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SOME THINGS don't change. There may have been seven Doctors - seven actors embodying the one Doctor Who - and countless monsters, aliens and robots; but a Dalek is always a Dalek. Ever since they first trundled across the nation's television screens in December 1963, they have been regularly defeated but never exterminated. And when they reappear this peek on BBC1, it will be the 18th Doctor Who story (out of 151) that has featured Daleks. | SOME THINGS don't change. There may have been seven Doctors - seven actors embodying the one Doctor Who - and countless monsters, aliens and robots; but a Dalek is always a Dalek. Ever since they first trundled across the nation's television screens in December 1963, they have been regularly defeated but never exterminated. And when they reappear this peek on BBC1, it will be the 18th Doctor Who story (out of 151) that has featured Daleks. | ||
| − | What's the secret of their appeal? 'They're so totally evil,' says John Nathan-Turner, producer of Doctor Who for the past nine years, 'and so easily imitable. Youngsters could go around yelling "Exterminate!" straight away. Don't forget they were the first monsters. The first story was set in the stone age, so it was only with the second one | + | What's the secret of their appeal? 'They're so totally evil,' says John Nathan-Turner, producer of Doctor Who for the past nine years, 'and so easily imitable. Youngsters could go around yelling "Exterminate!" straight away. Don't forget they were the first monsters. The first story was set in the stone age, so it was only with the second one [[broadwcast:The Daleks|The Dead Planet]], by Terry Nation that the series could go into the future and invent horrible creatures.' |
Sylvester McCoy, who now plays the Doctor, was 18 when the Daleks first appeared, and knows their power well. 'When we had the read-through in the rehearsal rooms for this story, it was remarkable. A thrill went round the room when one of the Dalek voices first said the word "Exterminate!" The hair stood up on the back of my neck - it was a lovely feeling of fear, like when you're young. Really exciting. | Sylvester McCoy, who now plays the Doctor, was 18 when the Daleks first appeared, and knows their power well. 'When we had the read-through in the rehearsal rooms for this story, it was remarkable. A thrill went round the room when one of the Dalek voices first said the word "Exterminate!" The hair stood up on the back of my neck - it was a lovely feeling of fear, like when you're young. Really exciting. | ||
