Crucible

The Crucible is a spaceship used by Davros and the Daleks which existed within the Medusa Cascade. It appeared as a massive spherical space station the size of a planet, with numerous docking ports outside it.

During the War in the Medusa Cascade when the New Dalek Empire invaded the captured Earth, the Crucible was at 90% efficiency. (DW: "The Stolen Earth"). Human prisoners were taken for an unknown variety of testing during the Dalek invasion of Earth in 2009. The Crucible was to be the staging post for the deployment of a Reality bomb that would have destroyed all of the universe except for the inhabitants of the station allowing the Daleks to be the sole survivors of existence. It is destroyed by the Doctor's clone along with Davros, Dalek Caan and all of the Daleks (DW: Journey's End).

It should not be confused with the Cruciform which was mentioned by The Master. (DW: "The Sound of Drums").

Behind the Scenes

 * The Crucible seems to resemble the Death Star from Star Wars in a few respects, including its shape and size.