More recently, in "Twice Upon A Time", the first Doctor is portrayed as being somewhat sexist. Does the physiological structure or the mentality of the being define a dalek as a dalek? This is one of the great questions of 'Doctor Who'.Īlthough there are expressions involving perceived differences between the sexes, it would appear to me that (in this story) such sentiments were placed in order to give a grander understanding of culture. Davros once used cells from his own body to make new daleks. Who knows how this could effect their appearance. Not to mention that organisms outside of Skaro can be made into daleks. I surmise that being encased in their armor may have greatly effected their evolution.
I suspect, that in the very second story of the show, that the daleks were in a very early part of their evolution. Some daleks seem to appear like terrestrial octopodes, whereas at other times they appear much different (however, the possession of tentacles is very common throughout the show's history). We even see a grey dalek in the 2019 New Year's special "Resolution".
The daleks have been described as green (and shown this way in "The Five Doctors") and sometimes seen as pink or very light brown. We also know that they were initially mutants on the planet Skaro meaning that they did not (even at first) all necessarily look a like. Does this not fit your understanding of dalek anatomy? This might be good! We know from later stories that the daleks are subject to great changes during their evolution over the many years of their existence. The version of the daleks in this story include a brief image of a very non-human, clawed hand. William Hartnell The Daleks' Physical Form
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