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For this year's Toy Fair, a 280-kilogram, 2-meter-tall plastic Dalek will be unveiled to strike fear into patrons' hearts. This project required four people, 328 hours (almost two weeks) of effort, and 157,460 separate Character Building bricks. Woe be to us if this deadly creation commandeers the LEGO Apollo 11. Hat tip to Bluehinter! More »
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NASA says they're "Pratt Whitney Rocketdyne engines" from space shuttles Endeavour and Atlantis... but we think they look an awful lot like incognito Dalek shipping containers. More »
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Just watch this news video about the man who won the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most Daleks — your brain will cycle through awe, excitement, envy... and finally bafflement, as you find out that the owner of the world's greatest Dalek collection doesn't actually like Doctor Who. More »
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It should be one of the greatest moments in the history of Doctor Who: an all-out battle between the Daleks and U.N.I.T., the paramilitary organization that the Doctor spent most of a decade teaming up with. More »
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Burning Man 2011 was certainly surfeit with wacky conveyances. There's no way this Dalek art car is street legal, but hey, true Daleks are always riding dirty. More »
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If Charles Schulz had written about a time-hopping Gallifreyian instead of a chronically depressed little boy, chances are his artwork would look like Larry Wentzel's. There's no Snoopy as K-9, but who wouldn't want to see A Weeping Angel Christmas? More »
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The BBC Props Department's selling built-to-order, life-size Daleks, and hilariously enough, the manufacturer has a special disclaimer imploring buyers not to attempt to ride inside them. Sadly, each Dalek's £3,000 a pop ($4890). Extermination comes at a price. More »
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Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat has confirmed that the Doctor's arch-enemies, the Daleks, won't be showing up again any time soon. He told BBC News: More »
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Seriously, we would have lived in these "ride-in Daleks." Finally, some lucky kid gets a chance to be the supreme life-form in the universe. In other Doctor Who news, check out Matt Smith's first appearance as the Doctor in 2011. More »
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When time travelers collide! Maybe Doc Brown can save them? This fantastic art comes fromChristopher Jones, and prints are available for purchase at Etsy! More »
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Craig Ferguson dared to mock the scourge of the universe, the Daleks, in his monologue on tonight's show. (And yes, we'd already noticed that the eyestalk is really phallic.) Tomorrow night: the Doctor himself, Matt Smith, will brave Ferguson's show. More »
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Check out three exclusive clips from the special features on the upcoming Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series DVD box set. Matt Smith sings the Doctor Who theme tune, and it turns out those redesigned Daleks have many secret weapons. More »
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When Bill Johnson of Midway, North Carolina noticed a strange marking in the interior of a downed tree, he thought it resembled Jesus Christ. However, anyone who's seen Doctor Who knows that this mark has a much more sinister connotation. More »
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Even though the shiny new Daleks destroyed their predecessors on Doctor Who, we haven't seen the last of the classic Daleks, promises showrunner Steven Moffat. More »
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Deviantart user CyberDrone has created a ton of Doctor Who Cubeecraft art. Print out a TARDIS, some Daleks, and a few Cybermen to watch the refreshment table at your next Who viewing party. Don't print out Davros — he's pruny. More »
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Check out this hilarious clip, showcasing just what was wrong with the Doctor Who story "The Horns Of Nimon." The new DVDs for "Nimon" and four other not-so-classic stories offer a blunt dissection of what went wrong. More »
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Need to know how many Doctor Who episodes the Yeti appeared in? The Guardian has created a comprehensive, interactive infographic detailing all the show's villain from the obvious (the Daleks) to the more obscure (the Celestial Toymaker!). More »
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The central enigma of Doctor Who's very first episode wasn't the Doctor himself — it was a 15-year-old girl. So Steven Moffat was returning the show to its roots when he introduced the mysterious River Song. Here's why she's awesome. More »
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How does one win coitus from an aficionado of the TARDIS? Wear a massive scarf. Also, tweed blazers and sneakers are essential. Here are some Who fans with a word or two on exterminating your romantic inhibitions. More »
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Francesco Francavilla was so inspired by the World War 2 Daleks in last night's episode of Doctor Who that he made this wartime morale-boosting poster. Victory through extermination! [Francesco Francavilla via Super Punch] More »
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This year's big Dalek episode of Doctor Who was a fun, colorful romp with enough silliness, and crazy enough action, to make almost anyone happy for 42 minutes. But it did make us wonder: Will the Daleks ever rock again? More »
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Last week, Doctor Who's most fearsome cybernetic enemies invaded the DVD shelves in greater strength than ever before. The "Dalek War" DVD box set and a new edition of "Remembrance Of The Daleks" both appeared. But are they worth it? More »
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We've had a week to let David Tennant's departure sink in, and now it's full steam ahead, all systems go, and, well, GERONIMO for the Eleventh Doctor. So what clues does the fifth series trailer hold? Spoilers and speculation ahoy! More »
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Look who's inside R2D2, in this new T-shirt from TeeFury. (Look closely: seems the helpful droid has had a secret agenda, to do with Exterminating, all along.) This "Haynes manual" design T-shirt, designed by artist Reece, is only available today. More »
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We've all seen the goggles, the brass, the keyboard mods. But a few steampunk projects go above and beyond, boggling the mind and leaving us breathless. Here are ten steampunk projects that succeed in transporting us to other worlds. More »
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It's one thing to talk about Killer Robots, but which ones have actually managed to really rack up the senseless slaughter? Here are our choices for the ten deadliest robots for you to avoid. More »
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The BBC promised that the Tritovore, the alien nasties who'll turn up in Doctor Who's Easter special, will rank up there with the Daleks and Cybermen. But don't take their word, see for yourself! More »
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The BBC has released the earliest planning documents for its time travel dramedy Doctor Who – and they pitched a show very different from the one we love. This treasure trove of notes from 1963, online for the first time, presents the BBC's three unbreakable rules for good science fiction, including no robots and no bug-eyed monsters. Read on for a vision of a Doctor Who that could have been – and that could have looked a lot more like Torchwood. More »
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