Jungle Dalek (Revenge of the Daleks)

## Jungle Dalek

A single **Dalek** was the sole survivor of a major battle between the Daleks and the Vineso when the Daleks attempted to invade Vinesios due to its strategic position in the galaxy.

## Biography

The battle was ended prematurely when the Vineso detonated one of their signature planet destroying weapons, sacrificing themselves to wipe out the Daleks. However, this Dalek managed to survive by hiding in a deep, underground cave when the weapon was set off but was trapped when the entrance caved in, being unable to blast its way through the rubble due to the rockfall damaging its systems - leaving the Dalek stuck and growing ever more insane as the years went by.

Hundreds of years later, in the 4760s, the United Planetary Terraforming Corporation arrived on Vinesios to terraform the planet in a jungle paradise, fit for nature tourists. The terraforming process also managed to clear out the entrance to the cave, allowing the Dalek to wake up and finally leave after all that time. Making its way to the UPTC Vinesios headquarters, the Dalek secretly connected its casing to the headquarters' power grid and refuelled its weapon systems, granting it back control over its gunstick.

The Dalek then made itself known to Vola, head of the UPTC and the UPTC staff members, who had been then joined by the Sixteenth Doctor and her companion Tari Ackerman, who was surprised to see a survivor of the Vinesios battle, believing nothing could've survived the Vineso's weaponry. The Dalek massacred most of the crew, although a few managed to escape alongside the Doctor and Tari. Refusing to accept that the Vineso were all extinct until it could make absolute sure itself, the Dalek made its way to a Vineso temple and entered the lower levels, accessing whatever was left on the decaying computer banks before finding out that the Vineso had not detonated all of their weaponry and had, in fact, kept one last one locked and secure in another temple on the other side of the planet as a backup.

The Dalek started to make its way across Vinesios' dense jungle landscape, but failed to notice that the Doctor, Tari, Vola and the surviving UPTC staff members were following it, now recently armed to finally destroy the Dalek and definitively end the battle.

Once the Dalek entered the temple, the group placed itself around the various floors and opened fire, but were not able to destroy the Dalek once and for all as it retaliated. The Dalek then travelled down to the lower levels and begun its search for the Vineso weapon, however, the Doctor and Tari secretly followed and located the weapon before the Dalek could, moving it to the entrance to the floor and then sabotaging it to detonate as soon as the Dalek attempted to move it - realising that the Vineso had built the temple to withstand the blast as a fail safe in case the weapon were accidentally detonated inside - hence why the temples were still standing even after the original detonations.

Sealing the doors behind them, the Doctor and Tari left the temple such as the Dalek finally discovered the weapon, left by the doors and then accidentally set it off, destroying the Dalek with the blast contained by the walls. (TV: *Revenge of the Daleks*)

## Appearance

The Dalek originally resembled a typical bronze Time War Dalek, however, hundred of years of being trapped underground caused it to stain green with moss and vines that had begun to grow over its casing. Damage from the rock fall had caused one of its lights to smash into pieces, the skirt to begin cracking and the manipulator arm to come off, leaving a wide hole where insects made their home - a detail that disturbed Tari. (TV: *Revenge of the Daleks*)