Discussion Post: Davros & the Daleks

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Another of these discussion posts, this time regarding the creator of the Daleks. Now I often find with myself wondering whether one can consider either the Master or Davros to be the Doctor's most personal enemy. Most would probably veer for the former but I do find myself with several of the Doctors (particularly Four and Six) thinking that Davros is probably their most fearsome enemy for their particular incarnation.

As such you'd think that like the Master, Davros would have a fair number of fics to his name given his appearances in the Classic Series, his return in the New Series, various Big Finish stories including his origins being told in the mini-series I, Davros... However, Davros actually has few fanfictions, and it's rare that he is the central character in any case. Over on Whofic Davros appears as a optional search character for the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Doctor catagories, as well as in the Multi-Era and Other Era sections. Yet no sign for Six, the Doctor with which he probably had the best verbal intereaction with (seriously, watch Revelation and listen to Davros)? Or in the Tenth Doctor section for his return in Journey's End? Even on the sections he does appear the stories in total come to two pages at the most (and many are written by one writer).

So to combact this I propose a set of prompts all centred on Davros and the various characters connected to him - the Daleks of course, but also ones like Nyler, Lytton, his lover Shan, his mother and sister as heard in I, Davros... Here's your chance to give out some Davros prompts! Here's a couple prompts taken from the Random Pairing Generator to start you off...

Davros / Craig Owens / drowning
Davros / Zoe Heriot / allergic reaction
Shalka!Ninth Doctor / Davros / time corridor
Davros / Gwen Cooper / a blizzard
Davros / Alice Carter / paradox
Davros / Tamsin Drew / back and forth
The Master (Simm) / Davros / a musical instrument
Davros / Colonel Ross Brimmicombe-Wood / absent-minded

Sergeant John Benton / Tom Milligan / Daleks
The Master (Jacobi) / Tom Milligan / Skaro
Chantir / John Hart / Skaro
Charley Pollard / Jamie McCrimmon / Skaro
Drax / Samson Griffin / Thals

Davros / Shalka!Ninth Doctor / Sara Kingdom / medicine
Kazran Sardick / Davros / Johnson / restricted
Davros / Maria Jackson / Henry Avery / unconditional surrender