Weaknesses: Only have a life expectancy of a few weeks.

Robomen 2.0. Humans wiped of their memories and converted into Dalek infiltrators by exposure to genetic altering nanoclouds. Have mini-Dalek eyepieces hidden in their foreheads and Dalek guns in their palms. Weaknesses: Same as for any human, except they can’t be killed as they are already dead.

THE ONLY DALEKS WITH NAMES

‘You can talk to me, Dalek Sec. It is Dalek Sec, isn’t it? That’s your name? You’ve got a name and a mind of your own. Tell me what you’re thinking right now.’

The Doctor, Evolution of the Daleks

Alpha – A Dalek given the Human Factor on the instructions of the Dalek Emperor. Named by the Doctor

Beta – Another Dalek altered by the Human Factor

Dalek Caan – Member of the Cult of Skaro and, at one point, the last Dalek in the universe. Driven mad by flying unprotected through the Time War. Able to predict the future. Aka the Abomination

Dalek Jast – A member of the Cult of Skaro

Dalek Sec – The leader of the Cult of Skaro. Became the first of a new breed of human-Dalek hybrids

Arthur Stengos – An agronomist friend of the Doctor converted into a Dalek by Davros on Necros

Dalek Thay – A member of the Cult of Skaro

Omega – The Doctor’s third Human Factor-changed Dalek

Oswin Oswald – A starliner Junior Entertainment Manager converted into a Dalek. Liked soufflés. There was something about this one…

DALEK OPERATORS

‘Do you think there’s someone inside them?’ asks Barbara in The Daleks. Yes, indeed there is Miss Wright, but who has crammed themselves into a Dalek the most times?

VOICES OF THE DALEKS

FAMILIAR VOICES

Dalek voice artists also turn up where you least expect them:

Peter Hawkins was the voice of Zippy in the first year of the children’s TV series, Rainbow and provided all the voices for Captain Pugwash. He also created Bill and Ben’s idiosyncratic language, was the voice of the Martian robots in the 1970s ‘For mash get Smash adverts’ and even recorded a voice track for Gromit of Wallace and Gromit fame before it was decided that the plasticine mutt would remain mute. He also joined fellow Dalek voice artist David Graham in supplying vocals for the big-screen adaptations Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks – Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.

David Graham was the voice of Brains and Gordon Tracy in Thunderbirds. As well as providing the grating voice of the Daleks in the two Peter Cushing films, he also turned up in Doctor Who as Charlie in The Gunfighters and Professor Fyodor Nikolai Kerensky in City of Death. He has most recently been heard as the voices of Grandpa Pig in Peppa Pig and the Wise Old Elf in Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom.

Roy Skelton took over as the voice of Rainbow’s Zippy in 1973, a role he would play for over 900 episodes, as well as various cameo appearances in other programmes including the BBC’s Ashes to Ashes. He played other roles in Doctor Who, including the invisible Spiridon Wester in Planet of the Daleks, and more visible roles in Colony in Space and The Green Death. His last Doctor Who Dalek appearance was in the 1999 Comic Relief spoof, The Curse of Fatal Death.

Brian Miller was the husband of Elisabeth Sladen and appeared with her in The Sarah Jane Adventures story The Mad Woman in the Attic. He also appeared on screen in Doctor Who as Dugdale in Snakedance.

DALEK VARIANTS

DALEK SUPREME

The Dalek Supreme was often a ‘normal’ Dalek painted predominantly black to indicate its rank and status. But there have been other designs which differ more from the standard Daleks:

Version One (Planet of the Daleks)

Taller than standard configuration Daleks

Gold and black livery with larger base section

Larger dome lights

Eyestalk lights up

Version 2 (The Stolen Earth / Journey’s End)

Deeper voice (much like the Emperor)

Red and gold livery

Gold restraining bars on upper grilling

SPECIAL WEAPONS DALEKS (Remembrance of the Daleks)

Designed for heavy combat

White and gold livery

Heavily armoured torso section, no eyestalk

One large centrally mounted energy cannon

EMPEROR DALEK

Version 1 (The Evil of the Daleks)

Immobile and fed by nutrient pipes

Much taller than standard Daleks

One elongated conical base section with a single row of black hemispheres

Bulbous head section split into sections

Booming voice

Version 2 (Remembrance of the Daleks)

Standard white and gold Imperial Dalek base section

Large domed upper body, no eyestalk

It’s actually Davros!

Version 3 (The Parting of the Ways)

Immobile

Mutant floating in a transparent tank

Two mechanical arms attached to the tank’s base

Giant bronze Dalek dome head with eyestalk and lights

Large, heavy bronze plating with gold hemispheres flanking to three sides

DALEK PRIME MINISTER

Dalek Prime Minister (Asylum of the Daleks)

No Dalek casing or weapons

Mutant creature encased in a single glass case

NEW DALEK PARADIGM

Larger

Chunkier central core

Biological eye

Thicker skirting

COLOUR-CODED DALEKS

Victory of the Daleks introduced a new ‘officer class’ of Daleks, each colour coded to their specific role.

White = The Dalek Supreme, the new commander of the Daleks.

Orange = The Dalek Scientist, pushing the boundaries of Dalek knowledge.

Blue = The Dalek Strategist, always thinking, always planning, always preparing for any eventuality.

Red = The Dalek Drone, the foot soldier of the new Dalek Empire.