Genesis of the Daleks Part 4
When the Time Lord is sent to Skaro to prevent the creation of the Daleks, he faces a moral dilemma as he realizes that destroying them means condemning an entire race to annihilation in a war that has lasted a thousand years.
On Skaro, amidst a brutal thousand-year war between the Thals and the Kaleds, The Doctor arrives with Sarah and Harry, tasked by the Time Lords to prevent the rise of the Daleks. The Kaleds, mutated and entrenched in a sealed dome, are led by the ruthless scientist Davros, who accelerates their evolution into war machines. The Thals launch a rocket to destroy the Kaled dome, using information unwittingly provided by Davros, who seeks to eliminate any opposition to his Dalek project.
The Doctor, caught between his mission and his conscience, witnesses the devastating consequences of the Thal attack. Davros, unconcerned with his people's destruction, sets the Daleks on the Thals, programming them to exterminate, marking the beginning of the Daleks' reign of terror. Bettan, a Thal, seeks to resist the Daleks, while the Doctor aims to sabotage Davros' work, but first he must try to retrieve the Time Ring vital for himself and his companions to even leave Skaro.
Inside the Kaled bunker, dissent brews among the scientists, led by Gharman, who are appalled by Davros' amoral vision for the Daleks. They plot to subvert his plans, but their efforts are betrayed by Nyder, a loyalist to Davros, who exposes them, which sees Davros capture them to alter their minds to be rid of any sense of right or wrong, just as he wishes for the Daleks. Meanwhile, The Doctor, Sarah, and Harry sneak back into the bunker via the caves that exist beneath the surface of Skaro, but are soon captured by Davros who seeks to take any knowledge that The Doctor has about the Daleks future defeats to ensure their absolute domination.
The Doctor is subjected to interrogation and torture as Davros tries to extract information about the Daleks' defeats in the future. The Thals and mutos launch an attack on the bunker to create a diversion, hoping to disrupt Davros' plans. The Doctor, faced with a moral crisis, refuses to reveal the Daleks' weaknesses, understanding the grave consequences of his knowledge. Davros is furious and continues his plans for the new Dalek race, regardless of the cost.
Events in This Episode
The narrative beats that drive the story
In the Thal control room, the Doctor’s desperate attempt to abort the rocket launch fails as the Councillor orders the destruction of the Kaled dome, trapping his companions inside. The …
In the Thal control room, the Doctor watches in horror as the Kaled dome—where his companions Harry and Sarah are trapped—explodes under Thal rocket fire. Seizing the moment, Davros activates …
In the Thal control room, the Councillor declares the end of the war against the Kaleds, ordering a victory parade and the release of prisoners—unaware that Davros’s secret experiments have …
In the Thal control room, the Doctor seizes a moment of fragile Thal victory to shatter their illusions about Davros. As the Councillor celebrates the end of a thousand-year war …
In the sterile, high-tech confines of the Thal control room—where the air still hums with the false triumph of a thousand-year war’s end—Davros delivers his most chilling directive yet: the …
The fragile peace between the Thals and the Doctor is violently shattered as the Daleks—now fully operational and devoid of morality—launch a surprise attack on the Thal dome. The once-celebratory …
The event unfolds in two devastating, parallel threads: the brutal Dalek ambush in the Thal dome and Davros' triumphant declaration of his Dalek project's absolute supremacy. In the Thal dome, …
On the war-torn surface of Skaro, the Doctor is ambushed by mutos—only to be saved by Harry, who reveals that he and Sarah narrowly escaped the Kaled dome’s destruction. Their …
In the claustrophobic tension of the Kaled bunker, Gharman’s desperate moral crusade against Davros’s Dalek project reaches a critical juncture. Under the guise of routine scientific work, Gharman recruits the …
The oppressive atmosphere of the cave becomes a pressure cooker for two parallel deceptions. As Sarah’s unease about a sinister growl is dismissed by the Doctor—who attributes it to Davros’s …
In the suffocating shadows of the Cave’s lower levels, Nyder—Davros’s most trusted lieutenant—slithers into Gharman’s orbit with the precision of a predator. His performance is flawless: a disillusioned scientist, weary …
In the claustrophobic shadows of a Kaled detention room, Gharman—desperate to halt Davros’s monstrous creation—confronts Nyder, his supposed ally in a conspiracy to restore morality to the Daleks. Their whispered …
In the suffocating darkness of a Kaled detention room, Gharman’s desperate conspiracy to restore morality to the Daleks is shattered by Nyder’s brutal betrayal. Their whispered plans—an ultimatum to Davros, …
In the dimly lit detention room, Gharman and Nyder—ostensibly allies in the resistance against Davros—engage in a tense, whispered conspiracy to dismantle the Dalek project. Gharman outlines a plan to …
In a claustrophobic interrogation chamber, the Doctor—strapped into a torture chair—faces Davros, the architect of the Daleks, in a high-stakes psychological duel. Davros, intrigued by the Doctor’s claims of time …
In the sterile, oppressive confines of an interrogation chamber, the Doctor—bound and wired into a torture chair—faces Davros, the architect of the Daleks, in a psychological duel that lays bare …
In the sterile, oppressive confines of an interrogation chamber, the Doctor—physically restrained and wired into a torture device—faces Davros’s calculated psychological assault. The scene unfolds as a high-stakes duel of …