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From: jerry@uwmcsd1.UUCP (Jerry Lieberthal)
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Subject: Re: More trivia: where did the name DALEK come from?
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Date: Thu, 22-Aug-85 23:49:57 EDT
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> Having noticed the question of where the name TARDIS comes from, I couldn't
> resist asking if anyone on the net really knows how Terry Nation came up
> with "DALEK" and under what circumstances.
> 
The only information I have on that was during one of the Tom Baker episodes
when he was intercepted in the transmat and sent to Skaro.  The name is the
name of the race spelled backwards (KELAD), who were at war with the other
race on the planet.  They were named by Davros.

Other than that, I have no idea under what circumstances the name originated.

	- jerry     ihnp4!uwmcsd1!jerry