Daleks invented Rock Music!

Yep. Humans just copied it off us.

It all goes back to a band called Fifth Dimension. In about 1955 or so, they had a hit, "Dock Around the Clock". It was initially distributed around the Hub they worked on. That's the big wheel in the background. They were a bunch of Jacks, which is what you call Daleks who use mechanical jacks to position and hold the space-ships at rest inside the central slot. (No gravity, but the whole thing is spinning so you need to stabilize ships.) 

Dalek Rock Group

The group went on to fame and fortune - Dalek style. Lots of fame, but you would have to be an older Dalek to know that. And fortune - well, that's more in the nature of "Soldier of Fortune". They disappeared into military service at the height of their fame.

They were known for hits such as

Dalek BishopThis last song, the last one released, sounds more like "rho-Helium Rhapsody" when you listen to it. Shortly afterwards, Fifth Dimension boarded a time hopping military courier and disappeared. This has spawned a lot of debate among the battalions of Daleks. There are various theories but the leading contender is that Rock Music was a construct of Military Intelligence aimed at the Time Lords.

You can read the whole story in a technology riddled report by Tumbling Asteroid Hyperzine.  There are bigger pictures available for those who have a flash-it-and-file-it approach to life.

Interestingly, humans picked up on the songs, lost the detail, and created their own mangled-lyric versions of them. Intelligence Division followed up. There is a great report on a Dalek who disguised herself as a human by posing as a bishop. That's inspirational stuff for all young Daleks. Victory will be ours!

They also make a reasonable case for wiping humans off the face of the Galaxy. While not difficult to justify, it is good to add a new charge to the crime sheet: stealing music.

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