Terry Nation Army

'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.