DALEK: Cultural Index

EX-TERMIN-ATE!
I only said it once in the video. I'm proud of that.
The Daleks are one of the most recognizable science fiction villains from any franchise, so its about time we pointed the index at them.
So join me as we examine the lore behind the infamous antagonists of Doctor Who.
One more for the road:
EX-TERMIN-ATE!
...okay now I'm done.
This is the Cultural Index a series aimed at exploring various Science-Fiction species.
For outsiders to a series to get to know the basics and maybe even hardened Sci-fi nuts might discover something new.
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[@JackgarPrime]

So if a Borg assimilated a Dalek, would it just run into a feedback loop error where it can't reconcile "EXTERMINATE" and "ASSIMILATE" between each other?

[@triforceofcourage100]

JackgarPrime the borg likely wouldn’t be able to as there’s just too little to assimilate not to mention the second the Daleks felt them attempt to assimilate their technology they would self destruct to prevent it from happening not to mention a swarm of dalek saucers could easily obliterate any borg cube far before they send the data back on how to resist and since the daleks are geniuses they could easily hack the Collective take any useful information and tech and then order the borg as a collective to self destruct if the Cybermen can take control of the Collective the daleks would easily be able to do the same

[@UGNAvalon]

The Borg would also likely focus solely on assimilating Dalek technology while ignoring the mutants themselves. Tho the regenerative capabilities would likely be intriguing for the Collective to study (why use regeneration alcoves when the drones are now functionally immortal?). Also, the Borg themselves “exterminate” any cultural aspects seen as “irrelevant” to their utilitarian goals, so ironically, Dalek emotion/hatred would likely be among the first things discarded by the Collective upon assimilation.

[@DigitalJedi]

ASSIMINATE! ASSIMINATE! ASSIMINATE! Resistance is futile! Borleks are supreme!

[@Doodle1678]

That is if a Borg could assimilate them in the first place they owned the Cyberman

[@jefftappan3091]

That could be amusing.

[@ElJohnerino]

The name Dalek isn't paradoxically affected by The Doctor. In Genesis, Gharman says to the Doc: "You used that word earlier, it had never been heard before. And yet only an hour ago Davros announced that henceforth his Mk III Travel Machine would be referred to as a Dalek." There it is then. Named by Davros within the TV show.

[@TheWhovinerd-1963]

The actual reasoning for why davros named them ‘Daleks’ is because there was another civilisation on Skaro thousands of years ago lost to time known as the Dals. Davros discovered many of their ancient texts and he found the word Dalek which in the language of the Dals translates to Gods. Davros believed in order to finally end the war he must achieve it through absolute power, destruction and no pity. It has also been revealed canonically that Davros used Thal prisoners for his dalek experiments. Xx

[@ElJohnerino]

@@TheWhovinerd-1963 Now, THAT is some deep lore knowledge! Thanks for that! 👍

[@TheWhovinerd-1963]

@@ElJohnerino aw thank you 😀. I am a very passionate whovian who has watched the show since I was four years old. If you want to discover more about dalek/Davros lore I suggest listening to the Davros/IDavros big finish audios with Terry Molloys Davros, as it provides a great detailed insight of davros past and the daleks origins. Xx

[@sayachan6069]

If you want some good Kaled lore on top of being an excellent dark series I highly recommend the Idavros audio series.

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

Saya chan Best thing ever!

[@daiujin]

*WOULD. YOU. CARE. FOR. SOME. TEEEEEAAAAAAA???*

[@patchworkfellow]

*Amy* : Ō-o

[@toolaggy5705]

Yes, please.

[@theastrogamer710]

Ace! Give me a bottle of that Nitro-9 that you arent carrying!

[@colinp2238]

I got this baseball bat professor!

[@reversethepolarityoftheneu773]

You said 10 seconds

[@alexbruckshaw1448]

@@reversethepolarityoftheneu773 nobody's perfect, professor

[@c0nvict_pleb174]

When I say stay put I mean “Stay put!” Not take on a Dalek squad!?

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

Aren't the Cult of Skaro actually "beyond the emperor"?

[@L.Dotty7]

Elijah Ford that’s what I thought tbh, but I don’t think that it was meant literally. I’m more confused about who’s higher ranking between Dalek Sec and the Supreme Dalek,

[@wcapewell3089]

@@L.Dotty7 throw in the dalek prime minister from asylum of the daleks, and it just gets a lot more confusing.

[@tarponpet]

@@wcapewell3089 Not really as they aren't even part of the same group,.

[@Sonicbolt456]

The Cult was created by the Emperor, meaning technically they are under him in terms of rank. I assumed "Above and beyond the Emporer himself" meant they had the capacity to think of things even the Emperor couldn't have thought of. They still answer to the Emperor but can do things the emperor could not. Even the Doctor says "Their job was to imagine! Think as the enemy thinks".

[@judeconnor-macintyre9874]

they where made to be secret and independent but they still respected the emperor

[@vdesatch6273]

Time Lords, Sontarans, Daleks. That pretty much leaves the Cybermen for big name _Doctor Who_ races. Though I was concerned when this dropped that it had been produced before the New Year's Special and therefore would've lacked information on the Recon Dalek; I don't know how long these take to make.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

The recon dalek in my opinion seems a bit over the top with surviving being cut into three pieces. never mind being beaten by a dark age army. the whole slime dalek and need anger to fire there weapons seems a bit to much and more of late moffat era bad writing.

[@BumbleCrumble1072]

Screenshots of from Resolution are seen at 2:35 and the recon Dalek is mentioned at 9:50

[@vdesatch6273]

@@RomanHistoryFan476AD That's the one part of the Recon Dalek I didn't like. Everything else I thought was fairly clever for some "new Dalek" but magically surviving dismemberment? I know Daleks don't rot or die, but they can be killed.

[@vdesatch6273]

@@BumbleCrumble1072 I know it's mentioned. I said that when this first turned up I was worried it wouldn't be included.

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

@@vdesatch6273 that surviving dismemberment took the biscuit i think.

[@CertifiablyIngame]

Votes Below!

[@CertifiablyIngame]

The ORIONS and their Syndicate.

[@CertifiablyIngame]

The ZYGERRIANS and their Monarchy.

[@bobertfw]

Americans and their Cheeto Jesus! oh wait no that’s life fuck.....At least Benny BoneSpurs isn’t a (fellow) Texan.... I do love the series generally that you put together by the way as a fairly new Whovian and it was of great help initially. Now if only someone could explain all the Star Wars that I missed I’m very confused! -Do continue to fight the Tribble-Borg-Dalek Alliance of Mutual Enmity!

[@wcapewell3089]

Could you please do a cultural index on the red lantern corps or the cybermen?

[@wcapewell3089]

Zygerrians.

[@Kitsula]

Great video and surprised it's so up to date. Have you ever considered going through lineages of archetype/ideas? You can probably draw a line back to War of the World's Martians with the Daleks since they are both war obsessed relatively frail tentacled creatures in war machines with differences inspired by the era in which they were created in: Imperialism/Militarism with the Martians and Fascism/Racism with the Daleks. Similar things could be done with lost evolved dinosaur-person races eg Doctor Who's Silurians, Star Trek's Voth, Aritsune Toyota's Hot Blooded Dinosaurs, D&D's Saurial, Land of the Lost's Sleestak, Clan Ru from the Trek novel First Frontier, etc.

[@fredjones2170]

Actually, I’ve seen the term “Skarosian” used before in official material.

[@90lancaster]

You raise an interesting question and one that i've considered many time in relation to Star Trek races like Cardasians and Klingons - which is where is the boundary between art & science when it come to things like shipwrights or architects & engineers. Isn't a Dalek shell or a Dalek city a form of art ? Would a Dalek scientist get any additional respect from it's peers if it made a better firearm ? What about the Dalek who implemented Flight capability in their travel units ? Is their name lauded to all for this achievement ?

[@lordferbus2970]

Daleks have no concept of achievement

[@Reprodestruxion]

And a tiny thing called the Time War

[@activatehalo7763]

Brilliantly up-to-date. BTW most people pronounce it K-ha-lead.

[@joshuaamaral5855]

Activate Halo KALED is an anagram of DALEK

[@DMSProduktions]

Kah-led! Not Kay-led.

[@grex951]

EXTERMINATE. ALSO please do the Skrulls from marvel. Or the Saiyans from Dragon Ball

[@Corvus__]

Mind the stairs!🤣

[@SymbioteMullet]

Hoorah! You mentioned the marsh daleks! Those old comics are delightfully weird! (And the alternate history of the daleks they present should probably be mentioned at some point... Hail yarvelling....)

[@robertfarr9186]

And don’t forget one old man running around time mucking things up...

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

Why does everyone get this wrong?! Dalek Sec was not exterminated! He WILLINGLY sacrificed himself to block a blast from Thay and Jast meant for The Doctor...

[@lordferbus2970]

O Gibby That puts it in a when different perspective

[@sydtopia1]

Wow, so detailed. Who would have thought that there was so much to know about Dalek's. :) Thumbs up.

[@madmachanicest9955]

I can never get over just how stupidly hard to kill off DALEK are.

[@PhilDrury]

A Dalek and a Space Enter a bar, take one look at each other and say at the same time - "Xenos scum!"

[@erieperry8241]

great video!!! hope you can make a video about their creator Davros in the future! and more videos about various points in dalek history!!!!

[@JLWilliams51]

Well done making it absolutely up to date considering Resolution was only on 3 days before. Love the channel put me down for a vote on the Orions.

[@BadwolfGamer]

Great video CI you've done your research but still their is so much more like you said :) Would you ever consider doing a Cultural Index of the Cybermen? I've always found their evolutionary path and history interesting.

[@SkrapMetal84]

i like the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy description on the Daleks.

[@joeywall4657]

Daleks still scare the SHIT out of me. And I'm almost 38.

[@Potato-pn8sg]

RnD? How, they don't have limbs! "HAND ME THAT WREEEEENCH" "HOOOOOOOOW??" "I DON'T KNOW...."

[@mattevans4377]

If davros is still alive (possible, even if skaro is gone as the 13th doctor showed), then isn't their two factions? The Davros Dalek Empire and the Paradigm Dalek Empire, as we don't see any Paradigm daleks on Skaro. If so, it'd make an interesting Salem civil war story....

[@lordferbus2970]

Didn't the Paradigm Daleks get wiped out at the end of the time of the doctor They aren't shown but it's implied it's them

[@tarponpet]

@@lordferbus2970 I think while the new types of colored daleks were wiped out, the bronze dalek army that currently exists is still technically part of that new paradigm.

[@lordferbus2970]

@@tarponpet ye they could possibly be fragments just doing the only thing they know how Be Daleks

[@micheljavert5923]

Always wondered what the Daleks would do if they actually won. Like if they were the sole loving things in the Universe, would they just go crazy with nothing to do?

[@lordferbus2970]

Probably fight eachother

[@OlagGan]

Unfortunately wrong in one respect. There is another emperor in Remembrance of the Daleks where Davros was in the Emperor Dalek suit and was even called The Emperor.

[@adumbedgyname7158]

Ever consider doing the Strogg from Quake?

[@pogotheclown6088]

Beautiful.... So beautiful

[@angry_zergling]

Were Kaleds and Thals really two different species of humanoids, as often stated, or were they just two nations of the same species with minor differences in ethnicity? (i.e. darker hair Kaleds, blonde Thals but 100% biologically compatible?).

[@quwykxz]

Them ornery Orions next, please!

[@TheWhovinerd-1963]

Great video filled with fun lore facts for any whovian. I must point out that kaled is not pronounced as Kay-Led it is pronounced as Kaa-led, ik I’m nitpicking but I just had to say it. Also the reason for the daleks naming is not paradoxical. The actual reasoning for why davros named them ‘Daleks’ is because there was another civilisation on Skaro thousands of years ago lost to time known as the Dals. Davros discovered many of their ancient texts and he found the word Dalek which in the language of the Dals translates to Gods. Davros believed in order to finally end the war he must achieve it through absolute power, destruction and no pity. It has also been revealed canonically that Davros used Thal prisoners for his genetic dalek experiments. He used them to sort of beta test them. Xx

[@ryanratchford2530]

Moffat’s Dalek Parliament was such a bad idea. Why does a hyper-facist militaristic Empire have a Parliament & prime minister? Are they a democracy? Do they campaign & elect a candidate?

[@ozsdcontentcreator1068]

The Doctor didn’t meet Davros until she was in her fourth incarnation not in her second

[@PhialSubstance]

What about those flying air-fighter like daleks we saw in Time of the Doctor? They kinda were shaped like the dalek emperor from parting of the ways. They werent spider daleks they were much bigger.

[@lordferbus2970]

Those were Dalek patrol ships

[@joshuawells835]

Could you do both the Orions and the Zygerrians? Could you also do the various Votan races from Defiance?

[@LaurusHG]

Didn't the 10th doctor say the Cult of Skaro worked above and beyond the emperor or something like that. My memory is hazy.

[@BadwolfGamer]

He did.

[@robinpemberton3841]

The Cult of Skaro rank BELOW the Emperor, I thought Ten said they were "Up and above/beyond the Emperor himself" implying they ranked above him.

[@joegillespie4180]

I think he (10) meant that they could out think him, when it came to emotional stuff like dalek Sekk who became a human hybrid

[@thebluesoulofintegrity4170]

I thought the Cult Of Skaro was above the Emperor

[@TereziPyrope413]

Yeah that's what I thought too.

[@jaxmoreno9282]

No they answer only to the emperor

[@thebluesoulofintegrity4170]

@@jaxmoreno9282 But the Doctor says that they were "above and beyond the Emperor himself"

[@DarkSunGameplay]

@@thebluesoulofintegrity4170 He could have meant that the Cult of Skaro was so secretive, that even the Emperor was unaware (or almost so) of their existence.

[@thebluesoulofintegrity4170]

​@@DarkSunGameplay But it was the Emperor himself that promoted them

[@c0nvict_pleb174]

1:49 Yeah, thanks to Destination Skaro we can thank good old Tennant’s 14 for that 😂

[@Jetix4273]

You would make a great Dalek

[@archiefraser8927]

Actually the word Dalek was thought up by the scientist who came up with the so called "Dalek solution" that was proposed to Davros.

[@LodenVor]

Orions.

[@redjirachi1]

The numerous civil wars of the Daleks prove even if they got what they wanted and killed all other races they'd just resort to killing each other. Davros made the Daleks to be the ultimate survivors but in his madness he never conceived what the Daleks would even do with their victory

[@CaptainRufus]

Daleks are best Space baddies. With the Zeon in Gundam coming in 2nd.

[@TheWarpForge]

Awesome video! Love to see a video on the Ice Warriors!

[@metal87power]

Colourful trash cans with the mutant squid interior.

[@musicgarryj]

Great video....but please allow me a few small points of constructive criticism: Kaled is not pronounced "kay-led".....it was pronounced in Genesis of the Daleks as"kar-led"..... same as "dar-lek". Ace, companion of the 7th Doctor initially made a similar mistake in calling the daleks "day-leks".....so you're in good company! lol Quite surprised that you made no mention of the original red dalek "Zeg", who challenged the leadership of the golden Emperor in The Dalek Chronicles/TV21 comic in the 1960's. The Imperial Guard (originally called "Black Leader Daleks"in Evil of the Daleks) were not "black cased".... they only had black domes. The gold and black dalek you have pictured as one version of the Dalek Supreme, is in fact only a member of the Supreme Council. Apart from those minor issues......... excellent job, and hope to see more new videos from you soon :)

[@Andy-ur1pz]

me again, you have never watched these episodes, kayleds???

[@aledwalters8977]

can you explain the cybermen from doctor who

[@AUTOBOTS241]

Has anyone ever noticed that Rick sounds a lot like Nicholas Briggs? 🤔 The guy who did the voices of the Daleks in the newer series’ 😳😅

[@soundblaster1987reviews]

Dalek Prime was the one responsible for exterminating Davros at the end of Genesis of the Daleks part 6...

[@Mare_Man]

Could we get an Index on the Elder Things/Old Ones of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos?

[@austinarnold4460]

it should be noted that the time war emperor, the Dalek city emperor and the Golden emperor were all the same Dalek at one point. The Golden Emperors casing how ever has been occupied bye other "elected" Daleks. Usually a supreme

[@owenwildish331]

oh I've been waiting for this :)

[@retroactivejealousy-worldl1805]

Excellent

[@1992jamo]

What about the imperial daleks?

[@androstempest]

One small observation. In your list of Dalek emperors you overlooked Davros (remembrance of the Daleks). Plus you made no reference to the God of all Daleks (parting of the ways). You also mentioned it was Davros with the Second Dr who introduced the Human Factor? Was that a retcon? As I was under the impression it was the Dalek Emperor not Davros. The origin of the name Dal is a bit of a weird one. In The Mutants, it is specifically stated the Daleks evolved from the Dal, which was retconned in Genesis of the Daleks to be the Kaleds instead. Perhaps in ancillary media they clarified this inconsistency, but it has never been officially addressed in a main TV episode. My reading was that Dal referred to a subset of Kaled, such as the scientific elite, rather than being a separate race.

[@johnquinones.]

As you can tell we had a hard life

[@richardpeel6056]

Weren't the sexy green species of aliens discovered in Lost in Space especially when Doctor Zachery Smith became obsessed by them in The Green Dimensions? This predates both Star Wars and Star Trek. What were the Mk I and Mk II travel machines?

[@BoyTrain872]

Cybermen next.

[@todddriscoll3453]

I think it's Skarosian, but I'm not sure.

[@fredjones2170]

Todd Driscoll That’s correct, yeah.

[@peterjamesfoote3964]

Fantastic work!!

[@charlesman8722]

*YOU WOULD HAVE MADE A GOOD DALEK*

[@CertifiablyIngame]

*OH STOP, YOU.*

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

Wot no Ogrons?

[@DarthAzabrush]

No grand strategic computer either- That was creepy: The nano-infiltrators were nothing compared to the horror of a 10 year old girl plugged into a Dalek computer who could shoot freaking lightning out of her hands!

[@MR.LMR1996]

I wouldn't say Dalek Sec was corrupted by the emotions he gained from fusing with a Human. I'd say his transformation was more akin to becoming enlightened to the flaws of his species. Flaws he wanted his species to overcome in order to survive.

[@pattyjay9999]

DALEKS Do not except apologies❗️

[@peterjamesfoote3964]

OrIan’s of course. Great charts!

[@L.Dotty7]

Who’s higher ranking, Dalek Sec or the Supreme Dalek?

[@tarponpet]

The Cult of Skaro are kind of it's own thing so I believe they aren't really part of the command structure.

[@erikaatayde8919]

i laughed at the "twisted eyes", but then I felt bad

[@falke_blade9341]

I love your work on the dalek government but you forgot few things one, there were not just 2 daleks in the dalek council there are over 2,000 of them plus every 3,000 years the current emperor dalek either dies or is placed in suspend animation and the high ranking supreme dalek would become the emperor dalek and 2nd the dalek prime is below the emperor and both golden and city r both the same the golden emperor dalek was the first dalek that shot davros and proclaimed it as emperor cause the emperor dalek had a better cassing then standard dalek. "the original Dalek was built a new casing, made of Flidor gold, quartz and Arkellis flower sap. The first Dalek Emperor was now in command." (COMIC: Invasion of the Daleks).

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

ShadowSkyhawk Gaming ooft. More punctuation please 👍🏻

[@andrethomas4409]

It’s all right

[@dutchalfred553]

lovely video 10/10

[@dutchalfred553]

Very up to date too 10/10

[@tavernburner3066]

do the imperium of man next.

[@oiops]

Make Skaros Great Again

[@fredjones2170]

Fried Chicken Now How dare you insult Daleks like that

[@charlestownsend9280]

What about the split timeline, where most of the dalek stories before genesis never happened due to the doctors meddling and the daleks became weaker and the time war was unintentionally started.

[@BadwolfGamer]

Good point. They did happen just in another timeline and who is to say that timeline was fully erased?

[@LordGrotesk]

It could be asserted that the Daleks only ever became a problem because of The Doctor, and that if he had never appeared on Skaro that first time, they would have stayed in their city and died out, thinking they were the best and only life in the universe. Also, the original Daleks may have been evolved Dals, but those were done in early in the Time Lords' incursions into their history, and the Kaleds could have been just a branch of the Thals that split off once there was no Dals to fight with. Each incursion got dicier and more complex until the Time Lords resorted to extorting The Doctor into destroying the new Daleks in Genesis of the Daleks, but probably before that they had tried to stop them by blowing up the lab where early research was being done, which created Davros. Just speculation, but in the Tyler-verse, where there had been no Doctor, perhaps there were no Daleks.

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

Lord Grotesk that’s a good bit of speculation there! Love it. Have you listened to “I, Davros” and “The lights of Skaro”? Excellent sources of lore.

[@aledwalters8977]

please explain the ori from stargate

[@peterevans3504]

The Borg would out number the dalek fleet at full strength but one darlek with full sheilds would possibly take down a single cube the Borg do posses some technology but the daleks are cruel and very dangerous it would make a great film Borg vs dalek

[@lordferbus2970]

I don't know about outnumber The Daleks have been seen to literally fuck with the universe to duplicate their numbers (ships included)

[@ihateroads7926]

Do humans next. I never really understood those guys

[@jackieanderson9408]

Do The Cybermen.👍

[@equarg]

Here I thought they were mindless insane killer robots....

[@BluBerryVA]

Kaylid

[@ShadeMeadows]

LOVECRAFTIAN BRAINS

[@grahamturner1290]

🐙

[@metal87power]

Now it came to me could Daleks be an inspiration for Ultrons in TMNT universe?

[@boobah5643]

Maybe. But the basic idea of a brain alien in an exoskeleton isn't even remotely original to the Daleks, and its entirely possible Eastman and Laird came up with the Utroms independently. On the other hand, it seems pretty clear that the Utroms were very intentionally a subversion of a few alien invasion tropes, including some that are more-or-less personified by the Daleks. Of course, the Nickelodeon series flips that right back with the Kaang, so...

[@patchworkfellow]

One thing I love is that the Daleks have been duffed up by other Egyptians, their own slaves, and even their own _sewage_ 😂😂😂😂

[@fredjones2170]

Actually, it’s “Skarosian”, if I remember correctly

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

A trashcan with sink plunger.

[@WaspCameraInSpringfield]

Of course it's the guy with the Borg screenname saying that.

[@aiosquadron]

EX! TER! MI! NA! -TE!- NA! THUS!

[@joshuabaughn3734]

The Original Manipulator was a toilet plunger.

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

Kah-led. If it were Kayled as you pronounce it, it would suggest Daleks would be called Day-leks. Plus I’ve never heard it pronounced Kayled anywhere in cannon. I’m happy to be wrong here, and I don’t want to appear rude (sorry if I do!), but I do think you could be wrong here.

[@barissanli98]

Sound is a bit low

[@LordTalax]

Could you do the Shi'ar from Marvel in one of your videos

[@orben-amos6172]

so the daleks are like the master in fallout

[@PrinceAnakin]

Darkexs is like Borg or celons too.

[@eccremocarpusscaber5159]

KC Martin are you drunk?

[@shmee123ful]

extermination intensifies, along with a lot of shouting. what do they shout you may ask? zerg is the word

[@aledwalters8977]

it's dal for gods.

[@jacobstewart1950]

Borg v dalek