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The Dalek War Machine was the name given to the weapon created by scientist Yarvelling of the original Dalek race to aid in their war with the Thals. After the explosion of a neutron bomb destroyed both sides' civilisations, the Dalek mutants retreated into the casings of the machines. After the last of the original race, Yarvelling and Zolfian, had both perished (COMIC: Genesis of Evil) the name Dalek Machine to refer to the species remained for a time (COMIC: Power Play) before simply Dalek became the commonly used term. (TV: The Daleks, COMIC: Duel of the Daleks et al.)

Eventually, as their technology improved, the Daleks modified their design beyond the Dalek War Machine created by Yarvelling such as the addition of slats to their weapons platform. (COMIC: Shadow of Humanity, The Emissaries of Jevo et al.) These new and improved Daleks more closely resembled the Mark III Travel Machines supposedly created by the Kaled scientist Davros (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) but more accurately based on designs stolen from other scientists from whom Davros stole the credit in a bid to claim leadership over the Daleks. (PROSE: War of the Daleks)