10 Things About Doctor Who That Seem To Confuse Non-Fans

6. The Daleks

The Daleks are arguably the Doctor's most iconic foes and just their plungers alone are recognisable enough. These days people who have never even seen an episode (yes, believe it or not, but there are still people like that out there) know what they are and these non-fans still feel they have the right to complain about them.

Let's face it, their shrieking voices can be quite annoying and if you're not an avid follower of the series, their ongoing presence within pop culture is probably like a bad smell you can't get rid of it. They're the most hateful source of evil in existence but even they don't deserve some of the insults that get thrown their way by killjoys. Despite what your friend says, they're certainly not just "pathetic pepperpots" and, even though their fear factor has somewhat diminished in recent years, they're still the most formidable force in the universe, thank you very much.

A non-fan has probably written one as being "just a robot" in their time, too, which is just scientifically incorrect on so many levels. And why doesn't the Doctor just creep up behind one and push it over? Because he wouldn't be able too and then it'd just turn around and sucker him to death which would make the whole thing pretty pointless really, wouldn't it? Honestly. Use your imagination.