As I was taking the first photo I didn’t spot the wire wasn’t all the way inside its socket, so the inevitable happened. Have contacted Hachette and am waiting for a replacement before I can continue. So frustrating because it looked like an exciting week! #DalekDay #daleks #doctorwho #doctorwhoday
2/3: Week 58 #DalekDay
Better photos of the process though, including that bloody awkward screw hole deep inside one part requiring washers and everything. 😂
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2/2: Week 57 #DalekDay
There’s a third motor next week so perhaps all the rollers have to be installed first. (No spoilers if you’re ahead of me!)
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Oddly enough their 3rd serial would also be announced on 13 March.. in 1965
So perhaps fitting that an announcement of lost episode recoveries from their 4th serialised outing, turn up this date
#DalekDay
2/2: Week 56 #DalekDay
I was wrong about the rollers replacing the lights on the bottom. These light reflectors show even UNDERNEATH the Dalek will look accurate (and cool!).
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1/4: Week 55 #DalekDay #DalekDay55
Received another motor, so completed another roller section.
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2/2: Week 54 #DalekDay
Combining more roller parts too. Can’t wait to see these in action.
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2/2: Week 53 #DalekDay
These repetitive weeks should be leading to putting it all together soon.
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1/2: Week 52 #DalekDay #DalekDay52
Same as the other week with another motor holder and roller, only this time I’ve my apprentice on hand to lend a paw.
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1/3: Week 51 #DalekDay #DalekDay51
One piece and a bunch of screws and washers, but that one piece is a weighty motor. Always exciting to get the electronics. Then I got to use parts from previous weeks and we’re on the way to making my Dalek moveable!
#thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho
2/2: Week 50 #DalekDay
Connecting the previous issues’ motor holders and prepping the rollers for future work. I’m still as excited by this as I was this time last year 😁
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2/2: Week 49 #DalekDay
Still following the specific screw and storage instructions too.
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1/2: Week 48 #DalekDay #DalekDay48
A quick one this week, with a thick metal motor holder to, um… hold on to for now.
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2/3: Week 47 #DalekDay
Even though this bit is plastic, the way it fits together produces a high quality, strong finish.
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2/2: THE DALEK
Week 45 #DalekDay
My Dalek skirt section became a Christmas centrepiece too. And I wore a suitable Christmas jumper this week.
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Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) up against the wall. Point of view of the *something* (spoiler: it’s a Dalek) in the foreground, from behind, pointing its sucker at her
The Doctor (William Hartnell) and his friends (well, mostly hostile travelling companions as yet, but give them time) gaze down from a cliff on the futuristic Dalek City set in the mountainous Dalazar desert (Doctor Who – The Daleks, 1963)
A panoramic view of the futuristic Dalek City set in the mountainous Dalazar desert (Doctor Who – The Daleks, 1963)
The futuristic Dalek City set in the mountainous Dalazar desert (Doctor Who – The Magician’s Apprentice, 2015)
OTD 1963: Doctor Who – The Daleks opens on The Dead Planet…
And closes with one of the two so-inspired cliffhangers that mean we’re still watching the series six decades later.
No wonder we’ve returned to Skaro so many times since.
#DalekDay
As it’s #DalekDay I’ve got #DrWhoAndTheDaleks, the first of the #PeterCushing films, on.
It’s a lot of fun!
Doctor Who: The Daleks – The Dead Planet: Barbara (Jacqueline Hill) up against the wall. Point of view of the *something* (spoiler: it’s a Dalek) in the foreground, from behind, pointing its sucker at her
Blake’s 7: B—: Avon (Paul Darrow) stands alone. Point of view of the Federation soldiers in the foreground, from behind, aiming their guns at him
OTD 1963 / 1981: The biggest TV day for Terry Nation’s two biggest TV creations
One starts—the other very much ends.
In Doctor Who, the planet of The Daleks was dead, to begin with
Whereas Blake, in Blake’s 7…
#DalekDay
#GaudaPrimeDay
OK, Bluesky: it’s time for the #DailyTeaser #quiz.
As it’s #DalekDay …?
You’re allowed to #exterminate random stranger.
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In a nice way, obviously …
#Dalek #Daleks #Extermination
2/3: Week 43 #DalekDay
Took a break from my wrapping to continue with the skirt bottom.
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1/2: Week 42 #DalekDay #DalekDay42
I won’t bore you with me having to redo a fortnight’s worth of building because of a cock up two issues ago (completely my own fault, metal base plate in the wrong placing above/below others, now nice and snug) and just concentrate on this week’s.
2/3: Week 41 #DalekDay
Really getting a sense of scale here.
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2/2: Week 40 #DalekDay
Should be a fun few weeks ahead.
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2/2: Week 39 #DalekDay
It’s been a busy week writing and cat dad’ing.
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2/2: Week 37 #DalekDay
When placed with everything else the shape of the Dalek is really starting to come together.
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2/2: Week 36 #DalekDay
It’s slowly taking over my whole dining table!
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1/2: Week 35 #DalekDay
Given how symmetrical a Dalek is we must be jumping about to stop repetition setting in. Moving on to the base now with skirt supports and pedestal adapters.
#thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding #modelkit #partwork #hachette
1/2: Week 34 #DalekDay
Every now and again during this I think, “Whoa! I’m building a Dalek!”
#thedaleks #daleks #doctorwho #drwho #wardalek #timewar #modelmaking #modelbuilding #modelkit #partwork #hachette
