The And Its Effects On Society - 1703 Words

Newly materialized from the production line, the young Dalek solider found a place amongst his comrades. It was a place in which he would unhesitatingly fight to rid the universe of all inferior races and conquer planet after planet for the superior Daleks. â€Å"EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!† the army chanted as they prepared to make contact with the planet called Earth. Their mission was to destroy all life forms on earth, particularly humans. Unlike Daleks, human beings frail organic flesh was exposed without any armour or shields to protect them. Their technology was embryonic and rudimentary. Their fear as well as their emotional attachments to each other made them vulnerable to destruction. And there had been a mere ten thousand of them in†¦show more content†¦Should they not obey their superiors? The anonymous Dalek rolled out of the ship and instead of carrying out destruction, it rather observed. The scene before it puzzled even its logical self. The plant-life on Earth was vast yet dying. All of the answers to the inferior race’s problems could be found in the world around them. The tree closest to the Dalek solider was withering, bending in the wind; its dried, golden brown leaves fraying. The tree was formidable, even the Dalek would admit, and had to have rotated around the sun at least a hundred times. A simple analysis revealed that the cause of the tree’s malady lay within the soil it so desperately clung to. The roots that were planted ever so firmly were being choked out because there wasn’t enough water to sustain the large plant. Instead, the water was being pumped to a large factory that stood on the horizon, a behemoth glint of steel. Rolling along a pre-marked trail called â€Å"Highway†, the Dalek took various tests. From Earth’s air supply to its external temperature, the Dalek wanted to know everything. Each of the tests oddly came back negative. The Dalek questioned this. How was it that all of the external conditions of earth were poor and boarding on uninhabitable, when the planet housed trillions of life forms? This confused the young Dalek. Shouldn’t the human species be taking care of the planet? They do after all rely upon it so profusely. Carrying