Beaus is a minor antagonist featured in the Doctor Who serial "Mission to the Unknown" and "The Daleks' Master Plan", which aired in 1965-1966. He is a member of the Dalek's Galactic Council, a representative of his home galaxy in their mission to conquer the Solar System. Externally, he resembles a tall, dark-skinned human, but his species possessed a hive mind and breathed a chlorine-based atmosphere. Thus, Beaus wore a black pressure suit with a silvery armored covering over his shoulders and upper chest, a white helmet equipped with a white flexible tube connected to small air tanks, and a small radio antennae atop his helmet to keep him connected to the hive mind.
The actor for Beaus in "Mission to the Unknown" was uncredited, but was likely Sam Mansery. In "The Daleks' Master Plan", Beaus was portrayed by Gerry Videl. In the audio story "The Perfect Prisoners", Beaus was voiced by Timothy Speyer.
Biography[]
Mission to the Unknown[]
In the 40th century, Beaus, of a species of the same name, was the ruler of his homeworld, located somewhere in the Miron Systems of the Outer Galaxies. He was a warmonger who sought new worlds for his people to seed, making his species feared by Earth as a race that could threaten them, and at some point, Beaus came into contact with fellow Outer Galaxy rulers Celation and Zephon. In the year 4000, the Daleks organized the Galactic Council, an alliance of the Outer Galaxies meant to conquer the Solar System and exterminate humanity, Zephon convincing Beaus to join them. They met on the jungle planet Kembel, and in order to survive in its Earth-like environment, Beaus donned a protective pressure suit, which also kept him in contact with his species' hive mind, as he would die if completely isolated from them.
Beaus assembled with the Daleks, alongside other alien representatives of seven Great Powers of the Outer Galaxies, including Sentreal, Gearon, Trantis, and Warrien, although Sentreal meant to go to the Intergalactic Conference of Andromeda. Then, another alien representative, Malpha, entered the chamber, prompting the Dalek in charge of the meeting to commence. However, Malpha objected, drawing an energy pistol and declaring that he had learned of spies from the Solar System who were present among them, surprising Beaus and the other delegates. The Dalek leader clarified that there were no such spies among them, instead revealing that they had caught human soldiers landing on the planet, and had destroyed their ship. Malpha pointed out that the humans, who were unaccounted for, could still send a message home, but the Dalek proclaimed that the humans would be exterminated by his patrols, making Beaus and the others express their approval.
With the situation cleared up for the moment, the Daleks revealed that they planned to conquer the Solar System and exterminate humanity, and Beaus agreed to the plan alongside the other delegates, eager for war and using Earth as new territory for his species to expand, officiating an alliance between all powers present. The delegates then began to cheer and gloat about their perceived power, Beaus cheering that they were the mightiest of the universe, as Malpha gave a short speech where he declared that their conquest was assured. With that, the Daleks declared that their first target would be Earth, making all the delegates cheer for victory.
The Daleks' Master Plan[]
For six other meetings, the Galactic Council reviewed their invasion plans. By the seventh meeting, Celation had joined the alliance, Warrien had left for unknown reasons, and Sentreal had also pulled out after realizing it was in the wrong meeting. Zephon, who had been delayed, was also scheduled to make an appearance at the seventh meeting. Additionally, a human, Mavic Chen, the traitorous Guardian of the Solar System, had also been conspiring with the Daleks for decades, and was present. At the meeting, Beaus and the other delegates awaited Zephon, who was tardy, annoying all of them. Eventually, the Daleks searched for Zephon, finding him and bringing him to the chamber, but unbeknownst to them, "Zephon" was actually a Time Lord known as The Doctor in disguise, the real Zephon incapacitated elsewhere by The Doctor's allies. With everyone now assembled, the meeting began, where the Daleks announced that they had completed work on a superweapon known as the Time Destructor, making Beaus and the other delegates applaud by striking their hands against the table. Chen then revealed that he had a sample of taranium, an incredibly rare material meant to be the power core to the Time Destructor, which took him 50 years to get, setting it down on a table.
Then, the real Zephon awoke and broke free of his restraints, sounding an intruder alarm. The meeting broke up in a panic, Beaus and the other delegates fleeing, allowing The Doctor to steal the taranium and escape with his allies by stealing Mavic Chen's ship. Zephon was blamed for the events and executed by the Daleks. After some time, a series of events led The Doctor to supposedly surrender the taranium core to the Daleks, but it was actually a fake, a fact they did not realize. The Daleks then tested the Time Destructor on Trantis, who they deemed to be too dangerous due to the power his state wielded, where they discovered that the core was a fake. They then executed Trantis, and both Chen and the Daleks set out to retrieve the core, Chen finally securing it after chasing The Doctor across time. This prompted Beaus and the other Galactic Council representatives to meet, where Celation expressed outrage over the time wasted by losing and chasing the core, proposing to remove Chen from the Galactic Council, as with the taranium back in their possession, Chen served no more purpose to them. The delegates then voted for the removal of Chen, but the Dalek Supreme, leader of the Daleks and their representative on the Galactic Council, entered and interrupted, followed by Chen, who spoke that the Dalek armies were ready to deploy.
Malpha asked why Chen was speaking for the Dalek Supreme, but Chen ignored him, making Celation demand to know why Chen knew aspects of Dalek plans that the other delegates did not know. Chen then revealed that he was "more equal" than the other delegates, angering Beaus, who shouted that Chen spoke out of turn. However, Chen declared that his contribution of taranium and success in retrieving it has placed him in charge of the Galactic Council. Shocked and enraged, Beaus and the other delegates shouted to arrest Chen and moved to attack him, now calling to kill him, but Chen drew an energy pistol and shot Gearon, killing him and making Beaus and the others freeze, stunned to silence. Chen then smugly said that he had been placed in charge of the Galactic Council by the Dalek Supreme, meaning they must now obey him. Celation then asked for the Dalek Supreme, but Chen suddenly realized that during the delegates' attempt to attack him, the Dalek had left the room and completely sealed it. Disregarding the strange turn of events, Chen tried to assert his authority once more and discuss the division of conquered territories, but Daleks suddenly entered the room and declared the meeting over, ordering Beaus, Chen, and the other delegates to follow.
As it turns out, the Daleks had turned on Chen and the delegates, seeking to carry out the plan on their own rather than deal with the influences of several interstellar empires, and even planned on invading the Outer Galaxies. As such, the Daleks imprisoned the delegates deeper in the facility, which the Daleks intended to self-destruct as they began the invasion of the Solar System, leaving the base. However, their detention center had an intercom within it, and they were suddenly contacted by Steven Taylor and Sara Kingdom, human allies of The Doctor who had entered the base to find The Doctor, who they had been separated from. Celation and Chen managed to speak to the humans through the intercom, demanding to be released, and the humans, assuming The Doctor was imprisoned with them, moved to free them. As they waited, the delegates menaced Chen, with Celation threatening to kill him if the situation was a trick or more of Chen's treachery, but Chen instead proposed that the Outer Galaxy representatives join him to form a new Galactic Council, one that could rival and even destroy the Daleks.
Then, the humans arrived, and Chen pushed the aliens out of the way to speak with Steven and Sara, demanding to be let out. However, Steven only wanted The Doctor, and knew that Chen had betrayed humanity by serving the Daleks, but the delegates all called out that they too had been betrayed by the Daleks. Sara figured that the aliens could mobilize their own forces against the Daleks, and Steven said that their only chance was to get back to their planets and organize a defense before the Daleks invaded them as well. Beaus protested that their species would execute them for conspiring with Daleks, but Celation said that if they saved their people, that would not be the case. With that, Beaus and the other delegates pledged to stand against the Daleks, and were thus released, rushing to the landing pads outside to retrieve their ships. Beaus, along with Celation, were the last Outer Galaxies delegates to leave the planet, their ships witnessed taking off by Sara and Steven, Beaus returning to his homeworld to warn them of the Dalek invasion. Behind them, Kembel and Chen were both later destroyed by a now-functional Time Destructor, which also destroyed the device and the Dalek army still on it.
The Perfect Prisoners[]
After getting back to his homeworld, Beaus assembled his armies and declared war against the Daleks for their treachery, even fighting alongside Earth and other powers of the Outer Galaxies, battling the Daleks in a series of conflicts across galaxies. After decades of fighting, the war crawled to a period of respite, and it is unclear what became of Beaus during this time. However, Beaus still desired to conquer Earth and other worlds, so later in the 41st century, presumably during the respite period, Beaus joined the Syndicate, a criminal organization headed by surviving members, heirs, and relatives of the original Galactic Council, who sought to control Earth and kill The Doctor, who was blamed for sparking the events on Kembel. Along with other members of the Syndicate, Beaus was ultimately killed by sleeper Time Agent Anya Kingdom.
Trivia[]
- In "The Daleks' Master Plan", the color of Beaus' helmet changed to black, and in publicity photos of "Mission to the Unknown", Beaus' breathing tube was shown hanging limply while not attached to any breathing tanks.
- Beaus' name is shared by his planet and species.
External Links[]
- Beaus on the Doctor Who Wiki