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* ComplexityAddiction: The main criticism of the plot is the ''absurd'' lengths the Dalek Prime goes to to [[TrickedOutTime fool time]]. Most notably, finding Davros, moving him to a replica of the Kaled bunker on Antalin, then mounting a ''fake'' rescue mission and waking him so he (and everyone else involved) believes they're on Skaro, then letting the Dalek Civil War happen (including mostly losing) so Davros will eventually destroy faux-Skaro.
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* ComplexityAddiction: ComplexityAddiction:
** The main criticism of the plot is the ''absurd'' lengths the Dalek Prime goes to to [[TrickedOutTime fool time]]. Most notably, finding Davros, moving him to a replica of the Kaled bunker on Antalin, then mounting a ''fake'' rescue mission and waking him so he (and everyone else involved) believes they're on Skaro, then letting the Dalek Civil War happen (including mostly losing) so Davros will eventually destroy faux-Skaro.
** The main criticism of the plot is the ''absurd'' lengths the Dalek Prime goes to to [[TrickedOutTime fool time]]. Most notably, finding Davros, moving him to a replica of the Kaled bunker on Antalin, then mounting a ''fake'' rescue mission and waking him so he (and everyone else involved) believes they're on Skaro, then letting the Dalek Civil War happen (including mostly losing) so Davros will eventually destroy faux-Skaro.
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** Davros himself actually lampshades this at one point, saying that there's no way that the Daleks could have carried out such a ridiculously convoluted plan, and that a simpler and more likely explanation is that they've terraformed another planet and are trying to pretend it's actually Skaro. The book never confirms it one way or the other, but strongly infers that the Dalek Prime's account (retcons and all) is the truthful one.
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This is one of the most disliked ''Doctor Who'' novels due to the attempt to retcon all the Post-''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]'' stories including the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks destruction of Skaro]]. Undergoes a lot of FanonDiscontinuity, but later stories (starting with [[Recap/DoctorWhoTAGE01CityOfTheDaleks "City of the Daleks"]]) reveal that Skaro ''did'' survive, one way or another. On another note, the story was originally pitched to Andrew Cartmel, and may have been produced (probably in a somewhat different form) for Season 28 of the series.
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This is one of the most disliked ''Doctor Who'' novels due to the attempt to retcon all the Post-''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]'' stories including the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks destruction of Skaro]]. Undergoes a lot of FanonDiscontinuity, but later stories (starting with [[Recap/DoctorWhoTAGE01CityOfTheDaleks "City of the Daleks"]]) reveal that Skaro ''did'' survive, one way or another. On another note, the story was originally pitched to Andrew Cartmel, Creator/AndrewCartmel, and may have been produced (probably in a somewhat different form) for Season 28 of the series.
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* StableTimeLoop@ Much of the book revolves around the Dalek attempts to escape this. They discover [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth during their invasion of Earth]] that records exist of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Davros destroying Skaro]] in their future (but Earth's past). [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks They try and alter history]] to avert this future taking place, but it fails. So, the labyrinthine plot described above evolves to fool Davros, the Doctor and everyone else witnessing it that Skaro had indeed been destroyed - preserving the historical events recorded - without actually having to watch their homeworld destroyed.
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* StableTimeLoop@ StableTimeLoop: Much of the book revolves around the Dalek attempts to escape this. They discover [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth during their invasion of Earth]] that records exist of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Davros destroying Skaro]] in their future (but Earth's past). [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks They try and alter history]] to avert this future taking place, but it fails. So, the labyrinthine plot described above evolves to fool Davros, the Doctor and everyone else witnessing it that Skaro had indeed been destroyed - preserving the historical events recorded - without actually having to watch their homeworld destroyed.
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This is one of the most disliked ''Doctor Who'' novels due to the attempt to retcon all the Post-"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]" stories including the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks destruction of Skaro]]. Undergoes a lot of FanonDiscontinuity, but later stories (starting with [[Recap/DoctorWhoTAGE01CityOfTheDaleks "City of the Daleks"]]) reveal that Skaro ''did'' survive, one way or another. On another note, the story was originally pitched to Andrew Cartmel, and may have been produced (probably in a somewhat different form) for Season 28 of the series.
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This is one of the most disliked ''Doctor Who'' novels due to the attempt to retcon all the Post-"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Post-''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]" Daleks]]'' stories including the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks destruction of Skaro]]. Undergoes a lot of FanonDiscontinuity, but later stories (starting with [[Recap/DoctorWhoTAGE01CityOfTheDaleks "City of the Daleks"]]) reveal that Skaro ''did'' survive, one way or another. On another note, the story was originally pitched to Andrew Cartmel, and may have been produced (probably in a somewhat different form) for Season 28 of the series.
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* CallForward: A subtle one. The Doctor referring to the Dalek Prime's Daleks as Imperial Daleks - something used in the show to refer exclusively to Davros' faction in "Remembrance" - makes more sense when you consider than in his timeline he's seen the Daleks ruled by an Emperor in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks Evil]]", which is usually considered to be much later in the Dalek timeline than the Davros stories.
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* CallForward: A subtle one. The Doctor referring to the Dalek Prime's Daleks as Imperial Daleks - something used in the show to refer exclusively to Davros' faction in "Remembrance" ''Remembrance'' - makes more sense when you consider than in his timeline he's seen the Daleks ruled by an Emperor in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks Evil]]", ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks Evil]]'', which is usually considered to be much later in the Dalek timeline than the Davros stories.
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** Grey Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance]]", as foot soldiers.
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** Grey Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation]]" ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection]]'', ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation]]'' and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance]]", ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance]]'', as foot soldiers.
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** Black Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth Invasion]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Master Plan]]", "Resurrection" and "Remembrance", as the main frontline generals and commanders.
** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]", as the highest-ranked and most intelligent Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
** The Dalek Prime, visually based on the Golden [=TV21=] Emperor - the supreme leader of the Daleks, and last survivor of the first batch of Daleks seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis]]".
** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]", as the highest-ranked and most intelligent Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
** The Dalek Prime, visually based on the Golden [=TV21=] Emperor - the supreme leader of the Daleks, and last survivor of the first batch of Daleks seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis]]".
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** Black Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth Invasion]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth Invasion]]'', ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Master Plan]]", "Resurrection" Plan]]'', ''Resurrection'' and "Remembrance", ''Remembrance'', as the main frontline generals and commanders.
** Gold Daleks, as seen in"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]", Daleks]]'', as the highest-ranked and most intelligent Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
** The Dalek Prime, visually based on the Golden [=TV21=] Emperor - the supreme leader of the Daleks, and last survivor of the first batch of Daleks seen in"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis]]".''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis]]''.
** Gold Daleks, as seen in
** The Dalek Prime, visually based on the Golden [=TV21=] Emperor - the supreme leader of the Daleks, and last survivor of the first batch of Daleks seen in
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** It's strongly implied the factory ship the Doctor dumps in the Time Vortex at the end is the one his earlier self defeats in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]".
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** It's strongly implied the factory ship the Doctor dumps in the Time Vortex at the end is the one his earlier self defeats in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]".Daleks]]''.
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** The Doctor convinces the Thal leader he is who he says by quoting directly from his introduction to the Thals in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]".
* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks'' infamously tried to assert that ''everything'' relating to Davros after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks his first story]] was a labyrinthine plan of epic proportions by the Dalek Prime to save their home planet, Skaro.
** Skaro wasn't destroyed in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]", with the Daleks moving Davros to a decoy world prior to his awakening in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks "Destiny of the Daleks"]], with this world being the one the Hand of Omega eventually destroyed.
** The Movellan War seen in "Destiny" and the devastating defeat recounted in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]] was faked for Davros' benefit, so he'd seek out the Hand of Omega.
** The civil war seen in "Remembrance" was real, but with the Dalek Prime's forces essentially moving Davros into position to destroy the faux-Skaro, ensuring Davros' timeline played out without destroying the real Skaro.
* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks'' infamously tried to assert that ''everything'' relating to Davros after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks his first story]] was a labyrinthine plan of epic proportions by the Dalek Prime to save their home planet, Skaro.
** Skaro wasn't destroyed in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]", with the Daleks moving Davros to a decoy world prior to his awakening in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks "Destiny of the Daleks"]], with this world being the one the Hand of Omega eventually destroyed.
** The Movellan War seen in "Destiny" and the devastating defeat recounted in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]] was faked for Davros' benefit, so he'd seek out the Hand of Omega.
** The civil war seen in "Remembrance" was real, but with the Dalek Prime's forces essentially moving Davros into position to destroy the faux-Skaro, ensuring Davros' timeline played out without destroying the real Skaro.
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** The Doctor convinces the Thal leader he is who he says by quoting directly from his introduction to the Thals in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]]".
Daleks]]''.
* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks'' infamously tried to assert that ''everything'' relating to Davros after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks his first story]] was a labyrinthine plan of epic proportions by the Dalek Prime to save their home planet,Skaro.
Skaro.
** Skaro wasn't destroyed in"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]", Daleks]]'', with the Daleks moving Davros to a decoy world prior to his awakening in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks "Destiny ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks Destiny of the Daleks"]], Daleks]]'', with this world being the one the Hand of Omega eventually destroyed.
** The Movellan War seen in"Destiny" ''Destiny'' and the devastating defeat recounted in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection of the Daleks"]] Daleks]]'' was faked for Davros' benefit, so he'd seek out the Hand of Omega.
** The civil war seen in"Remembrance" ''Remembrance'' was real, but with the Dalek Prime's forces essentially moving Davros into position to destroy the faux-Skaro, ensuring Davros' timeline played out without destroying the real Skaro.Skaro.
* StableTimeLoop@ Much of the book revolves around the Dalek attempts to escape this. They discover [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth during their invasion of Earth]] that records exist of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Davros destroying Skaro]] in their future (but Earth's past). [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks They try and alter history]] to avert this future taking place, but it fails. So, the labyrinthine plot described above evolves to fool Davros, the Doctor and everyone else witnessing it that Skaro had indeed been destroyed - preserving the historical events recorded - without actually having to watch their homeworld destroyed.
* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks'' infamously tried to assert that ''everything'' relating to Davros after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks his first story]] was a labyrinthine plan of epic proportions by the Dalek Prime to save their home planet,
** Skaro wasn't destroyed in
** The Movellan War seen in
** The civil war seen in
* StableTimeLoop@ Much of the book revolves around the Dalek attempts to escape this. They discover [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth during their invasion of Earth]] that records exist of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Davros destroying Skaro]] in their future (but Earth's past). [[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks They try and alter history]] to avert this future taking place, but it fails. So, the labyrinthine plot described above evolves to fool Davros, the Doctor and everyone else witnessing it that Skaro had indeed been destroyed - preserving the historical events recorded - without actually having to watch their homeworld destroyed.
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* EvilVsEvil: The novel is essentially a mental battle between two equally evil genocidal sociopaths - the Dalek Prime and Davros - for command of the Dalek race. The Dalek Prime comes off only ever so slightly better by not being irrationally insane like Davros.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Davros' testimony at his trial is basically his telling the Daleks he should be in charge solely by dint of creating him, refusing to recognise any of their authority whatsoever and telling them to put him in charge. The Doctor and Sam even point out it's basically Davros' God-complex talking after hearing it.
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** The civil war seen in "Remembrance" was real, but with the Dalek Prime's forces essentially moving Davros into position to destroy the faux-Skaro to ensure Davros' timeline played out without destroying the real Skaro.
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** The civil war seen in "Remembrance" was real, but with the Dalek Prime's forces essentially moving Davros into position to destroy the faux-Skaro to ensure faux-Skaro, ensuring Davros' timeline played out without destroying the real Skaro.
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** The Doctor convinces the Thal leader he is who he says by quoting directly from his introduction to the Thals in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]].
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** The Doctor convinces the Thal leader he is who he says by quoting directly from his introduction to the Thals in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]].Daleks]]".
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* CallForward: A subtle one. The Doctor referring to the Dalek Prime's Daleks as Imperial Daleks - something used in the show to refer exclusively to Davros' faction in "Remembrance" - makes more sense when you consider than in his timeline he's seen the Daleks ruled by an Emperor in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E9TheEvilOfTheDaleks Evil]]", which is usually considered to be much later in the Dalek timeline than the Davros stories.
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** The Movellan War seen in "Destiny" and the devastating defeat recounted in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]] was faked for Davros' benefit, so he'd seek out the Hand of Omega
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** The Movellan War seen in "Destiny" and the devastating defeat recounted in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]] was faked for Davros' benefit, so he'd seek out the Hand of OmegaOmega.
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* TookALevelInBadass: The Thals are here shown to have becoming a race of militaristic warriors in order to stop the Daleks, something the Doctor is horrified by.
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* TookALevelInBadass: The Thals are here shown to have becoming become a race of militaristic warriors in order to stop the Daleks, something the Doctor is horrified by.
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** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]" as the highest-ranked and most intelligent Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
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** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]" Daleks]]", as the highest-ranked and most intelligent Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
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** Black Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Master Plan]]", "Resurrection" and "Remembrance", as the main frontline generals and commanders.
** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]" as the highest-ranked Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]" as the highest-ranked Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
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** Black Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth Invasion]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Master Plan]]", "Resurrection" and "Remembrance", as the main frontline generals and commanders.
** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]" as the highest-ranked and most intelligent Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]" as the highest-ranked and most intelligent Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
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* MythologyGag: The description of the Dalek Prime lines up perfectly with the Golden Emperor from the TV21 Dalek Chronicles.
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** The description of the Dalek Prime lines up perfectly with the Golden Emperor from theTV21 [=TV21=] Dalek Chronicles.Chronicles.
** It's strongly implied the factory ship the Doctor dumps in the Time Vortex at the end is the one his earlier self defeats in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]".
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase The Mechanoids]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E3FrontierInSpace the Draconians]] both appear in interludes as other opponents of the Daleks.
** The Doctor convinces the Thal leader he is who he says by quoting directly from his introduction to the Thals in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]].
** The description of the Dalek Prime lines up perfectly with the Golden Emperor from the
** It's strongly implied the factory ship the Doctor dumps in the Time Vortex at the end is the one his earlier self defeats in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E3ThePowerOfTheDaleks The Power of the Daleks]]".
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E8TheChase The Mechanoids]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E3FrontierInSpace the Draconians]] both appear in interludes as other opponents of the Daleks.
** The Doctor convinces the Thal leader he is who he says by quoting directly from his introduction to the Thals in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E2TheDaleks The Daleks]].
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** The Dalek Prime, visually based on the Golden [=TV21=] Emperor.
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** The Dalek Prime, visually based on the Golden [=TV21=] Emperor.Emperor - the supreme leader of the Daleks, and last survivor of the first batch of Daleks seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis]]".
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** Red Daleks, a [[=TV21=]] Dalek Chronicles staple, as the equivalent of lieutenants and captains.
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* ComplexityAddiction: The main criticism of the plot is the ''absurd'' lengths the Dalek Emperor goes to to [[TrickedOutTime fool time]]. Most notably, finding Davros, moving him to a replica of the Kaled bunker on Antalin, then mounting a ''fake'' rescue mission and waking him so he (and everyone else involved) believes they're on Skaro, then letting the Dalek Civil War happen (including mostly losing) so Davros will eventually destroy faux-Skaro.
* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks'' tries this on "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]", asserting that the apparent destruction of Skaro in that story was a case of TrickedOutTime.
* TakingYouWithMe: Draconians fighting the Daleks do this by crashing their ship into a Dalek ship.
* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks'' tries this on "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]", asserting that the apparent destruction of Skaro in that story was a case of TrickedOutTime.
* TakingYouWithMe: Draconians fighting the Daleks do this by crashing their ship into a Dalek ship.
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* ComplexityAddiction: The main criticism of the plot is the ''absurd'' lengths the Dalek Emperor Prime goes to to [[TrickedOutTime fool time]]. Most notably, finding Davros, moving him to a replica of the Kaled bunker on Antalin, then mounting a ''fake'' rescue mission and waking him so he (and everyone else involved) believes they're on Skaro, then letting the Dalek Civil War happen (including mostly losing) so Davros will eventually destroy faux-Skaro.
** Partially justified, in that the Dalek Prime tells the Doctor the Daleks' time travel abilities were too primitive at that point to just go back and change things, so they elected to let Davros' already recorded timeline play out, but without actually letting him blow up Skaro.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: This was one of the first Doctor Who books to set out a defined hierarchy for the Daleks, based on their colour schemes, bringing together concepts from across the Who expanded universe. Sam even calls it a colour-coded society. This included;
** Grey Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance]]", as foot soldiers.
** Blue Daleks, something occasionally seen in the Doctor Who movies, as the equivalent of corporals and sergeants.
** Red Daleks, a [[=TV21=]] Dalek Chronicles staple, as the equivalent of lieutenants and captains.
** Black Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Master Plan]]", "Resurrection" and "Remembrance", as the main frontline generals and commanders.
** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]" as the highest-ranked Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
** The Dalek Prime, visually based on the Golden [[=TV21=]] Emperor.
* CrazyPrepared:
** Davros has a back-up plan for survival via a DoubleAgent Spider Dalek.
** The Dalek Prime likewise has a back-up plan to have the Doctor get rid of Davros if he wins, as well as hiding a factory ship inside the Thal ship as a hidden way to ensure the race's survival - and both a bomb and an infiltrator to kill the Doctor when he's no longer needed.
* EnemyCivilWar: The whole plot revolves around a final civil war between Dalek factions loyal to the Dalek Prime and Davros to see who leads them into the future.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Sam notes that instead of the homicidal maniac she was expecting, the Dalek Prime is calm, controlled, thoughtful and even more human-sounding than its underlings. It's still the leader of the Daleks though, and it's barely pages later when it reveals it wiped out the inhabitants of Antalin just to make its radiation levels match Skaro to fool Davros.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Davros insists his followers identify themselves via an electronic signal so he knows who they are. Then the Dalek Prime's troops identify the signal, making it pathetically easy to track down Davros' forces and exterminate them.
* MythologyGag: The description of the Dalek Prime lines up perfectly with the Golden Emperor from the TV21 Dalek Chronicles.
* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks''tries this on infamously tried to assert that ''everything'' relating to Davros after [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks his first story]] was a labyrinthine plan of epic proportions by the Dalek Prime to save their home planet, Skaro.
** Skaro wasn't destroyed in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]",asserting that with the apparent destruction Daleks moving Davros to a decoy world prior to his awakening in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E1DestinyOfTheDaleks "Destiny of Skaro the Daleks"]], with this world being the one the Hand of Omega eventually destroyed.
** The Movellan War seen inthat story "Destiny" and the devastating defeat recounted in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks "Resurrection of the Daleks"]] was a case faked for Davros' benefit, so he'd seek out the Hand of TrickedOutTime.
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** The civil war seen in "Remembrance" was real, but with the Dalek Prime's forces essentially moving Davros into position to destroy the faux-Skaro to ensure Davros' timeline played out without destroying the real Skaro.
* TakingYouWithMe: Both Thals and Draconians fighting the Daleks do this at different points in the story, by crashing theirship ships into a Dalek ship.ones.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Thals are here shown to have becoming a race of militaristic warriors in order to stop the Daleks, something the Doctor is horrified by.
** Partially justified, in that the Dalek Prime tells the Doctor the Daleks' time travel abilities were too primitive at that point to just go back and change things, so they elected to let Davros' already recorded timeline play out, but without actually letting him blow up Skaro.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: This was one of the first Doctor Who books to set out a defined hierarchy for the Daleks, based on their colour schemes, bringing together concepts from across the Who expanded universe. Sam even calls it a colour-coded society. This included;
** Grey Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS21E4ResurrectionOfTheDaleks Resurrection]]", "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E6RevelationOfTheDaleks Revelation]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance]]", as foot soldiers.
** Blue Daleks, something occasionally seen in the Doctor Who movies, as the equivalent of corporals and sergeants.
** Red Daleks, a [[=TV21=]] Dalek Chronicles staple, as the equivalent of lieutenants and captains.
** Black Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E4TheDaleksMasterPlan Master Plan]]", "Resurrection" and "Remembrance", as the main frontline generals and commanders.
** Gold Daleks, as seen in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS9E1DayOfTheDaleks Day of the Daleks]]" as the highest-ranked Daleks below the Dalek Prime.
** The Dalek Prime, visually based on the Golden [[=TV21=]] Emperor.
* CrazyPrepared:
** Davros has a back-up plan for survival via a DoubleAgent Spider Dalek.
** The Dalek Prime likewise has a back-up plan to have the Doctor get rid of Davros if he wins, as well as hiding a factory ship inside the Thal ship as a hidden way to ensure the race's survival - and both a bomb and an infiltrator to kill the Doctor when he's no longer needed.
* EnemyCivilWar: The whole plot revolves around a final civil war between Dalek factions loyal to the Dalek Prime and Davros to see who leads them into the future.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Sam notes that instead of the homicidal maniac she was expecting, the Dalek Prime is calm, controlled, thoughtful and even more human-sounding than its underlings. It's still the leader of the Daleks though, and it's barely pages later when it reveals it wiped out the inhabitants of Antalin just to make its radiation levels match Skaro to fool Davros.
* HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Davros insists his followers identify themselves via an electronic signal so he knows who they are. Then the Dalek Prime's troops identify the signal, making it pathetically easy to track down Davros' forces and exterminate them.
* MythologyGag: The description of the Dalek Prime lines up perfectly with the Golden Emperor from the TV21 Dalek Chronicles.
* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks''
** Skaro wasn't destroyed in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks]]",
** The Movellan War seen in
** The civil war seen in "Remembrance" was real, but with the Dalek Prime's forces essentially moving Davros into position to destroy the faux-Skaro to ensure Davros' timeline played out without destroying the real Skaro.
* TakingYouWithMe: Both Thals and Draconians fighting the Daleks do this at different points in the story, by crashing their
* TookALevelInBadass: The Thals are here shown to have becoming a race of militaristic warriors in order to stop the Daleks, something the Doctor is horrified by.
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* TrickedOutTime: To prevent Skaro being destroyed the planet Antalin was terraformed to look like Skaro and Davros, thinking this was Skaro, accidentally destroyed it.
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* TrickedOutTime: To prevent Skaro being destroyed after they discovered records of its destruction during their invasion of Earth, the planet Antalin was terraformed to look like Skaro and Davros, thinking this was Skaro, accidentally destroyed it.
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* ComplexityAddiction: The main criticism of the plot is the ''absurd'' lengths the Dalek Emperor goes to to [[TrickedOutTime fool time]]. Most notably, finding Davros, moving him to a replica of the Kaled bunker on Antalin, then mounting a ''fake'' rescue mission and waking him so he (and everyone else involved) believes they're on Skaro.
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* ComplexityAddiction: The main criticism of the plot is the ''absurd'' lengths the Dalek Emperor goes to to [[TrickedOutTime fool time]]. Most notably, finding Davros, moving him to a replica of the Kaled bunker on Antalin, then mounting a ''fake'' rescue mission and waking him so he (and everyone else involved) believes they're on Skaro.Skaro, then letting the Dalek Civil War happen (including mostly losing) so Davros will eventually destroy faux-Skaro.
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This is one of the most disliked ''Doctor Who'' novels due to the attempt to retcon all the Post-"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]" stories including the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks destruction of Skaro]]. Undergoes a lot of FanonDiscontinuity.
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This is one of the most disliked ''Doctor Who'' novels due to the attempt to retcon all the Post-"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks]]" stories including the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks destruction of Skaro]]. Undergoes a lot of FanonDiscontinuity.
FanonDiscontinuity, but later stories (starting with [[Recap/DoctorWhoTAGE01CityOfTheDaleks "City of the Daleks"]]) reveal that Skaro ''did'' survive, one way or another. On another note, the story was originally pitched to Andrew Cartmel, and may have been produced (probably in a somewhat different form) for Season 28 of the series.
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* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks'' tries this on "Remembrance of the Daleks", asserting that the apparent destruction of Skaro in that story was a case of TrickedOutTime.
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* {{Retcon}}: ''War of the Daleks'' tries this on "Remembrance "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks Remembrance of the Daleks", Daleks]]", asserting that the apparent destruction of Skaro in that story was a case of TrickedOutTime.
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* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler:When the Dalek Prime is destroyed by a Dalek loyal to Davros, it is revealed to be a robot.]]
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:At the end Davros is apparently executed via matter dispersal by a Spider Dalek. It is left unclear whether it was loyal to him and actually transmatted him.]]
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This is one of the most disliked Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' novels due to the attempt to retcon all the Post-Genesis Post-"[[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks Genesis of the Daleks Daleks]]" stories including the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks destruction of Skaro]]. Undergoes a lot of FanonDiscontinuity.
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The Doctor is repairing the TARDIS when it is drawn into the engines space ship which has picked up a pod. Thals are attracted by the pod, opening it to reveal Davros. However this sets off a homing beacon which draws the Daleks to the ship. They take Davros and the others back to Skaro.
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The Doctor is repairing the TARDIS when it is drawn into the engines space ship which has picked up a pod. Thals are attracted by the pod, opening it to reveal Davros. However this sets off a homing beacon which draws the Daleks to the ship. They take Davros and the others back to Skaro.
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->''"Well...if you thought you'd vaporised a planet, it must be a shock to discover it's still alive and well."''
-->-- Sam Jones
-->-- Sam Jones
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This is one of the most disliked Doctor Who novels due to the attempt to retcon all the Post-Genesis of the Daleks stories including the [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E1RemembranceOfTheDaleks destruction of Skaro.Skaro]]. Undergoes a lot of FanonDiscontinuity.
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The Doctor is repairing the TARDIS when it is drawn into the engines space ship which has picked up a pod. Thals are attracted by the pod, opening it to reveal Davros. However this sets off a homing beacon which draws the Daleks to the ship. They take Davros and the others back to Skaro.
* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler:When the Dalek Prime is destroyed by a Dalek loyal to Davros, it is revealed to be a robot.
* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:At the end Davros is apparently executed via matter dispersal by a Spider Dalek. It is left unclear whether it was loyal to him and actually transmatted him.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: Draconians fighting the Daleks do this by crashing their ship into a Dalek ship.
* TrickedOutTime: To prevent Skaro being destroyed the planet Antalin was terraformed to look like Skaro and Davros, thinking this was Skaro, accidentally destroyed it.
* YouKilledMyFather: Loran tries to get revenge on the Thals for this.
* ActuallyADoombot: [[spoiler:When the Dalek Prime is destroyed by a Dalek loyal to Davros, it is revealed to be a robot.
* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:At the end Davros is apparently executed via matter dispersal by a Spider Dalek. It is left unclear whether it was loyal to him and actually transmatted him.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: Draconians fighting the Daleks do this by crashing their ship into a Dalek ship.
* TrickedOutTime: To prevent Skaro being destroyed the planet Antalin was terraformed to look like Skaro and Davros, thinking this was Skaro, accidentally destroyed it.
* YouKilledMyFather: Loran tries to get revenge on the Thals for this.
