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Dalek operator — sometimes Dalek machine operator — was a credit given on Doctor Who episodes for the people who moved the Dalek props from within. In the 1963 version of the programme, Dalek operators controlled all facets of Dalek movement. Beginning with Dalek, however, movement of the head and the flashing of head lamps fell to a remote control operator. These people, though instrumental to the on-screen operation of a Dalek, are not considered "Dalek operators" by the end credits, the title still being reserved for those who are within the Dalek casing.

List of television operators[]

Name Time Stories
Robert Jewell 1963-1967, 1969 All stories from The Daleks to The Evil of the Daleks and The War Games
Murphy Grumbar (a.k.a. Peter Murphy) 1963-1965, 1967, 1972-1974 All stories from The Daleks to The Space Museum and The Evil of the Daleks to Death to the Daleks
Kevin Manser 1963-1966 All stories from The Daleks to The Power of the Daleks
Gerald Taylor 1963-1967 All stories from The Daleks to The Evil of the Daleks
Michael Summerton 1963-1964 The Daleks only
Nicholas Evans 1964 The Dalek Invasion of Earth only
Ken Tyllsen 1964, 1967 The Dalek Invasion of Earth (uncredited) and The Evil of the Daleks
John Scott Martin 1965-1975, 1983-1988 All stories from The Chase to Genesis of the Daleks and The Five Doctors to Remembrance of the Daleks
Jack Pitt 1965-1966 The Daleks' Master Plan only (uncredited)
Ricky Newby 1972 Day of the Daleks only
Cy Town 1973-1988 All stories from Frontier in Space to Remembrance of the Daleks
Tony Starr 1973, 1979-1988 Planet of the Daleks (uncredited) and all stories from Destiny of the Daleks (uncredited) to Remembrance of the Daleks
Keith Ashley 1975 Genesis of the Daleks only
Mike Mungarvan 1979 Destiny of the Daleks only
Toby Byrne 1979-1985 All stories from Destiny of the Daleks (uncredited) to Revelation of the Daleks
Hugh Spight 1988 Remembrance of the Daleks only
Barnaby Edwards 2005-present All stories from Dalek to The Power of the Doctor
Nicholas Pegg 2005-present All stories from Bad Wolf to The Power of the Doctor
David Hankinson 2005-2008 All stories from Bad Wolf to Journey's End
Anthony Spargo 2006-2008 All stories from Army of Ghosts to Journey's End
Dan Barratt 2006 Army of Ghosts / Doomsday only
Stuart Crossman 2006 Army of Ghosts / Doomsday only
Jon Davey 2010-2015 Victory of the Daleks, The Day of the Doctor and The Magician's Apprentice (all uncredited)
Joe White 2010 Victory of the Daleks (uncredited) only
Jeremy Harvey 2010-2013 Victory of the Daleks, Asylum of the Daleks and The Day of the Doctor (all uncredited)
Matt Doman 2010, 2013 Victory of the Daleks and The Day of the Doctor (both uncredited)
Claudio Laurini 2013 The Day of the Doctor (uncredited) only
David Hobday 2015 The Magician's Apprentice / The Witch's Familiar (uncredited) only
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