The Man Who Invented the Daleks (56 page)

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well in period
–
Daily Mirror
, 11 February 1964

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big three
–
New Musical Express
, 10 March 1961

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There’s Adam Faith
– Galton and Simpson,
Hancock’s Half Hour
, p. 109

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family comedy
– Owen and Burford,
The Pinewood Story
, p. 92

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British appetite
– quoted in Ross,
Sid James

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dire
–
Independent
, 10 March 2003

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Howard and Marjorie
–
The Stage
, unknown date in 1956

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I have decided
– Hancock and Nathan,
Hancock
, p. 111

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all comics loathe
–
Guardian
, 18 February 1972

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Without any discussion
– Oakes,
Tony Hancock
, p. 95

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more salubrious
– Sykes,
If I Don’t Write It, Nobody Else Will
, p. 352

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To my amazement
– Goodwin,
When the Wind Changed
, p. 366

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wonderful audience
– Ophir, Gies and Best,
Horizon
1989

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collapse in giggles
– Goodwin,
When the Wind Changed
, p. 366

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visibly shaking
– ibid,. p. 367

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finished the writing
– Hancock and Nathan,
Hancock
, p. 128

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cold food
– Ophir, Gies and Best,
Horizon
, 1989

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Matt’s compartment
– Goodwin,
When the Wind Changed
, p. 458

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the fellatio
– Williams,
Diaries
, p. 424

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best-ever scriptwriters
– Oakes,
Tony Hancock
, p. 6

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I was never
– Ophir, Gies and Best,
Horizon
, 1989

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hiding to nothing
– Ray Galton, PC

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quite so common
–
Daily Mail
, 3 January 1963

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unnecessarily nasty
– Goodwin,
When the Wind Changed
, p. 365

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Hancock fancied himself
– Oakes,
Tony Hancock
, p. 13

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wine snob
– Ophir, Gies and Best,
Horizon
, 1989

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You bastard
– Hancock and Nathan,
Hancock
, p. 130

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I have sometimes
–
Guardian
, 4 January 1963

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It is all very funny
–
Times
, 4 January 1963

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If we had never
–
Observer
, 6 January 1963

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unpalatable truth
–
Daily Mail
, 4 January 1963

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I expected it
–
Daily Express
, 10 January 1963

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The series was doomed
– Hancock and Nathan,
Hancock
,

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My second look
–
Daily Mirror
, 1 March 1963

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no happy moments
– Fisher,
Tony Hancock
, p. 385

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strange three weeks
– Hancock and Nathan,
Hancock
, p. 133

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Hancock in rags
-ibid., p. 134

4 Into the Unknown

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in a dream world
– Jennings,
The Paul Jennings Reader
, p. 68

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The wonderful thing
–
Radio Times
, 3 December 1964

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This is free television
– Quicke,
Tomorrow’s Television
, p. 25

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a cross between
– Shubik,
Play for Today
, p. 9

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non-conformist outsider
– White,
Armchair Theatre
, p. 31

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Sydney was noisy
– ibid., p. 79

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a suave character
–
Observer
, 12 February 1961

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great impresario
– Shubik,
Play for Today
, p. 31

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The policy I adopted
– Norden, Harper and Gilbert,
Coming to You Live!
, pp. 59–60

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I am proud
–
Daily Express
, 5 January 1963

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I’ve always been a sucker
–
Observer
, 22 April 1962

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too remote
– David Butler, ‘How to pilot a TARDIS’ in Butler,
Time and Relative Dissertations in Space
, p. 22

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In the late 1950s
– Ballard,
Miracles of Life
, p. 184

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Ninety-five per cent
–
Times
, 13 September 1958

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baffling characteristic
–
Guardian
, 3 April 1961

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true literature
– Ballard,
Miracles of Life
, p. 194

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man-eating
– Amis,
New Maps of Hell
, p. 70

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more vitality
–
Observer
, 28 September 1952

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a pet subject
– Shubik,
Play for Today
, p. 54

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everyone is interested
–
Daily Mail
, 20 June 1962

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I can’t really remember
– Ray Galton, PC

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I don’t remember him
– Beryl Vertue, PC

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one of the most subtle
–
Times
, 16 February 1960

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I had nothing
– Peel,
Starburst
, 1995

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galactic El Dorado
– Simak, ‘Immigrant’, p. 219

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a doctorate on Earth
– ibid., p. 275

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only one thing
– ibid., p. 276

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an ingenious
–
Times
, 4 August 1962

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level of writing
–
Times
, 4 August 1962

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the most intelligent
–
Kinematograph Weekly
, 9 August 1962

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the most accomplished
–
Yorkshire Evening Post
, 25 July 1962

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the series as a whole
–
Daily Mail
, 24 September 1962

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That was a great moment
– Groves,
The Terry Nation Story

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‘DUSTBIN’ MAN
–
Daily Mail
, 19 April 1963

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a sort of anthology
-Shubik,
Play for Today
, p. 42

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too derivative
– Bignell and O’Day,
Terry Nation
, p. 14

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most interesting and amusing
– Shubik,
Play for Today
, p. 57

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individualism and initiative
– Asimov,
The Caves of Steel
, p. 92

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The balance
– ibid., p. 96

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first became a city
– ibid.

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Do you fear robots
– ibid., p. 173

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A fascinating mixture
–
Listener
, 16 July 1964

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highly successful
–
Times
, 13 June 1964

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find no fault
–
Daily Telegraph
, 6 June 1964

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highly polished
–
Times
, 13 June 1964

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I actually sat back
– Fleming,
Starburst
, 1979

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I am confident
– BBC WAC RCONT18

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The rabbits may hide
– Bradbury, ‘The Fox and the Forest’, p. 157

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one of the most
– Ward,
Out of the Unknown
, p. 110

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remorseless pursuit
–
Guardian
, 23 November 1965

5 Life on a Dead Planet

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children’s science fiction
– Hoey,
Sunday Best
, 6 February 1972

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How dare they?
– Nazarro,
Doctor Who Magazine
, 1989

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your calibre
–
South Wales Echo
, 2 March 1974

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an inverted cone
– Goodwin,
When the Wind Changed
, p. 367

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It was never intended
– Butler,
Time and Relative Dissertations in Space
, p. 44

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senile old man
– Norden, Harper and Gilbert,
Coming to You Live!
, p. 71

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friends of friends
– Howe, Stammers and Walker,
Doctor Who: The Sixties
, p. 11

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When I first read
–
South Wales Echo
, 2 March 1974

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Terry came round
– Deb Boultwood, PC

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a flash of inspiration
– Frost,
Today

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two-syllable word
–
South Wales Echo
, 2 March 1974

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I don’t have many friends
– ibid.

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this brilliant idea
–
Guardian
, 2 May 2008

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frog-like animal
– Peel and Nation,
The Official Doctor Who and the Daleks Book
, p. 186

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They are invulnerable
– Wells,
The War of the Worlds
, Book One, ch. 11

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on the style of
– Norden, Harper and Gilbert,
Coming to You Live!
, p. 71

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Fear breeds hatred
– ‘Daleks’ ep. 4: ‘The Ambush’

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ready-made army
– ‘Daleks’ ep. 5: ‘The Expedition’

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I had a bad time
–
Guardian
, 31 January 1966

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both hemispheres
– Peel and Nation,
The Official Doctor Who and the Daleks Book
, p. 192

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they have realized
– ibid., p. 193

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master of the planet
– ‘Daleks’ ep. 6: ‘The Ordeal’

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cheap-jack
– Norden, Harper and Gilbert,
Coming to You Live!
, p. 71

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David Whitaker and I
– DVD commentary, ‘Daleks’ ep. 2: ‘The Survivors’

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machine-like creatures
–
dalek6388.co.uk/the-daleks-the-dead-planet.htm

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anything mechanical
– Giddings,
Cusick in Cardiff

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The first time I saw them
– DVD commentary, ‘Chase’ ep. 1: ‘The Executioners’

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never take off
– Norden, Harper and Gilbert,
Coming to You Live!
, p. 73

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cinema-goer
– Nazarro,
Doctor Who Magazine
, 1989

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I saw Hattie
– Le Mesurier,
Lady Don’t Fall Backwards
p. 60

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inside each of these
– ‘Death’, ep. 2

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simply the vehicles
–
Manchester Daily Express
, 21 November 1964

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peripatetic machine
– Amis,
New Maps of Hell
, p. 26

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the human form
– Asimov,
The Caves of Steel
, p. 134

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They were original
– Terrance Dicks, PC

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tremendous contribution
– Nazarro,
Doctor Who Magazine
, 1989

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rough notes
–
Guardian
, 31 January 1966

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pepper pot
– Giddings,
Cusick in Cardiff

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The only interest
– ‘Daleks’ ep. 6: ‘The Ordeal’

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Only one race
– ‘Daleks’ ep. 7: ‘The Rescue’

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I can understand
– DVD production text, ‘Daleks’ ep. 2: ‘The Survivors’

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That bloody Nation
– Goodwin,
When the Wind Changed
, p. 367

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enormous contributors
– Ophir, Gies and Best,
Horizon
, 1989

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I’ve been reading
– Peel,
Starburst
, 1995

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on the map
– DVD commentary, ‘Invasion’ ep. 2: ‘The Daleks’

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After that first episode
– Ophir, Gies and Best,
Horizon
, 1989

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I would be very grateful
– this and subsequent viewers’ letters: BBC WAC Teli/c/781/5948

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blond faeries
– DVD production text, ‘Daleks’ ep. 3: ‘The Rescue’

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They’re amoral
–
Daily Mail
, 28 December 1964

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those metal bodies
–
Guardian
, 6 October 1972

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he couldn’t see it
–
Guardian
, 9 July 1976

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Adults can see
–
South Wales Echo
, 2 March 1974

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a model community
-Baden-Powell,
Scouting for Boys
, p. 171

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the destined ruler
– Charteris,
The Happy Highwayman
, p. 176

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their rightful
-ibid., p. 189

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It seems to me
– Wyndham,
The Day of the Triffids
, pp. 243–4

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termites and wasps
– Nigel Kneale,
Quatermass and the Pit
ep. 4: ‘The Enchanted’ (BBC TV)

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settled more issues
– Heinlein,
Starship Troopers
, p. 28

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Things come together
– Terrance Dicks, PC

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Every writer
-Terrance Dicks, PC

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slightly magical
– Nazarro,
Doctor Who Magazine
, 1989

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I wish I could
–
South Wales Echo
, 2 March 1974

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The one recurring dream
– Fleming,
Starburst
, 1979

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I was now a hit
– Ophir, Gies and Best,
Horizon
, 1989