His fate is left open when his data is either erased from the disintegrator or transmatted across space to a safe location. Davros is placed in a disintegration chamber and his atoms dispersed. Prior to his downfall he had implanted a Spider Dalek as a spy amongst the Dalek Prime's forces. With his faction defeated, Davros is sentenced to death by matter dispersal. The Doctor discovers a planted device on board the TARDIS which would allow the Daleks to survive in case the Dalek Prime failed. In the meantime he releases the Doctor to leave Skaro. Initiating a final civil war on Skaro, the Dalek Prime has all the Davros loyalists revealed and exterminated. Since Davros's return the Dalek Prime has met considerable resistance with a number of Davros loyalists forming. Before landing on Skaro, the Doctor discovers that the coordinates he believed were Skaro's were actually those of the planet Antalin. A force of Daleks then arrive and take the Doctor and Davros, along with other characters, to Skaro. A group of Thals arrive they want Davros to alter their species so they will be better able to fight the Daleks.
The story opens up with the Doctor and Sam in the TARDIS doing some maintenance when they are collected by a ship which holds an escape pod containing Davros.
