The provided text is an excerpt from a novelization, likely based on the Doctor Who serial "Genesis of the Daleks," detailing a mission imposed upon the Doctor by the Time Lords to prevent the creation or development of the Daleks on the war-torn planet Skaro. Along with his companions, Harry and Sarah, the Doctor navigates the battlefields between the two warring species, the Kaleds and the Thals, encountering advanced technology alongside brutal, World War I-style trench warfare. The narrative focuses heavily on the Kaleds' Chief Scientist, Davros, who is revealed to be the creator of the proto-Daleks and has a nihilistic agenda, leading to his betrayal of his own people and the subsequent Dalek massacre of the Kaled elite and the Thal city. Ultimately, although the Doctor fails to destroy the Daleks entirely, he and his companions escape after sabotaging the Dalek production facilities, ensuring that their genocidal rise is delayed.

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“What did the council decide on item 42?” — answered with the speaker and the moment.