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The Daleks
The Daleks saved Doctor Who. The programme's own creator had explicitly forbidden bug-eyed monsters, and the second serial was commissioned largely because nothing else was ready; it became a national phenomenon within weeks and the resulting merchandise boom is what kept the series on air.
- First appearance
- Doctor Who: The Daleks (1963), BBC
- Created by
- Terry Nation, Raymond Cusick
- Also known as
- Dalek, Kaled mutants
- Universe
- Doctor Who
- Appears in
- television, books, comics, games
Who is The Daleks?
The Daleks saved Doctor Who. The programme's own creator had explicitly forbidden bug-eyed monsters, and the second serial was commissioned largely because nothing else was ready; it became a national phenomenon within weeks and the resulting merchandise boom is what kept the series on air. Terry Nation wrote them as an explicit fascism allegory — he had grown up during the war, and the Daleks are a race that has purged everything except hatred of difference. Raymond Cusick's design solved a practical problem brilliantly: an operator sits inside, so the skirt shape exists to hide a human being, and the gliding movement follows from that. The perennial joke about stairs was addressed on screen in 1988, which the production treated as a genuine event.
The Daleks: the details
- First appearance
- The Daleks, December 1963, the programme's second serial
- Created by
- Written by Terry Nation; designed by Raymond Cusick
- They were against the rules
- The programme's creator had explicitly forbidden bug-eyed monsters
- They saved the series
- The serial became a phenomenon within weeks and the merchandising kept the programme on air
- An explicit fascism allegory
- Nation wrote them as a race that has purged everything except hatred of difference
- The shape hides an operator
- The skirt exists so a human can sit inside, and the gliding movement follows from that constraint
- The stairs
- The long-running joke was addressed on screen in 1988, which the production treated as an event
Why The Daleks endures
The antagonist that rescued the longest-running science-fiction series in television history, and one of the very few designs on this site that resembles nothing else ever made.
What The Daleks looks like on a shirt
Signature motif: A ribbed conical casing with hemispheres, an eyestalk, a plunger and a gun
One of the most distinctive silhouettes ever put on television — nothing else looks remotely like it, and it reads in pure outline at any size. The hemisphere grid gives it texture that rewards detailed print as well.
A silhouette unlike anything else on television — reads in pure outline at any size, and the hemisphere grid rewards detailed print. Gold, black and red. Strong across all size bands.
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| Adult | 15+ | S–3XL | Search adult sizes |
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Who has played The Daleks
| Performer | Production | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Hawkins | The Daleks | 1963 | Voice |
| Nicholas Briggs | Doctor Who | 2005 | Voice |
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Who created The Daleks?
The Daleks was created by Terry Nation and Raymond Cusick, first appearing in Doctor Who: The Daleks in 1963 (BBC).
What does a The Daleks T-shirt usually look like?
A ribbed conical casing with hemispheres, an eyestalk, a plunger and a gun. A silhouette unlike anything else on television — reads in pure outline at any size, and the hemisphere grid rewards detailed print. Gold, black and red. Strong across all size bands.
Are The Daleks T-shirts made for children?
Yes — The Daleks appears on our kids pages, and shirts are commonly made from US toddler 2T up through youth XL.
Who has played The Daleks?
The Daleks has been voiced by Peter Hawkins (The Daleks, 1963), Nicholas Briggs (Doctor Who, 2005).
How much does a The Daleks T-shirt cost?
The Daleks shirts we currently track start from around $15.95 on amazon.com. Every price on this page is dated, because they move.
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