Daleks

Robots Live! brings Robot Wars and a robotic football squad to Edinburgh

Robot Wars and football-playing robots at the National Museum of Flight

14 Jun 2011

It’s difficult to talk about the appeal of robots. How do you talk about the appeal of something as universally loved. What’s not to love about robots? Since technology first enabled humans to build machines that could to programmed to perform…

Dalek voice actor Roy Skelton dies

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8 Jun 2011

'Rainbow' voice actor Roy Skelton has died at the age of 79. The star - who is best known for voicing TV puppets Zippy and George in the ITV children's show for 20 years - passed away after suffering a stroke earlier today (08.06.11), his daughter…

Doctor Who axes Daleks

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31 May 2011

Doctor Who's Daleks have been temporarily dropped. Steven Moffat, writer of the BBC One sci-fi show, has confirmed the Time Lord's traditional arch-enemies will not be around "for a while" because they have been defeated by the titular character…

Matt Smith says Doctor Who is the 'greatest' role

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21 Feb 2011

Matt Smith says starring in 'Doctor Who' is the "greatest television part" in Britain. The 28-year-old actor met fans young and old as he attended the opening of the 'Doctor Who Experience' at the Olympia venue in London on Sunday (20.02.11) and…

Daleks dropped from Doctor Who?

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13 Jan 2011

Doctor Who's famous Daleks are reportedly set to be dropped from the new series of the BBC One show. The Time Lord - played by Matt Smith - will instead fight The Cybermen as they try to destroy the Earth, with TV bosses deciding it was time to give…

Doctor Who - Space Oddity

19 Mar 2009

In four years time Doctor Who will be 50 years old, but still it remains one of the most popular and imagination-grabbing shows on television. While the best of British actors and television writers are lining up to work on it, the series’ first…

Doctor Who - The making of a time lord

19 Mar 2009

TIMELINE Nov 1963 Doctor Who is devised as an educational science fiction show to appeal to viewers of all ages and is given an evening time slot. The screening of the first episode is overshadowed by a power cut in parts of the country and the…