18 Facts About Dalek

Dalek then integrated them with tank-like robotic shells equipped with advanced technology based on the same life-support system he himself used since being burned and blinded by a nuclear attack.

Dalek's creations became intent on dominating the universe by enslaving or purging all "inferior" non-Dalek life.

In 1999 a Dalek photographed by Lord Snowdon appeared on a postage stamp celebrating British popular culture.

The unsettling Dalek form, coupled with their alien voices, made many believe that the props were wholly mechanical and operated by remote control.

The Dalek cases were built in two pieces; an operator would step into the lower section and then the top would be secured.

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Staccato delivery, harsh tone and rising inflection of the Dalek voice were initially developed by two voice actors, Peter Hawkins and David Graham, who varied the pitch and speed of the lines according to the emotion needed.

New Dalek props were built for the 21st-century version of Doctor Who.

Additional Dalek props based on Tucker's master were subsequently built out of fibreglass by Cardiff-based Specialist Models.

Dalek was inspired by a performance by the Georgian National Ballet, in which dancers in long skirts appeared to glide across the stage.

In 1964, Nation told a Daily Mirror reporter that the Dalek name came from a dictionary or encyclopaedia volume, the spine of which read "Dal – Lek" .

Dalek later admitted that this book and the associated origin of the Dalek name were completely fictitious, and that anyone bothering to check out his story would have found him out.

Dalek placed his new Dalek creations in tank-like "travel machines" of advanced technology whose design was based on his own life-support chair.

Dalek Emperor returned at the end of the 2005 series, having survived the Time War and then rebuilt the Dalek race with genetic material harvested from human subjects.

Dalek Sec becomes more human in personality and alters the plan so the hybrids will be more human like him.

The Dalek army is later sent by the Doctor into the "void" between worlds to be destroyed, using a spare TARDIS she recently acquired on Gallifrey.

Dalek speech is characterised by repeated phrases, and by orders given to themselves and to others.

Dalek is mentioned and pictured in the Doc Brown vs Doctor Who.

The 12-inch remote control Dalek won the 2005 award for Best Electronic Toy of the Year from the Toy Retailers Association.