Epilogue
The Doctor, Nita and Ace arrive back at the TARDIS and go inside. The Doctor sends them into the vortex.
"Cocoa in the library?" he asks
It has become their custom after an adventure to unwind and "debrief" drinking cocoa in the library. They head to the kitchen to make their hot drinks and then move to the comfortable library and relax on the sofas. Shelves full of books line the walls and a fire roars in the fireplace.
"So these Daleks," Ace begins. "You and them go a long way back?"
"A very long way back," agrees the Doctor. He looks off into space as he thinks about his many dealings with the Daleks over the centuries.
"We ran into them when I first met the Doctor," Nita remarks.
"What exactly are the Daleks?" Ace asks.
"The Daleks are a warrior race made up of genetically engineered mutants belonging to fundamental DNA type 467-989 who were originally from the planet Skaro," the Doctor begins. "The mutants are usually encased inside armour consisting of polycarbide and the Dalekanium. On many occasions, the Daleks have openly acknowledged me as their greatest enemy.
"Intensely xenophobic and bent on universal domination, the Daleks are hated and feared throughout time and space."
"Yeah, but you say they were genetically engineered so where did they come from originally?" asks Nita. The Doctor hadn't really explained the first time she'd met the Daleks.
"The Daleks' bodies have mutated so drastically from their Kaled ancestors they have lost all humanoid appearance, save for one eye. The interdependence of biological and mechanical components make the Daleks a type of cyborg. As we learned today, the Imperial Daleks created by Davros during this Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War are true cyborgs, surgically connected to their shells."
"But what is the war about?" asks Nita.
"The Daleks broke into two factions shortly after the creation of the Daleks and the destruction of the Kaled City. The Daleks realised that Davros was impure as he was not 100% Dalek, so they turned against him and exterminated him. Or so we thought!"
"We?" Ace asks.
"I was there at the time," replies the Doctor. "Intercepted while travelling between Earth and a space station, I and my companions were transported to the planet Skaro, thousands of years in the past, on a mission for the Time Lords — to prevent the creation of the Daleks.
"However, Davros survived and his body remained under the ruins of the Kaled City. A group of Daleks decided that they needed Davros once again when the Daleks faced battle with the Movellans, so they allied with him shortly after he was woken by myself. This created a faction of Daleks that felt loyalty towards Davros because he was their creator and had helped them. Nonetheless, I defeated most of the Daleks and had Davros frozen in suspended animation and he was taken to a prison station.
"Davros was later released by Gustave Lytton and his mercenaries who were being used by the Supreme Dalek. He had a small injection device which could instantly convert humans and Daleks to his cause. He used this to build a small army of Daleks and human replicant troopers, then pitted them against the Supreme's forces. All of Davros' forces were destroyed, either by loyalist Daleks or the Movellan virus.
"Davros escaped to the planet Necros, where he began creating a new army of Daleks from human tissue. The Daleks led by the Supreme Dalek were alerted to Davros' presence. The Dalek Supreme's forces considered Davros a criminal. When they arrived, a short engagement between Davros' and the Supreme Dalek's forces ensued. Following his capture, Davros attempted to reveal me to the Daleks, but I was not recognised by the Supreme Dalek's forces (who had encountered my previous incarnation)."
"Incarnation?" Ace asks.
"A subject for another time. Anyway, Davros was taken to be transported to the Dalek homeworld of Skaro to stand trial. En route to Skaro, the ship carrying Davros crashed on the planet Lethe. Davros was rescued. He set himself up as "Professor Vaso", altering the perceptions of the humans on the colony so they would not recognise him as the "Great Healer". He attempted to create a new machine, a Juggernaut based on a Mechanoid design.
"Lethe's atmosphere prevented the Supreme Dalek retrieving Davros directly, but its forces intercepted the TARDIS, forcing me to serve as an agent of the Daleks and stop Davros' research and manipulations. I discovered two of Davros' Necros Daleks had survived the crash, but were destroyed following Davros' final gambit on the colony and the Supreme Dalek's intervention.
"While on Skaro, I rescued Davros just before the Daleks carried out their sentence of death and spoke to him of his future destiny as Emperor Dalek. I took Davros to Spiridon, where he could lick his wounds and bide his time. I intended to lay the groundwork for a Dalek civil war."
Nita nearly chokes on her cocoa. "What, so you're saying that you gave Davros the idea for this civil war that we encountered today?"
"It would seem so," admits the Doctor. "But it appears we have ended the war. Davros's Imperial Daleks defeated the Renegades with the aid of the Special Weapons Dalek. Further pursuing the plan I had already developed, while you were following Mike, I destroyed the Imperials using the Hand of Omega. I convinced the last of the Renegades to destroy itself by telling the Dalek that it no longer had a purpose."
"So you planned this all along?" Ace asks, amazed.
"Pretty much, yes," the Doctor replies, standing up. "Now you girls had better get some sleep. Off you go. I'll wash your cups." He shooed them out the door.