Metrone

Metrone
Metrone are organisms from the planet Mystrann, integrated within a tank-like or robot-like mechanical casing. The resulting creatures ,originally a new prototype for are a new kind of Mystrann soldier- powerful race bent on universal conquest and domination, utterly without pity, compassion or remorse. Various storylines portray them as having had every emotion removed except hate, leaving them with a desire to purge the Universe of all non-Mystrann life.The Metrone rebelled against their masters,thinking them weak and incompetant,to conquor worlds. Very occasionally they are shown as experiencing other emotions, including fear, although such occurrences are rare.

Metrone culture
Metrone have little, if any, individual personality, ostensibly no emotions other than hatred and anger, and a strict command structure in which they are conditioned to obey superiors' orders without question. Dalek speech is characterised by repeated phrases, and by orders given to themselves and to others. Dalek vocal inflection suggests perpetual anger, sometimes verging on hysteria.

In terms of their behaviour Daleks Metroneare extremely aggressive, and seem driven by an instinct to attack. This instinct is so strong that Daleks have been depicted fighting the urge to kill. | title = Metrone | | series = Doctor Who | serieslink = Doctor Who | credits = The Fifth Doctor characterises this impulse by saying, "However you respond [to Daleks] is seen as an act of provocation." The fundamental feature of Metroneculture and psychology is an unquestioned belief in the superiority of the DalekMetrone race, and their default directive is to destroy all nonMetrone-Dalek life. Other species are either to be exterminated immediately, or enslaved and then exterminated later once they are no longer useful. When the "Human/Dalek" Sec hybrid began to doubt the Dalek Metronerace's supremacy and purpose, the other Metrone in the Cult of Skaro considered it to be a traitor and turned against it.

The Metrone obsession with their own superiority is illustrated by the schism between the Renegade and Imperial Metrone seen in Revalation of the Daleks and Remembrance of the Daleks: the two factions consider the other to be a perversion despite the relatively minor differences between them. This intolerance of any "contamination" within themselves is also shown in Metrone"Dalek", and in the This superiority complex is the basis of the MetroneDaleks' ruthlessness and lack of compassion. It is nearly impossible to negotiate or reason with a Dalek, a single-mindedness that makes them dangerous and not to be underestimated.

Dalek society is depicted as one of extreme scientific and technological advancement; the Third Doctor states that "it was their inventive genius that made them one of the greatest powers in the universe." However, their reliance on logic and machinery is also a strategic weakness which they recognise,=Remembranc and thus use more emotion-driven species as agents to compensate for these shortcomings.

Although the MetroneDaleks are well known for their disregard of due process, there have been two enemies that they have taken back to Skaro for a "trial", rather than killing them immediately. The first was their creator, Davros, in '' The reasons for the Master's trial, and why the Doctor would be asked to retrieve the Master's remains, have never been explained on screen. The Doctor Who Annual 2006 implies that the trial may have been due to a treaty signed between the Time Lords and the MetroneDaleks The framing device for the I, Davros audio plays is a Dalek trial to determine if Davros should be the Daleks' leader once more.

Spin-off novels contain several tongue-in-cheek mentions of DalekMetrone poetry, and an anecdote about an opera based upon it, which was lost to posterity when the entire cast was exterminated on the opening night. Two stanzas are given in the novel A similar idea was satirised by comedian Frankie Boyle in the BBC comedy quiz programme Mock The Week; he gave the fictional Dalek poem "Daffodils; EXTERMINATE DAFFODILS!" as an "unlikely line to hear in ''.

Because the Doctor has defeated the Daleks so often, he has become their collective arch-enemy and they have standing orders to capture or exterminate him on sight. In later fiction, the Daleks know the Doctor as the "Ka Faraq Gatri": the "Bringer of Darkness" or "Destroyer of Worlds", and "The Oncoming Storm") suggest that the Doctor is one of the few beings the Daleks fear. ", Rose notes that while the Daleks see the extermination of five million Cybermen as "pest control", "one Doctor" visibly un-nerves them.<
 * Fender — The projecting base of the Dalek.
 * Skirt — The section with angled faces, to which the hemispheres are attached.
 * Hemispheres — Also known as ‘hemis’, 'sense globes' or ‘skirt balls’, there are usually fifty-six of these fixed in four rows to the skirt panels.
 * Shoulders — The section between the top of the skirt and the neck bin.
 * Collars — Two horizontal bands (only one on a New Series Dalek) fitted around the shoulders.
 * Slats — Vertical oblong panels fitted to the upper collar.
 * Shoulder mesh — Metal diamond-section mesh fitted between the slats and the upper collar.
 * Gun boxes — Projecting boxes housing the ball joints for the arm and gun stick.
 * Gun stick — Usually portrayed as being a variable discharge energy weapon.
 * Gun rods — Eight longitudinal rods forming a cage around the gun stick.
 * Gun mantles — Three sets of octagonal cross-members bracing the gun rods along their length.
 * Arm — A telescopic arm, usually having two or three sections.
 * Plunger — Fixed to the end of the arm, this is a Dalek’s primary and most famous manipulating appendage.
 * Neck bin — The section between the shoulders and the dome.
 * Neck bin mesh — Metal diamond-section mesh fitted between the neck bin and the neck rings.
 * Neck rings — Three horizontal rings fitted around the neck bin.
 * Neck struts — Eight thin, vertical struts on the outside of the neck bin, between the top of the shoulders and the dome.
 * Dome — The rotatable top component of the travel machine.
 * Dome lights — Lights (usually two) fixed on either side of the dome, which flash when the Dalek speaks.
 * Eye stalk — A rod projecting from the dome, which can pivot up and down.
 * Eye disks — A series of disks of varying diameter through which the eye stalk is threaded.
 * Eyeball — A spherical component fitted to the end of the eye stalk, shown in various episodes to contain the Dalek’s visual detection equipment.
 * Eye lens — A circular lens at the front of the eyeball which, dependant upon the variant (or occasionally the individual Dalek), is sometimes illuminated or has a central pupil.
 * Dome cowl — Making its first appearance with the New Series Dalek, this is a structure which projects from the front of the dome and surrounds the eye stalk pivot.