Wikipedia:Today's featured article/May 23, 2005

The Daleks are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The mutated remains of the Kaled people of the planet Skaro, they travel around in tank-like mechanical casings, and are a race bent on universal conquest and destruction. They are also the greatest alien adversaries of the Time Lord known as the Doctor. Their catchphrase is "EXTERMINATE!", screeched in a frantic mechanical voice. The Daleks were created by writer Terry Nation and BBC designer Raymond Cusick and were first introduced in December 1963 in the second Doctor Who serial. They became an immediate hit with the viewing audience and have become synonymous with Doctor Who, with their behaviour and catchphrases also becoming part of British popular culture.

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