Davros reveals his genocidal rebirth plan
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Peri alerts the Doctor to their situation, and he responds with concern, while Davros prepares to unveil his plan.
Davros reveals his plan for the greatest rebirth ever, and the Doctor expresses skepticism about its success.
Davros orders the preparation of the surgical unit, and the Doctor responds defiantly.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Utter fright vying with maternal instinct toward the Doctor
Peri is hustled through the macabre laboratory by white Daleks, her distress turning to desperate cries for the Doctor while her eyes pass over the corpses of Kara and Bostock flanking Davros’ platform.
- • Find safety and reunite with the Doctor
- • Survive the Dalek onslaught
- • The Doctor will somehow intervene
- • She must endure until escape becomes possible
Savoring poetic vengeance tinged with cold intellectual triumph
Standing atop his command platform Davros calmly activates a control panel with his cybernetic hand, calmly announcing a rebirth while simultaneously revealing the hidden Dalek forces and preparing the surgical unit for further atrocities.
- • Announce and activate the final phase of his Dalek rebirth project
- • Provoke the Doctor into helpless fury
- • Daleks represent the ultimate order and he is their architect
- • Suffering imposed on his enemies is poetic justice
Urgent defiance masking creeping despair
The Doctor watches in horror as Peri is dragged past the dead, defying Davros while Bostock’s crawling approach offers a slender hope. His words carry defiance but the laboratory’s surgical horror renders resistance futile.
- • Protect Peri and free her from Dalek escort
- • Prevent further Dalek incarnations by sabotaging the surgical unit
- • Resistance is morally necessary despite overwhelming odds
- • Davros’ plans must be stopped even if it costs lives
Desperate resolve laced with fatalistic acceptance of doom
Bloodied and staggering Orcini lunges at nearest guards despite knowing the cause is lost, his actions driven by personal vendetta and refusal to surrender the field to Davros. He kicks Davros' travel unit aside to buy one final gesture of defiance.
- • Redeem his failure by harming Davros
- • Allow the Doctor a moment’s respite despite overwhelming odds
- • Honor demands he fight to the end
- • The Doctor embodies a better future worth small sacrifices
Cold focus on imminent survival without sentiment
Takis moves swiftly through the crypt tunnels taking out a guard before grey Daleks arrive, embodying calculated adaptation rather than loyalty; he survives by shifting allegiance as the facility’s power dynamics collapse.
- • Subdue or evade enemies depending on real-time power shifts
- • Secure control of critical areas during changing commands
- • Self-preservation is the only rational strategy
- • Loyalty is a currency to be traded not hoarded
Grim tenacity to the last second
Bostock climbs toward the steps behind Davros clutching the pistol, his movement betraying determination despite limp and blood loss; his defiance ends when a Dalek shot strikes him down.
- • Assassinate Davros to avert further Dalek incarnations
- • Honor his alliance by dying in the fight
- • The world will be better without more Daleks walking it
- • His sacrifice carries meaning
Cruel efficiency without emotion
White Daleks escort Peri with aggressive precision while a second Dalek bellows the order to halt, their weapons tracking Bostock who attempts to reach Davros with a pistol.
- • Maintain Davros’ absolute control over all captives
- • Eliminate Bostock’s threat while safeguarding the surgical unit
- • Davros’ vision is sacrosanct and must be imposed
- • Disorder is to be crushed without hesitation
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
Davros reaches for the surgical unit control panel and activates lighting that reveals the hidden Dalek forces. The panel’s bloody switch surface reflects Bostock’s failed assassination, forever marking it with his defiance.
Davros’ mobile travel unit rises from the floor to elevate him near the control panel and surgical unit, allowing him to gesture triumphantly toward the room’s horrors while also serving as a fleeting obstacle Orcini attempts to overturn.
Bostock secretly carries the handgun into the laboratory and, after crawling close to Davros’ command platform, draws it to fire at Davros’ cybernetic hand before the surgical unit can convert more beings. The pistol is swiftly kicked away by Orcini and later the Doctor.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
Davros’ Laboratory serves as the stage for triumphant horror where Davros stands amidst surgical stations and monitors, his platform overlooking the surgical unit primed for mass conversion. The cold sterility of the lab contrasts with the blood and bodies of the fallen.
The Necros Crypt Tunnel provides an alternate route where Takis silently removes a guard before grey Daleks arrive to enforce new orders, illustrating the shifting power dynamics beneath the surface facility.
Organizations Involved
Institutional presence and influence
The Dalek Species as an organization manifests in overlapping factions—white loyalists under Davros and grey enforcers under Supreme Command—clashing within the facility, crushing rebels, and executing mass conversion schemes via the surgical unit.
Grey Daleks arrive through the crypt tunnels as Davros’ authority fractures, swiftly imposing new orders to secure the Doctor and Peri while crushing remaining resistance, demonstrating Supreme Command’s overriding jurisdiction over all factions.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Orcini's confrontation with Davros outside the lab directly triggers the final battle sequence: he attacks with Bostock, Davros reveals his travel unit, and chaos erupts between white and grey Daleks—culminating in Davros being disarmed and arrested."
Orcini throws down his cane for war"Davros’ revelation of his plan to use the dead for synthetic protein (Act 3) parallels his earlier offer of immortality to Tasambeker—both involve the commodification of life and death. The Doctor’s reaction of horror articulates the moral abomination underlying Davros’ entire scheme."
Doctor challenges Davros' survival"Davros’ revelation of his plan to use the dead for synthetic protein (Act 3) parallels his earlier offer of immortality to Tasambeker—both involve the commodification of life and death. The Doctor’s reaction of horror articulates the moral abomination underlying Davros’ entire scheme."
Davros reveals his Dalek protein scheme"Davros’ revelation of his plan to use the dead for synthetic protein (Act 3) parallels his earlier offer of immortality to Tasambeker—both involve the commodification of life and death. The Doctor’s reaction of horror articulates the moral abomination underlying Davros’ entire scheme."
Orcini warns the Doctor of the bomb"Davros’ revelation of his plan to use the dead for synthetic protein (Act 3) parallels his earlier offer of immortality to Tasambeker—both involve the commodification of life and death. The Doctor’s reaction of horror articulates the moral abomination underlying Davros’ entire scheme."
Davros reveals his Dalek protein scheme"Davros’ revelation of his plan to use the dead for synthetic protein (Act 3) parallels his earlier offer of immortality to Tasambeker—both involve the commodification of life and death. The Doctor’s reaction of horror articulates the moral abomination underlying Davros’ entire scheme."
Takis halts Davros with grey Daleks"Davros’ revelation of his plan to use the dead for synthetic protein (Act 3) parallels his earlier offer of immortality to Tasambeker—both involve the commodification of life and death. The Doctor’s reaction of horror articulates the moral abomination underlying Davros’ entire scheme."
Doctor confronts Davros over Dalek corpses"Bostock’s critical action of shooting Davros’ hand and Orcini’s kick dislodging his travel unit enable the grey Daleks to subdue Davros and take him into custody. This tactical defeat allows justice to be served upon Davros by his own kind."
Doctor challenges Davros' survival"Bostock’s critical action of shooting Davros’ hand and Orcini’s kick dislodging his travel unit enable the grey Daleks to subdue Davros and take him into custody. This tactical defeat allows justice to be served upon Davros by his own kind."
Davros reveals his Dalek protein scheme"Bostock’s critical action of shooting Davros’ hand and Orcini’s kick dislodging his travel unit enable the grey Daleks to subdue Davros and take him into custody. This tactical defeat allows justice to be served upon Davros by his own kind."
Orcini warns the Doctor of the bomb"Bostock’s critical action of shooting Davros’ hand and Orcini’s kick dislodging his travel unit enable the grey Daleks to subdue Davros and take him into custody. This tactical defeat allows justice to be served upon Davros by his own kind."
Davros reveals his Dalek protein scheme"Bostock’s critical action of shooting Davros’ hand and Orcini’s kick dislodging his travel unit enable the grey Daleks to subdue Davros and take him into custody. This tactical defeat allows justice to be served upon Davros by his own kind."
Takis halts Davros with grey Daleks"Bostock’s critical action of shooting Davros’ hand and Orcini’s kick dislodging his travel unit enable the grey Daleks to subdue Davros and take him into custody. This tactical defeat allows justice to be served upon Davros by his own kind."
Doctor confronts Davros over Dalek corpses