Dalek Emperor ( The Evil of the Daleks ) Originally know as either the Dalek Prime or Genetic Variant Two - One - Zero , this Dalek Emperor ruled the planet Skaro and the Dalek Empire , and was the first Emperor of the Daleks the Doctor encountered . This Emperor was an enormous , immobile , conical shell installed into a corner of the control room in the Dalek City , connected to the wall by tubes , and spoke in an echoing voice . Unlike the rest of its race , it had no gunstick . Becoming the Emperor . Genetic Variant Two - One - Zero was one of several genetically - modified Daleks sent to pass an ordeal . On the planet Shade , he had to collaborate with Steven Taylor to survive Chaon s who infested the planet and to get to a transmat station to escape . Several times Steven saved Two - One - Zero from death , once taking it out of the casing and carrying in his hands wrapped in a tarpaulin . During the whole ordeal , Two - One - Zero exhibited qualities unusual for Dalek s : he tried to save human prisoner s ' lives and exterminated another Dalek to save Steven ' s life . He promised to give Steven a transmat code to return back to the First Doctor and Vicki on the planet Entropica , but betrayed Steven in the very end , giving him transmat coordinates that would lead him to certain death had he not been saved by the First Doctor . Upon returning to Skaro , Two - One - Zero demonstrated that it was indeed a superior Dalek as he was the only genetic variant to return from the ordeal . He was transferred to a new casing and declared himself the Emperor of Daleks , his experience with Steven prompting him to search for the Human Factor as a way to achieve total Dalek domination over the universe . ( AUDIO : " Across the Darkened City " ) Another similar albeit different account stated that the Emperor was originally the Dalek Prime , the Dalek that exterminated Davros . ( TV : " Genesis of the Daleks " ) Following the end of the Thousand Year War , the Dalek Prime began conducting experiments on other life - forms on Skaro , creating mutations which went on to inhabit the petrified jungle and the Lake of Mutations near the foot of the Drammankin Mountains . Eventually the Dalek Prime discovered the molecules that could cause further mutation within a Dalek , and created a drug from its research which would initiate the mutation . Not prepared to test the drug on any Dalek in case it grew beyond its capabilities , the Dalek Prime used the drug on itself and evolved to the peak of Dalek evolution with hugely enhanced mental powers . Afterwards , it proclaimed itself the Emperor of the Dalek race . ( PROSE : " The Evil of the Daleks " ) Search for the Human Factor . After accepting that the Daleks were losing the Great War after centuries of denial , the Emperor tried to win the conflict by blackmail ing the Second Doctor . He ordered the Daleks to capture the Doctor so that they could force him to conduct research into the Human Factor . This would unlock the secrets of the Dalek Factor which was to be spread throughout all areas of human history , giving all humans the mentality of a Dalek and preventing the Great War from ever happening . When the Doctor escaped , the Emperor was caught in the chaos of a civil war between humanised Dalek s and un - altered Daleks and nearly destroyed . However , a light was seen blinking inside his casing at the end , indicating some kind of activity . ( TV : " The Evil of the Daleks " , PROSE : " The Evil of the Daleks " ) Shortly after this , the Emperor met Bernice Summerfield as she moved through time , and the Emperor questioned her on why the Civil War had occurred and the other Daleks questioned him . She berated him during their short discussion , mocking him for not even having a gun , and walked away so that she would live , giving " the greatest insult [ she ] could think to give a Dalek . " The Emperor was left screaming after her for her to obey him and that she would be annihilated . ( AUDIO : " The Lights of Skaro " ) Having survived , the Emperor ' s forces began rebuilding , ( COMIC : " Bringer of Darkness " ) resulting in the emergence of a new command structure involving grey Dalek drones and Gold Supreme Daleks . ( TV : " Day of the Daleks " ) Creating / Erasing the Mutant Phase . In an alternate timeline where the Dalek s came under attack by the infection called the Mutant Phase , the Dalek Emperor still commanded the empire from Skaro , the Fifth Doctor commenting that they ' d both " had a face - lift " since they last met . As the Mutant Phase swarm destroyed Skaro , the Emperor was able to place its mind into the body of the Thal Ganatus , possessing him , and ordering the Doctor to take him back to the 22nd century Dalek invasion of Earth , where the Mutant Phase started . Travelling back in time , the Emperor tried to warn the Daleks of the great catastrophe that would devastate their race , but the Doctor explained that his interference is what caused the mutation in the first place . When the Emperor realised this , he chose not to change the past , erasing both himself and the Mutant Phase from existence . ( AUDIO : " The Mutant Phase " )