The HISTORY of the Daleks ('Genesis' to 'The Time War' to 'Resolution' - 1963-2020)

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The Daleks have a long, complex history in 'Doctor Who' and today we'll be breaking it down step-by-step. From their creation at the hand of Davros, their conquest across time and space, their conflict with the Time Lords and their latest resurgence, this is the Complete history of the Daleks (so far).
Time-Stamps!:
Intro - 00:00
Chapter 1 - Genesis - 01:02
Chapter 2 - Seek, Locate, Exterminate - 05:43
Chapter 3 - The First Final End - 09:10
Chapter 4 - The First Resurrection - 11:51
Chapter 5 - I Can't Stand The Confusion In My Mind - 15:01
Chapter 6 - Civil War and the Final (FINAL) End - 18:02
Chapter 7 - The Last Great Time War - 20:54
Chapter 8 - The Final (For Real This Time) Final End? - 27:00
Chapter 9 - A Colourful New Paradigm - 29:52
Chapter 10 - Dissent From Within - 32:35
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[@MrTARDIS]

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[@nathanielfarkas746]

Where would Place revolution of the Daleks

[@siliconbong9386]

Why am I reading these comments under a video 'James Bond Villains Ranked' ??

[@YourBeingParanoid]

Why did you leave out all of the LGBTQ+ Dalek community? kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGTTeal-bdiDipY

[@Mrz-sb1hw]

Daleks aren't real its just make believe. Overgrown pepperpots.

[@rosiestewart2862]

Mr TARDIS , you are a liar . The first dalek story is the 1963 - 64 version . I have divided the original doctor who series into 3 parts . The Golden Age starring William Hartnell and Patrick Thoughton . The Silver Age starring Jon Pertee and Tom Baker . And lastly the Bronze Age starring Peter Davison , Collin Baker and Sylvester McCoy . Also the BBC should have never cancelled the original Doctor Who Series . Each episode ended with a cliffhanger . Cliffhanging endings are largely missing from the Doctor Who Series from this Century .

[@ehjoneswriter]

I will personally consider this video's telling of the Daleks' history canon if only so "The Lego Dalek Invasion of Lego Gotham City" can be officially canon in Doctor Who

[@MrThorfan64]

Well DW apparently exists relative to Marvel Universe and there have been DC and Marvel crossovers so...

[@bumflaps]

@@MrThorfan64 what are the DC ones?

[@MrThorfan64]

@@bumflaps I meant that Marvel and DC have crossed over and DW has sort of crossed over with Marvel. Look at Death's Head.

[@crimsondynamo615]

MrThorfan64 since you brought up deaths head that has to mean doctor who crossed over with transformers too because deaths head was on there, in fact there’s also a Decepticon that has an alt mode of a mark III travel machine, aka the Dalek casing

[@mindlessmusings1221]

@@MrThorfan64 if marvel is part of dw that means there is canonically a kool aid man in doctor who. Now I want the doctor to face off against kool aid man

[@richardmattocks]

I can’t believe I’ve never really considered the doctor meeting the daleks “out of order” in any big way before but this all makes so much sense! Love it!

[@pancho3869]

Four words, Time Travel

[@alexbruckshaw1448]

@@pancho3869 beginning middle and end, but not necessarily in that order.

[@georgeedwards8189]

Like the Doctor once said "Time isn't a straight line."

[@icy101yt]

@@georgeedwards8189 it’s more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly timey wimey.. stuff

[@georgeedwards8189]

@@icy101yt Yeah, that as well.

[@theshadowdirector]

For all the times they've had civil wars, I still feel like the show has barely scratched the surface of said concept. If the Daleks ever did yave a true 'final end', a war over their own racial purity would be a poetic conclusion.

[@BH-98]

It’s why remembrance of the Daleks was the perfect Dalek story for the classic series to end on. A high note in quality & fits thematically

[@crimsondynamo615]

Wish we see not only that but the Thals as well, it’s quite sad that the only television appearance they last had was all the way back in Genesis. They don’t even get brought up in the revival.

[@meganvincent5381]

Absolutely

[@ses694]

That is essentially what happened in s3 of the revival

[@ob2kenobi388]

Yep. It mirrors real-life nazis, as well. Nazis require there to be a target-some group of people that they can oppress to convince themselves they're superior. Whether it's jews or queers or communists or what-have-you, they need a target. Their ideology cannot survive without a victim. This naturally means that a nazi "victory" (god forbid) would be quickly followed by infighting over who is "the most pure". If the Axis had won WWII (they couldn't have, I consider it completely impossible, but if they had), I can absolutely guarantee that Germany and Italy would turn on Japan for not being white enough, then Germany would turn on Italy for not being German enough, then Germany would tear itself into a thousand pieces because their hatred would have no other outlet.

[@matthewduncan8523]

Watching the Dalek episodes in order of in universe time as opposed to broadcast date is a wild ride

[@infinitemania8195]

Who else would love a series just based on time war, with Paul McGann returning as the Doctor?

[@dominicduncan9895]

imo, leaving the time war as the abstract mess of horror that it is now is better than if it was something we could see

[@robertzerafa4806]

I would but with Christopher Eccleston or David Tennant

[@joeblackmore1636]

Yes agreed. Love to see the time war more then moving on with series 13

[@phoenx8435]

@@robertzerafa4806 how would tennant work? A new time war?

[@robertzerafa4806]

@@phoenx8435 Yeah sounds good or dying and coming back as David Tennant, there is no reason why not. Even in the real world people come back looking and sounding like someone who died.

[@richardgregory3684]

Actually Davros designed his own mobile life support system. The superb Target novelisation of Remembranc eof the Daleks gives a great backstory to Davros. After his laboratory was struck by a Thal atomic shell, the Kaleds debated whether to keep him alive; it was only due to his brilliance they decided to spend the large amount of resources to do so. When Davros first saw what he had become he screamed in horror, so they anaesthetised him. Later they left him in a room with a mirror and a switch that controlled a lethal poison. Davros accepted his new self, and was filled with a terrible determination. At that point he assumed leadershipp of the Scientific Elite saying he would give theKaleds victory.

[@kinoc-kayfar]

That Lego Batman reference was absolutely hilarious, I laughed out loud when hearing it

[@TonksMoriarty]

One of my favourite retcons / headcanons (I'm not sure which) about the intervention of the Time Lords in the creation of the Daleks is that that intervention was the inciting incident of the Time War.

[@OfficialMisterBoo]

Isn't that the plot of the Big Finish "Doctor of War: Genesis" series?

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

"A Thal bombardment struck the Kaled dome, leaving Davros mortally wounded. He lost his entire lower body, his left arm and the use of his eyes" Until he just opened them on Series 9. Moffat, I hate your decisions.

[@MichaelO2000]

But he didn't just open them. It was still a painful process for him.

[@zealferal]

I HATED THAT BIT. All those prosthetics, all for nothing.

[@davros_adl8155]

It's not like he didn't have centuries to operate on himself and it's not like it was easy for him.

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

@@davros_adl8155 True. But the way they did it was so ridiculous. If they explained that he did that, it would be more acceptable. Stupid, but acceptable.

[@ireallydidntwanttomakeanac575]

​@@davros_adl8155 True. But the way they did it was so ridiculous. If they explained that he did that, it would be more acceptable. Stupid, but acceptable.

[@Glamikuns]

I dont care what anyone else says, i LOVE the paradigm daleks. I wish future daleks would be colorful. I mean, it’d be easy to tell them apart, right? each color has their role.

[@dubioustheatreyt8096]

I both agree and disagree. I want more colorful Daleks, but something more in line with what we saw with Capaldi. Gray & blue Daleks with stubby lights, gold & brown Daleks with cone lights. Yellow & red Daleks with bracings. Stuff like that works so well.

[@ItsChevnotJeff]

*DALEKS HAVE NO CONCEPT OF ELEGANCE, ONLY AUTHORITY*

[@Bonnie-fy6od]

I feel like they should have like a line on their head that determines their role

[@TheFiresideStories]

@@Bonnie-fy6od I thought they should have gone full power rangers and combined to form an Ultimate Mega-Dalek

[@AnonTDegenerate]

​@@Bonnie-fy6odfr. Never knew their roles till years later. They could have been the new cult

[@kevingleadall9314]

Being a fan of the darleks since childhood I still find the whole darlek history confusing with the time jumping, hibernation, constantly upgrading to better themselves, all plans constantly changing due to multiple failures yet their determination an stubborness is infinite across all time space dimensions and reality.....in a nutshell I loved it ! Good job

[@theneef174]

D a r l e k

[@purpledevilr7463]

With the amount of Human-Dalek hybrids, I think there should be another attempt from the other side. Humans using Daleks to achieve immortality. Seems a human thing to do.

[@torchwoodcanaria]

Brilliant timeline! I have always head cannoned that every time the Doctor interferes, the timeline wobbles, but this pretty much makes things linear!

[@eoj8371]

I like the idea the original Reconnaissance Dalek from Resolution was from so early on in the timeline, it would’ve been cool to see the rebuilt version have some silver/blue elements to echo this

[@lillywho]

Weren't any spray cans around in that barn apparently Remember, it's all DIY!😛

[@eoj8371]

Lilly Who Not all of it! Remember parts of it were held in that institution and it had to break in to get them. Otherwise how else would it be able to fly and shoot rockets with just Earth technology?

[@DalekTheSupreme]

This might not be official, but this is going to be my go to reference for the history of the Daleks. Thank you so much for making this video. It makes good sense of the confusion that time travel adds to the history of the Daleks.

[@MightyFerg1]

I wish that Oswin's dalek had survived and gone on to be the "good" dalek, rather than the one from "Into The Dalek". That would have been a fabulous way to complete her story.

[@DreadnoughtHvor]

it would have been really interesting to see Oswin tag along

[@OR56]

Glad you included the LEGO Batman movie in this! It is a very funny movie. “British robots!” “EXTERMINATE!” “Ask your nerd friends.”

[@trevorjohnthornton6958]

I noted that the large mass of Dale's in chapter 3 were in fact marx toys. Wow! Worth a fortune these days. Many thanks for a very entertaining prog.

[@alexthekitsune8740]

You might want to add the detail that 14th Doctor (David Tennant) was the one who gave the plunger arm after he accidentally crashed into a prototype mark 3 traveling machine Dalek in the Genesis

[@ohirum7954]

This is the best kind of content.

[@aesthetrick2424]

Couldn't agree more.

[@alfieknowles1215]

Not at all bruh

[@kronovore3583]

It is a pity that the Mark 1 Dalek travel machines weren't shown in Destiny of the Daleks. I'd love to have been shown a really primitive Dalek.

[@CulturePhilter]

LEGO Batman is Canon to Doctor Who: Confirmed 😄

[@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2]

Impossible it’s a entirely different different universe but in LEGO dimensions video game is the only crossover

[@samuelbarber6177]

@@alexthemtaandr211weatherfa2 the Doctor has visited other dimensions and universes prior, it apparently used to be quite easy before the Time Travel.

[@beesree39]

@@samuelbarber6177 ok but in doctor who canon, universes like that don't exist.

[@samuelbarber6177]

@@beesree39 how do you know?

[@benw4409]

I dunno how controversial this statement is but the Reconnaissance Dalek is the single greatest Dalek idea introduced to canon in well over a decade. Say what you will about Chibnall but he absolutely nailed the Daleks to the point where I'm really really looking forward to seeing him write them again.

[@FatSnorlax]

Right? Genuinely think that some people don't get what makes Resolution and the Dalek featured in it so bloody brilliant.

[@crimsondynamo615]

They’re either stuck on the hate bandwagon or other reasons

[@manzilla48]

Is it?? It’s not a particularly interesting it or original idea in my opinion. Chibnall is a poor writer.

[@matthewduncan8523]

He’s amazing at writing characters and villains that were established before he started, he just sucks at coming up with his own ones

[@andrewince8824]

Awesome to see how the most terrifying creatures in all of time and space were upgraded through pure hate to become even more terrifying and still as inept.

[@SMarcey]

absolutely smashing video, I jumped into the show with the 7th doctor so all the stuff that happened before hand have escaped me and it was really fantastic getting the story of the Daleks through the lens of their encounters with the Doctor. That was a ver clever and effective way to do a summary of the history of the Dalek race.

[@jamess9855]

Get the KZbin algorithm rolling guys 👏

[@MrTARDIS]

*high five

[@Jedi_Spartan_38]

22:21 I thought the Nightmare Child was a superweapon instead of the Dalek given how the 10th Doctor said that Davros' command ship flew into it.

[@tarponpet]

I think it was giant mutant... they flew into its mouth.

[@ThePathStrider]

I assumed the Nightmare Child was one of many beings who used the Dalek attack on Gallifrey to launch attacks of their own. The Timelords had many enemies, due to their supremacy over time, and were willing to help even the Daleks to end this. However, I assumed they were all destroyed by both Timelords and Daleks alike, as this was obviously a private party.

[@An_Awful_Jack]

An excellent and informative video MrTardis! I love how this has been woven into a working continuity

[@soullessmin]

Fantastic, thank you Mr TARDIS for putting this together!

[@MrUndersolo]

This was not bad. I have 'The Dalek Handbook' and it is hard to create a straight handbook for them. Also, I have been a fan since I saw No. 4 in 'Genesis of the Daleks' and have been fascinated by them ever since! Good work, sir!

[@TheFallofTheEleventh]

Fantastic video Will!! Honestly the amount of research and detail you go into is just so impressive! Would honestly love to see a video like this about the Cybermen too! Would be great! Keep it up!

[@Mister_Matt]

DUDE This clarifies so much, I've never been able to put together a coherent lore for the daleks like this, so this was super helpful. Very Impressive! Thank you

[@bassmastervan9391]

Great vid! Would love a history of the Cybermen at some point

[@crimsondynamo615]

I would like to see a “March of the Cybermen” event he makes

[@EmotionalVortex]

An excellent video detailing the Dalek's history. The amount of effort you put in your videos is astounding as ever.

[@TheAJW50]

Brilliant, detailed, bonkers and slightly exhausting. Really, really enjoyable.

[@jeffreylawrence6928]

Very entertaining- lots of work and editing in this - Well done

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Dr. Who needs an MMORPG where we fight in the Time War on either the Dalek, TARDIS or Time Lord factions

[@CaiodeCarvalhoF]

Lovely video! I'm liking you entering into the lore and expanded universe

[@connorhuested]

Great video! Really makes you realize how epic the lore really is.

[@Zombie9Slayer]

Fantastic Video, well done 😁, Can't wait to see Revolution of the Daleks and where it fits in the dalek timeline

[@leejohnson6448]

Excellent! Well done. Thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@jeremyortiz2927]

Outstanding video. It's rare for a television series to last more than half a century and even more rare for someone to consolidate the vast lore of a complicated antagonist from the series into an informative, entertaining, and concise video. Well done.

[@michaelmangan7963]

Good storyline and engagement without being too lining! Well done on the writing.

[@TheFiresideStories]

Genesis of the Daleks is one of my favorite episodes. I've always had one question thought: Why is there an obvious button on Davros's chair to turn of a life support system he can't survive 30 seconds without. Seems like an obvious invitation to assassination.

[@gam3army]

Love for davros that every race even his daleks seems to go " no dont kill this super evil and bad guy.. lets hold trial and at most freeze him in time!" XD

[@SirMeowsAlot89]

I’m only 13 min in and this is amazing!! Good job as always! Who Crew!

[@dmkaydonskastle89]

This was very instructive and informative!!

[@EllisD1249]

it goes unnoticed sometimes but i love the use of music in this to accent the themes you're talking about.

[@MrThorfan64]

Dalek history is very confusing and contradictary. Yarvelling then Davros. And that Radio Times story We are the Daleks where they are evolved from humans or that story where Nation has Davros and Nyder visit the Dalek City and making the Daleks seen in The Daleks... just show DW canon is already confusing enough. But as Paul Cornell says there isn't really a canon. Though if Genesis changed Dalek history... eh, Asylum still shows some variation of these events happened. Oh, you mentioned City as well. Anyway. Great video and I look forward to your next one.

[@royhay5741]

The renegade Daleks brought Davros back to Skaro to stand trial as well as his new Necros Daleks to be reconditioned. Davros and his Daleks quickly overpowered the renegade Daleks, kicking them off Skaro and claiming the planet for themselves, becoming their planet.

[@wolfehoffmann2697]

Switch renegade with "Imperial" and you're right. White and gold daleks were Imperial daleks that went off on their own path. Grey and black were the renegades/Davros aligned daleks.

[@JonScatman]

Bloody brilliant sir, absolutely loved it. Going to start listening to the horror podcast too. Great stuff, love the channel.

[@gusmartinez6512]

2 words: FRIGGIN AWESOME!! I figured I'd watch for a few minutes and ended up watching the whole clip. I'd "jumped ship" from the show during Capaldi, but it was hella interesting to see the entirety of Dalek everything thru Jodie's regeneration.

[@undeadboy2224]

Amazing simply amazing love these long videos :)

[@joelrichardson3761]

I honestly think we need to see the paradime daleks again and should be in a civil war with the bronze daleks.

[@crimsondynamo615]

The fact that after their blink and miss cameo in asylum and some video game appearances being the only thing we ever saw them in again is rather sad.

[@manzilla48]

Crimson Dynamo they were so plasticy and ugly I’m glad they’re gone

[@jamiewulfyr4607]

The Paradigm Daleks looked like they'd been designed in a daycare. They reminded me of a packet of Skittles.

[@bloodbuzzohio7924]

Just what I needed, some dalek content 🖤🖤

[@Trollgernautt]

Great video, loved to be able to see things in a straight line.

[@brttmartin9]

Fantastic, about time something like this came..

[@Astro_Gardener]

Excellent video, well done.

[@matthewjh138]

Awesome video!

[@carolynnield1994]

This was very informative. Thank you

[@darrylguerrant5101]

Brilliant! You sorted it out!

[@Legionmint7091]

Fantastic work!

[@gamiezion]

this was such a rollercoaster holy heck

[@rolandrothwell4840]

This was brilliant 👏 👌 loved it because I learnt so much about the biggest villains of the Dr Who story. Thank you so much 💓

[@Eltonlaleham]

The Dalek Emperor in Evil of the Daleks was awesome in billions of ways

[@davidvasey5065]

He looked kinda cute

[@jetfire931]

Love this, gives a lot more consistency to the daleks. Question is, would you ever do this again with the inclusion of Big Finish stories? 😂

[@RiainRamblez]

Y'know, for the most evil brings in the Galaxy, they sure do lose a lot. Also any and all LEGO Daleks are canon, fact

[@matthewduncan8523]

We only see losses.. there is probably thousands of wins off screen for every loss we see

[@alfieknowles1215]

@@matthewduncan8523 b

[@alfieknowles1215]

Quiet

[@mocam2020]

Thank you. Nicely done.👍🏾

[@anguscovoflyer95]

The Daleks are gonna appear again in a Christmas special this year!

[@thedalekprince6118]

AND THEY WILL BE MORE DEADLY THEN MOFFAT'S DALEKS BECAUSE CHIBNAL KNOWS HOW DEADLY THE DALEKS ARE AND GIVES THEM THE RESPECT THEY DESERVE

[@matthewduncan8523]

Ive always wanted to watch the entire dalek story in the correct timeline order, as opposed to just broadcast order. This order doesn’t seem to get much better for a dalek timeline

[@throwback19841]

you know when you lay it all out at once like this, it does seem a bit silly. love it.

[@philbobaggins8603]

Can't believe I watched all of this but I was enthralled by your presentation. I did watch every episode televised in the 70s and 80s but I grew up and had a family and the internet was still a long way off so anything made after the end of the 80s I haven't seen........yet. looks like I have missed a lot.

[@dragonzilla6482]

WOW! THAT WAS A FANTASTIC HISTORY ON THE DALEKS! 😮😀👍

[@h.s.lafever3277]

nice. good video. an enthusiastic two thumbs up. thanx dude

[@pjgs4933]

Great video!

[@tophatgeo]

Rest in peace lego daleks, you will not be forgotten

[@AudNarrations]

Davros really be rolling nat20 death saves at every turn

[@omega311888]

very well done!

[@christopherengel7436]

Thank you sir, well done

[@drwhotvwam]

Brilliant video

[@ShadeMeadows]

Beautiful~

[@wattsiswhat]

Well done!

[@davidzadro2939]

so as someone who has never watched doctor who and decided to take amlook at the daleks, all of their defeats basically end in nuh uh? I guess that's what happens when your timeline makes spaghetti look methodical and organized

[@scottmm78]

Needs to be updated to mention that the doctor is the reason they are called Dalek and have a plunger instead of a claw

[@skywise001]

If your a fallout 4 fan there is Fallout Who Regenerated - adds in TARDIS and Time Lords. Children of Skaro - for Daelek fun. Also with hardcore mode. Also Age of Steel - Cybermen in the Commonwealth. Really neat video. Im amazed you made it make sense :D

[@braddorcas9363]

Magic player. This break down really has me in a great mood to build the Cult of Skaros deck i've been planning with the Doctor Who cards that were printed.

[@mandroid-rb4uy]

Hi Mr Tardis thanks for keeping this Institution alive the Classic Dr Who is more Ham and charm but i 💘 the new direction😋

[@WRMonger1]

Wow… just wow. Loved the Lego Batman/Dalek crossover. Brilliant!

[@robadams5799]

I want to thank you, Mr. TARDIS, for remembering that "Doctor Who" started in 1963 rather than 2005. You've no idea how frustrating it's been.

[@kevinlindstrom6752]

Thank you much!

[@atomicvinylreviews3420]

I love how you included the Daleks showing up in Lego Gotham City as cannon !

[@charlieburton5336]

Pretty sure it ain't canon...

[@42romojv]

Amazing!!!

[@Just-Plain-Potential]

I always do Dalek marathons in their order, not by air date, been doing it for 10 years, but i always start with I Davros then Genesis, then the Daleks and then the rest in airing order.

[@NemesisHero123]

Great Video.

[@LostWarriorPoet]

Just found your channel! Very cool 👊

[@PaulGibbons13]

Great video :-)

[@frankowalker4662]

That was fantastic. I often wondered what it would be like to see the Daleks from their time perspective. I must have miss-remembered though, as I thought the 4th incarnation of the Doctor, (Tom Baker), accidently helped create the Daleks.

[@darkhumour741]

I was so annoyed by the lack of explanation for Davros and his city in Series 9 I legit constructed my own elaborate headcanon 😅 the Crucible Vault where he was contained didn't get obliterated with the rest of the ship - rather *blasted into space* where it crashed on the post-Time War Skaro months later. The journey crippled Davros' health, but he still managed to harvest the old city's hatcheries for genetic material to make new Daleks. It was LOW QUALITY material which explains their genetic defect in S9

[@ralphwilliamson3248]

Great Video