Doctor Who (TV Series)

Genesis of the Daleks: Part Four (1975)

Tom Baker: Doctor Who

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• Davros : I have read the initial reports of your interrogation. The suggestion that you have travelled through space and time was utterly dismissed by the computer analysis.

  Doctor Who : I imagine it had never been programmed for such a concept.

  Davros : Precisely. I, however, I am perhaps more flexible. Though the power of such travel is beyond my scientific comprehension, it is not beyond my imagination. Why did you come here?

  Doctor Who : To stop the development of the Daleks.

  Davros : Why?

  Doctor Who : Because having lived in what you would call the future, I have seen the carnage and destruction they have caused.

  Davros : Then my Daleks do go on, they do survive?

  Doctor Who : Yes, as weapons of hate and machines of war.

  Davros : Fascinating.

  Doctor Who : But there's still time to change all that. Why not make them a force for good throughout the universe?

  Davros : I could do it.

  Doctor Who : Then do it. Be remembered for that.

  Davros : You have seen my Daleks in battle?

  Doctor Who : Many times. I've fought against them.

  Davros : And do they win? Do they always win?

  Doctor Who : Not always. They have been defeated, but never utterly defeated. The Dalek menace always remains.

  Davros : If, as you say, they become the supreme creatures of war, how can they lose? How can they fail?

  Doctor Who : Misfortune. Lack of information. Sometimes overwhelming opposition.

  Davros : Yes, but tell me, how do the Daleks fail?

  Doctor Who : No, Davros. That is a question that the future must keep secret.

  Davros : What mistakes do they make? You will tell me!

  Doctor Who : No.

  Davros : YOU WILL TELL ME!

  Doctor Who : NO, I WILL NOT!

  Davros : Nyder.

  [Nyder leaves] 

  Davros : You will tell me, because you have a weakness that I have totally eliminated from the minds of the Daleks so they will always be superior. A weakness that will make you give me the knowledge to change the future. You are afflicted with a conscience.

• [the Doctor, Sarah and Harry emerge from a ventilation shaft into a corridor. The lights come on to reveal Davros and Nyder, who is holding a gun] 

  Davros : Welcome back.

  Doctor Who : You were right, Sarah, about there being something nasty waiting for us.

• [Sarah and Harry have been strapped into electronic torture devices. The Doctor is strapped into a chair in front of them] 

  Davros : Let me tell you what is going to happen. You will answer my questions. You will answer them carefully and precisely. The instruments to which you are wired are particularly sensitive. They will detect instantly any attempt to lie.

  Doctor Who : And if I do lie?

  Davros : If you lie, your friends will suffer. I can create in their bodies all the torments and agonies ever known.

  [Davros gently turns a knob. Sarah and Harry start to convulse in pain] 

  Sarah Jane Smith : Don't tell him, Doctor!

  Davros : Now, you will tell me the reason for every Dalek defeat. With that knowledge, I will programme them. With that knowledge, they will know their errors and how to avoid them. With that knowledge, there shall be no defeats! We will begin.

  Doctor Who : Davros, if I tell you what you want to know, I betray millions of people in the future. I can't do that.

  Davros : [turning the knob further]  But you can! You will tell me! YOU WILL TELL ME! YOU WILL TELL ME!

  [cliffhanger musical "sting", cut to closing credits]