In my Black Archive monograph about The Daleks (out in April), I examine the naming of the story’s various characters and species.
Loved this; and it’s really not impossible that Nation did half get the idea from the phone book, misremembered it as an encyclopaedia and then decided he made it up. Like McCartney and Eleanor Rigby.
True, but I've got another theory that I like even more - it's in the book! And thanks.
Loved this; and it’s really not impossible that Nation did half get the idea from the phone book, misremembered it as an encyclopaedia and then decided he made it up. Like McCartney and Eleanor Rigby.
True, but I've got another theory that I like even more - it's in the book! And thanks.