I thought it might be interesting to have a look at how the Supreme Dalek might have looked in this story… Peter McKinstry, the current designer who has been working on Doctor Who for several years now, initially produced several sketches of how the Supreme Dalek might look. We ended up with the now familiar [...]

There are some nice photos of painted Daleks from issue 170 of DWA on this blog here or click the image below to go to the main site of the Society of Fantasy and Science Fiction Wargamers

With “Victory of the Daleks” bringing us a range of different coloured Daleks,  I thought it might be nice to look at the origins of the Red Dalek. The first time a Red Dalek actually appeared on TV (apart from in an old Weetabix advert) was in “The Stolen Earth” (in which the Dalek Supreme, [...]

The Red Dalek The new Red Dalek is the “Drone” (standard Dalek, general soldier and dogsbody) A Red “drone”? Hmmmmm. It may come as a surprise to some that this is the first time a “standard” Red Dalek has actually appeared in the TV show. The only other Red Dalek to appear on TV was [...]

The Orange Dalek The new Orange Dalek is described as a “Scientist” Dalek. OK, the Daleks need scientists – but why are they orange? Beats me. While I was initially rather sceptical about an Orange Dalek (whatever its rank or function might be) I was pleasantly surprised to find that the colour scheme didn’t seem [...]

The Blue Dalek The New Blue Dalek is described as a “Strategist Dalek”. It seems that Dalek strategy currently consists of lulling alien races into a false sense of security by making the Daleks seem a lot less frightening. The Daleks managed to get over their old tactical disadvantage of not being able to climb [...]

It looks like the Daleks have had a make-over and are back with a new design and apparently a choice of colour schemes (about time too!). At first it appeared that the new look might just be for the latest incarnation of the Supreme Dalek, but if the Radio Times covers and an image that [...]

Teatime of the Daleks

The WWII Dalek colour scheme… Perhaps a White Dalek…. a new Dalek Supreme?