Daleks - 20th Century Who

A race of mutants in metal casings bent on the conquest of the universe

A race of mutants developed by Terry Nation that first appeared in the Season 1 serial "The Daleks". They violent, merciless and pitiless cyborg aliens, who demand total conformity to their will, and bent on the conquest of the universe and the extermination of what they see as inferior races. They would be come one of the most popular of the Doctor's foes, appearing in 20 stories during the classic era. They also appeared in the two big screen adaptations released in 1965 and 1966, and several licensed stage productions.

TV Appearances

SEASON 1 (1963-64): The Daleks	SEASON 2 (1964-65): The Dalek Invasion of Earth
SEASON 2 (1964-65): The Chase	SEASON 3 (1965-66): Mission to the Unknown
SEASON 3 (1965-66): The Daleks' Master Plan	SEASON 4 (1966-67): The Power of the Daleks
SEASON 4 (1966-67): The Evil of the Daleks	SEASON 9 (1972): Day of the Daleks
SEASON 10 (1972-73): Frontier in Space	SEASON 10 (1972-73): Planet of the Daleks
SEASON 11 (1973-74): Death to the Daleks	SEASON 12 (1974-75): Genesis of the Daleks
SEASON 17 (1979-80): Destiny of the Daleks	SEASON 21 (1984): Resurrection of the Daleks
SEASON 25 (1988-89): Remembrance of the Daleks
The Daleks make brief appearances in The Space Museum (Season 2), when one is seen as an exhibit, in The War Games (Season 6), when the Doctor gives evidence in his defence to the Time Lords, and one appears in the Death Zone in The Five Doctors. The Doctor hears a Dalek in the Mind of Evil (Season 8) when he is attacked by the Keller Machine. They also make appearances at the beginning of the Doctor Who TV movie, and in the Comic Relief special The Curse of Fatal Death. None of these are considered Dalek stories.