmore as Father Angelo, Michelle Duncan as Isobel, Jamie Sives as Reynolds, Tom Smith as The Host, Ruth Milne as Flora, Ron Donachie as The Steward and Derek Riddell as Robert.
Episode 03 - School Reunion - Written by Toby Whithouse
Some fun and plenty of danger when the Doctor is reunited with Sarah Jane Smith played by Elisabeth Sladen. Anthony Head stars as Comprehensive School Headmaster Mr Finch and Eugene Washington is Mr Wagner. Also appearing Rod Arthur and Caroline Berry. And K9 returns! The alien enemy in this episode is the Krilliatanes. K9’s voice is provided by John Leeson.
Episode 04 - The Girl in the Fireplace - Steven Moffat
The TARDIS travels to 18th Century France and the time travellers meet Madame Du Pompadour played by Sophia Myles. Other characters: Ben Turner as Louis and Jessica Atkins as Young Child.
Episode 05 - Title unknown - Tom MacRae
The Doctor runs up against a deadly enemy - The Cybermen. Part One of a two part story. The episode may be called ‘Parallel World’.
Episode 06 - Title unknown - Tom MacRae
Part two of the Cybermen story.
Episode 07 - Title unknown - Mark Gatiss
Set in England in the 1950’s.
Episode 08 - The Satan Pit - Matt Jones
Part One of a two part story.
Episode 09 - Title unknown - Matt Jones
Second part of the story.
Episode 10 - Title unknown - Russell T Davies
Episode 11 - Title unknown - Stephen Fry
Episode 12 - Army of Ghosts - Russell T Davies
First part of a two part story.
Episode 13 - Title unknown - Russell T Davies
Second part of the story and the concluding episode of the series. Rumour is that the blockbuster end to the series is a battle between the Cybermen and Daleks.
Cast
Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
