Doctor Who 13x3 - Poll!

Daleks. And it's not even close.

Marvelous JJ

The Daleks have already proved they can defeat the Cybermen with vastly smaller numbers and I doubt the Sontarans can replicate fast enough to out-fight either. Daleks for the win.

Jeanette C

According to the tenth doctor Sontarans are the finest soldiers in the galaxy. I think the Dalkes and the Cybermen would start fighting each other and the Sontarans would then kill the ones that are left, and they will then claim that their tactical genius made them win the war. FOR THE GLORY OF SONTAR, SONTAR-HA!! SONTAR-HA!! SONTAR-HA!!

Daleks would destroy them both with a single Dalek!

Daleks. Sontarans have a built in weak point, and Cybermen want to convert. Daleks wish only to EXTERMINATE!

Crystal Squirrel

Cybermen are superior in only one respect. They're better at dying.

Jan Popieluch

Definitely the Daleks. The Cybermen would be better equipped to fight the Daleks but are easilydestroyed, and the Sontarans would be wiped out pretty quick.

Tim

This is not war, this is pest control! - 4 Daleks confident they could wipe out 5 million Cybermen with 1 Dalek. And to be fair, that seemed about right. None of the Cult of Skaro (or any of the Genesis escapees) were killed by a Cyberman. Of course, these Cybermen will have their fleets and a more conventional army. But so do the Daleks. So I'd say it's a non-issue at best for the Cybermen (or horrific stomp at worst given peak Daleks were able to stalemate the Timelords). So on a numbers basis the Daleks are confident they can take the Cybermen out at a ratio of 5,000,000:1. To take out the Cyber army Bel encountered, they'd need 1400 Daleks, far fewer than could occupy "a sector". The Sontarans lost to UNIT once their cordolaine signal jam was negated, pretty handily. It's a pretty mixed encounter rate between that and the Crimean War where the 19th century Brits were wiped no-sale. Counter-point, humanity even in the far future always seems to be the underdog against the Cybermen, struggling without some advanced tech or Doctor intervention to even the odds. Plus, add in that some Cybermen are able to convert any organic material into their forces, and you have the prospect of the Sontarans just being converted into new recruits for the Cybermen. As the crew discussed, Sontarans may initially have the numbers advantage from sheer clone batches, but if the Cybermen adapt their upgrade process to involve the Sontarans, then they're gonna be bolstering their side much faster than the Sontarans can deplete the Cyber army. So I think it goes: Daleks >>>> Cybermen >>>>>>>>>> Sontarans

Ollie Grosvenor

Sontarans would lose first, leaving it between the daleks and cybermen and like in series 2 the Daleks would easily wipe out the cybermen leaving them winners.

Max N

Dalaks, for sure! And not just because of their insane firepower, but because of their armor. Even if all three races had equally powerful weapons, Dalaks are definitely the most resilient. They can take a hit like nobody's business! Which is a pretty big advantage, imo.

SouffleGirl Oswald

We saw only a couple of Daleks wreck an entire army of Cybermen in season 2 so clearly Daleks. Either could beat the Sontarans.

Kevin Bartelen

At least as far as New Who is concerned, the Daleks have consistently been portrayed as far more dangerous and powerful than the other two. If Bel had been boarded by Daleks instead of Cybermen this episode she'd almost definitely be dead.

Katherine Jennings

I'm gonna go with Cyberman

Dip602

Daleks. The others are only superior in one respect: They are better at dying.

CrossZ

It's like asking which Batman villain would win: Joker, Penguin, & Riddler; the answer is the archnemisis.

Joel

Daleks have better tech and weapons. And remember, they will defeat all the cybermen with ONE DALEK

ChiefChill