Genesis of the Daleks Part 1
When the Time Lords foresee the Daleks' rise to galactic dominance, they send the Doctor, Sarah, and Harry back to Skaro to prevent their creation or alter their genetic development, forcing them to navigate a brutal war and confront Davros, the twisted scientist behind the Daleks.
The Time Lords, concerned about the Daleks' potential to dominate the universe, intercept the Fourth Doctor and his companions, Sarah Jane Smith and Harry Sullivan, and send them to Skaro during a bitter war between the Kaleds and the Thals. The Doctor and his companions find themselves in the middle of a war of attrition fought with a mix of primitive and advanced weaponry, a war that has ravaged the planet and created mutated beings known as Mutos who live in the wastelands.
After landing on Skaro, the Doctor, Sarah, and Harry are quickly caught in the crossfire and encounter soldiers from both sides. They are eventually captured by the Kaleds and taken to their command center. There, they meet General Ravon, who is struggling to maintain his war effort with dwindling resources. The Doctor uses his wit and ingenuity to escape with Harry, taking Ravon hostage. Meanwhile, Sarah becomes separated from the Doctor and Harry, wandering through the war-torn landscape.
As the Doctor and Harry attempt to find their way back to the TARDIS, they are pursued by Kaled security forces led by Nyder, a ruthless and ambitious officer. They soon realize that the war is not what it seems. The Kaleds are not fighting for survival but for the advancement of a twisted ideology centered around racial purity and the elimination of all "imperfects," including the Mutos. Nyder, loyal to Davros, is focused on securing equipment and supplies for Davros' secret bunker.
Sarah encounters the Mutos and discovers their tragic origins as victims of chemical warfare. She also stumbles upon Davros' hidden bunker, where she witnesses the horrifying birth of the Daleks. Davros, a crippled and fanatical Kaled scientist, has genetically engineered the Daleks from the Kaled race, stripping them of all emotions except hatred and a desire to exterminate.
Captured again, the Doctor and Harry are taken to Davros' bunker as well; the Doctor confronts Davros about his dangerous ambitions. Davros sees the Daleks as the ultimate form of life, programmed for total domination. The Doctor is horrified by Davros' creation and recognizes the immense threat the Daleks pose to the universe.
As the story unfolds (in later episodes), the Doctor must decide whether he has the right to destroy the Daleks and prevent their genesis, or if he should allow them to exist and face the consequences. His actions will determine the fate of Skaro and the future of the universe.
Events in This Episode
The narrative beats that drive the story
The event opens with the Doctor abruptly intercepted by the Time Lords, who materialize him on Skaro—a war-torn planet teetering on the brink of annihilation. The Time Lords, cloaked in …
The Doctor materializes on Skaro mid-artillery barrage, his reunion with Sarah and Harry instantly overshadowed by the chaos of war. As explosions erupt around them, the trio scrambles for cover …
The Doctor, Sarah, and Harry materialize on Skaro mid-battle, their reunion overshadowed by the chaos of a creeping artillery barrage. As they take cover in a bomb crater, Sarah spots …
In the heart of Skaro’s war-torn wasteland, the Doctor’s reckless curiosity—his tendency to charge ahead without full awareness of the terrain—leads him directly onto a landmine, freezing him in place …
Amid the chaos of Skaro’s endless war—a battlefield where anachronistic weaponry (landmines, machine guns) and futuristic tech (radiation detectors, synthetic fibers) coexist in grotesque harmony—the Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Harry …
In the labyrinthine trenches of Skaro, the Doctor, Sarah Jane, and Harry Sullivan stumble upon a grotesque tableau of war’s futility: corpses propped up as decoys, their uniforms a patchwork …
In the labyrinthine trenches of Skaro, the Doctor, Sarah, and Harry stumble upon a macabre illusion of defense—corpses propped up as sentries—revealing the war’s desperate, cyclical nature. Their discovery of …
In the war-torn strategy room of Skaro, General Ravon—a hardened Kaled commander—interrogates the Doctor and Harry, dismissing them as 'mutos' (mutant scum) while unveiling his genocidal plan to exterminate the …
In a tense, high-stakes confrontation within the Kaled strategy room, the Doctor weaponizes psychological warfare against General Ravon, exploiting his ideological rigidity and strategic vulnerabilities. After Ravon boasts of his …
In a claustrophobic, labyrinthine corridor of the Kaled command complex, the Doctor and Harry—still masquerading as civilians—navigate a tense standoff with General Ravon, whose suspicion hardens into certainty as he …
In a brutal escalation of the Doctor’s mission, Nyder, a ruthless Kaled Security Commander, betrays the Doctor and Harry by exposing them as Thal intruders—despite their earlier pretense of being …
In a tense, claustrophobic corridor of the Kaled command complex, the Doctor and Harry—still masquerading as prisoners under Ravon’s reluctant custody—reach Platform Lift Seven, their only viable escape route to …
In a frantic bid to evade Kaled patrols, the Doctor and Harry Sullivan sprint through the war-torn ruins of Skaro, their escape route narrowing as they trigger a tripwire explosion …
In the war-torn ruins of Skaro, Sarah Jane Smith—separated from the Doctor and Harry—finds herself utterly alone, her frantic calls for her companions echoing unanswered through the mist. The eerie …
In the sterile, high-stakes confines of the Kaled strategy room, Nyder’s interrogation of the Doctor escalates from suspicion to revelation as the Doctor’s alien origins are exposed through a seemingly …
In the sterile, high-stakes atmosphere of the Kaled strategy room, Nyder’s interrogation of the Doctor escalates into a confrontation that exposes the brutal hypocrisy of Kaled ideology. When Nyder discovers …