Joel Shaw Joel Shaw was a soldier attached to the United Planets Defence Complex , later made head of the Anti - Dalek Force . Biography . He was recalled from holidaying on Venus to begin a new training regime on Mars . He was one of 100 specially - chosen individuals who were part of a mission so secret even they didn ' t know what it was . One day , he , Mark Seven and Reb Shavron were called from their course work to join the Supreme Commander in a briefing room . There , they finally received their mission orders . Shaw was promoted to the rank of Space Major , and told that he would head a new division called the Anti - Dalek Force . Shavron and Seven were asigned as his joint seconds - in - command . The Supreme Commander gave Shaw " carte blanche " to set up the ADF how he saw fit . They could use the 50 - strong team — for half of the initial training class have already washed out — how they saw fit . The next day , the trio headed to Skaro in their new deep - space vessel . Their plan : the first direct bombing of the Dalek capital city in a hundred years . Their ship was instantly crippled by overwhelming Dalek firepower on hitting Skaro orbit . It plummeted to the ground , crash landing on the surface of Skaro . Far from being a crushing defeat , however , things were going Shaw ' s way . He wanted to create the " illusion " of an easy defeat so that the Daleks would be caught off guard by the " real " plan : a land assault on foot . The Daleks helped with his plan by investigating the remains of the ADF ship and declaring that no survivors were found . The Dalek defence thus slackened just that little bit that allowed the trio to amble into the Dalek city . The trio soon completely disabled the Daleks ' so - called " sky - spy " — a kind of early warning system that allowed them to detect approaching enemy vessels . The Daleks captured the trio pretty swiftly after their successful sabotage , and began to torture Reb for the reasons why she perpetrated her attack . But the Daleks didn ' t have enough time to get any answers . Their city came under massive bombardment before Reb said a word . The explosions gave the trio a window of opportunity . They ran almost blindly , suddenly thinking they might have a chance of getting off the planet alive . Unfortunately , a couple of Daleks blocked their path . Mark Seven rushed with unusual strength towards one of them . He disabled it , but lost an arm in the process . Still , he got back up and made a run at the second one . This time , he was hit squarely by a blast from the Dalek gunstick . Momentum carried him forward , allowing his now - limp and lifeless body to upend the remaining Dalek . Shaw threw the body of his dead colleague over his shoulder , and he and Reb were able to get on the evacuation ship and return to the safety of space . Shaw called the Daleks to gloat . Shaw and Reb then filed incident reports , taking the time to heap posthumous praise on their fallen second - in - command . Immediately after they finished , Mark Seven popped through the doorway , complaining that the on - board android expert didn ' t have all the spare parts necessary for his repair . Seven ' s surprised colleagues were astonished to learn that they ' ve been serving alongside a " mark seven totally humanoid robot " . ( PROSE : " Terror Task Force " )