In the annals of Doctor Who, there are no enemies more recognizable than the almost indestructible Daleks. Their battle cry of “Exterminate!” as they doggedly continue their mission to conquer the universe and obliterate races they perceive as inferior, has echoed throughout the decades of the British institution. Despite their fundamental presence though, prior to the show being revived from its indefinite hiatus in 2005, they very nearly were not featured at all.
The Daleks were dreamed up by Welsh writer Terry Nation, who went on to create the iconic ‘70s series Blake’s 7 and Survivors and died from emphysema in 1997 at the age of 66. They debuted in Doctor Who’s second serial in 1963, less than 20 years after the end of the Second World War whose horrors had yet to fade, with the intent being for them to be analogous to Nazis. They grew to become the show’s most popular...
The Daleks were dreamed up by Welsh writer Terry Nation, who went on to create the iconic ‘70s series Blake’s 7 and Survivors and died from emphysema in 1997 at the age of 66. They debuted in Doctor Who’s second serial in 1963, less than 20 years after the end of the Second World War whose horrors had yet to fade, with the intent being for them to be analogous to Nazis. They grew to become the show’s most popular...
- 1/2/2020
- by Andrew Marshall
- We Got This Covered
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