Remains of the Dalek
Imagine: you’re part of a volunteer group clearing out a local pond. You’re quietly raking around in the rubbish when out of the mud in front of you rises… a Dalek!
Scary stuff. The Telegraph reports Dalek discoverer Marc Oakland saying:
I’d just shifted a tree branch with my foot when I noticed something dark and round slowly coming up to the surface. I got the shock of my life when a Dalek head bobbed up right in front of me.
It turns out to have been merely a Dalek head, presumably lost during the filming of one of the classic Dr Who stories. Despite being caked in mud and rather damaged the eyestalk remained intact, making this a wonderful find. Eat your heart out Tony Robinson!
Pond Warden Tony Brown said:
We made a very thorough search of the rest of the bottom of the pond and there were definitely no alien remnants lurking
Even so, the team decided to keep the exact location of the pond secret to avoid hordes of Who fans descending on the area in the hope of finding some other priceless memorabilia.
That might be a forlorn hope: I’m sure there are hardcore fans who can recite the grid reference of every location shot in every Dalek story!
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