Dalek's False Blueprint for 100% Accurate Meteorite Storm Computer

A deceptive, undelivered design document offered by the Dalek to Lesterson as a lure. Serves as a narrative hook to manipulate Lesterson into securing physical materials (a separate entity) for the Dalek's true agenda. Never physically handed over or used; its existence is purely manipulative.

2 appearances

Purpose

Design instructions for building a computer with 100% predictive accuracy.

Significance

Deceptive lure that binds Lesterson as accomplice, granting Dalek access to colony resources and advancing its hidden extermination scheme.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E11 · The Power of the Daleks Part 3

Dalek secures Lesterson’s compliance with false promise

The Dalek’s blueprint for a 100% accurate computer is a deceptive tool, dangled as a carrot to Lesterson to secure his cooperation. Though never physically shown, its promise looms large in the dialogue, representing the Dalek’s ability to manipulate human desire. The blueprint is a metaphor for the Dalek’s broader strategy: offering false hope and technological salvation to mask its true genocidal intent. It exploits Lesterson’s ambition, turning him into an unwitting supplier of resources for the Dalek’s self-replication.

Before: Nonexistent in physical form, but its promise is introduced as a hypothetical solution to Lesterson’s scientific limitations.

After: Lesterson is now committed to obtaining the materials and power needed to realize the blueprint, though the Dalek has no intention of fulfilling its end of the bargain. The blueprint’s role shifts from a potential scientific breakthrough to a manipulative ploy.

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S4E11 · The Power of the Daleks Part 3

Lesterson Agrees to Dalek’s Demands

The Dalek’s blueprint for a 100% accurate computer is a deceptive promise, dangled as incentive to Lesterson in exchange for colony resources. Though never physically produced, the blueprint functions as a psychological tool, preying on Lesterson’s scientific ambition and his desire to prove his worth to Governor Hensell. The Dalek’s offer—'If you provide materials and our own power unit, a computer will be built'—is a lie, but Lesterson’s eagerness to believe it demonstrates the power of the Dalek’s manipulation. The blueprint, though undrawn, becomes the colony’s undoing, as it justifies the allocation of critical resources to the Dalek’s true goal: self-replication and conquest.

Before: Nonexistent (a verbal promise, not a physical object).

After: Nonexistent (the promise is revealed as a lie when the Dalek begins self-replication).

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