10 Doctor Who Facts Most Fans Don't Know

10. Ridley Scott's Involvement With Doctor Who

The iconic design of the Daleks has been key to their longevity in the popular imagination, and has led to the villains appearing in some truly unexpected places over the years. Designed by Raymond Cusick and built by Bill Roberts (along with the team at Shawcraft), Terry Nation's classic creations rolled plunger-first onto screens in December of 1963, and changed the course of Doctor Who's future.

Cusick wasn't the original BBC set designer assigned to the first Dalek serial, however. Also working as a set designer at the time was future sci-fi director Ridley Scott, and the job of designing the Dalek city and the Doctor's iconic foes was originally assigned to him.

It's an enticing "what if?" scenario, but Scott left the Beeb before work commenced on the Dalek serial. Unfortunately for sci-fi fans, this means that there's no hidden treasure chest of Dalek designs drawn by the director of Blade Runner and Alien.