What A Sweet Dalek!

By John Freeman on March 31, 2008

If a gingerbread Tardis is not to your taste perhaps you would prefer cake, icing and chocolate while waiting for 6:20pm next Saturday?

This cake was created for a young Doctor Who fan’s birthday and was based around the size of Cadbury buttons which were used as the Dalek sense spheres. Add to those After Eight sticks for the arm, gun and eye stalk, Liquorice Allsorts for the sucker and eye, and finally some jellies for the lights and you end up with a very sweet Dalek indeed.

This Dalek will not pose a threat to the planet as it was rapidly exterminated by hungry mouths.

• Doctor Who, starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate, returns to BBC One at 6.20pm on Saturday 5 April, 2008.

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.