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: Genesis of Evil
 * The Daleks evolve from humanoids, as described in The Daleks.


 * COMIC: Power Play
 * The Daleks gain space travel.


 * COMIC: Duel of the Daleks
 * COMIC: The Amaryll Challenge
 * COMIC: The Penta Ray Factor
 * COMIC: Plague of Death
 * COMIC: The Menace of the Monstrons
 * COMIC: Eve of War
 * COMIC: The Rogue Planet
 * COMIC: Impasse
 * COMIC: The Terrorkon Harvest
 * COMIC: Legacy of Yesteryear
 * Centuries after Genesis of Evil.


 * COMIC: Shadow of Humanity
 * COMIC: The Emissaries of Jevo
 * COMIC: The Road to Conflict
 * The Daleks elect to search for Earth.


 * PROSE: Doctor Who and the Daleks
 * The Daleks do not yet have time travel. They are ruled by the Golden Emperor. They have conflict with humanity, which is not confined to Earth. Therefore this has been placed during the First Dalek War, before the invasion of Earth.


 * COMIC: Return of the Elders
 * The Daleks' invasion is initially repelled, but they vow to return.


 * 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: City of the Daleks
 * 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.


 * PROSE: The Dalek Factor
 * The Dalek Emperor matches the description of the one from Evil and is referred to as "an Emperor", suggesting that there is more than one. All three editions of aHistory date this story to circa 3340, as Thal Search and Destroy missions have been underway for eight centuries, and Planet of the Daleks is set in 2540.


 * TV: The Evil of the Daleks / PROSE: The Evil of the Daleks
 * The Dalek Emperor is caught up in the Great Civil War.
 * At the conclusion of the Civil War, the Dalek Emperor has a brief encounter with a time-jumping Bernice Summerfield. (AUDIO: The Lights of Skaro)


 * 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, leading to the Second Dalek War in the 26th century.


 * 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
 * Set in the 26th century, the Emperor Dalek recognises the first seven incarnations of the Doctor but is unfamiliar with the name "Davros".


 * COMIC: Emperor of the Daleks!
 * The Emperor Dalek, identical to the one from Nemesis of the Daleks, recognises Davros as the creator and enemy of the Daleks. He is destroyed by Daleks loyal to Davros, who becomes the new Emperor.


 * AUDIO: The Curse of Davros
 * Davros is leading a force of Imperial Daleks. His skirt matches that of a Dalek. He has not adapted to his Emperor casing. These Daleks lose their memories at the end of this story, perhaps explaining why Davros is on trial in the next story.


 * 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.


 * TV: Remembrance of the Daleks / PROSE: 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: The Time of the Daleks
 * The Daleks now have their own equivalent of the Eye of Harmony.
 * In an alternate timeline, the Emperor is erased along with the entire Dalek race by Imperiatrix Romana II. (AUDIO: Neverland)


 * AUDIO: Invasion of the Daleks
 * AUDIO: The Fearless: Part 3
 * AUDIO: The Fearless: Part 4


 * AUDIO: The Human Factor
 * AUDIO: "Death to the Daleks!"
 * AUDIO: Project Infinity
 * AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter Two
 * AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter Three
 * AUDIO: Dalek War: Chapter Four
 * 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

 * AUDIO: Desperate Measures
 * Set early in the 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.

Unplaced

 * PROSE: The Emperor Dalek's New Clothes