Now, future errors will be eradicated! Defeats will become victories! You have changed the future of the universe, Doctor!
I have betrayed the future! Davros, for the last time, consider what you are doing. Stop the development of the Daleks!
Impossible. It is beyond my control. The workshops are already fully automated to produce the Dalek machines.
It's not the machines, it's the minds of the creatures inside them. Minds that you created! They are totally evil!
Evil?! No! No, I will not accept that... They are conditioned simply to survive. They can survive only by becoming the dominant species. When all other life forms are suppressed -- when the Daleks are the supreme rulers of the universe -- then, you will have peace. Wars will end. They are the power not of evil, but of good.
Davros, if you had created a virus in your laboratory, something contagious and infectious that killed on contact, a virus that would destroy all other forms of life; would you allow its use?
It is an interesting conjecture.
Would you do it?
The only living thing... The microscopic organism... reigning supreme... A fascinating idea!...
But would you do it?
...Yes... yes... To hold in my hand, a capsule that contained such power. To know that life and death on such a scale was my choice. To know that the tiny pressure on my thumb, enough to break the glass, would end everything... Yes! I would do it! That power would set me up above the gods! And through the Daleks, I shall have that power!
[The Doctor jumps up and grabs Davros' arm, almost fighting him.]
Release me.
No, Davros. [His hand hovers over a small, black button. He is still holding onto Davros' arm.]
[quietly] Don't touch that switch.
Why not?
It controls my life-support systems. I could not survive thirty seconds without them.
[whispering] Order the destruction of the incubator section!
[quietly] Destroy the Daleks? Never!
[The Doctor presses the button. A siren goes off and Davros convulses, going weaker. The Doctor eventually relents.]
[severely] I mean it, Davros. Next time I press that switch, it stays pressed. Now, give the order!
Even if I do this, there will be no escape for you.
I'll take that chance. Now give the order!
Press... the communicator switch.
[The Doctor throws a red switch.]
[loudly] This is Davros! Elite Unit Seven will go to the incubator room. All survival maintenance systems are to be closed down. The Dalek creatures... are to be... destroyed.
Tell them the order cannot be countermanded!
This order... cannot...
[Nyder creeps up on the Doctor and knocks him out.]
This is Davros! This is Davros! My last order is cancelled - repeat - cancelled. No action is to be taken. [turns off communicator]
What do you want done with this?
For the moment, he must be kept alive. He has knowledge that is vital to our future, and I will drain every last detail of it from his mind. And then...he will learn the true meaning of pain.
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