Mr Casto made his first Dalek almost five years ago and named it Dalek DL as a reference to its dustbin lid head. Since then, he has built five more, with names including Dalek Rad, Dalek Bert and ...

‘Dalek’ wasps are among 815 new species described by Natural History Museum scientists ... I thought it was a good name for a genus and a bit of fun having been a big fan of Doctor Who in my ...

The Dalek Name Came From an Encyclopaedia “Dalek” is a brilliant word isn’t it? Almost perfectly designed for those robotic, yet perpetually-about-to-throw-a-strop voices, ...

Fourteen newly discovered species of wasps have been named after the villainous Daleks from Doctor Who to mark the 60th anniversary of the popular sci-fi series. The insects, which bear the genus ...

A Doctor Who superfan who creates homemade Daleks to support charities said he has turned a character which “wants to destroy planet Earth” into a “cause for something good”. Mark Casto is ...

A 17-year-old who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, has been given his own Dalek. Noah Herniman was told about the tumour in 2021, and has since gone through months of chemotherapy ...

Newly discovered species of wasp named after Doctor Who’s Daleks ‘Dalek’ wasps are among 815 new species described by Natural History Museum scientists in 2023. Nilima Marshall 28 December 2023 ...

One thought is the name Dalek was inspired by Welsh author Roald Dahl, who lived 100 yards away from Nation in Cardiff, who had released James and the Giant Peach in 1961.

A 17-year-old who was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, has been given his own Dalek. Noah Herniman was told about the tumour in 2021, and has since gone through months of chemotherapy.