Doctor Who: 10 Things Everyone Always Gets Wrong About The Daleks
7. They're Only Armed With A Plunger And An Egg Whisk
As Robert Shearman's groundbreaking Dalek episode proved, you underestimate a Dalek's plunger at your peril. And yet, for decades, people have derisively referred to the most fearsome race in the universe as being armed with a toilet plunger and an egg whisk.
That's great for kids who want to terrorize Granny by pretending to be a Dalek, but it's not strictly true. For starters, the Daleks' gunsticks don't even look like egg whisks. Try making a souffle with a Dalek gunstick and there'll be a lot of sorely disappointed diners.
Just ask Oswin Oswald.
As for the plunger, it does operate on the same principle, being a manipulator arm for interacting with various buttons and dials. There are also Daleks that are much more fearsomely armed, like the Special Weapons Dalek from Remembrance of the Daleks, which has a full-on cannon sticking out of its mid-section.
Other Dalek variants include the flamethrower ones that set fire to the jungle on Kembel, or the terrifying laser cutter that terrorized poor, sweet Lynda with a Y in The Parting of the Ways.
From cannons to flamethrowers, it's fair to say that the Daleks are far more heavily armed than the average household.