dalek /ˈdɑːlɛk 
, ˈdɑːlɪk / ▸ noun a member of a race of hostile alien machine-organisms which appeared in the BBC television science fiction series Doctor Who from 1963: Daleks turn up and threaten to exterminate the group.
– ORIGIN 1960s: invented by the scriptwriter Terry Nation (1930–97).
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