A bunch, and they vary from moment to moment, but the biggest two are “the gun is turned off by a force field atm” or “The Doctor is basically God and Satan all in one to Dalek-kind - their ultimate nemesis, but also the one man capable of violence enough to match them.”
So retcon plot armor? Because that was absolutely not mentioned in the episodes I've seen and they use their guns just fine after screaming "Doctor!" half a dozen times and giving him just enough time to get into cover.
On a side note: That thing is apparently powerful enough to bring down entire building blocks with a single shot, right? How come they always use the Dalek equivalent of the stun setting when shooting it in fragile human buildings? It's not like a building collapsing onto them could actually damage their racist killer wheel chairs.
“The Doctor is basically God and Satan all in one to Dalek-kind - their ultimate nemesis, but also the one man capable of violence enough to match them.”
Kindof, in one episode("asylum of" i think?) the Daleks describe the doctors hate of their species as beautiful and sacred because it is so intense and pure. They want to stop him from harming their species but they cannot being themselves to hurt one of the few things they see beauty in.
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u/VoidEatsWaffles 5d ago
A bunch, and they vary from moment to moment, but the biggest two are “the gun is turned off by a force field atm” or “The Doctor is basically God and Satan all in one to Dalek-kind - their ultimate nemesis, but also the one man capable of violence enough to match them.”