Abstract :
FORGET ABOUT modern upstarts such as the Terminator. For half a century one genetically modified fictional cyborg has been the doyen of ´hiding behind the sofa´ terror. Virtually wiped out by the Time Lords in the late 20th century, the Daleks have fought back to appear in almost 100 installments (including movies) of the BBC´s iconic ´Doctor Who´. Devoid of conventional human emotions - although seemingly overloaded with the alien equivalent of hate - their mission is nothing other than the ethnic cleansing of the universe.