Graffed-Up Dalek

7 3/4 inches, 20cm tall.
*There are many more detail shots of this piece on my IG at losdave.*

"After the last invasion, we found this dead Dalek round the back of the chippy in Peckham. Clearly been there for ages and everyone's had a go at it. Proper beat up it is. Someone's yanked bits of panel off, dunno why. Pacey tried to set it on fire, but no chance. So we tagged the f#©k out of it and scooted."

Armin who owns the vape shop where the dead Dalek is sitting says, "Every pass... The damn things been sitting there rotting since the last time they came. I wish they'd come and take it away. I've tried to get rid of it meself a few times, but it weighs a ton and no-one actually wants one of these things staring at them, constantly reminding them of the death and destruction. It freaks me out. I even asked that Doctor bloke to take it, but he says he doesn't have the time or space..."
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So 'Dr Who' is becoming a Christmas "tradition" eh? The Daleks were originally conceived as an allegory for the Nazis by their creator Terry Nation in 1963.
Right wing fascist attitudes repurposed as 'just a bit of fun', or a timely reminder that human history repeats itself when we forget the contexts of (even recently), past events?
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