Dalek drone



The Standard Dalek design is the most common Dalek model found.

Origins
The original Daleks created by Davros were of a grey colour scheme (DW: Genesis of the Daleks), but later had a silver casing with blue bumps. Originally, they required static electricity from the floors of their city on Skaro for movement (DW: The Daleks), but later had radio dishes mounted on their backs for external power (DW: The Dalek Invasion of Earth). Later, these dishes disappeared and instead had a solar panel array for supplying power.

Later history
Later, the Daleks readopted the grey colour sceme (DW: Day of the Daleks), and the Renegade Daleks apparently kept this during the Imperial-Renegade War although Davros' Imperial Daleks had a seperate colour sceme (although these were effectively a different variant of Dalek) (DW: Revelation of the Daleks, Remembrance of the Daleks). By the time of the end of the Dalek Empire, Daleks in the Dalek City some had the silver-blue colour sceme. (DW: The Evil of the Daleks)

Time War and after
During the Time War, the new Standard Dalek design had no major alterations except for an expanded base and an overall heavier, more solid look. The Daleks also had an all-over metallic brass finish. The ear-bulbs were much larger as cylindrical and the eye stalk glowed blue.

This Dalek design was more advanced, with a swivelling mid-section that allowed the Dalek a 360-degree field of fire and a force field that disintegrated bullets before they struck it. It was also able to regenerate itself by means of absorbing electrical power and the DNA of a time traveller. The "plunger" manipulator arm was also able to crush a man's skull in addition to the technology interfacing abilities shown by earlier models (DW: Dalek). At least the Cult of Skaro could also remotely interface with technolgy without using the manipulator arm. (DW: Doomsday)