10 Doctor Who Futures That Are Now In The Past

10. The Chase - 1966

Terry Nation's outright Dalek comedy The Chase takes place across all of time and space. One particular interlude in the Daleks' pursuit of the First Doctor and his companions is a trip to the observation deck atop the Empire State Building in New York.

This took place on an undisclosed date in 1966, placing it at least a year after the actual broadcast of the episode. As far as historical records can tell, the Daleks never did visit the Empire State Building, so this prediction never came true in our own version of 1966.

The closest the Daleks got to America was when the 1965 Peter Cushing movie Dr. Who and the Daleks premiered in the US in July 1966, to a less-than enthusiastic commercial response. The producers missed a trick by not promoting the movie on top of the Empire State Building!

Other notable Dalek events from 1966 included the broadcast of The Daleks' Master Plan, and a group of Daleks arriving at the Blue Peter studio to review cakes.

Great Skaro Bake Off anyone?