The shiny black motorised robot was built with trade skills used in fields such as engineering, carpentry and motor vehicle maintenance. The makings of the Dalek began with a wood skeleton, then into a mould to create a fibre glass body. The Dalek has now become quite a complex project. It has the requisite plunger arms, is encased in thermal plastic and it is soon to become remote control. Hopefully it has not been programmed to exterminate mankind, but it looks like it could.