Daleks como os conhecemos agora não tem um gênero, eles nem sequer se reproduzem como raças normais baseadas no gênero ... Originalmente eles eram de natureza humanóide, então eles provavelmente tinham um gênero anterior às suas transformações em Daleks. / p>
The Doctor first encountered the Daleks in the second serial of the show, The Daleks (1963). In this version of Dalek history, the Dalek home-world Skaro was once home to two humanoid races: the peaceful and scientifically advanced Kaleds/Dals (who were described as philosophers and teachers) and the warlike Thals. Following a short but terrible nuclear war between the races, the Dals were mutated and became the insane and xenophobic Daleks.
Na verdade, eles são praticamente ciborgues em geral, apesar de seus corpos biológicos estarem dentro das conchas.
Although the Daleks looked entirely robotic, they were in fact cybernetic organisms (or cyborgs), with a biological body encased in and supported by a protective outer shell of Dalekanium metal armour, armed and mobile.
In this respect, they were somewhat similar to a Cyberman; unlike them, however, the Daleks' bodies had mutated so drastically from their Kaled ancestors they had lost all humanoid appearance, save for one eye.