The Movellans were a robotic race that were completely reliant on logic. The Movellans were engaged in a stalemate with the Dalek battle computers, which had locked them into an endless war with the Daleks. The Fourth Doctor and Romana arrived on Skaro, where the Daleks had returned to find their creator Davros so that he could find a solution to the stalemate (Destiny of the Daleks). The Daleks send a suicide squad to try and destroy the Movellan ship. However, using Davros’s chair, the Doctor detonates the explosive devices before the suicide Daleks can reach the Movellans. The Twelfth Doctor, Bill Potts and Nardole later encountered some Movellans who were fighting Daleks in a space battle in The Pilot.

Destiny of the Daleks

★★★☆☆

TX: 01/09/1979 – 22/09/1979

Written by Terry Nation    Directed by Ken Grieve

The Daleks return to their home planet of Skaro in order to find their creator, Davros. The Daleks need Davros’ help to win a war with the robotic Movellans, who, like the Daleks, are slaves to logic. The Daleks need Davros to reprogram their battle computers so that they can outmanoeuvre the Movellans. But the Fourth Doctor and the newly regenerated Romana intervene and show to the Movellans that their stalemate with the Daleks is never-ending because they are both logical. Davros orders a squad of suicide Daleks to destroy the Movellan ship on Skaro, but the Doctor detonates their explosives before they can reach the ship. Davros is captured by rebels and placed into suspended animation.