Who is the 'God of all Daleks'?

[@username.exenotfound2943]

what ive always wondered is why the timelords are sometimes considered multiverse but then in the time war they are battling over a universe

[@dalekbumps]

It's never been truly explained but as I understand it, the Doctor's universe is the 'Prime' universe and all other universes splinter off from it. I could be wrong though, as there are outliers that don't fit that pattern - such as Pete's universe, for example

[@tichepotato7992]

@@dalekbumps You also get the various Unbound universes, distinct from the Doctor's universe that we see onscreen. Some of these even have their own Time Wars, fought by varying factions, won and lost by varying sides.

[@plantainsame2049]

If the Old evil pepper pot Have their ways the entire multiverse is Is exterminated

[@Lowehart]

Big Finish kind of touches on this during the 8th Doctor's run. Rassilon essentially made the Time Lords rise in 'all time' by removing timelines in which they would not rise to power. Making a clean, unbroken line. The Time War was a battle in TIME, as well as space, creating rippling paradoxes. Time Lords were killed, revived, never died, never born, infinite times as both sides abused paradoxes and alternate timelines, in order to try to permanently crush one another. It is what made the Time Lords absolutely cruel: They are time-sensitive. They remember EVERY timeline that happened to them. They have known war, for far longer than their regenerations, and have known thousands of regenerations. Far too much for them to truly be sane and rational. Honestly, the Big Finish productions of the 8th doctor in their whole, chronologically, until they get to the War Doctor, into the Time War proper, are fantastic.

[@DoctorJedi2742]

@@tichepotato7992 except they're heavily implied to be theatres in the time war as a whole, espescialy the Warrior's, multiple lines and the scenes with the key to time hint said universe was caused by temporal aftershocks, and thus an extension of timelines embroiled in the war, and time lord memoriam sort of extends that to unbound more broardly. Engines of war establishes the daleks pulled all their multiversal variations into a single hirearchy with the nspace emperor, or at least the one in command of nspace daleks, in command, further reinforcing the idea that these are different universes fighting the same unified front So Tl;dr they're not different time wars but the same one bleeding throughout the multiverse (apart from the one in exile but that's easily explained by the daleks rightfully being afraid of the quarks 🤣)

[@drcrocreviews]

The Emperor Dalek is my absolute favourite Dalek character in DW, followed very closely by Sec. His design and the utterly perfect voice work by Nicholas Briggs combined with his god complex makes him such a great villain. He's also has a very interesting parallel to the Metaltron Dalek from the same season. Both of them survived the Time War and are absolute proof that, wether they have an army or just a singular Dalek, they are a force to be reckoned with. But the Metaltron showed us that Daleks obsession with their "purity" is just as destructive to them as it is to anyone else. That, combined with the fact that, as it itself believed, that it was the last of its kind made us sympathise with the metaltron. The Emperor Dalek's desire to survive, to rebuild the Dalek Empire and continue their universal conquest made him betray his own kinds philosophy and resort to stealing the "waste of humanity" and use human flesh to rebuild the daleks. The isolation in deep space and hating their own flesh slowly drive his own kind insane, then he starts filling their heads with the idea of blasphomey and making them worship him as a God. Any sympathy the audience might feel, goes straight to the Impure Daleks and not him. He's an absolute hypocrite, a complete and utter monster and I love it. He's one of my favourite villains from any media ever, and while he wasn't around for long, he still left such an impact. Also congratulations on 4K subs!

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

I mean, Davros used humans to create new daleks before so if anything he was just following the Davrosian philosophy of Dalek. It’s also possible that the Kaled and humans shared a common ancestor, which I find to be a pretty interesting idea. This would explain why some parts of the human genome could be cultivated to produce a creature very similar to a Dalek.

[@timecontroller8800]

This is one of my favourite elements of dalek emperors at there core they are a force that wants to conquer and expand its empire which can override everything as we see this in dalek empire where after it dies it’s mind and Susan mendez’s mind were transferred to another dalek it continued to try and find ways of conquest even tho it’s forces were depleted

[@Jedi_Spartan]

From a Meta perspective, I like the idea of the Dalek Prime/first Dalek we see in their timeline in Genesis of the Daleks being the leader destroyed at the end of the Revival's first series.

[@redjirachi1]

Davros: Dalek-God the Father Emperor: Dalek-God the Son Their inherit programming: Dalek-God the Holy Spirit The Doctor: Dalek-Satan

[@badwolf66]

He's probably not the only God Emperor out there, most Whovians forget that somewhere out there the Daleks actually won The Time War and are right now as we speak conquering the Multiverse! Many Daleks Many Universes, Many Multiverses, Many Timelines, Many Realities. Always think outside of The box, time and space is not linear.

[@UGNAvalon]

But if just one Dalek empire managed to successfully fire their doomsday weapon to destroy the multiverse, it would’ve been done already. Hence, exactly zero of them succeeded. 🤔

[@VerityShush]

I've always maintained that the Prime Strategist is the original Evil of the Daleks Emperor, enslaved by the new empire after his failure but deemed too important to kill (a la Davros) who eventually overthrows his succesor to become the God Emperor.

[@CalebHowlett]

That is an amazing idea!

[@alistairrae9807]

I have always believed that the Emperors in Evil of the Daleks and the Time War is the same one like Rassilon brought back to lead their children to ultimate victory

[@messytexy]

Congratulations on 4,000 Subscribers!

[@aeddonmckaba9797]

In my head, I consider this post-time war Dalek Empire the "Holy Dalek Empire", considering the Emperor convinced himself he was god and introduced the premise of religion to the Daleks. If anything in history has taught us anything, there is no better way to justify hypocrisy than zealous dogma.

[@59rlmccormack]

That Emperor was a compelling villain and very crazy!

[@zaarthwren]

I wish I had the ability and the money to support this video in particular I’ve been wanting this for a long time and now I’m crying tears of joy thank you @DalekBumps for making my dream come true

[@ShinyaMerveilles66]

not sure how to phrase it properly so ill just take a shot i love its bent towards religious zealoutry as it gives the dalek god emperor a strong personality to play with and makes for an easy way to frame the dalek empire(s) that follow his banner. originally since we only saw this emperor variant in "parting of the ways" it could be a little hard to figure out how it got into whats basically a christian dogmatic POV even with the knowledge that its ship was damaged and it was left isolated with whatever daleks were left on board (if any), but since Big Finish started using him in the Gallifrey series its fleshed it out a bit more to show that its always had a bent towards religious dogma, if slightly less fanatic about it. in a roundabout way the god emperor dalek also helps flesh out a point ive made about the daleks before, which is that in the case of some dalek variants, the further they stray from their base model (whether by damage, mutation, being built/modified for specific purposes, etc) the more they start to exhibit traits associated with davros. the dalek god emperor basically declares his right to rule by divine right, which isnt far off from davros declaring himself the daleks true ruler by virtue of being their creator. even his speech patterns can mimic davros just a bit

[@theylivewesleep.5139]

It’s cool how you call it “Christian Dogma” even though we know nothing about how the Emperor’s cult functioned / how it was structured and you likely don’t know anything about Christianity outside of pop culture.

[@8158bolga]

Can you please start listing the different music? Some of it is really cool and I wanna find the original tracks.

[@10thdoctor15]

You say 'back up to full strength', but there were 10 million ships at the end of the Time War, and only 200 ships in 200,100

[@TheWanderer1000000]

The best Dalek leader ever in terms of a Dalek point of view. Purity means nothing to this Dalek, only survival and victory.

[@madhattermaker622]

Ever wonder what would happen if the Cult of Skaro mett up with the Emperor dalek? I'd think the Cult would easily catch on that their leader's gone a little mad.

[@zaarthwren]

Dang it this video makes me want you to do an in depth explanation of the events of the time war in chronological order!! Can you make that happen @DalekBumps

[@dalekbumps]

I can try, but it will likely take a while!

[@zaarthwren]

@@dalekbumps it will be well worth the wait

[@Salavat550]

I want to believe that this Emperor is actually the mad Davros who turned himself into a Dalek. This would explain his megalomania and belief that he is a god, because, as we know, real Daleks have no concept of a god.

[@SapphireStar23]

No denying, that Doctor Who needs a new Dalek emperor.

[@cameronmonaghan6883]

And keep around for Dalek stories moving forward

[@TheOvervoid]

Nice to see the War Valeyard getting a mention.

[@thomasjohnson8391]

I got the emperor in the attic

[@timecontroller8800]

I do really like the god emperor dalek I feel he is an extremely interesting as for his origins I do think he is more likely the restoration emperor as they have similar characteristics and not the strategist as he I feel wouldn’t gain delusions of god hood. And interestingly enough the god emperor actually gained these delusions early on in the time war with some daleks saying the emperor be praised or when a dalek supreme questioned the emperors strategy even just a bit the emperor had him exterminated calling him a heretic

[@millersecond4686]

Hey Dalek Bumps, great video, as always! I am thinking of making a DYI Psyche Dalek figure, but, one thing I am unsure of is the colour scheme. I wanted to base the figure off of Psyche Dalek Three, from the comic "Emperor of the Daleks". I may sound stupid when I say this but I don't understand what colour it is meant to be; in some pages, the Psyche Dalek appears to have a yellow and black colour scheme on its casing, but, in others it appears grey and black. What is your opinion on Psyche Dalek Three's case colour scheme? I understand if this is just shadowing, on behalf of the illustrators, but, I just wanted to be sure. I'm a big fan of your channel and look forward to each video - you do an amazing job, keep it up! :)

[@dalekbumps]

Thanks for your kind words about the channel, sorry the uploads have been a bit sparse recently, I've had a lot going on but I'm going to try to put out some more Q&As over the next week or so to fill the gap. As for the Psyche Dalek colour scheme, personally I've always liked the yellow and black colour scheme, like the Dalek Eternal ot really gives the impression that this Dalek is something dangerous that should be feared, its a great colour scheme for a Dalek that is exclusive to the comics

[@millersecond4686]

@@dalekbumps Don't worry about sparse uploads; I, and the rest of your supporters, understand. Thank you for the advice, the yellow and black colour scheme should look excellent on my custom.

[@zaarthwren]

Also @DalekBumps neither of one of us even thought of Repainting an EagleMoss New Series Red Dalek Supreme and adding wires to make it the Dalek Time Strategist it was pointed out to me by my mom who watches doctor who with me but really only has a casual interest and limited knowledge of such things and she pointed it out to me smh I feel stupid

[@akshaytrayner1960]

Great lore vid

[@IShatTheBed]

I was getting a bit concerned due to the lack of uploads

[@dalekbumps]

sorry I've been a bit busy recently, a few holidays and such. I need to figure out a consistent schedule, when I'm in the zone I can make lots of videos for daily uploads but then I have to take short breaks to stop myself from getting burnout

[@IShatTheBed]

@@dalekbumps ah ok that’s fine

[@foxtrot-gamesandwit4475]

The Best God Emperor in Sci-Fi fight me 40k fans

[@byronritchie5449]

Ah the time the daleks cosplayed as the imperium of man Btw semi related what do you think of the parallels the daleks have with the imperium (provided you know what warhammer 40K and the imperium is)

[@darkapostle1749]

What would have happened if the Dalek Emperor's Empire bumped into Davro's Dalek Empire (from Stolen Earth/Journeys End); who would consider who impure? In addition, would Davro's Dalek obey the Emperor simply because it *is* the highest hierarchy, or vice versa if they'd see Davros or would just erupt in a massive (Remembrance of the Daleks-style) full scale war due to genetic impurity?

[@britanimations2002]

You could do a whole episode on the Time War because. Seriously what is a Skaro Degradation?

[@minicle426]

I wonder if the design is meant to evoke the Martian Tripods? 🤔

[@10thdoctor15]

It's interesting that all the Daleks know they are grown from human tissue, and seem to be sort of okay with it. These Daleks, likely due to their religious devotion, are the most ruthless and efficient the Daleks have ever been. If they had succeeded in becoming the supreme race, I wonder if the Emperor might have destroyed them for being impure.

[@UGNAvalon]

We’ve seen impure Daleks self-exterminate once pure members of their species have been revived, so I wouldn’t put it past him. If anything, I think they’d welcome it.

[@LordRysen]

I've never believed that he was destroyed. We only see the Flagship destroyed. As a Time War Dalek I bet my last Shilling he's got an ETS (Emergency Temporal Shift) like the Cult and the Time Strategist.

[@voluntarism335]

Wouldn't help him as the bad wolf would know

[@grahamturner1290]

🐙

[@mrkitcatt2119]

I thought he was the dalek that killed davros in genesis of the daleks

[@JakeandElwood1980]

What about the hood lead of the daleks or the mysterons from captain scarlet

[@Cybermat47]

Hood lead?

[@minicle426]

...what?

[@chaossmith3864]

I mean tbf maybe not all Daleks but there is a case to be made for him being the god of some/many Daleks isn't there? Like its pretty megalomaniacal, absolutely. But he's technically correct?

[@dalekbumps]

Taking his claim (and the zealous worship he inspires in his followers) at face value, that's probably correct. The mistake that the Emperor made was, essentially, believing his own myth - he convinced himself that he was a deity with godlike powers, and so when he's confronted with an actual godlike being, he's powerless and ends up getting himself and his empire disintegrated. There's also the fact that, in order to even be acknowledged as a god by his followers in the first place, he had to contradict one of the fundamental Dalek philosophies and allow his soldiers to have a concept of a deity, and other related ideas such as blasphemy and worship. Basically, in order to become the 'god' of his Daleks, he had to fundamentally alter them to the point that they were not technically pure Daleks anymore

[@chaossmith3864]

@@dalekbumps True. It's especially funny because I said something along the lines of he bought into his own hype too much though in a conversation after leaving this comment. Because I thought of that point when talking about the comment. The latter point pretty much is Daleks faction style debate I think? Maybe I'm wrong. Also a good point, don't get me wrong I'm not saying it isn't. It just feels like a Dalek faction debate. Actually that's a part of the not all Daleks thing too. I really appreciate you taking the time to read my comment and have a conversation with me about this! I love your channel and I love being able to have a discussion about this!

[@HashbrownMashup]

Theodore Maxtible -> Theo -> God