Black Dalek Leader (rank)

After the original Black Dalek, (PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks) who was known as the Black Dalek Leader, (COMIC: Plague of Death) was lost during the Time Destructor Incident, the Dalek Prime had many other Black Daleks created to fill the void. This went as far (PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks) as a rank of plural Black Dalek Leaders. During the Dalek Civil War against the Second Doctor's Humanised Daleks, the panicking Dalek Emperor called for "all Black Dalek Leaders" to converge on Control and to "exterminate all opposition" they found. (TV: The Evil of the Daleks) The casings of these Leaders were identical to the original Black Dalek during the Daleks' master plan. (PROSE: Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe)

A member of the Guard that followed the Emperor in the post-Time War universe was distinguished in that its bronze-type casing sported a black base unit in addition to a black dome, but with a bronze weapons platform. (TV: The Parting of the Ways, PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual) In this sense it appeared like the earlier Black Dalek Leader (TV: The Chase, The Daleks' Master Plan) rather than the Dalek Inquisitor General, black but for his gold slats and sense globes, (PROSE: Prisoner of the Daleks) or contemporary Black Daleks such as Dalek Sec, whose casing included black slats and sense globes. (TV: Army of Ghosts, COMIC: The Dalek Project)

Merchandise

 * A figurine of a black-domed "Black Dalek Leader" was released with issue 199 of Doctor Who: Figurine Collection magazine.