Genesis Dalek

The Genesis Daleks were the original group of Grey Daleks who were created by Davros. (TV: Genesis of the Daleks)

The Dalek Prime, leader and ultimate last survivor of this Dalek group, acknowledged them as the first Daleks. At the same time, the Eighth Doctor referred to the Skaro City Daleks as "the first". (PROSE: War of the Daleks)

The Genesis Daleks were Grey Daleks, inhabiting the first Mark III Travel Machines created by Davros, (TV: Genesis of the Daleks) rather than the "low-frequency" blue Dalek War Machines which the Time Lords associated with the Daleks' "early period". (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual)

Legacy


According to one account, Davros's Daleks led by the Dalek Prime ultimately emerged from their entombment and forced the Thals to evacuate Skaro. By this account, it was this faction of Daleks which established the Dalek Empire. (PROSE: The History of the Daleks) The Eighth Doctor concurred with this account. (PROSE: War of the Daleks)

In their scrutiny of the Daleks' timeline, the Time Lords observed that Davros's prototype grey Dalek design was replicated for later units with variant coatings resulting in different shades of grey across many campaigns. They designated these the "Type IV Dalek", following the "Type III" Silver Daleks which themselves followed the Dalek Earthforce and the Skaro City Daleks. (PROSE: Dalek Combat Training Manual)

By the aftermath of the Imperial-Renegade Dalek Civil War, the Dalek Prime claimed to be the last survivor of what he knew to be the "first Daleks" and identified himself as the ancestor of the billions of Daleks that had been created since. (PROSE: War of the Daleks) By one account, the original Dalek Emperor was resurrected to lead the Daleks in the Last Great Time War, (AUDIO: Restoration of the Daleks) only to be destroyed by the Bad Wolf in the post-Time War universe. (TV: The Parting of the Ways)

Behind the scenes

 * According to The Discontinuity Guide, the more advanced Daleks took to space to escape the neutron bomb whist the Skaro City Daleks, who were the early products of the experimental program conducted by the late Davros, were left behind on Skaro. These primitive Daleks were all wiped out in the battle with the Thals, though the advanced Daleks would later return to make their home on Skaro, preceding the Dalek Civil War which took place somewhere between the 19th century and the mid-22nd century. It is further noted that, since the Fourth Doctor inadvertently changed Dalek history so that Davros survived, this event would have occurred vastly differently if it happened at all in the new timeline.
 * The Genesis Daleks were named in issue 39 of Doctor Who: Figurine Collection.