I'm not a huge television watcher & even less so now I'm in my new house. Ironically "House" is one I'll sit down for, then there is "Top Gear" & "Good News Week" both on a Monday night, which are also worth the effort. Other than the news, there's not too much else!



However, one night, roughly four years ago, I caught a show of which I'd missed the first ten minutes & after only a couple of viewing, realised I was hooked. "Doctor Who" began twelve years before I was born & ran until 1989. I can remember seeing the classic series as I grew up & other than knowing the Doctor could travel through time in a dodgy looking box tackling all sorts of creatures, I can't recall too much else. In 2005 it went through the process of regeneration & returned to the small screen, bigger & thankfully better.

Of course, if the Doctor is to return, then some of his enemies have to as well. Enter the Daleks. I'm not sure if there is anyone who upon hearing the words "Dalek" or "Exterminate", would not be able to conjure up the image of the single eyed, toilet plunger equipped mechanical menace in their mind.



If you take Doctor Who on anything more than face value, you'd be disappointed. The concepts, the storylines & some of the alien costumes are ridiculous & quite tragic. For the fans though, that's all part of what makes this new series brilliant. The theorys behind time travel, sonic screwdrivers & the TARDIS have been well thought through to create a solid story even if none of it is plausible. Christopher Eccleston & David Tennant as the ninth & tenth Doctors have both pulled off what must be one of the hardest acting roles around. How can you interract with an evil Christmas Santa & not giggle?!



Anyway, I'm happy to say I'm caught up in it all & Australia has just seen the finale of the series & we all have to wait over a year for another full series.

In order to console myself, I'm now the owner of my own Dalek. He's all of thirteen centimetres high & diecast with amazing accuracy. True fans will recognise this particular fellow from the first season in an episode called "Dalek".



Throughout the last four seasons, the Daleks have played a pivotal role & just when you think the last one has been killed off, they always return & we know they always will. It wouldn't be Doctor Who without them!

This particular Dalek took it's own life after discovering emotions & we finally discovered the domes around its casing could be used as a self destruction mechanism.



In the final episode of the latest season, the Daleks were again all destroyed.... presumably! Through some clever thinking & very dubious plot lines, they will return to once again try & conquer the Universe. Until then, I'll let this one protect my bookcase!