Davros and Lytton's Dalek Scheme
Davros seeks to regain control over the Daleks by exploiting human proxies after the Movellan War defeat, triggering conflict with the Dalek hierarchy. Commander Lytton struggles against his own perception of weakness and the Daleks' growing dominance, culminating in his subjugation to their will while maintaining a facade of cohesion.
Arc Timeline
Season 21
20 eventsLytton’s squad has just silenced a group of witnesses to Dalek activity when two fugitives burst from a Shad Thames warehouse into the cobbled street. Futuristically clad men flee, pursued …
Stien and Galloway emerge from concealment in Shad Thames to find the street littered with vanished bodies. The Inspector’s device has erased all traces of the dead, deepening their dread …
Inspector Lytton returns to his battle cruiser to find the warehouse operation in tatters, bodies scattered across the bay and valuable specimens lost. He vents his rage at the trooper’s …
On the upper floor of a Shad Thames warehouse Galloway cornersthe Time Corridor’s misuse and presses Stien to justify his collapsing loyalty. Between the cramped stairwell and a cramped back …
Lytton stands accused by the Daleks of failed strategy following their mined attack corridor. Under threat of extermination, he pivots from defensive justifications to a bold offensive plan, insisting his …
Osborn succeeds in accessing the control box and arming explosives near Dalyk gas canisters. Mercer, infected by the gas, begs for help but convulses as his body dissolves. In a …
Lytton has awaited Davros’s death with grim satisfaction, assuming the creator of the Daleks would finally succumb as the invaders fell. A trooper monitors the cryo-chamber only to confirm the …
Davros, reawakened and reasserting control within the Dalek ranks, interrogates Lytton in the prison area about the Daleks’ defeat during the war with the Movellans. Lytton’s revelation of the Daleks’ …
Davros struggles with malfunctions in his life-support systems while Lytton presses for an immediate boarding of the Dalek ship to respond to a space station’s distress call. Knowing the Daleks …
Davros emerges from cryogenic suspension to confront Lytton about his prolonged imprisonment and the Daleks’ methods. Lytton assures him the Doctor will soon be captured, escalating Davros’s resolve to exact …
The Dalek Supreme orders the Doctor’s immediate extermination, but Lytton halts the process with a calculated demand—the Doctor must be duplicated first. The Daleks relent, but the intervention extends the …
Davros exploits the Daleks’ dependence on his research to commandeer essential resources, overriding their protocols. His demand for Movellan virus samples and living Dalek tissue reveals his growing autonomy from …
With the Supreme Dalek’s forces massing outside Davros’s laboratory, Tegan capitalizes on the sudden chaos to break free from her captors’ detection in the warehouse’s mazelike corridors. While Davros cements …
Lytton attempts to downplay the mission's failures as the Daleks grow increasingly impatient with the delays and risks to their plans. The Daleks prioritize their mission objectives above all else, …
Lytton seizes the moment of Dalek Troopers' failure to publicly challenge their authority. Using a communicator to summon his own Special Guard, he betrays his Dalek handlers by demanding reinforcements …
The Supreme Dalek brands Lytton a failure after his troops' inability to stop Davros, commanding him to terminate the rogue faction and pursue them through a Time Corridor. With explosives …
Davros has prepared a final gambit to force the Daleks into unquestioning obedience. He releases the Movellan virus on himself and the Daleks in the lab, revealing he has exploited …
In a desperate gamble to consolidate power, Davros releases a virus meant to force the Daleks into serving his vision. The gambit backfires catastrophically when the Daleks suffer system failures …
Lytton stages a distraction for the Doctor’s escape, placing a cylinder that releases foam to blind the Daleks. As the Daleks panic and turn on their own ranks, he seizes …
Davros stumbles toward the escape hatch only to be seized by violent spasms as the virus takes hold of his mechanized form. His body betrays him, organs and systems failing …