Dalek weaponry Dalek weaponry was advanced and lethal . The Dalek s used a number of different weapon systems in their travel machines , in addition to the other more powerful weapons . They also bought weapons designed by the Vess , who supplied the Cybermen and Sontaran s as well . ( AUDIO : " The Light at the End " ) Personal Dalek weaponry could be disabled by a Macrotransmission of a K - filter wavelength in a Self - replicating energy blindfold matrix . ( TV : " Journey ' s End " ) Personal weapons . Gunstick . The gunstick was the standard personal weapon . ( TV : " The Daleks " , et al . ) Manipulator arm . Though capable of other functions , the manipulator arm could also serve as a close - quarters weapon . ( TV : " The Daleks " , " Dalek " ) Other weapons . The arm could also be replaced by a " pyro - flame " , essentially a flame - thrower . Given that the main gun had a limited area effect this seems mainly to have been used for defoliation . ( TV : " The Daleks ' Master Plan " ) With their main energy weapons rendered inoperative on the planet Exxilon , the Daleks replaced them with a projectile - firing percussion weapon . This weapon was effective against the primitive natives of the planet but less so against the sophisticated support and defence systems of the City of the Exxilons . ( TV : " Death to the Daleks " ) Individual Daleks were quite willing to expend their own lives for the advancement of the race , operating as suicide bombers if required . During the attempt to retrieve Davros in the Dalek - Movellan War , the Daleks improvised explosives using mining charges , strapping them about their casings . ( TV : " Destiny of the Daleks " ) By the Last Great Time War , the Daleks had incorporated a very destructive set of explosives into the lower section of their casings , which could be used to self - destruct , utterly obliterating the Dalek . One self - destruct explosion was contained within a force field surrounded by the Dalek " bumps " , ( TV : " Dalek " ) though in another instance , the Daleks ' self - destruct could be used offensively . This was used as a last resort when the Dalek ' s gunstick failed to fire . ( TV : " Asylum of the Daleks " ) For at least part of their history individual Daleks were capable of non - explosive self - destruct but this appears to have been more a frenzied pathological reflex at having failed to advance the cause of the race than a deliberate doctrine . The self - destruct in this case did nothing more than terminate the mutant involved , with even the casing not visibly damaged . ( TV : " Death to the Daleks " ) During the Dalek Civil War the Renegade Dalek faction made use of Electronic Counter - Measure pod s in their defensive positions . These devices locked onto the casings of any Imperial Dalek s who came into range and infiltrated their systems , sabotaging the life - support software so the Kaled mutant within drowned in its own nutrient fluid . ( PROSE : " Remembrance of the Daleks " ) Heavy weapons . The Daleks routinely made little use of dedicated heavy weapons units , probably because the destructive power of a basic Dalek soldier made them unnecessary . However , during the Dalek Civil War , at least one Special Weapons Dalek was seen in action . This Dalek had a vastly oversized and overpowered version of the standard casing weapon . ( TV : " Remembrance of the Daleks " ) Weapons of mass destruction . Bacteriological weapons . Dalek vessels mounted a varied armament , some of them simple energy weapons . However they were also equipped with missiles , many of which had specialised warheads . The Daleks appeared to favour bacteriological warfare , as during the 22nd century Dalek invasion of Earth . ( TV : " The Dalek Invasion of Earth " ) They were prepared to use missiles to spread plague across planets they either wished to conquer or wanted to prevent others from visiting . ( TV : " Death to the Daleks " ) Other armaments . During the Dalek Civil War , the Imperial Dalek s had planet - busting weapons mounted on their mothership . ( TV : " Remembrance of the Daleks " ) During and after the Last Great Time War , the Dalek Flagship used explosive missiles , and the smaller flying saucers used bomb s which could devastate whole continents . ( TV : " The Parting of the Ways " ) Time Destructor . One of the most deadly weapons ever constructed by the Daleks was the Time Destructor . ( TV : " The Daleks ' Master Plan " ) The Reality bomb . The Reality bomb was a weapon created by Davros to destroy reality itself . ( TV : " Journey ' s End " ) Temporal Extinction Device . The Temporal Extinction Device was used by the Daleks while in the Time Vortex . ( AUDIO : " The Time of the Daleks " ) Temporal Cannon . The Temporal Cannon was created by the Eternity Circle during the Last Great Time War . ( PROSE : " Engines of War " ) The Annihilator . The Annihilator was a time weapon created by the Daleks capable of erasing races from time during the Last Great Time War . ( AUDIO : " Legion of the Lost " )