Theory:Timeline - Emperor Dalek

This page lists the appearances of various Emperor Daleks in chronological order. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories.

Pre-Time War

 * COMIC: Invasion of the Daleks
 * Dalek War Machines, led by the Golden Emperor, invade Earth's solar system in the year 2400, beginning with the conquest of Venus. (PROSE: Break-through)


 * COMIC: Battle for the Moon
 * While the Golden Emperor ostensibly negotiates peace terms, Daleks based on the Moon attempt to destroy Earth but are thwarted.


 * COMIC: The Mechanical Planet
 * After two centuries of peace, the Golden Emperor forces Earth to return the Daleks' confiscated weaponry so they can stop a rogue planet, which is later traced to the Mechonoids. (COMIC: The World That Waits) He then vows to conquer Earth and the other planets.


 * AUDIO: The Genocide Machine
 * Lee Sullivan's artwork depicts the Golden Emperor. A Special Weapons Dalek appears. Skaro exists. It is 3000 years after the 26th century according to AUDIO: The Judas Gift, which is Bev Tarrant's native time.


 * AUDIO: The Mutant Phase
 * The Daleks are ruled by a Dalek Emperor - depicted on an unused cover as the Golden Emperor.


 * TV: The Evil of the Daleks
 * The Dalek Emperor is caught up in the Great Civil War.


 * COMIC: Bringer of Darkness (mentioned only)
 * Set an unspecified amount of time after Evil. The Second Doctor discovers the Daleks did not meet their final end and the Emperor rules the Daleks again.


 * AUDIO: The Dalek Conquests
 * A Dalek Emperor oversees the planning for Operation Divide and Conquer.


 * AUDIO: The Ultimate Adventure
 * The Daleks, led by the Dalek Emperor, ally with the Cybermen in a gambit to destroy the Earth in 1988 by sabotaging a peace conference. This plot is thwarted by the Sixth Doctor.


 * AUDIO: We Are The Daleks
 * The Daleks do not recognise the Seventh Doctor. They are Imperial Daleks on the cover. The Emperor is not Davros and appears to be the one from Evil of the Daleks.


 * GAME: Dalek Attack
 * Davros, operating alongside a golden Dalek Emperor, leads an invasion of Earth in the year 2254, which is thwarted by the Seventh Doctor and Ace. He appears with an organic hand, placing this before Revelation of the Daleks. Davros has stolen a Time Ring, which he has possibly used to travel to an earlier period of Dalek history. As such, the Time Lords personally intervene to stop him.


 * COMIC: Nemesis of the Daleks
 * COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks!
 * The Emperor Dalek is destroyed by Daleks loyal to Davros, who becomes the new Emperor.


 * TV: Remembrance of the Daleks
 * Davros is the Emperor Dalek and leader of the Imperial Daleks during the civil war against the Renegade Daleks.


 * TV: Doctor Who / PROSE: The Novel of the Film
 * On Skaro, the Dalek Emperor presides over the Master's trial, which ends in his extermination, and allows the Seventh Doctor to take his remains to Gallifrey.


 * AUDIO: Terror Firma
 * Davros's escape pod enters the time vortex after the explosion of his mothership but his memory is unstable so his memories are probably scrambled, allowing him to forget the previous two stories. He believes Skaro has been destroyed and his personality is subsumed by that of the Dalek Emperor. He is more unstable than in War of the Daleks or Daleks Among Us.


 * PROSE: Birth of a Legend
 * In anticipation of the Last Great Time War, the Dalek Emperor forms the Cult of Skaro.

Last Great Time War

 * PROSE: Engines of War
 * Set towards the end of the Time War.

Post-Time War

 * TV: The Parting of the Ways
 * Having survived the Time War aboard his ship, the Dalek Emperor invades Earth in the year 200,100 only to be destroyed by the Bad Wolf.


 * GAME: City of the Daleks
 * Following the establishment of the New Dalek Paradigm, the Daleks create a new Emperor Daleks from the shell of the old Emperor within the city of Kaalann. This Emperor ceases to exist after the Eleventh Doctor restores history.


 * GAME: The Eternity Clock
 * A new Dalek Emperor takes control of Earth in an alternate 2106 before being defeated by the Doctor.