History Characters / DoctorWhoDaleks

* BilingualBonus: "Sarff" is Welsh for serpent.

* EvilIsBigger: Noticeably larger than the bronze Time War Daleks they were intended to replace. This was a deliberate choice so that they would meet Creator/KarenGillen at eye level, just as the Time War Daleks did for Creator/BilliePiper... Except, unlike Rose, Amy never shared any individual scenes with the Paradigm Daleks, rendering the height boost pointless.

* EvilIsBigger: Noticeably larger than the bronze Time War Daleks they were intended to replace. This was a deliberate choice so that they would meet Creator/Karen Gillen at eye level, just as the Time War Daleks did for Creator/BilliePiper... Except, unlike Rose, Amy never shared any individual scenes with the Paradigm Daleks, rendering the height boost pointless.

* ButtMonkey: Their only appearance in Series 6 sees a Supreme Dalek casually destroyed offscreen by the Doctor, purely so he can bust open its casing and gather intel on the Silence. At that point, the public's negative reaction to the Paradigm Daleks was widespread and even the show's creators had grown to dislike them[[note]]Steven Moffat later explained that he found them much less impressive than he envisioned when he first saw them in person, while all the directors and Dalek operators hated them due to their cumbersome size and how uncomfortable they were to drive around.[[/note]]
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The New Paradigm Daleks have a rainbow of casing colours. It's never mentioned in their episodes, but the white is Supreme, red is Drone, blue is Strategist, orange is Scientist and yellow is Eternal.

* UltimateLifeForm: Somehow, they possess even more "pure Dalek DNA" than the Ironside Daleks that were made from Kaled cells from their own creator Davros. They consolidate their genetic superiority by mercilessly exterminating their predecessors.

* ButtMonkey: Their only appearance in Series 6 sees a Supreme Dalek casually destroyed offscreen by the Doctor, purely so he can bust open its casing and gather intel on the Silence.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Their only real opportunity to do traditional Dalek-ing in a visual medium was in the ''Adventure Games'' episode [[DoctorWhoTAGE01CityOfTheDaleks "City of the Daleks"]].

* ADayInTheLimelight: Their only real opportunity to do traditional Dalek-ing in a visual medium was the ''VideoGame/DoctorWhoTheAdventureGames'' episode "City of the Daleks", which saw them take over Earth in an alternate timeline.

* EvilIsBigger: Noticeably larger than the bronze Time War Daleks they were intended to replace.
* FantasticRacism: Even more so than regular Daleks: they exterminate the last of the Davros-derived Daleks for being genetically impure, despite their basically being identical outwith the casings.

* LargeAndInCharge: After they were initially poorly received, Moffatt re-envisioned them as the officer class to the bronze Time War Daleks, being considerably taller and bulker.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: They are larger than regular sized Daleks and they're coloured brightly, leading to a number of uncomplimentary nicknames ("Power Ranger Daleks" was one of the more printable ones).

* MookLieutenant: A high-ranking Dalek officer but still below the Dalek Supreme in the command chain. Some sources have given its rank as "outpost commander" and suggest it was appointed by the Spiridon Dalek Supreme to act as its deputy and representative.

* CripplingOverspecialisation: They are invulnerable to ranged attacks due to their shields melting the bullets before they come into contact with them. However, they are vulnerable to melee attacks as [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Ace was able to break off the eye stalk with her bat]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd the companions were able to physically move them]], and the Doctor was able to destroy a few by ramming his TARDIS into them. It just takes a lot of bravery and guile to catch the Daleks off-guard, as well as finding the right tool for the job.

* CripplingOverspecialisation: They are invulnerable to ranged attacks due to their shields melting the bullets before they come into contact with them. However, they are vulnerable to melee attacks as [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Ace was able to break off the eye stalk with her bat]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E13JourneysEnd the companions were able to physically move them]], and the Doctor was able to destroy a few by ramming his TARDIS into them. It just takes a lot of bravery and guile to catch the Daleks off-guard, as well as find the right the right tool for the job.

* BrokenRecord: Groups of Daleks are prone to chanting in unison, usually boasts or extermination threats.

* CripplingOverspecialisation: They are invulnerable to ranged attacks due to their shields melting the bullets before they come into contact with them. However, they are vulnerable to melee attacks as Ace was able to break off the eye stalk with her bat, the companions were able to physically move them, and the Doctor was able to destroy a few by ramming his TARDIS into them. It just takes a lot of bravery and guile to catch the Daleks off-guard, as well as find the right the right tool for the job.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The eyestalk. Hitting it with enough power will kill the Dalek, and blinding it will cause the creature to panic. Became much less of a WeaksauceWeakness in the revival; their forcefield protects it (the Doctor claims concentrating fire on it could work, but this appears to have mixed results), and trying to blind it with paint only worked for a second. River managed to kill one with a blast to the eyestalk, but this particular Dalek was already in such poor shape that it needed several minutes to recharge between shots.

->'''Voiced by:''' Peter Hawkins (1963–67); Creator/DavidGraham (1963–66); Roy Skelton (1967, 1973, 1975–83, 1985–88);[[note]]Did not appear in "Frontier in Space"[[/note]] Oliver Gilbert and Peter Messaline (1972); Creator/MichaelWisher (1973–74); David Gooderson (1979); Brian Miller (1984, 1988); Royce Mills (1984–88); Geoffrey Sax (1996, [[UncreditedRole uncredited]]); Creator/NicholasBriggs (2005–present)

* NonActionBigBad: Zigzagged: Some do their dirty work but others are ''not'' frontline fighters even if in command. For example whilst the Dalek Supreme in "The Stolen Earth" is willing to personally execute Davros and the Vault, by contrast the ''Remembrance'' Supreme, [[DirtyCoward bolts as soon as the Imperials attack their base]], leaving its Renegade troops to be wiped out.

** The Time War Emperor could be seen as this for the Tenth Doctor's tenure, and potentially the Eleventh's as well, given how the after-effects of the Time War continued to play a major role in their runs. It also formed the Cult of Skaro, who were the antagonists the Tenth Doctor encountered the most frequently.

* DragonAscendant: After the Dalek Emperor meets its end in "Evil of the Daleks", the Supreme Dalek (or a council of Supreme Daleks, depending on the source) apparently took charge of the Dalek Empire.

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!!Defence Drones (Thirteenth Doctor)
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These familiar-looking security drones were created by an employee of Jack Robertson. They were based on a piece of alien technology "recovered" by Robertson; the remains of a Reconnaissance Scout Dalek's casing.

The drones are equipped with several non-lethal weapons to keep the peace, and are entirely AI-controlled. However, if the drones get hijacked in some way, those non-lethal weapons could become much more deadly...

* AlwaysABiggerFish: [[spoiler:They barely get out of the gate before the bronze Time War-style Daleks arrive to put the pretenders in their place.]]
* CurbStompBattle: They may be derived from a Dalek casing, and the Recon Dalek clone may have augmented their weapons to be lethal, but they're still constructed on Earth using human technology. Unsurprisingly, the Death Squad Daleks wipe the floor with them.
* DecoyAntagonist: [[spoiler:They are quickly superseded by the 2005-onward Time War Daleks in the climax of their own debut episode.]]
* EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler:A second Dalek Civil War kicks off across the whole of planet Earth when the Dalek Death Squad is [[SummonABiggerFish summoned by the Doctor]], hoping to take advantage of [[AbsoluteXenophobe the Death Squad's intolerance for genetic impurity]] and get them to destroy the human-hybrid Defence Drones.]]
* EvilKnockoff: An interesting case in that they were meant to be a "good" knockoff of the Dalek design, intended to maintain order. Then they get hijacked by the Recon Dalek clones and become evil. Though they might have been used to enforce a police state had this not happened.
* LeaveNoSurvivors: [[spoiler:They get thoroughly annihilated by the Dalek Death Squad before they even get a chance to fully conquer Earth.]]
* PoliceBrutality: Their intended usage as riot control support for police mirrors recent political controversies surrounding police brutality in the USA, aided by the fact that their casings are mass produced by a [[{{Trumplica}} Donald Trump expy]]. Their abandonment of their non-lethal weapons in favour of their usual {{Death Ray}}s to go around exterminating people unprovoked is equally on-the-nose.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Their shells are black and their lights glow red while under Dalek control.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: When under AI control, their highlights glow blue. Once hijacked, they turn red and start killing people.
* RevisitingTheRoots: These Daleks' status as faceless enforcers of a police state echo their original author Terry Nation's preferred interpretation of them.
* SecretWeapon: They're hollow, with non-lethal weapons and controlled by AI. When Dalek creatures are placed inside them, they become as deadly as you'd expect a Dalek to be.

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!!Dalek Variants & Secret Societies
[[folder:SpecialWeaponsDaleks]]
!!Special Weapons Daleks (Seventh, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors)
The end all of the Dalek military. Outfitted with the powerful Alternate Energy Cannon, these killing machines are feared even by other Daleks.
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[[folder:Death Squad Daleks]]
!!Death Squad Daleks (Thirteenth Doctor)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Nicholas Briggs (2021)
An elite group of Daleks known for being even more intensely fanatical than normal Daleks about racial superiority and purity. The Doctor anonymously calls them in to take care of the Defence Drone clone Daleks, but things end up getting out of hand.

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!!The Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe (Ninth Doctor)
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A large alien gastropod placed in control of all of Earth's news media in order to keep the human race docile and stunt the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire while the Daleks planned their return.

[[caption-width-right:813:Various Supreme Daleks throughout history.]]

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-->''"[[AC:Exterminate!]]"''

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** More than one serial in the old series had a Black Dalek in a position of authority over the others.
** In the 1980s, the Daleks split into two factions: the Imperial Daleks had cream casings with gold highlights, while the Rebel Daleks were a more traditional grey and black.
** A short-lived set of Dalek subdivisions introduced in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E3VictoryOfTheDaleks Victory of the Daleks]]", which were intended to become the official Dalek design (before audience backlash and ridicule led to the original design being restored), were coloured to indicate their [[ColorCodedCastes specializations and command levels]]:

* CyberCyclops: The 70s and 80s Daleks had pupil-like circles in the middle of their eyepieces. The New Paradigm Daleks brought the concept back, but had outright organic eyes in their eyestalks.

* DemotedToDragon: In the Classic Series, once Davros appeared the Daleks were demoted to being his mooks.

* CyberCyclops: The New Paradigm Daleks even had pupils, making the eyestalk look almost organic.

* ColdBloodedTorture: In the novel ''[[Recap/NewSeriesAdventuresPrisonerOfTheDaleks Prisoner of the Daleks]]'', it is revealed that the Daleks adjust their death ray to the level required to kill their target... and then ''dial it down a notch'', so the victim suffers a moment of excruciating agony before they die. It's a frightening glimpse into the Dalek psyche, that they are so furious with hatred at these creatures not being Daleks, that they decide that they should suffer in their deaths.

* PoliceBrutality: Their intended usage as riot control support for police mirrors recent political controversies surrounding police brutality in the USA, aided by the fact that their casings are mass produced by a [[{{Trumplica}} Donald Trump expy]]. Their abandonment of their non-lethal weapons in favour of their usual death rays to go around exterminating people unprovoked is equally on-the-nose.

* TakingTheBullet: The hybridised Sec shields the Doctor from Dalek Thay's death ray after futilely begging for his kin to listen to reason.

* GoOutWithASmile: Knowing that she has ensured her masters' eventual destruction, she faces a Dalek death ray with a smile.