Doctor’s deadly foe prowls the streets

November 13, 2010

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Doctor's deadly foe prowls the streets

12:20pm Saturday 13th November 2010

By Flicky on »

A TRIO of avid Dr Who fans have built their own dalek.

, from Pinehurst, has been a follower of the series since he was a

child and built his first dalek out of paper and cardboard, when he was 14 and

went to Ferndale School in Swindon.

Today he is the main carer for his son 16, who suffers from ASD and

Asperger's syndrome, and for the last five months they have been creating their

own mobile dalek that can ride in and operate.

" I am a bit of an inventor,'' said .

" We went to Cardiff's Dr Who exhibition and to the International Air Tattoo last

year with the Dalek Building Guild where drove around in one for most of

the day. He loves the dalek.''

, and his eldest son Steve created their dalek with a head that

rotates, an eye that moves up and down and a body that is propelled by

wheelchair motors.

And found an electronic buffer at a scrap yard, spiining it to polish

the dalek's head to a high gloss.

Creating the voice box was rather tricky as they had to research it on the

internet and then build it from scratch, including inventing the tools they

needed to build it.

says that it is his grandmother, , who had made it all possible

by putting money into the project to help them buy the soldering iron and wire

and even the nuts and bolts.

is a bit of a wizard at creating and has built many things in the back

garden including an extended bike for to ride that was 9ft long.

Even mum Joanne was roped in to the Dr Who world of her men folk as she had to

knit Tom Baker-style scarves when they were little.

is planning to take the dalek along to charity fundraising events

particularly if they are for children.

The next project for will either be K-9 or the Tardis, which will double

as a trailer to carry their dalek around.

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