


What if those popular monsters from Doctor Who, the Daleks, had been created in the 19th century? In that case, they might have looked something like this model from Alex Holden. The U.K. native did a hell of a mod job on a bottle of Dalek bubble bath to create this Steampunk Dalek, adding all sorts of accessories — from a mini-drill wire brush to a tiny brass pressure gauge — to give it that Victorian-era feel.
Obviously you can't buy this one-of-a-kind creation, but ambitious model builders can contact Holden for the plans (and the description on his site is already pretty comprehensive, too). The rest of us will just have to settle for ogling, with a few possibly inspired enough to write some fan fiction about a Dalek that crashes in 1857 whose casing is repaired by an engineer of the era…
Alex Holden, via We ♥ It
By Cap'n Jack at 3:31 PM ON 06/05/08
Wow. That is BRILLIANT!
By Scavenger at 6:06 PM ON 06/06/08
This is one of the greatest things ever!
By bartman at 8:17 PM ON 10/11/08
If it were indeed a real Dalek even in that time period firstly it would not be steam as they were already advanced beyond our menial ability but if they had been steam the piston attached to the wheel would have to be offset to create forward momentum doh !!!!
By sueper at 10:07 PM ON 10/11/08
Fantastic model but I agree that piston just wouldnt work.
By silver_hedgehog at 4:59 PM ON 10/26/09
I dont think 19th century life support technology would support this.
Also this Dalek would need a tender vehicle carrying the fuel towed behind it.
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