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Neat picture. [img]images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img]
There are a bunch of sites with 3-D rendered Daleks (I’ve actually gone out looking for such things). Anyway, if you haven’t already visited it, you’d want to check out the Dalek Extermination Page, a great site with “ray-traced” Daleks of almost every variety seen on the show and movies.
As fot the issue of Dalek brains, that ties into the common misconception that Daleks are robots or cyborgs. They aren’t (besides Davros and the Mark IV Daleks). The Dalek creature is a small mutant with tentacles and taloned feet, and a sickly green pigmentation. They operate their robotic war machines like vehicles from inside the central segment (the one with the arms). [i]The Doctor Who Technical Manual[/i] had the Dalek creatures residing inside the skirt (the section with the balls), but episodes produced after its publication ([i]The Five Doctors[/i] and [i]Resurrection of the Daleks[/i]) contradicted this by clearly showing the mutants as residing in the midsection, and I consider that a more reliable source.
In the very first Dalek episode, the Doctor and Ian forced the dome off a disabled Dalek machine and removed the horrifying (yet unseen by the audience) creature that was operating it, so Ian could use the casing as a disguise. That is probably what you’re thinking of, although similar scene took place in [i]Planet of the Daleks[/i].
At any rate, it’s not unusual to have dreams about [i]Doctor Who[/i].
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“Exterminate!” -Dalek warrior, [i]The Daleks[/i]: Episode 4-[i]The Ambush[/i]
“Feel the power of the dark Crystal!” -skekTek the Scientist, [i]The Dark Crystal[/i]
“I will love you forever!” -drone #790, [i]Lexx 1.1: I Worship His Shadow[/i]