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From: msc@saber.UUCP (Mark Callow)
Newsgroups: net.tv.drwho
Subject: Re: Dalek naming
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Date: Wed, 28-Aug-85 13:02:08 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 28 13:02:08 1985
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G. T. Samson writes:
> (And now, in the real world...)
> In the hardcover "Doctor Who: A Celebration"  Terry Nation is quoted as
> saying that he got the name from an encyclopedia volume going from
> DAL to LEK.  Now, what encyclopedia puts D-L in one volume?  (The "Dal-Ek"
> theory works better, but, hey, that's not what he's quoted as saying...)

Try reading the book again.  In his interview for the book, Terry Nation
says he made up the encyclopaedia story when first asked how he came up
with the name.  He says he didn't think he'd be believed if he told the
truth - he just thought of it - and was trying to put an end to the question.
He also says that there is no encyclopaedia with a volume going from DAL-LEK.
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