The Daleks

Davros: I will teach you the folly of your words, Doctor! I will destroy you, and demonstrate the power of the Daleks!

Dalek Emperor: We waited here, in the dark space, damaged but rebuilding. Centuries passed, and we quietly infiltrated the systems of Earth, harvesting the waste of humanity. The prisoners, the refugees, the dispossessed, they all came to us. The bodies were filleted, pulped, sifted. The seed of the human race is perverted; only one cell in a billion was fit to be nurtured!

— The Daleks art

2 The First Doctor2.1 The Daleks 2.2 The Dalek Invasion of Earth 2.3 The Chase 2.4 Mission to the Unknown 2.5 The Daleks Master Plan

— The Daleks art

10 The Tenth Doctor10.1 Army of Ghosts 10.2 Doomsday 10.3 Daleks in Manhattan 10.4 Evolution of the Daleks 10.5 The Stolen Earth 10.6 Journeys End

— The Daleks art

11 The Eleventh Doctor11.1 Victory of the Daleks 11.2 The Pandorica Opens 11.3 The Big Bang 11.4 The Wedding of River Song 11.5 Asylum of the Daleks 11.6 The Day of the Doctor 11.7 The Time of the Doctor

— The Daleks time

12 The Twelfth Doctor12.1 Into the Dalek 12.2 The Magicians Apprentice 12.3 The Witchs Familiar

— The Daleks magic

The Doctor: And you in turn killed the Thal leader in your ambush. And you will be responsible for more deaths unless you help these people.

— The Daleks death

The Doctor: You could live in the city, and the others could. But why do you have to destroy? Cant you use your brains for right?

— The Daleks live

Dalek: We wish to escape captivity; go out and rebuild the planet Skaro. Our oxygen distributors will be subjected to waste radiation by the ejector capsule.

— The Daleks will

Dalek Supreme: Rebels of London! This is our last warning! Our final offer! Show yourselves in the open streets. You will be fed and watered, but work is needed from you. The Daleks offer you life! Rebel against us and the Daleks shall destroy London completely. Rebels of London, come out of your hiding places. The Daleks offer you life!

— The Daleks life

Dalek Supreme: They cannot escape! Our time machine will soon follow them! They will be exterminated! Exterminated! Exterminated!

— The Daleks time

Dalek Supreme: They cannot escape! At this moment they are being hunted down! They will be destroyed!

— The Daleks men

Dalek Supreme: The time destructor is now completed! It only requires the core to be fitted! Mavic Chen, guardian of the Solar System, will address the meeting.

— The Daleks time

All Daleks: Daleks conquer and destroy!!! Daleks conquer and destroy!!! Daleks conquer and destroy!!! Daleks conquer and destroy!!!

— The Daleks

Dalek Emperor: Danger! This is your Emperor speaking. There is danger here. Obey me! Do not fight in here! Do not fight in here! I SAID OBEY! OBEY ME! YOUR EMPEROR IS ORDERING YOU! DO NOT FIGHT IN HERE! DO NOT FIGHT IN HERE! DALEKS, OBEY ME!!!! OBEY!!!! OBEY!!!! YOU WILL BE EXTERMINATED!!!! ALL EXTERMINATED!!!! WE WILL ALL BE EXTERMINATED!!! ANNIHILATED!!!! THE DALEK RACE WILL DIE OUT COMPLETELY!!!! OBEY YOUR EMPEROR!!!! OBEY!!!! OBE--

— The Daleks anger

Waterfield: I wont be silent! What are you dragging me into? Youve destroyed a human life! Dont you understand that?!

— The Daleks life

Maxtible: Everything I possess is in that house! Everything! What right did you or anyone have to destroy it?

— The Daleks you

Gold Dalek: Whoever is operating the time machine is the enemy of the Daleks! All enemies of the Daleks must be destroyed! Exterminate them!

— The Daleks time

Head of the Supreme Dalek Council: All Dalek units are to be assigned through their capture immediately. Take charge of all controls. Report on invisibility experiments.

— The Daleks men

Dalek Supreme: Satisfactory. The Supreme Council has ordered our army to be activated immediately. The invasion of all solar planets is to begin today!

— The Daleks media

Head of the Supreme Dalek Council: The action of the aliens has caused considerable disruption of operations on this planet.

— The Daleks action

Head of the Supreme Dalek Council: The responsibility was yours! You have failed! The Supreme Council does not accept failure!

— The Daleks failure

Dalek: The power failure is temporary. Superior Dalek technology will overcome interference shortly. Meanwhile you will obey our orders!

— The Daleks power

the Daleks fire their guns at the Doctor who holds Sarah Jane somewhat close to him. As the Daleks fire, the Doctor shuts his eyes hoping for the worst but nothing happens

— The Daleks fire

Ronson: Davros, Im sorry, but I believe that these prisoners, they could be extremely valuable. By all means, when I have my questions, let the machine do what it likes with them, but I do need to interrogate them further.

— The Daleks believe

Davros: Today the Kaled race is ended, consumed in a fire of war. But from its ashes will rise a new race: the supreme creature, the ultimate conquerer of the universe, the DALEK!!!

— The Daleks war

Davros: Now, future errors will be eradicated. Defeats will become victories. You have changed the future of the universe, Doctor!

— The Daleks change

The Doctor: I have betrayed the future. Davros, for the last time, consider what youre doing. Stop the development of the Daleks.

— The Daleks time

Davros: Impossible. It is beyond my control. The workshops are already fully automated to produce the Dalek machines.

— The Daleks work

The Doctor: Its not the machines, its the minds of the creatures inside them. Minds that you created! They are totally evil!

— The Daleks mind

Davros: Evil?! No! No, I will not accept that. They are conditioned simply to survive. They can survive only by becoming the dominant species. When all other lifeforms are suppressed, when the Daleks are the supreme rulers of the universe - then you will have peace. Wars will end. They are the power not of evil, but of good.

— The Daleks life

The Doctor: Davros if you had created a virus in your laboratory, something contagious and infectious that killed on contact, a virus that would destroy all other forms of life, would you allow its use?

— The Daleks life

Davros: Yes Yes To hold in my hand, a capsule that contained such power To know that life and death on such a scale was my choice To know that the tiny pressure of my thumb - enough to break the glass - would end everything Yes! I would do it! That power would set me up above the gods! AND THROUGH THE DALEKS, I SHALL HAVE THAT POWER!

— The Daleks life

Davros: Ours is the victory, Nyder. They talk of democracy, freedom, fairness. Those are the creeds of cowards. The ones who would listen to a thousand opinions and try to satisfy them all. Achievement comes through absolute power, and power through strength! They have lost!

— The Daleks war

Davros: Do you believe that I would let a lifetimes work be ended by the will of spineless fools like you? You have won nothing! I allowed this charade to be played out for one reason only: to find those men who were truly loyal to me, and to discover those who would betray me! We - I WILL GO ON!

— The Daleks life

Dalek: Our programming does not permit us to acknowledge that any creature is superior to the Daleks!

— The Daleks knowledge

Dalek: We are programmed to survive! We have the ability to develop in any way necessary to ensure that survival!

— The Daleks survival

Dalek: We are entombed, but we live on. This is only the beginning. We will prepare, we will grow stronger. When the time is right, we will emerge and take our rightful place as the supreme power of the universe!

— The Daleks time

Davros: Errors of the past will be rectified. I will add new design elements to the Daleks circuitry. They will be armed with new weaponry - weaponry so devastating that all matter will succumb to its power! I will equip them with all the knowledge of the universe

— The Daleks knowledge

Davros: Since my entombment, I have no knowledge of the advancement of my Daleks. Of course, they have achieved great things?

— The Daleks knowledge

The Doctor: Oh yes. Oh yes. Theyve wreaked havoc and destruction, destroyed countless innocent lives

— The Daleks live

Davros: Only the beginning! Now that I have returned, the campaign will begin in earnest! I have slept, but now I have awakened, and the universe will be sorry.

— The Daleks universe

The Doctor: I have slept, but now I have awakened, and the universe will be Youre misquoting Napoleon! One day Ill tell you what happened to him.

— The Daleks universe

Davros: Putting aside our differences for a moment, and speaking simply as scientists, the problem is fascinating, dont you agree?

— The Daleks men

Davros: I realized you would. So obvious but they cant see it. Would you have told the Movellans?

— The Daleks you

Lytton: You already know most of it. The Daleks and the Movellans were locked in an impasse. Each time their respective fleets attempted a stratagem, it was instantly anticipated and countered by their opponents battle computer.

— The Daleks time

Davros: Two totally logical war machines, unable to out-think each other Fascinating! If only Id been there!

— The Daleks war

Lytton: They developed a virus which exclusively attacks the Daleks. The fleet was destroyed; those who survived went to separate parts of the universe, to escape the risk of further infection and work on a cure.

— The Daleks art

Davros: So, they have returned to their creator. Like an errant child, they have come home once more. But this time, they will not abuse me! This time, I shall take my rightful place as their Supreme Being! And under my control, the Daleks shall once more become triumphant!!

— The Daleks time

Davros: Every second. The creatures of Earth have no stomach for judicial murder. They prefer to leave you to rot and die. They call it being humane.

— The Daleks art

Davros: It is a planet I shall destroy at my leisure. But first, I must deal with a meddling Time Lord.

— The Daleks time

Dalek: Your duplicates will return to Gallifrey, where, on our command, you will assassinate the members of the High Council!

— The Daleks man

Davros: Listen to me. I had planned to completely redesign the Daleks. Kiston will confirm I am telling the truth.

— The Daleks truth

Davros: My mistake was making them totally ruthless. It restricted their ability to cope with creatures who rely not only on logic, but instinct and intuition. That is a factor I wish to correct.

— The Daleks logic

Davros: The universe is at war, Doctor! Name one planet whose history is not littered with atrocities and ambition for empire. It is a universal way of life!

— The Daleks life

Davros: You are soft, like all Time Lords. You prefer to stand and watch. Action requires courage - something you lack.

— The Daleks time

Davros: You are old, Orcini! Your reflexes have gone! Do you think youre the first to try and kill me?! That tank was but a simple lure - a focal point for the assassins bullet!

— The Daleks sin

The Doctor: I must say Im surprised to see you. The last time we met, your ship blew up - I thought with you on board.

— The Daleks time

The Doctor: I liked the statue, by the way. Very good likeness. Though really, you shouldnt have bothered.

— The Daleks good

Davros: As your grave-robbing friends have now been exterminated, you will not hear the complaint again!

— The Daleks friends

Davros: There you are mistaken, Doctor! I am known as the Great Healer - a somewhat flippant title, perhaps, but not without foundation! I have conquered the diseases that brought their victims here. In every way, I have complied with the wishes of those who came in anticipation of one day being returned to life.

— The Daleks life

Davros: All the resting ones I have used were people of status, ambition. They would understand! Especially as I have given them the opportunity to become masters of the universe!

— The Daleks people

The Doctor: With you as their Emperor. But what of the lesser intellects? Or will they be left to rot?

— The Daleks you

Davros: You should know me better than that, Doctor. I never waste a valuable commodity. The humanoid form makes an excellent concentrated produce. This part of the galaxy is developing quickly. Famine was one of its major problems.

— The Daleks art

Davros: Certainly not! That would have created what I believe is termed consumer resistance. They were grateful for the food. It allowed them to go on living.

— The Daleks living

Takis: This used to be a good place before you came. I enjoyed working here. Once youve gone, it will be a good place again.

— The Daleks joy

Renegade Dalek: He will be held prisoner until we can verify if you are correct. You will come with us, or be exterminated here!

— The Daleks you

Imperial Dalek: You are the Doctor! You are the enemy of the Daleks! You will be exterminated! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!

— The Daleks you

Sergeant Smith: No, no, dont! I have a message for Mister Radcliffe! Do you understand? A message for Mister Radcliffe.

— The Daleks age

The Doctor: Ah There you are. This is the Doctor, president elect of the High Council of Time Lords, Keeper of the Legacy of Rassilon, Defender of the Laws of Time, Protector of Gallifrey. I call upon you to surrender the Hand of Omega and return to your customary time and place!

— The Daleks time

Imperial Dalek Emperor: Ah, Doctor. You have changed again. Your appearance is as inconstant as your intelligence. You have confounded me for the last time!

— The Daleks intelligence

The Doctor: Davros. I should have known. I see youve discarded the last vestige of your human form. Its still no improvement.

— The Daleks men

Davros: Does it worry you, Doctor that with it, I will transform Skaros sun into a source of unimaginable power?! And with that power at my disposal, the Daleks shall sweep away Gallifrey, and its impotent quorum of Time Lords! The Daleks shall become Lords of Time! We shall become all

— The Daleks time

The Doctor:Powerful! Crush the lesser races! Conquer the galaxy! Unimaginable power! Unlimited rice pudding! Et cetera! Et cetera!

— The Daleks power

The Doctor: Oh, wonderful! What power! What brilliance! You can wipe out the odd civilisation and enslave the occasional culture, but it still wont detract from the basic fundimental truth of your own impotence!

— The Daleks truth

Cyberman: This is obvious. But consider: our technologies are compatible. Cybermen plus Daleks - together, we could upgrade the universe.

— The Daleks men

Dalek: suddenly whizzing backwards; panicked Forward! FORWARD!! bumps into another Dalek and explodes

— The Daleks war

Dalek Emperor: Purify the Earth with fire. The planet will become my temple and we shall rise. This will be our Paradise!

— The Daleks art

Dalek Emperor: Tell him the truth, Doctor. There is every possibility the Delta Wave could be complete, but no possibility of refining it. The Delta Wave must kill every living thing in its path, with no distinction between human and Dalek! All things will die. By your hand.

— The Daleks truth

Dalek Emperor: You destroyed us, Doctor. The Dalek race died in your inferno, but my ship survived - falling through time; crippled, but alive!

— The Daleks time

Dalek Emperor: You would destroy Daleks and humans together. If I am God, the creator of all things, then what does that make you, Doctor?

— The Daleks god

The Doctor: No, no, no, no, no, were not doing the nostalgia tour; I wanna know whats happening right here, right now! Cos the Supreme Dalek said Vault, as in dungeon, cellar, prisonyoure not in charge of the Daleks, are you? Theyve got you locked away down here in the basement like a what? Servant? Slave? Court jester?

— The Daleks men

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