Doctor Who - Blue Peter - Stuart Evans model Daleks

[@katie2940]

Considering the BBC's budget at the time of destiny of the daleks, that homemade film was quite accurate!

[@Stansman63]

I spent weeks building one of these kits around 1986, a lot of sanding, painting and hard work but it was a thrill to own a decent model Dalek at a time when they were scarce..sadly the model is now long gone.

[@nickthepick8043]

In the modern world of 3D Printing, making Dalek models would be no sweat. But that's what makes their skills on display here much more rewarding, considering what they had to work with. It really does boil down to talent, dedication, appreciation for Craftsmanship, and fine patience to make it far in this life. Regardless of whatever times one would live in. I am now gonna try and make one of these myself.

[@nigelwalker6103]

I think these look pretty good. Better than some of the effects in older stories. If they could have used this technique in stories like Day of the Daleks where they only had three of them. It would have made the battle at the end a lot more interesting.

[@solcutta3661]

What's incredible is Considering it was the BBC no one had the bright idea hey let's build a stack load of models, film them close to camera and Actors further back so they appear same size and whoila. Or hey let's build a load of scale models and a fake background matching shot and whoila. No instead they were more interested in what was the special in the canteen at lunch.. Fops.as they always been.. Now If it had been a itv production.....

[@robotx9285]

@@solcutta3661 I have no idea why they didn't do that in Day of The Daleks. Power, Evil and Planet of the Daleks did those things, and they turned out pretty decent to great.

[@nigelcarren]

Hello Nigel from another Nigel. I often see you around these parts! 👍🤖

[@nigelwalker6103]

@@nigelcarren Hi 👋. Always nice to meet another Nigel, we are a vanishing breed.

[@jokkemursula8731]

​@@solcutta3661Well, they did try that model technique for the tank in Robot with... interesting results.

[@griersson]

Cheers, I remember this well and never thought I'd see it again! According to the web this was 23rd October 1986

[@wisteela]

It was great to see this again after all these years.

[@Problembeing]

I don’t think Willow was really up for fun with Bonnie there.

[@IAmPegasus]

Gosh, I remember this being on. Had me fascinated with them! Thought it looked very realistic at that age. The models looked so good. Great to see it again.

[@Problembeing]

IAmPegasus same here

[@wisteela]

Same for me

[@chuckmaddison2924]

They are a fantastic build from a great British institution Doctor Who shown on another great British institution, Blue Peter.

[@harold5337]

Doctor Who and Blue Peter have been associated for many years, ever since the Hartnell years. Even during the hiatus years (1996-2005) Blue Peter would often run Doctor Who related segments.

[@davidmccann9811]

I built one of his Dalek kits in the late 80s and still have it. From what I remember they were quite expensive at the time.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

The Stuart Evans Dalek kits were a nightmare to build. You had to trim the pieces to get the right size and you had to cut your own mitres on the skirt sections to get them to fit. After a lot of hard work, cutting, sanding and Milliput the result wasn’t too bad, except that some of the panels had warped and just didn’t want to stick down! Those kits weren’t for the faint hearted, that’s for sure, but they taught me a lot of modelling skills that have never left me. The Stuart Evans cyber man looked good too, and I still have it - except the head solid was resin and the body hollow polystyrene so the head had come off under its own weight a few times through the years. The Stuart Evans TARDIS was good but cost a ridiculous amount of money, especially since I had to amend and re-make a number of parts because they came off the moulds so badly and couldn’t be used!

[@Stansman63]

Yep, it was a big operation for me, first I had to order it and get it sent to Australia from the UK which wasn't as easy in those pre-internet days, then the complicated building job which was really a little beyond my model building skills..the result was ok but a little rough in places..still it got me a fairly reasonable dalek model years before they became common.

[@MrPolicekarim]

They were vacuform kits, right? What about the kits from Comet Miniatures, or Sevans? Also that Aifix gift set?

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

@@MrPolicekarim Yes, they were vacuform. That Sevans Cyberman was as well, although the head was a solid lump of resin which weighed more than the entire hollow body altogether. This meant I had to fill the boots with pennies before gluing them on in for the damned thing to stand up. The two halves of the body didn’t quite line up either so I had to do quite a bit of putty-filling to hide the join. Comet Miniatures Dalek was an absolute joy to build. It was an easier build and not as challenging, but it was an injection moulded kit, so it wasn’t nearly as brittle and easy to break as the Sevans Dalek, and the parts fitted together much more easily. It was quite a bit shorter though. Comet also did an excellent Liberator from Blake’s 7 and a tripod war machine from War Of The Worlds. My Sevans Dalek ended up getting badly damaged because the plastic was so thin and brittle and only lasted about 5 years. My Comet Dalek lasted nearly 20 years and only broke because I went and had kids and they were vandals when they were little. I still have my Sevans Cyberman. The head has come off a few times because the weight of it is too heavy for the glue and it needs some touch-ups on some paint chips, but otherwise still looks good after all these years.

[@MrPolicekarim]

@@GrilloTheFlightless Were the Comet kits made with aluminium moulds, or proper steel moulds. If so., new models could be made! In 2003, there was a company that did 1/35 resin and metal daleks. But in 2003, the BBC started buying back all the licences, to get them all under 1 roof.

[@GrilloTheFlightless]

@@MrPolicekarim To be honest I don’t know what the moulds were made from. It’s a shame that all the licences were reeled back in in some respects. On one hand it prevents god-awful products like the Dapol range being produced, but on the other hand there’s now a big gap for things like model kits which really appeal to a lot of people.

[@themechbuilder6171]

2:52 i like how the daleks in the background seem to be having a conversation

[@davidallan1098]

I remember seeing this clip when first broadcast and being mightily impressed at the time. Although for a wee while I thought the Daleks were that size in the show and that camera tricks were used to make them seem bigger. Thanks for posting, I kept on meaning to search for the clip but never got round to it.

[@nigelcarren]

This man handled the 'Glove puppet' comment well. 🤖🤣😂 Whilst yes it is like a glove-puppet, I have seen people explode at the first mention of the 'P' word! Aparrently Gerry Anderson was one of them. But adding the word Glove is really passive aggressive Mr Duncan! (Humour) 😉

[@nztv8589]

" and a frozen finger!" always remembered that

[@MsMarshall15]

When this edition of Blue Peter was broadcast, it was 1986

[@anthonydoyle3613]

That can't be right. The Doctor Who clip looks about 58 years old as I write. In 1986 it would only have looked 23 years old. 23 year old clips are in colour.

[@DJPeteypie]

Doctor Who didn't start being in colour until 1970 when Jon Pertwee took the title role.

[@grumpyoldman3458]

@@anthonydoyle3613 lol

[@Squicx]

For an old 80s model of a dalek, this was really good to the ones that they used to sell

[@peterhynds7231]

OF COURSE BACK IN THOSE DAYS PHILLIP SCHOFIELD WAS IN THE CLOSET

[@eatsleepplayrepeat]

this was older than I was expecting

[@Lumibear.]

Wow those are good. But how come Schofield has aged 35 years but his voice hasn’t aged a day?

[@dustbowlhammer7119]

Daleks are so cute!😊

[@DalekPratt1963]

How come we never got toys these accurate!?!?! Apart from Product Enterprise.

[@oldwebshooter]

Better than the 60's model Dalek shots in the actual programme.

[@acefilms1992]

for those model shots they used some inaccurate toy daleks that were being sold back then

[@stevesstuff1450]

@@acefilms1992 : Yep... those old Louis Marx and Hertz Dalek toys were fun at the time, but always stood out badly when used in effects shots!! :-D The Sevans kits were excellent; I bought a few of them in the late 80's/early 90's, and still have a couple of them now, though they've had a few repaints over the years, and they're rather brittle now..but a lot of that is old glue!

[@colinmoore7460]

Dalek's, the deadliest sink plunger in the UNIVERSE!!

[@securityrobot]

The poor kids watching this must’ve been scared shitless and hiding behind the sofa from Philip Schofield.

[@johnquinones.]

"I want to make my own dalek" that's a death dalek from death to the daleks

[@jamesmitchell8922]

Goldie wanted to play with Willow.

[@rainblaze.]

i want to see more of janet ...... now there was your licence fee at work

[@sapphoculloden5215]

Anorak toggles ... I lost it then.

[@FlyingPringleJJ]

where can you find these today?

[@jamespotter3334]

Flying Pringle Productions they are sevans daleks very rare and very expensive model kits the were expensive 20 years ago they crop up on eBay every so often but command very high prices

[@TheBudgie29]

There were 230 In all made Not all have Made It In one Piece as You saw here they were Destroyed on set. Mine Is still In tacked It Is a Blue One. And the Is number 13/230 and I have all the Diagrams and Authentication Signed by the Master Model Maker on BBC Dr.Who Paper. They are very Brittle and care must be made when You handle them. Good Luck Finding One. They are well worth It.

[@redblade43]

*FlyingPringle* In pieces.

[@rebelluigi3113]

who's the bear

[@Headcrab_channel]

*find the daleks! Find the daleks!*

[@redblade43]

You can clearly see these are model Daleks, even on set.

[@sajjior1175]

For real i never noticed!!!

[@redblade43]

The BBC would never spend money to have all those life size Daleks built and then to have them destroyed afterwards; they were little cheap plastic models. Take a look at the model Daleks, they are on a conveyor belt, from 1:12 to 1:56

[@stevesstuff1450]

@@redblade43 : Those Sevans kits were around £30 even back then (expensive...I spaced out buying a few of them back then because of the prices!); if you can find a decent complete kit on Ebay now, it's a damn-sight more than £30!!

[@Radocto]

How come no one noticed those people hiding under the table?

[@HALFDEAD66]

take notes lads

[@jayadamone]

Peter Duncan, not Revelations or Orcinis…😂.

[@redgreen09]

well thr dog and cat whare amusing and yes like the daleks neet stuff whonder when it whas made that tv show look like the 1970s LOL

[@johnjtm1097]

It wasn't the 1970s as the Broom Cupboard didn't appear until 1983. Look at the copyright date on the end of the Blue Peter, 1986.

[@redgreen09]

whell did know never sen the show be fore still the two fuzzys dog and cat whare best ones thare have a fun day LOL

[@rileyli3379]

Old blue peter or new bp

[@katie2940]

Huh. 'Phil is fit'.

[@johnjtm1097]

Doesn't Philip Schofield look young here. Completely different to how he is on This Morning.

[@anthonydoyle3613]

Every few years he seems to look incrementally older.

[@davidlewis1787]

It’s 35 years ago!

[@marcse7en]

@@anthonydoyle3613 Thanks EINSTEIN! I was wondering how NORMAL AGEING WORKED! 👎😂

[@Sootaroot]

@@marcse7en Hilarious.

[@rickreid8572]

What an odd television show this was...

[@lucaschapman2188]

Never liked Philip Scofield even when I was a child

[@Sootaroot]

Always trust your instincts.