The Daleks
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The Daleks is the second serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, introducing the iconic mutant alien villains of the same name.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Daleks canonical | 4 |
| The Daleks (Doctor Who serial) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4170604 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Daleks Context triple: [An Unearthly Child, followedBy, The Daleks]
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A.
Genesis of the Daleks
Genesis of the Daleks is a highly acclaimed 1975 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fourth Doctor and companion Sarah Jane Smith, depicting the origin of the Daleks and raising moral questions about genocide and the consequences of altering history.
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B.
The Power of the Daleks
The Power of the Daleks is a 1966 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor’s first full adventure, in which he confronts a seemingly servile group of Daleks on a human colony world.
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C.
The Evil of the Daleks
The Evil of the Daleks is a classic 1967 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, notable for introducing the Dalek Emperor and exploring the concept of the "Human Factor" in Daleks.
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D.
Dalek Empire
The Dalek Empire is a vast, militaristic civilization of genocidal mutant creatures from the Doctor Who universe, known for their relentless quest to exterminate all other life forms.
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E.
The Daleks' Master Plan
The Daleks' Master Plan is a 1965–66 twelve-part serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, known for its epic scale, high stakes, and the prominent role of the Daleks as primary antagonists.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Daleks Target entity description: The Daleks is the second serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, introducing the iconic mutant alien villains of the same name.
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A.
Genesis of the Daleks
Genesis of the Daleks is a highly acclaimed 1975 Doctor Who serial featuring the Fourth Doctor and companion Sarah Jane Smith, depicting the origin of the Daleks and raising moral questions about genocide and the consequences of altering history.
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B.
The Power of the Daleks
The Power of the Daleks is a 1966 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor’s first full adventure, in which he confronts a seemingly servile group of Daleks on a human colony world.
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C.
The Evil of the Daleks
The Evil of the Daleks is a classic 1967 Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, notable for introducing the Dalek Emperor and exploring the concept of the "Human Factor" in Daleks.
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D.
Dalek Empire
The Dalek Empire is a vast, militaristic civilization of genocidal mutant creatures from the Doctor Who universe, known for their relentless quest to exterminate all other life forms.
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E.
The Daleks' Master Plan
The Daleks' Master Plan is a 1965–66 twelve-part serial from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, known for its epic scale, high stakes, and the prominent role of the Daleks as primary antagonists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Doctor Who serial
ⓘ
television story ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Dead Planet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Mutants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Doctor Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director |
Christopher Barry
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Richard Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Barbara Wright
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
First Doctor NERFINISHED ⓘ Ian Chesterton NERFINISHED ⓘ Susan Foreman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresSpecies |
Dalek
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Thal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastEndDate | 1964-02-01 ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastStartDate | 1963-12-21 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Edge of Destruction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| franchise | Doctor Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | science fiction ⓘ |
| hasFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
fascism
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nuclear war ⓘ pacifism ⓘ |
| introducedIconicVillains | true ⓘ |
| introducesCharacter | Dalek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| musicBy | Tristram Cary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 7 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredAs | weekly serial ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC Television Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Doctor Who
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Doctor Who season 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeason | 2 ⓘ |
| precededBy | An Unearthly Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Verity Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCode | B ⓘ |
| scriptEditor | David Whitaker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | Doctor Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Skaro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spinOff | Dr. Who and the Daleks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Carole Ann Ford
NERFINISHED
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Jacqueline Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ William Hartnell NERFINISHED ⓘ William Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Terry Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: The Daleks Description of subject: The Daleks is the second serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, introducing the iconic mutant alien villains of the same name.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Daleks (Doctor Who serial)