Talk:Remembrance of the Daleks
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Worth mentioning that (as far as the TV series is concerned) beyond Davros, I think this marks the first appearance of a totally non-standard dalek design, ie The Special Weapons Dalek (aka The Abomination) which can only be described as "a dalek with a bazooka"--81.174.244.104 01:59, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Destruction of Gallifrey
Because of the Doctor's comment about his people burning with the Daleks in Dalek [I'm assuming Gallifrey was destroyed along with Skaro (Remembrance of the Daleks)], should it be mentioned that Gallifrey was also apparently destroyed? -- Drax 23:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- Well, that certainly wasn't the interpretation at the time, nor in the next decade or so. Indeed, the 1996 TV movie showed the Doctor, having picked up the Master's remains from an apparently non-destroyed Skaro, on his way to drop them off on Gallifrey. We don't really know much about the Time War, but the Doctor's description in The Parting of the Ways doesn't sound like the destruction of Skaro was part of the final battle. Some of the dialogue was cut in the broadcast version, but here's the speech from the shooting scripts:
- I was there. The War between the Daleks and the Time Lords, with the whole of creation at stake. Think you've seen fighting, Jack? You've seen nothing. Two battle fleets. Millions of ships. Burning, and screaming. My people were destroyed, but they took the Daleks with them. I almost thought it was worth it.
- I'd always assumed that the destruction of the planet Skaro was distinct from the near-annihilation of the Daleks and the Time Lords in the last battle of the Time War. I suppose you could make a reasonable argument that the Doctor's destruction of Skaro (or, more accurately, the Doctor tricking Davros into destroying Skaro) was part of the larger conflict, but saying that in a Wikipedia article would be original research. Based on on-screen evidence alone, we don't really know the connection between the destruction of Skaro and the destruction of Gallifrey. —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 17:46, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
