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SkaroFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search This article is about the fictional planet. For the island in Denmark, see Skarø. For the abandoned town in the Faeroes, see Skarð.
Skaro

Skaro from space (from the 1996 Doctor Who television movie)
Universe Whoniverse
Notable locations Kaalann (Capital City, Dalek era), Kaled Dome, Thal Dome
Notable races Dals
Daleks
Kaleds
Thals
Notable people Davros
Creator Terry Nation
Genre Science fiction television

Skaro is a fictional planet from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who created by the writer Terry Nation as the home planet of the Daleks and, at times, the centre of the Dalek Empire.

Skaro is a planet of roughly the same mass and dimensions as Earth, and the twelfth planet from its sun. It has a single continent that is divided into east and west halves of almost equal size. When the Doctor first visits the planet in the 1963 serial The Daleks,[1] Skaro is a nuclear wasteland, whose principal features are a petrified forest, the endless highly acidic rain, a lake containing the results of Davros' early experiments, and the Dalek city, Kaalann.

It is noted in Genesis of the Daleks that Skaro is situated in the "Seventh Galaxy", and Skaro's astronomers can identify only seven such stellar formations. This may indicate that Skaro's galaxy or local group of galaxies is distant from other galaxies or local groups, that Kaled technology was insufficient to detect other galaxies or local groups beyond their vicinity, or that there is a barrier of interstellar gas and debris that occludes other spatial areas from Skaro's scrutiny.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Other appearances
3 The Time War
4 See also
5 References
6 External links


[edit] History
The Dalography of Skaro as illustrated in The Dalek Pocketbook and Space Travellers Guide (1965)Before the Daleks arose, Skaro was the home of a humanoid species with two races, the Kaleds (or Dals) and the Thals. The races went to war with each other, using nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons that eventually caused mutations which Kaled scientists recognized as being the end of their species in its (ideologically defined) "pure" form. In events shown in Genesis of the Daleks,[2] the Kaled chief scientist Davros accelerated their mutations and placed the now mutated Kaleds in tank-like "Mark 3 travel machines". These cyborgs became the dreaded Daleks (an anagram of Kaleds).

The Daleks eventually drove the Thals from Skaro, only to find themselves ruling a devastated planet, with dead seas and a surface nearly devoid of life. However, even the ravaged Skaro remained rich in minerals, which the Daleks used to build massive armies to conquer and destroy other worlds, eventually building the interstellar Dalek Empire. Some time afterward, the Daleks abandoned Skaro, though the planet was later reoccupied by the Imperial Dalek faction, apparently at the behest of Davros.

Skaro's final appearance in the classic series (in the chronology of the Doctor Who universe) is in the story Remembrance of the Daleks, in which the Seventh Doctor tricked Davros and his "pure Imperial Daleks" into stealing the Hand of Omega. As per the Doctor's prediction, the Daleks attempted to use it on Skaro's sun in order to generate enough energy to recreate the Gallifreyan time travel experiments. However, the Doctor had already pre-programmed the Hand of Omega to turn their sun into a supernova, resulting in Skaro's being completely obliterated.[3]

At the start of the 1996 Doctor Who television movie,[4] the Master is put on trial on Skaro by the Daleks and exterminated. Presumably this took place in the relative past of Skaro's timeline before its destruction, as the Eighth Doctor does not comment on it.

Skaro did not appear in any of the Dalek-related stories made for the revived Doctor Who until the seventh series, although a group of Daleks called the Cult of Skaro appear in the second series episodes "Army of Ghosts"[5] (briefly) and "Doomsday",[5] and the third series episodes "Daleks in Manhattan"[6] and "Evolution of the Daleks"[7] — in the last of these the Cult threaten to turn Earth into "a new Skaro". In "Daleks in Manhattan", Daleks express apparent frustration at the continued prosperity of humanity compared to the current reduced circumstances of the Daleks after the Time War.

Skaro also features prominently in the first episode of the seventh series, "Asylum of the Daleks". It is shown as a wasted planet with a red atmosphere, skyscrapers (including an imposing one shaped like a Dalek), and acid rain pouring on its surface that nevertheless supports flocks of bird-like creatures. This view is consistent with the look of the post-Time War Skaro in the video game City of the Daleks.

Doctor Who serials that take place on Skaro or feature Skaro prominently are The Daleks, The Evil of the Daleks,[8] Genesis of the Daleks, Destiny of the Daleks[9] and Remembrance of the Daleks. For Destiny of the Daleks exterior scenes meant to take place on Skaro were shot in Winspit quarry.

[Lord Jim]

Okay, now here's a really good Doctor Who modern series trivia question....

Richard E. Grant, (Simon Marchmont, from Posh Nosh) is playing the ongoing Uber Villain in the latest Who series...

But someone else from Doctor Who got his start playing another recurring character in Posh Nosh....

Who is the actor, (I'm not going to do the "$10,000 dollars and the car" bit again...you know I'm lying when I say that.... ) and what was his role in Posh Nosh?

ETA:

NO GOOGLING!

[Sean]

But someone else from Doctor Who got his start playing another recurring character in Posh Nosh....

I do know the answer Jim but I'm going to give someone else a go. I just wanted to point out that the actor in question was already quite well established by the time he did Posh Nosh...

In fact I can remember him doing a sitcom with Richard Wilson some time before that.

[Lord Jim]

Okay time for a clue...

The recurring character he played on Posh Nosh was the tennis instructor that Simon had the hots for...

[oldr_n_wsr]

Never heard of Posh Nosh

[Lord Jim]

Oldr, you've missed a real treat; here's one for you (the episodes are less than 10 minutes long...they were carried in the states originally on PBS stations, but I believe the whole series is up on YouTube now):



I was thinking Kristina might get this one...(Though I'm not sure if she's been a Doctor Who fan...you really have to have seen both programs to get this...I didn't notice it myself until yesterday when I was doing some IMDB reading on the person)

[Daisy]

I know... I know ..... !

[Gob]

I knew, but couldn't remember the name, didn't want to go to youtube to check it out. (And I still cannot remember the bloody name!)

[Lord Jim]

I'll post the answer tomorrow, (I want to see if Kristina would like to take a crack at it...)

[Daisy]

Jim have you seen this weeks episode "Hide" yet?

Proper Doctor Who.

Also Dougray Scott!!!

[Lord Jim]

Yes, Daze, I really enjoyed it....

Trivia question answer:

[Gob]

José Luis! Bollocks.

[kristina]

I'll post the answer tomorrow, (I want to see if Kristina would like to take a crack at it...)

sorry...not a clue!

[Daisy]

Series Finale starts in half an hour in the UK

"Doctor has a secret, you know......"

Also River Song!!!

You might say I'm a little excited by this.

[Daisy]

Oh god ... I'm utterly broken by the episode tonight.

Jim you are totally unprepared for this.