The Big Picture Apart from the Doctor himself, if there is one alien entity that fans of Doctor Who immediately associate with the BBC hit show, that’s the Daleks. The salt-and-pepper-shaker-looking exterminating machines - or, rather, creatures within machines - have been practically synonymous with the series ever since they were first introduced to the Who-niverse in 1963.
Release Date March 17, 2006 Cast Jodie Whittaker , Peter Capaldi , pearl mackie , Matt Smith , David Tennant , Catherine Tate , Ncuti Gatwa , Jenna Coleman , Alex Kingston , Karen Gillan Main Genre Sci-Fi Seasons 14 Studio BBC America Streaming Service Disney+ ‘Doctor Who’ Nearly Lost the Rights to Use the Daleks Back in the day, Doctor Who writers were given the rights to the adventures they created, which basically means that they or their estate can pull the plug on any plans to bring back a...
There was still hope that they would manage to secure the use of the Daleks for Season 2, but things were not looking good for the word “Exterminate!” to be uttered in the show’s first run. Thankfully, though, the scenario changed a lot in just one month. By August 2004, Nation’s estate and the BBC came to an agreement surrounding the use of the creatures.