| The Dalek Factor | |
| Author: | Simon Clark |
| Series: | Doctor Who book: Telos Doctor Who novellas |
| Release Number: | 15 |
| Subject: | Featuring: unknown Doctor |
| Release Date: | March 2004 |
| Publisher: | Telos Publishing Ltd. |
| Pages: | 120 |
| Isbn: | 1-903889-30-8 |
| Isbn Note: | (standard) (deluxe) |
| Preceded By: | Blood and Hope |
The Dalek Factor is an original novella written by Simon Clark and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features a Doctor whose incarnation is unspecified. It was released both as a standard edition hardback and a deluxe edition featuring a frontispiece by Graham Humphreys. Both editions have a foreword by Christopher Fowler.
The term "Dalek factor" is also used in the serial The Evil of the Daleks, as the opposite of the human factor.