Ladies and gentlemen - behold - the Daleks! The most deadly and feared race in the universe. Countless creatures exterminated simply through their hatred of the unlike. Ingenious scientists and ...

The oldest joke at the Daleks' expense is one familiar to all; they can't be that dangerous, they can't even go up a flight of stairs. It's a jibe that the Doctor himself has even used with Tom Baker ...

ONE of the highlights of the new Doctor Who series is when a dalek finally gets around the age-old problem of getting up the stairs. In episode six the Time Lord's favourite foe will be seen rolling ...

The most famous joke in Doctor Who history was almost the most destructive when it came to the Daleks. It was always supposed that Daleks couldn't negotiate anything as tricky as a flight of stairs - ...

As terrifying as Dr Who's arch enemies might have seemed, the fact that they could be outwitted by a simple staircase made them a shade less menacing. It's a design fault that has been rectified in ...

In honour and anticipation of this Saturday, when everybody’s favourite pepper pot inspired, plunger and whisk toting villains make their return to Doctor Who in Victory Of The Daleks, I’ve been ...

In the six decades since, the Daleks have been ridiculed with every clichéd joke about pepper pots, sink plungers, and not being able to climb the stairs. (It’s just as clichéd to point out that, ...

Nigel - How on earth did the Daleks cope with stairs?Nigel - How on earth did the Daleks cope with stairs?

The design of Dr Who's killer mutant robots may have been based on a pepper pot, but the Daleks conquered our imaginations instantly. Only stairs can stop them ... Dr Who's Daleks. Photograph: ...