Dalek Empire The Dalek Empire was an empire created by the Dalek s which spanned much of time and space . With a goal to exterminate all life save the Daleks themselves , the Empire waged numerous interstellar wars , bringing it into frequent conflict with the Doctor . It was divided for a time during its civil war , but was eventually reunited . Ultimately , the entire Empire fought the Time Lord s in the Last Great Time War , which was marked by unprecedented destruction across time . The Dalek Empire ceased to exist when the war ended , although remnants survived . One of the survivors of the Dalek Empire , Dalek Caan , went on to become the founder of the New Dalek Empire , which itself would later be succeeded by a third empire . History . Origins . The Empire was formed during an unknown period in Dalek history , presumably after venturing into space from their home planet of Skaro . Events from this period included their initial invasion of Earth . ( TV : " The Dalek Invasion of Earth " ) The Daleks began to come into conflict with the Doctor , prompting them to focus their efforts on creating their own means of time travel , resulting in them constructing time machines . They attempted to hunt down the Doctor through time and space , but failed when the Doctor trapped them in a conflict with the Mechanoid s . ( TV : " The Chase " ) Expanding the Empire . Settling down to more general use of their time travelling abilities , the Daleks proceeded on a grand effort to create a permanent base of operations . Using knowledge from the library of Kar - Charrat ( AUDIO : " The Genocide Machine " ) and the power of Gallifrey , the Daleks obliterated the entire Seriphia Galaxy , remaking it to their own designs . ( AUDIO : " The Apocalypse Element " ) From there , the Daleks staged several major invasions of the Mutter ' s Spiral , notably in the 42nd and 67th centuries . ( AUDIO : " Dalek Empire " ) Despite having their own galaxy , the Dalek Emperor maintained himself on the home planet of Skaro , and continued efforts from there to take over Earth at various points in history . ( TV : " The Daleks ' Master Plan , The Evil of the Daleks , Day of the Daleks " ) After the resurrection of the Daleks ' creator Davros during the Movellan war , ( TV : " Destiny of the Daleks " ) the Daleks entered a new era , led by Davros as the new Emperor . ( COMIC : " Emperor of the Daleks ! " ) A schism developed between the Imperial Dalek s loyal to Davros and Renegade Dalek s loyal to the Dalek Supreme . The subsequent Imperial - Renegade Dalek Civil War stretched across the entire Dalek Empire . As the war escalated , the Seventh Doctor set a trap for factions , resulting in the destruction of ( TV : " Remembrance of the Daleks " ) Skaro ' s second sun . ( PROSE : " The Stranger " ) The Dalek Prime and Davros survived the war and encountered one another once more during a decline in Dalek pervasiveness throughout the galaxy . Davros was again defeated and the Dalek Prime set about rebuilding the Empire . ( PROSE : " War of the Daleks " ) Last Great Time War and destruction . United once more , the Daleks , including Davros ( TV : " The Stolen Earth " ) and a new Dalek Emperor , ( TV : " Bad Wolf " ) fought the Time Lord s in the Last Great Time War , a titanic battle across all of history , resulting in the near - total destruction of both sides . ( TV : " Dalek " ) It was eventually revealed that " all thirteen " incarnations of the Doctor ( led by the War , Tenth and Eleventh Doctor s ) came together to save the Time Lords and Gallifrey which was under attack by the entire empire , a " billion billion " Daleks in millions of ships . When the Doctor moved Gallifrey into a pocket universe , the Daleks were caught in their own crossfire and they destroyed themselves ( rather than being destroyed along with the Time Lords by the War Doctor with the Moment , as previously believed ) . ( TV : " The Day of the Doctor " ) Remnants . There were at least four different instances of Dalek survivors of the Time War : a single drone which fell through time , landing on Earth in the 20th century , ( TV : " Dalek " ) the Dalek Emperor himself , ( TV : " The Parting of the Ways " ) the four - member Cult of Skaro , in possession of a Genesis Ark containing millions of trapped drones ( TV : " Doomsday " ) and the inmates of the Dalek Asylum , a prison planet containing thousands of insane and damaged Daleks . ( TV : " Asylum of the Daleks " ) Further Dalek empires . After the destruction of the Dalek Empire , two subsequent empires were established : the New Dalek Empire , followed by the New Dalek Paradigm . The New Dalek Empire was established by Dalek Caan , who made a perilous journey back through time into the first year of the Time War , and rescued Davros from the " jaws of the Nightmare Child " . Davros sacrificed cells from his own body to create millions of new Daleks . Together they built a massive fleet and a space station called the " Crucible " within the Medusa Cascade . Dalek Caan worked in secret to betray the New Empire and Davros , however , and assisted the Doctor and Donna Noble in disarming the reality bomb and foiling the stolen planets plot . The Meta - Crisis Tenth Doctor then caused a chain reaction which destroyed the New Empire , including apparently Davros and Caan . ( TV : " The Stolen Earth " , " Journey ' s End " ) Through a deception called the " Ironside Project " , three Daleks , having survived a previous encounter with the Doctor , tricked the Eleventh Doctor into helping them activate the Progenitor . The device then created five new Daleks , referred to as a New Dalek Paradigm . These newcomers destroyed their three forebears and escaped through a time corridor . Amy Pond speculated that the new Daleks would need time to " build themselves up " . ( TV : " Victory of the Daleks " ) The Paradigm ' s new empire would eventually grow to be overseen by a Parliament led by a Dalek Prime Minister . ( TV : " Asylum of the Daleks " ) The Daleks at some point after a vast Galactic Recession established the Sunlight Worlds , 400 worlds and the planet Carthedia acting as a government state . Humans were allowed to live there , not knowing of the danger of the Daleks . The Dalek time controller planned to use the Cradle of the Gods to turn the Sunlight Worlds into copies of Skaro . However the Eleventh Doctor and Jenibeth Blakely foiled this plan . ( PROSE : " The Dalek Generation ) Alternate timelines . Following their escape , the new Daleks discovered the lost Time Lord artefact , the Eye of Time , allowing them to alter time as they saw fit . The Daleks returned to Skaro , rebuilt their capital city of Kaalann , appointed a new emperor , and began rebuilding their empire . One of the empire ' s first acts with their new - found power over time was to invade Earth in 1963 . In this new timeline , they succeeded in killing every member of the human race . However , the Doctor and Amy Pond successfully undid these events , leaving Earth unconquered and erasing the new empire from existence . ( GAME : " City of the Daleks " ) An alternate timeline created when guerrillas from this timeline travelled back and accidentally caused a war by assassinating delegates meant the Daleks invaded Earth . This was averted when the Third Doctor travelled back from this timeline and told the guerrilla responsible the truth . Daleks and Ogron s travelled back to keep this timeline intact , but the guerrilla destroyed them with a bomb ( TV : " Day of the Daleks ) In another alternate timeline , the Daleks invaded Earth in the 17th century . This was averted by the Eighth Doctor and Charley Pollard . ( AUDIO : " The Time of the Daleks " )