Red Dalek Before the Last Great Time War , Red Daleks were bred for intermediate roles between the less intelligent Blue Dalek s and the Dalek s that served as their immediate superiors , the Black Dalek s . Unlike Blue Daleks , they were capable of independent thought , allowing some measure of independent action . ( PROSE : " War of the Daleks " ) Like Black Daleks , they were capable of holding the rank of Supreme Controller . ( AUDIO : " " Death to the Daleks ! " " ) History . Early history . The earliest known Red Dalek was in charge of the construction of the Sky Seven Space Station when the Mechanoid s made their opening volleys in their war with the Daleks . The Red Dalek Leader spared the life of a raving mad Dalek because he correctly believed it was tied to the detected transmissions of alien signals . He located and exposed a camouflaged Mechanoid Interceptor and destroyed it before it could flee . Two more Interceptors arrived , both protected by force field s . He ordered the Daleks to retreat but his Dalek flying saucer was melted as he screamed about the heat and the light . ( COMIC : " Eve of War " ) Following the destruction of Skardal , a Red Dalek was with the Dalek Emperor as he watched the Terrorkon s run rampant . The Red Dalek suggested they simply kill off the Terrorkons , but the Emperor told him the Terrorkons were part of the city ' s defence system and simply had to be constantly outwitted . When a lone Terrorkon stole a missile powerful enough to destroy the city , the Emperor took the Red Dalek with him to stop it . Reaching the caves in the mountains through the pipe systems , they found the missile activated and close to detonation . The Red Dalek defused the missile . ( COMIC : " The Terrorkon Harvest " ) The Emperor called a meeting with the Black Dalek and a Red Dalek when the presence of the One in a Million Dalek threatened to cause a civil war . ( COMIC : " Shadow of Humanity " ) A Red Dalek was aboard the Emperor ' s ship when the Daleks first travelled into the Sol System ahead of the invasion . ( COMIC : " Return of the Elders " ) Later history . In the late 40th century , a Red Dalek led the assault on the Space Security Service compound on M5 . ( AUDIO : " The Destroyers " ) There was a squadron of Daleks named the Red Extra - Galactic Squadron . When its commander denounced the Emperor for military failures and demanded a new Dalek take its place , the Black Dalek obliterated the whole squadron . ( COMIC : " The Secret of the Emperor " ) In the year 4000 when the Daleks made an alliance with the Outer Galaxies and planned to destroy the Solar System with the Time Destructor , the First Doctor interfered and replaced the Time Destructor ' s Taranium core with a fake one . Upon learning of the Doctor ' s deception , the Daleks contacted Skaro and the Dalek Prime sent a Red Dalek to Kembel in a Dalek time machine . They pursued the Doctor ' s TARDIS to ancient Egypt and successfully recovered the core but the Red Dalek did not survive the mission , being destroyed by rock s in a fight between the Egyptians . ( PROSE : " The Mutation of Time " ) The failure of the Time Destructor plan led directly to the Great War which lasted over a millennium . The Emperor tried to win the wars by blackmailing the Second Doctor into discovering the Human Factor and , by extension , the Dalek Factor . A Red Dalek , acting as an emissary for the Supreme Council , oversaw the experiment on Earth in 1866 and returned to Skaro with the other Daleks upon its completion . Other Red Daleks were also present in the Dalek City at the time but the Doctor believed them all destroyed along with the rest of their race when he ignited a civil war against the Emperor ' s Black Daleks and the rebelling Daleks reconditioned with the Human Factor . ( PROSE : " The Evil of the Daleks " ) After Commander Don Morais and Zec were lured into a trap and transported to Skaro , a Red Dalek tasked them with finding a stratum of the mineral Doranium beneath the planet ' s surface . ( COMIC : " The Dalek Trap " ) A Red Dalek , leader of the Thaleks tortured Jesic and Murgat . The word exterminate told by Jesic caused the entire facility to crumble . The Red Dalek and the Thal - Daleks were killed by the collapsing . ( AUDIO : " Brotherhood of the Daleks " ) Many Red Daleks , among other ranks , were present on Skaro shortly after the Imperial - Renegade Dalek Civil War when the Dalek Prime placed Davros on trial . Like all other ranks with the exception of the Dalek Prime ' s elite Gold Dalek s , the Red Daleks were divided in loyalties - some were loyal to the Dalek Prime while others supported Davros . Davros ' s supporters were believed to have been wiped out in a brief but devastating battle which erupted when a Black Dalek supporting Davros attempted to assassinate the Dalek Prime . ( PROSE : " War of the Daleks " ) During the Dalek Empire ' s invasion of Mutter ' s Spiral a Red Dalek was Supreme Controller of the sector of the planet Selatron . The Dalek Supreme was its direct superior . ( AUDIO : " " Death to the Daleks ! " " ) The New Paradigm variant of Red Daleks and Black Daleks had occupied the " Starbane " when the Twelfth Doctor and Lumpy arrived with the intention of destroying the vessel along with the Orb of Fates . A Red Dalek explained to the Doctor that Lumpy ' s capture by the Cybermen was engineered so that the Doctor would hand over the Orb of Fates and the " Starbane " to the Daleks . All Red Daleks were killed when the " Starbane " exploded ( GAME : " The Doctor and the Dalek " ) Other red Daleks . Numerous Daleks have been red , unrelated to this caste system . Zeg ' s casing changed colour during an accident in an engineering lab . ( COMIC : " Duel of the Daleks " ) Storm - Blast Dalek s were red . ( COMIC : " City of the Daleks " ) Some Daleks were also covered with red lead to resist corrosion on planets with humid environments , like Venus . ( PROSE : " Red for Danger " ) Among the Daleks of Azhra Korr , the First - Born , Alpha , had a red casing , although his role and his title were more like that of the Dalek Prime on Skaro . ( COMIC : " Children of the Revolution " ) Towards the end of the Last Great Time War , the casing of the Eternity Circle ' s Predator Dalek was vermillion with black globes . The ' Spider ' variant of the Skaro Degradations had a similar colour scheme . ( PROSE : " Engines of War " ) A race of Daleks newly created from Davros ' cells after the Time War were led by the red Supreme Dalek , who also was the highest ranking among his Daleks . ( TV : " The Stolen Earth " ) The Supreme Dalek was destroyed by Jack Harkness . ( TV : " Journey ' s End " ) An identical Supreme Dalek led the Daleks in the reconstructed Dalek City on Skaro when , with Davros ' s help , they sought to become Dalek / Time Lord hybrid s . It was still present in the city when regenerated decomposing Dalek mutants attacked the place . ( TV : " The Magician ' s Apprentice " / " The Witch ' s Familiar " ) In the New Dalek Paradigm , the red Drone Daleks were initially the lowest ranked . ( TV : " Victory of the Daleks " ) Later , standard Dalek soldiers were once again identified by a smaller bronze casing and the red drones were given a higher status . ( TV : " Asylum of the Daleks " )