Must know facts about Daleks
- 4 daleks were made for their first grand appearance in Dr Who’s second serial, titled The Daleks, in 1963
- Terry Nation was the scriptwriter who initially thought up this delightful nemesis. Luckily for him, he received royalties as part of the merchandising of this very successful foe
- Not so for Raymond Cusick who was the master mind behind the iconic dalek shape. On leaving the corporation in 1966 he received a one hundred pound handshake and Blue Peter badge
- Ridley Scott might thank his lucky stars for missing out on Ray’s gig, as he was the initial BBC designer lined up for the job. When the episode came through, Ridley had just started his director studies. The rest is history and he went on to create Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator
As a child, I loved watching Dr Who. Hard to believe now that those daleks used to scare me sensless. I still remain a fan with daleks on my top 10 list of favourite enemies.
How about you? Who is your number 1 scary nemesis?
Haha, this one made me laugh out loud. Can you tell I have teenage sons?
I watch Doctor Who with my youngest. I probably wouldn’t watch it were it not for him, but as long as he wants me to watch with him, I’m there. We’re liking the new Doctor.
My kids (both girls) love Dr Who too. My favourite was Tom Baker (but that’s probably sentimental memories of my childhood). With the modern reincarnation, you can’t go past David Tennant.
PS. Glad you liked it. I haven’t played with toilet humour for some time, so it was good to get back to basics 🙂
This must be Dalek-y day… I actually prefer the Cybermen, but that’s just me. I’m a longtime fan of new and old Who… I pretty much like all the Doctors too, for different reasons. You kind of have to do toilet humor with the Daleks… I mean, they have a plunger for an arm!
A ‘plunger for an arm’ – could this be my next cartoon, or is that playgiarism?
Very funny! And, it does bring back memories of sitting in front of our B&W Zenith TV watching Doctor Who on PBS (the American channel that showed all these English programs). And, I’m also of the Tom Baker generation. 🙂
We had a B&W TV for donkeys years. It was only in 1984 that we got colour – so a lot of my memories are B&W even though colour had been around for some time