DalekBattlecruisers were a large part of theDalek Empire'sfleet.

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The Daleks land on Necros. (TV:Revelation of the Daleks)

Hundreds of battlecruisers facedMovellan Battlecruisers during the Daleks'war with the Movellans due to a stalemate that had been reached when neither side could compute a winning strategy. (TV:Destiny of the Daleks)

WhenDavros, the creator of the Daleks, was being held aboard aprisonspace station, the Daleks led by the [[Supreme Dalek (Resurrection of the Daleks) used one of theirbattlecruisers to attack the station and retrieve him. (TV:Resurrection of the Daleks) This ship, which served as acommand vessel, (PROSE:Dalek: The Astounding Untold History of the Greatest Enemies of the Universe) was a "supercharged class 6" battlecruiser, equipped with Grade-A Terror Weapons and treble reinforced shields. It was known in to the militaries of other species as the "Ball Crusher." (PROSE:Resurrection of the Daleks)

Daleks loyal to theSupreme Dalek manned aMark Seven Statin shuttle from aDalek freighter to the planetNecros, where Davros wasfound and captured. (PROSE:Revelation of the Daleks,TV:Revelation of the Daleks) According to theTime Lords'Dalek Combat Training Manual, theship which landed on Necros was a class of Dalek Battlecruiser. (PROSE:Dalek Combat Training Manual)

Dalek battle cruisers used by the Daleks loyal to theEmperor Dalek weresaucer-shaped like theirshuttles. (COMIC:Emperor of the Daleks!)

Battlecruisers were among the Dalek fleet that fought in theLast Great Time War. TheTime Lords planned to unleash a genetically engineered breed ofDalekanium-eatingVashta Nerada against them but were forced to abandon the project following an incident onSynthesis Station. (AUDIO:Day of the Vashta Nerada)

SomeDalek saucers were also classed as battle cruisers; theEleventh Doctor initially tookShip Sigma to be a battle cruiser before learning it was asurvey ship. (COMIC:The Dalek Project)