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The Doctor and Susan's struggle against the Daleks' genocidal plan to bombard Skaro with radiation, exterminating the Thals and solidifying Dalek dominance.

The Doctor and Susan's struggle against the Daleks' genocidal plan to bombard Skaro with radiation, exterminating the Thals and solidifying Dalek dominance.

29 events in this arc

Events in This Arc

S8E5 · The Mind of Evil Part 1
Doctor and Jo breach Stangmoor Prison

The Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Prison—a repurposed medieval fortress—disguised as UNIT observers to investigate its controversial criminal rehabilitation program. Their approach is marked by playful tension: Jo notes …

S8E5 · The Mind of Evil Part 1
Kettering Dies by Drowning in Dry Room

In the Process Theatre, Professor Kettering—creator of the Keller machine—experiences a hallucinatory drowning, his arms flailing as if swimming before he collapses dead on the floor. The machine shuts down …

S6E9 · The Mind Robber Part 4
Jamie reads the Doctor’s fabricated legend

Jamie discovers and reads aloud a deliberately crafted narrative detailing the Doctor’s mythic battle with a Medusa-like monster—a story that underscores the artificiality of their reality. The passage, likely authored …

S6E9 · The Mind Robber Part 4
The Doctor Rejects Servitude

The Doctor confronts the Master in the Control Room, where the Master reveals the horrifying truth: only a human mind—specifically an Earthman with boundless imagination—can sustain the fictional realm. The …

S1E10 · The Ordeal
Antodus confronts Elyon’s death

At the lakeside, where the maelstrom’s violence has subsided, Antodus—raw with grief—demands answers about Elyon’s sudden death, his voice cracking with disbelief. Ian, ever pragmatic, shuts down further inquiry with …

S1E10 · The Ordeal
Doctor devises high-risk Dalek infiltration plan

The Doctor and his companions—hidden at the forest edge—scout the Dalek city’s defenses using binoculars and a map, identifying critical vulnerabilities in its communication systems. Susan pinpoints the city’s layout, …

S1E10 · The Ordeal
Antodus’s Desperation Triggers a Rockfall

The group navigates the cavern when Antodus, overwhelmed by fear, begs Ganatus to abandon the mission and return to the surface. Ganatus refuses, and their escalating argument culminates in a …

S1E10 · The Ordeal
Doctor’s Plea and Dalek Genocide Reveal

In the Dalek control room, the Doctor and Susan—captured and seated on the floor—face Dalek 1, who accuses them of sabotaging Dalek technology. The Doctor counters by blaming the Daleks …

S4E12 · The Power of the Daleks Part 4
Lesterson’s false control over the Daleks

Lesterson temporarily disables the Daleks’ power to assert dominance, forcing them into a state of sluggish submission. The Daleks exploit his psychological need for control by feigning obedience, promising to …

S4E12 · The Power of the Daleks Part 4
Lesterson witnesses Dalek conspiracy

Lesterson regains consciousness in his lab, disoriented and physically weakened, only to discover the horrifying truth: the Daleks he believed he controlled are now operating autonomously. As he hides from …

S6E13 · The Invasion Part 3
Jamie’s violent confrontation and Vaughn’s deception

Jamie’s desperation erupts into physical violence when he accuses Packer of kidnapping Zoe, lunging at him after Packer dismisses his claims. Vaughn intervenes with calculated calm, deflecting Jamie’s accusations while …

S6E13 · The Invasion Part 3
Vaughn weaponizes Zoe’s captivity

The Doctor and Watkins, cornered in the laboratory, debate their dwindling options for escape when Vaughn arrives, having uncovered the Doctor’s sabotage of the security camera. Vaughn immediately weaponizes his …

S6E13 · The Invasion Part 3
Doctor and Jamie hide from Packer’s search

The Doctor and Jamie, desperate to locate Zoe and Isobel, take refuge in an IE-marked freight wagon after narrowly evading a guard. Their search of the crates yields only muslin, …

S2E21 · The Centre
Animus demands the Doctor’s mind

The Animus, sensing the Doctor and Vicki’s failed escape attempt, confronts them in the Control Room with escalating hostility. Its voice, disembodied and commanding, exposes their deception and declares its …

S3E21 · Destruction of Time
Daleks prepare time destructor deployment

In the Dalek Control Centre, the Black Dalek oversees the final stages of their invasion protocol, ordering the time destructor—a weapon capable of universal conquest—to be installed aboard their lead …

S2E21 · The Centre
Animus reveals its galactic conquest plan

The Animus physically restrains the Doctor and Vicki in its chamber, immobilizing them with its tendrils. Vicki, overwhelmed by fear and guilt, pleads for help, her resistance crumbling under the …

S3E21 · Destruction of Time
Black Dalek orders Doctor’s extermination

The Black Dalek, the supreme authority among the Daleks, issues a direct and absolute command to prioritize the Doctor and his companions as the primary target for extermination. This occurs …

S2E21 · The Centre
Vortis Restored and Farewells Begin

The surface of Vortis undergoes a dramatic transformation as water returns to its parched landscape, signaling the Animus’s defeat and the planet’s restoration. The Menoptra—particularly Vrestin and Hetra—witness this miracle …

S3E21 · Destruction of Time
Daleks reduced to dust

The Doctor and Steven emerge from the TARDIS into a devastated Kembel, where the Dalek army has been annihilated by the backfiring time destructor. The landscape is unrecognizable, reshaped by …

S6E28 · The Seeds of Death Part 6
Doctor captured and forced to aid invasion

The Doctor arrives on the Moonbase via T-Mat and immediately attempts to sabotage the Ice Warriors' plans by attacking a lone Warrior with a solar projector. His assault fails when …

S6E28 · The Seeds of Death Part 6
Slaar confirms fleet arrival; Doctor provokes

Slaar receives final confirmation from the Ice Warrior Grand Marshal that the invasion fleet is en route to the moon, solidifying his control over the T-Mat system and the Doctor’s …

S6E28 · The Seeds of Death Part 6
Slaar’s fleet doomed and Jamie’s execution ordered

Slaar’s fury erupts after learning his invasion fleet has been lured into a fatal solar orbit by the Doctor’s deception. The Doctor confirms the sabotage with cold pragmatism, triggering Slaar’s …

S6E31 · The Space Pirates Part 3
Milo threatens separation to control the Doctor and Jamie

Milo Clancey, positioning himself as the dominant authority in the confined space of Beacon Alpha Four’s compartment, delivers a veiled threat to the Doctor and Jamie. His command—'Stay still, the …

S6E31 · The Space Pirates Part 3
Tunnels Threaten Trust and Unity

The Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe navigate the claustrophobic argonite tunnels, their growing distrust of Milo’s leadership surfacing as they question the Doctor’s decision to defy his orders. The tension escalates …

S6E38 · The War Games Part 4
Doctor confronts Sidrat’s TARDIS-like horrors

The Doctor and Zoe explore the Sidrat’s interior—a space-time vessel eerily similar to the TARDIS—only to discover rows of hypnotized soldiers from disparate eras (Romans, WWI Germans) standing motionless, primed …

S6E38 · The War Games Part 4
Scientist exposes Doctor as intruder

During a lecture on brainwashing techniques, the Scientist—under pressure from the War Chief—publicly identifies the Doctor as an imposter after noticing his suspicious behavior. The Doctor, realizing his cover is …

S6E38 · The War Games Part 4
War Chief declares system-wide lockdown

The War Chief issues a system-wide emergency alert over the facility’s intercom, triggering an immediate lockdown in response to the Doctor’s sabotage of the brainwashing machine. His clipped, authoritative commands—ordering …

S4E40 · The Evil of the Daleks Part 4
Doctor frames mercy as human weakness

In the Dalek laboratory, the Doctor subtly manipulates the Daleks by reframing Jamie’s act of sparing Kemel’s life—not as compassion, but as a tactical weakness the Daleks must exploit to …

S4E40 · The Evil of the Daleks Part 4
Doctor reveals human suicidal resilience

In the Dalek laboratory, the Doctor is interrogated about human behavior under extreme pressure. The Daleks demand an explanation for a detected 'thought pattern'—one they interpret as a strategic vulnerability. …