Doctor Who: 10 Most Powerful Daleks Ever

The self-proclaimed 'God of all Daleks', the Dalek Emperor was both a ruler and a tyrannical fanatic to the Dalek race and its mission of dominance.

Throughout its appearances in Doctor Who, the Emperor has worn different cases, commanded different armies and enacted various diabolical plans - from invading the Earth to trying to changing Dalek DNA.

First appearing on our screens in 1966's Evil of the Daleks, the Emperor was encased in a static shell plugged into a mighty control room. Protected by black-domed Guard Daleks, its plan was to force the Second Doctor into introducing the 'human factor' to the Daleks. In doing so, the formula would make them unpredictable and seemingly 'invincible'.

The Doctor, of course, not being a human, caused the Emperor's experiment to go awry and the barmy plan was disrupted. A civil war between the Daleks broke out and the Emperor was seemingly destroyed in the crossfire, but that wasn't the last we'd see of the metal monarch.

Returning in 2005's The Parting of the Ways, the Emperor by this point had relocated to an impressive shielded shell that resembled an oversized Dalek. Having survived many conflicts with the Doctor, including the Time War, the Emperor planned to invade Earth.

Using the harvested remains of the Fourth Great and Bountiful Human Empire to create new Dalek life, the Emperor began to think of itself as a God and its subjects as 'disciples.'

This God, however, was destroyed by Rose Tyler when she channelled the Time Vortex and used it to bring life and death to the universe.

Returning in the recent Time Lord Victorious, it'll be intriguing to see how the Emperor of the Daleks' plan of universal domination unfolds...