Re: Why were the two daleks killed?



"Andrew Wilson" <a.c.wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:JM6Zh.105134$Zb2.57917@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
.. with apologies if this has already been asked, but ..

if all the hybrids could be killed by instruction,
why was this not done before the two daleks in
the theatre were destroyed?

not very good conflict tactics, or am i missing summink? :-)




The self-destruct system took a little while to "fire up". It was initiated
right away but as a failsafe against accidental activation, it has a few
seconds delay before destroying the whole army.

It couldn't be used while the other Daleks were alive because it targets all
Daleks, metal-cased or human-cased.

It wasn't a built-in feature but rather something the Dalek invented,
implemented a rolled out across the army in a few seconds following
destruction of True Daleks.


courtesy of the "Multiple Choice Plot-Hole Excuse Committee"
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