Posted on 03/05/2009 12:46:06 PM PST by LRS
Volunteer Marc Oakland was stunned when he pulled the head of a Dalek from the murky depths of a pond he was helping to clean. The 42-year-old sales executive found part of Doctor Whos arch nemesis as he pushed a rake along the surface while wading waist-high in water. He said: Id just shifted a tree branch with my foot when I noticed something dark and round slowly coming up to the surface. I got the shock of my life when a dalek head bobbed up right in front of me. ...
After doing some research, we discovered the BBC often took the daleks out on location for filming, and they travelled to Hampshire on at least one occasion in the 1980s, when Colin Baker played the Time Lord. Jon Pertwee also made a few Doctor Who episodes in the county during the 1970s. Who knows, this might be the remains of one of the originals from the old TV series. Im told they they were built to last.
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You are exactly right. Don’t people watch movies anymore? They could end up with a murderous alien wandering the streets of London killing random people...oh, wait, I guess they already got a few of those...
Probably beheaded by a member of the religion of peace. They could not stand the competition.
For the curious, my Mom made this out of modeling clay and cloth. She got a picture from a magazine, counted stitches for the scarf and managed to get Tom Baker to sign it on the belly at a convention in 1985 (or was it 84). He was rather flattered.
That’s cool!
Oi! Russell!
I think we found that missing ptop!
Nice picture!
If that pic is of a good Dalek, what must a defective one look like? More mud? More sticks?
:-)
Heh....actually my only defect was that I was too perfect. :P
If y' ask me. I'd rather've found a strange woman lyin' in this pond, distributin' swords.
I can’t help it if I’m special! (and I don’t mean special needs!)
“You can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you...”
Somebody call Torchwood
Especially annoying........
Good....my job is done! :P
This poor guy might be a relative!
Hmm! Wonder what that makes Darks and Sharkey?
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