Etra Prime incident

The Etra Prime Incident was an event that began the escalation of hostilities between the Daleks and the Time Lords in the events leading up to the Last Great Time War. (DWA: 2006 Doctor Who Annual)

History
The incident began when the Daleks removed the planet Etra Prime from space-time, kidnapping a Monan and Time Lord delegation including Lady President Romana. The Daleks removed Etra Prime so that they could harvest the Apocalypse Element from Etra Prime itself.

Twenty years later the Daleks sent Etra Prime on a collision course with the planet Archetryx which was hosting a temporal treaty attended by 20 membering races of the Temporal Powers. Before Etra Prime collided with Archetryx, President Romana managed to escape from Etra Prime and warned the Time Lords of the threat, allowing them to retreat to Gallifrey.

The Daleks followed the Time Lords back to Gallifrey and managed to lower the transduction barriers to allow them access to Gallifrey's surface for an invasion. An initial squad of Daleks who first followed the Time Lords landed on Gallifrey with a larger force set to follow later. The Dalek squad made their way to the Panopticon to utilise the power of the Eye of Harmony for their own uses. The Daleks used the Doctor's companion Evelyn Smythe to open the Eye of Harmony, but were stopped by the Doctor, who forced the remainder of the Dalek squad into the Eye of Harmony with the help of the Chancellery Guard. The Time Lords then managed to raise the transduction barriers before any more Daleks arrived. (BFA: The Apocalypse Element)