The Daleks

And so we have reached another staple in the wonderful show of Doctor Who; the cockroaches. I do of course mean the Dalek. these creatures have been round for as long as the Doctor and the TARDIS, appearing in the second ever story, Created by a gentlemen named Terry Nation these creatures have had similarities drawn between them and the Nazis with their desire to be the master race and their obsession with purity. More then any other enemy of the Doctors the Daleks have changed the appearance, gaining new colours, sligtht modifications to their overall design and, most recently, a radical overall of themselves, but more on the new Daleks in another post. Their origins have also altered radically throughout the years, handily being explained away due to the interference of the Time Lords.
It was during the 1975 episode Genesis of the Daleks, when the Doctor was sent back in time to prevent the Daleks creation, that the Doctor faced one of his biggest moral dilemmas; did he have the right to end the Daleks before they could be created? In the end the Doctor failed to do what he had been sent to do, however he wasn't displeased by this. As he explained to his companions, although the Daleks would bring great evil and suffering into the world they would also bring goodness as well as people united against the menace of them. I could go on an on about the history of the Daleks but then this post would be too long so it'll have to wait till another time. Until then we leave the Daleks with this poem.

The Doctor’s oldest enemy

Their origins are shrouded in the mysterious of time

Reborn time and time again, a cockroach of the universe

A strict hierarchy with little individuality

An unquestioned belief in their own superiority

Everything that the Doctor despises, ‘the absolute worst thing in creation!’