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Kaled Gun Unit Mark Three (Mounted Prototype)

Crude experimental mounted energy weapon developed by the Kaled Science Division during Davros's creation of the travel machine
2 appearances

Purpose

To serve as a portable energy-based weapon system for the Dalek travel machine, providing ranged combat capability against targets designated as threats.

Significance

This marks the first operational deployment of the Dalek travel machine, symbolizing Davros’s transformation of biological and mechanical components into an exterminatory apparatus. Its failure to fire due to Ronson’s override introduces the first moral fracture in Davros’s authority, catalyzing Ronson’s defiance and the Doctor’s growing resistance.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments
S12E12 · Genesis of the Daleks Part 2
Doctor challenges Kaled interrogator

The Kaled Gun Unit Mark Three is physically attached to the emerging Dalek by Nyder under Davros’s direction. This armament, crude yet functional, transforms the creature into an active weapon of the Kaled regime and becomes the focal point of Davros’s twisted vision of autonomous destruction.

Before: Stored in a box; inert and unassembled
After: Functional and mounted on the Dalek; capable of lethal discharge, now with voice-activated control
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S12E12 · Genesis of the Daleks Part 2
Davros reveals and halts Dalek assault

The Kaled Gun Unit Mark Three is removed from a box by Nyder, handed to an aide, and physically attached to the proto-Dalek. Davros activates the unit, allowing it to assume an independent targeting posture that ultimately locks onto the Doctor as the intended victim.

Before: Contained within a storage box, inert and unmounted on the proto-Dalek.
After: Mounted on the proto-Dalek’s ascent, activated and operational with targeting systems primed.
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