Our continuing look at ‘The New Series’ Dalek props has reached Series Two. You can read all about them here.
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The New Series: Series One
We are pleased to announce that our research on Series One of ‘The New Series’ is now available! Click here to read!
Exclusive! The Emperor Prop refurb
With huge thanks to Mike Tucker and the team at The Model Unit, we are able to present an exclusive look at the recent refurb of The Emperor prop. You can read all about it here.
On going research
Whilst we haven’t had a major new updates for a number of months, work is ongoing continuously in the background. In the last few days we have added a number of snippets of information and images to the 1960s pages – so its definitely worth giving them a re-read!
Terry Nation’s Daleks!
After our exhaustive research on the two Dalek movies we have been able to more accurately tell the history of Terry Nation’s own Dalek force. Read all about it here.
An Original Dalek Investigation
We have done an in-depth analysis of an original Dalek prop, which we were able to photograph nearly ten years ago. The page shows how the Dalek’s unique lumps and bumps could be used to confirm its use throughout the first decade of Doctor Who. Read the analysis of this original Shawcraft Dalek skirt here.
Shepperton Investigations
In a slight change of research, Jon has been working hard on telling the story of the locations for Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD. You’ll be amazed to see how this production was put together and where some bits were filmed. Read the new page here.
Exciting New Remembrance Info
We’ve been extremely lucky lately in being given hand-written FX notes from the production of Remembrance of the Daleks and it has given a fascinating insight into the production process. Jon has been working tirelessly on an update to theRemembrance section and the contemporary documents Gav has found threw up some interesting questions which have now […]
“Life and Times of a Dalek” feature in D
We are ridiculously excited to announce our four-page feature in issue 471 of Doctor Who Magazine. Written up by Gav and researched with Jon over many years, it gives a simplified account of the life-story of one particular Dalek. There are a couple of Daleks whose tales would have been quite interesting to tell but […]