The Last Dalek (video game)

The Last Dalek, also known as Dalek Game, was an online game based on the Doctor Who episode Dalek. The Player was in control of the Dalek inside, also known as the Metaltron. The aim of the game was to escape the Vault, destroy the TARDIS and exterminate the Ninth Doctor.

Levels

 * Level 1: The Cage: Breakout - The Bio Processor
 * Level 2: Weapons Research - Get Your Death Ray Back!
 * Level 3: Mobility Research - Gearing System and Anti-Grav
 * Level 4: Access Corridor - The Shield Generator
 * Level 5: Military Zone - A New, More Powerful Death Ray
 * Level 6: Defence Research - The Next Shield
 * Level 7: Optical Research - See the Invisible
 * Level 8: Access Corridor - Super Speed Dalek!
 * Level 9: Museum Security - Exterminate the Doctor!
 * Level 10: Artefact Museum

Enemies

 * Scientists: Unarmed and no threat. In some cases, you must exterminate them all before going into another room.
 * Guards: Armed with pistols, takes several hits to destroy the Dalek.
 * Soldiers: Armed with assault rifles, firing faster and dealing more damage than guards.
 * In Level 7 and onwards, guards with cloaking devices appear. The Dalek obtains the Inter-Spectral Vision to detect them.
 * Sentry Unit: The Dalek is unable to destroy it but if it takes several hits, it retreats itself into the ground temporarily. The Dalek can also prevent it from coming back up by occupying its space while it's underground.
 * The Doctor: The Boss. Is able to fire 3 shots at once. When you defeat him in Level 9, you take his alien weapon. He fights the Dalek again in the final level, but since the Dalek has the weapon he is easier to kill.

Scenery

 * Explosive Barrels
 * Stairs and Manholes: Obstacles for the Dalek to overcome with the anti-gravity device.
 * Mines: Detected by Inter-Spectral Vision, the Dalek's Standard and Advanced Shield Generator offers limited protection.
 * The Doctor's TARDIS: After exterminating the Doctor. The Dalek's objective is to destroy the TARDIS.

Game controls
Arrows ensure the movement of the Dalek, and a click of the mouse shoots at enemies. However, the Dalek may have several different weapons or tools that can be used (maximum two at a time, but it is possible to change anytime). There are ten different levels, only the third has two tools / weapons and the latter did not count.

Worldbuilding

 * At the start of the game, the Dalek accesses its memory files, giving short summaries of characters that appeared in Dalek.
 * Henry van Statten
 * "Male subject. Age 40. American. Effortlessly powerful. Always with a glint in his eye. The sort of man that won't allow himself to be bored for a single second. Consider potentially dangerous."
 * Polkowski
 * "Male subject. Age 30. American. Van Statten's chief aide. Weak willed and careless. Considered no threat."
 * Diana Goddard
 * "Female subject. Age 25. American. Working her way to Van Statten's upper ranks. Calculating and professional."
 * Simmons
 * "Male subject. Age 30. American. Leading field researcher conducting experiments in Van Statten's laboratory. Heartless and sadistic. Must exterminate!"
 * Adam
 * "Male subject. Age 20. English. Intelligent and enthusiastic student helping Van Statten acquire rare artefacts. Considered no threat."
 * Rose Tyler
 * "Female subject. Age 19, English. Doctor's trusted assistant. Consider dangerous. However displays a degree of empathy towards all living things, use this to your advantage."
 * The Doctor
 * "Male subject. Age unknown. Time Lord. Archenemy of the Daleks! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!"
 * A total of eight items are found in the Artefact Museum, available to be scanned by the Dalek.
 * "Fragment of interstellar craft - origin unknown - discovered Gloucestershire UK - 1964."
 * "Cyborg specimen - incomplete recovered from underground sewer - 1978." Alluding to the Cyberman helmet seen in TV: Dalek.
 * "Fragment of extraterrestrial robot - super durable metal - found Nevada USA - 1997."
 * "Extraterrestrial metal - milled by unknown machinery - found in Italy - 2001."
 * "Extraterrestrial severed arm - unknown origin - discovered Mongolia - 1952." Alluding to the Raxacoricofallapatorian arm seen in TV: Dalek.
 * "Spaceship component - unknown purpose - recovered from Roswell USA - 1947."
 * "I-Beam - Markings similar to hieroglyphics - recovered from Roswell USA - 1947."
 * "Extraterrestrial metal - unusual properties - recovered from Tunguska Siberia - 1908."

Story notes

 * This game is an alternate version to the events of TV: Dalek.
 * The Doctor is the only other character from the original episode to appear in this game. The Dalek does not encounter anyone else and, as such their fates in this alternate version of the events of Dalek are unknown.
 * In Level 10, the Dalek enters the Artefact Museum, where it can observe the various artefacts which were seen in Dalek.
 * Upon completing the game, the player achieves a rank depending on their progress. From lowest to highest; Standard Dalek, Imperial Dalek, Supreme Dalek, Dalek Prime, Dalek Ultima, Dalek Emperor. Distinctly, the rank of "Dalek Ultima" is not derived from any story.
 * The "Mission Complete" message deems that the Last Great Time War is ended when the Dalek exterminates the Doctor, the last Time Lord, and his TARDIS, the last TARDIS, thus making the Daleks the new Lords of Time, fulfilling the ambition Davros stated in TV: Remembrance of the Daleks.
 * The models of the orange-hazard suited scientists seen here were later coloured white and repurposed to represent Cassandra O'Brien's surgeons in K9: Deja Who.

Links
The BBC 'removed' the game from their website in 2013. It turns out to be hidden with their new Doctor Who games, in full working order. Via The Wayback Machine - Missing game files, causing the game to return to the title screen after the first level). Via The Wayback Machine - Complete up to at least level four.. BBC official, via The Wayback Machine.
 * BBC - Downloads - Current Game Location (as of 08/2022).
 * BBC - Doctor Who - Games - The Last Dalek - Original Game Location (2005-2013).
 * Iowa Public Television - The Last Dalek - The game - IPTV's promo page for the game (2008-2013).
 * BBC - Doctor Who - The Last Dalek Help - Game Walkthrough.

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