Magazine Appearance and Links

On Thursday 12 November 2015, issue #493 of Doctor Who Magazine was released, and it featured a photo of Derek and me on page 13.

It was a nice little cherry to round off what had been a fantastic year.

For information on all the Dalek props used in the making of The Magician’s Apprentice” and “The Witch’s Familiar”, including Derek, have a look at this website:

 

 http://www.dalek6388.co.uk/the-new-series-the-magicians-apprentice-the-witchs-familiar/

It is a fantastic resource that documents the history of every Dalek prop ever used in the entire history of Doctor Who. I cannot overstate the amount of time and effort that must have gone into the collating of this site and I would recommend any Dalek fans to check it out

Rather excitingly, since the airing of these episodes, someone has created a page for me over at the TARDIS Data Core Wikia:

http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/David_Hobday

And I have been added to the cast lists for “The Magician’s Apprentice” and “The Witch’s Familiar”.

On a side note, I also had an article published on the Doctor Who TV website, suggesting a possible theory about why we no longer see the divisive Paradigm Daleks.

http://www.doctorwhotv.co.uk/what-happened-to-the-dalek-paradigm-76292.htm

What Next?

So that’s that then. Derek was returned to me on Thursday 9 April.

When he left me in February he was just a replica Dalek prop; but he came back to me as a screen-used Dalek prop.

Now that the episode has aired, I’m hoping I’ll be able to find some screencaps with Derek in. If I do, I’ll post them here.

Derek has now taken up permanent residence in my study.

As you can see, my daughter is quite taken with him.

However, since she's now tall enough to swing off his gun-stick, I am having to keep her out of the study!!