'Delving into Doctor Who's prop history and script development. Only the merest dash of Daleks this episode as we examine how Terry Nation came up with the Time Curve Visi-Scope, which later became the Time and Space Visualiser. What did Nation intend for it to tell us, and what was its function in the plot?
In 1965, the TV series of Doctor Who utilized three movie Daleks. Here we delve into the series of events which resulted in them being a dissapointment for both the production team and viewers
The movie Dr Who and the Daleks featured the first ever customised Dalek casing (rather than just a swapped out attachment) which had a blowtorch attachment used for cutting through a door. In this video we investigate how the prop was used throughout the film, and what happened to it after filming was finished.
Andrew Kirwan has unearthed a hitherto unknown clip of a Dalek from the 1960s. Where does it fit in the Dalek timeline and where was the footage taken? Dalek 63*88 invesitage!
We explore the alleyways of London to try to track down the lost TARDIS landing site from Talons, and the lost scene that went with it!
The Dalek Time Machine known as The ‘Dardis’ was created by Terry Nation for the serial called The Chase. We examine its role within the story and the failures which plagued it.
Terry Nation was keen to change the direction of his Dalek stories and move away from whimsical time travel like The Chase, and into a more gritty real world scenario, which he could then spin-off into its own series. He worked hard on his world-building, only to have it undermined by a big decision that came from on high...
The Special Weapons Dalek first appeared in Remembrance of the Daleks and was a last minute creation. Discover how it came into being and what happened to it between 1988 and its resurrection for the Matt Smith era.
Sorry Dalek fans, feel free to sit this one out... This episode we explore one of Doctor Who's darkest serials. As if The Talons of Weng Chiang didn't cause enough of a stir already, here we delve into the true crime which helped spawn this uncomfortable adventure. From character names to the killer's modus operandi, Talons is a homage to one of the most brutal series of crimes London ever saw.
Nicholas Briggs, the official "Voice of the Daleks" walks us through his recent contributions to The Daleks in Colour, plus his involvement in An Adventure in Space and Time, and chats about his encounters with other Dalek voice artists and says "modulation" a lot.
The 2012 episode Asylum of the Daleks was supposed to have every type of Dalek imaginable? Did this hold true? How many of the "classic" props were really there? (Seven, it says that in the title). But whose props were they and who built them? What happened to them after? Discover the amazing stories behind these interesting Dalek casings.
The BBC shipped in a selection of fan-owned Daleks to appear in the Asylum. But their presence on set caused a few problems for the continuity-conscious. And one met a very sorry end.
By 2012, the BBC had accumulated quite a lot of Daleks, plus they borrowed a lot, so that a large number could all appear on screen together in Ayslum of the Daleks. In this investigation we break down every scene to understand all the props seen used on set and confirm exactly how many were held by the production team at the time.
The Weird Origins of the Wheel in Space ???? Borrowed props, space stuff and a dash of Stanley Kubrick.
Everything you were told is a lie! In 1970... EVERYTHING CHANGED! Was the Doctor a human inventor?! SHOCKING REVELATIONS! BROKEN CONTINUITY!! PATRICK TROUGHTON'S CHEST!!! TIME ROTOR ARGUMENTS!!!! When Doctor Who was first created, the main character was definitely from another galaxy. But many changes were made and different writers had different ideas, many of which went unchallenged.