However, they became so popular after their first episode that the BBC decided to have them be recurring characters and the Doctor's archenemies. The Doctor was constantly comparing his new enemies to the Daleks, so the power creep led to them becoming more powerful. read more
They didn’t start out like that. They were a highly, technologically advanced race, when The Doctor first came across them on their home planet, Skaro. read more
The Daleks (/ ˈ d ɑː l ɛ k s / ( listen) DAH-leks) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The Daleks were conceived by science-fiction writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1963 Doctor Who serial The Daleks, in the shells designed by Raymond Cusick. read more